A week has passed.
Vera, who had been training while moving separately from his party, had a seat facing Renee after a long time.
It was a place for progress reports.
In the reception room, which is now home-like, Renee sips a cup of tea and asks Vera.
“how about it?”
It was a question of whether there were any achievements.
The person who spoke to him seemed to be really calm on the outside, but on the inside, it was completely different.
Isn’t it the first time just the two of us after we broke up after creating a very uncomfortable atmosphere in the past? Awkwardness, regret, and palpitations of unknown reason are all filled with René.
“… I can’t say it’s been smooth sailing, but there are definitely results.”
It’s the same with Vera who answers.
Come to think of it, since he hadn’t been away for so long since he had been with Renee, Vera felt a strange sense of awkwardness in meeting Renee.
For some, it was only a week, but for the two who always stood by each other’s side, it was a week.
A not-so-disliked tension swept between the two of them once, and Renee, who had been choosing a word for a long time, uttered those words out of the blue.
“You’re eating right, aren’t you?”
I want to have a conversation no matter what, but since there is no topic that comes to mind, the only thing that comes to mind is, after all, such everyday words.
Vera, who was thinking of a heart not much different from Renee, also happily accepted that statement.
“Yeah, luckily I’m not feeling short on food.”
“That’s fortunate. Aren’t you sick?”
“I am not a body that suffers from small sickness. How about the saint? Isn’t there a place where you feel uncomfortable?”
“I am always healthy.”
What followed was silence.
Renee’s fingertips twitched for nothing.
Vera could not look at Renee, but stared intently at the table top, and then uttered those words.
“How is it going to persuade the Apostle of Sabbath?”
Shortly after he spoke, Vera unconsciously recalled the thought, ‘Isn’t that too hard a subject?’
… In fact, I came here for a progress report, so it is natural to ask this, but such a thought comes to mind.
However, Renee answered Vera’s question with a brighter face, whether such a hard question was more pleasant than silence.
“Ah, Jenny and I are getting along smoothly! At first, you couldn’t even talk to us properly, did you? But now, when we meet in the hallway, he greets me first… .”
I thought that a good topic came out just in time, so it was a long talk.
Hearing those words with a small smile, Vera felt his expression harden at the words that followed.
“… So, Krek and Marek gave Jenny a slime, and she really liked it.”
It was because of the disgusting combination of the words ‘twins’ and ‘slime’ for some reason.
“… Slime, you mean?”
“yes! Oh right. Come to think of it, Jenny invited me to show you something fun today, right? If you have time, would you like to come with me?”
A lively request without knowing what Vera was thinking.
Vera accepted it without any hesitation.
“Yeah, this will need confirmation.”
“yes? Confirmation?”
“… no. lie.”
Vera’s expression, as he spoke, was like that of a chest, and the tendons on the forehead and back of his hands were bulging.
Maybe, it’s not really going to happen, but if that slime is what he had thrown away, he said he wouldn’t really let the twins go.
It was in the midst of such thoughts in my mind.
*
For Vera, it was the first time I met Jennie since my first day in Goseong.
Vera was away from the party the whole time, so it was also part of the fact that we didn’t meet.
“Hey… !”
However, at the end of today, Jenny saw Vera rushing to her room, shaking her legs and trembling in fear.
It was a natural reaction for Jenny.
That said, the first impression wasn’t too bad.
He rushed at him, spilling golden divinity all over his body, abruptly pulled out his arm and pulled off his sleeve, and forced himself to drag what he didn’t like and put it in front of people.
It would be strange if Jenny’s timid personality didn’t frighten Vera.
Jenny felt cold sweat running down her body, and while looking for a place to escape, she approached Renee with a ravenous expression on her face as if she was about to cry. And hid behind Renee.
Vera was resentful.
Vera, unable to understand Jenny’s inner feelings, comes to mind that she is hated for no reason.
Should I say I’m lucky?
Vera never had a more ferocious look in front of Jenny, who was afraid of him.
The reason why the slime protruding on Jenny’s shoulder was a different color from the one she had disposed of.
Vera breathed a sigh of relief at the thought that it must have been something that had not been used ‘yet’, and Renee, not aware of the fight between the two, stroked Jenny’s head with a bright face.
“Hela was busy today, so I came with Vera. Could it be rude?”
Jenny shook her head as she felt the feeling of her hand brushing her hair and the sweet scent that came from getting close to her, calming her heart.
“… It’s okay.”
Renee’s smile widened.
“thank you! But what did you say you were going to show me today?”
“Spirit of the Spirit… .”
“… yes?”
Renee’s expression hardened as he smiled. What did you hear wrong now? With that thought in mind, I asked the question again, but the answer was the same.
“Gyeonggyeong Depression… .”
The answer that he shyly spit out while clutching Renee’s collar was ‘Necromantic’.
Where did it go wrong?
After all, did Miller’s gift have to be returned?
While countless thoughts ran through Renee’s head for a brief moment, Jenny continued to add more whispers.
“… The kid who came just a while ago harassed the other kids and ran away, calling them and scolding them.”
Although Renee’s head tilted at the meaningless words, Jenny’s words continued.
“No, the devil… Your Majesty, I’m also cursing… Master is also cursing… Hit Kiki and Toby too… .”
Rene was able to vaguely understand the meaning of the words in a ragged tone.
‘Oh, it was about a new ghost.’
From https://noblemtl.com
One of the things I only learned after coming to the cradle.
Souls with regrets are naturally guided to the cradle and their affiliation is fixed as a ghost.
Her Majesty Jenny is talking about is Maleus, Master is Hodric, and Kiki and Tobi are the custodians of the castle. That would mean that the new infested specter will take revenge for tormenting them.
Renee breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Miller had not had a bad influence on Jenny.
“That’s right… .”
“Yes… Wow, I couldn’t originally, but my sister gave me a present… Now I can… .”
Jenny, who carefully led Renee into the middle of the room, sat Renee down and sat down next to him.
Vera stood behind Renee and began to recite Jenny’s actions one by one.
“The preparation of necromancy is right. What appears to be a summoning circle is drawn on the floor, and a doll made of cloth is placed on it. Three daggers are placed on the summoning circle at regular intervals, and various reagents and auxiliary materials are adorned around the doll.”
“… for a moment.”
As the words continued, Renee stopped Vera’s words with a trembling voice.
The reason I found something strange in the explanation that followed.
‘… I’m talking now.’
The thought that the materials of the following necromancers are gifts they prepared for some reason comes to mind.
Renee’s head turned to the direction where Jenny was rustling.
Because it was a simple guess, there was evidence to make it certain.
-My sister gave me a present… Now I can… .
‘The reason I liked the gift… .’
It was like finding the material for necromancy.
In the midst of a belated realization, a sense of disappointment began to settle in Renee, and Jennie, who did not notice such a sign, continued busy preparations.
Vera’s mouth followed Jenny’s actions again.
“You cut the doll’s belly to remove the cotton. Oh, I’m using slime here. Slime stuffed inside a rag doll. Perhaps the spirit that the slime summoned through necromancy is the driving force that makes the doll move. That seems like a good idea. Now, the doll’s belly is sewn back together… The preparations seem to be over.”
Vera’s voice, as he continued to explain, was filled with sincere admiration.
Still, it was because he was an apostle or because his preparations for necromancy were quite meticulous.
In addition, there was something that was definitely felt in the middle.
It was the conviction that this necromancy would be successful.
‘… Are you using your powers?’
The gloomy divinity of darkness was seeping into the doll.
The power of rest.
It was a reaction that came to mind by melting it into the divine.
Vera kept thinking about the power of rest he knew.
‘The power to use the power of the soul that he made a contract with.’
Depending on the direction in which it is used, the possibilities are endless, and depending on how it is used, it is the power to obtain stronger power than the power of the oath or the power of judgment that Bargo has.
From https://noblemtl.com
Of course, there was the most annoying penalty among all the powers of contracting with a soul with that ability, but it was undeniable that that power was the most versatile power, and it is as sure as this power to call souls as it is that kind of ability. there are no supplements.
From https://noblemtl.com
Of course, René, who had no way of knowing such facts, concentrated on wiping out the complicated thoughts that came to mind.
‘… Let’s think positively.’
Isn’t it something the person receiving the gift should like?
And since the candy he gave him didn’t seem to have gone into that necromancy, there’s no need to worry about it.
‘Hey, if this happens, I win!’
He changed his mind and said that the gift he had delivered to Jenny for its original purpose without being sacrificed was the best gift, and that he who survived was the victor.
Renee kept his seat while thinking about it.
“It’s done… .”
The voice of Jenny, who had already finished preparations, came out, and curiosity began to rise on the faces of the two of them.
“But the liver is big. I never thought that there would be a dead man who cursed Maleus in the Cradle of the Dead.”
“Yes, I am definitely curious.”
Naturally, it was a curiosity about the identity of the dead who had been playing chess.
Because it was quite shocking to curse Maleus, the king of the cradle, in the cradle of the dead, not in any other place.
While the tense atmosphere was gradually increasing according to the mind that came to mind, when Jennie ‘clapping’ and clapping three times, Suwon Jin shone in muted colors.
Duck-.
The room shook violently.
Mana swirled.
Vera, who quickly wrapped Renée around the situation in the room becoming a mess in an instant, opened his eyes and looked at the doll.
‘crazy… !’
What kind of soul is calling for such a reaction?
The moment Vera came up with that thought and protected Renee with a golden divinity.
[This f*cking bastard… !]
A shrill female voice came out of the doll.
Shakingly, the doll moved.
“Bad boy… .”
While Jenny’s sharp voice continued, the two of them stopped breathing.
It was because he already knew the owner of that voice.
“Vera… .”
Renee said those words in a trembling voice. Hands gripped Vera’s collar.
Vera, too, looked at the doll, making his eyes tearing apart with a heart not much different from Renee.
It was an unforgettable voice.
Probably because that voice was the voice of someone I met a few months ago.
[Really, there is no one thing I like about the apostles. Do I have to suffer this humiliation even if I die?]
The owner of that voice, raising his body little by little and swearing.
“… Annielis.”
It was Anilis, the maternal lord of Oriak, whom Vera himself had killed by beheading.
The doll’s neck twitched.
Buttoned eye sockets turned to Vera.
[her?]
The doll let out a smirk, and then started giggling loudly and said.
[Who is this… .]
Vera’s gaze collided with the soul of Anilis, the doll that was pouring out morale.
[Is there a bastard like a bastard here?]