Chapter 542
"Finally, the Alchemist found a vessel large enough to contain this immense desire."
"Four girls with pure hearts and innocent kindness."
Upon hearing this, Takanashi Shiori paused for a moment, instinctively wanting to ask a question.
However, Roland's story continues.
"Moreover, they were all living in suffering and despair, a breeding ground for misfortune."
"It's the perfect material."
"However, that alone is not enough; even greater suffering and deeper despair are needed."
"The Alchemist began the ritual to transform them into Demon King."
Although Roland spoke in a well-organized and rhythmic manner, there were still some details that Takanashi Shiori couldn't quite grasp.
Despite many similar speculations in the past.
However, Takanashi Shiori's mind was still a bit blank at this moment.
A human girl was transformed into Demon King lord by Alchemist?
How do you do that...
Roland's voice continued to echo in my ears---
"Four unfortunate girls, while still alive, were imprisoned in four coffins."
"A creature had its abdomen ripped open, and its flesh and heart were devoured by hundreds of birds. Amidst pain and screams, all its internal organs were eaten until its remains became a nest for the birds."
"A being whose entire body was planted with the seeds of greed, feeling the itching and despair of having their flesh and blood sucked, until they saw the crimson flower nourished by their own blood and bones, blooming vividly on their body, becoming the mother of all flowers."
"One was successively deafened, blinded, and had his tongue pulled out, until everything was no longer under his control, he lost all his senses, until his thoughts became blank, and he became an empty puppet."
"One of them, amidst countless curses and endless tortures, developed the deepest and darkest hatred, until it became an indescribable filth itself in the midst of resentment."
As those words were spoken, Takanashi Shiori, though still expressionless, began to have her thoughts scramble and falter, because Roland's words were too casual, as if he were talking about how to cook a meal, and she hadn't quite caught up yet.
Finally, in that ritual hall filled with taboos and sins—four young girls died in despair.
"And then, the girls' remains began to absorb and gather all the ugly desires of humanity in the world."
A crippled "bird" that yearns for freedom but cannot fly.
A mother who doesn't understand love and nurturing.
The "wind" of nothingness, which abandons the mind and self to escape suffering.
And the "moon," a source of calamity that hates humanity and curses everything.
The four elements that symbolize beauty in nature all turned into a calamity that polluted everything at that moment.
"People's sins, greed, suffering, and desires."
This actually happened thousands of years ago.
In that evil underground temple, darkness enveloped everything. The girls' cries and desperate wails ceased, replaced by the ceaseless roar of desire.
The most beautiful and the ugliest things in the world are born from this.
Thinking of that scene, Roland seemed to find it quite amusing, and a radiant smile appeared on his face.
"----From the four coffins, upon the remains of the girls, the Demon King were born."
"By this time, the aura emanating from the Devil King Crystal had already blinded the king and the Alchemist with desire and greed, causing them to abandon any pursuit of resolving the disaster."
"Or rather, it was just an excuse and a pretext from the very beginning."
"They just want immortality and omnipotence."
Perhaps it wasn't the Devil King Crystal that caused their corruption and temptation.
It is precisely because of their greed that the Devil King Crystal is born.
That was by no means the miracle and salvation people had hoped for.
The girls' sacrifice failed to provide hope for saving the world.
Ironically, neither the king nor the Alchemist could control the monsters they created.
"The Demon King lords became an even greater calamity, bringing destruction that no one could resist."
This is precisely why the descendants of Alchemist are considered sinners of the Kingdom.
They are the very culprits who created the Demon King.
As far as fairy tales go, this story is even scarier than the Takanashi heard as a child.
It's really uncomfortable.
However, after hearing this part of the story, Takanashi Shiori felt she had learned a great deal, but what did it have to do with Lilith's rebellion?
Volume Four Does This Count as a Magical Girl??: Chapter 60 The First Magic Girl
The story doesn't end here.
In the end, the Demon King failed to destroy the world and reduce everything to nothingness.
As for what happened later, Roland felt that R'lyeh's Witch apprentices should know quite well, since it wasn't much different from what was taught in textbooks.
She then looked at Takanashi Shiori:
"So, Shiori, what happened next?"
As a teacher, Roland was always good at engaging in small interactions with his students during class.
Takanashi Shiori, of course, obediently cooperated.
"A miracle occurred in the face of the calamity brought by the Demon King."
"The Light Crystal, which was originally unusable by humans, chose a mortal girl and made her the first Magic girl."
The ones who can defeat the Demon King and the Monster are naturally Magic girls.
A warrior symbolizing love and hope.
Roland nodded in satisfaction, and continued, in a poetic tone, with a hint of amusement:
"A very poor and frail country girl, yet she has a heart of gold."
"That was the very first Magic girl, R'lyeh."
The world of R'lyeh got its name from this.
It is named after that original Magic girl.
"When she could no longer bear the suffering in the world, when her heart was filled with courage, and when she sincerely hoped that all of this could be saved, the Light Crystal responded to humanity, and the first Magic girl was born."
"Pure and innocent R'lyeh, kind R'lyeh, savior R'lyeh."
People called her a saint.
"She saved the world from destruction under the ravages of the Demon King, and she saved humanity."
"Unfortunately, she was the first Magic girl, but by no means the most Magic. Even with the approval of the Genesis Crystal, she could not defeat all the Demon King on her own. In fact... her strength was only barely on par with one Demon King."
By today's standards for Crown Rank Magic Girls, this is only considered a passing grade.
Moreover, R'lyeh was using the most powerful Genesis Crystal.
But this is something that can't be helped.
At that time, there were no brilliant and dazzling Magic created, nor were there Crown Rank Magic Spell specifically designed to seal Demon King. As the original Magic girl, R'lyeh could only do so much.
The only saving grace is that the Demon King hate each other and are not united.
"Later, in order to rid the world of the Demon King's calamity, the Magic girl R'lyeh formed a partnership with the most illustrious branch of the Alchemist Clan."
That was one of the few Alchemist Clan that still retained a shred of conscience, though even that conscience wasn't abundant.
I heard that the descendants of that branch stayed on Earth and developed a rather large industry.
"On one hand, they created a new world, bringing the calamities of Demon King and Monster there to protect the homes of mortals."
"That world is called R'lyeh, the Witch's new home, and also their battlefield."
"On the other hand, the Alchemist created R'lyeh's offspring using her blood and also developed a method to purify the Monster Crystal using the Light Crystal, extracting power that could be reused by humans."
"The former became the descendant of Saint R'lyeh, the Royal Family of Witch, while the latter gave birth to many new Magic girls, expanding the power to fight against Monster."
Saint R'lyeh herself died in a battle at the hands of a wave of Monster and the Moon-Type Devil King, but her descendants followed in her footsteps.
And so, the war between the Magic girls and the Demon King continued for hundreds of years, until a certain Queen R'lyeh finally brought about a true victory.
Meanwhile, the Witch's descendants continue to live in a world called R'lyeh, suppressing and sealing the immortal Demon King, and cleaning up the remnants and evil spirits of the Monster.
This is the pride and glory of Magic girls, and it is precisely for this reason that some Magic girls in R'lyeh consider themselves the saviors of the Earth.
The story of the origin of Magic girls has come to an end.
Roland essentially gave Takanashi a history lesson.
Not much time had actually passed; the snow was still falling heavily, and the sky remained dark and gloomy.
Deep in the distant Black Forest, the shadow of the curse still lingers, and the mournful and desperate cries of the Monster have continued from the ancient past to the present day, without ceasing.
In the cold, snowy wind, Takanashi Shiori felt a multitude of emotions welling up inside her, but none of them overshadowed her main focus.
After thinking about her remaining questions, the girl asked again, somewhat uncertainly:
"So, what is Teacher Haihara's purpose in instigating the rebellion? Is it related to... the origin of R'lyeh?"
When asked again, Takanashi Shiori said she didn't think there was much of a connection between the two.
Roland, a Magic girl who has lived for a very long time, does indeed enjoy telling stories; her smile is faint.
"Hmm, maybe?"
"We just finished talking about the origins of Magic girls."
"Next, I will tell the story of... R'lyeh, the most unforgivable person in Lilith's Overlord, who attempted to end the history of Magic girls and is the enemy of all Magic girls."
Beginning and end.
A story has a beginning, and of course, an end.
But linking it to Lilith seems absurd.
Why?
Lilith herself is a Magic girl, how could she have such thoughts?
Takanashi Shiori didn't think her sugar daddy mother would be so crazy as to want to kill all the Magic girls.
"Why?"
The girl looked somewhat reluctant.
In the end, this was the only question she could ask.
After all, most people wouldn't have any other reaction.
At this moment, Roland did not answer immediately. Instead, he casually channeled his Magic Power and took out one beautiful gem after another of different colors from another dimension. These gems contained Magic Power, which was the source of the Magic girl's power— Magic Crystal.
"I'll keep you in suspense for now."
She raised a finger and gracefully placed it to her lips.
Roland did not immediately reveal the truth, but continued to recount everything the people of R'lyeh had witnessed at that time.
The Overlord said, "I want to make all the Magic girls in the world disappear, and I want to take away all the Magic Power in the world."
Those dazzling gems, settling in Roland's porcelain-white palm, shone brilliantly, so beautiful and captivating.
"None of the Magic girls who were defeated in that war were killed."
"But they were all taken away from their Transformation Crystal."
"Even without death, for Witch, this still means a great deal of misfortune, and you know how unforgivable that is."
"Without a doubt, she is the Witch who brings about the end, the most insatiable and insane Demon King, and an enemy of all Magic girls."
"Therefore, even the Queen who deeply loved her had to fight her for the sake of her people, and many other Witch also decided to kill her."
"Otherwise, Magic girls will disappear from this world."