I thought about it all night. To conclude, this was a problem that I couldn’t solve in my head.
As usual, I went to the salon and left alone with Klaus, and I immediately brought up White’s work from last night.
Klaus didn’t seem to be very surprised to learn that I was actually in cahoots with the demons.
He listened to me patiently without interrupting me once.
“Anyway, that’s why the demon said it was a good thing we found the bone.”
“Did he say that?”
“Yes. And he gave me something like this as a gift.”
I held up the dowsing finder that White had dropped yesterday. Klaus tilted his head as he lifted the thin iron bar and looked around.
“What is this? A weapon? It’s too thin for that.”
“No. It’s something called a dowsing device….”
“What is that?”
White, you helpless bastard. Give me a dowsing finder as a gift and I’ll tell you how to fix this, huh?
“……Well, if you just walk around holding it, it reacts like crazy when the water flows.”
“It is rare for the empire to suffer from drought or flood.”
“There is another problem. I tested it on water, but there was no reaction in the presence of water.”
“Then it can’t be called a water vein?”
“Demons are like that. Can you give me something helpful?”
I grumbled angrily, putting the dowsing stick in my arms.
“He gave me something like this while making excuses like he didn’t try to destroy the empire. It’s ridiculous.”
You’re saying that you didn’t try to destroy the empire, but if anyone hears it, they’ll laugh at you.
The two returnees are now saying with one voice that the empire was almost destroyed due to the large army of demons.
But do you think you can trust me just because I’m not the demon himself?
If this was meant to be a fight, you were very wrong!
“The demons didn’t mean to destroy the empire, lah….”
“I think they were just trying to have a numbers fight with us. It was a failed numbers fight.”
“Yes. But… there may be room to think about it.”
“Don’t think too much about it. If you join in with the demons’ fight, you might get even more confused. Anyway, that white guy only has a smooth face, but his insides are pitch black. I made a mistake with his name.”
Klaus raised his head at those words.
“Does the demon have a handsome face?”
“Ah… well, it’s still a kid.”
“So you’re a handsome guy?”
“Well, I guess so.”
If he had looked three years older, I might have been holding my feet and crying by now and forming a fan club saying, ‘Our devil, you’re the most handsome in the world!’
‘But my flaw is that I look a little young.’
I’m not really interested in men who are younger than me.
“……than me?”
Klaus suddenly leaned towards me and asked softly.
Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?
“Why are you suddenly asking such a strange question?”
“Haha. That was a bit of a strange question.”
“Yeah. It was a little weird.”
I nodded and tried to push away, but instead of falling, Klaus came closer to me.
“So the devil is more handsome than me?”
… … Be persistent!
“Your Highness. It doesn’t look like much.”
“Look. I can flirt with a young lady thanks to my handsome face, but it’s difficult if there’s a guy who’s more handsome than me.”
“Who cares?”
“What if my daughter abandons me to play with that demon?”
No way! I snorted.
“I don’t like children with that milky-looking appearance. I think I would like a more adult-like appearance.”
“like me?”
“Yes, well. Like your highness.”
I answered indifferently, but Klaus raised the corners of his mouth. The shapely lips drew an arc.
“That’s an answer I really like.”
I took a moment to admire Klaus’ shining appearance.
okay. If you are this handsome, you can be intoxicated with your own beauty. In most cases, I won’t forgive him, but since he’s like Klaus, he understands.
Wouldn’t you be happy if you saw your face like that in the mirror every day?
“Your Highness. You are truly blessed.”
“What? Because I can receive the Lady’s love?”
“……Yes? No. Because you’re handsome.”
What kind of nonsense?
Klaus blinked at my answer, then nodded a beat late.
“Ah, well… they say that a person with the power of a god is born with all the talents necessary to protect the vessel.”
“Your Majesty’s white divine power?”
“that’s right.”
Klaus nodded. I suddenly felt aggrieved.
No, he has divine powers and I also have those powers, so we should work together, but why does he have so much talent and I just look cute and have no powers?
“It’s not fair. Your Highness is the only one who was born good.”
“I think it’s a bit unfair, too. But I was lucky, so I should enjoy it.”
After all, the world is all about luck, luck!
I puffed out my cheeks, feeling all the injustice in the world, and Klaus gently comforted me.
“To explain it more seriously, I am like a vessel containing divine power, and if I do not excel in any field, my divine power may be lost. So, in some way, I can protect myself as much as possible from external attacks.”
Is this the same concept as a cast iron bowl?
“Do you remember when you first met the young lady?”
“When I caught the assassin with my masterpiece dish?”
“Yes. I am immune to all poisons. But thanks to the lady’s help, I was able to catch the assassin.”
“It’s a painful memory. And at that time, I told you that I used my brain to catch the assassin, but you didn’t believe me.”
“It’s not true, is it?”
You still don’t believe me. Of course it’s not true… … .
“I told you. The young lady is not good at acting.”
While I was living in Elena’s body, no one other than Klaus found out that I was from another world!
‘Isn’t this level of talent outstanding?’
But when I thought about it, there were definitely some terrible aspects to my acting, so I gave up on refuting.
“Thank you anyway, Lady Elena Seves.”
Klaus said as I was kicking the dirt floor.
“For telling me the story with the demons.”
“Are you going to arrest me?”
“I told you to trust me. I was saying thank you for trusting me, but did I get it wrong?”
I was also confident that Klaus would not catch me in something like this. When I shook my head, Klaus looked satisfied.
“It wasn’t for any particular reason. I told you this because I didn’t want to become a sweet potato character who only knew about it and then later on, it escalated and people said, ‘Why didn’t you tell me about it then!’”
“Sweet potato character?”
“There are. Friends who don’t talk about things that seem very important to others, but only when the situation gets serious do they say, ‘Maybe that was…?’”
“Oh, there is definitely a character like that.”
Well, Klaus also said he’s seen the Possession novel. It seems that there are many such frustrating characters in novels in this world.
“So don’t think too much about it.”
“No. The more clues, the better.”
okay. Well, the decision is up to Klaus.
I decided to end the conversation with a courtesy remark.
“If there’s anything else you need help with, please let me know.”
Of course not. Because Klaus has no talent and I don’t!
Klaus slightly tilted his head at my words.
“Even if that’s not the case, I have concerns.”
“yes.”
I don’t know if I can be of help, but let me just listen first.
“Actually, I’m trying to use necromancy.”
“Yes?”
Cancel, cancel! It’s hard to listen too.
No, the necromancy that is forbidden by imperial law? Can you use that?
He seemed to think that my confused reaction was due to a lack of understanding of the background knowledge about necromancy.
Klaus explained.
“You stole some bone fragments from the urn we found last time, right? I was wondering how best to investigate them, and I thought it might be a good idea to try using necromancy myself. Even souls open their mouths when tortured.”
“Isn’t it dangerous?”
“Maybe if it were someone else, but I’m fine.”
Isn’t this too fraudulent…? … ?
but. A character who is immune to all poisons, is the best at swordsmanship, uses magic best, and has the best brains is a Munchkin.
‘You’re a fraud, you’re a fraud.’
I guess we need this level of fraud to fight the destruction of the world.
“If it’s not dangerous, what are you worried about?”
“Necromancy is the process of summoning a spirit, but the problem is that souls also have memory. So, if I use necromancy carelessly, the spirit can inform the city council or the Duke.”
“Are you sure that the spirit is on the side of Duke Cisena?”
“The fact that it is in an urn with a family seal means that it is the head of the Sisena Dukedom. Such a high-quality urn is treated with magic, so it does not accept bones other than those of the owner engraved on the urn.”
“So?”
“The bones of that soul still remain in the Sisena duchy.”
Klaus answered.
“When I looked up the design style of the urn, I found that it was a popular construction style about 300 years ago. At the time, it was common to place the bones of the deceased in several urns that were made like small jewelry boxes.”
“Ugh. Is that possible?”
“First, the person goes into the coffin, and then the next generation collects the bones and distributes them to the urn. It was a crazy trend that wanted to express sincerity in that way.”
“Thank you for using the word crazy instead of me.”
I couldn’t bear to say it for fear of insulting other people’s ancestors, but what kind of crazy fad is that!
After all, people with a lot of money and time do not hesitate to do things that are extremely inefficient.
“So, there could be quite a few remains other than the urn.”
“So you can’t use necromancy so quickly?”
“Yes. We need to capture solid evidence and attack them all at once, but it would be difficult if the Ghost Duke found out about this in advance. The Sisena Duke family is also very powerful, and their ability to systematically hide evidence is excellent.”
So, in the end, it was said that it was difficult to use necromancy because there were bones left in the Cissena Duke family.
‘I think it would definitely be helpful to summon the ghost himself using necromancy and find out what he was talking about… … .’
Wait, so it’s okay if there are no bones in the Cisse or Duke family?
“Your Highness. Do you ever want to try grave robbing?”
I proudly presented my new idea.
