TL: Zimmings
The chairman returned safely.
âLady.â
He was holding on to something.
When I looked at the chairman, he nodded.
âYou brought it.â
âTrigon, right?â
At my words, it raised its head.
Several employees of the mansion covered their mouths.
Except for the fact that it has limbs, one eye, and a mouth, it cannot be seen as a human at all.
Instead of the melted skin, a lump-like filth sticks to it. Blood vessels are seen in his half-protruding eyeballs, and there are hideously open spots, and bizarrely sharp teeth protruding from the mouth.
A stench emanating from him stinks my nose. And with every time he exhaled, there was an eerie sound, like scraping metal.
Just in time, the fake Trigon, who has been helping me so far, got in.
âIs that true?! Having secured the real Trigonâ¦â¦ you.â
He found his friend who turned into a monster and couldnât speak.
After he stayed rooted to the spot, he slowly approached the real Trigon.
Fake Trigon, or Wale, clenched his teeth.
âYou look good. Thatâs great, really.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âWhat would you say to your father, Aragon? Would you say that you became like this because of magic?â
ââ¦â¦.â
âAnswer me! This ugly bast-â
When Wale raised his fist.
ââ¦â¦ le.â
Trigon, who had not said a word until now, opened his mouth.
âWaâ¦le.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âWale⦠Wale.â
Like a child who just learned to speak, no, like an old man who forgot every language and remembered only one word, Trigon repeated only one personâs name.
Waleâs hand loosened. He managed to grab only the robes tied to Trigon.
âWhat kind of thing is this⦠this isâ¦â
Tears dripped down from Waleâs chin as he bowed his head.
âHow did you becomeâ¦â
No one could talk to Wale. Because we had nothing to say to comfort him.
I watched him cry sadly, and the heavy silence subsided in the mansion.
It wasnât long before I opened my mouth.
âTrigon, the son of Aragon.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âNo matter what the reason was, you contributed to the deaths of my people, and the temple violated my motherâs body.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âNevertheless, there are many reasons why I have saved you, but the biggest reason is Wale. Because he begged me for forgiveness on your behalf.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âWale Anderson devoted his life to me to apologize.â
Trigon collapsed. His robe, which was worn by him, fell down.
He lowered his head to the ground. Wale also lowered his head again.
âSo, so, rry⦠Iâm sorry⦠Iâm sorryâ¦â
âApologize with your life, not just a few words. Thenâ¦â
ââ¦â¦.â
â-Please start with the recovery.â
Trigon and Wale looked at me with trembling eyes.
I shrugged and laughed as if I couldnât help it.
âTake him to Veronica and Uncle Taylor. With the help of Grimoire if necessary. My maternal grandfather will help me.â
Wale fell to his knees.
âThank you, lady. Thank you.â
âWhy are you thanking me? Itâs all for my sake anyway.â
ââ¦â¦ Huh?â
I smiled and bent over to meet Waleâs eyes.
âAs soon as Trigon recovers, work with Aragon, Veronica, and Grimoire to find a way to minimize the penalty for using a curse.â
âWhat⦠Are you going to use it in war? How can âmemory distortionâ help the war?â
âWhy not? If we use it well, thereâs no treasure as precious as that.â
I crossed my arms and turned to the spire of the temple outside the window.
âWe will weaken the power of Neliard in earnest.â
âWeakening the power of God. Is it possible?â
âItâs possible. If you take away peopleâs trust.â
ââ¦â¦?â
âI mean it. As a child of evil God, Iâll take away peopleâs faith in a very vicious and simple way.â
I covered my mouth with both hands and giggled wickedly.
***
I sat around the table with my family and people who knew who I was.
Isaac, who tilted his head, looked at me.
âSo what happened?â
âHuh?â
âThe kidnapping of the chairman, Minaâs escape.â
âAh, that was of course my plan.â
âAre you talking about Mina who escaped too?â
âYes. I hired gypsies as actors to make Mina think that we are being careless. I recruited gypsies because none of our soldiers were worthy of acting.â
â⦠The chairman too?â
Thatâs how it happened.
As soon as the chairman was kidnapped from the temple, the magic tool for tracking created by Veronica was activated, and the Irie chased after the chairman.
Upon hearing that, Isaac smiled.
âThe chairman was held in custody in the vatican, which is the main temple. How did they infiltrate?â
âI sent people who could definitely break through.â
âDad, Johann, Henry, and the Duke of Grimoire were in charge of the rescue operation for the chairman.â
Most of the holy knights were supporting Mina on the altar, and the pope was unable to fight against my grandfather.
âOn top of that, I used Emelineâs father, Stefano, to create fights among the cardinals in advance.â
No matter how powerful the cardinals are, they will be destroyed if not united.
There is no way those people can overcome my father, Johann, Henry, and the Duke of Grimoire.
Upon hearing my explanation, Isaac opened his mouth.
âWhy didnât you tell me that?â
âNo, I needed someone to fool them⦠they would be deceived if you fought desperately.â
âThisâ¦â¦!â
Isaac stared fiercely at me, so I sneakily hid behind my dad.
Henry smiled and said.
âSo what are you going to do now? Since we and the temple had an all-out war, the imperial palace will make their move.â
âIâll take responsibility.â
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âTomorrow, as the person in charge of making this battle, I plan to go directly to the Imperial Palace. Dad, let the emperor do public interrogation.â
The faces of my family hardened in an instant.
âYou canât do that. If you do something wrong, youâll be tied to the imperial palace for life, or in the worst case, youâll be executed.â
âYes, Leblaine. In an open interrogation, the crime is determined by a vote of three cardinals, three noble families, and three imperial families. As long as the cardinal enters the vote, we are at a disadvantage.â
âDo you think so?â
âOf course!â
âBut why would you do it? What have you been up to?â
âJust so that it can be broadcasted all over the empire through the magic tool.â
Isaac got up.
I nodded my head.
âIâm going to reveal that Iâm the biological daughter of my dad and mom.â
I made up my mind. I will let everyone in the world know that Dubbledeâs biological daughter has returned.
After that, we ran around busily to make my interrogation an open interrogation.
It was Henry who showed excellent talent for this job.
âI know that the lord is the centre of the young lords.â
âYou intimidate the nobles. But I wonât be intimidated by you.â
âYour son has recently been into a fun game.â
ââ¦â¦ What?â
âHeâs so into horse racing. But I donât think he has any talent. 300,000 francs in four daysâ¦â¦. Your land wonât be sold easily due to a severe drought, where did your son get that much money?â
ââ¦â¦.â
âDubbledeâs predecessors and the weak points of the nobles that they had steadily gathered through the times, and even bribes were used to provoke the nobles.
In this way, Henry even asked the center of the new nobles to come to my open interrogation.
And Johann isâ¦
âPlease, Lady Sevigne.â
âOh my god, Your Excellency! Donât bow down to me. We, the lonely silver guards, are always ready to work for you from the beginning.â
He used his followers.
While Isaacâ¦
âHaha, this is disappointing. I thought Henry Doubled would come, but they sent the hot-tempered youngest lord instead.â
âI canât use my brain as much as my brother, but instead I use my body.â
âPardon?â
âMy specialty is beating people to death. Where should I start?â
â¦â¦Well, thatâs about it.
Eventually, the nobles raised both hands and feet to support me.
A few days later, I visited the imperial palace myself, as the nobles demand an open interrogation.
The imperial family looked at me with an astonished face, and I shouted refreshingly.
âIâm the devil that caused the temple and Dubblede to fight, so take me, Your Majesty!â
The emperor grabbed the back of his neck.
***
Mina was curled up in the blanket.
Although the pope healed her body through sacrifices, the wounds in her heart could not be healed.
âHe went to Leblaine, not me.â
She couldnât forget the gaze of Neliard, who was looking at Leblaine in the space of God.
âWhy?â
Sheâs his child.
People called her a precious soul.
So shouldnât she be special?
âIf I wasnât the real child of fate⦠No!â
Mina covered her mouth.
It canât beâ¦
But she keeps getting anxious. The three brothers, Adrian, and Neliard misunderstood her.
She pulled the quilt down.
âLetâs meet them.â
Letâs meet them and let them know that Leblaine used her memory to take them away.
When she left bedâ¦
âChild!â
A priest came to visit Mina in a hurry.
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