the next morning.
After waking up in the dormitory, I headed straight to the Harman mansion after eating. Frey, whom he hadn’t seen in a long time, seemed to have a lot to say, but unfortunately, he didn’t have much time, so he evaded it and left.
Her face, looking at me with a downcast face, is still kind. I felt very sorry. I suddenly remembered the letter she had written.
P.s. The festival is in full swing. if… If you have time, why don’t you enjoy the festival with me? Professor John also said that we should enjoy our youth when we are young… .
‘I’ll have to talk to you when I get back after the inauguration ceremony.’
She didn’t seem to be in very good shape lately though.
Now, that time was slowly approaching.
I don’t know the exact time, but I clearly remember that it happened after entering the academy.
As a result of this incident, Frey became disillusioned with the entire empire and this world, as well as his intense hatred and hatred for the black magicians, and gradually turned black.
The decisive reason for her blackening.
I absolutely had to stop it.
Knowing her talent, if I can’t make her an ally, then at least I shouldn’t be an enemy.
In the worst case scenario… … .
I firmly shook my head.
‘I don’t even want to think about that.’
It’s painful to even think about.
At first, I approached her for the future, just for my own purpose, but I was cheering for her life itself before I knew it.
silently.
It was beautiful to say that she was doing her job and faithfully advancing for her future.
She is a person who can carve out her own future with her own will.
Knowing that, I didn’t want to see her ruined even more.
“… … .”
“Im here.”
The coachman announced the arrival. I got off the carriage and looked at the Harman mansion in front. It was the first time I saw it in broad daylight, so I felt different.
The luxurious mansion, which reminds us of 17th-century Europe, looked like a small castle. It was magnificent, splendid, and seemed to have poured everything into its exterior.
‘Is that called baroque style? Or not.’
expansive garden. A fountain built at the entrance.
Seeing this, I doubted whether it was the same place as the mansion at the time. I was appreciating it as if I had come to the exhibition alone, when a woman came out of the front door and said cautiously to me.
“Zile… Mr. Sieghart?”
“yes?”
“The head of the household sent me. Please follow me. I will guide you.”
“Ah yes.”
I followed her into the mansion.
‘I think I saw it somewhere… .’
It was said that the day was ripe, and it was a woman named Rose who was acting as Gireth Harman’s henchman.
In Daisy’s memory, the woman who threw her down the drain.
It seems that Röndal Haarman did not kill him in the end and kept him alive.
I don’t know why he made that choice, but if it were me, I wouldn’t have been able to do that because I was embarrassed. If not killing them, at least kicking them out of the mansion or taking some other means.
In a way, it was no different from taking in the enemy’s men.
Well, Röndal probably did it because he had his own thoughts.
At least he seemed smarter than his older brother.
‘Or is it just a big crowd.’
I passed the maze-like stairs and walked through the corridors. Rose, who had been walking in front, suddenly stopped.
Ahead was a dead wall.
‘Are you sure you’re going to take care of me here?’
Thinking of that for a while.
When she put her hand on the wall, a small side door appeared.
Since he was a famous assassin, the entire mansion was full of secrets. I followed her down the long spiral staircase.
When I opened the door and entered, Röndal Harman sat in the chair he was supposed to go to and greeted me.
“He came… . no, you came Seil Sieghart.”
“long time no see. Count Röndal Harmann.”
He still seemed to have a hard time talking to me.
“Earl Harman… . That’s nice to hear.”
“Isn’t that true?”
“yes.”
“By the way, is there a reason you want to hold the inauguration ceremony so quickly? It seems to be faster than expected.”
“I didn’t have much time. It has been about a year since the householder entered the hospital. The nobles and elders of the collateral started to raise questions about the state of the family head. Guys like hyenas. Whenever there is a gap, I am only thinking of biting it off.”
It seemed that he, too, had a complicated situation of his own.
“Right. Then can we start right now?”
“Yes.”
I headed to the master’s bedroom. Roman was already talking to his former colleagues at Blue Moon.
It seems that now that everyone is in the same situation, they feel more sympathetic to each other.
Standing in front of the bed, I looked at Röndal and asked.
“Couldn’t a priest come to the inauguration ceremony?”
“Of course.”
I tried to hide the magic as much as possible, but it was something I didn’t know.
If you were the same black magician or priest, there was also the possibility of feeling subtle magic.
The fortunate thing is that his ability to deal with demons has improved thanks to the acquisition of ‘Ars Pontium’, a copy of the book of demons.
Now, he was able to delicately control the Magi down to the smallest amount.
Looking at the body of the former head of the family who had become a mummy, I raised my spirits.
Roaring.
The black smoke that bloomed from my hand swirled like a flame. And soon it was sucked into the mouth of the householder.
“The puppet show of the dead.”
I opened both hands. The demonic energy connected to the tips of the 10 fingers moved like a thread and clung to the head of the house.
It is felt.
The family head’s body responding to my will.
creak. creak.
The appearance of the family head slowly raising her body like a broken ball-jointed doll was bizarre.
Since it was my first time handling it, I was still immature in handling it.
doll to go.
I’m a puppeteer
Now it was the turn of the puppet show.
Röndal, who had been watching the scene, looked at me with his eyebrows furrowed.
“… … Is this okay?”
I coughed and said.
“Hmm. Aren’t you a little immature?”
“It is not at an immature level. Anyone can see that, isn’t that the face of a human being! Look, how a human wrist can turn 180 degrees! How is that bridge facing each other on the right and left!”
I was stunned by the sharp point.
I know that people who do well from the start are common. Did you use auras and deal with magical powers from the beginning?
“… … wait.”
After roughly 10 minutes of operation, I got a sense of it. However, there was a bigger problem.
right face.
“hey. But is this a dead person no matter who sees it? Are you too pale? My body is all dry and twisted.”
Röndal looked at me as if he was saying something.
“… Isn’t it natural that he’s already dead? Could it be that he was going to hold the inauguration ceremony with that face without any preparation for him?”
I can feel the trust dripping from his voice. I answered hastily.
“no! It’s not? It can’t be. I’ve already made all the preparations. See who and what.”
Yes.
In fact, I just came to ignorance without any preparation.
I came with the complacent thought that it would be over with just a few words by raising the dead man.
This baby. Insight was no joke.
After thinking for a while, I asked if there were any corpses left.
If you think about it, there is no noble family with as many corpses as Count Harman.
ah. Except for one.
Blue Moon’s killers hurriedly brought several corpses. They were undamaged and in good condition.
Now it was my turn to design.
Using the flesh of corpses to recreate the face of the dead.
I finally realized that I had become a real black magician. No, in fact, I used to think that way often, but I only feel it naked now.
Röndal watched me intently with his arms crossed as if he were a supervisor.
However, his face was impatient and ready to die. Sweat was beading on his forehead.
Well, at the inauguration ceremony, the family owner was actually a ‘zombie. Tada!” If they had a surprise party, Count Harman’s family would be erased from the map of the empire that day.
I kneaded the corpses with magic and made them into dough.
It was a repulsive sight to the point where ordinary people would go crazy, but like the murderers who have made assassination their family business all their lives… … .
“Wow!”
“Uweeek!”
Like the killers… … .
“Kuuu!”
okay. It seems that even the killers are not accustomed to this kind of sight.
okay. This can be happen.
Ignoring the sound of vomiting coming from behind, I concentrated on my work.
It was created with passion and soul, stitch by stitch.
I shouted proudly, wiping the sweat from my forehead.
“Whoa. It is complete.”
Although the craftsmanship was demonstrated, it seemed to come out better than expected even from the person in charge.
Röndal, who was watching it, marveled.
“Awesome. amazing.”
“right?”
“I don’t look like my father at all. Who the hell is interest!”
“… … .”
The admiration did not come from praise, but from pure shock.
Come to think of it, I had never seen the original face of the family head. I thought it would look roughly like this, and I made it with my own imagination.
“Is that so? sorry.”
Röndal sighed and ordered Rose.
“Whoa. rose. Bring my father’s portrait.”
“yes.”
She handed over the portrait.
A man with red hair and a bold look.
It felt like it would be quite nerve-wracking to have fierce eyes.
“okay. I got it now.”
I got back to work.
After twists and turns, the face of the head of household was completed, and Röndal finally gave it a passing grade.
However, I don’t know if he knew it, but his face was written ‘Can I really trust this guy?’
I understand.
But the water has already been spilled.
If you don’t believe me, you’re the one who’s anxious.
During the inauguration ceremony, I practiced manipulation.
Thanks to the rigorous one-on-one coaching with Röndal, I began to reproduce the appearance of the former family little by little.
natural movement. natural voice.
From a withered mummy, he was returning to the form of Genomic Harman, the head of Count Harman.
“At this level, it’s a narrow pass.”
“Whoa. thank you teacher.”
“please… . I hope you don’t make a mistake.”
“Don’t worry.”
After finishing all preparations, we headed to the hall on the first floor. A large crowd had already gathered.
Most of them here must be nobles of high prestige.
… Most of them had commissioned an assassination to the Harman family at least once.
Hundreds of family members were also all lined up in a row.
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Seeing the fit between Oh and Yeol made me feel at ease.
Among them, there were those who just did general housework or housework, but most of them were killers belonging to the Blue Moon.
that buck that buck
Hearing footsteps, the audience, who had been talking for a while, fell silent.
“… … ”
Soon, the inauguration ceremony began in quiet silence.