The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

129 The heroes comforting the king with their bodies

The consciousnesses of the two had been in a foggy state for two hundred years. They were in a state that was far worse than being drunk on alcohol.

When drunk, one would think foolish thoughts and express emotions more intensely than usual, but these two had not even been capable of these things.

During those two hundred years, they had been unable to recall their memories of their past, nor could they move their bodies freely.

Zandia and Jeena had felt a sensation that was as if there was a transparent object separating themselves from their memories and bodies.

Their sense of time had been vague, so it was only later that they learned that around two hundred years had passed.

However, that vague sensation came to an abrupt end when they met a Dhampir boy with a crimson and a bluish-purple eye in a dimly-lit place. Behind him were a group of extremely familiar people.

They felt a strong sense of disgust at the commands that were issued to them by an old man's voice, which they had never had any doubts about before.

Once they and the other Zombies were captured and taken away to a place where they received 'surgery,' they became at ease.

They felt surprised at how much they had been suffering and how normal suffering had become to them, and they regained their memories and their ability to think to some extent.

They were surprised when they became aware that they had died and become Undead. They were dumbfounded when they learned that their comrade Borkus had become a Zombie, and that Princess Levia, who was supposed to have escaped to the Hartner Duchy, had turned into a Ghost.

And then they learned that the destroyed Talosheim had been restored, and it was expanding beyond its scale of two hundred years ago.

"Your fury was terrible back then. You were howling terrifying things, like how you wanted to go to the Hartner Duchy right now to castrate all of the Hartner family's men and put an end to their lineage. And when the kid tried to stop you, you just picked him up and tried to take him with you," said Borkus.

"That's right, Zandia. You're the Second Princess, so you have to have some self-control."

"No, Jeena-nee, I just shouted that I wanted to kill them all. The one who shouted that they'd castrate the Hartner family's men and then tried to carry His-Majesty-kun away in an iron-claw grip was you!"

"That other time was pretty incredible..." said Saria.

"It was great that Luciliano-san got stepped on when he was trying to peek at your surgeries. Nobody got angry at the peeking incident, either," said Rita.

"He traded a rib for that, and it was Jeena who started running around wearing only a single surgery gown," said Zadiris. "In a way, being seen would have served her right."

The Living Maid Armors Saria and Rita, as well as Zadiris who for some reason was accompanying them just because her name was similar to Zandia's, were roasting some tare-soaked meat as they nodded to themselves, recalling the events that had occurred several months ago.

Jeena had stepped on Luciliano and tripped over him, giving Vandalieu the opportunity to grab her and calm her down. Given this achievement and the fact that he had given up a rib for this, Luciliano had been forgiven for attempting to peek.

"I'm already unemployed, so it's fine," said Jeena. "The Church is being well looked-after by Nuaza-kun... and everyone except that bearded person apologized, and even His-Majesty-kun forgave me, so it's fine, right? He said, 'When I first learned the truth, I instinctively felt a desire to start killing everyone without discrimination, so I know how you feel.'"