Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Eon's POV: ]

Lumiare was a fine boy.

He was nice despite his dark past, and he believed in what he considered to be the truth.

He was a believer in the existence of the gods but, he was still rational and reasonable.

He knew about the truths that were usually hidden from the common people of this world since he had went through so much, and he's the reason his life had been the way it was, he believed in justice more than any other person.

He knew what we were doing was wrong and he wanted to do something against it, but the most rational course of action right was answering the questions truthfully.

He knew we were strong and he had deducted that we had tricked even the King ranked knight captain into thinking that we were some important people that he had to escort somehow as well, so he knew he had no way to win against us.

Not when we had suppressed his Mana circulation points.

The only thing he had left were his Origin skills, his innate skills and his connection with his goddess, and he wasn't going to get any kind of statement from his goddess in this particular place so, she perhaps didn't even know where he was.

'She might be furious that her chosen individual was suddenly disconnected from her so, she might try to do something, but that wasn't going to help them either.'

They were trapped here until we decide to let them go, and that was only going to happen after they clear our test by answering our questions.

And, as the one baring the most authority here, he had the responsibility to protect the rest of the people present here.

'And that was noble of him.'

Just that a few others that were present here with him had something else going on when he spoke up the truth that, though bitter for the others present here, was what he truly believed with all his heart.

'What exactly is that, Lucy?'

[{ *I'm… not certain, master.* }]

We had used the Analysis ability on him already so that was one chance wasted, but there wasn't much that we found even after doing that.

There were a few restrictions and curses cast in him, but since they seemed to be holy and divine nature, they must be something the temple and Pope put on him.

'He was too talented for his own good, and he didn't know that yet so, this was a good idea.'

And since the type and kind of these restrictions were just right for what he needed, they were perhaps more of an aid to him than a restriction.

That's why we didn't have to tell him about that either.

There was nothing else that was more concerning here. At least with him…

'Is that demonic energy? A concentration of it, perhaps?'

[{ *Master, we would have to scan that thing if we want to find that out… but seeing as how it is so close to their Minds, I think it will trigger something bad if we try to do anything to it.

I believe… using Analysis is the best choice here.* }]

When he answered our question, something inside three other children that were with him here was triggered and only Lucy noticed that since it happened with not their physical bodies, but the mental bodies that they possessed.

It was a strange phenomenon that something was triggered in the mental world because of something interpreted by the physical senses, but I know this wasn't an impossible situation.

'It was like one's senses took in some information from the outside world, then the brain interpreted it, that impacted their mind, and due to that impact a certain thing that shouldn't exist with the mind was triggered.'

And this thing was sinister…

Lucy pointed it out so I went and saw this phenomenon as well, and, it didn't look anything good to me either.

[{ "We have a problem, everyone." }]

I looked at the confident eyes of the young saint, and then I looked at the worried expression of the three younger ones that had a record cleaner than this young saint himself.

[{ "What is it? Did you find something?" }]

The others were concerned about my sudden words as well since they themselves saw nothing wrong with anything that he had said until now or anything that had happened.

But, they were going to be shocked pretty soon as well…

[{ "Rein, ask the next question, and while she does that, Cradle, go into the Astral realm. President, ask SanSan to watch the Mental activities of Kir, Laos, and Warma. Share senses if you want to look at it yourself as well." }]

[{ "Astral realm? Why would something be wrong with their Mind-." }]

[{ "Believe me. You'll be surprised to see the thing there." }]

They were confused but, they knew if I was saying something so absurd, there must be some substance to this statement.

So, they didn't wait any longer and Rein continued with the following question after she confirmed everyone else's answer.

{ "Alright. Then the second question: How 'good' do you think the divinities you serve are?" }

She continued with the question while the rest of us looked at the activities of the mind function of the rest of the students.

And, though they were pretty normal throughout the time others answered, we were expecting something to happen when the young saint answered as well… however, nothing happened.

[{ "Continue with the next one." }]

The reaction that we had seen only a moment ago wasn't there anymore.

Their minds didn't react the way they did when the first question was answered, but then again, it wasn't as surprising of an answer as the first one and was pretty common and within their range of expectation as well so they believed him.

And it continued for the following three questions as well…

{ "Next… how many of you want to have any kind of physical relationship with the divinities you serve." }

This was one of the most inappropriate things one could have asked to someone that Belonged to Kaksha and was training to either be a priest or a Healer like the ones present here.

But, there was a surprising thing that happened.

"I do."

The young saint raised his hand and said that he wanted to have a physical relationship with the goddess that he served openly before the rest of them… and, perhaps, that very answer which induced an unexplainable surprise in the rest of them, was the trigger we were searching for.

[{ "There it is. Look." }]

[{ "Hmm?" }]

[{ "Rein. You too. Take a look at this." }]

I helped her get into her astral form and, and all of us saw something that was perhaps the most obviously sinister thing we had seen ever since we had been together.

[{ "What… the fuck?" }]

[{ "Holy shit! What the hell is that?!" }]

[{ "We will know soon enough." }]

There was a sinister mass attached to the minds of these three individuals that we could see through the astral forms.

But this wasn't as simple as it sounded.

'Mind was an abstract concept that had no real form or boundary. It was just something that one had to understand, and the astral realm made it easier for one to do so.'

In the astral forms, one interpreted reality the way they found it the most simple. And, since it was an individual experience, everyone saw the reality in the most understandable forms possible for them.

'I saw what we all were seeing as a strange tumour like darkness attached to the heads of three individuals that was practically covering a third of their heads and was pulsating.'

Rein on the other hand saw this thing as a single black mark resembling a combination of a snake, a hippo, and a big black cockroach.

It was a strange interpretation from her side and Cradle practically saw them as a completely different head that resembled a goat's head… and according to her, that goat head was biting off of the original head.

Which was a peculiar interpretation, certainly.

[{ "Fragmantin…" }]

But our president didn't need a mental interpretation to know what this thing actually was.

[{ "Zod? You know what this is?" }]

And from the way his shoulder was shaking right now, it was obvious his only family, San-San the only Ocagi present on this continent, also knew what this thing was.

[{ "It wasn't supposed to exist here… she destroyed it back there as well, so… it shouldn't be existing in the first place…" }]

It didn't seem like he was in his right mind anymore.

He was shocked… he was overwhelmed by memories of the past actually.

[{ "You two. Handle things here." }]

Cradle knew instantly that he was having a mental breakdown and that wasn't a good thing in this particular situation, so she acted quickly, and made me create an illusion screen for them.

[{ "This though… this thing was the reason she died…" }]

To make things worse, he wasn't the only one having a mental breakdown right now.

Even SanSan, the most cheerful being that they had never seen having a dark expression was in a bad state right now.

'And he was a pinnacle holder to make things worse.'

If he went berserk in a place like this and started devouring everything present here, all three of us knew what kind of disaster would happen…

There were children here that they couldn't show this side of them to.

That's why…

[{ "Oy." }]

She first helped him sit down and placed SanSan in Mirror's hands.

-Slap!

And then she slapped him so hard I know for certain his jaw was dislocated.

[{ "Calm down. This isn't the time for this shit. Do what you have to, you fucking pathetic shit." }]

She was perhaps the only person in the entire world that could talk to him like that.

And, she was also the only one whose voice, words, and actions worked the best against him, this was good.

'It will hurt, but, seeing how he was back and looking at her as if she was some kind of crazy psycho- which is normal behaviour between these two- it looked fine.'

And now that he's stable, we might just know what this thing was without me having to use my precious Analysis.