episode_0133

A royal ring? It’s a problem. Mia is the royal family’s illegitimate child? This too is a problem. But the real problem is that their mother, the leash that held the two crazy dogs together, is dead.

If the heart has simply stopped, it can be saved somehow. It may be a bit burdensome, but you can still save it.

But that woman wasn’t like that. It’s not just that the heart stops or the brain stops functioning. The soul has escaped, making it impossible to save it.

To be exact. The body itself can be saved. However, since there is no soul left in the body, it becomes nothing more than an empty shell, a piece of living meat.

“Ha.”

I’m going crazy. really. Why? Why did he suddenly die? At the end of its lifespan?

No, you’ll die shortly after encountering me? Isn’t this very timely? As if aiming for it――

This is also because the world is targeting me… … . No, let’s not skip it. It is foolish to blindly blame the world or God. Let’s think about it slowly.

“I came in and spoke. And then he said what he had to say and died… … .”

Simply listing the events, it is safe to say that God or the world caused her death.

But if you think about it a little, you can see that it is different. As soon as I spoke, she said that it was already time and called me the Shinigami.

That means she felt something from me… … .

“Huh, no way.”

Those eyes that I thought couldn’t see anything, were looking right through me?

I touched my forehead and burst into laughter.

“To die so absurdly like this.”

Nocebo effect. Bonepointing syndrome.

okay. I don’t know how she saw it, but she saw things in me. So they mistakenly thought I was a reaper.

Her body and soul, mistaking me for a reaper, decided that my very existence was a hint of death, and arbitrarily concluded that this was the end of her life, putting an end to her life.

“They say curiosity kills the cat… … . It’s exactly like that.”

I touched my forehead against my pounding head, frowned, and sighed.

This is an unexpected situation. Assuming my plan goes smoothly, this woman should be alive for at least another half a year… … .

If this happens, there will be no justification for holding Mia. If that happens, of course Mia will go out on the streets again, and on the day she meets her brother… … .

“Tsk. It’s going to be annoying.”

Now that things are like this, it might be better to change the plan a bit and kill Mia as well. No, I have to kill him. If it’s an item that’s no longer useful and carries risks anyway, then of course it should be disposed of.

no… … . If that happens, Mel will be so shocked that she will commit suicide. When Mel dies, my mother’s doubts about me will turn into confidence. If that happens, things going forward will be completely different.

You may have to turn the tables completely… … . That has to be prevented somehow.

“I guess I’ll just have to keep him alive for now.”

I forcibly brought the dead body of a woman back to life.

It’s not something like returning from death as seen in the Bible or legends, but a technique close to necromancy, so if your magic power runs out over time, your heart will stop and your body will rot, but whatever.

My own father is also being drugged to kill him with my own hands, so whether I use necromancy on someone else’s parents and disgrace their corpses is none of my business.

It’s a brute-force solution, but it would be better to do it this way than to find out that he died right away.

“If you just lie there like you’re dead, it’ll be a little suspicious… … . I need to make sure that it only responds to external stimuli in moderation.”

I extracted the appropriate soul from within me and placed it into the woman’s body.

Then, the eyes of the woman who was lying as if dead rolled over and turned towards me.

Seeing it slowly open its mouth as if to say something, I quietly stretched out my index finger and brought it to the corner of its mouth.

“Quietly, act according to the memories left in your body. If we don’t get caught by the end of this month… … . I will send you to the other world.”

It blinked slowly as if it understood what I meant.

“Okay. Then I’ll leave, so take care of yourself.”

After saying that, I immediately left the room and headed to my room.

After entering the room, I sat down in a suitable spot and looked down at the ring I had brought from the room earlier.

“Hmm… … .”

After seeing this, I understand why Cromwell—the leader of the rebel army—hated the nobles so much.

The reason Cromwell rose up with the people was because his mother had died. If so, it would be said that he saw his mother die with his own eyes.

His mother must have shown him this ring as she was dying, and of course he would have gone to the palace with this ring. Please help me, my mother is dying.

And the king who welcomed him… … . Of course they would have rejected him. Because he was the king’s illegitimate son.

In a sense, the illegitimate children of royal families are treated like commoners. A king who had a legitimate son would naturally have no choice but to reject him.

Rather than acknowledging him as an illegitimate child and causing trouble for no reason, the king would have treated him as a madman who claimed to be of the king’s blood, or as a traitor who was causing confusion and plotting treason, and kicked him out.

And the subjects and nobles who were by the king’s side would have laughed at him, and when he returned to his home, all that was in front of him was his mother who had already died and cooled off, and the terrible reality–it would be the same story.

“If I had known the story perfectly, it would have been a little more comfortable… … .”

I organized it in my head, but this is just speculation.

It’s very inconvenient that I can’t be sure because it’s a convoluted inference made by picking the most likely story.

Well, it won’t deviate too much from this theorem, so it’s not to the point of being anxious, but it’s just a little annoying that uncertainty leaves a big flaw in the plan.

No, it’s done. Let’s put aside anxieties like what if and what if. Now is not the time to waste your mental energy on such things.

I sighed, cleared my mind, and tried to come up with a plan again based on the reasoning I had made so far.

“If all my guesses are correct… … .”

If you use it well, you can use it in reverse… … .

As if I was playing chess while looking at the ring on my palm, I was making various moves in my head, turning them over, and putting them up again. When I heard a knock on the door, I came to my senses and clenched my fist to hide the ring.

“Come in.”

“Excuse me, please.”

The one who opened the door and came in was, of course, Mel.

In Mel’s hand was a letter that appeared to be the third letter mentioned earlier.

“Is that the third letter you were talking about?”

“Yes… … .”

I quietly looked at Mel, smiled, and accepted the letter. The ink was dry, as if the letter had been written recently.

“Okay. I don’t think it’s a lie. Good job.”

“Thank you… … .”

Mel said that and tried to back away, and I looked at her gently and said,

“Where are you going? I don’t remember giving permission to leave yet?”

“Mia has fainted from the shock a little while ago. There may be something wrong with your body.”

It may seem like he’s speaking rationally, but in the end, he’s worried about Mia and wants to go out, isn’t he?

I took my eyes off Mel and read the letter slowly.

Although I looked agitated, Mel was not embarrassed and continued speaking calmly.

“Miss, didn’t you say that Mia is useful? If such a useful child were to be ruined by this incident, that would be――”

“Mel.”

Without taking my eyes off the letter, I dismissed Mel’s words.

“Shut that mouth.”

Mel pursed her lips at my words, and I corrected the letter and said,

“I decide whether that child is useful or useless. and. Don’t bring your useless emotions into my work and tell me to do this or that.”

After saying that, I took my eyes off Mel and started reading the letter.

The content of the letter was quite long, but to summarize, it was as follows.

Hand me the letter, and the next day, bury another letter you wrote under a tree in the middle of the walkway – and bury the wine in the biggest tree inside the girls’ dormitory.

“It’s simpler than you think.”

It seems like a ploy aimed at making things simpler, leading to more thoughts… … . There is no way.

I chuckled, folded the letter, and threw it towards Mel.

“I read it well. You can take it now.”

After thinking about it, I raised my head and looked at Mel, who was shaking, and said.

“Mel.”

“Yes. miss… … .”

“Do you still have the wine written here?”

“… … Yes.”

“Bring it. If you’re planning on deceiving me… … . I don’t have to say it anymore, but you know it, right?”

When I smiled, Mel nodded slowly and tried to leave quietly.

Oh yeah. I should say that too.

“And Mel. I’m telling you this because I think you’re mistaken. Mia is not your daughter.”

“… … .”

“You know best what happened to your child, right?”

Mel stopped in front of the door and started shaking, and I looked at her and said,

“Sorry, you wanted to leave quickly, but I held you back. Hurry up and go.”

According to the contents of this letter, there would be no problem if you just tweaked the contents of the wine and let it flow.

I quietly lowered my eyes and imagined what would happen next.

“From now on… … . little… … .”

okay… … . Just a little bit further.

I smiled slightly and closed my eyes.