The Villainess Who Was Dumped Got Married into My Family, a Mob Noble from the Frontier, and Turns Out, She's an Amazing Capable Wife? - Chapter 103: The Spiritual World - Sebas Was a Badass

Chapter 103: The Spiritual World – Sebas Was a Badass

“Demon Samael…?”

“That’s right,” he nodded, but it didn’t really make sense to me. 

If he was possessing me, I would have noticed, but before I could ask, Sebas, who called himself Samael, spoke.

“However, I’m not possessing you or anything. My loyalty lies with the Brave family, just as it always has.”

“So, you’re saying a demon named Samael is possessing someone called Sebas?”

“Not quite.”

Sebas shook his head.

“I’m both Sebas and Samael. I’m not an ordinary demon, so I don’t need to sacrifice offerings.”

“I still don’t get it, but the guy who’s been looking after me since I was born is you, right?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“Then it doesn’t matter. You are Sebas.”

This well-made butler who rushes to help in times of crisis is undoubtedly the Sebas I know. Whether there’s a demon involved or not, it doesn’t matter.

“That’s right.”

Sebas smiled contentedly at my words.

“So, care to explain the situation?”

I sat in my usual spot in the office and asked Sebas while looking at the door across from me.

“Shall I start from when you were defeated?”

Sebas took his place behind me to the left, looking in the same direction.

This was our usual setup in this room.

“To confront Belial in that state, young master, you really have no patience. Yet, you always endure when it comes to Lady Alicia.”

“Can you not mix irrelevant topics into this?”

I occasionally thought he might be a demon, but I never imagined he actually was one.

I remembered that summer when a high-ranking demon summoned looked at Sebas, turned pale, and fled. It must have been because of Sebas.

I had suspected that Sebas might be stronger than my father, and now, the mystery of his strength was finally clear.

“So, where should I begin, young master?”

“From the start.”

Even if I’m called a savage or raised as a battle maniac, the Brave family is still a lineage of heroes. A demon in such a family…

I had criticized the capital for being distorted, but it seems the Brave family is another part of that distortion.

“Isn’t there too much involvement of demons?”

In the game, Alicia was depicted as having sold her soul to become an antagonist, but that was her only appearance.

Jelasis also had such descriptions, but his image was more of a troubled young man rather than someone who sold his soul to a demon and became extraordinary.

…Hmm?

Could it be that the one Alicia sold her soul to in the game was Sebas?

Why would you assist Alicia?

The more I thought about it, the less sense it made.

“The beginning of it all, or rather, the very foundation of this country, started long ago when a king sold his soul to a demon and destroyed the neighboring countries.”

Sebas muttered this, gazing into the distance as if recalling the past.

“The king, who was once called a weak fool, rose to become known as a conqueror. Little did he know that endless turmoil awaited for hundreds of years afterward…”

“It sounds like you’re the one who did it.”

“Indeed, I was the one summoned at that time.”

“It was you?”

Sebas, what did you do in the distant past? 

The demon Samael, who is deeply tied to the very roots of this country, even before the ancient Sage, the Saint, and the Hero I know of—that’s Sebas.

“This is quite a shocking revelation. The king of that time sold his soul to a demon just to display his power…?”

However, he did destroy the neighboring countries and fulfilled his role as a king, it seems…

“Well, after that, many of the citizens died due to the calamity of monsters. Naturally, the countries beyond the neighboring nations also took notice, leading to one conflict after another, and the country became increasingly exhausted.”

Sebas sighed, saying it was because they sought power from a demon, but it felt strange coming from a demon himself.

“And then? Why is a demon like you with the Brave family? It seems like the foolish king who sold his soul to a demon would be an ancestor of the Brave family if we follow the logic.”

“Hoho, the Brave family selling their souls to a demon? Don’t underestimate the Braves, young master.”

“Well, it is the Brave family we’re talking about.”

“The Brave family has no connection whatsoever to the royal bloodline.”

Sebas continued.

“Magic resides in willpower. When calamities last for hundreds of years, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people collectively seek salvation, eventually shaping the existence known as heroes.”

To seek salvation in hardship, they turned to a saint.

To seek governance in chaos, they turned to a sage.

To seek defense against foreign enemies, they turned to a hero.

In an exhausted country, the people prayed amidst war and turmoil, and thus were born the Saint, the Sage, and the Hero.

“From there, the story is mostly as you know it, young master.”

“The Sage used the Saint to create a barrier, and the Hero… the ancestor of the Brave family, was driven to the Brave territory, right?”

“Indeed. There are various nuances, but I’ll skip those. The problem lies in the methods of the Sage at that time.”

“The Sage’s methods? You mean using the Saint as a barrier?”

“It concerns the appearance of Belial.”

Sebas snapped his fingers, and the face of Belial appeared before us. 

The spiritual world was quite convenient. 

Although I wanted to see the past directly through an image, I decided to listen to Sebas first.

“The curse I brought, which could have destroyed the country, was neutralized by borrowing the power of Belial, who is my equal.”

It felt strange that a demon’s curse could be nullified by another demon’s power.

“Isn’t that just postponing the disaster?”

“As expected, young master. It only postpones it. However, by using the four bloodlines of the royal family, they managed to contain it to a specific location.”

The miasma or demonic essence that Sebas spread in ancient times, which could spawn monsters, was confined to the Ydaina Mountains.

“That’s right next to us, those mountains.”

“Indeed, near the Brave territory. Originally, various calamities would have been born there, but you have been holding them back well. Impressive.”

This was an unintended consequence!

The Brave territory was established near the Ydaina Mountains for such reasons.

“Furthermore, the ancient Sage built a barrier around the royal capital using the Saint as a sacrifice, nullifying invasions from enemy countries and monster calamities.”

“I see.”

To stop the curse from the foolish acts of the past king, the sage used the power of a demon. Furthermore, to minimize the subsequent effects, a barrier was built using the saint as a sacrifice. 

This is how the country was founded.

The protective barrier is incredibly strong. While demons can act within it, they cannot exert enough power to destroy the country.

“I can’t imagine Belial cooperating with such a thing.”

Demons always demand a price.

Yet, the Belial that appeared seemed to be cooperating with the royal family.

“Belial even taught them how to create the barrier. The price is to maintain that barrier.”

Sebas said with a smile.

“That means the souls of those dying within the barrier go straight into Belial’s vile belly.”