The Sin of the Great Mage Eibon
"Do you want a disciple that badly? There are magic beasts that can use magic; would you like to make one of them your disciple?"
"I have no magic to teach to beasts!"
I instantly teleported behind Eibon, drew the revolver at my waist, enchanted the bullet with purification magic without chanting, and aimed it at the back of Eibon's head.
"I will not tolerate insults towards my pets."
"I apologize. I retract my statement, so please don't point that at me. I'm being gradually purified. The purification magic is leaking."
Smoke rose from the back of Eibon's head with a sizzling sound. He jumped and spun around, then knelt down in front of me. After all, he's just an undead. He has no way to defeat me. Mental attacks from the dead don't work on me, and I can use purification magic strong enough to defeat demons... though it's impossible today. It's probably best not to use spirit armor more than once a day.
"So, why me? Why not get a job as a teacher at the academy?"
"I have no interest in the common rabble!! I want a talented, female disciple!!"
Why female only? I have a bad feeling about this. Anon and I took a step back. Eibon was radiating an eerie atmosphere.
"And then we would have lovey-dovey training, and— Aaaah!! I'm melting!! My body is melting away—"
Alicia, who had been behind him the whole time, suddenly deactivated her invisibility and sprinkled the contents of a small bottle she took out from her bosom on Eibon. Eibon began writhing and rolling on the ground.
What's this? It really irritates me. I realized I had unconsciously touched my own chest. So, this is jealousy. I don't have any space to store anything there... Fufufu.
"Alice... we still have a long way to go."
Looking to the side, Anon also seemed frustrated. Alicia isn't particularly big, but she has a fantastic figure. Her body is perfectly proportioned. We must at least aim for that, and beyond that, my Mother's voluptuous figure. Anon and I connected our minds. We nodded at each other and shook hands.
"Fufufu. So, you intended to do something nefarious to the princess. You were careless. I was behind you from the start."
"I'm melting!! I'm melting!! I won't die, but please spare me from being sent to the heavens. Being turned away at the gates is too painful."
"Oh dear. You are destined for hell."
"I've been turned away from hell too, so that's impossible!!"
So, there's heaven and hell in this world. Unlike Earth, it's probably because gods are active here. But why is he being rejected?
"Alicia, wait a moment. I want to hear more."
Alicia proceeded to melt Eibon's hands and feet, likely with holy water imbued with a priest's prayers, and dragged him over to us. Eibon's limbs were slowly regenerating, but much more slowly than before.
"First, why were you rejected?"
Eibon raised his head to look at us.
"The truth is, when I made a pact with a demon long ago, I used the underwear of angels, valkyries, and goddesses as the offering. Because of that, I was banned from entering the heavens for 2,000 years. About 1,000 years ago, demons and angels reconciled, and as such, underwear became highly prized among high-ranking demons. Lower demons would die just from touching them."
"The phrase 'fearless of gods' truly fits you."
Listening to Eibon's story, it turns out that he once reached his limit and decided to make a pact with a demon to absorb magic knowledge. However, the Holy Church was still active at the time, and preparing sacrifices would have attracted demon hunters, which he found troublesome. Upon researching demons, he discovered that they had reconciled with the heavens and were managing hell. So he thought, "Why do I need sacrifices?"
Experimenting, he "coincidentally" possessed the underwear of a princess renowned for her beauty and used it for a demon summoning.
Ordinarily, no one would possess a princess's underwear, let alone offer it to a demon without hesitation. However, contrary to expectations, a low-ranking Lesser Demon appeared. This Lesser Demon had lived quite a long life and could converse normally. From their conversation, Eibon learned that the current rulers of hell were somewhat infatuated with angels. The Demon King had been promised a marriage by a Goddess if he successfully ruled hell for 20,000 years, so there was no antagonism.
However, there were few women among demons, and the Goddess had made it a condition that Hell be ruled peacefully, so they were frustrated due to the lack of women to torment, which had been a common practice since ancient times. High-ranking demons, in particular, sometimes responded to summons even for something as trivial as underwear.
When Eibon asked why only a low-ranking demon appeared for the princess's underwear, he was told it was because the underwear had been washed. This led him to decide to target a Goddess. He planned to steal her underwear and use it to blackmail the Demon King. Truly despicable. Everyone present looked at Eibon as if he were trash.
But since goddesses rarely descend to the mortal realm, about once every few thousand years, and those with physical bodies can't go to the heavens, he summoned angels and valkyries to steal their underwear, fleeing and repeatedly using them to summon and make pacts with demons.
"And then, finally, a Goddess snapped and appeared before me. However, after a fierce battle, I succeeded in stealing her underwear and managed to escape from her. But the Goddess was relentless, attacking me every time I tried to summon the Demon King. I fought seven times and obtained seven pieces of underwear before she returned to the heavens in tears. Then I summoned the Demon King. He was furious, but after plucking all his feathers and crushing all his fingers, he stopped moving, crying."
This man's past is beyond extraordinary—in the worst way possible.
And the Demon King, reduced to tears. How pitiful. He was unable to punish the man who stole the underwear of his beloved and ended up being defeated.
But Eibon then made an offer that even shocked the demon.
"If you obey me, I will give you this underwear. Honestly, that Goddess isn't to my tastes."
The Demon King immediately accepted the proposal.
The Demon King happily made a pact and granted Eibon all the knowledge of Hell's magic. This boon allowed Eibon to barely remain in this world. Afterward, the Demon King returned to hell, delighted, with the Goddess's underwear on his head. I never wanted to know such a history.
Should I eliminate him? He seems like someone who has committed every sin imaginable. He's undoubtedly a vile person. Although he didn't use human lives to make pacts with demons, his actions are unforgivable. Anon silently drew her sword. Alicia, from somewhere, pulled out a barrel. It's likely filled with holy water. I don't know why she has so much of it.
"But!! That Demon King betrayed me. When I eventually died and was sent to Hell, he refused to accept me until that Goddess forgave me, claiming that I'd cause chaos!! So I had no choice but to pluck all the Demon King's feathers again, crush not just his fingers but all his bones, and return to the mortal world!!"
"You should have stayed dead."
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