Chapter 413
Ellen and Charlotte left the temple.
Charlotte had an artifact that cast a cognitive impairment spell, and Ellen was wearing a robe.
It was to prepare for unnecessary attention.
As Charlotte walked down the street, she briefed Ellen on where she was going.
Finding clues while wandering the streets with Reinhardt in a shopping district in the Aligar district, Reinhardt acting as a messenger and delivering a letter to the owner of the shop, and after his feelings became clear, he stopped contacting them after the last letter. What I didn’t do.
And to the point where I was told to leave the ecliptic in the end.
After speaking, Charlotte realized how much of a problem her work had created.
If I had not hung up on false hopes and questioned the wizard, if I had captured the child.
If only I had killed the demon king.
Everything that’s happening right now really shouldn’t have happened.
Charlotte suddenly realizes that she is a sinner not only of the empire but also of all mankind and the era.
Swayed by that recognition, trust, and petty attachment, he was growing a cancerous lump that would eat away at the empire.
If it wasn’t for Reinhardt, wouldn’t he have awakened as the demon king long ago and cause another bloody coup?
In a sense of shame, Charlotte speaks quietly with a miserable feeling.
“… … Can’t you understand me?”
“I don’t understand your behavior, but I don’t know what you went through.”
“… … .”
Ellen did not say right or wrong about Charlotte’s actions.
Ellen didn’t know how sick Charlotte was or how terrible she felt in the castle.
However, the boy who saved himself from a situation where his life as a terrible prisoner was over and death was right around the corner.
At the time, there could be no doubt.
Ellen did not think it would be possible to suspect the man who had risked his life to save her under such circumstances.
Of course, it is also clear that Charlotte’s actions made her miss the moment when she was able to catch the demon king.
The boy who saved his life.
I tried to believe it to the end somehow, but in the end, if I knew the truth that I was just being used.
Ellen knew that Charlotte’s heart would be very miserable.
Ellen doesn’t know how to comfort her.
However, the truth is that Charlotte’s choices are having a very negative impact on the continent and the empire.
“Reproaching yourself doesn’t mean anything.”
Consolation, not consolation.
That was all Ellen could say.
“… … I guess so.”
Now I can only hope that I can catch even the smallest clue.
* * *
Even if the demon king’s existence makes the world buzz, everyday life continues.
The vicious act of soliciting customers in the Aligar shopping district was one of the daily routines unrelated to the demon lord.
No, rather, because of the appearance of the Demon King, self-defense items were being touted.
Seeing the adventurers just setting out on the road, Ellen felt new.
Although she wasn’t serious about being an adventurer, Ellen and Reinhardt saw the true faces of adventurers in the Dark Land.
Adventurers continued to appear even at the moment when the demon king was threatening the continent.
Charlotte passed the sight and said to Ellen.
“I heard that a labyrinth was discovered in the Dark Lands that is believed to be the tomb of a lich.”
“rich?”
“huh.”
Ellen tilted her head at the word unexpectedly rich.
“The labyrinth is not completely broken, but there are adventurers who wandered there and brought back several books of magic. I don’t know too well, but the level of the magic books must be quite high. So it’s quite a fuss.”
“okay?”
“It’s not even broken through, but if it’s that much of a discovery, well, I wonder what’s really inside.”
If a magic book that was a by-product of the labyrinth caused a commotion, it was natural to think that there would be more magic books or artifacts than that.
Charlotte, who had been walking quietly, suddenly clicked her tongue.
“Tsk, it would be nice if yesterday’s incident wasn’t related to the demon lord.”
“Yesterday?”
“… … There was a murder case inside the imperial palace. I was also reported in the morning.”
At the word murder, Ellen narrowed her brows.
“In the imperial palace… … ?”
“Yes, one of the Ministry of Magic employees killed the watchers, stole the spell book, and fled. I don’t know if you’re just trying to sell it… … . Aren’t you the devil’s helper?”
Charlotte was with Ellen to chase the trail of the demon king, but the inside of the imperial family was in a state of chaos.
“I wonder if Harriet was also investigated… … .”
It was only then that Ellen seemed to understand what Harriet and Reinhardt had a serious talk about today.
Harriet was being investigated about what happened last night, and that’s probably why the two of them are up to something.
Where are Reinhardt and Heriot doing now?
It would be nice if you weren’t trying to get involved in something dangerous.
Ellen thinks so.
“The stolen magic books… … . Was it something important?”
“That is the biggest problem right now.”
Charlotte said with a narrowed brow.
“That you don’t know the contents of the stolen magic book.”
“… … what?”
For a moment, Ellen didn’t understand what Charlotte was talking about.
“What are you talking about? It was stolen, but you don’t know what was stolen?”
“It was less than a day after arriving at the imperial palace, and it disappeared before the investigation was over.”
That’s why I couldn’t figure out how dangerous the magic book was.
“Yeah, you should know this too.”
Charlotte was going to tell Ellen everything about herself. She must know all her secrets about herself so that she can fulfill her knightly role properly.
“Those magic books, I brought them from the basement of the castle yesterday.”
* * *
Harriet and I left the temple and headed for the imperial palace. I don’t know what we can do, but to know about a case, you have to go to the scene.
I was wearing a hood because my face might be known, and Harriet was wearing the same hood as me. I don’t know why I followed it.
Rossor Dewin.
Why did he steal the magic book and run away?
“Obviously, but will it be expensive?”
“Will it be expensive?”
At my words, Harriet nodded.
“It is very difficult for an individual to have the qualifications to own a magic book. Most wizards read or borrow magic books officially issued by large institutions, schools, associations, or guilds. And if you don’t qualify, you won’t be able to read magic books that exceed a certain level or level of danger.”
Just as enchantment magic is strictly managed, sorcery books are also strictly managed.
“It’s because a lot of magic books are difficult to regulate, but basically, magic books aren’t easily obtainable even if you have money.”
“So you’re saying it’s not something that can be easily sold?”
At my words, Harriet stared at me.
“No way.”
“… … Is it difficult to buy but easy to sell?”
“There are plenty of wizards who want to own rare magic books. You don’t have to be caught, right? If it’s a rare magic, you’d pay a lot of money to buy it? However, if it is a very rare magic that is not yet known to the world, it is more likely that it contains a new magic management method or theory than the effectiveness of the magic, so it is worth calling it.”
It is said that there must be a premise that it is a rare magic book, but it is true that it is a very expensive item. It’s difficult to officially possess dangerous magic, but you just need to secretly possess it.
Anyway, magic books can be money. Even more rare.
“It probably wasn’t about money. never.”
“I heard that magic books make money?”
Harriet looks at me with her lips pressed together subtly.
What is this feeling of being despised?
“If you’re a wizard enough to work in the Imperial Magic Ministry’s laboratory, you can make a lot of money by making copies and selling them. There is no need to steal.”
“… … Uh, yes.”
Come to think of it, it made sense.
“So, it’s not because of the money that Rossor Dewyn stole the magic book.”
Listening to it, it seemed that Harriet was right.
If it’s because of money, there are infinite ways to earn it safely in other ways, but why did he steal the magic book while having an irrational number that causes murder inside the imperial family?
“It is strange. The treatment will be considerable, and there is no way anyone in the empire will use it. The identity must be certain, and the verification must have been sufficient… … .”
Skills are also skills, but those whose reliability has been properly verified could be members of the research archives of the Ministry of Magic. That kind of guy killed people and stole magic books for unknown reasons.
If not money, what is the reason?
Was magic itself a purpose?
Cantus Magna.
The group naturally came to mind.
Could it be that Lothar Dewyn belonged to Cantus Magna?
“The stolen magic books, do you know what they are?”
“I don’t know either. And it seemed that Lothar Dewyn didn’t know either. By the way, it seems that the tomb of a lich has been found in the Dark Land these days. I don’t think it was brought from there… … . That’s right, they seemed to be curious about the source of the magic book.”
Lich’s Tomb.
It is a trap made to lure out Cantus Magna.
Did you mean that the leaked magic book reached the imperial palace, and that Lothar Dewyn stole it?
According to Harriet, Lothar Dewyn was curious about the source of the magic book.
that it is
If that guy is Kantus Magna, it means that information about the labyrinth in the Dark Lands will go to them.
It means that Cantus Magna may be approaching the Labyrinth.
I thought Harriet was caught up in something strange, but was it really something I had to do?
Not sure yet. But if the Lothar Dewyn case has anything to do with Cantus Magna, then I must dig it out against Harriet’s will.
* * *
I’m not yet at the level where my face can be my business card. Of course I don’t want that to happen either. I feel like I’m going to lose my mind just by going through the temple, but I’m not confident that I won’t go crazy if I find out anywhere on the continent.
Of course, the crest replaced the qualifications to enter the imperial palace, and Harriet was able to enter the imperial palace as many times as she liked.
However, in front of the imperial palace, many people were stopped from entering.
-The Imperial Palace is currently sealed off.
It was only natural that the entire imperial palace was nervous since it had been months inside the imperial palace. Nobles and bureaucrats who had business in the palace were mostly banned from entering except for a few.
The atmosphere inside the imperial palace was equally brutal.
The Ministry of Magic, where the incident occurred, belonged to the southern part of the imperial palace, but apparently the guards throughout the imperial palace had been strengthened, and soldiers and knights were busily coming and going here and there.
“surely… … . Because it wasn’t normal… … .”
When Harriet arrived at the scene, her voice trembled a little, as if she was getting a little nervous.
Even if it was a simple murder case, it was a problem, but it was a murder case that occurred inside the imperial palace. Harriet was not an eyewitness, but had spoken to the killer just yesterday.
As if she finally got a sense of what the hell she was getting her hands on, Harriet lightly grabbed the end of my sleeve. Like she does it without even knowing it.
“Nothing to be afraid of. If that’s the case, things can’t happen. Let’s go to the field.”
“Uh, uh… … .”
Harriet and I took the tram operated inside the Imperial Palace and headed to the Ministry of Magic.
Based on the central palace tetra, the spring palace where Charlotte lived in the north, the summer palace where members of the imperial family lived in the east, the ministries in charge of the main affairs of the empire in the south, and the winter palace where Bertus lived in the west.
Our destination was south, not too far.
Due to the nature of the southern section of the imperial palace, where the ministries in charge of the empire’s major affairs were located, there were many huge buildings, and the magnificent Ministry of Magic building was one of them.
The massive marble architecture was massive and elegant at the same time.
But now, the whole area was surrounded by numerous soldiers, and the guards were blocking the road at the entrance.
Even in the imperial palace, where the atmosphere was serious, even there, the entire Ministry of Magic was on high alert.
“… … Is it okay to intervene?”
Harriet said that as if she was frightened, probably thinking that it was something that should not be approached with an easy mind.
“It’s not that I’m trying to do something, I’m just trying to find out. Is there anything to be afraid of?”
At my words, Harriet looked at me blankly and sighed with a bewildered expression.
“I’m sorry to say this… … . Why are you so strong-hearted?”
I didn’t have anything to say when Harriet asked why you weren’t afraid at all, even though I was the Grand Duchess, even after seeing so many troops.
I know?
Come to think of it, I’m not even familiar with things like this.
Have you maintained the bullying concept so much and now that you are being treated as a hero, has it become nothing?
Knowingly or unknowingly, compared to when I first fell into this world, I have changed a lot.
“How can I be born like this?”
“Because it’s amazing to see you… … .”
Harriet cautiously followed me.
Of course, since the Ministry of Magic was the center of the incident, it had no choice but to be blocked.
“This place is currently under access control.”
“I know that, but I… … .”
“Reinhardt? Saint-Ouan… … ?”
As I was about to explain something, I heard a voice calling me from behind.
A voice I’m used to.
“What’s going on here?”
Bertus had just arrived at the Ministry of Magic with a group of men.
