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Lisiela Tierniel.

She looked at the store she had just been in.

How much money did this one meal cost?

Even though the Calderon family is wealthy, it is a lot of money for a new head of the family, who has just graduated from the academy, to pay on his own.

There’s no way he would have used the family’s money.

There must be a clear purpose.

However, Kane himself does not reveal his true feelings.

I don’t know. That’s what Lisiela thought about Kane for three years.

One thing was certain: he wanted to make her and all the other reading club members the leaders of the family.

People who don’t show their true feelings can be annoying, but if they’re not your enemy, it doesn’t matter.

Lisiel headed to the Tierniel family’s magic car parked in front of the store.

Upon seeing her, the butler, Lufren, opened the door with a natural movement and closed it as she got on.

“How was your day, Miss?”

“As usual.”

“Then this time too… … ?”

“Isn’t it stuffy for you all? You never take your masks off?”

Masquerade ball.

This was Lisiella’s impression after attending a reading club for three years.

Merhen Eildarin, a member of a political family, still acted brashly and without any reservations about her words.

However, he did not hesitate to act towards his enemy, the Eri Astranor.

It’s all fake.

It was just an action to make it seem like he treated all five people gathered at the reading club as friends.

After graduating from the academy, he seemed to have become more impatient, and he often appeared impatient.

‘You want to become emperor.’

Merhen Eildarin. She has not yet become the head of the household, but there is no one in Eildarin who has the power to push her out.

However, showing impatience is ultimately an attempt to target the emperor.

Looking at it so blatantly, it seems like there was no intention of hiding it from the beginning.

I’ve made up my mind, so you should make yours too. That’s what it felt like.

In contrast, Eriastranos.

This fox-like woman was eager to play with such a sight of Merhen.

Even while attending the academy, Eri was unrivaled in magic, so her position as head of the family was virtually certain.

In this respect, he’s similar to that guy Kane.

Because Eri didn’t seem interested in things like being the next head of the household.

If it works out, great, if it doesn’t, that’s okay. That’s all I care about.

Likewise, I don’t really care about power either.

I was satisfied with the current situation. It just gave that feeling.

The one in a hurry was Merchen.

This time, the story about Ghost Knight Blackmore was the same.

The story of Blackmore’s autopsy and the stories surrounding it were all that Lisiella knew.

Merhen must have just thrown out a question to see how others would react to her.

It must have been an action to simultaneously grasp information power.

However, it seemed that he did not know that the House of Tierniel and the House of Astranor were indirectly connected.

Because the emotional line at the end was quite truthful.

This time, Eri responded to Merhen’s words, but if Lisiella hadn’t brought up the family story first, Eri wouldn’t have said anything either.

He must have upset Merhen with his usual stuffy behavior.

‘It’s not like you’ll suffer a loss just because you’re a bit picky.’

I’m willing to give it a try in these small details.

In the future, there will be difficult times when you have to do it alone, so you have to think about cooperation.

If you look around here and there, you might miss the timing.

‘I still don’t know what that girl, Ruina, is thinking.’

It’s been three years since we last saw each other under Kane’s leadership.

The reactions that Ruina Theranos has shown so far can be counted on one hand.

‘Everyone is still taking care of their bodies.’

There’s no way around it.

The next generation of powerful figures, including Lisiella, and even Merhen, who is challenging the next emperor, are naturally subject to the restraints of the previous generation of heads of houses, emperors, and the Senate.

Would it be more accurate to say “watching the situation” rather than “checking”? Anyway.

In most cases, one’s future is urgent.

This is true even if you don’t place much importance on the location of the house.

Because you never know when, where, or how you might be attacked or kicked out of your family.

It would not be easy to withstand an attack from the Senate or the previous head of the family who was displeased with the friendly relations with the enemy family.

I have often seen cases where people are betrayed by people they thought were friends of the other five major families at the moment of attack.

After all, it’s a situation where it’s difficult to protect even one’s own neck.

How many of the five people gathered now will survive?

At least the first person to disappear was visible.

Kane Calderon.

He did too many conspicuous acts.

Especially in the academy.

‘I got a lot of help from the academy… but there’s nothing I can do.’

I don’t know what trick he used, but if he’s skilled enough to cut Blackmore with a single sword, there’s no need to worry.

If you don’t have that level of skill? Well.

Just get out before the sparks fly.

In the end, you just have to look at the conditions and bet.

The rest is the same.

You shouldn’t let your guard down until you get on track.

‘If possible, I’d like to have at least two left.’

Lisiela imagined her future after she became a hermit.

Taking control of the entire Tierniel family is a daunting task for one person alone.

Wouldn’t it be easy if you had just two friends of the same age?

‘I wish it was Kane.’

If possible, it would be great if he could help.

Well, that is, if Kane survives.

—

After leaving Mont Blanc Pré, I returned straight to my family home.

“Is it dawn today?”

If I remember correctly, there is an event that is only available this morning.

Libra, the Witch of the Scales.

There is a hidden quest to make contact with her.

Archbishop Marquisares, a pagan.

He was a fanatic who served Belmagor, the evil spirit of blood and flesh.

Archbishop Marquisares sacrificed three villages alive to the evil spirit.

His targets were ethnic minorities who attracted as little attention as possible.

Among them, the witches who hid themselves and rejected others and the village they lived in were a perfect fit for Archbishop Marquisares.

With three villages burned to the ground and dozens of sacrifices made, the resurrection of Belmagor was in its final stages.

Child of flesh.

A name given to a special sacrifice that will become Belmagor’s body.

Archbishop Marquisares, who received the revelation about the child of flesh, invaded the last village.

The village was invaded by fanatics without any knowledge of English and was completely destroyed, leaving only one survivor.

The being that survived like that is.

“Libra, the Witch of Libra”

An assassin burning for revenge. That was her.

Having experienced a lot in a short period of time, she has trained herself to the limit with a single, maddening desire for revenge.

Having grown up with the sole purpose of killing the Marquisares and the fanatics, she has now become strong enough to rival even the Eight Great Villains.

It was possible because her talent was as great as her anger.

Libra, having finished her preparations, put into action the actions she had been imagining.

They raided the strongholds of evil worshippers hiding throughout the empire and took their lives.

There she boldly opened a small dot shop in one of the empire’s prominent shopping districts.

The intention was to gather information by utilizing the unique characteristics that he possessed.

They took advantage of the fact that demon worshippers still wanted to hide their existence.

If Archbishop Marquisares comes to see me, that would be fine.

Since no one among the common people would believe her words as a witch, she thought she would show them with her own eyes the existence of evil spirits.

There is a time period when she is in danger.

Libra, who moved to punish the evil spirits hiding in the forest of corpses, falls into a trap there.

After suffering from paralyzing poison in her legs, she manages to escape after sacrificing quite a bit… …

That’s just an illusion.

Libra, who unknowingly made a pact with the evil god Belmagor in order to escape, slowly has her mind eaten away and eventually appears as the evil god’s puppet in the latter half of the game.

Libra, who already has strong physical abilities, will have to make many sacrifices if she were to use the power of the evil god.

Considering the difficulty of the second half, this is a homework that must be solved first.

There.

[ Main Quest ]

– Destroy the Belmagor cult.

– Reward: Strengthening the Heart Sword

Strengthening of the Heart Sword.

This alone makes saving Libra worth it.

There is a simpler way to save her.

After meeting Libra first as she tries to enter the Corpse Forest, it is enough to just warn her that it is a trap.

She doesn’t take my word for it, but she’s the type of person who acts more cautiously than usual.

If you head to her fortune telling shop the next day, you can get a positive response from her for avoiding the trap.

From then on, it’s up to me.

If you can build up as much favorability as possible and bring them into your family, you will succeed.

There’s no need to worry, since I’ve already planned everything out.

However, you must warn her right before entering the Forest of Corpses.

If I had told her earlier, she would have fallen into the trap.

The grace that was naturally bestowed on her disappears, and instead only brings about wariness in her.

She must be caught in the trap, but you must be more vigilant than usual to escape without causing too much damage.

“Then let’s get ready.”

I took out the items I had prepared for this moment.

[ Welcome Modifier ]

Rating: Epic

Creates an illusion based on the user’s appearance. The illusion moves in the direction it is facing and grants the user stealth until the illusion is destroyed.

[ Moonlight Medallion ]

Rating: Epic

A medallion containing the mysterious power of moonlight. Whenever the wearer is exposed to moonlight, the power is absorbed and a protective shield is created. On nights when the full moon rises, the power of the medallion is maximized, and special abilities are activated.

The time when the Witch of the Scales, Libra, moves is dawn. Today, in particular, is the night when the full moon rises.

The shield created by the Moonlight Medallion’s ability doubles in power on full moon days.

If you use the Welcome Crystal’s Welcome and Stealth spells there, you can survive even in the worst case.

These are defensive items prepared for those who cannot use swordsmanship no matter how hard they try.

These are items that are active from the beginning to the middle.

This will allow me to safely build one of my bodies during the 30-day cooldown period after using the Heart Sword.

When I looked outside, the sun was already setting.

We should start off quickly since we plan to walk to the Corpse Forest.

Because if you drive a magic car, you’ll attract attention.

I grabbed the items and headed straight to the Forest of Corpses.

The time calculation will be certain.

“… … .”

I’m sure the time calculation will be accurate… right?

“Where did he go?”

Contrary to expectations, there is no one in front of the forest of corpses.

… … It’s fucked.