The next morning, the Marquis of Barrington, contacted by the Grand Duke of Illeston, visited the mansion.
The Marquis of Barrington turned completely pale when he heard the whole story.
“It’s because of me that this happened...”
The Viscount of Delang was such a close friend of his that he risked his life to visit the Occult Society for his sake.
How great must be the guilt of such a Viscount who died while granting his own request and whose soul cannot rest in peace?
'Of course, if that reaction isn't a lie.'
Simone looked at his suffering appearance with a blank expression.
Since the first reason why Viscount Delang went to the Occult Society was Marquis Barrington, he may be also connected to the Occult Society.
'In the diary of the Viscount Delang, it was written that the Marquis, who usually made an appointment to meet several months in advance, suddenly visited.'
“I thought it was strange.”
The Marquis of Barrington repeatedly washed his face.
“The last time I saw him, he had no ‘expression.’”
“What's his expression?”
“There was no smile or the relaxed look that he usually has when talking to me that day. There was just a nervous and sensitive look.”
The Marquis of Barrington simply assumed that the look was due to his nervousness due to being busy with work and some recent urgent matter.
But that wasn't it.
Viscount Delang, he had been dead since then.
Simone slowly observed his appearance and opened her mouth.
“What should we do? Should I solve it? Or should we just preserve the last traces of our friend?”
“...”
The Marquis of Barrington had no easy answer.
If they solve the Viscount Delang problem, the Delang family will truly become an indescribable existence in this world.
As a friend, he naturally hoped that at least some trace of that would remain.
Simone said.
“Of course, even if we leave those souls alone, they will eventually disappear over time. Anasis, who captured their souls, will have disappeared by now after the summoning ritual was released.”
“I'm sorry.”
After much thought, Barrington finally made up his mind and said.
“Please solve it. If the traces are going to disappear anyway, I want to free them as quickly as possible.”
"All right."
The Marquis of Barrington nodded, stood up weakly, and trudged toward the door.
“Don’t worry. I will come back after I have mourned my friend enough. I won’t keep you waiting long.”
After the Marquis of Barrington left, Simone was left alone with a serious expression on her face.
'I thought that if I could just avoid the adventures with Abel and his group, I could lift the curse and live comfortably.'
Is it because it completely changed Simone's personal journey?
She managed to avoid the set death flag, but another danger flag was raised instead.
'Anasis.'
If Abel and his group's enemy is the Demon King, then is Simone's enemy now Anasis?
'The Occult Society will surely try to resurrect Anasis.'
By offering more sacrifices, or greater offerings.
The Marquis of Barrington turned completely pale when he heard the whole story.
“It’s because of me that this happened...”
The Viscount of Delang was such a close friend of his that he risked his life to visit the Occult Society for his sake.
How great must be the guilt of such a Viscount who died while granting his own request and whose soul cannot rest in peace?
'Of course, if that reaction isn't a lie.'
Simone looked at his suffering appearance with a blank expression.
Since the first reason why Viscount Delang went to the Occult Society was Marquis Barrington, he may be also connected to the Occult Society.
'In the diary of the Viscount Delang, it was written that the Marquis, who usually made an appointment to meet several months in advance, suddenly visited.'
“I thought it was strange.”
The Marquis of Barrington repeatedly washed his face.
“The last time I saw him, he had no ‘expression.’”
“What's his expression?”
“There was no smile or the relaxed look that he usually has when talking to me that day. There was just a nervous and sensitive look.”
The Marquis of Barrington simply assumed that the look was due to his nervousness due to being busy with work and some recent urgent matter.
But that wasn't it.
Viscount Delang, he had been dead since then.
Simone slowly observed his appearance and opened her mouth.
“What should we do? Should I solve it? Or should we just preserve the last traces of our friend?”
“...”
The Marquis of Barrington had no easy answer.
If they solve the Viscount Delang problem, the Delang family will truly become an indescribable existence in this world.
As a friend, he naturally hoped that at least some trace of that would remain.
Simone said.
“Of course, even if we leave those souls alone, they will eventually disappear over time. Anasis, who captured their souls, will have disappeared by now after the summoning ritual was released.”
“I'm sorry.”
After much thought, Barrington finally made up his mind and said.
“Please solve it. If the traces are going to disappear anyway, I want to free them as quickly as possible.”
"All right."
The Marquis of Barrington nodded, stood up weakly, and trudged toward the door.
“Don’t worry. I will come back after I have mourned my friend enough. I won’t keep you waiting long.”
After the Marquis of Barrington left, Simone was left alone with a serious expression on her face.
'I thought that if I could just avoid the adventures with Abel and his group, I could lift the curse and live comfortably.'
Is it because it completely changed Simone's personal journey?
She managed to avoid the set death flag, but another danger flag was raised instead.
'Anasis.'
If Abel and his group's enemy is the Demon King, then is Simone's enemy now Anasis?
'The Occult Society will surely try to resurrect Anasis.'
By offering more sacrifices, or greater offerings.
"...Uh?"
Why is my body like this?
Simone's body began to tremble and her heart began to beat like crazy.
The sudden change was so painful that she felt pain even though she had no sore spots.
Why am I suddenly like this?
But Simone knew why she was doing this.
It's scary.
When will the reunion with Anasis come?
Just making eye contact causes fear to set in, causing the muscles and nerves in her entire body to stiffen and her hair to stand on end.
It felt like she was seeing a gigantic being, one level higher than the ghosts she had always seen.
If she goes through it again, next time Anasis makes a perfect resurrection.
Then, will she be able to escape and survive like she does now?
Once Simone figured out the whole story, it was a breeze to solve the Delang family's case.
“Are you ready?”
“Yes, I’m ready.”
"Uh."
"Then-!"
Louis and Abel answered coolly, each holding their weapons and looking at the mansion before them.
The mansion of the Viscount Delang.
Inside, Viscount Delang and his servants had already noticed that the two had come here and were standing close to the window, watching them as if to tell them to come in quickly.
Soon there will be a brawl during chaos just like when they fled here.
“I’m just going to run.”
At Simone's words, Louis nodded, telling her to do as she pleased.
“We’ll protect you. But if you see me in danger, please blow me away once.”
“Wren, don’t bother Simone with your useless jokes.”
Orkan nagged at Louis, and Louis shrugged.
“I’ll try to hold out as long as I can, so come find me and come out quickly.”
Simone nodded. Their purpose today was clear.
A jewel that Viscount Delang received from the Occult Society.
Simone thought that just as she had removed the curses of Florier and Jace by destroying the Black Mage's crystal ball, she could also remove the curse of the Delang family in the same way.
Simone took a deep breath and exhaled.
“Let’s go.”
The speed run starts now.
As soon as Simone finished speaking, the group ran into the mansion.
Shut up!!!!!
At the same time, countless servants began to rush at the two, and Simone detonated a mana bomb in the middle of the hallway to clear a path, then ran madly through it.
“Simone! As soon as possible!”
“Simone! Go!”
The group deliberately made loud noises to draw the attention of the servants who were looking at Simone towards themselves, and then cut them down one by one.
Meanwhile, Simone hurried into the room of the Viscount Delang and began to search around.
Bang! Crunch!
Mana roughly blew away the marble bed, looked under the bed, and broke every drawer to check.
Simone... brought... food...
"Shut up!"
Simone didn't even look at the direction the voice was coming from and just blasted it away with Mana.
Only after smashing everything in the room to pieces could she find the blue stone or rather the jewel.
The jewel was half-melted and stuck to the wall in the corner of the bed.
A clear and beautiful jewel. It was hard to take her eyes off it, whether it was because of the influence of mana or because the jewel itself was beautiful.
'Pretty...'
Is this what it felt like for a saint who was abandoned by God and fell in love with jewels?
Simone stared at the jewel as if entranced, despite the urgent need for time, then quickly came to her senses and quickly raised the extension in her hand high into the air.
'I came prepared this time.'
A sledgehammer in Simone's hand.
She brought it from the storage room of the mansion to break the jewel.
'Be careful not to get hurt.'
Instead of using the Mana of Death to give the jewel some strength, she struck the jewel with all her might. The jewel emitted a strong light and shattered into nothingness.
And after a while.
Kkiyaaaaak!
Ughhhhhh...
A scream that was so loud it was piercing to the eardrums could be heard from outside the room.
As Simone ran outside in surprise, Viscount Delang and his servants, who had been rushing at the group, scratching and biting their skin, suddenly stood tall, screamed, and completely melted away like melting mud.
“Ugh... Ugh... The end, is it over?”
“Oh, it hurts, shit... It’s ripped.”
“...From now on, you guys should go your separate ways. I’m not good at fighting with my body!”
As Orkan spoke annoyedly, Abel laughed cheerfully and slapped Orkan on the back.
“Haha! You said we’d go anywhere together anytime! You’re used to this much, right?”
“The problem is that you become more and more accustomed to it!”
The group, except for Orkan and Abel, were all out of breath and disheveled as if they were having a hard time holding on.
“First, I found the jewel and broke it.”
Simone approached Louis and looked around.
Now, Viscount Delang is gone.
A warm, sunny space. The space, which was very quiet but still bright and cozy, was now covered in unidentifiable mud, blocking out the sunlight and making it cold without any warmth.
A suffocatingly quiet mansion, empty of its owner.
Simone turned around, looking at the sight bitterly.
After the Delang case was resolved, Simone was able to spend some time alone.
Dalgrak- Dalgrak-
“Simone, are you bored?”
As she was blankly staring out the window, twirling the straw of her ice-filled drink, Anna poked her face in and said.
Simone shook her head with half-closed eyes.
“No, I’m just sleepy.”
A rare, quiet afternoon alone. Lately, Simone always feels more drowsy around this time.
Marquis Berrington has not yet visited the mansion, perhaps because he is still in shock from the incident with Viscount Delang, while Abel and his party and Louis have separately headed to another village in the Luan Empire to gather information about the Demon King.
“You helped me with the work this time, so you should go with me, Simone.”
Orkan stopped Abel, who insisted on going with them, by patting him on the back.
“It’s still in the investigation stage, so there’s no need for Simone to accompany you! Don’t waste the precious help you received from Simone on this trivial investigation.”
“But I still want to go with you! Simone! Just be my real partner-”
“Shut up! Anyway, I’ll be going out, Simone.”
Orkan dragged Abel away, who was throwing a tantrum and insisting on going with Simone.
They probably won't be back for ten days.
'Because new incidents will occur in that town too, and we will have to progress through the episodes that gradually lead to the Demon King.'
As they stopped by the Illeston mansion, they naturally heard about the request of the Marquis of Barrington together with Simone and became involved in the incident.
So Simone was alone for the first time in a long time.
Why is my body like this?
Simone's body began to tremble and her heart began to beat like crazy.
The sudden change was so painful that she felt pain even though she had no sore spots.
Why am I suddenly like this?
But Simone knew why she was doing this.
It's scary.
When will the reunion with Anasis come?
Just making eye contact causes fear to set in, causing the muscles and nerves in her entire body to stiffen and her hair to stand on end.
It felt like she was seeing a gigantic being, one level higher than the ghosts she had always seen.
If she goes through it again, next time Anasis makes a perfect resurrection.
Then, will she be able to escape and survive like she does now?
***
Once Simone figured out the whole story, it was a breeze to solve the Delang family's case.
“Are you ready?”
“Yes, I’m ready.”
"Uh."
"Then-!"
Louis and Abel answered coolly, each holding their weapons and looking at the mansion before them.
The mansion of the Viscount Delang.
Inside, Viscount Delang and his servants had already noticed that the two had come here and were standing close to the window, watching them as if to tell them to come in quickly.
Soon there will be a brawl during chaos just like when they fled here.
“I’m just going to run.”
At Simone's words, Louis nodded, telling her to do as she pleased.
“We’ll protect you. But if you see me in danger, please blow me away once.”
“Wren, don’t bother Simone with your useless jokes.”
Orkan nagged at Louis, and Louis shrugged.
“I’ll try to hold out as long as I can, so come find me and come out quickly.”
Simone nodded. Their purpose today was clear.
A jewel that Viscount Delang received from the Occult Society.
Simone thought that just as she had removed the curses of Florier and Jace by destroying the Black Mage's crystal ball, she could also remove the curse of the Delang family in the same way.
Simone took a deep breath and exhaled.
“Let’s go.”
The speed run starts now.
As soon as Simone finished speaking, the group ran into the mansion.
Shut up!!!!!
At the same time, countless servants began to rush at the two, and Simone detonated a mana bomb in the middle of the hallway to clear a path, then ran madly through it.
“Simone! As soon as possible!”
“Simone! Go!”
The group deliberately made loud noises to draw the attention of the servants who were looking at Simone towards themselves, and then cut them down one by one.
Meanwhile, Simone hurried into the room of the Viscount Delang and began to search around.
Bang! Crunch!
Mana roughly blew away the marble bed, looked under the bed, and broke every drawer to check.
Simone... brought... food...
"Shut up!"
Simone didn't even look at the direction the voice was coming from and just blasted it away with Mana.
Only after smashing everything in the room to pieces could she find the blue stone or rather the jewel.
The jewel was half-melted and stuck to the wall in the corner of the bed.
A clear and beautiful jewel. It was hard to take her eyes off it, whether it was because of the influence of mana or because the jewel itself was beautiful.
'Pretty...'
Is this what it felt like for a saint who was abandoned by God and fell in love with jewels?
Simone stared at the jewel as if entranced, despite the urgent need for time, then quickly came to her senses and quickly raised the extension in her hand high into the air.
'I came prepared this time.'
A sledgehammer in Simone's hand.
She brought it from the storage room of the mansion to break the jewel.
'Be careful not to get hurt.'
Instead of using the Mana of Death to give the jewel some strength, she struck the jewel with all her might. The jewel emitted a strong light and shattered into nothingness.
And after a while.
Kkiyaaaaak!
Ughhhhhh...
A scream that was so loud it was piercing to the eardrums could be heard from outside the room.
As Simone ran outside in surprise, Viscount Delang and his servants, who had been rushing at the group, scratching and biting their skin, suddenly stood tall, screamed, and completely melted away like melting mud.
“Ugh... Ugh... The end, is it over?”
“Oh, it hurts, shit... It’s ripped.”
“...From now on, you guys should go your separate ways. I’m not good at fighting with my body!”
As Orkan spoke annoyedly, Abel laughed cheerfully and slapped Orkan on the back.
“Haha! You said we’d go anywhere together anytime! You’re used to this much, right?”
“The problem is that you become more and more accustomed to it!”
The group, except for Orkan and Abel, were all out of breath and disheveled as if they were having a hard time holding on.
“First, I found the jewel and broke it.”
Simone approached Louis and looked around.
Now, Viscount Delang is gone.
A warm, sunny space. The space, which was very quiet but still bright and cozy, was now covered in unidentifiable mud, blocking out the sunlight and making it cold without any warmth.
A suffocatingly quiet mansion, empty of its owner.
Simone turned around, looking at the sight bitterly.
***
After the Delang case was resolved, Simone was able to spend some time alone.
Dalgrak- Dalgrak-
“Simone, are you bored?”
As she was blankly staring out the window, twirling the straw of her ice-filled drink, Anna poked her face in and said.
Simone shook her head with half-closed eyes.
“No, I’m just sleepy.”
A rare, quiet afternoon alone. Lately, Simone always feels more drowsy around this time.
Marquis Berrington has not yet visited the mansion, perhaps because he is still in shock from the incident with Viscount Delang, while Abel and his party and Louis have separately headed to another village in the Luan Empire to gather information about the Demon King.
“You helped me with the work this time, so you should go with me, Simone.”
Orkan stopped Abel, who insisted on going with them, by patting him on the back.
“It’s still in the investigation stage, so there’s no need for Simone to accompany you! Don’t waste the precious help you received from Simone on this trivial investigation.”
“But I still want to go with you! Simone! Just be my real partner-”
“Shut up! Anyway, I’ll be going out, Simone.”
Orkan dragged Abel away, who was throwing a tantrum and insisting on going with Simone.
They probably won't be back for ten days.
'Because new incidents will occur in that town too, and we will have to progress through the episodes that gradually lead to the Demon King.'
As they stopped by the Illeston mansion, they naturally heard about the request of the Marquis of Barrington together with Simone and became involved in the incident.
So Simone was alone for the first time in a long time.
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