Re:Periodic : Deceiving Life in Another World From Zero

{18}- Greed and Gluttony | To Counter Time's Stillness

Nobody can beat me in a battle of logic. Logic is the base of science, and there is nothing that will escape from my senses when anyone tries to twist the truth to make it seem correct. Because... I am the holder of the Deceit Witch Factor, and because of that, in a conversation, it will always be me manipulating the scenes.

Regulus, now seriously confused that my logic defies his and actually made sense, he entered a deep state of thought, giving me the chance to start preparing the next part of my plan. I told Alchemis to raise the temperature a little bit, and the domain heated up just by a little, at the point where atoms can move. Of course, Regulus can't notice it since he doesn't feel anything, so I formed a nice ball of water before throwing it in the air at him, forming a nice arc that touched his barrier. In the last crucial moment, I told Alchemis to completely get rid of my domain, and Regulus' time barrier was also erased for a moment, and the water splashed on him.

He noticed it, but it was already too late. "Kilat." I muttered, and the thunder magic did its job as it navigated itself through the line of water I formed, and shocked the temporarily undefended archbishop.

It worked. The lightning shocked Regulus, who began to pulsate and move in an erratic motion, even after he reactivitated his authority. Although his atoms are stopped, they still exist, and the force of electricity jumping from one electron to another continued to happen in his body, probably for a few minutes before the effects finish.

Great. Now I can deal with Lye... hmm?

Wait! I forgot about the Archbishop of Gluttony while fighting Regulus? Where is he now?

I ran towards the carriages, and saw Rem fighting Lye, with Crusch lying unconsciously behind them, fortunately not harmed. However, I was too late as when I arrived, Lye just devoured her name and memories.

No! No! This was not how it was supposed to go! And how did Lye escape my domain, anyways?

Could it be... that when I just raised the temperature a little, the Leaper technique that he was still using was activated?!

I was foolish. I should've kept an eye on the other problematic archbishop. Now, how am I supposed to deal with him-

Just as I noticed one of Lye's daggers were broken, a wooden wheel slammed into me as it continued to push me through the air and into a carriage, where a long spike of iron pinned my leg into the ground, and I coughed blood as I looked up, and saw Regulus towering over my fallen body.

"Just like you said, when one is attacked, the other attacks back. You immobilized me back there, so it is only common courtesy to return the same action to yourself. I respect people like you who do their best to not violate rights, so we'll leave now." Regulus said as he beckoned to Lye, and the two archbishops left the scene as swiftly as they came, and I could only watch as they strode away, unable to retaliate.

Damn it... I messed up...

Rem and Crusch, their memories and names...

Hetaro...

The carcass of the White Whale...

I should've been more careful... that cost everyone everything...

Why?

Am I still not strong enough? It's my fault, isn't it? It's all... my fault...

With that, Y/N drifted into unconsciousness, with nothing to keep him awake, and the exhaustion took over as his failure sunk into his head.

You truly are... slothful.

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