WM – Chapter 99: The fallen country and the cursed princess

◇Moon Oracle Furiae POV◇

I have always been alone since the time I had awareness.

I don’t know the faces of my parents.

I don’t even know if I have siblings.

No friends.

I can only rely on myself.

The eyes directed at me are only those of shirking and…hatred.

The fallen country, the Moon Country of Laphroaig.

That’s the place I was born and raised in.

The Moon Oracle who betrayed the humans and colluded with the demons 1,000 years ago; her other name: Calamity Witch.

If you touch, hear her voice, or meet her eyes, she can control you at her will.

It is said that the only one who wouldn’t be controlled was the Great Demon Lord of old.

According to legends, the Calamity Witch was the lover of the Great Demon Lord.

She was hated by the most people in history…the Moon Oracle of 1,000 years ago.

I am apparently her reincarnation.

At the ruins of the Moon Country, I was secretly raised by people who follow the Moon Goddess Naia, and was revered.

What a joke…

Because of a damn woman from far in the past, my life is a mess.

I just wanted a peaceful life.

I remember the time when I was captured.

“This can’t be helped.” 

“I…am sorry for you, but…”

The guy that’s apparently called the Pope Roma had a smile as if pasted on him, and the unconcerned look of the Sun Oracle named Noel.

At their back, there’s the Light Hero that captured me.

…Why are you making such a sad face?

You hypocrite.

The peaceful life I was leading in Laphroaig was trampled down by a bunch of people calling themselves the Sun Knights.

Both my legs and arms were restrained with thick iron shackles.

A prison under the Grand Sanctuary. 

In here, almost all of my magic is sealed by the power of the Sun Goddess.

I can’t escape, but because of the curse in my body, they won’t kill me.

I am being left alive as if I were livestock.

No, since I serve no purpose at all, I would be less than livestock…

“…Sorry.” 

For some reason, the Light Hero would come everyday to the cell I am in.

“If you are, then I would like you to get me out of here though.” (Furiae)

“…That’s…I can’t…” (Sakurai)

If you can’t, then disappear already.

Trying to put on a nice guy face makes me wanna puke.

“Moon Oracle, Furiae…you haven’t led devilkin and have no connection with the Snake Church, right?” (Sakurai)

“I have led nothing, and I am actually hated by the Snake Church people.” (Furiae)

The main cause devilkins are hated all over the world is said to be because of the Calamity Witch.

The appeased lifestyle between humans and demons that was pushed forward in Laphroaig.

This led to humans and demons having blood ties.

In those days, within the many countries that were controlled by the Great Demon Lord, Laphroaig was the only one that was spared from oppression.

The reason is because the marriage between humans and demons was pushed.

Slowly increasing the amount of devilkins, and eliminating the discord between humans and demons…was apparently the objective.

It ended up failing though.

They were being controlled with charm magic without getting the permission of the people themselves, so of course it wouldn’t go well. 

The one who made the devilkin increase plan was the Moon Oracle 1,000 years ago.

The result was that several tens of thousands of vagrants were born though…

But I have nothing to do with that!

The ones leading the devilkin are the Snake Church who aim to make the devilkin flourish.

I am unrelated with those people.

I am being treated in the same way as them though.

In the end, the Light Hero continued coming everyday.

My dislike in seeing his face slowly decreased.

“…Don’t come anymore.” (Furiae)

“Well, isn’t it fine? …This is a strange fruit I found recently.” (Sakurai)

Why are you bringing things to me every time?

“I would like something more sweet…” (Furiae)

“Got it! Next time, I will bring something different!” (Sakurai)

The next day, he brought something else.

What’s with this guy…

So weird.

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“Come! I know you are connected with the Snake Church!” 

One day, a guy that’s apparently the first prince of the Sun Country suddenly came and brought me to a different place.

I don’t know the Snake Church.

Even if I told them that, they don’t believe me.

But it was lucky that I was able to leave the church prison that has a strong barrier. 

The pointless questioning was a pain, but I looked for an opening, talked to a knight nearby and controlled him.

And then, I hid in the underground canals, looking for a chance to escape the capital.

The underground canals are vast, and I created undead to look for an exit, and had them explore.

I explored for several days, but…

(…The undead have been defeated?) 

It was sudden.

All of the undead that I made to explore the undead canals were defeated.

It looks like the templars have begun to search. 

Well, fine.

I learned that I can’t escape from the underground canals anyways.

There were templars in all of the exits.

If it is only one or two, I could manage somehow, but if it is a squad, it is impossible.

(I have to make new warriors…) 

I was walking through the communal cemetery of the capital.

The communal cemetery is my headquarters.

There’s a whole lot of corpses for necromancy.

…I actually don’t want to make undead though.

I controlled undead at night, and at noon, I would go to the 6th District to act as a fortune teller and gather information.

There was interesting information recently.

There’s apparently a beastkin rebellion in Symphonia.

Even so, at the time when the Light Hero is having his inauguration ceremony and the knights of the Sun Country are gathering? It is a question I had, but once I investigated further, the mystery was solved.

The ones pulling the strings from the shadows was that annoying Snake Church.

A heretic church that is made up of people from the Moon Country.

They plan on causing an insurrection here.

I will run away using the chaos created there. 

I don’t plan on stopping the rebellion.

I have no responsibility to.

Rather, the Pope and Sun Oracle that looked down on me should be caught in it and die.

That’s what I was thinking.

I can see the future with Destiny Magic.

But it is not an assured future.

If I could do that, I wouldn’t be captured.

But the beastkin rebellion and the mayhem set by the Snake Church.

I can clearly see the time of it.

Just a few days.

In that time, I can escape.

I will stay hidden in the communal cemetery until then.

I am controlling all the templars watching the cemetery with charm magic.

I also have undead on watch.

There shouldn’t be any problems.

But today was different from usual.

(…Someone has come.) 

No, I know who.

It is the Light Hero.

The thread of fate that only Destiny Magic users can see.

By seeing the amount of fate threads the person has, I can tell the importance of that person and their influence.

A normal person would have 10 and it would be on the high side.

Nobles would have around 100.

The Light Hero has thousands.

I can understand why he is the reincarnation of the Savior Abel.

What unbelievable influence.

I can tell a person like that is approaching me.

“How about you come out, Light Hero, Ryosuke?” (Furiae)

I called out the name of the guy that I haven’t seen in a while.

“Hey there.” (Sakurai)

An eloquent voice that doesn’t fit a cemetery. 

It is the same face I saw everyday at the prison.

…No, he looks a little tired?

Is he okay?

“What did you come here for?” (Furiae)

But well, I have a guess as to what it is though.

He most likely will say some naive stuff like he wants to save me.

It would be one thing if he came alone, but he has come with comrades.

It is most likely the usual female knight.

…Don’t come to the place of a woman with other women.

Is what I thought, but they were unknown people.

Subordinates of the Light Hero.

One of them is a pretty young looking child. 

The other one is…incredibly weak?

What a weird duo.

I will use undead knights to buy time and escape.

The Light Hero won’t be fighting seriously, judging from his personality.

I was thinking about having the two warriors he brought get a little injured with charm magic, but…

“Eh?”

Wait, Ryousuke?! 

Why are you covering for your own subordinate and getting injured?!

“Aah, geez!” (Furiae)

I got flustered and ended up running away from there.

◇Takatsuki Makoto POV◇

“Sakurai-kun!” (Makoto)

I used [RPG Player] to change my perspective, and the spaced-out eyes of Prince Leonard attacking with his sword and Sakurai-kun getting in between happened almost in that same instant.

Blood splashed under the light of the moon.

Crap!

The newly learned [Calm] from Prince Leonard was not enough to block it!

“Guh!” 

The sword of the prince cut the right shoulder of Sakurai-kun and he fell down on the ground.

“Just w-what in the world did I…” (Leonard)

Prince Leonard returns to his senses.

He was controlled only for an instant, huh.

“What are you doing?!” (Furiae)

The Moon Oracle looked over here and had a surprised expression.

…You did that yourself, right?

“H-Hold them back!” (Furiae)

The Moon Oracle ordered the undead and she ran away.

“Sakurai-kun, are you okay?!” (Makoto)

“S-Sakurai-san, what have I done…?” (Leonard)

“Don’t worry, Prince Leonard. Sorry, Takatsuki-kun. Can you chase after Furiae since the charm doesn’t work on you? I will catch up. But don’t touch her at all cost!” (Sakurai)

Saying this, Sakurai-kun uses an item to restore himself.

Doesn’t look like a fatal wound. Good.

“If you are okay, that’s fine, Sakurai-kun… By the way, what happens if I touch her?” (Makoto)

“Even when I was under the light of the sun, the moment I touched her, I couldn’t go against her charm magic. There’s no one in this world who won’t get controlled when touched by the Moon Oracle!” (Sakurai)

“Got it.” (Makoto)

Must not be injured.

Must not be touched.

What a problematic opponent.

But I can’t just let her go like this.

(Sakurai-kun was injured because of my mistake…) (Makoto)

It was an attack of Prince Leonard that I could have avoided with my RPG Player perspective change.

I lowered my guard because I thought things would go well with Sakurai-kun here.

That’s not good.

I leave the undead to Prince Leonard and Sakurai-kun, and chase after the Moon Oracle that ran deep into the cemetery. 

(She runs fast!) (Makoto)

I chase after the Moon Oracle, but I can’t catch up at all.

We are drifting further and further apart instead.

(Well, she is an Oracle after all.) (Makoto)

Oracles are in the same class as Heroes in this world.

There’s practically no scenarios where they fight directly with monsters, but the stats of the Oracles are apparently abnormally high.

On the other hand, I have stats lower than that of regular people.

If I were to do arm wrestling with Prince Sofia, I would lose…probably.

So sad! Even though I am a Hero!

(Well, if you can’t win fairly, you can pull her leg.) (Makoto)

[Ice Floor].

I freeze the footing of the Moon Oracle.

“?!” 

The Moon Oracle was about to fall. 

But she somehow managed to stay on foot.

She is good.

She tried to change directions and escape, but…

[Ice Floor] [Ice Floor] [Ice Floor] [Ice Floor].

I freeze all the places the Moon Oracle was going to run to.

“……”

The Moon Oracle-san looks at me with hatred and turns over here.

Did she give up?

The Moon Oracle extends her hand towards the moon and…

“My servants pulled from the gates of death…” (Furiae)

The voice of the Moon Oracle resonated as if singing.

That tone of voice was mesmerizing.

Guided by that beautiful voice, an army of ugly zombies crawled out from the ground.

Hoh, so this is necromancy.

“You deal with these guys!” (Furiae)

The zombies surround me and block me from proceeding.

The Moon Oracle tried to escape in that opening, but…”

“Spirit-sans, Spirit-sans…” (Makoto)

Water Magic: [Ice World].

I freeze the zombies, the ground, the trees -everything.

But I only exclude the place around the Moon Oracle.

With this, there shouldn’t be a curse counter.

“…How skillful.” (Furiae)

“Sorry about that. I am a bit pissed after having my friend hurt.” (Makoto)

Reflecting from my battle with Geralt-san, I put [Clear Mind] to around 50%.

Looks like my anger transmitted to the Spirits to a certain degree.

“Wait for a bit here until Sakurai-kun arrives.” (Makoto)

“…”

I haven’t attacked the Moon Oracle directly.

If she tries to, I can just make the ground slippery with ice.

All around the Moon Oracle has been covered in ice.

“What a troublesome mage.” (Furiae)

The eyes of the Moon Oracle that felt as if they were trying to kill me with its glare were shining golden.

Charm magic again?

That doesn’t work on me though.

(No, that’s not it. It is not only her eyes. The whole body of the Moon Oracle is shining…) (Makoto)

*Crack*

The sound of the ice on the foot of the Moon Oracle cracking reached my ears, which was the same moment I noticed that was the sound of her dashing forward…

(Geh! She is coming towards me?! So what’s covering her whole body is Aura?!) (Makoto)

I take a stance with my dagger at her charge.

Moreover, she is quite fast!

(No, I can’t attack.) (Makoto)

I remember the words of Sakurai-kun about getting curse countered and hurriedly lowered my dagger.

I hesitated on what to do.

Damn it!

Lowering my [Clear Mind] came to bite me here…

In that instant I couldn’t choose the best response…

The hand of the Moon Oracle grabbed my arm.

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0 thoughts on “WM – Chapter 99: The fallen country and the cursed princess”

  2. Aaaah a good chapter, poor Furiae being alone all the time. Hopefully that will change soon. Thank you as always for the chapter Reigokai

  4. Just like Anna 1000 years ago, it looks like Sakurai’s 20 wives are gonna get netorared by the Moon Oracle LOL

    Also, it’s obvious charm ain’t gonna work on Makoto even if she touches him. Dude can resist goddesses after all.

  5. Okay, going from all the reincarnation talk here? Assume that Sakurai is indeed the reincarnation of the Light Hero, then Makoto is probably the GDL. That’s…, goddamn complicated isn’t it.

  7. “I…am sorry for you, but…” (Noel)

    The guy that’s apparently called the Pope Roma had a smile as if pasted on him, and the unconcerned look of the Sun Oracle named Noel.

    At their back, there’s the Light Hero that captured me.
    …Why are you making such a sad face?

    You hypocrite.

    OMG She is bitchbiki !!!

    Thanks for the chapter!

  9. Ah.. i think i get gist of this novel.. on how it’s going to go.. and how it’s going to end.. makoto is probably the legendary hero abel..
    With how the immortal bifron response when see makoto.. hahahaha look like makoto probably going to travel through time.. because he learn the skill of lucy mother Rosalie where he can travel between world.. and maybe he synchronize and make a change to the skill that allow him to travel through time with the help of the spirit.. probably.. just take this as a nonsense rambling

  10. Thanks for the chapter!!! I am honestly hoping that the Moon Oracle, Furiae, falls in love with Makoto. It is be such an ironic twist of Fate for the successors of the Mad Hero and the Calamity Witch to team up together Andy n this generation as well, and Fate would become even more ironic if they turn into a potential couple in this generation.

    ……….Sigh, unfortunately, Sakurai has a bit of a headstart on Makoto, so Makoto will really needs to work his magic and impress her soon. He can’t let Sakurai completely outdo him. Plus, like how the Old Demon King was resistant to the Calamity Witch’s charm and was said to be her love, he is also resistant to Furiae’s charms and has a good chance as a lover candidate too.

  12. Thanks for the chapter! ^^
    Two way this will end: 1. Seeing Makoto not affected by her charm, she will became flustered and pick an interest for him latter.
    2. Seeing Makoto not affected by her charm, she will became flustered and then completly freaked out because she thinks he is the new Demon Lord! XD
    There is an undead canal in the chapter by the way. x)

  14. *Sensual Feeling playing in background, slow-mo blink pan up to reveal them looking into eachother’s eyes, followed shortly by the sound of water hitting flesh *

  16. I dunno why people say that Furiae is the fortune teller coz it was never mentioned in her flashback…..
    Oh well nice cliff there. I will be hanging on for dear life till we get a continuation.
    Thanks for the chaps.

    1. There is a paragraph saying ” I would go to the 6th District to act as a fortune teller and gather information.” in her flashback.
      That’s why. And yep! A good ol’ cliff! ^^

    1. Oh right, I forgot that the demon lord was a girl. And probably a loli given the recording of her voice Makoto heard was that of a little girl.

  18. Thanks for the chapter! Typo here
    “If I were to do arm wrestling with Prince Sofia, I would lose…probably.”

    Tho a PRINCE Sofia would probably be an ikemen kuudere lol

  19. Thanks for the chapter, hope Makoto doesn’t NTR the Moon Oracle from the heroe HAHAHAHA, he feels like the type that would!!!!!! I have no idea why but the mention of his lower stats keeps bothering me, shouldn’g he be stronguer that regular people now that he has leveled up quite a bit, maybe his stats is lower that someone of his level, but shouldn’t he be stronguer now???

    1. We don’t have any clear idea of stats other than Magic Proficiency in this novel so far, not even level. I’m assuming that Makoto’s stat other than MP (too long so i shorten it) is lower than that of the average Knight or Templar or whatever it is, seeing back then how he get beaten up by Geralt but still able to stand.

      And yes he should be stronger than he was, but it was mentioned that an Oracle has the stats that is on par with a Hero, which should be above Makoto’s stats.

      Also my own opinion, Makoto should NTR her, the Hero already has 20 wives anyway so why does he need more (|:<

      1. It doesn’t bother me that the Oracle has higher stats that him, it bothers me that he is always mentioning that his stats is lower that ‘regular’ people, which at this point it shouldn’t, you are right it was only at the beginning that he was excited about reaching Level 20 because something could improve in his stats but it was never mentioned when he reached it and what he did with that goal? I thought that it was a hint to understand how levels figure into the rationalization of strength or power in this world.

    2. My assumption was that his stat growth is also lower than the average human’s, based on the few instances we’ve gotten a look at them.

      Like, it’s a 80% increase of your Level 0 base total or something.

    3. Late to the party, been unable to sign in but hey ho. it seems to be implied that normally levelling up does increase your stats but for Takki-dono the growth seems to be negligble if not non-existent. which frankly is just strange.

      Plus I must say the lack of setting out any stats is actually rather annoying for me. I like to see those stats all set out and see how they change (or don’t in Takki-dono’s case), for them to either be described as X’s or just not mentioned makes me feel as though there is a big gap. especially with how crucial they are to the World setting and Takki-dono especially.

      I wonder why the author hasn’t gone into detail with them?

  23. If Moon Oracle becomes a Makoto harem, I’m curious about Princess Sophia’s expression. She might freeze the whole kingdom. Lol

  24. Thanks for the chapter.
    Come on Makoto, if 2 goddesses cannot charm you even after putting their very best, neither can the moon oracle.
    Just hope she is not a wrestling enthusiast, or you are pretty much dead….

  27. I think we are expecting that the charm will not work to Makoto even when being touched by her.

    Just imagine the doki doki moment of Moonshrine Priestess knowingly the first time someone she can touch.

    Is this the birth of Tsundere Priestess as part of the harem?

    I remember in this Manga “Kuro No Shoukanshi”, the elf has been save by MC, and suffering from some curse of no touching if i recall correctly.

    The MC having been solved that curse becomes her Master, and transformed into completely adorable, bashful, well mannered, beautiful, charming, happy lady thereon…

  30. I wonder if that could work against hi. I mean. Doesn’t he have a third person perspective? like when our character get status ailment we aren’t really affected but the game character so we can calmly open the inventory to heal the ailment? I wonder if this RPG skill works like that.

    1. It would be time to finally fully awaken the RPG skill like Fuji did and that one should go towards that way. I mean it’s all fine and fun till now but clear mind and bird perspective 360 view ain’t the definition off an rpg, theres still stuff missing

  32. Lol. Good luck, Furiae-san. Clear Mind is unbreakable.

    I’m surprised. I expected her to be the “has it together” seer who’s calm and well-prepared for everything, but…she’s basically just a normal girl that’s a bit more resourceful. I like her.

    She feels like an excellent companion for Takki and his merry band of heretics, but her rapport with Sakurai isn’t bad either. Either way, she brings with her another Demon Lord flag and will probably end up on his side.

  35. That Moon Oracle kinda jumps to conclusions rather quickly, doesn’t she?
    Although I suppose that’s kind of a given since she’s been persecuted for so long.
    I think one of these three things is going to happen:
    1: Goddess descends into his body and prevents the charm
    2: Charm just doesn’t work
    3: Charm malfunctions or backfires

    1. Eh, it’s prolly 2.

      Our dude gonna be branded Demon Lord and attract more demon/devilkin in future. This could be used to set Sakurai as enemy in future as well. It’s also fit nicely with his evil god worshiper status too

  36. I fell from this cliff and was hurt badly. Now surely I won’t be able to sleep :'(
    Thanks for the chapter.

  38. Thanks for the chapter! So sakurai seems to be her first love but i feel like she’ll be joining makotos harem though? This might be due to Sakurais status of sun hero so he cant take her out of the capital while makoto might be able to due to having to eventually return to the water kingdom so he moght sneak her on board Fujis ship. I know the last scene was supposed to be suspenseful but makoto was able to survive a hug by noah right? And the moon oracle is said to be second only to the goddess, so i doubt jes gonna be charmed

    1. I don’t think her love for sakurai will come true because sakurai has 20 wives , is the light hero and is a hero of a country who greatly despises the devilkin and the moon oracle, so a relationship between the two of them will definitely be forbidden by the Sun Country and its people.

    3. I don’t think it’s love. It seems more like she just has more positive feelings for him since he didn’t treat her with disdain.

    4. Yeah, that romcom troupe reaaaaally ticks me off (unfruitful first love because of “reasons”…argh, the Nisekoi trauma…)

  40. Thanks for the chapter.
    Come on Makoto, one error after another.
    Is starting to become annoying how everyone diss the MC as utterly weak, reasonable but annoying.

  41. That one guy who said the Fortune Teller was the Moon Oracle. Good job dude. You called it.

    I think Makoto is gonna be fine, “The Moon Oracle’s charm is only second to the Goddess” right?

  42. Oi! Don’t be grabbing on strange men. This one is going to be a problem. Who’s harem is she going to be in? Thanks for the chapter, but what’s with all the cliff hangers?

  43. it is said that the only one who wouldn’t be controlled was the Great Demon Lord of old.. oohh nice MC is on the right track

    1. Remember that prologue when he said his favourite ending in the video game was the one where the MC became the demon lord?

  44. enjoy da cliff
    /
    ( ◣_◢)
    ▔▔▔▔▔▔┃╰(°□° )╮
    ╱ \
    ╱ you fiend
    ╱

    △△△△△△△△△△△△△△
    TO BE CONTINUED….

    1. Fixed it for you. ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

      　　　　　enjoy da cliff
      　　　　　　　/
      　　　( ◣_◢)
      ▔▔▔▔▔▔┃╰(°□° )╮
      　　　　　╱　 　　\
      　　　╱ 　　　　you fiend
      　╱
      △△△△△△△△△△△△△△
      TO BE CONTINUED….

  49. Thanks for the chapter
    Too bad for the moon oracle. Makoto won’t be charmed even after being touched

    1. But he was touched already in the marketplace and was affected. Granted I think his clear mind skill was only at 10%, but she was still able to cause him to blank out for a bit.

  51. Thanks for the chapter!

    Curses, Another cliffhanger 🙁
    Well, it’s not like i can’t take it anymore anyway

    The hand of the Moon Oracle grabbed my arm
    Sync with her, Makoto *insert Lenny face*

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    1. That Destiny Magic sounds really interesting. That said, should it not be from the gold element?

      2. In that case, it’s a surprise another element Oracle has it. Btw, I wonder what the atribute of thought transmission and teleport is? Has it been adressed so far in the raws?

      3. I am not sure for thought transmission, but I know Gold element rules over luck, destiny, space, and time. (The author has revised the chapter 2 of the webnovel)

      5. Thought transmission was mentionned in chapter 56:
        “A thought transmission from the Great Sage-sama came. She told me that only you guys will be entering.” (Sakurai)

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