The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs - Volume 7 - Chapter 12

Volume 7 - Chapter 12 - You Liar

When Lelia woke up, she was in the place where the Sacred Tree was located. Now there was only a huge stump remaining, but Lelia was on top of it.

A small tree was beside her as if protecting Lelia and swaying in the wind.

Lelia, lying on her back, looked up at the sky.

It was dawn before she knew it.

When she raised her upper body, there was no one beside her.

-Nii-san? Emile?

Looking at the back of her right hand, the priestess emblem was still there.

When Lelia found out that it wasn’t a dream, she burst into tears.

- Ahaha ... Ahaha! There is no one left. The people that matter most to me are all gone. Because I......? I wonder if my second life will also end in failure?

She laughed, but then she cried.

She had just realized what was important to her, but she lost everything and only sadness remained.

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[Arroganz has very little energy left. The joints are also at their limit. I recommend restocking and servicing the unit immediately.] - I'm going to finish this first.

Arroganz's joints screeched, its energy was running low, and all the alarms were sounding.

When I saw the glowing emblem on my right hand, I held it up with my left hand.

- Noelle, were you able to save Lelia?

Following the voice that I heard, I sent Noelle to the Sacred Tree.

After that, the Sacred Tree cracked and some flowing red bodily fluids crystallized as they touched the ground, turning into magic stones.

Crystals of magic stones were spreading throughout the area.

Emile's presence had disappeared from the Sacred Tree, leaving only

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Ideal.

The Sacred Tree, which shed blood every time it moved its body, stretched its tentacles towards Arroganz.

[Luxon! Leon! You are the only ones that noooo… !!]

When the Sacred Tree, using Ideal's electronic voice, approached Arroganz, three armed units rushed towards him.

Chris's blue unit pierced through the tentacles, and Brad's purple unit controlled his drone to shoot down the tentacles.

Greg was worried about me as he ran to Arroganz.

-    {Baltfault, are you okay !?}

-    You're late, you idiots!"

-    {If you can say that, then you're fine!}

-    What happened to Jilk and Loic? By the way, what about the maskedidiot?

-    {They are dealing with the rescue. We rushed to help you.}

It seems that the five idiots and my friends have defeated the monsters.

I'll prepare an additional reward later.

-    Then all that's left is the Sacred Tree.

-{You can do it?} - I will do it!

When Arroganz held up his great sword, it was shrouded in light and stretched out in size. The long and broad sword was many times larger than Arroganz.

Luxon sent me some tips.

[Cut the head in two. That will be the final blow.] ... A single attack.

Arroganz, who was on the ground, pointed towards the approaching gigantic Sacred Tree, raised his great sword in a great stance ... and swung it down.

The light spread, following the path of the sword as if a fan were being opened.

When the light passed through the Sacred Tree, there was a momentary delay and a line that divided it in two. From there, the Sacred Tree, which slowly divided into left and right and collapsed, splashed red fluids everywhere.

The scattered fluids crystallized in midair, turning into magic stones and sparkling as they fell.

I heard a lot of pebbles hitting Arroganz, and I was really relieved to see that the Sacred Tree was not regenerating.

-    It's over ... right?

[Yes. You were lucky that it was weakened when Emile broke off. Worst case scenario, we would have had to blow up the entire country of the

Republic with the main weapon at full power.] - You're a really scary guy.

However, something jumped out of the remains of the fallen Sacred Tree.

[Master, it's Ideal!]

The Ideal sphere unit that Luxon found was trying to escape.

-    You're not running away!

Arroganz's joints screeched and his left arm staggered, dropping the great sword, and he flew. After reaching Ideal, Arroganz squeezed his right hand and forcibly captured Ideal.

-    I won't let you run away!

[Put that aside, you have something else to do, Master.] Looking up, Luxon was in the sky.

[Master, Noelle cannot wait any longer.]

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I rushed to land on Luxon's main body and headed for the infirmary with my head still spinning due to the aftereffects of the drug.

The Luxon unit that was following me captured Ideal in a net and dragged him away. Ideal seemed to be still alive, but said nothing.

I could see the sick bay room I was looking for. Waiting in front of the room was Marie, sitting, with Cara and Kyle supporting her on either side.

Looking at me, Marie was crying.

-    I told you to hurry up!

-    I am sorry.

When I entered the room, there were a lot of people around the bed.

Mr. Clement was also there wounded and covered in bandages..

Mr. Alberg and Louise noticed my presence and left the place.

When I got closer, Angie and Livia looked at me, and then talked to Noelle.

-    Noelle, Leon is here.

-    Wake up, Noelle.

Angie looked sad and Livia was in tears.

And also ... Yumeria, who was hugging the little offspring, was kindly shedding tears.

-    Master Leon, Noelle ...

When I got closer to the bed, I brought my upper body down and looked at Noelle, my emblem reacted and flashed.

Noelle's right hand flashed as well and I held it.

Noelle slowly opened her eyes, but she was quite weak.

Various machines and tubes were connected to Noelle's body, and she managed to stay alive.

Clare explained the situation to me apologetically.

[ I've done my best. It is a miracle that she did not die instantly because the shots targeted some of her vital organs. ] - You are really strong, Noelle.

When I touched Noelle's cheek with my left hand, she seemed to look a bit happy. Then Noelle spoke to me.

-    Leon, you know? It's unfair, but I have something I need to tell you now.

-    What is that?

Noelle, breathing painfully, looked me in the eyes.

-    I'm in love with you, Leon. I love you.

Noelle shed tears when I fell silent.

-    This sucks. I must be crazy for liking someone who already hasgirlfriends. But you know, I still like you, so I really wanted to tell you.

While squeezing Noelle's right hand, I heard a voice from behind.

It was Ideal.

[I will never forgive you guys. I never will … it was the only hope… The Sacred Tree was our hope. You, who defeated it without knowing it, must know what you did. You all are irrational fools.]

[Shut up. I will destroy you.]

Luxon sent an electric shock to Ideal, but even so he didn't stop talking.

[Die, descendants of the new humans! You all should never have existed! You, being an artificial intelligence that does not understand that, you are also guilty. Do you have any idea of the sacrifices we've made ?!] Clare complained to Luxon saying, "Hurry up and get him out." Noelle looked at my face in pain.

- Leon, please tell me your answer. It's painful that you aren’t saying anything. I don't want to die like this.

To Noelle, who is waiting for the answer to her confession, I told her that I love her.

-I love you too. Come with me, Noelle.

Noelle smiled. She smiled ... and then she spoke to me.

-You liar.

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Ideal heard Noelle's words while he was caught in the net.

- Liar ... you're a liar, Leon.

[... Eh?]

The voice was very nostalgic. A folder of memories that he treasured was reproduced, bringing back memories of that time.

He should have remembered, but Ideal hadn't realized it until now.

A certain person overlapped with Noelle, who was about to die.

There was an elf to the side, hugging a small offspring very carefully.

— Lieutenant … Yume?

He forgot his hatred at the sight in front of him.

And Leon, whom Noelle called a liar, smiled and spoke happily to Noelle.

Her voice trembled slightly as if she was trying to hold back her crying.

-    Liar? I am an honest person, so I cannot lie. You know that, don't you?

-    You lie. You lie because you ... have Angie and Livia. If you say youlove me here, they will get mad later.

Noelle enjoyed this last conversation, even though it seemed painful.

The liar Leon looked both happy and sad.

[I-I ... I ...]

The people around him didn't realize that Ideal was acting strange.

They were watching over Leon and Noelle.

-    I'm not lying. I love you, Noelle ... even if you are the third.

-    Third? Haha, you really are a terrible person.

-    I'm going to keep third place for you.

-    ...Well, that’s okay. I am happy with that for now. I wish I had met yousooner. If so, would I have been the first?

Leon laughed, but shed tears.

-    I'm sure you would have. If I had met you before, I would have flirtedwith you.

-    That's a lie, isn't it? But ... I'm glad.

Noelle takes a breath to sleep.

Leon pressed his forehead against Noelle's right hand.

[... Aah, how I wish I had dismissed her like this.]

When Ideal regained his composure, the small sapling of the Sacred Tree of Yumeria began to glow brightly.

To protect his priestess, the little offspring was willing to sacrifice even his own life.

Clare started to make noise.

[ Noelle's heart is beating! ]

-    Is it going to save her!? If so, do whatever it takes. Make sure to save it!

Angie supported Clare, but she shook her head.

The sapling of the Sacred Tree began to wither and Yumeria wept.

-    This child is withering away. Both will die.

The life it had revived was about to disappear.

Seeing this, Ideal made an offer with Luxon

[Luxon, I'll pass the data on to you now. The hidden facilities have a higher performance than the medical capsules here. If you use it, she can be saved.]

Ideal showed Luxon where the most important medical capsules he had prepared were stored.

Luxon couldn't believe Ideal's change of mind.

[Why are you showing this to me? Aren't we supposed to be your enemies?]

[No matter. I'll ... stop ... working. The rest is up to you...] Just before it stopped working, Ideal thought:

[Sorry guys. I couldn't keep my promise. In the end, he kept lying. I'm truly sorry. Very, very sorry.]

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The high-performance medical capsules that Ideal had carefully stored were better than the ones loaded at Luxon.

The technology used was more advanced than the technology at the time, and Luxon said it was "developed by Ideal over a long period of time." We don't even know why he needed something like that.

But thanks to that, Noelle survived.

And at night, I came to the place where the remains of the Sacred Tree were. What was found was Serge, who joined with the magic armor. Serge was released from Ideal's control and regained consciousness.

Alberg-sama, Louise and I were in front of Serge.

Serge was suffering.

-    Help me, old man! I'm your son! You only want Leon!

Most of his body was blown up and it was strange that he was alive. Serge screamed when Louise turned around.

-    You still don't plan on seeing me! I liked you! I liked you! Why did youchoose Leon over me!?

They both cried seeing Serge like this. Alberg seems to want to end up helping Serge who completely changed.

He was picking up a gun.

-You're going to kill me? Are you going to kill your son? You didn't love me after all! I wanted to be your son!

Serge had a lot to say, but Alberg-sama scolded him.

-    When did I keep you away?

-    ... Father?

Alberg shed tears and told Serge what he couldn't say before.

-    I have always considered you my son and I have treated you like one.And still, you ran away on your own, thinking that you had been abandoned

... Idiot!

-    Son? Me?

When Serge stopped making noise, Louise wiped her tears before looking at Serge.

-    If you like me, say so from the beginning. You were just a nuisance andsince you thought we hated you, you kept your distance!

-    I didn't hate you guys.

-    Look at our father! He has no choice but to shoot you! You can't leave itto anyone else ...

Seeing the two of them cry, Serge seemed to have finally understood.

For the first time, he apologized.

-    I'm sorry ... sorry, father ... sister.

Serge shed tears, but can no longer revert to human form.

Alberg-sama tried to pull the trigger, so I pushed it away and lifted the shotgun I brought and pressed it against Serge's forehead.

-    W-What are you doing, Leon!?

-    Parents shouldn’t have to shoot their children. ... I am a stranger, so Iwill do it.

Serge opened his eyes, but looked relieved.

-    I feel bad. I caused you a lot of trouble.

-    If you had been honest with me, none of this would have happened. Youreally are an annoying bastard.

-    Haha, without a doubt. ... Hey, let me ask you one last thing. What didyou try to say at the time?

He meant the time when Serge was still a human figure.

-    You were loved. How nice that you really could feel it in the end.

-    It was too late, though. I'll leave the rest to you. I can not hold itanymore. I saw Serge close his eyes and pulled the trigger.

Serge, who was blown up by my shotgun, exploded and scattered.

Alberg-sama and Louise turned their heads the other way.