episode_0167

Episode 167

The curse boxes in question were moved to a corner of the monastery’s warehouse. It’s a significant amount.

Leelia said while looking at the stacked boxes.

“It’s a kind of curse that stays dormant until you open the box. Besides, this amount… I might have to purify all day long.”

His voice is courageous, considering he has a task in front of him that will take all day. It may be that her sense of duty as a saint to fight against the curse was triggered again.

I also looked at them blankly and said.

“The person who sent this… must have been my mother.”

I can’t help but think like that. Using the royal seal and casting a curse that required a large amount of mana. They were all pointing precisely to Carmel.

After all, the fact that it was sent under my name was also malicious. The handwriting is quite different if you look closely, but Carmel may have transformed into me. If so, the administrator would not have reviewed the documents thoroughly.

Both Leelia and Rika seemed convinced that Carmel could have done something like this.

But if that is the case, the next question naturally arises.

“Why…? Why did the queen come to our monastery… with these horrible things…”

“That’s…”

The reason why Carmel carries out such a terrorist attack on the Orbin Monastery. It had nothing to do with Reelia herself.

Even though she was pushed back in the end, Riellia had enough divine power to fight against Mystilia’s curse. For Carmel, who wants to obtain powerful mana and utilize it, this would be the target she wants to eliminate first.

And the attempt to release Mystilia itself may have been upsetting. This incident should be seen as evidence that Carmel is clearly hostile to Leelia.

When I thought about it, I felt quite distraught.

I had expectations about Carmel after Mystilia was lifted. The expectation is that Carmel will escape from her fate as a villainess and regain her appearance before she was consumed by hatred.

But maybe that was also a meaningless expectation. Either the hatred instilled in her has completely hardened into a part of Carmel, or she was born with the tendencies of a villain.

I had no intention of staying silent if Carmel tried to mess with Leelia. I plan to use every means at my disposal to punish him and punish him harshly so that he never dares to do that again.

I said, putting my hand on Leelia’s shoulder.

“It’s not because of you, Leelia. Your mother is beyond help, don’t try to understand.”

“But… the curse was broken, right? But why…”

I couldn’t believe I would do something like this again until I saw it in person. But now that there is such clear evidence of an attempt to harm innocent people…

hmm…

hmm…?

Something is taking hold. I feel like it doesn’t fit.

Reelia can sense curses. Carmel even witnessed firsthand the power that Reelia possessed.

A saint like that is sending a curse to the monastery where she resides? It would be more effective to instigate thieves.

Moreover, Carmel proudly announced that she had obtained some of Mystilia’s magic power just recently. As if they were going to use it to cause some kind of incident some time later.

When I thought about it that way, there were a couple of things that seemed sloppy.

Unlike what Carmel has done so far, in this case it feels like he has no intention of hiding the fact that he did it. All of the means used were things that immediately reminded me of Carmel’s actions.

Of course, you may think that it is a deliberate provocation, but if terrorism is to the point where it cannot be considered terrorism, there would not even be any meaning of provocation.

Then why?

I picked up one of the stacked boxes. Reelia looked at me with worried eyes.

“Princess?”

“Reelia. You said the curse contained here is enough to cause direct harm to the body, right? Is it to the point where I could die?”

“It is difficult to accurately determine that. The mechanism used varies greatly depending on the procedure. Unless you see the curse in action… but it’s clear that it’s powerful enough to cause death.”

“Mother… did you really intend to hurt someone?”

“Yes?”

“…There is something I want to test. Rika, Leelia. I’m going to do something reckless now… Please just watch.”

I want to believe. That Carmel escaped from the bondage of the curse.

I just desperately wanted to believe.

I opened the box. The evil black magic wriggles disgustingly. Leelia must have realized what I was trying to do and shouted urgently.

“Princess! Oh, no way…”

I put that lump of black magical power into my mouth.

“Princess!”

Rika ran up and tried to grab me. I signaled that it was okay and chewed the cookie in my mouth and swallowed it.

The taste was no different from an ordinary cookie. But the very next moment after I swallowed it all, a strong feeling of nausea came over me.

“Ugh…!”

“No…!”

When Reelia saw me covering her mouth, she immediately radiated divine power. But I gestured to Leelia to stop.

“It’s okay… Please… Just watch over me…”

“Princess…”

Leelia reaped her divine power with an extremely anxious face. Unlike her nervous face, I was gradually gaining confidence.

That this curse has no killing intent.

I felt extreme nausea as soon as I swallowed. If I had eaten it without knowing about the existence of the curse, I would have immediately vomited.

That’s insurance. Even if Reelia did not notice the existence of the curse, she would immediately know that it was dangerous.

The nausea gradually turned into stomach-turning pain. Next was dizziness. I endured them all with my hands shaking on the floor of the warehouse.

And about 5 minutes after ingestion, all the symptoms disappeared as if washed away.

“Ha, ha…”

Although it was only a short time, I suffered from all kinds of pain and was drenched in cold sweat. But no further aftereffects remained. I could be truly happy.

Carmel had no murderous intent. The curse contained in the box was only attractive to look at, and was not at the level of actually harming people. Although it caused quite a bit of pain.

So why did Carmel do this? And in a way that seems to reveal that it was his own doing.

I remembered Carmel two days ago.

The image of Carmel, who came to be violated by me, but ultimately couldn’t say so because of her pride.

Until now, I have stopped Carmel’s plot and used it as a weakness to humiliate Carmel. That structure must have been deeply imprinted on Carmel as well.

“Huhu, huhuhuhuhu…”

“Wow, princess…? It’s a big deal…! I guess the curse made you crazy!”

Leelia looked genuinely worried about my sanity. Even while watching that, I couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

* * *

I opened the door and entered Carmel’s room. Carmel greeted me with a relaxed smile, as if she had expected me to come soon.

“What’s going on, Sarah? Panting like that… Hehe, maybe something bad happened?”

Today too, Carmel was wearing a pretty slutty outfit. It was the kind of seductive look you would only wear when alone with your lover.

I immediately asked with an angry face.

“It’s your mother’s doing, right?”

“What do you mean? There are so many things I can guess, so I’m not sure. Why don’t you be specific?”

“Those terrible things sent to the monastery in Reelia.”

A creepy smile spreads across Carmel’s face. Carmel leaned back and laughed.

“Ahaha, ahahahaha! I don’t know what you mean? But do you want to see that cute nun’s crying face at least once? How do you feel, Sarah? Did that child cry with a cute face?”

She’s talking like she’s a rare villain, but this is actually acting.

Right now, Carmel’s mind is probably filled with how she can make me the most angry. Only then will you be able to receive the most humiliating and humiliating humiliation.

I actually clenched my molars like I was angry. Carmel looked really excited when she saw my face.

“The fact that you came to me with such an angry face… Hehe, it looks like you couldn’t find any evidence that I did it in the end, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Huh?”

I don’t know how Carmel created a weakness to threaten him. Perhaps they would have taken steps to find out if they did a little research, but I didn’t look for anything at all.

I have no intention of following Carmel’s intentions. I planned to do the exact opposite of what Carmel wanted.

“You did the job perfectly this time. The poor child who knew nothing… two died.”

Carmel looked like an actor who had forgotten the lines he was supposed to say. He quietly looked around and asked again in a completely different voice than before.

“…Lord, you’re dead? Really?”

I looked extremely angry at the rare evil woman who killed an innocent child and then slandered her. Carmel held the glass filled with ice and whiskey with slightly trembling hands.

“You don’t seem to feel any remorse. I still can’t forget the look on that child’s face as he cried and screamed until he died because his head hurt so much and he was so dizzy.”

“……..”

“I will never forgive my mother for the rest of my life. I expected things to change a bit… but I was completely disillusioned by this incident.”

Carmel quietly brought the glass to her mouth. Her hands were shaking terribly from earlier.