I don't want to be a heroic spirit

"Rise up! Sky!"

"Bloom, rose!"

"[Invitation to the Heart-Stirring Golden Theater]!!"

Everyone was stunned by what they saw.

Golden Palace!

It seems like the embodiment of power and luxury, a golden palace!

Noble Phantasm——[The Golden Theater that Invites You to the Heart and Soul].

Level B, type of confrontation Noble Phantasm.

The absolute emperor circle that can realize one's own wishes.

Through magic, the theater "Doraemon" designed by Nero himself and built in Rome is recreated.

A Noble Phantasm that can enhance his power as an emperor to the limit.

It is said that during her lifetime, after this theater opened, Nero sang in the Golden Palace. Many audiences left during the first performance. She was so indignant about this that she blocked all entrances and exits during the second performance and did not let anyone go out.

This Golden Theater is the embodiment of Nero's willfulness and hegemony.

And when this golden theater reappears in another world, its significance is self-evident—

The exit has been welded shut by Yu! Either die here! Or listen to the rest of Yu's song!

Chapter 246 Telling Alice about the Holy Grail War

"Hiss—my head hurts..."

Early in the morning, the weather was very good, the air was fresh, and the sunshine and clouds were just right.

With such good weather, people's mood will naturally become better.

However, Claire was in a bad mood.

"I seemed to have a nightmare last night... There were lots and lots of roses in the dream, and then... and then... hiss——!"

"No, I can't remember it at all. As soon as I try to remember it, I get a headache..."

Claire looked very bad, even after staying up all night she had never looked this bad.

"And yesterday's celebration party... It's strange, why do I have no memory of what happened after that? I didn't drink much, so it's impossible for me to have a blackout... How did the celebration party end last night?"

"Hmm? Isn't this Claire? Good morning, Claire! Did you have a sweet dream like a rose?"

When Nero's voice sounded, Claire's face suddenly became worse.

"...Excuse me, Mr. Nero, could you please stop talking for a moment?"

Claire trembled as she leaned against the wall, touching her forehead and saying, "I don't know why, but when I heard His Excellency Nero's voice, my head started to hurt like it was about to burst... Give me a break."

"Hmm? Headache? That's really serious." Nero blinked and said in deep agreement, "I understand, I understand. Even a perfect genius like me suffers from headaches. It's a very serious and stubborn ailment. But I'm quite experienced in this area. Let me recommend some ways to relieve your headache."

"Thank you, Lord Nero... But please stop talking, my head hurts even more..."

…………

Nero stayed in the castle in the royal capital for several days.

A few days ago, Claire was talking about sending Nero back to her own kingdom, which is Rome, but she never said these words again. Maybe Alice said something to Claire.

Nero has been telling stories to Alice these days. Alice was supposed to have classes these days, but Claire and Rain, who were teaching the class, had severe headaches for "unknown reasons", so most of the daily classes were cancelled.

It also gave Alice more time to rest and listen to Nero's stories.

I'd like to mention here that, perhaps due to her physical condition, although Alice also heard Nero's song, her condition was not as serious as Claire and the other adventurers, and she also retained her memory of Nero singing.

This is why, when she saw Nero again, Alice looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

In addition to stories about his adventures in various worlds, Nero also told some other stories, such as...

"Holy Grail War?"

Alice tilted her head in confusion. Nero's stories always contained words that she found difficult to understand.

"But...I seem to have heard you say that, sister?"

"The Holy Grail War, in simple terms, is a battle between seven magicians who summon seven servants to fight each other. The winner who survives to the end will gain the right to make a wish to the Holy Grail, the almighty wish-granting machine."

"Ah, I know about Servants. Servants are the incarnations of Heroic Spirits in the human world. Sister, you are like that, right?"

"Hmm! Alice has taken my words to heart."

The two people are in Alice's room. Although Nero broke the room when he first came to this world, it has been repaired now. The maintenance workers are very dedicated.

"The universal wishing machine..."

Alice's tone was full of longing.

But this was not what Nero wanted to see.

"Don't think too highly of that thing. It's a 'universal wishing machine,' but it's not an 'all-powerful wishing machine.' It has its limits."

"Simply put, this wishing machine is like an accelerator, helping you skip the process and reach the result directly. If you want to achieve a goal that would require you to expend countless time, manpower, and resources, then the Holy Grail can help you achieve it directly."

"For example, if you want to have a lot of money or want to create a city instantly, this is all possible because it can be done by spending time."

"However, if your goal cannot be achieved no matter how much time, energy, or resources you expend, then even the Holy Grail cannot fulfill your wish. For example, if you desire eternal world peace or the complete resurrection of the dead, neither of these can be achieved."

Nero felt that the title of "universal wishing machine" was a bit of an exaggeration.

In Nero's view, the Holy Grail's greater value lies in "summoning servants" and "materializing souls" compared to its function as a wishing machine.

"Also, the Holy Grail is actually a very dangerous thing. While you can't make a wish to save the world or bring world peace to it, it can grant a wish to destroy the world."

"Huh? Huh! How could someone wish to destroy the world?!"

Alice said in great confusion.

"Our world was indeed destroyed, and it was done by the Holy Grail, although we didn't make a wish directly to the Holy Grail."

With a look of reminiscence, Nero said, "He calls himself the Demon King Goetia. He knows all the magic in the world, and his eyes can see the past, present, and future."

"Its essence is the technique created by Magic King Solomon to watch over and save humanity. However, after much deliberation, Demon King Goetia concluded that 'Humanity cannot be saved, only fundamental change can be achieved.'"

"So, he sent seven Holy Grails to seven key points in human history, completely destroying five thousand years of human history. He then collected the heat generated by their combustion. He intended to use this immense energy to travel through time and space, returning to the beginning of the world, becoming the world's only true God and creating a new human race free of bad habits."

While telling Alice the story, Nero is also recalling the past.

However, when there was a knock on the door, Nero's story did not continue.

Claire pushed open the door and walked in, saying to Alice, "Your Highness Alice, it's time for class."

"Oh, okay."

Supporting herself on the bed with her hands, Alice jumped directly off the bed.

"Well, see you after class, Nero-sister."

"Oh! See you after class."

Ever since Nero went to class with Alice a few days ago and made the originally quiet classroom very noisy, Nero was not allowed to go near the classroom when Alice was teaching.

Because that would make Alice lose interest in studying.

Chapter 247: The Demon Swordsman Yuken Hibiki

"Hmm! Then I'll go to the royal capital and take a look."

Nero has been in the royal capital for several days, but it seems that he has rarely left the castle?

It was that first day, when she took Alice to the battlefield against the Demon King's army.

While wandering around the royal capital, Nero sorted out the information he had obtained in this world.

First of all, she already knew which world this was.

"KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!?"

But the first person she met in this world, Alice, was so lovable.

It is also a series about traveling to another world, but this series is simply a breath of fresh air in the mudslide.

The general plot is that the male protagonist was scared to death by a tractor. After being sent to the hospital with great difficulty, the doctors were laughing so hard at the male protagonist's experience of being scared to death by the tractor that they missed the best time for rescue.

After his death, the male protagonist met the goddess and got the opportunity to travel to another world with a plug-in. However, the male protagonist with a unique imagination brought the goddess to this world as a plug-in in order to take revenge on the goddess who had been mocking him for the way he died.

In addition to the goddess with negative IQ and luck, the male protagonist later met a loli magician with a middle school syndrome who could only use magic once a day and would become useless after using it, and a masochistic female knight who had strong defense but could not hit anyone at all. The four of them formed a team and started an adventurous life in this world.

When Nero was following the anime, the male protagonist in the story had not yet arrived in the royal capital, so she did not recognize Alice.

However, there was a storyline about Alice in a fan fiction book she had read.

Then, beside Alice... Nero remembered that there seemed to be a pervert and a poor guy, but she couldn't remember their names.

Now she knew that the pervert was called Claire and the poor guy was called Rain.

The protagonist's name... seems to be Sato Kazuma, right?

Thinking of the male protagonist known as "Kimi Shin", Nero's expression became a little complicated.

To be honest, Nero's impression of Kazuma is actually not bad.

Although Kazuma is a devil, a lecher, a slut, a greedy person, and always gets into a lot of trouble...

But, but... he always manages to do remarkable things at the most critical moments.

In fact, in Nero's mind, Kazuma's worst and most disappointing performance was in another work called "Isekai Quartet".

At that time, Sato Kazuma from "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!" met Natsuki Subaru, the male protagonist of "Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-" on the rooftop. After the two chatted for a while, Kazuma immediately accused Natsuki Subaru of being a class enemy and a harem king.

Having watched Re0, Nero knows how difficult it is for Natsuki Subaru in the plot. It can be said that even if he really has a harem, there will be people who say that he deserves it.

Indeed, there was also Subaru's problem. He couldn't tell anyone about his ability, so he couldn't tell Kazuma how difficult it was for him... Kazuma was just unaware, just like Rem, who once misunderstood Subaru's Emilia...

But Nero was still very unhappy with Kazuma for saying those words at that time.

However, Nero had to admit one thing, that is, Kazuma's life was not easy either.

There is one thing that Kazuma and Natsuki Subaru are very similar to, and that is that Kazuma also died many times.

Apart from being scared to death by the tractor at the beginning, Nero remembered being beheaded by General Winter, blown to death by explosive magic, dissolved by poisonous slime, strangled to death by the magic collar in Wiz's shop, falling from a tree and hitting his head to death, being surrounded and beaten to death by a group of dog-headed men, etc., etc., etc., right? It must be in double digits, right?

Although this anime is too nonsensical and thus Kazuma's death has a more comical style, death is death, and there is great terror between life and death, and this terror will not be reduced just because of the possibility of resurrection.

After learning which world this was, Nero had always wanted to visit Axel, known as the novice city, because most of the plot took place in Axel.

"But...if I just go straight to Axel like this, Alice will look very lonely, right?"

"As for the beautiful girl, it's better for her to smile happily. I don't like to make a beautiful girl cry."

When Nero came to her senses, she discovered...

"...How did I get to the city wall?

The towering city walls are the guarantee of the city's safety.

Looking up at the high wall in front of him, Nero couldn't help but think in his heart...

"Is there a Colossal Titan inside this city wall?"

No matter how you think about it, you won't?

There are no giants in this world that need to be killed by chopping off the back of the neck.

Although there are no giants, this world does have magic.

Nero saw traces of magic or enchantment on the city wall.

It's the royal capital after all.

I just don't know if all cities have barriers or only the king's city has barriers.

But... this barrier is so simple.

With his hands on the city wall, Nero walked a few dozen steps along the wall.

"It's clearly a barrier used on the walls of the royal capital, but the technique is so crude... Isn't the efficiency too low? Is this an old car that should have been retired long ago?"

"Hey! Who's there? What are you doing sneakily?!"