58 – Mission 2
“Your Majesty, may I take my leave now?”
I spoke to the Emperor, having conveyed some information about today’s events and Death Heaven.
I wanted nothing more than to lie down on my dormitory bed right now.
“There’s still more to discuss.”
However, the Emperor didn’t allow me to leave.
“This morning, the Imperial Council was in chaos. Do you know the reason?”
“Of course! It’s because a necromancer appeared.”
When a necromancer uses their power, traces are left behind.
Of course, it’s hard to find traces unless they use a powerful corpse. But before Mordor, I summoned strong corpses.
“How much do you know about the appearance of the necromancer?”
“We didn’t discuss it separately to avoid causing unnecessary confusion and anxiety. However, some people in the Holy Kingdom must be aware.”
This was as expected.
“After traces of the necromancer were found, we immediately called for a meeting. Most people were speculating that there might be only one necromancer left after the war.”
But unfortunately, there were still nine necromancers remaining.
The emperor also seemed to know that there were more necromancers, as I had mentioned it to him before.
“Well, it looks like we’ll be quite busy today. They don’t know that the necromancer is dead, do they?”
“Of course not. They are still investigating the sewers where the traces of the necromancer were found.”
The emperor told me everything I was curious about.
“May I ask what was found in the sewers?”
“They found the bodies of people with skull patterns, dead children, and finally, a person burned by fire.”
They had burned Modor’s body right away, but they hadn’t been able to deal with the other bodies and the children.
‘I don’t want to deal with the aftermath, so could you come with me somewhere later?’
I hugged Yo-hanna and headed straight to the children’s graves.
This is bad. Just thinking back to that situation made my poker face crack.
“I can’t believe my poker face is cracking just from the thought of it.”
I couldn’t even imagine what would happen if I actually met Yo-hanna.
If I hadn’t been wearing a mask, the emperor would have noticed my flushed face.
“Is the burned person the necromancer? Do you have any other questions?”
After contemplating whether to speak or not, I finally decided to open my mouth.
“Your Majesty, but can I really tell you everything?”
The investigation related to the necromancer is probably highly confidential. But can I really tell him everything?
“No one knows more about the current situation than you, so it’s okay to tell me everything. If there are any mistakes, we can correct them.”
The Emperor spoke.
“I will inform them of the fact that the Necromancer is dead, but I won’t say that you killed him. However, people might notice your conspicuous actions, especially running around with Lady Freya in the morning.”
I did act noticeably. In truth, it would have been best to move quietly, but I was too excited at that moment.
“It’s okay.”
The Emperor looked at me and spoke.
“All sorts of people will take an interest in you. I’ll try to keep it as secret as possible, but those in the know will find out quickly. Even if you’re in the Academy, they will find a way to contact you.”
Those who know about this incident are all high-ranking individuals. For them, making contact inside the Academy should be easy.
Ordinary people would find such attention burdensome.
“Do you think I would be afraid of such attention?”
I showed the Emperor my mask and red cloak.
“Ha.”
The Emperor glanced at my mask and cloak and chuckled lightly.
“Still, please try not to get caught if you can help it. I don’t mind you attracting attention from others, but I don’t want the Necromancers taking an interest in you.”
If they know that I killed Morodor, the Necromancers will surely try to kill me.
Not for Morodor’s revenge, but for the solidarity of Death’s Haven.
Death’s Haven is an organization created by Necromancers to avoid dying in the first place.
However, if one member dies, they will undoubtedly try to kill the one who killed Morodor to maintain the organization’s cohesion.
“If I am strong, it doesn’t matter.”
In fact, in that case, the arrival of the Necromancers would be welcome. I don’t need to go looking for them.
But it’s still too early.
“I may have killed Morridor, but it was easy to handle because I already knew Morridor’s abilities.”
There are many things that necromancers cannot deal with, even if they know their abilities.
Even if you know the abilities of a necromancer who uses over a thousand corpses, how can you stop them?
“Well then, I’ll take my leave for real now…”
“There is still something left to say.”
I wonder if I’m tired from all the events today.
Or maybe my poker face broke because I thought about Johanna earlier.
“Um… Do you still have something to talk about?”
Unknowingly, I spoke with a voice mixed with complaints.
Even though I’ve learned the art of shadow-stepping from the Emperor and met him quite a few times, this was definitely rude behavior.
“hahahahaha, can you pretend you didn’t hear what I just said?”
“hahahahaha.”
But instead, the Emperor laughed at my reaction.
“To begin with, even if nothing like this happened in the morning, I was planning to call you. But it was a little earlier because of the necromancer.”
The Emperor paused for a moment before speaking again.
“You remember Lord Ash, right?”
“Yes? Of course.”
Suddenly, I wondered why he brought that up, but I answered anyway.
Lord Ash.
In the game, he was the one who turned the villagers into drug-addicted murderers, despite being peaceful people.
I disguised myself as the rogue Cardinal to steal all the drugs from the Marquis’s mansion, preventing such an incident from happening.
“Haven’t you dealt with it yet?”
Honestly, this was unexpected.
If he were the emperor, I thought he would kill me immediately.
“I’m currently monitoring it using the shadows. The Marquis Ash is obtaining the drugs using some unknown source, making it impossible to guess.”
Come to think of it, it was strange. How could a mere border Marquis acquire prohibited drugs legally?
Even in the game, this was not revealed.
Other players and I didn’t pay much attention to that aspect.
“You must know that your special class receives different requests compared to other first-year students.”
This, too, was a sudden statement.
“Yes, I am aware.”
The third-year students must already have received requests.
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“But what does that have to do with Marquis Ash… no way, right?”
Mid-sentence, the thought occurred to me—no way.
“That ‘no way’ is correct. He requested a mission from the special class. The client is Marquis Ash. The content of the request is to find something stolen by the rogue Cardinal.”
I, the rogue Cardinal who stole it, was requested by the special class I belonged to?
“hahahahaha! That’s unbelievable.”
“hahahaha, indeed, it’s unbelievable as you say.”
The emperor and I burst into laughter. Whether it was a laughter of disbelief or a mocking laugh sent to Marquis Ash, it was unclear.
“………………..”
“………………..”
Both of us stopped laughing.
“But didn’t Lord Ash say in the newspaper that the notorious Cardinal didn’t steal anything?”
However, the request was to find the item stolen by the notorious Cardinal.
“He said it out of embarrassment, but…”
“Suspicious.”
“Indeed.”
Disguised as the notorious Cardinal, I stole drugs from Lord Ash.
It made sense to hide it. If the drugs were discovered, it would at least lead to abdication.
But why request the Special Forces for help? What would happen if the Special Forces students found out that the notorious Cardinal stole drugs?
“What do you think about this situation?”
The Emperor must have already thought about it before asking me. But the reason for asking me is probably to test me.
“It must be one of two things. Either they must find the drugs at all costs, even by hiring mercenaries, or they originally had something to do with the Special Forces students.”
The Emperor, tapping on the chair, spoke.
“What do you think is more likely between the two?”
“Of course, the latter is more likely. If they had to find the drugs at all costs, they would have hired mercenaries, even if it meant emptying their coffers. But to request the Special Forces for help just to find drugs? If that’s the case, then we should really be concerned about Lord Ash’s intelligence.”
Tap.
“Then why did you mention both possibilities, not just the latter?”
“Of course,” he said.
“If your intelligence were higher, you wouldn’t even have drugs,” the Emperor replied, bursting into laughter.
“Well, that’s true.”
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And the next morning, I ran into Johanna.
“………………….”
“………………….”
The continued silence bothered me, so when I was about to speak first
“”Um………””
My words overlapped with Johanna’s.
“Senior, please speak first.”
“Um… My father wants to invite you to our house for a while.”
“Me??”
Johanna nodded.
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