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"Oh, this is unexpected. It might sound a bit odd, but I didn't know you had friends."
Meili smiled upon hearing this:
"Yes, indeed. But, you know, I've already killed tā men all."
( The Author used the word "他们" (tā men), which means they or them or in Japanese "彼ら" (かれら, karera) ).
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"Huh?"
Emilia's silver eyebrows knitted together as she mentally replayed Meili's casual words.
Tā…men? That sounded like a foreign term. Could it mean… "them"? But if Meili's "friends" weren't actually friends—
Her eyes widened.
Then Meili's "friends" might not actually be "friends," but perhaps "cooking oil," an unknown food?
Does Meili saying she killed "cooking oil" mean she ate "cooking oil"?
( In Meili's twisted idiom, "killing cooking oil" = slaughtering people as casually as frying food. )
Emilia couldn't help but ask Meili beside her:
"Meili!"
Emilia dropped to her knees, suddenly at eye level with the assassin child. She gripped the girl's shoulders with desperate sincerity.
"Friends aren't for killing! They're companions to laugh, cry, and grow with!"
"Oh, my daughter is really something."
Puck rubbed his little ears with his fluffy cat paw.
Meili tilted her head, thinking for a moment:
"Hmm—like me and Elsa?"
"Uh... maybe... that's right, yes, yes."
Emilia's eager nodding faltered.
"In that case, Petra and the others are indeed that kind of relationship with me. But I just have to kill them because of work."
Meili wore a matter-of-course expression.
It was like talking to a brick wall. It seemed Emilia's "friendship education class" had failed.
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"But, wouldn't it be okay to just ask the kingdom's knights instead of specifically looking for us?"
Meili asked Subaru with confusion.
"If I did that, part of my goal wouldn't be achieved."
Subaru explained.
"Go...al?"
Meili was a bit puzzled.
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"Oh—I see—now."
Roswaal, outside the screen, smiled mockingly.
He wanted to push the credit for killing the Witch Cult, the Sloth Archbishop, onto Emilia.
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The mansion was engulfed in flames.
"Wh...at... What the hell!!"
The scene changed, and a white-haired man was roaring in anger.
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"Ah, he looks familiar... It's Regulus!"
Emilia exclaimed in surprise.
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Regulus Corneas, the Greed Archbishop of the Witch Cult, roared in front of the burning mansion.
"Number Ninety-two! Number One Hundred and Fourteen! Number One Hundred and Twenty-three will do too! Where are you!? Where are you all!? What do you take me for!? To leave me behind... to die on your own in this situation, how irresponsible can you women be!?"
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"Dying on their own... it seems."
Julius showed a hint of sadness.
It seemed Subaru had come to defeat the Greed Archbishop, Regulus, and in order to defeat him, Regulus's 'wives' had all died.
"Sylphy and everyone..."
Emilia shows an even sadder expression.
She was Regulus's 'One Hundred and Eighty-fourth,' no, she was 'Sylphy' who belonged to herself.
And Elsa looked at Regulus with disgust:
"'I' should come out and end this guy's life."
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"No matter who it is, they're all underestimating my precious assets—"
Regulus, in the screen, was ranting but was interrupted by a seductive voice.
"—I hope you can shut that mouth of yours that sounds so unpleasant."
"Wh...at!"
Elsa kicked Regulus in the face, sending him flying.
"Ho...w."
"This fire is your many wives' 'divorce papers' to you. To put it simply, the false love bound by fear has come to an end."
Elsa walked step by step.
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"Here... how many times has Subaru looped..."
Beatrice whispered painfully.
She euphemistically used the word "loop" to avoid using the heavy word "death" as much as possible.
Yes, even defeating the weakest Great Sin Archbishop, 'Sloth' had resulted in over four hundred deaths, so how many times had he died to defeat the strongest "Greed"...?
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"You thief! Who do you think I am!? Hurry up and atone for your foolishness..."
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"Tch. A man like this, killing him a few times isn't enough."
Elsa outside the screen had just finished speaking, and Elsa on the screen gave a response.
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Elsa instantly cut off Regulus's arms.
"Immortality? Invincibility? I don't know which one you are, but as long as I know the inside story, it's not a problem. Right now, you're just an annoying bug."
"—Like you. *****!"
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"Eh? Puck?"
Puck blocked Emilia's ears, preventing her from hearing the last two words Regulus said.
"I don't want Lia to hear such foul language... Ah, no, I can't let my daughter see this scene either."
Puck, who cares about Emilia's mental and physical health, quickly covers Emilia's eyes.
"Hey, Puck! I can't see anything now!"
"No—you can't watch."
According to the descriptions of others to Emilia afterwards, Regulus seemed to have been cut into pieces.
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"How can I tolerate such foolishness! I, I am the most perfect existence in this world. I don't ask for too much, I am content and happy, I have no desires, I live a simple life... How can such a perfect me... be wantonly manipulated by you flawed humans..."
"If he's usually scolded so harshly, then he'd definitely want to file for divorce."
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"Ah, big brother appeared."
Meili said this outside the screen.
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That black-haired boy, Natsuki Subaru, appeared again.
"I didn't expect them to assist me to this extent, Mr. Regulus."
Subaru smiled as he informed him of this news—
His wives had willingly committed suicide in exchange for his death.
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"As expected... they hated him to the bone."
Julius said.
Even in death, they wanted revenge. This must have been their resolve.
Everyone thought so.
"Krugan... rest in peace."
Wilhelm said in a voice so soft that only he could hear.
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In the scene, according to Subaru's request, Elsa threw the battered Regulus next to the fire, quietly waiting for his death.
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"Ah... this is!"
Julius bit his lip hard.
In fact, Julius had had an ominous premonition since just now.
Now, Subaru's goal should be to help Emilia become king. He killed Sloth and killed Greed, all to push the credit to her.
But besides merit, there is another way to become king...
That is—
Eliminate political enemies.
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In the scene, Julius fell down after drinking the poisoned wine given by Felix.
"I'm sorry, nya. Really... I'm sorry, nya. I didn't want to do this either. Really, really, nya."
In the scene, Felix looks at Julius with extreme guilt.
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"Hey! What's going on, nya!?"
Felix, outside the screen, was dumbfounded.