“Duke Sisena claimed to have met him recently.”
“Yes. He claimed to have met just a few months ago.”
“But the person who was found has been dead for 5 years? No, it’s been 5 years since he died in the first place. How do you know it’s the person the duke said?”
Klaus nodded slowly to my rebuttal. I understand my objection, but it means there is some basis.
No, when did I ever understand Klaus’ thoughts so well?
“Let me explain one by one. First, I had Duke Cisena draw the face of the person he met. Duke Cisena also confirmed that it was a portrait, so I thought all I had to do was find the person in the portrait.”
okay. I get it up to that point.
Finding people using montages is the most basic way to find criminals.
“I couldn’t find him by scouring the empire, so I assumed he was hiding in a place where humans don’t set foot. So I sent elite trainees to search various difficult places.”
“Your Majesty, are you going with us?”
“Because I am the most capable.”
Klaus casually agreed with what I said.
In reality, while I was training various things in the training hall with Lariette and Merwin, Klaus was often away from the office.
It seemed like he was looking for evidence to completely put Duke Cicena behind him.
“So the body was found in that rough terrain?”
“It was discovered on Mount Geelta, which is said to be tongue-in-cheek even in the north, which is famous for its cold weather.”
Klaus added an explanation.
“Completely frozen.”
Frozen?
I looked up at Klaus. Klaus smiled and nodded his head.
“Yes. It was completely frozen. Mt. Geelta is famous for always having white snow piled up. Not only did the snow not melt, but the corpses were also kept from melting well.”
“So you still had a face?”
“I was lucky. If there had been even a little bit of decay, it would have looked different from the portrait that Duke Cicena mentioned, but thanks to it being completely frozen, the face remains the same.”
This is it! Frozen mummy!
I have briefly heard that corpses are well preserved if certain conditions are met.
But I didn’t expect it to be preserved so well… … !
“Then how did you know he’s been dead for five years?”
“The road leading there is frozen and completely blocked. It is estimated that no one has passed through the frozen ice for about 5 years.”
“That’s all….”
“And who am I?”
Klaus grinned.
“I summoned him using necromancy and asked him about it.”
“Wow. Criminal.”
“It was an unavoidable situation, so please understand, my lady. You have power, but you should use it wisely in times like this. What is it that the royal family can’t use that the Emperor and the Duke used?”
I was glad that Klaus didn’t feel bad about it.
“So, did someone use necromancy to move an already dead person into contact with Duke Cicena?”
“no.”
Klaus shook his head again.
“Then what is it!”
“I told you. He’s been dead for over five years. A dead person can’t go see Duke Cicena. Necromancy also summons the soul, not resurrecting the corpse.”
“Then isn’t it the same after all? I guess I’ll have to find someone who looks exactly like him, or someone who’s disguised himself as him.”
Oh, if it’s going to be like this, can’t we just ignore the cumbersome procedures and proofs and blow up the market price and all the work? While I was thinking of a very tyrant-like idea, Klaus grinned.
“Is there something more?”
“It’s sharp.”
“Now, just by looking at your expression, I can kind of figure it out. What is it?”
Klaus nodded slowly to my question.
“When the spirit summoned through necromancy introduced itself, it told a very interesting story.”
“What is it?”
“He said he would soon inherit the Duke of Brudel, which rules the North.”
“……huh?”
The current Duke Brudel is still young.
It hasn’t been long since I married Maewin, so there will be no successor to the dukedom.
Even considering the possibility that he had a child through a promiscuous life, the child would not have yet grown up enough to become his successor.
Oh, huh?
“It was very strange. The Duke of Brudel that I remembered as a child and the Duke of Brudel that I met as an adult had quite different faces. At that time, I simply thought that there had been a lot of changes in the process of growing up and moved on. But now, “If you think about it, it wasn’t like that.”
“Your Highness, by any chance, it’s Duke Brudel now.”
It’s fake?
“okay.”
Klaus nodded his head in response to the look in my eyes.
