Even if I transform, I will never be captured.

The strange tone of voice led the way to the mansion's owner, Roswaal, whose bluish-purple clown attire appeared almost eerie in the moonlight.

"I am very satisfied. I even want to compose a poem."

Holding her wine glass, Satella shook her head and said:

"Fine wine in a luminous cup, I long to drink, but the pipa urges me on."

Do not laugh at me, drunk and lying on the battlefield; how many have returned from ancient battles?

"It's a poem with a strange structure, but you can feel the artistic atmosphere it exudes," Roswaal commented. "However, the theme doesn't seem to match the scenery tonight."

"No, I think it suits you very well."

Leaning back in the tall wicker chair, her two slender, jade-like legs, which swayed casually, reflected the jade-like luster under the moonlight. Satella tilted her head, looked up at Roswaal, who was over 1.8 meters tall, and said with a tilt of her head: "As the saying goes, few return from ancient battles. So how about we lay down our weapons and pull back from the brink?"

"...In a way that's hard to understand, Lady Satella, are you dissatisfied with tonight's midnight snack?"

"I have no complaints. After all, I probably won't drink red wine with a lethal poison in it again in my life, so I really cherish this unique taste."

Satella gestured to the seat opposite her: "Lord Roswaal, please sit."

A glint of light flashed in his heterochromatic eyes, and then Roswaal sat down opposite Satella.

"Lady Satella seems to have misunderstood me..."

"Roswaal, I didn't come here tonight to play tricks on you."

Satella downed the glass of red wine in one gulp, the glass falling back onto the table with a soft tap. She sat upright and began to speak:

Let's get straight to the point.

The air around them suddenly turned cold, but Kanna seemed oblivious, stuffing desserts into her mouth with "ah-hoo" sounds.

“Why can’t we stick to the original plan?” Satella spoke first. “Supporting Lia to the throne is in my interest and also fulfills your long-cherished wish. Isn’t that a win-win situation?”

The entire continent is like a birdcage, hanging down from the sky, with the great waterfall separating the continent from the outside world as its iron railing.

Humans are inside the iron bars, dragons are outside.

Roswaal's goal was to slay the dragon, but dragons are elusive and difficult to kill; even just seeing one is incredibly challenging.

but--

Those who succeed as kings will eventually see the dragon.

Therefore, Roswaal wanted to support Emilia to become queen, which was his original intention.

"—Lady Satella, you seem to know quite a lot."

Roswaal showed a slight expression of emotion. Even someone as shrewd as him would be surprised to have his long-cherished wish revealed to his face.

"Ah, I know far more than you imagine, so I know you are extremely important to Emilia. Your territory, your people, your political resources, and so on, are all indispensable elements for Emilia to ascend to the throne. So even though I've wanted to kill you for a long time, I haven't made a move against you. The only thing I never expected was that you would strike at Lia first—"

"Lady Satella seems to have misunderstood something. It was the Witch Cult that attacked Lady Emilia—"

"I told you not to try anything funny with me!"

Satella wore a disgusted expression: "You colluded with the Witch Cult to injure Lia, and then lured me to your headquarters. Isn't that your goal? You couldn't find Beatrice to heal Lia? Ha! What a joke! The Door of Opportunity sounds mysterious, but anyone can find it if they really want to. They just need to open all the doors in the mansion one by one, and the last one will definitely be the Door of Opportunity. This kind of lie can only fool people like Lia and the twin maids who trust you."

“…” A dark emotion surged deep in his pupils. This time, Roswaal did not use his strange tone: “So even knowing it was a trap, Lady Satella still stepped in.”

“It’s like you knowing you might die if you lured me here, but you still did it anyway.” Satella shrugged. “So in a way, we’re actually the same kind of people. I did seriously consider the possibility of an alliance between us, but now it seems you’re the one who abandoned that possibility first.”

"There's... nothing we can do about it, right?"

Completely cornered, and knowing that continuing to hide would make him a real clown, Roswaal raised his head and chose to look Satella directly in the eyes.

"Discussing how to slay a dragon with the Dragon Envoy? Ugh, could this joke get any funnier? And to make matters worse, Lady Satella is Lady Emilia's trusted older sister… An important ally could betray us at any moment, and the Book of Wisdom has lost its effectiveness… There's no other way; we've been driven to the brink—"

Muttering this to himself, Roswaal spread his hands towards Satella, making a rather helpless gesture, and began to speak:

"And then a dragon appeared before me, a young dragon at that moment. What do you think I would choose?"

Sooner or later, dragons would have to be slain, so dealing with a young dragon in the base camp would be much easier than dealing with an adult dragon in an unknown environment. This was Roswaal's consideration.

Moreover, he had no other choice.

but……

"Lady Satella, you've really deceived everyone. Knowing so many secrets, and with that appearance... you must be the Witch of Jealousy herself, right?"

"Do not."

Satella shook her finger: "My name is Satella, but I'm definitely not that Witch of Envy. As for why I know so many secrets... your and Beatrice's 'Book of Wisdom' is only an incomplete version. The legendary true 'Book of Wisdom' can understand the past and present and predict the future—"

Satella said jokingly, "Perhaps the real Book of Wisdom is in my hands?"

Roswaal slowly rose from his chair, his solemn expression bringing the atmosphere of the conversation to a climax: "So, what will be the outcome of our battle in Lady Satella's 'Book of Wisdom'?"

Satella also stood up, and across the table, her deep red-purple eyes met Roswaal's heterochromatic gaze.

"Of course...it's you who dies!"

Author's Note:

P.S. Thanks to Lemon Puff, Naming is Really Troublesome, Banlangen Instant Noodles, Wrong, Harman??.???, Phoenix Power With You, It's Kotori, Kuli Gara Celestial Phenomenon, Xiaodai Yangnai, and Cangyue Xinyu for their blades and donations.

Chapter 48 Satella, Goddess of Magic

The moment the word "death" was uttered, the scene before my eyes changed.

"Shh!"

The next second, amidst a whistling sound like the air itself, the world before Satella's eyes began to change.

I haven't had time to figure out what's going on yet.

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"Woo-ga—"

The deafening roar of the beasts, accompanied by a strong, pungent stench, filled the air.

Satella was probably surrounded by a group of monsters, but still in a state of weightlessness, she had no time to assess her surroundings or react to the enemy's attack.

Fortunately, there was Kanna by my side.

"Om-!"

Like the sound of a high-frequency vibrating blade cutting, purple lightning began to rage in this space, condensing into a beam of light. Kanna held this beam of light in her hand, as if she were wielding a giant sword tens of meters long, and slashed it horizontally at the monsters that surrounded them!

——!

Like a shooting star streaking across the sky, its purple light flashed and disappeared in the pitch-black night.

immediately--

"Boom!"

An explosion has occurred!

Ahead, in a fan-shaped area, hundreds of magical beasts exploded violently, as if explosive devices had been installed inside their bodies.

Blood, bits of flesh, and organs flew into the air, then fell back to the ground like raindrops. This bloody scene was like a painting of hell.

Only at times like these could Satella truly feel that the young and adorable Kanna was actually a powerful dragon!

Having landed safely back on the ground, Satella began to look around.

They were currently in the courtyard outside the mansion, but judging from the situation, it was far from optimistic.

Behind them stretched an endless army of magical beasts. Besides the low-level wolf-like magical beasts that appeared in the original work, there were also rock boars, three or four stories tall, resembling both pigs and crocodiles, that had withstood Kanna's attack; griffins soaring through the air, emitting sharp cries towards the ground; and giant rats with outstretched wings, and multi-headed snakes with countless heads sprouting from their bodies…

Such a lineup is truly...

"Isn't it luxurious? To be honest, I never thought I could command such a luxurious lineup. This is all thanks to Roswaal. To repay Roswaal for his help some time ago, I'm going to go all out this time."

Riding on the back of the rock boar, slowly emerging from the shadows was a girl wearing a black cloak, who looked to be only 12 or 3 years old, but gave off a kind of "demonic" feeling.

Beastmaster.

Satella recognized the girl who had caused Subaru Natsuki a great deal of trouble in the original story at a glance.

This time, however, she was no longer commanding those low-level magical beasts. Regardless of their strength, at least in terms of size, neither the rock boar nor the hydra was inferior to Kanna in her dragon form.

These are probably the most powerful magical beasts on the continent. Under normal circumstances, it would be possible to slay a dragon with just these magical beasts.

Ahead stood Roswaal, Ram, and Rem, all on high alert. Considering the spatial teleportation magic from earlier, Beatrice should also be on Roswaal's side.

"Lady Satella, my only goal has always been to slay the dragon. So why not hand over the young dragon beside you, and then we can become allies and together put Emilia on the throne?"

Roswaal opened his arms as if embracing the world, a confident smile on his face.

The current situation can be described as quite tricky.

however……

"Kanna, you handle the back, I'll handle the front."

"It can be left to Kanna alone!"

Surrounded by numerous magical beasts and powerful beings, Satella and Kanna had this argument.

"Squeak!"

Both the monster user Melly Portelt and Roswaal had veins popping out on their foreheads.

—Can't you see the atmosphere?!

They were just showing off, and you guys started arguing with us like we were some kind of expert, which really embarrassed us!

However, it wasn't long before Kanna gave in to Satella's threat of "not giving you anything to eat" and agreed to Satella's suggestion.

"Snapped!"

The tiny hands clapped loudly in the air, and after the high-five, Satella and Kanna walked past each other, one forward and the other backward, heading towards their respective enemies.

"Roar—!"

With each step, in the white light, Kanna's figure gradually grew larger, eventually transforming into a pure white dragon, raising its head high and unleashing a dragon's roar at the group of inferior creatures before it.

The fierce roars of beasts rang out continuously, and the battle on Kanna's side had already begun.

However, Satella didn't even look back. With great confidence in Kanna, she strolled leisurely toward Roswaal.

"I thought Lady Satella would always be hiding behind the dragons," Roswaal said with a shrug, as if to say something joking.