Chapter 412. The Re:Zero Arc, A Grand Conclusion
"Heh, if Ram puts her mind to it, becoming an irreplaceable, top-tier helper is naturally a simple matter."
Ram herself didn't have much of an obsession with being helpful, but she deeply understood how much Rem cared about it. Therefore, she was currently quite proud, standing with her arms crossed and soaking in the cheers and praise from her sister.
"Sister is the best!"
Ram nodded slightly: Yes, yes, praise me more. Flattery from Rem is like heavenly music to my ears~
"Hmph, live long enough and one truly gets to see everything."
In the mansion, Priscilla snorted with disdain. Her view of Ram had long since been set in stone and wouldn't change easily; she looked down on this useless, obsessed sister-con.
"If even someone like Crusch can occasionally get a taste of sweetness, then this situation isn't surprising. The world revolves around me; to ensure I make a graceful and perfect landing, it's only natural to arrange for a tool to execute it—ultimately, this is my achievement!"
Priscilla made this domineering declaration with her head held high.
Of course, if she felt this way about Ram, whom she disliked, it was even truer for Satella. In her eyes, the Satella who had disturbed her was already a dead woman walking.
Al agreed that Satella was doomed... though that was likely because of Reid, not Priscilla.
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「The Pleiades Watchtower, which had stood for a full four hundred years, collapsed into ruins in a single night.」
「Shaula stared blankly at the pile of rubble, her thoughts unknown. She sighed softly, and as her gaze quickly shifted to Hikigaya Hachiman, that trace of loneliness vanished instantly.」
「The battle between Reid and Satella continued; it likely wouldn't stop until one of them died. Hachiman, however, suddenly raised his head, squinting as he looked toward the sky. He sensed something.」
「His intuition was correct.」
「With the collapse of the tower, an abnormality appeared at the cloud-piercing summit. The mist there was whipped away by a pair of wings, powerful gusts revealing the true form of the creature nesting at the peak.」
「It was a dragon dozens of meters in height and width, resembling a Western dragon from myths. It was a Divine Dragon of terrifying prestige, an entity that could make one tremble just by looking from afar, possessing a formidable aura.」
「"The legendary Divine Dragon, Volcanica!"」
「The Divine Dragon did not announce its name, but merely witnessing its power and appearance allowed Crusch to understand accurately that this was the very dragon that had protected the Kingdom of Lugunica for four hundred years.」
「After all, her goal was to sever the kingdom's contract with this dragon, so she had naturally done her homework... Among everyone present, except for Shaula, no one understood Volcanica better than her.」
「"Ugh... the big guy was sleeping at the top of the tower?!"」
「Shaula was dumbstruck. What kind of joke was this? She had spent four hundred years in bitter solitude, only for reality to slap her in the face, telling her that if she, that dummy, had known how to pull some strings to open the trials earlier, she could have had two old acquaintances to chat with long ago.」
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"Am I an idiot!?"
The current Shaula was also speechless. She could endure loneliness, unless she found out she had missed four hundred years of companionship. She was dying of regret!
For the vast majority of people in this world, they watched as if worshiping a god... No, it should be said that Volcanica—the powerful, long-lived, legendary, and mysterious guardian of the kingdom—was a god to begin with.
Whether in terms of status or legendary standing, in the Kingdom of Lugunica, this Divine Dragon was the deity everyone had heard stories about since childhood.
Compared to someone like Reid, who was human-sized and had a personality so "down-to-earth" that it was hard to feel like worshiping him, the appearance of Volcanica, another of the Three Heroes, had many people falling to their knees in prayer.
This was the kingdom's almost pathological obsession with the Divine Dragon.
Even if Reinhard was stronger than the dragon, and even if Hikigaya Hachiman was a new legend, they could never reach this level. The degree of reverence Lugunica held for the Divine Dragon was something no one else could match.
"How can this be... if this continues, it's going to become a terminal illness, isn't it?"
On the streets of the Royal Capital, Emilia looked left and right, watching so many people agitated or even kneeling because of the dragon's appearance. No matter how naive she was, she keenly realized that this was not right—it shouldn't be like this.
If a country continued like this indefinitely, it would surely become deformed.
"No wonder Miss Crusch has that goal... However, the pressure to implement it is imaginable; she'll be facing the opposition of an entire nation."
"True." Puck nodded, speaking with rare objectivity. "That's why, before you and Anastasia showed enough charm and ability to vie for the throne, the voices of the entire capital were almost unanimously in praise of Crusch."
"Unlike the four of you, this girl Crusch's ambition and spirit are things people can see at a glance and be won over by. she is truly a formidable figure."
"Regarding being a King, even now, my view is the same as when this future light screen first appeared: Crusch is undoubtedly the most suitable among the five candidates to be King."
"However, it's fine that you aren't suitable." Puck turned his head and said with a smile, "As long as Hikigaya Hachiman is there, as long as he is willing to assist you, no one is more capable than you of being an excellent Emperor."
'My daughter isn't fit to be an Emperor, but Hikigaya Hachiman is!
Push all the work onto Hachiman, and my daughter keeps the title of Emperor to go down in history. Perfect...' thought Puck.
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「The First Sword Saint Reid, the Divine Dragon Volcanica, the Sage's disciple Shaula, and the Witch of Envy Satella.」
「This scene was like a reappearance of four hundred years ago—a reproduction of legend.」
「Although Crusch wanted to dissolve the contract between the kingdom and the dragon, it didn't mean she hated the dragon... though she certainly disliked the situation. She knew well that in this circumstance, Volcanica's unexpected appearance was the best possible outcome.」
「Volcanica first flew in circles in the sky with a vacant gaze for a while. Only after accidentally glimpsing Satella's black shadows did its soul seem to slowly return. It dived down like a hunting falcon.」
「Reid and Volcanica fought their own battles without teaming up. Even so, they beat Satella back at every turn.」
「Satella's true body remained sealed; only a small portion of her power could leak out. After holding out for a while, this fragment of power was ultimately blown apart completely amidst an unwilling, faint murmur of "I love you."」
「Every threat of the Pleiades Watchtower was, from this point on, completely eradicated!」
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