“...”
When Simone opened her eyes, she was in the Emperor's bedroom.
Simone absentmindedly raised her hands and felt her neck, shoulders, and stomach in that order.
There is no hurt or pain.
As if nothing had happened and Simone had just been standing there the whole time.
'Did I just die?'
Her head was a mess.
Simone stood still, or rather, almost forgot that she was standing still, trying to sort out the situation she was in.
When she caught the jewel, all the people in the castle disappeared and Simone was trapped in the empty castle. While chasing a blond man, a woman in a red dress suddenly chased her with a kitchen knife and stabbed her.
And then she died.
'But why did I come back to life?'
No, of course, she's really glad she didn't die and came back to life, but she was stabbed so badly, so why did she come back to life?
'This is no way...'
Was the genre a regression story rather than a fantasy story?
If she looks closely, she's a munchkin necromancer character who even regresses to the ice age?
“Huh? Really?”
Simone thought to herself and nodded again, then shook her head.
It seems that she is very embarrassed to see herself talking nonsense and thinking nonsense.
The castle is still empty, even though it's alive. It's not a hopeful situation at all.
Simone put the jewels in her pocket again and began to search through the bedroom.
In times like this, it's better to just move her body than to think.
Of course, she hasn't figured out the situation yet, so let's stay in the room until she can think and investigate the inside of the bedroom.
Simone began to search the bedroom again.
She had already searched the bedroom upside down with her companions a little while ago, but she kept touching the same places.
She knows there's nothing more to come out.
She's just trying to move her body to a safe place and clear her overworked head.
'Who was that woman in the red dress earlier?'
Why did the curse of Illeston Manor manifest in the castle? How should I resolve this if we meet again? Will the destruction method used in the mansion work here too? Maybe you were a little late in avoiding it when you met that day?
Simone swallowed all thoughts of stretching out uncontrollably and raised her upper body, muttering to herself.
“Okay. Let’s stop thinking about it.”
If you think about it to this extent and still can't find an answer, then it's not the answer that should come out here.
It was at that moment that she gave up and was about to leave the room again.
Bam- clang!
Simone turned around at the sound of a crash coming from behind her.
The clock that had been on the nightstand fell and broke.
“Why did it suddenly fall off?”
There was no touching there. Simone stared at the broken clock for a moment, then looked away and opened the door.
She guessed she was just looking around and ended up touching the wrong thing.
After coming back from the dead, she was so exhausted that she had given up, so she just thought about it and left the room.
Dadadadadadadadada-
"Uh?"
Someone was running furiously down the hallway.
Is that the woman in the red dress again?
"No."
Boom! Kwaang! Boom!
Across the room, a woman in a red dress appears to be knocking loudly on the door.
A monster that knocks on the door until it breaks.
It was reminiscent of the first curse that had been lifted at Illeston's mansion, so despite being threatening, it wasn't scary at all.
On the contrary, Simone only had peaceful thoughts that she would be safe because the gate was thick.
The man in front of her, breathing heavily, groaned in fear every time a loud bang echoed through the room.
It was scary, because every time the woman knocked on the door, the room would shake and things in the bedroom would fall down.
Already, the large portraits and small props had all collapsed.
Simone stared at the door and asked the man.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes, haa... Actually, I don’t know.”
Simone studied his appearance. A middle-aged man with blond hair. He looked strangely like someone.
Simone blurted out.
“Your Majesty the Emperor?”
Then the man flinched and looked at Simone.
“Do you know me?”
As expected. This was the Emperor of the Luan Empire. Simone recalled the scene just now when he was being chased by a woman and shouted at her to close the door if she didn't want to die.
She wondered where Louis's personality came from, and it turns out he resembles the Emperor.
The Emperor stared at Simone, who was smiling silently, then belatedly looked around the room.
“This is... my room. Have you been here until now?”
“Yes, I was looking for Your Majesty who disappeared at the request of His Highness the Crown Prince. But I never thought you’d be trapped in a place like this.”
“...A place like this?”
The Emperor frowned as if he had no idea what Simone meant.
“Haa... I don’t know what the hell happened. I thought I died and went to hell.”
He got sick and lost consciousness for a moment. Then, when he opened his eyes again, his body felt incredibly light.
So he tried to call someone, but no matter how much he called out, no one came.
No, there was no one in this castle. Except for the 'black-clad assassin' following him.
The assassin would rush to kill the Emperor whenever she found him, and each time he died, he would wake up in bed again.
It was around the time when this was repeating endlessly that Simone appeared.
“I see. So, Your Majesty also dies and comes back to life repeatedly?”
“Yes. It is very strange.”
The Emperor answered sincerely while examining Simone's appearance.
Black hair and red eyes. A typical necromancer appearance.
“Are you a necromancer?”
"Yes."
“The Crown Prince asked you for a favor?”
"Yes, that's right."
“...Were there necromancers in the Luan Empire?”
"Ha."
Simone sighed deeply and looked at the Emperor. He was similar to Louis in temperament but seemed to be a bit less tactful.
Simone was trying to reorganize the situation based on the Emperor's words, but he kept interrupting her by asking her questions.
“How about going back to the original world and asking the Crown Prince?”
“Can I return to my original world...?...I’ve been wandering around here for quite some time. No matter what I do, I can’t return to my original daily life.”
“We have to find a way. One thing is certain, we will return to our original world. I don’t want to be trapped in a place like this and go through endless regression.”
“Regression...? What?”
Simone smiled and sat up.
It was fortunate that she met the Emperor here. Because she met the Emperor who had been in this world for a little longer, she was able to infer some things she had not known before.
“In that sense, I will die one more time.”
“What? What did you... say?”
Boom! Kwaang! Boom! Boom!!!!
The Emperor flinched at the loud noise coming from beyond the door.
“I’m sorry, but I won’t be able to help you next time. Just hold on until I figure out what’s going on. Please.”
The Emperor, who had been puzzled, soon realized what Simone was going to do as he looked at her grabbing the doorknob.
She intends to die once and come back to life again.
The Emperor also realizes that when he dies, he comes back to life with his memories intact.
The reason why he insists on dying again is because the monster knocking on the door is targeting only this room, so he is trapped in this room and has no way to search the other rooms.
“Yes.”
The Emperor had an unusual expression on his face as if he had never been scared before.
“I will lure that monster and buy you time, and you find a way to escape this world.”
Simone nodded and opened the door without hesitation.
Gyaaa...
As soon as the door opens, a woman rushes in and stabs Simone in the stomach, shoulders, and neck.
“Ugh...!”
Simone screamed in pain, and the blood that flowed out soon soaked the carpet on the floor and formed a puddle.
The Emperor shuddered at the sight and spoke his last words to Simone before she died.
“Make sure you get out of this strange world. I’m sorry for getting you involved.”
And Simone died a second time.
When Simone opened her eyes, she was in the Emperor's bedroom.
Simone absentmindedly raised her hands and felt her neck, shoulders, and stomach in that order.
There is no hurt or pain.
As if nothing had happened and Simone had just been standing there the whole time.
'Did I just die?'
Her head was a mess.
Simone stood still, or rather, almost forgot that she was standing still, trying to sort out the situation she was in.
When she caught the jewel, all the people in the castle disappeared and Simone was trapped in the empty castle. While chasing a blond man, a woman in a red dress suddenly chased her with a kitchen knife and stabbed her.
And then she died.
'But why did I come back to life?'
No, of course, she's really glad she didn't die and came back to life, but she was stabbed so badly, so why did she come back to life?
'This is no way...'
Was the genre a regression story rather than a fantasy story?
If she looks closely, she's a munchkin necromancer character who even regresses to the ice age?
“Huh? Really?”
Simone thought to herself and nodded again, then shook her head.
It seems that she is very embarrassed to see herself talking nonsense and thinking nonsense.
The castle is still empty, even though it's alive. It's not a hopeful situation at all.
Simone put the jewels in her pocket again and began to search through the bedroom.
In times like this, it's better to just move her body than to think.
Of course, she hasn't figured out the situation yet, so let's stay in the room until she can think and investigate the inside of the bedroom.
Simone began to search the bedroom again.
She had already searched the bedroom upside down with her companions a little while ago, but she kept touching the same places.
She knows there's nothing more to come out.
She's just trying to move her body to a safe place and clear her overworked head.
'Who was that woman in the red dress earlier?'
Why did the curse of Illeston Manor manifest in the castle? How should I resolve this if we meet again? Will the destruction method used in the mansion work here too? Maybe you were a little late in avoiding it when you met that day?
Maybe that's why she couldn't avoid it and the woman has been chasing Simone all this time.
'Then you should have killed me then, but you had plenty of time. Why now? Is it necessary to follow me here and kill me?'
But if not, why is she here? Where have all the people gone and what's with that blonde guy...
"Stop."
'Then you should have killed me then, but you had plenty of time. Why now? Is it necessary to follow me here and kill me?'
But if not, why is she here? Where have all the people gone and what's with that blonde guy...
"Stop."
Simone swallowed all thoughts of stretching out uncontrollably and raised her upper body, muttering to herself.
“Okay. Let’s stop thinking about it.”
If you think about it to this extent and still can't find an answer, then it's not the answer that should come out here.
It was at that moment that she gave up and was about to leave the room again.
Bam- clang!
Simone turned around at the sound of a crash coming from behind her.
The clock that had been on the nightstand fell and broke.
“Why did it suddenly fall off?”
There was no touching there. Simone stared at the broken clock for a moment, then looked away and opened the door.
She guessed she was just looking around and ended up touching the wrong thing.
After coming back from the dead, she was so exhausted that she had given up, so she just thought about it and left the room.
Dadadadadadadadada-
"Uh?"
Someone was running furiously down the hallway.
Is that the woman in the red dress again?
Simone, who was about to reflexively close the door, stopped and looked at the person running out again.
This time it wasn't one, it was two.
Behind her is a woman wearing a red dress that naturally catches the eye, and a blond-haired man being chased by her.
This is the man Simone had been looking for so desperately.
Blonde hair like Louis, but not Louis, and looking older than him.
“A, a person?”
The man ran away in fear, then saw Simone and waved his hands in surprise.
“If you don’t want to die, close the door! The woman is an assassin! Close the door! Quickly!”
"Yes?"
What is that guy talking about?
Simone opened the door a little wider, no matter what the man shouted.
“Come in here. Quickly!”
The reason she kept the door open even though she saw the woman in the red dress was to give the man a place to hide.
The man opened his eyes wide and ran a little faster with an evil scream until he finally entered the room where Simone was.
Simone quickly closed the door.
“Ugh... Ugh... Th, thank you.”
This time it wasn't one, it was two.
Behind her is a woman wearing a red dress that naturally catches the eye, and a blond-haired man being chased by her.
This is the man Simone had been looking for so desperately.
Blonde hair like Louis, but not Louis, and looking older than him.
“A, a person?”
The man ran away in fear, then saw Simone and waved his hands in surprise.
“If you don’t want to die, close the door! The woman is an assassin! Close the door! Quickly!”
"Yes?"
What is that guy talking about?
Simone opened the door a little wider, no matter what the man shouted.
“Come in here. Quickly!”
The reason she kept the door open even though she saw the woman in the red dress was to give the man a place to hide.
The man opened his eyes wide and ran a little faster with an evil scream until he finally entered the room where Simone was.
Simone quickly closed the door.
“Ugh... Ugh... Th, thank you.”
"No."
Boom! Kwaang! Boom!
Across the room, a woman in a red dress appears to be knocking loudly on the door.
A monster that knocks on the door until it breaks.
It was reminiscent of the first curse that had been lifted at Illeston's mansion, so despite being threatening, it wasn't scary at all.
On the contrary, Simone only had peaceful thoughts that she would be safe because the gate was thick.
The man in front of her, breathing heavily, groaned in fear every time a loud bang echoed through the room.
It was scary, because every time the woman knocked on the door, the room would shake and things in the bedroom would fall down.
Already, the large portraits and small props had all collapsed.
Simone stared at the door and asked the man.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes, haa... Actually, I don’t know.”
Simone studied his appearance. A middle-aged man with blond hair. He looked strangely like someone.
Simone blurted out.
“Your Majesty the Emperor?”
Then the man flinched and looked at Simone.
“Do you know me?”
As expected. This was the Emperor of the Luan Empire. Simone recalled the scene just now when he was being chased by a woman and shouted at her to close the door if she didn't want to die.
She wondered where Louis's personality came from, and it turns out he resembles the Emperor.
The Emperor stared at Simone, who was smiling silently, then belatedly looked around the room.
“This is... my room. Have you been here until now?”
“Yes, I was looking for Your Majesty who disappeared at the request of His Highness the Crown Prince. But I never thought you’d be trapped in a place like this.”
“...A place like this?”
The Emperor frowned as if he had no idea what Simone meant.
“Haa... I don’t know what the hell happened. I thought I died and went to hell.”
He got sick and lost consciousness for a moment. Then, when he opened his eyes again, his body felt incredibly light.
So he tried to call someone, but no matter how much he called out, no one came.
No, there was no one in this castle. Except for the 'black-clad assassin' following him.
The assassin would rush to kill the Emperor whenever she found him, and each time he died, he would wake up in bed again.
It was around the time when this was repeating endlessly that Simone appeared.
“I see. So, Your Majesty also dies and comes back to life repeatedly?”
“Yes. It is very strange.”
The Emperor answered sincerely while examining Simone's appearance.
Black hair and red eyes. A typical necromancer appearance.
“Are you a necromancer?”
"Yes."
“The Crown Prince asked you for a favor?”
"Yes, that's right."
“...Were there necromancers in the Luan Empire?”
"Ha."
Simone sighed deeply and looked at the Emperor. He was similar to Louis in temperament but seemed to be a bit less tactful.
Simone was trying to reorganize the situation based on the Emperor's words, but he kept interrupting her by asking her questions.
“How about going back to the original world and asking the Crown Prince?”
“Can I return to my original world...?...I’ve been wandering around here for quite some time. No matter what I do, I can’t return to my original daily life.”
“We have to find a way. One thing is certain, we will return to our original world. I don’t want to be trapped in a place like this and go through endless regression.”
“Regression...? What?”
Simone smiled and sat up.
It was fortunate that she met the Emperor here. Because she met the Emperor who had been in this world for a little longer, she was able to infer some things she had not known before.
“In that sense, I will die one more time.”
“What? What did you... say?”
Boom! Kwaang! Boom! Boom!!!!
The Emperor flinched at the loud noise coming from beyond the door.
“I’m sorry, but I won’t be able to help you next time. Just hold on until I figure out what’s going on. Please.”
The Emperor, who had been puzzled, soon realized what Simone was going to do as he looked at her grabbing the doorknob.
She intends to die once and come back to life again.
The Emperor also realizes that when he dies, he comes back to life with his memories intact.
The reason why he insists on dying again is because the monster knocking on the door is targeting only this room, so he is trapped in this room and has no way to search the other rooms.
“Yes.”
The Emperor had an unusual expression on his face as if he had never been scared before.
“I will lure that monster and buy you time, and you find a way to escape this world.”
Simone nodded and opened the door without hesitation.
Gyaaa...
As soon as the door opens, a woman rushes in and stabs Simone in the stomach, shoulders, and neck.
“Ugh...!”
Simone screamed in pain, and the blood that flowed out soon soaked the carpet on the floor and formed a puddle.
The Emperor shuddered at the sight and spoke his last words to Simone before she died.
“Make sure you get out of this strange world. I’m sorry for getting you involved.”
And Simone died a second time.
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