Simone moved before her companions could even understand what she was saying.
The road to the Occult Society is very long. She can explain it as they go, and even if she is absent-minded and talks nonsense, her companions will understand at least roughly.
In fact, it was also an attempt to take advantage of this chaotic situation.
The reasons for going to the occult society and the strange phenomena occurring in this world are so many that if they listen closely, they will have many loopholes.
The group exchanged suspicious looks but followed her without saying much.
They managed to quickly get out of the mansion, weaving through the crowd of people with their bodies twisted, cut, and torn apart.
Neither the carriage nor the horses they rode in were of good quality.
The carriage that Louis personally brought to take Simone to the capital was also rendered unusable after the horse collapsed from poison.
“This is difficult. I have to run to the Occult Society.”
“The Occult Society is in the capital. Why would you walk that far to get there?”
It takes half a day to get from Illeston Manor to the capital by carriage.
If you walk, it will take a day or two no matter how hard you run.
Although it was a very daunting situation, the group walked forward without hesitation, with puzzled expressions on their faces.
Because there is no time to even think about it.
“Teleportation... would be difficult?”
The road to the Occult Society is very long. She can explain it as they go, and even if she is absent-minded and talks nonsense, her companions will understand at least roughly.
In fact, it was also an attempt to take advantage of this chaotic situation.
The reasons for going to the occult society and the strange phenomena occurring in this world are so many that if they listen closely, they will have many loopholes.
The group exchanged suspicious looks but followed her without saying much.
They managed to quickly get out of the mansion, weaving through the crowd of people with their bodies twisted, cut, and torn apart.
Neither the carriage nor the horses they rode in were of good quality.
The carriage that Louis personally brought to take Simone to the capital was also rendered unusable after the horse collapsed from poison.
“This is difficult. I have to run to the Occult Society.”
“The Occult Society is in the capital. Why would you walk that far to get there?”
It takes half a day to get from Illeston Manor to the capital by carriage.
If you walk, it will take a day or two no matter how hard you run.
Although it was a very daunting situation, the group walked forward without hesitation, with puzzled expressions on their faces.
Because there is no time to even think about it.
“Teleportation... would be difficult?”
“Oh. It’s dangerous.”
Orkan answered Bianchi's question immediately.
Of course, if it's Orkan, it would be easy to teleport them to the capital, but the problem is that the capital is now completely turned upside down.
Immediately after teleporting, users become temporarily defenseless.
If there are moving corpses at the teleportation location, they will be defeated without being able to use any force.
The group started running.
“Listen carefully.”
Simone said as she ran, widening her stride to match theirs.
“From now on, while I run, countless people will die and come back to life.”
“Die and come back to life?”
The expressions on the group's faces became strange.
They know what it means to die because they've seen it with their own eyes. But what does it mean to come back to life?
But Simone continued talking without trying to make them understand.
“Not only that, but objects that do not exist in this world may fly in the sky or rise from the ground.”
“What is that...”
“But that’s all an illusion, and I’ll make it seem like it never happened, so don’t worry and just run.”
For a while, the writer's slump continued, and people who were alive suddenly died or people who died violent deaths came back to life repeatedly.
But that was just enough to not interfere with the story's progression. It didn't grow into such a major incident.
But why has the incident become so big now?
The reason is simple. It was clear that someone had noticed this meta-situation and was intentionally taking advantage of it.
Due to recent events, there is only one group that would do something like this.
“I was convinced when I saw the demons invade the mansion earlier. This was the work of the Occult Society.”
“Occult Society... No way!”
Orkan shouted loudly as if he had realized something.
“Are they trying to revive the Demon King?”
Simone nodded and asked.
“When did you say the Demon King would be resurrected?”
Orkan answered with a face full of astonishment.
“When the aura of death... prevails..."
Simone shrugged, raising both hands over her shoulders.
“Is there a better situation for the Demon King to be resurrected than right now?”
They cursed the people of the Delang family and made them a sacrifice for the resurrection of Anasis.
However, when this failed, they later attempted to resurrect the Demon King and use him as a sacrifice to summon Anasis.
What if this very moment was created to revive the Demon King?
“The only ones who would do something like this are the Occult Society. So what power did the Occult Society use to create this situation?”
Orkan was in trouble.
A power primarily used by the Occult Society for their own purposes.
Geneon, who had been listening quietly, snorted.
“What’s the point of asking? Anasis, if it’s a group that follows her, then of course it’s a curse. They would have used the curse.”
"Ah!"
Louis let out a gasp.
If it's a curse, Simone can solve it.
Simone spoke, her expression still unwavering.
“Don’t you think something is strange?”
"Strange?"
“I haven’t seen anyone since a while ago.”
“You mean the Marquis of Barrington?”
Abel spoke straight away. Abel had already noticed the absence of Marquis Barrington since he rejoined Orkan and Jace.
He went out, feeling nauseous, and hasn't been seen since.
She wondered if something had happened in the meantime, but the Marquis of Barrington's body was nowhere to be found inside or outside the mansion.
Simone nodded and said.
“I was curious from the beginning. Why did the Marquis of Barrington come to this mansion?”
The Marquis of Barrington said that he helped Jace fill out his admission papers in the capital. The Marquis' mansion is in the capital.
If he accompanied Jace to the mansion for his safety, he could leave it to Abel and his group that he met in the capital.
But why bother?
“I see.”
Geneon nodded in understanding.
“So, Simone, you suspect that the Marquis of Barrington may have come to this mansion for a purpose?”
“Yes. I think he may have stolen the curse from this mansion.”
The starting point is the distortion of the world caused by the writer's slump.
But it may be that the curse that Anasis herself placed was what caused things to grow to this point.
“But Simone, there’s something I’ve been wanting to ask you for a while now. Is it possible to steal a curse?”
To Bianchi's question, Geneon answered instead of Simone.
“Tch! To be exact, he didn’t steal the curse, but rather stole the cursed object.”
“What is it?”
“You’ve probably seen it a few times by now. What the Occult Society did to curse people.”
"Ah!"
Bianchi let out an exclamation of realization.
"Jewel!"
“Yes. Just like Anasis, they used the method of passing the curse on by infusing it into a jewel.”
Jewels were found, as expected, in the Viscount Delang's house and in the sleeping Emperor's bedroom.
“Even if you can’t move the curse itself, you can move something that has a curse on it. Of course, you have to take the risk of being cursed yourself.”
Orkan's expression became serious.
“Come to think of it... The story of Viscount Delang was also strange.”
It is said that Viscount Delang entered the Occult Society while carrying out the request of the Marquis of Barrington.
Why did Marquis Barrington, who worked at the Emperor's side and knew better than anyone the dangers of the Occult Society, allow Viscount Delang to approach the Occult Society?
When Orkan became quiet, Abel asked.
“So what curse did that guy steal? Did you just say that because you had a guess?”
“If I had a guess, I wouldn’t have explained it in such detail.”
But if this situation was caused by the mansion's curse, it makes some sense why she didn't know.
If a curse is this dangerous, the previous patriarch probably wanted to hide the existence and content of the curse.
As with the Occult Society, a curse that is too dangerous runs the risk of being exploited.
Even if it was written down in the manual, it was likely lumped together in a way that it is difficult to tell what it means at first glance.
For example, they might have written down instructions to completely block access, such as not entering the mansion's library or not entering through the small door in the backyard.
Orkan, the first of the group to understand Simone's words, nodded.
“Once everything is resolved, it would be a good idea to check the contents of the manual one by one. Such a dangerous curse. If we don’t properly understand it, the world will end in an instant.”
“Is that important?”
"...Yes?"
A voice that sounded very uncomfortable for some reason was heard. Simone glared at Orkan and raised one corner of her mouth.
“Uh... Yes? Hmm...”
Orkan unconsciously shut his mouth. Simone spoke abruptly with a very angry face.
“Does that matter?”
“...”
“That’s not what’s important.”
“...”
“It is important to get rid of the occult society that is so disappointing that you can’t even drink it.”
Orkan was startled and slowly ran backward.
Everyone was equally angry, but he couldn't face Simone's gaze. Her blood-red eyes felt even more frightening today.
While everyone was busy jumping around, keeping an eye on Simone, Simone opened her mouth again.
“While you’re at it, let’s wipe out the whole Occult Society.”
“Huh? Huh!”
Abel answered quickly.
“And we find a way to solve it.”
"Yes!"
“This situation must be returned to its original state, no matter what. If we can’t return all the people in the mansion and the people in the capital, this story will end here.”
Simone gritted her teeth. With these muscleless, flabby legs, she ran nonstop alongside the warriors.
It was something she would never be able to do in her normal life.
But she didn't feel it was hard. She was so anxious that she didn't even have time to realize it because she was worried that she might not be able to save people.
'I'll do whatever it takes to get it back.'
If you have the power to destroy the world, you can't help but hope that you also have a way to turn it all back.
"Ha."
Abel glanced at Simone, sighed, and drew his sword.
“This is why magicians, necromancers, and those who use mana are problematic. When would you go to the capital without using teleportation?”
“This is real! Don’t ignore the wizard, Abel. Have you forgotten who you go to for treatment when you’re hurt, and who will save you when you’re in danger?”
“Be quiet. Orkan, just teleport. Louis, draw your sword.”
“...Are you okay?”
“Yes. The only ones who are defenseless are those who control mana.”
Teleportation is a technique that splits the soul, body, and mana into small pieces and sends them to another place.
Since the soul moves first, then the body, and finally the mana, magicians are rendered powerless for a while.
Since they don't know what the situation is in the capital, it's best to avoid situations where someone is defenseless.
“Don’t worry about it. Louis and I will protect you. Simone is in urgent need.”
Abel and his colleagues are willing to take risks for the sake of their friends.
Orkan didn't hesitate.
As soon as Louis pulled out his sword, a huge pattern appeared at Orkan's feet and the entire group was teleported.
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