Chapter 96
The Regent Empress?!
“We’re sorry, but we went through a lot to get this chance. We can’t back off without any results.”
“If you say it like that, I have no choice but to accept. Hmm, but I’m really not confident with magic. Please don’t be disappointed if I don’t meet your expectations.”
Idnia said this as she picked up her black-iron magic wand.
“So, are you going to do that before the duel?”
“All glory to the god of magic, Trismegistus…!”
“Oh, you’re doing it. Right, the god of magic isn’t part of the Trinity. Then, glory to Trismegistus, the god of magic!”
Idnia and Linser raised their magic wands to their hearts and bowed to the god of magic. Then, the duel began.
“I’ll let you go first.”
“Okay then…”
Idnia started to summon a spirit. Her flame spirit, Handgun, appeared.
But at the same time, Linser quickly cast a spell.
“Banishment!”
The spirit was instantly dismissed and disappeared.
“….”
“You should’ve cast a protection spell when summoning. Otherwise, a single banishment spell can just erase it.”
“Thanks for the advice. Then let’s try this.”
Idnia cast a spell to summon a cold wind from the ice spirit world. It could cool things down—or be used for attack.
Linser stood still and took the attack directly. Frost gathered on her body, even forming thin ice, but she simply crossed her arms and sighed. The frost quickly melted off her body as if nothing had hit her.
Apparently, low-level magic didn’t affect her much.
“You’re really only using beginner spells. Do you actually not know magic?”
“I’ve only been studying for less than a month. I did say not to expect much.”
“Well… I wasn’t expecting much, but this is worse than I thought. Are you taking this duel as a joke?”
Linser frowned and cast her own spell.
Two huge ice golems appeared in front of her.
“You can’t treat this like a game anymore. Don’t blame me if you die.”
The golems charged at Idnia.
‘Hmm, they really are strong. No wonder they appear in Season 2. Even without going all out, these demons are scary.’
Idnia calmly cast a shield spell, then slid the shield low across the ground. The golem ran toward her, stepped on the shield, lost its balance, and fell.
“What? A simple shield spell shouldn’t be that strong!”
Linser was shocked at how tough the shield was.
The other golem charged in and threw a punch. Idnia cast a shield on her wand, turning it into a large sword, and sliced the golem’s arm clean off.
“…”
“It seems I’m not a match for you as a magician. Why don’t we stop now and say you won?”
“…I underestimated you. My apologies.”
Suddenly, a sharp horn appeared on Linser’s head, and her eyes gleamed with light.
“Hey, I said let’s stop!”
Idnia dashed forward and kicked the fallen golem. It shattered into ice, and the shards flew at Linser.
Even though Linser cast a barrier, Idnia shouted:
“Boil the water!”
The spell exploded.
Once, Idnia had used the phrase “heat the water” and nearly caused a disaster, so she researched better incantations. “Boil the water” was a much stronger, refined spell.
The ice shards glowed, boiled, and turned into massive clouds of steam that rose into a column.
“Ugh!?”
Linser was completely swallowed by the steam and staggered back.
“This is… not fair. You threw stuff during a magic duel…”
“Technically, they were your summons. Still, yes—I lost. You win, Linser.”
“No, but…”
Linser wanted to argue, but her hands were trembling.
‘Ugh… I defended myself, but that steam attack was too strong and hot. My healing spell is draining my mana now… I even brought out my horn for this…’
Just as Linser hesitated, someone landed between her and Idnia.
A huge man—Carmine.
(Scene Change)
“Kahaha! Linser, you lost! You should’ve challenged her to a real fight instead of a magic duel!”
“No way… I lost to someone only using beginner spells…”
Linser was frustrated.
Sure, she lost, but Idnia had only used basic magic. If she had been hit with something impressive, it wouldn’t feel so unfair. Plus, by the rules of a mage duel, Linser technically won.
Idnia had even admitted defeat.
That only made it worse. It felt like she was being mocked.
“Alright! Idnia Katche Betelgeuse—this time, let’s have a real fight, not a magic duel!”
Carmine’s eyes flared, a horn twisted out of his head, and his body grew larger. Thick tail and flaming wings appeared.
He looked like a true nightmare demon.
Even Linser, who had been angry, felt awkward seeing him go that far.
“You’re seriously picking a fight with a noble lady…?”
“Magic-only duels are stupid. Why limit yourself? Use hands, feet, anything!”
“So you’re saying it’s not just magic that counts?”
“Exactly! You need more than spells to prove you have noble power!”
“…If you say so.”
At that moment, Idnia also unlocked her Overlord Mode.
“…Huh?”
Carmine stared, shocked, as Idnia transformed.
“Let’s begin.”
“Uh… okay!”
Carmine charged at her, but Idnia hit him on the head with an axe-like punch.
CRACK!
Carmine was smashed into the ground.
“Urgh! Not yet—”
“Thought so.”
She kicked him, sending him flying. Then she grabbed his ankle mid-air.
‘Wait, no way—’
She slammed him hard into the ground like a rag doll.
BOOM!
The earth shook. Trees rattled.
Then she swung him sideways—straight at Linser.
“Wait—why me?!”
Linser panicked and cast a spell to catch Carmine in mid-air, but she still had to hold his huge body with her hands and stagger back.
“C-Carmine?!”
“Is he dead?”
“W-Wait…”
Linser checked his pulse and healed him.
“He’s alive.”
“That’s good. I thought he could handle more than that.”
“….”
Linser was speechless. Even a troll, known for healing and wild magic, wouldn’t survive that.
And yet, Idnia simply dusted off her hands like it was no big deal.
She had expected them to be much stronger, like in Season 2.
‘Well, they are strong… but I’ve been training my Overlord power since I was a child. They’re no match.’
She also knew that high-ranking demons could awaken more power through a technique called “Limit Release.”
So she made sure Carmine wouldn’t even have the chance by beating him senseless before he could use it.
But then…
Voices echoed from the sky.
(Scene Change)
“Want to try next, Veras?”
“I’ll pass. I don’t need to embarrass myself.”
Kais and Veras appeared.
Kais cast healing magic on Linser and Carmine, then turned to Idnia.
“That’s definitely the Overlord technique of King Yurik. So powerful and elegant.”
“Yes. I’m the only child of Draken Katche Betelgeuse, the Grand King of Betelgeuse.”
“To us, spiritual power is more important than blood… but still.
We respect the bloodline of the Overlord King.
If you join us, the honor of the Overlord bloodline will be upheld.”
He was clearly trying to recruit her to the demons’ side.
“In that way too… I am my father’s daughter.”
“Is that true? Don’t lie. You know it too.
The great divine spirit of Truth is deeply connected to your soul.”
“….”
Idnia was a reincarnated outsider. What they said about ‘divine spirit’ wasn’t entirely wrong.
But were they truly aware of her identity—as someone chosen by a god from another world?
She changed the topic.
“Now, answer my question. Who are you fighting in this throne succession war?”
Kais had promised to tell her if she beat his people.
Surely he wouldn’t break his word?
He didn’t.
“…Prince Cesar and the Regent Empress—whom your people call the Saintess. Flora. Your mother.”
“…What?”
Idnia froze in shock.
(Backstory)
Flora, the former Saintess and Idnia’s biological mother, was officially said to have died in battle against demons after giving birth.
But the truth?
She was kidnapped by demons, gave her daughter Idnia to the Grand King, and disappeared, asking to be considered dead.
And now… she’s the Regent Empress of the demons? Fighting for power alongside Prince Cesar?
‘Wait—what? Why didn’t I know any of this? Oh, right… I only played until early Season 3 before I died…’
Idnia only knew the story up to Season 3 of Awakening Girl Concerto.
So she didn’t know what happened after that.
Still… the idea that her mother, Flora—the Saintess and wife of the Grand King—was now leading a demon faction in a power struggle?
It was unbelievable.
