071 – It’s hard to buy my own house! #11

071 – It’s hard to buy my own house! #11

The wizard’s workshop, which had entered combat stance, was no different from the fortress itself.

To break through, you’ll need to bring a bunch of wizards who specialize in siege weapons and siege magic.

There was a story that during the war, it was difficult even though three mercenaries of the same gold rank were put in to occupy a hut where a gold rank wizard was stationed.

It meant that the wizards confined to their workshops were just as dangerous.

Even I have experienced that fact more than anyone else.

The demon castle of Sabrnak, the mad wizard who called himself the demon king, was no different from hell on earth.

And as I said, this long-historic mansion of Walpurgis was also a hideous place like the Devil’s Castle.

“Damn it, the explosion ruined most of the barrier devices.”

“As expected, the black wizard… . Are you the daughter of the previous head of household? If you look at the simple amount of magical power, it’s more than the current head of the household, Friede-nim… .”

“Hey! Is it time to admire it now? Hurry up and bring the paperwork!”

Fortunately, the interior of the mansion was in chaos.

It must have been because the barriers and various magic devices spread across the mansion were destroyed after a huge explosion.

It was a perfect opportunity for a thief like me to sneak in.

It may not have been intentional, but it must have been that Brigitte’s resistance was meaningless.

however.

The speed of clearing up the confusion was faster than I expected.

“There could be an intrusion from outside. It’s okay to leave the papers alone, so let’s restore the barrier first.”

“I understand, Mr. Friede.”

Friede von Walpurgis.

Brigitte’s older sister and the current head of the Walpurgis family, the white wizard, was quite capable.

If the barrier works like this, I might be burned by electricity for stepping into the mansion uninvited.

It seemed to me that it would be better to speed up the work.

“Sigh.”

I took a short breath.

With that, one of my five S-class skills, [Cloak of Shadows], was activated.

Incidentally, 「Shadow Cloak」 was a technique that completely blocked me from the opponent’s vision and detection by wrapping my evil karma around my body.

A skill that even the mad wizard Sabrnak, the demon king, could not see through.

Naturally, the wizards of Walpurgis did not detect it either.

“… … .”

However, the white wizard, Friede, moved his gaze back and forth towards where I was.

Are you an innately good person?

You’d better get out of this place quickly before you get discovered.

“Crossing the serpent fence”.

I activated the skill and went through the wall like a thin soap film.

The place I’m heading to is the ‘laboratory’ located in the center of this mansion.

It was the most heavily guarded place among all the magician mansions.

In terms of the Demon King’s Castle, it’s about the size of the throne room.

The reason I go to the most dangerous and rough places.

It was simple.

If I had escaped outside the mansion with Brigitte now, there was a high chance this would happen again. If so, it is better to eliminate the cause to prevent recurrence.

Faust of old Walpurgis.

That man is like a padlock locking all cases.

Shuk-.

Finally, I arrived at a place called a laboratory.

As Brigitte said, it was a place full of all sorts of experimental tools.

ㅡKyareuk-.

-Hooong… !

ㅡ Alligerrr… .

It was a pretty horrifying sight to see beasts who couldn’t recognize what kind of animal they were, opening their mouths in the tank.

The strangest thing was an old man standing in the center of the laboratory, shouting into the air.

“sadness. loneliness. loneliness.”

He listed negative words.

Each time he added a chant, the magic circle spread out under his feet was gradually expanding, layer by layer.

I don’t know much about magic.

Thinking that I couldn’t complete the magic like this, I pulled out the dagger from my waist and hit the old man’s neck as hard as I could.

Shuk-.

Pajijijijik-!

But my dagger was blocked by an invisible transparent wall.

Is it a barrier?

It’s not just a barrier, it’s a pretty strong guy.

When I stepped back for a moment, the old man who stopped the chant said.

“Is it Judas?”

“… … .”

“I can’t see you, but I know you’re here. There is no other thief by the name of Judas who has such wicked karma. He’s even worse than before.”

Is he an old man who knows the former Judas?

Well, since they’re older, it wouldn’t be strange if they met at least once on the battlefield.

Of course, it wasn’t a good story for me.

Even though I met the former Judas, it was clear that being alive would mean that I knew how to deal with bandits.

The barrier just now is probably one of those measures.

Sure enough, the old man boasted that he hadn’t even asked.

“If you think of me as a half-assed wizard, you’ll be in trouble. Do you know the number of thieves I have subdued so far? It won’t change anything if there’s one more person there.”

“All wizards say that.”

pat-.

I threw the dagger with all my might.

Pajik-!

The dagger blocked by the invisible wall was stuck in the air, creating a small gap.

Kwajik, Kwajik-, Clink.

A sound like glass breaking is heard and the air cracks.

It was the sound of the barrier breaking.

“Breaking the barrier I made myself… !?”

“Nothing.”

I taunted the old wizard while hiding.

Then the wizard gritted his teeth and took out a book from his bosom.

thick book.

The title read ‘To Aru’.

“You blasphemous criminal! Are you trying to scorn Faust, the descendant of the first man?”

Mumble-.

After opening the book, he murmured something rapidly.

It was as if several words were being crushed at the same time.

High-speed multiple chanting.

He must have memorized at least five words at once.

It was the moment that reminded me of Brigitte’s story that only one out of ten wizards above the gold tier can perform high-speed multiple chanting.

Sussuk-.

Soon something wriggled on the floor.

It was shaped like a mixture of a crocodile and a four-legged beast, and its pupils were exceptionally clear.

– Lord, kill me… .

– It hurts… !

To speak human words with a long snout.

It looked very ominous.

what is identity?

“Are you surprised! It’s a homunculus! Although it is only an incomplete failure, it has succeeded in transferring the soul of a criminal to a vessel made of weaving beasts!”

“Is it true?”

It must be because of the arrogance peculiar to wizards that they talk about it without me asking.

Wizards always liked to boast about what they did, what effect they had, and how much power and greatness they had.

Is it because I have a strong need for recognition?

“good! If you succeed in finding him and killing him, I will transfer you from his rotting body to a new one!”

ㅡaaagh!

ㅡKyaaa!

The criminal’s soul, trapped in the tattered beast’s body, began to rage.

He was so weak that he would be crushed if he struck one or two blows with his dagger, but it was very annoying.

Above all, no matter how many times you defeat them, if you look at that book and mumble a muttering incantation, the number seems to increase again.

In this case, dealing with the summons one by one is sewage.

You should be able to knock down the body.

However, since the main body is tightly hidden in the barrier, it will be difficult to target.

Of course there was a way.

“I was not going to do this.”

I stretched out my hand towards the shadow.

My hand slipped into my shadow and came out from under the old man’s feet.

pat-.

The old man shouted as if he was embarrassed as his ankle was grabbed by an unexpected hand.

“What, what is this!”

“It seems that the thieves you met couldn’t do this, right? The name of the skill is 「Draw a doll without paying」.

Soo-wook-.

I pulled the old man out of my shadow.

“What kind of magic is this! It’s completely beyond what a thief can do!!! miracle!? This is a miracle beyond magic!!! Judas, you bastard!!! Where the hell is this—”

“Be quiet.”

“Gee!”

I felt a little relieved only after I stepped on the old man’s neck, who had been dragged out of the barrier, so that he could no longer chant.

“… … !”

The old man struggled with his neck stepped on by my foot.

It must be that you can’t breathe

However, he was not allowed to be careless, so I snatched the book from his hand.

“… … !”

The old man struggled to hold on to the book even as his face turned blue from not being able to breathe.

If you were like me, how would you have tried to push away the foot that was pressing down on your neck?

Of course, it wouldn’t have happened if I pushed it.

“Give it to me.”

Finally I snatched the book from the old man.

A treasure that is said to be able to buy even a fortress with one book.

What is it really written about?

* * *

「Dear Aru, the older sisters bullied me today too. Gudrid made me draw lots and treated me like a slave. No, it would have been better if I had been a slave.”

“Today I was very hungry, so I stole some strawberries and ate them. Then, my mother caught me and hit me in the palm of my hand. I cried because it hurt so much, but I was told not to cry.”

“Today I went for a walk with my mom in a carriage! It was nice that my mom didn’t scold me and talked to me about this and that. But at some point, my mother disappeared and I was looking for it hard, but I managed to catch the carriage she was riding on as it was about to start. I almost couldn’t come back home.”

“I am so tired. hungry. There is no place for me in this house. My place at the table is now gone. I don’t have a place and no one notices. Or deliberately not pretending to know… .”

“My eldest sister said that today. They say that the reason I’m hated is because I’m not actually my father’s daughter. I guess I wasn’t really part of this house. I’m the only one with a different hair color. So, is there a real family somewhere in this world? If I go to them and tell them that I am their daughter, will they believe it?”

“Aruya, sometimes I wish you could talk and talk to me. The only person I can confide in is you.”

「Aruya, you are my only friend. Someday, when I leave this house and travel the world, you will definitely be with me—”

“A handful of salt. a strand of my hair. A small marble stolen from the wicked Gudrid. A candle from Friede’s sister’s room. In addition… .”

In the diary, the letters were written in crooked handwriting.

It was a story that made me feel strange in many ways when I read it.

At the end, it was written about magic techniques that I couldn’t understand, but I could understand that the little girl was trying to meet her friend.

“Is this book worth a citadel?”

I frowned.

Then the old man said with a blue face.

“bruise… the one who asked It’s not a citadel. The world’s greatest discovery… it will be Most valuable of all… . Realm of creation… The Demiurges… warrant… .”

“Brigitte is your daughter. You say that even when you see what is written here?”

“… Brigitte, is that girl really my daughter… ? No matter how I think about it, the date isn’t right. about a month. one month… . I was born a month early the time… .”

“… … .”

Blurred emotions swirled in the man’s eyes.

Among thieves, the dark ghost of suspicion dwelling in the eyes of those who live in the most despicable and filthy den was reflected in their eyes.

“No, whether Brigitte is my daughter or not, it doesn’t matter anymore… . Come on, come on, come on! The parts that can only be interpreted now—”

“Fuck me.”

I took out a lighter from my pocket.

Tak, tak, hwareuk-.

I set fire to the end of the book with it, and the diary burned as if I had waited.

“Gaaagh! Now, Ji, what are you doing now! treasure! Burning a treasure that is irreplaceable in the world! What an idiot! You ignorant thief!”

“treasure? By my ignorant standards, this is hardly a treasure. glittering gold. money. jewel. That’s a treasure. Like a big-breasted beauty.”

“my… my dream… .”

The old man looked at the burning book and opened his mouth.

He, who had looked correct until just a moment ago, had grown old as if he were going to do it tomorrow. Yes, it was like an old man who had lost the will to live.

If he resisted even more, he tried to break his neck and kill him.

Fortunately, it didn’t seem necessary to do so.

Killing this old man seemed like a lot of experience would go up.

And even if it was me who killed the father of the girl I liked, it was a bit like that.

“I’ll let go of the thing that stepped on your neck, so don’t mess around.”

I slipped my foot on the old man’s neck.

Then the old man shouted as if he had been waiting.

“You bastard, don’t you think you’ll be safe even after scorning me, a descendant of the first man! I will explode with this mansion!”

“Did you turn? There are a lot of your daughters and grandchildren in the mansion.”

“Gaaa stay——!!!”

Is it the mental breakdown of wizards?

The wizards of this Pangea continent always try to self-destruct like this when they are cornered at the end.

The demon king was like that too.

That guy, too, tried to blow up the whole area with the Demon King.

Perhaps, if this inspiration explodes, the living beings around here will be blown away.

It wasn’t a lie.

There is only one way to prevent this from happening.

“… It never ends well.”

thud! Wooddeuk-!

I stomp my feet as hard as I can, extinguishing my life.

It was the moment when the old body was limp like a doll whose thread had been cut.

“I didn’t know. I won’t get hit in the back of the head if I’m careless.”

That’s what I said, but I felt very uncomfortable.

To think that they keep sending men who might be called father-in-law to heaven.

I’m starting to feel anxious about my future with at least two daughters.

“There’s a lot of karma piling up.”