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Strange Winds and the Warlock’s Mansion (5)
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Once?
-Pump, poop, poop
I thought I was reading it wrong because of the dust, so I rubbed the top of the dial hard with my hand.
However, the text in front of him did not change.
‘Once a chance
Mansion explodes on typographical error’
“······Sincerity?”
haan bureo? No, it’s really sad for people, really, only once?!
“That’s crazy. Hey, Taesa. Release my restraints.”
Djibril Dioff said, holding out his hands.
I couldn’t hide my embarrassment and was overbearing.
Even in the midst of it, the excitement of the peak of the head began to spin loudly and taut.
The mansion explodes with one input error, is this really true?
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Or is it simply threatening to intimidate an intruder with false accusations?
“My lord.”
The cardinal called me softly. The treatment of Confucius also meant that I would do my own will.
I quickly finished the calculation.
“…Yes, Sir John. Unlock Confucius’ mana restraints. I need to get a rough idea of what magic is going on here. I would appreciate it if you could return the wand as well. He will have to look all the way down the hallway by himself.”
“I am. At a time like this, it’s still evil.”
“Please.”
Confucius grumbled around his free wrist and handed him his staff from Sir John.
It was then that I felt that my complexion was getting a little brighter.
Unlike François’ wand, which was in the form of a staff, more precisely, a mace, his wand was in the form of a short wand, and the tip of the handle was studded with blood-red rubies.
Paaa…! Soon, bright red mana rose from the man’s fingertips and weapon.
Sir John watched his movements as sharp as a hawk.
Meanwhile, Lofi came down my shoulder and sniffed the dial.
“If you notice anything strange, let me know right away, Lofi. We will do our best.”
– Nyaa
“Whoa….”
I don’t know if it’s true that you only have one chance, but it didn’t matter if you thought about it calmly.
We entered this place by selecting the ‘portrait corridor’ from among the many corridors.
You can’t move to another hallway when you’re here, and the road on the other side seems to be completely blocked.
Confucius’ final confirmation is required, but…
If so, is there no choice?
“We have no choice but to wait for someone to appear here, or to push forward aggressively this time. But the former is something we will never choose.”
“yes. It could be Madame Morhan’s ruse to imprison us here, or else a waste of time. In any operation, the best picture is a picture that outwits the opponent.”
Sir John replied softly.
I continued to organize my thoughts and bring them out of my mouth.
Just like my mother once taught me.
‘It’s Jesse. Take a deep breath and calm yourself down. Look calmly. Then the way will appear.’
‘Can you do it because you’re smart?’
“············This is a secret space with private portraits of Morhan and Noe. Not just across the door where the Divine Aether exists, but the entire hallway as well. In such a logic, the fact that the input count is given only once is also reasonable. Madame Morhan is the only one who can get here from the warehouse, and she won’t get her code wrong no matter what.”
Then Herrit’s father tilted his head. He looked like he accepted my opinion.
“If you look at it that way… It makes sense that this hallway was wandering in the dark in a twisted direction alone. All the workers are ordinary people, so they won’t be able to come here by flying like us.”
“Yes. It is in the same vein that the fate of the mansion was staked on this turntable. After all, Morhan is the only one who has access to this place, so we have the strongest security facilities in place. Even if the mansion doesn’t explode, there will always be a commotion. Conversely, if it was a space where anyone could come and go, there would be no way to set up a trap like this. Because it is too dangerous.”
‘We’ve come to the right place.’ I added neatly.
Sir John nodded and looked carefully at the dial.
Meanwhile, Lightning Man was developing a magic ceremony from the other side.
Tsar rook, champ, chin, chin! A total of eight squares opened like a fan and supported the man’s will.
His blood-red eyes looked more serious than ever.
You do it well without saying anything else. Because of such a personality, does your Majesty keep using him?
-Dalkang, dalkang…
“I have seen many safe rooms in my life, but this is the first time I have seen a turntable like this. I didn’t know black market warlocks could invent such sophisticated machines.”
Sir John marveled at the embellishment of the door and the engraving of the dial.
The iron gate with delicately carved grape leaves and vines was as beautiful as a work of art.
Although it is a rusty iron door overall, the decorations are particularly clean, giving it a brand new feel.
“Even François, who set up his own laboratory, does not produce such great things every year. Those who have lived in groups like this for hundreds of years under the ground must have done a great job. the problem is······.”
“It is illegal. It’s a skill acquired by extorting the life force of a god, not one’s own.”
The man added softly. I shook my head and looked at the entrance to the safe with him.
First, on a dial as large as the body of Sir John, all Roman letters and numbers were engraved round like a clock.
There were 4 small blanks on the top of the head.
So, turn this to fill in each password, and finally press the grape cluster button in the center of the dial…
It seems to be ‘input’.
“There will be clues.”
I said like an order. But the truth is, he wasn’t ‘at all’.
It’s fortunate that there are no case-sensitive and no special characters, and I’m really grateful, but there are still too many cases.
Even if you do a rough calculation, there are 26 letters plus 10 numbers in one cell, totaling 36.
And if you allow duplicates, it’s 36 times 36 times 36 times 36! Over a million!
“Please calm down, my lord.”
“Does that make a lot of tea?”
“Recently, you are very good at etheric control, but when you are with people you know, you still…”
“sorry.”
I quickly apologized for the ether that had spread in Chile.
Then I looked down, but by chance, the first clue came into my sight.
·······No, really. Not my mistake!
“Sir John, here it is. There is no sign of the turntable moving towards the numbers!”
“······Five.”
I rolled my eyes and pointed to one of the dials. It really was.
Because the door is so old, the dial needle scratches remained on the iron plate, but oddly enough, there were overwhelmingly few marks in the section where the numbers were gathered.
Relatively, the Roman alphabet section was much rougher, and there were even traces of fine cuts.
Meanwhile, Diop came over to us and was projecting a red magic formula on the safe.
-Geeing…!
“The number is probably the password used by Madame Morhan’s senior. It is a national rule to change the password when the user changes.”
“What is ‘Gukruul’, Gungju?”
Sir John asked, blinking his eyes. Oops.
“National . . . . A national rule?”
“okay. Noodles.”
He chewed the words in his mouth. I quickly returned to the starting point.
“In a nutshell, it’s a four-character password. And here… There are a lot of scratches, especially between M and N.”
“I have already narrowed it down a lot. One of the two is sure to go in.”
“yes. Then the reason why there are so many unique traces here…”
what Maybe because it’s a cipher made up of only M and N? No, it’s too easy.
It didn’t seem like it would be that simple. I shook my head and focused.
Let’s go a little deeper. Let’s start with the basics.
Whether it’s a person or an object, when is it usually scratched?
“…to hit hard.”
“power.”
Me and Sir John muttered at the same time. Then our eyes met.
And when a strong force enters, it is usually…
“The first time you move.”
“First letter.”
Yes, that’s it! I smiled broadly and grabbed the round key on the dial.
In order to move this old handle, of course, a strong force must be applied at first, and in order to do that, one place is inevitably going to be gnawed hard.
So the first letter of the password is M or N!
“It’s Madame Morgan, so it’s probably M, isn’t it?”
I said excitedly. Then Sir John’s hair fell to one side.
“I do not know. That’s a little bit boring.”
“·······I admit it.”
I mean, you’re really smart. I thought as I watched Lofi tap the dial with her forefoot.
He would glance at the grapes, then look at me, then flap his ears and look over my shoulder.
Starting with an M or N, it is a code that would be used by a warlock holding a portrait of a priest.
– Nyaaao
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Ok?
“······· Sir John, this. Are all the decorations here like grape berries and vines?”
I hurriedly asked, mobilizing hand gestures.
That exhilarating intuition from a while ago, this is it.
“yes. It doesn’t really fit in here.”
“You don’t like it?”
“The vine is usually the symbol of the monastery. It is no exaggeration to say that all good wines are made in monasteries. There is an old monastery in Yerihoen, so it is probably influenced by that… ah.”
Enlightenment formed in the man’s drooping eyebrows.
I ran back to where the portrait was. Our Lofi is a genius detective!
“Lord of the Pigs! Where?”
– Mae Oh
“Wait!”
‘Tadak!’ In an instant, I stood in front of the portraits of Mr. Noe and Morhan.
He rolled his eyes without a moment to catch his breath. Grapes, grapes, grapes…
“there.”
When I looked again, the clue was cleverly hidden. The grape pattern on the teacup Mr. Noe is holding.
Lanterns decorated with grape leaves. and······.
The monastery and the vineyards outside the distant window. I got goosebumps.
“Sir John, the password is related to Mr. Noe. I’m sure. That’s why the door and turntable decorations look relatively new. The iron gate is older than that, and it was decorated after Madame Morhan became the owner of the mansion.”
I almost insisted on apnea. The mint-colored eyes had a distinctive look.
“Really, it makes sense. But Noë is only three letters…”
“That turntable has explosive magic.”
“I understand for now······. yes?!”
Confucius Diop, who was approaching all of a sudden, threw it away.
My shoulders bounced like tempura oil!
“It is not accurate. Because black magic has never been the subject of my research. However, the expressions commonly included in the ‘Blast’ and ‘Attack’ spells are mixed here and there. If you touch it the wrong way, it won’t look good.”
Tok! Confucius took a candy out of his pocket and threw it in his mouth and ate it.
I listened to the crackling and looked at him blankly.
“And since this hallway is not under surveillance magic, it seems that Morhan’s private space is correct. If I were to break through that wall, I wouldn’t be able to use all of my life force, so give up on escaping. That’s all right, my pure lord.”
“ha······.”
I sighed as I patted Loffy’s ass.
The lightning bolt hid his wand in his sleeve and asked.
“But what? It looks like the two of you have gone out a lot by then?”
“4 letters beginning with M or N. This is the password related to the priest Noe, who is known as the ‘abbot’.”
“Aha. Is that so?”
He raised his thick eyebrows and folded his arms.
Around that time, I was thinking of a word like ‘MAMA’ in my head.
No, how about just ‘MANA’? It has nothing to do with Noe-san, but suddenly it seems plausible, isn’t it?
“Hmm······. Taking this portrait as the only clue, it seems easier than eating Divorce. Hey, Tae-sama.”
“yes.”
“How do you write ‘mine’ in your new language?”
At that moment, everyone’s eyes turned to Confucius. He shrugged his thick shoulders.
“In Lister, it starts with an M. Wouldn’t it be much different there?”
“Write MIJN.”
Finally Sir John answered. My eyes slowly widened.
“And ‘mijn’ also means ‘mine’. lord.”
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Oh My God.
That’s it. A place to ‘mine’ the vitality of the divine.
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that time.
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On the other side of the mansion engulfed in black magic, there was a commotion that could not be explained by the mysterious and unclean principle of black magic.
– Kwaang!
“Hey, Nari! You can’t do this! The master has already eaten in the bedroom!”
“What does it have to do with me that your master is asleep? There is a VIP who can’t sleep because of the phantom pain that even painkillers can’t relieve! You’re doing this because you don’t know who this body is!”
– Wow! Clink clink!
Werner, very excited, swept away all the teapots on the table.
Morhan’s servants fell flat on the floor.
I couldn’t be unaware of the fact that the guests who came to Nari were all picky and unique.
This is the boss warlock’s fortress, so usually those with enough power entered and exited.
Several high-ranking officials of Penetian came and went, and several upper-class states that controlled the western and central business districts also visited.
But I swear, it was the first time I had such a guest.
“I have information that my servants have obtained, how can you procrastinate! Have you not forgotten that this is an exhibition?”
He was a beautiful man whose eyes could turn around, but when he opened his mouth, he would pour out sharp words like nails.
When I was sweating with pain, I felt like I had to hold onto someone and express my anger to calm my stomach.
With his innate authority and seemingly natural-looking subordinates, anyone was tired of feeling embarrassed.
Morhan’s terrified workers shook their backs.
“My wife, it’s called a spy…”
“Didn’t a lot of advanced mana stones come in? Do you think I don’t know? Even if you cut off the ‘Devil’s Claw’ with that right now, in a situation where time is running out—”
“You do that.”
At that moment, a woman’s heavy voice flew from the doorway.
Werner’s gaze shot out like snake venom.
“·················ogue.”
It was the warlock Madame Morhan, who appeared wearing only one robe.