TAPGB - Chapter 110
The Abandoned Prince's Ghost Bride
"This is the last one."
Thud-!
Harry put a mountain of documents on the desk. This is a book about prisoners and trials that he found at Lucian's request.
After seeing so much data, I felt like I was already losing motivation.
"It's a lot, will you be okay? Do you want me to help you?"
Dio looked at Leah and Caesar with a worried expression.
The two were dazed for a moment, then suddenly came to their senses and shook their heads.
"It's okay. You guys can't tell even if you look."
"There's still a lot of work to do. We'll take care of this, so mind your own business. Thank you for finding the information."
Harry and Dio looked at each other, told them to call if they needed anything, and left.
I turned my shoulders and neck and got fully prepared.
"Huh, then shall we get started?"
There are a total of five people to find.
131 - Ivan
179 - Ravio
202 - Dadan Groot
210 - Francis
274 - Henri Leifle
Among the humans living in the mansion, these are the ones mentioned in my diary.
Thanks to writing a diary, I knew exactly what year they came to the mansion.
Thinking that there must be a secret behind their deaths, I memorized important personal information in advance, so I didn't have to check the diary.
"I'm not sure if he was sent to the mansion right after the trial. You need to check data from at least 1- 2 years ago."
"They are all experts in their field, so it won't be difficult to find them. Ivan in music, Ravio in archeology. Dadan Groot was alchemy. Francis was the Weapon Master. and Henri Leifle was the painter of the century."
"Didn't these guys deliberately select only geniuses and sacrifice them?"
"Maybe so."
Even as I and Caesar exchanged opinions with each other, we could not take our eyes off the data. Has it been that long?
"Hey, isn't this him?"
I was able to find the first clue.
What Caesar discovered was Ivan's prison record. In the year 130 of the imperial calendar, he was suspected of stealing people's souls through music. There were rumors that people who heard his music fainted or had heart attacks and made a pact with the devil.
And, of course, there were royal family members among them.
"The third Prince died of a heart attack..."
"Nonsense. How can people die just by listening to music?"
"But, it seems true that the Prince is dead?"
Caesar looked into the royal family's genealogy and discovered that the third Prince had died around the same time.
"Did he really make a contract with the devil?"
"That's nonsense. He was just a genius who transcended his time. I didn't feel any demons or supernatural powers."
I recalled Ivan playing music at the mansion.
He always played melancholy songs, but even they were beautiful, so I stayed by his side the whole time he played.
"The crime is a murder of the royal family. If it were me, I couldn't live because I felt unfair."
"Look at this. In the end, he was sentenced to death. But in reality, he didn't die."
The records clearly state that the execution was carried out in an informal setting.
However, he came to the haunted mansion and lived there for about 16 more years.
"Do you remember what it was like when he first came?"
"I think the person was a little haggard. I originally thought it was because he was skinny, but I guess that wasn't the case."
And he didn't just come with a loose body. He brought all the instruments he had previously used, including the piano, violin, and harp.
It was probably the imperial family that moved it.
Other than that, he did nothing other than play his instrument the entire time he lived in the mansion.
"He seemed like a reluctant person."
There were times when it seemed so close that I thought he might take his own life. But each time, he locked himself in his room and let out his emotions through music.
And when Ivan disappeared in 137, Leah thought he was dead and cleaned out his room.
Afterward, the two were able to find the trial records of Ravio and Dadan Groot.
Ravio was an archaeologist and loved history. What he does is dig into the past and correct historical mistakes.
His achievements were quite numerous. He discovered the history before the empire was founded, and he also discovered new artifacts and made a mark in archaeology.
But along the way. he realized that there was a flawed history from the early days of the empire and dug it up.
He was eventually imprisoned on charges of distorting history, and it is said that the distorted history he was researching was mainly about the imperial family.
Next. Dadan Groot was an alchemist.
He was such an alchemy idiot that he had no interest in anything other than alchemy.
Having pursued a single career in alchemy, he created new substances and proposed new theories that would overturn previous alchemy. Then one day, he received a proposal from the Imperial family. Making elixir. The elixir of immortality.
Since he had always been interested in becoming an alchemist, he readily accepted the offer.
However, there was no significant progress in research. Then, he created an unfinished elixir, and an incident occurred where the Emperor ate it and vomited blood.
As a result, Groot was sentenced to death for attempted murder of the royal family.
However, in reality, these two people were not executed like Ivan was but were taken away to the mansion.
"Tsk tsk, that's pitiful."
"It's unfortunate, but it's totally worth it."
I thought they were falsely accused, but it is true that they actually committed a crime, except for Ivan. Moreover, aren't they all deeply connected to the imperial family?
"Still, isn't it a bit ambiguous to say that they committed a crime to this extent? Groot's only crime is creating the elixir at the Emperor's command. The other guys were also unfairly punished. These are things that can be easily avoided if they avoid them."
"That's the way the world is. If you wear it on your ears, it's an earring. If you wear it on your nose, it's a nose ring. Even if you are not a party, if the majority says it is correct, it is correct."
"Tsk, this is why I don't get along with humans easily."
It was just funny to hear him say something like that while he was helping that human being right now.
"Now are there two left?"
"Francis and Henri Leifle. I found them both."
I and Caesar first checked Henri Reifle. The moment we checked the records, we both frowned.
"This is too much."
"Is there no reason?"
The fact that Henri Leifle was sentenced to death is simple.
Because the Emperor did not like the painting.
He didn't make any minor mistakes like other people did. He was simply executed because the Emperor did not like him.
"Why are there so many bastards called Emperors?"
Caesar let out a laugh as he asked if all humans were like this.
Only Leah thought deeply.
"It is said that tyrants usually cut off their heads on the spot when they were attacked, so I don't think it's that strange..."
"But he was sent to the mansion! Isn't this planned from the beginning?"
This time, I couldn't refute Caesar's words.
"First. I don't think we'll find anything on this person, so let's check on the other one."
Now all that's left is Francis.
I confirmed that Caesar had checked it in advance. And I couldn't help but be surprised differently this time.
"It's treason..."
"The crime of participating in the second Princess's treason. He was said to be the second Princess's escort knight at the time. He was a Weapon Master... He must have been as skilled as the entire knighthood on his own."
The scale of the crime was different from the others.
"210 years of the imperial calendar. The second Princess plotted treason by conspiring against the Emperor. The Emperor then arrested the 2nd Princess for her treason, and in the process, Francis attacked the knights and rescued the 2nd Princess."
It seems that the Emperor's anger was strong at the time. All three generations of the forces who supported her, including the second Princess, were exterminated, and the main collaborator was killed after various tortures.
Even though she was the second Princess, she couldn't have escaped the Emperor's wrath.
'Is that why you save the second Princess?'
Of course, that didn't last long either. Because he was caught a week after escaping from the imperial palace.
"The second Princess was eliminated on the spot. Francis......."
I couldn't bear to read the contents behind it. This is because it was written in detail about how horribly the second Princess died.
When the Second Princess died, Francis immediately attacked the Emperor, and the Emperor sealed Francis Aurors. In effect, he was sentenced to death as a knight.
"He must have been quite a great guy. Even though he did such a thing, the fact that the Emperor couldn't kill him easily and tried to keep him by his side."
Unlike others, Francis was not immediately sentenced to death. This is because the Emperor tried to appease him by appreciating his inaction.
"Because you failed, you were probably sent to the mansion."
A person worth killing and dangerous to keep alive.
Not long after I arrived at the mansion, I remembered Francis, who was carrying out his actions with a venomous attitude.
'It was clearly a look in his eyes that swore revenge!'
But in the end, he was unable to escape the mansion and ended up becoming a sacrifice in the basement.
"Perhaps Francis may have loved his second Princess."
"Huh? How do you know that?"
"It's just a feeling."
Francis was immersed in a deep loneliness that could not be called a simple master-slave relationship. And sometimes he seemed to miss someone deeply.
I felt that Francis at that time was similar to me, who had waited endlessly for Lucian for five years.
"210 years. Because it is now 330 years..."
At that time, Caesar muttered something. He was looking back at Francis's material.
"What's the matter?"
"This, I think it's something I've heard before."
"You've heard of it? Where?"
"What was it? I'm sure he said something about the emperor..."
Caesar wrapped his head and tried to remember.
"Aaaah! Stuffy! What on earth!"
".... Tell me when you think of it. That's not what's important."
"No, I think it was important..."
Leaving behind the mumbling Caesar, I gathered the information I had organized.
Although we did not share feelings like Lucian, we still lived together under the same roof.
After learning about their past, I became curious about how they really felt while staying at the mansion.
Were they relieved that their life was saved? Or did he live because they could not die?
Whatever it was, they would not have wanted to become a sacrifice without their knowledge.
I was lost in thought for a moment, and immediately raised my head.
"Caesar, let's go to the mansion tomorrow."
"OK?"
Caesar, who was scratching his head, stopped and turned around.
"There are only brief records here. I think I might be able to find out something if I look at their belongings in the mansion."
"Hmm. But when you looked at the diary, there was nothing special, right?"
"At that time, I was so focused on work in the basement that I didn't even look at it properly. And even if it's not a diary, I think there might be some clue."
Seeing my serious appearance, Caesar shook his head.
"Okay, then. Would you rather go today? Eiji said yesterday that he might have to stop by the mansion for a moment."
When I looked out the window, the sunset was setting. It wouldn't matter if I went now, but I was worried about Lucian..
'... Did they have a good conversation?'
Although I asked him to talk to his parents first, I am worried that Lucian might have been hurt in the process.
'I have to talk to you before I get the mansion anyway, so I'll go find you now.'
"I'm going to take a look at Lucian. Please clean up here first."
"What? Do I do this alone? Hey! Where....!"
Caesar called from behind, but I completely ignored it and headed to the Emperor's palace where Lucian was.
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