There’s Absolutely No Problem With The Magic Cards I Made!-Chapter 214

The next morning.

In my dormitory, the morning sun shone on the floor of the living room.

I had bought the latest newspaper, and on the sofa, a person and a cat were huddled together, reading.

【Kingdom Federation Gazette Front Page Column】

"...King Laxus VI of the Tomafis Kingdom suffered targeted, inhuman torture from an unknown curse user for nearly three months before his death..."

"...Under the cruel torture, Laxus VI could not eat or sleep well and became increasingly emaciated, eventually losing his mind completely..."

"...And not long ago, Laxus VI's beloved son, the third prince, His Highness Alik, was unfortunately attacked during a campaign to support the Randil Kingdom, resulting in brain damage. He has yet to regain his consciousness, which finally became the last stone that crushed Laxus VI's psychological defense..."

"...Laxus VI chose to commit suicide late at night. By the time he was discovered, it was already too late for rescue..."

"...Laxus VI left a letter written in blood before his death, which is suspected to contain a list of names that Laxus VI believed to be the curse user, most of whom were Laxus' enemies or people with whom he had feuds..."

I looked at this list.

"Wait, why is my name on it!"

My finger slid across the newspaper, and when I saw my own name, I shouted in indignation.

"Meow meow!! You're not even the least bit guilty for being a thief, meow!!"

The Cat Teacher looked at my expression and really wanted to scratch me.

You're still acting at a time like this!

If it didn't know that it was my good deed, it would have almost been fooled by me.

"Tsk, do you understand an actor's self-cultivation? You have to always remain immersed in your acting, even to the point of deceiving those around you and yourself. Only then can it be called seamless."

I instantly returned to a leisurely and calm state, reached out, and flicked the Cat Teacher's head.

Then I crossed my legs, shook the newspaper, and turned to the next page.

"Let's see what other great news there is..."

The following pages were all analyses and predictions of the world situation.

"...Although the Tomafis Kingdom appears stable now, there is a trend of internal strife. The first and second princes were already poised for action during Laxus VI's serious illness, and Laxus VI's eldest daughter is also not to be underestimated..."

"...However, with Laxus VI's death, which came earlier than anyone expected, Laxus' heirs, on the contrary, do not dare to make any moves, maintaining a delicate balance..."

"...Ironically, what is maintaining the stability of the Tomafis Kingdom now, in a sense, is actually due to that mysterious curse user, which has resulted in the Tomafis Kingdom not daring to have a successor ascend the throne..."

"...According to expert analysis, the relationship of trust among the Northern Kingdoms is on the verge of shattering, and the group of powers led by the Tomafis Kingdom is showing a trend of disintegration..."

"...The attitude of the Salon Empire in the far north is also worrying..."

"...The Empire also seems to have some scruples. It is not difficult to deduce that the mysterious curse user is not a force of the Empire, otherwise the Empire might have already had a complete plan to seize the opportunity and launch a surprise attack..."

"...The Kingdom Federation has now issued a notice to all member states, offering a reward for any information about the mysterious curse user..."

"—Reported by Ludwig, Kingdom Federation Gazette reporter."

After reading, I was still holding the newspaper, thinking.

"Dekan, you'd better not screw up, or I'll be done for as an accomplice, meow!"

The Cat Teacher recalled the reward limit it had just seen and gradually began to feel afraid.

At this price, it was even a little worried that I would go and report Morion.

"Trust me, you'll be fine. It's very stable to be my accomplice, you'll never be exposed."

"How did I become an accomplice, meow?!"

"Don't worry about these details. Anyway, the maximum penalty is death."

"..."

The Cat Teacher stared at me with wide eyes, then helplessly shook its cat head:

"Forget it, meow. To be honest, your 【Dekan's Gospel】 is even more beastly than I imagined..."

"The effect is indeed better than I expected. After all, who can withstand such one-on-one torture, being stared at and cursed every day? I couldn't stand it myself."

In fact, I knew that to curse someone to a slow death like this, the opponent's rank needed to be not too high.

For example, Laxus VI himself was only 3rd-rank.

My curse on him could be said to be quite fatal.

And the King Ashston I cursed at the very beginning was a full 6th-rank. If it hadn't happened to accelerate the civil unrest, I would not have expected to be able to curse a 6th-rank powerhouse to death in three months.

If the enemy's rank was higher, it would be even more difficult.

I put down the newspaper.

I took out 【Dekan's Gospel】 again and, as usual, used it to curse Laxus VI.

"What are you still cursing him for, meow?"

The Cat Teacher looked at me with disbelief.

The man is already in the underworld, and you still won't let him go?

"I'm confirming if he faked his death. No one can escape my judgment."

I closed the death note in my hand and put it away.

"Beastly, meow..."

Just now, when I finished writing Laxus' information and activated the effect, it failed.

It seemed that Laxus VI was indeed dead.

But today's daily curse had also been used up.

"My special-grade review should be fine now."

I satisfactorily took out the list that Ice Snow Princess had given me and looked at it.

After dealing with the two kings of the Northern Kingdoms, the Northern Kingdoms were now in a concurrent state of chaos.

They were probably already overwhelmed with handling new joint relations and quelling internal strife, not to mention that there was a fierce tiger right next to them in the further north—

The most powerful country in this world, and the only empire.

The Salon Empire had been a mortal enemy of the Kingdom Federation for many years.

It had a vast territory and a comprehensive national strength that made any kingdom fear it.

A hundred years ago, if the scales of the gods had tilted a little more, the Salon Empire might have even successfully annexed the entire continent through the "War of Destruction."

But it was precisely because of this war that both the Empire and the various kingdoms ignored the Shadow World, allowing the Shadow World to continuously cause severe natural disasters.

In addition, the Resurrection Church caused trouble, triggering the collapse of a 9th-rank Shadow World.

And coincidentally, the natural disaster caused by this 9th-rank Shadow World fell entirely within the territory of the Empire, nearly destroying four provinces and losing one-third of the Empire's population.

The Salon Empire, which had been advancing triumphantly, was severely damaged, and its offensive was also severely hindered.

This gave the various kingdoms a chance to breathe and form alliances.

In the end, a solid organization was born—the Kingdom Federation to resist the Salon Empire.

It could be said that the unity of the Kingdom Federation was, to a large extent, dependent on the existence of the Empire.

It was not until more than a decade ago, when the new emperor of the Empire ascended the throne, that the relationship between the two sides gradually eased.

Both sides also gradually shifted their conflict to the Resurrection Church.

The Resurrection Church could be said to be a centipede that dies but never falls down. In its nearly hundred-year history, it has had several ups and downs, but it has never been eliminated.

Even now that both the Kingdom Federation and the Salon Empire are targeting the Resurrection Church, they cannot uproot it.

And the Card Makers' Association and the Church of the Sun God belonged to neutral forces.

They were not hostile to either of the two major territorial powers, the Kingdom Federation and the Salon Empire, and they cooperated with both to some extent.

Of course.

All forces were hostile to the Resurrection Church.

After the resistance from the Northern Kingdoms to me had lessened.

Although my Card Maker's agreement would still be stuck by the special-grade card makers of the Empire, the resistance was no longer as troublesome as before.

After all, my special-grade review still had many supporters.

In addition to my merit of double-killing the bishops.

My status now was not just something that could be summarized as a quasi-special-grade card maker.

A balance that had been just stuck there had now been broken.

The review process would be smoothly pushed forward.

"Meow... but you won't let the emperor of the Empire go, will you..."

The Cat Teacher nudged closer to me and asked.

After all, I had thrown the northern defense line of the Kingdom Federation into a mess. Given that the Norton Kingdom was also a force belonging to the Kingdom Federation, I should probably mess with the Empire as well, in order to create a balance.

Besides, it knew that I always took revenge. Any enemy that I could kill while standing on the moral high ground, I would definitely make a move as early as possible to nip them in the bud, absolutely not giving them time to develop and gather intelligence.

So the emperor of the Empire was probably destined to have a calamity.

Of course, I might not have initially expected the chaos in the Northern Kingdoms to have this effect.

The results caused by this gospel book were too difficult to predict.

"No, I can't curse the emperor of the Empire next."

I pondered.

Originally, I had thought about cursing the emperor of the Empire next.

Although the emperor of the Empire was rather special, his own combat power was extremely terrifying, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was the supreme powerhouse of the Empire.

It was simply impossible to curse the emperor to death with just 【Dekan's Gospel】.

At most, I could only rely on patience to make the emperor's mental state collapse.

But here was the problem.

Even Mi'e had said yesterday that she felt I was quite suspicious.

If it weren't for an absolute alibi, I would really be easily associated with this incident.

Then if I were to curse the emperor of the Empire next, it would be another target with a clear feud with me.

Even if I had a perfect alibi.

Cursing my enemies one by one like this, perfectly satisfying my interests.

In addition, the means was the curse that I was originally best at.

It would be difficult for others not to start suspecting me!!

They might even start to speculate whether I had some magical means like a super-long-range strike.

So I felt that I now had to change my way of thinking to completely clear my name of suspicion.

The most crucial point was that I could no longer curse people who fit my motive of interest!

I had to clear the suspicion completely first!

Then there was only one answer.

I decided that next, I would first symbolically curse the kings of the various countries of the Kingdom Federation once a day with the minimum curse intensity.

This way, I could confuse the public!

And after cursing all the kings, I would still temporarily not curse the emperor of the Empire for a short time.

I had to pretend to have stopped for a period of time.

And it would be best to use this to frame the Empire, so that others would guess that "this mysterious curse user wants to help the Empire."

Of course, I wouldn't waste the opportunity of a daily curse.

It just so happened that there was an enemy I had to deal with.

Cursing him probably wouldn't be known to the whole world.

That person was—the Falsehood Bishop, Carlos!

I had decided that after cursing all the kings, I would go and curse Carlos first.

During this time, I sent my slave Isabel to investigate, and also asked Iris to help me confirm the true name of the Falsehood Bishop.

Using both the black and white connections, I finally confirmed the full true name of the Falsehood Bishop.

Although I also didn't expect to be able to curse the 8th-rank Carlos to death.

But after cursing for a year or two, I should be able to make Carlos' mental state collapse!

This way, by first crippling the second-in-command and strategist of the Resurrection Church, it would be much easier to completely destroy the Resurrection Church in the future.

So next.

I decisively started the All-Kings Cursing Plan.

Every day, I randomly picked one or two kings to curse a little.

All standard curses.

Just for show.

...

Three weeks passed in a flash.

"First day of cursing Carlos. For the next year, I will write his name here every day, silently sending him blessings, while he has no idea that on the other side of the world, there is someone who cares so much about him."

After cursing Carlos, with nothing else to do, I casually wrote in 【Dekan's Gospel】.

I felt that the daily curse had gradually become an inseparable part of my life.

PART 2

So I decided to keep a record every day from now on.

Cursing must have a sense of ritual.

"Are you f***ing bored..."

When the Cat Teacher saw that I even added a note after cursing, it felt a little reluctant to continue recording this person's life.

I was very worried about Tata.

Such a good little girl, although her card-making was quite underworld, at least she still had a human heart.

After staying with me for a long time, it was estimated that that little bit of human heart would soon be gone.

"This semester is almost over. I really hope I can fight in a Shadow World before it ends."

I looked at the calendar on the wall.

June 22nd.

The final exams were also approaching.

I had few classes this semester, so I basically had nothing much to review.

But because Cornelia had missed about half a semester of classes, and there was also a problem student who had missed an entire semester of classes.

I had now become a cram school teacher.

I had started the high-intensity tutoring like at the end of last semester again.

"Sigh, Tata is so smart. She can understand anything with just a few pointers. Flora is really a pain..."

I picked up two books, took my water cup, shook my head helplessly, and prepared to go to the library to find Cornelia.

Just as I opened the dormitory door, I happened to see Iris standing outside.

She seemed to be about to knock.

"Huh? Mi'e isn't here?"

I looked around the corridor but couldn't find Mi'e's figure.

Logically, when Iris came to visit me before, she was usually with Mi'e.

Iris shook her head:

"Mi'e went to take an exam."

"So Iris, you're looking for me for something? Come in first."

I walked back into the living room and put the book in my hand back on the coffee table.

Then I sat on the sofa opposite Iris.

"Dekan, do you know about the upcoming Kingdom Federation's Hero Festival?"

Iris asked.

"Yeah, I was even planning to go on a trip."

I nodded.

I had already made a date with Cornelia to go to the Southern Kingdom to participate in the once-every-five-years 【Hero Festival】 during the summer vacation after the first year.

Even if my special-grade review was still in process.

But as a hero who had defeated two bishops, I had already received an invitation from the Kingdom Federation.

Cloix and I would attend the event as special guests.

In addition, the girl group under the Happy Group was also invited.

They, who were already quite famous in the Central Kingdoms, would have an opportunity to perform as guests at the opening ceremony.

I had also written a brand new single for them.

Their progress now could be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds. Ice Snow Princess and Judith, who originally had extraordinary comprehension and physical abilities, had no problem learning singing and dancing, and Flora was a born idol.

Among the three, only Ice Snow Princess was a slight worry.

During performances, compared to the other two, Ice Snow Princess was occasionally still a bit reserved and unnatural.

If they could seize this opportunity to perform successfully, they might become completely famous throughout the countries of the Kingdom Federation.

It might even become a big hit in the Empire, completing a cultural invasion!

Due to the tenth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom Federation and the Empire.

This Hero Festival also specially invited guests and contestants from the Empire.

"This time I will be representing the Norton Kingdom's delegation to participate in the Hero Festival..."

Iris stammered, as if she had a favor to ask of me.

"That's perfect, let's go together. It's guard duty, right?"

I agreed very generously.

Anyway, Mi'e had also agreed to go with them.

Mi'e would definitely be happy to be with Iris.

Iris hurriedly waved her hand and said:

"No, no, I want to ask if you can represent our Norton Kingdom to compete and win the championship."

"Ah, no..."

I decisively refused.

I didn't like competing at all.

I was going on a trip.

And there were so many young talents in the Norton Kingdom, there was no need to send me to fight.

The Hero Festival did not restrict rank, but it restricted age.

Contestants needed to be under thirty.

So Ice Snow Princess and Judith unfortunately could not participate.

The strongest 8th-rank in the Norton Kingdom—the Great Sage of Kuran Territory, was even less able to compete.

But it was still possible to find 7th-rank powerhouses under the age of thirty.

I still preferred to sit in the audience, guest seats, or commentator's booth to give pointers.

"Sigh, I won't force you. It's just that father asked me to ask for your opinion."

Iris sighed, but soon showed a relieved smile.

"His Majesty the King?"

I asked in confusion.

I thought it was Iris who wanted me to win the championship so that she could show off as a representative of the Norton Kingdom.

Iris nodded:

"Yes, actually he was the one who wanted to ask for your help."

After hearing this, I sat up a little straighter, my expression also became a little more serious, and I asked:

"Uncle King is asking for my help? Then it seems there's something special about this Hero Festival?"

The king was still very good to me, it could be said that he took great care of me, so if there was anything I could do to help the king, I was still very willing to help.

Iris stood up, walked to the door connecting the living room and the balcony, and drew the curtains.

Then she walked to the main door of my dormitory, opened it and looked around, making sure there was no one around.

Only then did she return to the sofa and sit down.

"What's with all the secrecy..."

I retorted, looking at Iris' behavior.

And Iris didn't have her usual very casual manner at all, but asked in a low voice with a serious expression:

"Have you heard of the 'Lord of Calamity' and the 'Calamity Host'?"

I was stunned.

I had never heard of them.

But judging by the title, it should be a big shot.

And the Calamity Host, was it some secret society again?

I asked since I didn't know:

"Is he some character from ancient legends?"

Iris shook her head and replied:

"He is a big shot who has recently risen to prominence. For him and his fanatical followers, the Kingdom Federation even urgently convened a highest-level meeting."

"Whoa, so I need to go and deal with him?"

Although I didn't know what the "Lord of Calamity" had to do with the Hero Festival.

But it seemed that winning the Hero Festival championship would definitely be able to target the "Lord of Calamity."

"Yes, I'm afraid that in terms of reputation now, only the Pa... Special-Grade Card Maker Dekan can compare with him."

Iris stumbled over her words halfway through, and quickly corrected herself.

I was furious when I heard that.

The reputation I had worked so hard to build step by step.

How could some bastard suddenly be on par with me without me even knowing?

It felt a bit like my thirty years of hard work was not as good as someone else winning a lottery ticket.

And.

Even if a new BOSS was to be parachuted in, it shouldn't be played like this, right?!

I hadn't even finished dealing with the Resurrection Church, and a new group of forces had inexplicably popped up.

Even if you can't continue writing an invincible protagonist story, you can't do it like this, right?

"Tell me the situation in detail. No matter what, if these guys will harm the Norton Kingdom, I will definitely not sit by and watch."

I had changed my mind now.

Although I still didn't plan to compete.

But I would target this group of "Calamity Host" and the so-called "Lord of Calamity" from behind the scenes.

"The prize for this year's Hero Festival champion is a divination opportunity. Lord Astrologer will use her 9th-rank epic spell card to perform a divination for the champion and answer the champion's question. We hope that after you win, you can ask Lord Astrologer to divine the intelligence of the Lord of Calamity."

Iris explained.

I crossed my arms and nodded.

I had roughly understood.

It seemed that this Lord of Calamity and the Calamity Host were very troublesome.

Even in the intelligence war, the Kingdom Federation was at a disadvantage.

The cooldown time of that trump card of the Astrologer's was very long, measured in years.

Since the opportunity for divination was rare, it was often used for major events.

And the Kingdom Federation must have already requested the Astrologer's help to deal with the Calamity Host.

But obviously, the Astrologer refused.

Because the decision to set the prize for this year's Hero Festival champion as a divination opportunity was made by the Astrologer herself.

She must have already foreseen something.

Then, to have the Astrologer divine the intelligence of the Lord of Calamity, one could only win the Hero Festival.

If there were no surprises, the Calamity Host would very likely also sneak into the Hero Festival and compete under a false identity!

The contestants from the Empire also had to be guarded against.

So the Kingdom Federation naturally hoped to have the most reliable contestants participate and secure the championship.

Then in the Norton Kingdom, the most reassuring one was undoubtedly me.

"I understand, Iris. Although I won't compete, you can rest assured. When I go to the Hero Festival, I will find a way to deal with the Calamity Host."

Whether it was the Calamity Host or the Lord of Calamity, as an international counter-terrorism expert, I would not allow them to exist.

I would not allow anyone to be darker and more sinister than me.

I thought for a moment and then asked:

"By the way, what the hell did this guy do?"

Hearing this, Iris looked around again. It seemed that because she was in the same space as me, she felt that I had the effect of warding off evil, and she calmed down a little.

She swallowed and said:

"This has to start from the death of King Ashston a few months ago. At that time, everyone thought that someone had been planning for a long time and finally lit a fire. Then Laxus VI also suffered a cruel fate. Next, when everyone was terrified, he actually cursed all the kings as if to warn the Kingdom Federation, as if to declare war on the whole world, heralding the beginning of a great catastrophe... And now, some of the fanatical believers and followers of the Lord of Calamity have also established an organization called the Calamity Host, which is gradually getting out of control..."

"Ah..."

I was dumbfounded.

The Cat Teacher next to me also had its mouth wide open, in the exact same state as me.

They looked at each other, and both of them couldn't help but start to break out in a cold sweat.

I always felt that this story that Iris was telling had a bit of a sense of déjà vu.

This "Lord of Calamity"...

It couldn't be me, could it??!