episode_0074

really… … . It was really long.

Although we went through trial and error, and when we thought we were almost done, Seria showed up and our hearts were broken, we succeeded in the end.

One risk factor has been completely excluded. Eliminated a major threat that accounted for 2 out of 17 deaths. I am so satisfied that I wonder if I can really be this satisfied.

It was only for a moment, but I tried to calm my pounding heart to the point where I felt dizzy, and looked at Sarah standing in front of me.

Tilt.

The sight of Sarah smiling slightly and tilting her head was cute enough, but seeing Sarah with all the skin on her neck peeled off and her muscles exposed was even more bizarre.

What does it feel like when you touch it? I slowly stretched out my hand and touched Sarah’s neck. It was a little sticky, the blood flowing was felt more clearly, and it was a little warmer than normal skin.

As I was fiddling around, Sarah tilted her head in the opposite direction, and then I realized one thing.

When Sarah tilted her head, it wasn’t because she was tilting her head to express a question, but because her neck muscles were damaged, her neck couldn’t support her head and it was tilted to the side.

When I touch it, its head flips to the other side, and it looks like a bobblehead doll, so I laughed a little.

“That’s a cool choker. No, looking at something this big, would it be better to call it a necklace?”

Sarah just smiled brightly at my words. Looking at the burn marks left under his chin and on his collarbone, it looked like he had been burned to stop the bleeding, and his vocal cords seemed to have been completely damaged.

When I removed my hand from Sarah’s neck, only a slightly sticky feeling was left, but there was no blood. What made my palms sticky was not blood, but a sour-smelling ooze.

The moment I was about to wipe it on my clothes, Sarah grabbed my hand and started licking my oily palm with her tongue. Every time I moved my tongue and mouth, transparent fluid flowed from my twitching neck muscles.

I felt like I would die without being able to use it if I kept it like that, so I raised my other hand and put my hand on Sarah’s neck and treated Sarah’s neck with beginner healing.

After confirming that the muscles had re-gained and that the neck was not shaking, I placed an illusion around the neck to make it look like a normal neck, and then took my hands off Sarah’s neck.

“Sera. Would you like to raise your head?”

New liquid――New liquid―

Although her breathing was much softer than before, Sarah still couldn’t speak.

I knew that basic healing was at the level of first aid, so I nodded with satisfaction.

I guess it’s okay to send it now.

“I said I would give you a gift last time, remember?”

Sarah nodded slowly.

“Go back to the mansion. I bought a new choker, so I’m definitely wearing it.”

Sarah nodded.

“Okay. Good.”

When I stroked her head again, Sarah made a face that I couldn’t tell if she was smiling or crying.

When I tapped his shoulder to tell him to go now, his strange face became expressionless and then smiled brightly again.

Sarah got up from her seat, held the hem of her skirt like before, and bowed her head.

Ssam juice――Ssam juice――

He was so flushed that he left, letting out a hissing sound.

After quietly looking at that scene for a while, I came down to the first floor of the dormitory. It’s an obvious story, but the hallway starting from the stairs and leading to the entrance was marked with footprints made of sticky blood.

-Is this blood?

-Shouldn’t you tell the professor?

―Ouch… … . Fishy smell… … .

-Aaaah!! what is this!?

The surroundings were a bit chaotic, as there were quite a few students there.

Well, since there is no story about Sarah, it seems like she wasn’t caught bleeding.

The footprints lead towards Sarah’s room, so if the situation calms down a little, Sarah’s story will come out soon, but that’s all that’s needed without evidence and witnesses.

“Ha.”

I can’t help it. I have no choice but to handle the rest.

He shook his head and snapped his fingers, and the students present instantly became quiet.

“There was no blood or footprints here.”

-Here… … . There was no blood or footprints… … .

It’s really convenient because you only have to give a small hint like this when it comes to objects rather than people.

After sending all the gathered students back to their rooms, they wiped away the footprints from the second floor to the first floor with water magic, sprinkled some dirt on the flower bed, and evaporated the water mixed with the blood outside.

When I went outside to clean up, I saw blood stains continuing outside. The good news was that it led to a side that wasn’t often traveled by people.

“Okay, well.”

How could you not light up in front of people? With a deep sigh, I walked along the footprints left in Sarah’s blood and erased them cleanly.

After walking for a while, I arrived at a place where there were not footprints but blood stains. The longer I followed the blood trail, the more I lost.

There was the sound of tree branches rustling in the wind, and the eerie, sticky air that could only be felt in the sea at night swirled around me.

When I looked up and followed the direction of the blood trail, I saw a puddle of blood located inside a street that students did not often travel.

“Looks like you got some work done here.”

I shed a lot of blood once. Even if he died from excessive bleeding, he wasn’t a strange sheep, so how did he come back alive?

With that in mind, I tried to move the water using water magic to clear the blood puddle, and the blood puddle started gurgling.

“Ah.”

That’s why it looked like there was so much mixed with urine. For some reason, it was a bit watery.

There wasn’t anything special to look at, so I quickly put it away and went back to the dormitory.

Before entering the dormitory, I was tapping the ground with the toes of my shoes to shake off the dirt from the soles, when I made eye contact with Sarah, who was coming out of the dormitory.

“You’re leaving quite late, aren’t you?”

Ssam juice――Ssam juice――

Smiling brightly, Sarah nodded and held up her bag. Well, the only luggage would be a few clothes and underwear.

“Do you have money for a carriage?”

Sarah smiled brightly and took out a wallet containing gold coins to show her. Okay, I guess that’s enough.

Oh yeah. Now that I don’t have to worry about betraying me, I have to use it properly.

“Please take care of my younger brother when you return to the mansion. Please listen to everything unless it has to do with me. And each day, he wrote down my father’s condition and what my younger brother was doing and sent it to me in a letter.”

Sarah nodded. One more thing to do… … . It’s not there anymore.

“Okay. Go in carefully.”

Sarah bowed to me and quietly walked away. I won’t be seeing Sarah for a while now.

“Hwaam… … .”

Now I should go in and get some sleep.

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A room filled with hazy smoke. A room with a sweet scent tickling the tip of your nose and two sofas facing each other around a table in the middle of the room.

A man with short, curly hair, who was sunk into a soft sofa with his arms crossed and a long cigarette in his mouth, exhaled smoke and spoke.

“Can I prepare it as usual?”

“Yes. Instead, please use something that dissolves easily in water.”

“Soluble in water? hmm… … . Hookah won’t work as well… … . Well, if a customer asks for it, it’s not something the merchant can argue about. Just wait a moment. Just check the stock and get it right away.”

The short-haired man stood up while saying that, and the black-haired maid sitting opposite him. Mel stopped him as he was leaving the room.

“Wait a minute, I would like to ask you one more thing.”

“Hmm? Is there anything else you need?”

“Do you have a necklace?”

In response to Mel’s words, the short-haired man touched his chin and spoke.

“A necklace? Umm… … . Of course, a necklace made of ruby is a necklace, and a necklace made of leather is also a necklace–”

“Is there a necklace with a curse on it?”

When Mel interrupted the man and said those words, the men around him who were holding their breath immediately pulled out their swords and put them to Mel’s neck.

Despite the clear threat, Mel just stared at the man quietly without blinking. The man put the cigarette in his mouth and took a deep breath, as if he had a headache.

“Phew… … . done. Put the sword in.”

“But… … .”

At the man’s words, three people put their swords away, but one man hesitated and did not retrieve the sword.

The man threw the cigarette pipe aside and took out a dagger from his chest. He then went straight to the man who had not retrieved his sword and stabbed him in the neck.

“Kkeuk, murmur――”

“Me! knife! Pick it up! Put it in! You did it! You bastard!!”

The man who stabbed the trembling chest with blood foaming several times plunged the dagger into the center of the dead man’s face and swept up his bangs with his bloody hand.

“Hey, I’m sorry. It looked ugly.”

“It’s okay. Those who don’t listen to what they say deserve to be educated.”

‘You don’t waver at all, you monster bitch.’

The man shook his head and extended his hand to the side, and the man standing behind him brought out a new, lit cigarette and handed it to him.

The man, who had a cigarette in his mouth again, sank down on the sofa and lifted his chin to look down at Mel.

“Where did you hear that story?”

“My master told me.”

“Huh. You seem to be quite an amazing person.”

The man who had been quietly looking at Mel exhaled cigarette smoke and looked at her with a glaring look in his eyes.

“Okay… … . A necklace with a binding curse? Yes. That’s a hot new product that arrived less than a day ago.”

“Give me that.”

“Wow, he must be someone who knows this industry well, so why is he in such a hurry?”

The man, laughing, crossed his legs and tapped the table with his cigarette.

“This person is transacting with credit as collateral. No one is told when, where, and how the goods arrive. Because that is the basis of ‘trade in stolen goods.’ But how on earth can the owner ask for an item that was received less than a day ago? What on earth is it?”

The man glared at Mel and asked, but Mel just looked at the man with an expressionless face.

“Isn’t not asking for customer information a basic rule of dealing in stolen goods?”

“Ha. Yes, that too. Tsk.”

‘Those eyes are so creepy. If we dig deeper, we’ll only lose this one.’

After making a quick decision, the man stood up, walked towards the door, kicked the fallen body, and spoke.

“Put it away.”

The man who said that and went out came back into the room about 20 minutes later.

In his hand was a pack of pure white powder that appeared to be a drug.

There was a red necklace.