82 – Altars and Illusions

Two months and fifteen days have passed since I set out on a journey to lift the curse.

At first I was uneasy about this curse, but now I don’t feel the need to break it. It’s just that the useless thing has disappeared, so I don’t understand why I was so anxious.

I didn’t feel the need for this journey, but I’m going on a worthless journey because my fiancé wants it.

The end of such a worthless journey is in sight.

The highest mountain at the southern end of what Kaian said.

Now that you’ve arrived there, just find the cave located halfway up and you’re done.

In order to end this worthless journey, he rushes to find a cave.

By the time the blue light of dawn becomes a red sunset.

I found a cave with a fairly wide entrance.

“Iris, I think I found it.”

“Really?”

Her voice, which had sunk infinitely low, brightened.

She ran to my place and looked at the cave and smiled.

I can’t understand her

It wasn’t like that in my last life.

I didn’t hang my neck on this worthless thing.

I didn’t waste my time on this pointless place.

You have changed.

I think I used to like her who changed like this, but now I can’t understand.

Rather, the old woman is more understandable.

With such useless thoughts, I followed the incomprehensible woman.

The inside of the cave was wide enough for several wagons to pass through.

The wide cave did not diverge into several paths, but only one winding path.

We walked down that road without hesitation.

It wasn’t until the oil-soaked torch went out several times that something started to appear. Then her steps quickened slightly.

I increased my speed to match her gait and approached something.

The distance to something got closer and closer, and the thick darkness retreated from the torch.

The thick darkness receded, and a landscape that did not match the cave unfolded.

Unlike the rugged cave floor, the floor was flat. An altar built on top of it, larger than a fair field. A winged stone statue holding a sword blocking the front as if to protect the altar, and a winged stone statue holding a stone tablet made next to the statue.

The sight that did not match the cave quickened her pace, giving her the appearance of running.

Not understanding her behavior, he followed her.

Her steps stopped in front of the stone statue holding the stone slab, and I stopped in front of it and looked at the stone statue. I could see incomprehensible characters engraved on the stone slab the statue was holding.

When I looked back at the incomprehensible text, she was looking at an old book. The book contained characters that looked similar to those engraved on stone tablets.

With the book in hand, she approached the stone statue and began to compare it with the inscription on the stone slab.

I sat on the floor and waited for it to end.

By the time the light of the roaring torches faded.

she opened her mouth

“Those who came by chance and those who came after coveting the blessings of the beginning that should not be coveted, go back. Give up because you don’t deserve it. Your covetousness only calls for condemnation.

If, after reading this warning, you are still unwilling to give up, offer at the altar the best sacrifice you can. If it can take the place of the minimum qualifications, you will be given opportunity to covet the blessings.

Even so, don’t expect it. Qualifications will be difficult to meet, and even if you do, it is your sin to wait. So turn your eyes away from what you shouldn’t covet, and forget about this place.”

After she finished speaking, she took one look at me and walked towards the altar.

I got up from my seat and followed her.

Standing in front of the altar, she began to place the things she had brought from the witch’s dwelling on the altar.

She took a step back after placing the coffins and keepsakes of the gods. Then the ground started to vibrate.

I felt the echo from behind, and when I turned my eyes, a stone statue holding a sword began to approach me.

At that sight, he drew his sword.

However, there was no need to use the drawn sword.

The moving stone statue stopped in front of the altar, and the black white flame of the stone statue was absorbed. It slowly approached the sacrifices placed on the flame-bearing black altar, and the white flames burned them.

The sacrifices burned, turning into white smoke that began to gather in small cups placed on the altar.

The cup contained smoke, and light emanated from it. The light scattered his vision.

The light quickly faded, and sight returned.

My vision returned, and a familiar landscape entered my eyes.

fiance. No, the office that Iris, who was his wife, had been using as the head of household caught his eye.

In the office, I was sitting at her desk.

In my hand was the fountain pen she used.

Noticing that this situation was an opportunity to covet the stone statue, I looked around the room.

I looked around the room, but there was nothing special.

There is no income other than looking at the stack of papers in the room and realizing that he has just been married to Iris.

In order to more accurately grasp the current situation, I headed out of the room.

As I walked out of the room, every attendant I encountered showed respect to the family head toward me.

I turned my steps back to the situation and headed back to the office.

After going back to the office and looking through all the documents, I was able to find the succession documents of the Duke of Brandt. The document had my name written on it as the name of the person to succeed. Alic Brandt.

After looking at the document, I headed for the room I used in my previous life.

When I knocked in front of the room, the door opened and the attendant came into view.

When I stayed in the annex, the maid who took care of me caught my eye, and she bowed to me.

“I see the head of the household.”

After that, I heard some noisy footsteps in the room.

The sound was directed in front of me, and Iris looked a little startled.

“Honey, why are you here?”

The first time I heard her tone, the thoughts I had from looking at the documents started to gain a little more weight.

I opened my mouth to further confirm that my thoughts were correct.

“I’m here for a cup of tea.”

Her eyes widened slightly, and then she smiled.

“Then you are welcome. I just happened to have a tea time.”

I sat down after her saying that.

I carefully observed her as she spoke with a smile, and responded appropriately to her story.

After a little while, I was half convinced and opened my mouth.

“I have something urgent to say to my wife, so go away.”

At my words, her smile faded.

He didn’t care about her and waited for the attendants to leave.

“Honey, what did you mean by biting the attendants?”

I didn’t say anything, just looked at her.

Then her smile completely disappeared.

“Have I committed any offense?”

“There is no such thing. There is just something to check.”

I checked the dagger in my chest for a moment, then opened my mouth again.

“Do you remember what you said at the lake full of evening primroses?”

“A lake full of evening primroses? A place like that…”

Her words didn’t end, but the thoughts she had were enough to convince her.

Everything here is fantasy. she is also fantastic

such a silly story.

Thinking so, he took out his dagger and stabbed the back of my hand.

I felt a sharp pain and heard a tearing scream.

“honey!”

The tearing sound and the sharp pain did not break the illusion.

That fact didn’t bother me too much.

Since they warned me about sin and what, it’s only natural that I can’t get away from the fantasy at this level.

But I couldn’t get over it without trying, so I stabbed the back of my hand.

Thanks to that, the back of my hand is a little sore, but this level is not a problem.

Thinking so, I got up from my seat.

“Forget today’s work.”

Saying that, I left the room.

I heard her voice behind me, but it’s not worth listening to her words created by fantasy.

Thinking so, I wandered around the castle to find a way to get out of this illusion. I searched around but couldn’t find anything special.

Most of them are the same as memories from the previous life. There was nothing other than that the positions of Iris and I had changed.

I thought that would be the key to getting out of this fantasy, but I spent time looking through the library because I didn’t know the specific method.

As I was passing the time, I heard the sound of footsteps. When I turned my head at the sound of those footsteps, I saw Iris, whose face was slightly pale. Her gaze turned to my hand. I ignored that gaze and opened my mouth.

“What is it?”

“I came because I was worried.”

Saying so, she took out a potion and sprinkled a little on the back of my hand. Then a slight pain came over me, and the wound disappeared. After confirming that the wound was gone, I turned my eyes to the book again.

“Honey, are you okay?”

“Yeah, that’s fine.”

I didn’t even feel worthy of answering her fantasy-made words, but I answered because I thought she wouldn’t leave if I didn’t answer. Still, there was no sign of her leaving.

“Do you have any more business?”

“Nope.”

She replied that she had no business, but her presence was still clearly felt.

“Then come back. It interferes with work.”

“I know.”

I could feel her go with the sound of trudging, feeble steps.

Only then did the tranquility come back, and I was able to focus on the book again.

So, to get out of this worthless illusion, I spent time.