According to her, that magical tool was her trump card, created with the empire's latest, greatest, and most cutting-edge technology. It was apparently so powerful that maps would need to be redrawn after its use.
"If you had something like that, why wouldn't you just detonate it in demon territory?" Claire asked.
"We can't just install it anywhere. It needs a volcanic belt ley line to work." Something clicked in my mind. "Dorothea... Did you use that magical tool to make Mt. Sassal erupt?" I asked.
"You're sharp, Rae Taylor. Indeed, I did. This magic tool is able to agitate the fire and earth essences running along the ley line," she answered without an ounce of guilt.
So that was how it was. The reason the eruption had happened earlier than it did in the original game was because the empire had pulled some strings. Perhaps the empire had been the cause of the eruption in the original game too.
"You fiend!" To my surprise, Thane grabbed Dorothea's collar. His usual melancholic expression was replaced with one of pure rage. "Do you have any idea how many of my citizens suffered because of that eruption?! Even now, many are on the verge of starvation!" As king, Thane had greatly grieved the suffering his dear subjects had been forced to endure following Mt. Sassal's eruption. To find out the disaster had not been natural but rather man-made was understandably maddening.
"I have no excuse," Dorothea said. "I wished to conquer your country, but I didn't have the luxury of choosing my means." "You're heartless!" Thane snarled.
"Is that so? What would you have me do, then?" "There's nothing you can do to make up for what you've done. Go to hell." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, that's not a good move there, Your Majesty," I said. "Let's at least get an apology and some reparations out of her." While I sympathized on an emotional level, we had to look toward the future.
"Such kind words. But we do not control the world; we merely adjust it. We're on the side of humanity, really."
"I wonder about that." The apostle's words might not have been a lie, but I was convinced they weren't the whole truth.
Claire sighed. "There's no way we can waste time flirting in such a time of crisis." "Even if I were to say the success of the coming battle depended on it?" the apostle said.
"Ngh..." Claire groaned. It seemed the apostle knew just what to say to twist Claire's arm as well.
"It shouldn't be that difficult," the apostle said. "You are already flirting every free moment you have."
"Nonsense! We are not!" Claire insisted.
"Huh?" "Huh?" "Huh?" Mr. Torrid, the apostle, and I shared a look. I, at the very least, was self-aware of how all over each other Claire and I tended to be.
"Torrid Magic," said the apostle, "go negotiate with Thane Bauer and Dole François to secure these two some more free time." Mr. Torrid sighed. "I take it that I have no right to refuse?" "Whyever would you? This is for the benefit of humanity. Don't you think Emily Magic would have wanted this as well?" "Please, don't talk like you understand my daughter."
By the sound of it, Emily was the name of Mr. Torrid's late daughter. "I'll help set the stage as well," said the apostle. "So, Claire François
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