Chapter 269
Side Story 2
The final game had begun, and Shadow Lord Dale raised his head.
Another Shadow Lord, the Shadow Queen, stood there.
“Please stop sacrificing yourself for this world any longer, brother.”
“…Rize.”
Rize, who claimed the title of the Blue Mage Tower Lord of Lies and Intrigue, was, paradoxically, fighting for her truth above all else.
The truth she saw was singular. A world where her beloved brother atoned for the sins of the world and suffered.
The weight he bore as both king of men and king of monsters seemed so agonizing and pitiable that I could not bear it.
“The Black, White, and Red Magic Towers have all been reborn as puppets of our ‘Sorceress Council’.”
Riza declared. Behind her stood the Sorceresses, now pledging allegiance to the new ‘Blue Shadow’.
“The Four Pillars of Magic and their masters, the nobles of the empire—all who uphold my brother’s empire—are now caught within my blue spiderweb.”
“……”
“This empire is no longer your empire, brother. They are all puppets bound by the blue spiderweb.”
“You’ve made quite a lot of preparations while I was unaware.”
“His Majesty the Emperor always trusted me.”
“And to think you’d betray me like this, using that trust.”
After the struggle of gold and shadow, Riza smiled silently, watching Dale, now reborn as the Black Gold Sovereign.
“…I am not doing this to seek my brother’s understanding or forgiveness.”
