“no.”
“lie!”
“Why did I ask you if you weren’t going to believe me?”
“I was hoping you would lie more sincerely!”
Dark red liquid had dried between the cracks, and something like a thin black thread was sticking out.
Well, no matter how you look at that, doesn’t it look like a corpse or something? I really hate it!
Without realizing it, I clung to Klaus’s back and grabbed his collar.
Hey, use your cool face 200% of the time to protect me. huh?
“……W, my lady?”
“Your Highness. You said you would protect me, right?”
“Young lady. Too close….”
“Ugh… I just trust you! I’ll even close my eyes!”
It doesn’t matter what you say! I’m not prepared to come to someone else’s world and see such horrible things!
ah… … . A lot of roman characters I’ve seen. I really respect you.
You must have been an ordinary person living in Korea like me. How were you able to react calmly without being surprised when you saw a dead goblin corpse?
While holding onto Klaus’ clothes tightly, I followed the direction in which Klaus was moving and narrowed my eyes.
“……Ugh!”
Red blood! Jet black hair!
“Young lady, don’t startle me.”
“Yes. Yes. I will close my eyes. I think my liver is less swollen.”
“…I don’t know what you’re talking about, but you can open your eyes. It’s not what you think.”
that… … okay?
Klaus calmed me down with his calm voice. When I opened my eyes trembling, Klaus was now wide open.
okay! Black and red! Blood and hair! … … Isn’t this right?
“What’s this?”
“It’s a sign of witchcraft.”
They said it was no big deal.
“Sorcery? The kind of magic I’m thinking of? The kind you use?”
“It’s similar, but a little different. Magic uses the user’s mana to create new power, and witchcraft uses something other than mana to bring out a specific power.”
“Wow, complete fantasy.”
Klaus ignored my response.
“So, magic is banned in the empire. But it seems like the Duke family wanted to do something using magic…”
Muttering that, Klaus pulled the black thread. What came out of the gap was a black thread attached to a thin piece of cloth.
The piece of cloth was stained with dark red liquid, but it was not blood. The end of the piece of cloth was charred black.
“Is it a doll?”
“Yes. It looks like he used necromancy.”
Klaus said as he rummaged through the pieces of cloth.
“The one that brings the dead back to life?”
“Exactly.”
“Why did you leave such evidence behind?”
“There’s probably an incineration facility running inside there. This… is something that someone finished sloppily.”
“Aren’t you stupid? For something this important.”
You just committed an illegal act and left behind so much evidence, right?
Sometimes, when I look at villains, I get the feeling that these villains are very bad at taking care of things, but it seems like this operative is one of those villains.
“Most necromantic arts have disappeared and are no longer in existence, so the people who found this probably didn’t think it was necromantic. I wouldn’t have known about it if I hadn’t looked into old books.”
“You even looked through old books?”
“Yes. Necromancy, using dolls as a magic trick, is a method that has only been passed down in ancient times. In fact, it is a lost method.”
“Then where did the Duke family learn about this method?”
“……I see. I guess we need to look into that.”
To put it simply, you might think that only the Cisse and duke families knew of this technique and have continued to use it… … Is that really the case?
‘It feels uncomfortable somewhere.’
If you think about it, there are limits to my knowledge. I shook my head and asked something else.
“So what is this liquid?”
“Promise me you won’t scream.”
“I don’t get so upset just by hearing it.”
I think it’s a bit too much to look at.
Klaus smiled and nodded at my words.
“If that’s the case for you, I guess that’s the case.”
“Because it’s real.”
“Yes. This is medicine made from someone’s bones.”
… … bone?
“Medicine?”
“It’s a spell medicine. A medicine that allows you to use magic. When you use this medicine, you can summon the person who owned the bone. It’s a necromancy that works that way.”
“Are you spraying medicine on that doll?”
“yes.”
The method is somewhat understandable.
I guess it’s some kind of method of using the bones of a dead person to cover a doll.
For some reason, it seems like the genre has suddenly become horror.
Klaus’ expression darkened slightly.
“Anyway, it seems clear that there is some suspicious activity in the Dukedom.”
“You hoped not?”
“Of course. I don’t want the empire to be in chaos.”
It was a quite serious voice.
I looked at Klaus blankly. There seemed to be quite a bit of shadow around the beautiful eyes that was not normally visible.
but. To me, it just feels like a story from a book, but it must be pretty desperate for Klaus. To the point where he even reached out to me and asked for help.
Klaus looked up again and smiled like usual.
“Well, it doesn’t matter to the lady.”
“Why doesn’t it matter? It’s your business.”
Klaus, do you trust your sister?
Klaus answered a beat late, probably because he didn’t expect me to say that.
“what?”
“I decided to help you. I decided to help you to the best of my ability, but why does that have nothing to do with me?”
I don’t know what to do yet, but I will help you.
“What should I do from now on? I wanted to try hiding like that rat and eavesdropping on other people’s conversations. Or, if there’s a suspicious space, let’s go in one by one. One of them will probably get caught.”
“I don’t think the young lady is that good at running away to be a rat.”
This person is real. Even if you help them, they are hateful.
When I glared at him, Klaus burst into laughter again. His large hands gently stroked my hair.
“I’m just kidding. Then, do me a favor, young lady.”
“Yes. Then, from now on, let’s crawl into this gap…”
“What, are you asking me to use a shrinking magic?”
Ah, why are you blocking me? In the past, I also wanted to grow and shrink like Alice in Wonderland.
Klaus, who had stopped me, looked at me with warm eyes. he suggested.
“Just walk around.”
“yes?”
“Just go as far as I can see the young lady. I think the young lady’s intuition is quite reliable.”
what? When I see him smiling, it seems like he’s joking, but his voice is lower than usual, so it seems like he’s serious.
“I can see you rolling your eyes, young lady. I’m serious.”
Ah, I read it.
“I’m behind the young lady, so I’ll protect her if she’s in danger. The young lady does whatever she wants. I think that’ll be the most helpful.”
“Aren’t you just telling me that it’s not helpful?”
“You just found helpful evidence thanks to the lady’s play, right?”
Klaus held up the doll piece.
Ah, now that I think about it, I found this while doing acting.
“Then I’m really going anywhere.”
“Yes. If you’re bored, please talk to me.”
“I don’t like that.”
“You’re going too far.”
Ignoring Klaus’ playful grumbles, I started wandering around the garden.
… … When the reins are released to make him a colt with no reins again, he doesn’t know where to go.
Still, perhaps because the image of an unbridled colt was imprinted somewhere in my soul, as time passed, I began to run around, climb trees, and even dip my feet in a pond.
“majesty.”
“why?”
Klaus followed me, smiling no matter what I did. Even now, he was staring at me climbing up the big tree.
I felt relieved because some kind of magic had been used so that the skirt of the dress clung to my legs like pants.
Is this similar to the feeling of becoming an ascetic knight?
I asked a question to Klaus’ voice coming from behind me.
“Aren’t you worried if they release me like this? They said I can’t act.”
“Because it’s much better for a young lady to move around freely than to act.”
“I don’t know where your words are sincere and where you are lying, so I’m worried about whether I should be moved or not.”
“I will try to be sincere.”
It doesn’t seem very sincere.
I grumbled and reached for the birdhouse on the tree.
“The young lady said she would help.”
“I beg your pardon?”
Ah, I think I can get this new house if I just do a little more work… … !
“It doesn’t work if I don’t trust the person who said he would be mine.”
… … my person?
The moment I thought that, my body lost balance.
No, it falls… … ! My new house!
The moment I closed my eyes, Klaus held my back firmly.
“…don’t let your liver fall.”
Klaus whispered. The man’s face, seen from below, was solid yet beautiful.
and. This is a complete romantic cliche… … .
As I looked at the inside of the fallen birdhouse with my head blank, I saw something strange.
… … Isn’t this the Sisena duchy’s seal?
“Your Highness, Your Highness. What is this in the new house…?”
“what?”
After putting me down, Klaus opened a small box with the Sisena Dukedom’s seal on it.
And he groaned.
“It seems like you did well to trust the young lady.”
It was full of bone fragments.
