Underworld Excursion – 3
Leon replied coolly.
“In my later years, I suddenly thought of this. Leaving this beautiful world behind and going to the underworld was so embarrassing that I almost died. Well, he died in the end.”
It was such a bizarre idea as a genius.
“As you know, when the life span of the body is over, the soul goes to the underworld. And once you cross the Redby River, you can never come back to the world without the help of a necromancer.”
“… … .”
“But the number of necromancers is still small enough to count on my fingers. They can’t even call me when I want to.”
“So?”
“That’s why I made this bell. Even if you’re not a necromancer, you can summon any spirit by shaking the bell.”
We had to keep our mouths open.
I can’t express it because I’m lending my body right now, but Ardwin was probably the most surprised right now.
Leon said with a shy expression.
“I told my son to leave the servant and shake it one day a month. It was made so that it could lodge in the body of the person who waved it.”
“… … .”
“But I got tired of it exactly the third time.”
“If it were your personality, it would have been.”
“haha. Anyway, that’s why I told him to stop calling me for the third time. From then on, the servant would have remained the heirloom of my family.”
He tilted his head.
“Where did you guys get this?”
“Here.”
“Where is this… … Well?”
He looked around and widened his eyes.
“Isn’t that where I made this bell?”
“yes?”
“Because the place where I studied necromancy was a small country with no inns. I rented a warehouse from a private house and researched it. It’s just like there.”
“… … .”
“Aha. I guess this is where Grade-sama was talking about. Underground of the Imperial Castle.”
He continued his reasoning on his own without me having to explain anything.
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Most of those inferences fit the current situation so well that I admired them in my heart.Leon, who was almost convinced by himself, opened his mouth.
“therefore? After all, what were you going to do with this species?”
“The soul of one of my party members is connected to the Demon King’s limbs.”
“Ohh.”
“To be precise, they are one soul. So, since the spirit of the Demon King Sioux is erased, my colleagues are also being affected.”
“Hmm. By the way?”
“But that… … I’ve been told that there must be a way to solve this problem if I go to the underworld.”
Leon tilted his head.
“If you go to the underworld, it will be resolved? how?”
“I guess I have to go.”
“Then go quickly. Because I’m curious too.”
Neryl took a step forward.
“That advice is just a metaphor. How can a living person go to the underworld?”
“… … .”
“If I told our leader to die… … .”
Leon opened his mouth before Neril could even finish speaking.
“Don’t worry. Because I will be able to live as this species and visit the underworld.”
Going to the underworld is no different from dying.
Perhaps because my life is at stake in this matter, Neryl put aside John’s and spoke coldly.
“Do not lie. It’s just a servant who can summon spirits even non-necromancers.”
“Originally, it was developed for that purpose, but it was said that it had an unexpected imposition effect. Using this species, you can go to the underworld ‘alive’. Exactly, you can go round and round.”
“Then why didn’t you go to the underworld ‘alive’ as that servant?”
“It’s because I’m dead at the end of my life. The body to return to is already dead.”
Neryl calmed down a little and said.
“If you lie, you die. He’s already dead, but he’s dead again.”
“Grade-sama said he was cocky, but it was true.”
“If you don’t like me being cocky, explain it properly.”
Leon scratched his head.
“I am very weak at explaining… … huh?”
Whoops.
At that time, Ardwin separated Leon’s body.
Like someday, he rolls Leon’s soul out of his hand like a small ball.
“I know that Leon is not very good at explaining things to others. How about just like this? You can do it like that, it was like that.”
“Ordinary geniuses have that side.”
“It’s just like looking at my sister.”
“Am I on the same level as Leon?”
“My wife, I was praising you for being a genius… … Anyway, Leon-sama, please tell me first. I’ll translate it so you can understand.”
The soul trembles in Ardwin’s hand.
It’s kind of hard to explain something.
Ardwin frowned several times and asked for an explanation.
When 10 minutes passed like that.
“OMG.”
He shed admiration as if he couldn’t believe it.
As a necromancer, he seemed to have a strange appreciation for Leon’s genius, ignoring common sense.
Ardwin speaks in a trembling voice.
“In a nutshell, while Maid went to the underworld, someone had to keep shaking the bell in his body’s ear.”
“why?”
“It seems that the bell is supposed to be ringing in the underworld through my brother’s soul. That means… … ‘This man is not a dead man. This person is the one to return to.’”
The offense seemed absurd.
“Is that possible?”
“Well. Wait.”
Ardwin shakes the bell.
twice to the left. three times to the right.
Five times left and right again.
Soon his mouth opened wide.
“ah… … It really is.”
“Ardwin.”
“A single ringing of this bell could be a hundred lines of incantation. Wow, how did you compress this into this sound?”
He tried to explain something as if he was excited.
But I firmly waved my hand.
“I felt the same way when Neril gave me a headband engraved with the badge of a hero, but people who don’t understand anyway won’t understand even if they die.”
“Ahaha. In fact, I didn’t even know what he was talking about at the time.”
“uh. Just tell me if it works or not.”
“It is possible. enough.”
He spread his fingers.
“I will separate your soul from your body. After that, if you leave it alone, you will automatically go to the underworld.”
“… … .”
“Anyone of us keeps ringing the bell in the ear of the body. Until my older brother comes back from work in the underworld.”
“Hmm.”
“If Xenia noona continues to heal her with magic so that her body without a soul doesn’t suffer… … He will be the only person who has experienced the underworld ‘alive’. It will go down in history.”
I don’t really want to go down in history like that.
But for the safety of your colleagues, you can do more than that.
the problem is… … .
Offense asked instead, as if reading my mind.
“The question is, why do you have to go to the underworld? If you go there, can you save Serene?”
“Once you go to the underworld, Impelium will give you advice again.”
“Does he even exist in the underworld?”
“Because it is a mysterious entity.”
At that moment, Ardwin put the soul that had been rolling out of his hand into my body.
Soon Leon’s voice is heard.
“This little boy is scary. Still, I am a hero, but how can I handle my soul so easily?”
“Adwin is a genius. I am not a genius in every field like you.”
“Ahaha. thank you for the compliment Am I like that?”
“yes. Everything is great except for the personality.”
“… … .”
“Anyway, thank you for your help. It is now.”
Leon shrugged once.
“There are many things I want to say and I want to hear, but I put them all off. Because you can hear it in the underworld.”
“yes?”
“If you really come to the underworld, you will be able to meet me and other heroes. Talk to me in detail there.”
“… … .”
“I had a great time meeting you. See you soon after death.”
whoops.
Ardwin returned his soul.
All that’s left is the bell that Ardwin is holding.
The companions remain silent for a moment.
After a while, Offense said.
“Are you really going to die?”
“As Leon said, it’s not a death, it’s a round trip. Ardwin agreed.”
“Ha, but.”
“If you are a hero, you should be able to do the equivalent of visiting the underworld alive.”
“… … .”
“Think about what’s at stake in this.”
Xenia murmurs.
“Serine’s life… … .”
“uh. Well, to be honest, I don’t know if Serene is really going to die.”
“yes?”
“Why is Serene’s soul only half erased? That’s what Florence asked for.”
“… … .”
“Anyway, Florence didn’t want to die. It would be an unprofitable exchange to risk one’s life just by tying our feet up.”
That’s why he asked Velocian to erase only half of his soul.
Then Neryl opened her mouth as if muttering.
“Or maybe he didn’t want to die first for Idria.”
“uh?”
“It’s just been said. Because he was following Idria like a mother.”
It sure looked like it, but… … hey, maybe
I continued.
“Anyway, I can’t keep Serena in a silent state. Because that’s the only way we can’t leave her side.”
“Yes. That’s what Florence is aiming for.”
“uh. So I’ll be there for a while. the realm.”
“Are you really going to the underworld now? There has never been a hero like this before.”
I laughed out loud at that.
And looked at Ardwin.
“Ardwin. I will start.”
“Before that, get out of here.”
“yes?”
“Because if I separate the soul, you will fall. But here… … .”
“It’s too narrow. Okay, let’s go.”
widely.
So we went out.
A pure white space with tens of thousands of doors welcomes us again.
I blinked at the red door a while ago.
“Let’s go to the entrance.”
“yes? Why?”
“This place is too close to a ‘special room’. No, I have to go outside.”
“Because of the Velocian?”
“okay. Let’s do it on Agril’s back to pass out.”
Everyone nods their heads.
We hurried out of the Imperial Underground.
I glanced at the red door before heading out.
Will there ever come a day when I will enter that room?
We got on Agril and first explained the circumstances to Lissel.
She said rolling her eyes to and fro.
“Ahh. I completely understand what you mean.”
“He said that with his headband.”
“So, you mean Mr. Maid is going to die?”
“I didn’t understand at all either.”
Ardwin said.
“I am not dying. You go to the underworld alive.”
“sorry. I have a little headache right now.”
“it’s okay. We all do.”
That was then.
“under. I live and live… … .”
It’s Serene!
She opened her eyes with difficulty.
Ressel desperately stops her body from trying to get up.
“Collock. Cool.”
Serene coughs hard a few times.
Lissel wiped her lips.
There was blood on it.
I glanced to the side, and there were already two more bloody handkerchiefs lying around.
Serena struggled to open her mouth.
“I heard from Mr. Rissel that I am the same soul as that filthy Florence. But you are going to the underworld because of me.”
“There is no other way.”
“Mr Maid. Don’t do that.”
She said with trembling eyes.
“You don’t have to take that risk for something like me.”
“Are you like me?”
“There’s no need for a party member who is so different on the outside, reveals only money, drinks too much every day and is cute.”
“Didn’t there be a bit of a strange word at the end?”
“I don’t want to be a burden to Maid and to you.”
After taking a deep breath, she continued.
“You are deserving of me.”
“… … .”
“Because I had strange parents locked up in their homes… … I haven’t had any friends since I was young. When I ran out of the house because of the abuse, my head was already too big.”
“… … .”
“Even after I entrusted myself to the temple, I always treated others only for my own understanding. Everyone laughed in front of me, and so did I, but I was really busy calculating in my head. How much can I miss this guy?”
Water began to drip into his voice.
“There is no need for people like you to work hard for me.”
I looked around.
Everyone has a faint smile on their lips.
Serene said with a groan as if she had noticed that smile too.
“Now is the time to be touched, isn’t it?”
“How can you be moved by such a funny remark?”
“yes?”
“What kind of adults are we? Are they clean?”
No way.
None of my party members don’t have pigtails.
On the contrary, in the case of Neril and Offense, it is almost full.
At least according to my pigtail standards, there was no saint among them.
“We take care of you not because you are good or good. I don’t even expect that.”
“Hey, wait a little bit.”
“It’s not because I need your skills. No, of course it’s necessary, but it means that you don’t just leave it alone and walk away.”
“sure? Then why… … Why are you giving up your precious reputation and doing this?”
I scratched my head and answered.
“Because you are good.”
“… … !”
“We all do it because we like you. Are you not enough?”
“No, Maid.”
Even with that weakened body, Serrain grabbed the blanket tightly.
She turned her head away from us.
But I could clearly see the tears flowing from her eyes just before turning.
Whoops.
I got up from my seat and said.
“Sleep well. I don’t know if I’ll be able to sleep because I’m sick.”
Originally, Ardwin would put the soul to sleep, but I didn’t try, wondering what would happen if I accidentally touched the half-erased soul.
The same goes for Neril’s sleep magic and Offense’s sleeping pills.
Then, Lissel opened her mouth.
“Can I sing a lullaby? Serene.”
“Don’t treat me like a child because I’m sick.”
“At my age, I look like a child. What.”
“Mr. Richel. Black.”
“Thank you all. Now leave this to me.”
We nodded and stepped back from the carriage.
Before closing the carriage door, I heard a mixture of Lissel’s lullaby and Serene’s sobs.
widely.
I came out and said
“Let’s get out of the capital. I want you to stay as far away from the room as possible.”
“yes.”
“Be careful. Even if Velocian gets weak outside the room, he’s a monster.”
Everyone nodded.
I told Trail.
‘Trail. please do If a Velocian comes to visit me when I’m not there… … ‘
[Even if I didn’t ask for it, of course I was going to go out.]
‘after. Thank you.’
[I feel embarrassed if I thank you for such a natural thing.]
I laughed softly.
neryl says
“don’t worry. Not as much as you, but we are heroes too.”
“Neryl.”
“Go in peace. I’ll protect you until you come back. Your body, and Serene.”
“… … .”
“Please come back safely. Maid.”
I nodded my head with a smile.
There was barely a smile on her face as well.
great. then let’s go
I glanced at Ardwin.
he casts an order
For a moment, my mind went blurry.
And my influence on this world was completely cut off.
Is it an indirect experience of death?
You’re really going through all sorts of things.