Chapter 22

22 . The treasury of the demon kings castle

After a while of breaking through walls, a large s.p.a.ce opens up in front of me .

This is the hidden room that leads to the dungeons lowest layer .

Sasha’s face had an expression of surprise on it when she saw it .

“After breaking those walls a room appeared………”

“It was created using magic and was surprisingly easy . I only left the barest traces of magic to follow . A simple hidden pa.s.sage that doesn’t use magic . It’s a blind spot for many people . ”

The only drawback to it is every time I come here I have to use Construction Creation and repair the hole I make .

“But the dungeon beneath Deruzogedo is closed to the public . Only students may enter . When did you find this hidden pa.s.sage?”

“What if I said I made it?”

Sasha is dissatisfied and pouts .

“Avoiding it . If you don’t want to say, that’s fine . ”

It’s a fact though . Oh well, I can’t make her believe me .

“Should we go? This room leads to the lowest layer . ”

A few minutes after we start walking we arrive at an especially bright room .

The ceiling is very high and though we are in a dungeon it’s overflowing with trees .

There’s a waterway running through the room causing the light to glitter and reflect off its surface .

“…… . Sunlight…… . ” Misha mutters .

“Yeah . Sunlight during daytime and moonlight at night . It’s made to draw in the outside light . ”

“……Is it…… . for the activation of nature magic?”

Fusion magic which is the secret art of the Necron family uses nature magic . Sasha and Misha who both specialise in it immediately noticed that this room is a catalyst .

However, it’s a little different from 2000 years ago .

The position of the sunlight is different . Has somebody adjusted it using magic?

It wasn’t only me that used this dungeon, my subordinates did too so people would have been in here . Maybe one of them did it?

Suddenly, I look up at the ceiling but there’s nothing there .

“…… . What’s wrong… . . ?”

“No, it’s nothing . Must have been my imagination . ”

We lave the nature magic room and carry on .

On the way down a long flight of stairs, Sasha speaks to me .

“Nee, If Arnos has come here before then cant you use Transfer ?”

“This entire dungeon has an anti-magic spell woven into it to prevent Transfer working correctly . You could use it but you’d have no idea where you’d end up . ”

It’s easy to cancel the anti-magic but the dungeon has a system in place that would collapse it if you did .

It would have been easy to leave myself a loophole so only I could use in the dungeon, however, by setting it up so there were no exceptions it also made it the best way to stop intruders .

“We’ve been walking for 2 hours now . How much further is it?”

“… . . Look… . . ”

Misha points ahead where the bottom of the stairs could be seen .

“Fumu . We’ve reached the bottom . ”

“Really?”

Sasha runs ahead down the stairs but stops and stares at something in utter amazement .

Me and Misha catch up to her .

There was a pair of huge, luxurious gates that even a giant could fit through .

“It’s the gate to the altar room . ”

Misha looks at the gates with her demon eyes .

“…… . Anti-magic……”

“Aah . To stop people trying to break in using magic . ”

Misha stares even further into the magic abyss .

“…… . . Even Flame Prison Annihilation Canon could not destroy it……… . ”

“……Haaaa!? Then how do we get in………?”

Yare yare . They still don’t understand who’s here with them .

“Use your head a bit . If you intend to break it then you will fail . If magic doesn’t work then open it without using magic . ”

I calmly step forward and place my hand on the gate . Using my strength I push and with a heavy, grating noise the gate opens .

“It opened . ” Misha grumbled while having a dumbfounded look on her face .

“I thought this before when you lifted my demon king castle but what’s going on with your body………… . ? How can you open such a stupidly large door?”

Sasha pushes on the door but of course, it doesn’t move .

I can’t say this out loud but she looks really cute trying to move it .

“I train every day . ”

“In what dimension would training allow you to do this?”

Sasha starts muttering to herself .

“Does he come from a lineage with strong people in it?”

“More importantly, the thing you are after is over there . ”

At the back of the room is an altar with an ominous looking staff on it .

“Is that……the Kings Scepter…… . . ?”

If you look at it with your demon eyes you would tell straight away that it was loaded with great magic .

It’s completely different from the blunt demon sword that Zepes had . It’s a genuine item from the age of myths .

“A perfect score in the dungeon test is certain with this . ”

I had wondered if somebody had removed it but I’m happy that it’s still here .

“Nee……… . can I touch it……?”

Anything obtained in the dungeon is the possession of the group leader and a genuine tool from the age of myths is something rarely seen . Obviously, someone like Sasha with strong demon eyes would be interested .

“Go ahead . ”

“Thank you . ”

Happily running to the altar Sasha picked up the kings sceptre and stared in fascination at the mysterious magic tool .

Fumu . It’s fine I guess . She’ll be in a daze for a while now .

“Misha, over here . ”

I call Misha over to a door by the side of the altar .

“……What……?”

“This is the treasury . ”

I step into the room . At first glance it’s empty but when I speak a few words the magic veil is lifted and magic tools such as demon swords and magic armour start to appear one by one .

I collected all this during the age of myths .

Amongst them was the very rare thread called the demon dragon thread which was produced by dragons . A dress with moonlight sewn into it called . A robe woven with fur from the golden lion Sirius which was called the most beautiful in the world, the . There were a lot of other pretty costumes as well .

“You can choose something that will suit Sasha . ”

Misha stares at the clothes scattered around the treasury .

I know her quite well now . I know that she is not looking at the outer clothes but rather at their abyss .

Magic items made in the age of myths choose their own owners . You can’t just give someone an item as you don’t know if it will accept them or not . It’s not easy . How’s she doing?

After a while, Misha began to walk .

“This is good . ”

The item she picked up was woven with feathers from the divine bird Phoenix . On one hand it grants you the blessing of the immortal fire but on the other hand, if you are not worthy of it it will turn you into ash .

“It looks beautiful but it can be difficult to wear . ”

“…… . Nn…… . ”

Do you understand? I know she has strong demon eyes but how can she be certain that it will accept Sasha?

“You should give it to her then . ”

With a happy smile on her face, Misha held in both hands . How she was holding it said how important it was to her .

She heads back to the door where Sasha is but on the way she was distracted by a ring placed on a pedestal .

The . It gives off a cold air and got its name after covering the seven seas with ice lotus leaves .

It’s no coincidence that Misha saw the ring . Magic items and their users are attracted to each other .

“Do you want it?”

Misha stares at the ring expressionlessly .

“It’s Misha’s birthday tomorrow as well . ”

She shakes her head .

“…… . . It’s fine…… . ”

Misha leaves the treasury as if running away .

“Fumu”

There might be some circ.u.mstances . Whatever . On my way out I take the and go after Misha .

“Ah! Arnos, Misha, where’d you go? When I looked up you were gone . I was worried . ”

Sasha hurries our way carrying the king’s sceptre .

“My bad . Were you lonely?”

“I already said I was…… . . worried . ”

Why say it again if you feel embarra.s.sed?

“Please stop looking at me with that face . It feels like you are looking down on me . ”

“What are you saying . The words ‘looking down on someone’ don’t exist in my dictionary . ”

“Please look in a mirror and then say that again . ”

What’s she saying? I don’t understand what she’s getting at .

“Do we have any more business here?”

Suddenly turning around Sasha looks back at the altar . All that’s left is to return and complete the dungeon exam so we should finish our other business quickly .

“Are you going to give it to her?” I said to Misha who was hiding behind my back .

“… . Now……?”

“Or are you going to hide it and give it her at home?”

After thinking a little Misha shakes her head and steps out from behind my back .

“Sasha . ”

Sasha looks back and was surprised to see the in Misha’s hands .

“What’s that Misha?”

“… . . I found it……”

“Here?”

Misha nods .

“For you . ”

“… . . Eh? for me? Is that okay?……Because… . . that’s……an outrageous magical tool . ”

She understood the huge magical power hidden within as she stares at it with her demon eyes .

“…… . . Tomorrow . Because it’s your birthday…… . ”

Sasha smiles softly and tears come to the corner of her eyes .

“I haven’t got you anything . ”

“…… . I don’t need anything……”

Sasha smile was troubled .

“Thank you Misha . I’m so happy . I’ll treasure it my entire life . ”

Misha smiles with joy .

“… . Nn… . . ”

Magic circles form in her eyes as she looks at the . . There’s no need for them here so has she become emotional causing them to come out?

Somethings odd though . If it was overflowing joy then they should have come out after she was told it was for her birthday but they came out while staring at the . Something has made her excited . What’s she come up with?

“Can I wear it?”

Misha nods and hands over to Sasha .

She puts her hands on her uniform b.u.t.tons but then looks at me as if she’s just noticed me .

“I’m changing my clothes……”

“Aah . I’ll turn around . ”

“That’s no good! Please go into that room over there!!”

Good grief . She knows how to make work for people . Can’t be helped .

I listen to what she said and enter the treasury .

As I was about to close the door Misha unexpectedly appeared .

“… . She was pleased… . . ”

“That’s good . ”

“……Arnos’ help……”

“You were the one that chose it . ”

Misha looks shy .

“… . Today is the happiest day of my life……”

“You exaggerate . ”

Misha shakes her head .

“Thank you . ”

I nodded and softly closed the door .