The Unaware Atelier Meister

Papa?

Papa, are you okay?

Famil.

You're sure?

Yes.

Please, do it.

Please kill my father.

Famil?

W-Why?

Huh? Famil?

You resented the Margrave that much?

F-Father, I...

Why?!

Father!

I can't afford to die in a place like this!

P-Princess?!

Margrave Taicone.

I know what you were trying to do.

Your daughter, Famil, was afflicted with aging syndrome, wasn't she?

H-How do you know that?

Not only is there no established treatment for aging syndrome,

but even if you managed to dispel that curse,

the terrifying part is that their aged body won't revert to normal.

That's why you were trying to prevent her from aging any further

by using the cells of a demon to create a drug for eternal youth.

That's right.

I've fought long and hard to return my daughter to her proper state this whole year!

Yet I haven't found any way to grant Famil eternal youth,

or even to dispel the curse!

And I've done everything that man directed me to do, too!

That man?

But enough is enough!

I'll sell my soul to summon a demon

and save my daughter!

What?!

Is this...?

This magic circle is...

Come forth, demon!

The Unaware

ATELIER MEISTER

~A Common Tale About the Former Head of Chores for a Party of Heroes That Turned Out to be SSS-Rank in Everything Except Combat Skills~

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W-W-Why?!

Why isn't the demon appearing?!

This magic circle was supposed to activate

when I used the ley line under here!

The ley line?

Margrave, you can't use the ley line you were relying on anymore.

What do you mean?!

Digging up the hot spring the other day

caused the flow of the ley lines to change.

The hot spring caused this?

You mean that excavation permit was to dig up that hot spring?

Princess, did you take action in advance, knowing everything I was up to?

What wisdom!

That wasn't why, though.

Oh, there you are.

S-Stay back!

You must be Hildegarde then.

We've heard about you from Solflare.

Are you all friends of Kurt's?

It seems you've been taking good care of my Kurt.

What?

I could say the same.

It seems you took great care of my Sir Kurt some time ago.

U-Uhh...

So where is Kurt right now?

I'm making him rest in the room below.

I don't want Kurt seeing what's about to happen, after all.

Are you planning to kill him?!

Yes.

If we continue to let him live,

then he truly will summon a demon one day.

When he does, a lot of innocent people will lose their souls, not just this man.

Did you really think

saving your daughter like that would make her happy?

That's why she asked me,

"Please kill my father."

Famil wants this?

But...

I...

I want Famil to live,

even if it costs my life

or the sacrifice of other souls.

Right.

Then you really do

need to die.

Wait!

Hildegarde!

Father!

Huh?!

Famil?

Your body...

Am I dreaming?

You're not dreaming.

Kurt cured me!

With his hot springs bun!

Hot springs bun?

My!

Papa?

Papa?

Oh, I can move a bit now!

Her paralysis spell is starting to weaken.

Papa, you moved!

Akuri, could you pull the brown bottle out of my bag?

Sure!

What is this?

Panacea.

Open the lid and feed me a single pill.

All right.

Papa, open wide.

All right!

Father!

Famil...

Margrave.

Princess.

I don't know how to apologize to you.

Attempted summoning of a demon,

and the unsanctioned imprisonment of demonkind

are both heavy crimes excepted from the protection of a noble's special privileges.

I can't afford to overlook this, as a member of the royal family.

Your Majesty, Liselotte,

my father took the actions he did entirely for my sake.

Please punish me instead.

I said that I can't afford to overlook this, as a member of the royal family.

However,

I'm currently here as Lise, a simple woman training at an atelier.

So instead, I'll take the actions most beneficial to the atelier.

What do you mean?

Margrave Taicone.

Starting today, I'll have you work for the good of our atelier.

Do you understand?

Yes!

As you command.

Hildegarde.

There are many things I'd like to discuss with you after this.

However,

I promise that once our discussion is over,

I'll release you along with Solflare.

All right then.

Phew.

Now we just need Kurt to erase this magic circle

and everything's resolved.

There are no happy endings

in the scripts I've written.

Scripter.

What flights of fancy have caused you to make a personal appearance?

Scripter?

Someone overwrote my script,

so I've come to make edits.

Well, what tiring, diligent work.

However, I don't need any script.

Who are you?!

That's the demon who left Hildegarde with me

and taught me how to summon a demon.

I thought the demons allied with you

would have assaulted the castle once they learned you were held captive.

But none of them tried to take any overt action.

I've already warned my allies

not to start any conflicts with humans

in the event that something were to happen to me.

Apparently you did.

So I thought I could at least make that man summon a demon.

Thinking back,

even my plot to instigate that priest of the Polan Church

into assassinating the Third Princess was rewritten as well.

Honestly...

This is the first time I've had the scripts I spent so much time writing

altered time and time again.

Seriously, how did you do it?

I'm surprised you were able

to dispel the curse of aging that I placed on her.

Y-You're the one

who cursed

my Famil?!

It's pointless.

Is that actually a holy sword?

Facing the wielder of a holy sword

carries too much risk.

Oh well, then.

I suppose I'll just leave the rest to him

as initially planned.

Seize that bottle!

It's too late.

The magic circle's activated?!

I look forward to enjoying the moment your hope turns to despair.

I can't believe I'm getting another chance to face you all again.

How are you still alive?

Demons are spiritual beings.

Our body is but a temporary vessel.

Although, back then,

you did manage to shave away several millennia of magic reserves,

so I wasn't able to remain in this world any longer.

That was truly lamentable.

Take that!

Light.

Hildegarde should have landed a direct hit.

It's meaningless before my magic barrier.

The only thing that could truly harm me