Chapter 378. Even if you lose yesterday, prepare for tomorrow (4): + The King and the Warlock (1)
“Anyway, take care of the substitute for the time being. I don’t know if I’ll ask for it more often.”
” i get it.”
“However, you know if you get caught?”
Even if it’s not, I’m going to die of anxiety when I see this child’s acting.
I don’t know if it’s because of my mood, but my sister also noticed something strange at first.
I think I’ve passed it because it’s me.
After all, people should behave normally.
I patted him on the shoulder and gave him firm attention.
to be more diligent.
“Do you care? huh?”
“…don’t mind.”
He just mumbles like he’s shaking.
The King and the Warlock (1)
Now then, while my sister’s training remains the same, let’s put on doll clothes and watch her from time to time, and then I’ll go do my own thing.
It is true that there really is no time.
This time, if it doesn’t work out in the worst case, I’ll have to move with the determination to stop it myself.
“Let’s go Dia.”
“yes.”
When she was called, she nodded politely and followed me.
“But where are you going?”
“Oh sorry. I have to say that first.”
Before that, did you nod while not knowing where you were going?
The place I went with Dia was not somewhere else, but the concubine where I was born and raised when I was young.
“oh! Seeing it like this reminds me of my childhood.”
In front of the shabby palace that was very familiar to him, he remembered the past.
It was pretty cold then.
“…really old. Did Arel-nim really grow up here?”
Dia asks in disbelief.
“When I was young, it was only a few years.”
Somewhat better financial situation.
And from the time my father started to care, he gave me another palace right away.
“Then who is here now?”
“No one lives.”
because it’s so old
It is currently used as a temporary storage facility.
Even though it looks like this, my family is surprisingly frugal, so they don’t easily tear down the palace just because it’s old.
It is said that the first king was strictly careful not to tear it down if possible.
Anyway, it’s a place I didn’t pay much attention to either.
Why are we here?
And that, of course, in a situation like this.
Dia tilts her head as if curious about it.
“There is something I want to look for.
Originally, this palace was… Oh, you’re here. Wait a minute. It would be better to explain at once.”
when she wonders
Another one has just arrived where we are.
He is the best brother.
“Your Majesty is here.”
“Arell can’t help but be surprised when he is called out so suddenly
.
“…a letter from you. Is that true?”
“I will explain it to you in detail. But what about this fact?”
“The others don’t know yet.”
Currently, my older brother doesn’t even have an attendant.
because you don’t know
Maybe that’s why he looks at Dia with a little concern.
“She’s heavy-mouthed, so that’s fine.”
“…I’m not really worried about that. Rather than that, could you explain Arel?”
Brother Jeil looked at the old wall and asked seriously.
“Is this place really a clue to the purpose of the black magic cult?”
It wasn’t a big deal why he was so flustered.
Because I sent this letter
[I think I know the purpose of the leader of the Dark Church. What she wants may be under the royal castle.]
My brother and I walked side by side and talked while Dia quietly followed.
“Did you know that the time when the leader of the Dark Church ceased his activities and the time when the kingdom of Ernesia was founded were almost the same?”
When I asked as I walked down the dusty hallway, my older brother seriously thought about it.
“Come to think of it, I heard it was about 500 years. But does that matter?”
“It has to do with the person who founded the kingdom of Ernesia to be precise.”
“hmm? Ah… that’s right, that’s what you mean.”
Jeil hyung-nim moaned softly, as if he could figure out something.
“Come to think of it, I learned that one of the achievements of the first king, His Majesty, was defeating a large army of black magicians.”
The detailed process is omitted.
What I want to say is not the past history of the kingdom.
“If my prediction is correct, His Majesty the first King of the time would have confronted that religious leader.”
“hmm! I see Indeed…. That’s what it means…
The guru at the time who led the large army of black magicians and the guru who caused the current incident are the same person.
This is probably true.
“I see! It seems that His Majesty the King defeated that monster!”
A feeling of pride lingers on his face.
No, now is not the time to be intoxicated by the feats of our ancestors.
Descendants can’t even use their hands!
“hmm? But what does that have to do with this old palace?”
“…I will explain about that from now on. Please look at this first.”
I took my older brother and led him to a room.
This is the room where I first woke up in this life.
This is the room I stayed in as a baby.
Now, I have moved all the furniture and everything, so I don’t have anything.
“What is this room like?”
“Look at this corner. Is there something dented in it?”
This is a trace that I accidentally found while trying to make fake diamonds when I was young.
Jeil older brother looked at the place I pointed at and still made an expression that didn’t understand what I meant.
“Just what was that?”
“Do you know that this palace is quite old? It is probably older than any other building in the royal castle grounds.”
It is almost 500 years old.
I was a little surprised to know that too.
It is said that the economic situation in the Kingdom of Ernesia was not so easy until I was born.
Even this kind of palace has been used sparingly while repairing it with magic.
That is why the old buildings were left behind.
“In order to maintain this palace, in addition to magical repairs, the floor was repainted or stonemasons were called in to repair it. They said the last repair was about 45 years ago.”
It was, at best, just a rough coat of plaster.
“Um… that’s right.”
“The important thing is that this corner was inevitably made like this because the bottom sank a little during the repair at the time.”
I know this far because I found the craftsman who was in charge of the maintenance at the time and heard the story.
“Well, since it’s old, the cellar can sink. It’s pretty dangerous… Arel, you’ve grown up in a place like this!”
“No, isn’t that already a thing of the past?”
I didn’t bring up this story because I wanted to be looked at with pity now, did I?
What I want to say is nothing else.
“Your Majesty, there is no basement in this palace in the first place.”
“…is that so?”
“At the time, it was built quite quickly. They said that they couldn’t even build a basement because of poor conditions and technology.”
That’s also true, in
the first place, this palace…
“….Right.”
Surprisingly, everyone has forgotten about it.
This palace was the building where the ancestors stayed until the kingdom of Ernesia was first established and stabilized to some extent.
Well, it wasn’t long before it was extensively enlarged to match the royal castle, so the period of direct stay wasn’t that long.
On top of that, since the trend of the Ernesian royal family was pragmatic, it seemed that the unused palace was used in moderation, such as giving it to the concubines.
You save very well.
This, too, was found out directly while investigating the families of artisans who have been repairing the royal castle for generations.
The important thing is not to follow the historical footsteps of which palace your ancestors lived in.
as soon as.
“The important thing is that there won’t be a basement, but there is a space in the basement.”
Was it a builder’s mistake?
Or is there a cavity created by the weakening of the ground?
Normally, you would think it’s not a big deal, but I already know this because I was half-bored and detected it when I was young.
An artificial space exists.
There is no entrance, but there must be a basement.
But why did I leave it alone even after I found this.
That’s because there’s no hidden entrance, and you have to destroy it to create an entrance to enter it.
There were a lot of eyes for that.
After gaining the manor and learning magic, he had completely lost interest.
….And honestly, it was annoying.
Recently, ‘Oh! There was such a thing!’ I remembered.
I probably wouldn’t have looked for it had it not been for this day.
“There must be an artificial structure below.”
As I instructed, Dia carefully investigated with detection magic and came to the same conclusion.
It was for this reason that Dia was brought.
From now on, if you want to look down here, you need her ability to use magic among the escorts.
….Pena’s spirit art is also convenient, but considering her place of origin, she shouldn’t go down here.
It’s probably where the ancestors hid something, so shouldn’t descendants go?
And maybe there’s something you don’t know.
“Is it a hidden basement…?”
“According to records at the time, His Majesty the first king sometimes disappeared in the middle of the night.”
Regarding that record, there is also a diary that I looked at from a very pleasant and personal point of view, saying that I must have gone to meet a woman, but there is also a record that is written from the point of view of another servant.
It’s not even a day or two that people from the Ernesian royal family are at the bottom when it comes to dating.
More than anything, I’m not in a position to curse my ancestors, so let’s skip that.
“I believe that His Majesty the first King left something else here.”
There were several reasons.
First of all, there is little record of contact with the black magician at the time.
At best, there was only a record of fighting and winning.
Details such as why and how are missing from the record.
And another thing is, considering the current leader’s ability, how the hell did the first king defeat her?
According to records, the level of the first king is at least an aura master, and the fact that he defeated the religious leader itself does not make sense.
Of course, the religious leader must have been weaker then than he is now.
But even considering that, it’s kind of embarrassing.
And for some reason, the first king never allowed the palace to be demolished.
It is said that he even instructed his descendants to refrain from tearing down unless it completely collapsed.
Although it may be that he forbade luxuries simply because he was a frugal man.
Why did he tell his descendants so sternly?
I think the reason is that something is hidden here.
There were also rumors that there might be hidden wealth here that was circulating at the time.
Originally, rumors have a reason.
It is the logic of ‘Will smoke come out of the chimney when it’s not?’
So I was suspicious of this place while researching.
“I think it might be worth looking into.”
“I see… After hearing it, I doubt it. But why are you asking me for permission one by one?”
“That’s because there is no entrance.”
