The next morning, when Simone woke up, she noticed that the servants' expressions were not good again today.
'I guess I went to the 4th floor last night too.'
This makes it clear that the legless ghost and Simone heading to the fourth floor were separate events.
Even without the legless ghost, Simone headed to the fourth floor as soon as she fell asleep.
'I wonder how things will turn out.'
After finishing her meal, Simone prepared to head straight to the capital.
She met El sooner than she thought, but it turned out well since they had to meet anyway.
“Simone, are you okay?”
Anna asked worriedly as she watched her preparing to go out more briskly than usual.
“You’re still not feeling well...”
When Simone falls asleep, she finds herself possessed by something without realizing it and heads to the 4th floor.
Is it okay to go all the way to the capital before you can figure out what's causing the behavior?
Even though it was something that the Grand Duke of Illeston had permitted, Anna couldn't shake off her unease.
Of course, Simone is capable of resolving the threat right in front of her on her own, but in this case, she was too helpless because she was asleep.
“It’s okay. No, even if it’s not okay, I have to go.”
Simone spent nearly a week trying to figure out the cause and solve it on her own.
If the answer still doesn't come out, it means that it's an answer that Simone couldn't come up with herself.
Simone is not the type of person to insist on something she cannot do.
She left the mansion, leaving her worried servants behind, boarded the carriage provided by the Illeston family, and headed to the capital.
“Are you here?”
The one who welcomed Simone upon her arrival in the capital was the Crown Prince Louis.
She had told Louis that she was heading to the capital using the communication stone Orkan had given her, but she had no idea that he would be waiting to meet Simone in person.
Simone spoke expressionlessly to Louis, who was looking at her.
“Thank you for welcoming me, but aren’t you busy?”
Louis smiled gently.
“I’ve somehow finished my busy work. And even though I’m busy, Lady Simone is coming, so I should come in person. Aren’t you a noble of the royal family?”
“No, I’m saying this because I feel burdened.”
Simone looked around.
If you're going to come out to get me, do it quietly and secretly. If you come in a royal carriage, won't everyone around you just stare at the two of us?
It was extremely embarrassing. Soon, as Simone's gaze grew filled with discontent, Louis shrugged his shoulders.
“I understand how you feel, but this is His Majesty the Emperor’s order. It is to keep a ‘promise,’ so please bear with it even if it is burdensome.”
If it's a promise, does it mean Louis' promise that Simone will be able to live proudly as a necromancer within the empire?
“Isn’t that better?”
“What is it?”
Louis chuckled.
“You said you would make a contract with Count Chaylor. I think you should do something like this so that he can learn a little about Lady Simone’s greatness.”
"Aha..."
Only then did Simone realize Louis' intentions.
This is to show openly that the royal family regards Simone as a noble and to take preemptive action to prevent Viscount Chaylor from treating her carelessly or playing around with the contract.
Simone nodded her head in thanks and walked away.
“Count Chaylor is said to be arriving here late in the afternoon. So I’ll try to meet with El before I meet him.”
“Then it’s even better that I welcomed Lady Simone. I was the one who asked Lord El to meet with Lady Simone. I should at least say thank you.”
“...Would you like to go together?”
I think about it again, aren't you busy?
In fact, even when Louis was working as a staff member at the mansion, there were times when she wondered if it was okay for him to postpone his duties as the Crown Prince.
Even if he had no choice back then to save the Emperor, now every day must be full of things to do as the Crown Prince.
“Let’s go.”
Louis guided Simone to where El was.
In fact, Simone did not know that Louis continued to work as Simone's employee to get some rest and relaxation from the hustle and bustle of work.
Simone arrived at El's house a while later and looked around the still-dusty interior. She knocked on the wall where there was a hole the size of a mouse hole.
Then, Elle saw Simone through the crack in the hole and quietly came out of the room, looking at Simone from afar.
Simone greeted him with a gentle smile.
“El, it’s been a while. How have you been?”
El didn't respond to Simone's greeting, instead frowning and glancing at her.
It was the first time Louis had seen him, who always acted like an indifferent boy, frown like this. El opened his mouth.
“It looks like you’re not doing well.”
“...”
As expected, age is not something that is wasted, and fairies are fairies.
He seemed to notice right away that Simone's physical condition was different than usual.
“Did you suggest that we meet to show me the condition of your body?”
“There is that, and there is also other business.”
“Let me hear it first.”
El dusted off the sofa with his hands and gestured for them to sit down.
Simone sat down on the sofa and placed two forbidden books on the table. As she placed the forbidden books down, the wind blew a cloud of dust and they fell to the floor.
“Our first task is the interpretation of this forbidden book.”
El glanced at the forbidden book and said.
“It’s a forbidden book about necromancers.”
“Do you know this book?”
When Louis said this as if he was surprised, El shook his head.
“I don’t know. I just felt the aura of a necromancer in this book.”
“That’s right. These books are about the skills of a necromancer. I read them but I have no idea what they mean.”
“If you have never learned and practiced the skills of a necromancer, then you will not understand them even if you read a book.”
It's like a child who knows nothing suddenly trying to understand a college thesis.
In countries where necromancers are managed at a national level, these books are not only not banned, but necromancers even use them as textbooks to teach and learn from each other.
This goes back to a system similar to an academic education, and those who grew up in such an environment will naturally be able to understand this book.
However, in the Luan Empire, where the mere existence of a necromancer is subject to execution, it is naturally impossible to read books or learn techniques.
El looked at Simone, who was looking at him with serious eyes.
Interest would be a thirst for such unlearned necromancer skills.
Although El was not a necromancer, he had lived for over 400 years and knew a lot, so it wasn't difficult for him to teach her.
'The problem is whether those who have learned the technology will abuse it.'
Living for 400 years and knowing a lot means that you have witnessed both the greatness of the necromancer and the end of those who exploited him.
El was one of the few living people who witnessed the journey of the necromancer Anasis.
Simone, as seen by El, is very smart and clever.
She is a person with a similar aura to the Anasis he saw 300 years ago.
'And the power it has...'
El checked her condition again and sighed.
In fact, he had tried to distance himself from necromancers after the Anasis incident, but seeing her physical condition, he felt he had no choice but to help her.
“And the second matter, as you may have guessed, is regarding my physical condition.”
“...It’s a very strange flow of mana. I bet you felt extreme pain.”
“As expected, Mr. El knows right away.”
“How did you know I would know about this?”
Simone probably didn't know he was a fairy. As El's eyes widened, Simone answered leisurely.
“Orkan told me. Lord El is someone who has greater mana sensitivity than Orkan and also has deeper knowledge.”
“Orkan, don’t say that.”
El blamed Orkan. Simone smiled, and then her expression changed to serious again.
It would be true that they would need to talk a few more times to lighten the awkward conversation with El, but now is not the time for that, so let's get to the main point.
“When I fall asleep, my body moves regardless of my consciousness.”
“...”
“While my body moves like that, I stay in a space created by a curse, one of the curses of the mansion.”
“...”
“Also, when I wake up from a very short sleep, I suffer from extreme pain, a strange pain, as if my soul is being torn apart and reassembled in a larger form... When I wake up, I lose most of my memories.”
Louis looked at Simone. That was how the story he had heard the day he stopped by the mansion had gone.
Simone was suffering from terrible pain.
Louis' expression changed to one of surprise as he just realized that the situation was getting this serious.
Simone continued speaking, not noticing the look in his eyes.
“Also, the people in the mansion who were watching me when I was in that state said that at that time, I had destroyed and absorbed the ghost.”
El, who had been quietly listening with his eyes closed as if letting Simone's words sink into his head, slowly opened his eyes and looked at Simone.
Simone asked with a still indifferent and curt expression.
“Lord El, what do you think this phenomenon is?”
'I guess I went to the 4th floor last night too.'
This makes it clear that the legless ghost and Simone heading to the fourth floor were separate events.
Even without the legless ghost, Simone headed to the fourth floor as soon as she fell asleep.
'I wonder how things will turn out.'
After finishing her meal, Simone prepared to head straight to the capital.
She met El sooner than she thought, but it turned out well since they had to meet anyway.
“Simone, are you okay?”
Anna asked worriedly as she watched her preparing to go out more briskly than usual.
“You’re still not feeling well...”
When Simone falls asleep, she finds herself possessed by something without realizing it and heads to the 4th floor.
Is it okay to go all the way to the capital before you can figure out what's causing the behavior?
Even though it was something that the Grand Duke of Illeston had permitted, Anna couldn't shake off her unease.
Of course, Simone is capable of resolving the threat right in front of her on her own, but in this case, she was too helpless because she was asleep.
“It’s okay. No, even if it’s not okay, I have to go.”
Simone spent nearly a week trying to figure out the cause and solve it on her own.
If the answer still doesn't come out, it means that it's an answer that Simone couldn't come up with herself.
Simone is not the type of person to insist on something she cannot do.
She left the mansion, leaving her worried servants behind, boarded the carriage provided by the Illeston family, and headed to the capital.
***
“Are you here?”
The one who welcomed Simone upon her arrival in the capital was the Crown Prince Louis.
She had told Louis that she was heading to the capital using the communication stone Orkan had given her, but she had no idea that he would be waiting to meet Simone in person.
Simone spoke expressionlessly to Louis, who was looking at her.
“Thank you for welcoming me, but aren’t you busy?”
Louis smiled gently.
“I’ve somehow finished my busy work. And even though I’m busy, Lady Simone is coming, so I should come in person. Aren’t you a noble of the royal family?”
“No, I’m saying this because I feel burdened.”
Simone looked around.
If you're going to come out to get me, do it quietly and secretly. If you come in a royal carriage, won't everyone around you just stare at the two of us?
It was extremely embarrassing. Soon, as Simone's gaze grew filled with discontent, Louis shrugged his shoulders.
“I understand how you feel, but this is His Majesty the Emperor’s order. It is to keep a ‘promise,’ so please bear with it even if it is burdensome.”
If it's a promise, does it mean Louis' promise that Simone will be able to live proudly as a necromancer within the empire?
“Isn’t that better?”
“What is it?”
Louis chuckled.
“You said you would make a contract with Count Chaylor. I think you should do something like this so that he can learn a little about Lady Simone’s greatness.”
"Aha..."
Only then did Simone realize Louis' intentions.
This is to show openly that the royal family regards Simone as a noble and to take preemptive action to prevent Viscount Chaylor from treating her carelessly or playing around with the contract.
Simone nodded her head in thanks and walked away.
“Count Chaylor is said to be arriving here late in the afternoon. So I’ll try to meet with El before I meet him.”
“Then it’s even better that I welcomed Lady Simone. I was the one who asked Lord El to meet with Lady Simone. I should at least say thank you.”
“...Would you like to go together?”
I think about it again, aren't you busy?
In fact, even when Louis was working as a staff member at the mansion, there were times when she wondered if it was okay for him to postpone his duties as the Crown Prince.
Even if he had no choice back then to save the Emperor, now every day must be full of things to do as the Crown Prince.
“Let’s go.”
Louis guided Simone to where El was.
In fact, Simone did not know that Louis continued to work as Simone's employee to get some rest and relaxation from the hustle and bustle of work.
***
Simone arrived at El's house a while later and looked around the still-dusty interior. She knocked on the wall where there was a hole the size of a mouse hole.
Then, Elle saw Simone through the crack in the hole and quietly came out of the room, looking at Simone from afar.
Simone greeted him with a gentle smile.
“El, it’s been a while. How have you been?”
El didn't respond to Simone's greeting, instead frowning and glancing at her.
It was the first time Louis had seen him, who always acted like an indifferent boy, frown like this. El opened his mouth.
“It looks like you’re not doing well.”
“...”
As expected, age is not something that is wasted, and fairies are fairies.
He seemed to notice right away that Simone's physical condition was different than usual.
“Did you suggest that we meet to show me the condition of your body?”
“There is that, and there is also other business.”
“Let me hear it first.”
El dusted off the sofa with his hands and gestured for them to sit down.
Simone sat down on the sofa and placed two forbidden books on the table. As she placed the forbidden books down, the wind blew a cloud of dust and they fell to the floor.
“Our first task is the interpretation of this forbidden book.”
El glanced at the forbidden book and said.
“It’s a forbidden book about necromancers.”
“Do you know this book?”
When Louis said this as if he was surprised, El shook his head.
“I don’t know. I just felt the aura of a necromancer in this book.”
“That’s right. These books are about the skills of a necromancer. I read them but I have no idea what they mean.”
“If you have never learned and practiced the skills of a necromancer, then you will not understand them even if you read a book.”
It's like a child who knows nothing suddenly trying to understand a college thesis.
In countries where necromancers are managed at a national level, these books are not only not banned, but necromancers even use them as textbooks to teach and learn from each other.
This goes back to a system similar to an academic education, and those who grew up in such an environment will naturally be able to understand this book.
However, in the Luan Empire, where the mere existence of a necromancer is subject to execution, it is naturally impossible to read books or learn techniques.
El looked at Simone, who was looking at him with serious eyes.
Interest would be a thirst for such unlearned necromancer skills.
Although El was not a necromancer, he had lived for over 400 years and knew a lot, so it wasn't difficult for him to teach her.
'The problem is whether those who have learned the technology will abuse it.'
Living for 400 years and knowing a lot means that you have witnessed both the greatness of the necromancer and the end of those who exploited him.
El was one of the few living people who witnessed the journey of the necromancer Anasis.
Simone, as seen by El, is very smart and clever.
She is a person with a similar aura to the Anasis he saw 300 years ago.
'And the power it has...'
El checked her condition again and sighed.
In fact, he had tried to distance himself from necromancers after the Anasis incident, but seeing her physical condition, he felt he had no choice but to help her.
“And the second matter, as you may have guessed, is regarding my physical condition.”
“...It’s a very strange flow of mana. I bet you felt extreme pain.”
“As expected, Mr. El knows right away.”
“How did you know I would know about this?”
Simone probably didn't know he was a fairy. As El's eyes widened, Simone answered leisurely.
“Orkan told me. Lord El is someone who has greater mana sensitivity than Orkan and also has deeper knowledge.”
“Orkan, don’t say that.”
El blamed Orkan. Simone smiled, and then her expression changed to serious again.
It would be true that they would need to talk a few more times to lighten the awkward conversation with El, but now is not the time for that, so let's get to the main point.
“When I fall asleep, my body moves regardless of my consciousness.”
“...”
“While my body moves like that, I stay in a space created by a curse, one of the curses of the mansion.”
“...”
“Also, when I wake up from a very short sleep, I suffer from extreme pain, a strange pain, as if my soul is being torn apart and reassembled in a larger form... When I wake up, I lose most of my memories.”
Louis looked at Simone. That was how the story he had heard the day he stopped by the mansion had gone.
Simone was suffering from terrible pain.
Louis' expression changed to one of surprise as he just realized that the situation was getting this serious.
Simone continued speaking, not noticing the look in his eyes.
“Also, the people in the mansion who were watching me when I was in that state said that at that time, I had destroyed and absorbed the ghost.”
El, who had been quietly listening with his eyes closed as if letting Simone's words sink into his head, slowly opened his eyes and looked at Simone.
Simone asked with a still indifferent and curt expression.
“Lord El, what do you think this phenomenon is?”
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