Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 19

**The Third Spell** (第三の呪文, *Daison no Jumon*) is the 19th chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 3 on October 18, 2001.

## Plot

Kiyomaro excitedly wakes Gash up to tell him that a new spell had appeared in Gash's spell book. While Kiyomaro is excited just by the idea of them acquiring their third spell, Gash asks Kiyomaro if he thinks this spell will make him stronger before going on to express his feelings about recent events. Gash goes on to tell Kiyomaro that he had felt extremely upset seeing how much Kolulu was suffering from being forced to participate in the battle to decide king and that he was too weak to help her in the end. Gash asks Kiyomaro again if he thinks his newest spell will help him become stronger and Kiyomaro confidently tells him it will.

Meanwhile in town, a new demon and bookkeeper pair, Fein and Seibei, had just arrived from Shikoku by taxi. The taxi driver demands them to pay for the fare but feeling annoyed by this, the pair instead attack the driver and the vehicle with their spell, *Wigaru.* As they walk away from the wreckage they caused, they express their desire in becoming even stronger and are looking to challenge Gash, who Fein was able to sense earlier. The power Fein had sensed however seemed to have disappeared though, but the two decide to stick around in town until Fein is able to feel it again.

Later that day, Gash and Kiyomaro head to the outskirts of town where they plan on testing out Gash's third spell. While overlooking the empty plains, Gash and Kiyomaro are both anxious to find out what this spell could be and terrified at its potential destructive power. Upon reading the third spell *Jikerudo* aloud though, nothing happens. They both wonder why the spell won't work, and Kiyomaro begins experimenting with ways of reading the spell. He first tries to sing out the spell but this unsurprisingly didn't do anything. Kiyomaro then tries again by imagining the boulders in front of them as previous demons they faced in order to stir up strong emotions inside him.

At the same time, Fein and Seibei sit across from each other at a local coffeeshop in town where Fein once again tells Seibei he's not able to sense his opponent. Fein reassures Seibei that a battle is inevitable and just as he says that, Kiyomaro and Gash happen to be visible to them right outside the window. They soon then make their move and attack Gash and Kiyomaro directly, along with other civilians surrounding them, with *Wigar*. As Gash and Kiyomaro get back up, they hear Fein demand for them to surrender their book as Fein's ultimate goal is becoming king. Upon hearing this, Gash looks around at the damage he had caused in the surrounding area as well as all the civilians who were badly hurt because of him. Kiyomaro grabs Gash and starts running to a more vaccant area for them to fight, and Gash stares back at Fein and Seibei in anger. As he sees them kicking at the injured people to force them out of the way, he thinks back to Kolulu's wish of having a kind king who would not allow these battles to happen.

Gash and Kiyomaro make their way into an abandoned building where Fein and Seibei would eventually meet them there. Before they could start their battle, Gash asks Fein if he is fighting to become a kind king and Fein erupts in boisterous laughter at the idea. Fein then goes on to share that his idea of a king is that of an authoritative figure that no one can disobey and that he'll use his power to crush anyone he wants. After hearing his response, Gash becomes even more upset as he refuses to allow someone like Fein to ever become king. Gash then asks Kiyomaro to lend him his power as this was a battle he cannot afford to lose.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Kolulu (Flashback)
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Gash Bell
* Shiori (Flashback)
* Seibei
* Fein
* Reycom (Flashback)
* Sugina (Flashback)

### Locations

* Mochinoki City
	+ Takamine Residence