It was clear that Vine didn’t care much about the mansion. Otherwise, such old decorations wouldn’t still be hanging in the mansion.
I didn’t know much about the decorations of noble families, but I had developed an eye for them to some extent through my two previous lives.
And I thought it was very fortunate.
Otherwise, wouldn’t the priests have seen that the owner of this mansion was a devil who lived a hundred years without a fight?
That was when.
“Outside! Block the entrance!”
There was a loud noise and the sound of people going outside.
“Is it a monster?”
I looked back at the hallway in surprise. They said there were a lot of monsters in Vine, so it was something to get used to, but I couldn’t help being surprised.
However, to my surprise, Decarabia was calm. She seemed to listen outside for a moment, then shook her head.
“It doesn’t seem to be a strong enough individual to be concerned about.”
“That.”
It seemed like something had come. I finally looked out the window.
Surprisingly, something seemed to be right next to me. I could see Naberus and the other demons standing close enough to the mansion to look down on them.
I opened my eyes wide.
Naberus, who was usually noisy, seemed quiet today.
And that wasn’t enough.
“...?”
He even bowed politely in front of me. It was almost solemn or reverent.
What on earth was going on?
I had just gotten closer to the window when a soft voice suddenly grabbed my ankle.
“I knew you’d be back soon, but.”
I hesitated and looked back. It was Belled, who had been preparing for the Great Prayer. He glanced briefly out the window, not knowing when he had arrived, and then looked at me again.
“It probably won’t be a very nice sight.”
At those words, I suddenly remembered what he had said the first day I saw him. He had said that when they had attacked the monsters outside the carriage. If I wanted to stay here for a long time, it would be better not to see them.
Was it something similar then?
What was in front of Naberus? I bit my lip.
The sight of him slaying monsters was indeed gruesome, but it wasn’t something I hadn’t seen before, since I had seen it several times in my previous life. However.
The Saintess was someone who stood at the forefront of slaying monsters. It was because of that symbolic meaning.
But would be really tell me not to look like that when slaying normal monsters?
Crack.
At that moment, an unfamiliar sound pierced my ears. I thought I had misheard, but I kept hearing it.
Crack. Crack.
A sound like something piercing flesh.
“Kuaak!”
At the same time, a human scream or a roar rang out.
The scream was a voice full of pain, and it had a strange resonance. It was human, but it seemed as if it wasn’t coming from a human vocal organ.
“Don’t look.”
Belled called out to me again, stopping me as I unconsciously turned around. He glanced down and said.
“But this is a matter of the mansion.”
Now that I was the mistress of the mansion, I had to know what was going on with the servants. Belled shook his head at that.
“Even if you don’t see the scene directly, the servants will think you’re great just by caring about them.”
However, if you don’t show it, you can’t know what you care about.
Clang! Clang!
At that moment, a short, strong sound pierced her ears. There was also the sound of something colliding.
It seemed like the battle was over. At that moment, the screams that were causing pain to even those who heard them stopped.
I couldn’t move from that spot. I didn’t know what was going on behind me.
“Are you worried?”
“That’s...”
I bit my lip. Those here are demons. As a Saintess, I might not have to worry about them.
Besides, they were people who harmed humans.
But I was someone who had to show my affection for Vine. Above all, I couldn't turn a blind eye to the people dying right next to me.
Even if they were demons... they had never directly harmed me, so I couldn’t ignore them.
They were acting like people just a moment ago.
I eventually nodded.
“Yes, I’ll go.”
This was going to be my first event as the hostess of Vine.
“Get ready.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Belled motioned to Decarabia. Decarabia glanced outside and nodded.
“Yes.”
Then she left the room.
Belled held out his hand as if he would be personally escorted.
“You’ll get to know Vine a little more directly.”
Belled had no words to clear up my doubts. He was watching the scene with somewhat calm eyes.
Clang.
I didn’t know much about the decorations of noble families, but I had developed an eye for them to some extent through my two previous lives.
And I thought it was very fortunate.
Otherwise, wouldn’t the priests have seen that the owner of this mansion was a devil who lived a hundred years without a fight?
That was when.
“Outside! Block the entrance!”
There was a loud noise and the sound of people going outside.
“Is it a monster?”
I looked back at the hallway in surprise. They said there were a lot of monsters in Vine, so it was something to get used to, but I couldn’t help being surprised.
However, to my surprise, Decarabia was calm. She seemed to listen outside for a moment, then shook her head.
“It doesn’t seem to be a strong enough individual to be concerned about.”
“That.”
It seemed like something had come. I finally looked out the window.
Surprisingly, something seemed to be right next to me. I could see Naberus and the other demons standing close enough to the mansion to look down on them.
I opened my eyes wide.
Naberus, who was usually noisy, seemed quiet today.
And that wasn’t enough.
“...?”
He even bowed politely in front of me. It was almost solemn or reverent.
What on earth was going on?
I had just gotten closer to the window when a soft voice suddenly grabbed my ankle.
“I knew you’d be back soon, but.”
I hesitated and looked back. It was Belled, who had been preparing for the Great Prayer. He glanced briefly out the window, not knowing when he had arrived, and then looked at me again.
“It probably won’t be a very nice sight.”
At those words, I suddenly remembered what he had said the first day I saw him. He had said that when they had attacked the monsters outside the carriage. If I wanted to stay here for a long time, it would be better not to see them.
Was it something similar then?
What was in front of Naberus? I bit my lip.
The sight of him slaying monsters was indeed gruesome, but it wasn’t something I hadn’t seen before, since I had seen it several times in my previous life. However.
The Saintess was someone who stood at the forefront of slaying monsters. It was because of that symbolic meaning.
But would be really tell me not to look like that when slaying normal monsters?
Crack.
At that moment, an unfamiliar sound pierced my ears. I thought I had misheard, but I kept hearing it.
Crack. Crack.
A sound like something piercing flesh.
“Kuaak!”
At the same time, a human scream or a roar rang out.
The scream was a voice full of pain, and it had a strange resonance. It was human, but it seemed as if it wasn’t coming from a human vocal organ.
“Don’t look.”
Belled called out to me again, stopping me as I unconsciously turned around. He glanced down and said.
“But this is a matter of the mansion.”
Now that I was the mistress of the mansion, I had to know what was going on with the servants. Belled shook his head at that.
“Even if you don’t see the scene directly, the servants will think you’re great just by caring about them.”
However, if you don’t show it, you can’t know what you care about.
When I was thinking that way, Belled said.
“So, will you come with me as the mistress in a little while?”
“Where?”
“To the funeral.”
My heart skipped a beat at those short, thick words.
“No way.”
Did someone die there? In the meantime? There was still no sound of weapons clashing...
“So, will you come with me as the mistress in a little while?”
“Where?”
“To the funeral.”
My heart skipped a beat at those short, thick words.
“No way.”
Did someone die there? In the meantime? There was still no sound of weapons clashing...
Clang! Clang!
At that moment, a short, strong sound pierced her ears. There was also the sound of something colliding.
It seemed like the battle was over. At that moment, the screams that were causing pain to even those who heard them stopped.
I couldn’t move from that spot. I didn’t know what was going on behind me.
“Are you worried?”
“That’s...”
I bit my lip. Those here are demons. As a Saintess, I might not have to worry about them.
Besides, they were people who harmed humans.
But I was someone who had to show my affection for Vine. Above all, I couldn't turn a blind eye to the people dying right next to me.
Even if they were demons... they had never directly harmed me, so I couldn’t ignore them.
They were acting like people just a moment ago.
I eventually nodded.
“Yes, I’ll go.”
This was going to be my first event as the hostess of Vine.
“Get ready.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Belled motioned to Decarabia. Decarabia glanced outside and nodded.
“Yes.”
Then she left the room.
Belled held out his hand as if he would be personally escorted.
“You’ll get to know Vine a little more directly.”
Would I see the corpse of a monster?
I thought as I held his hand. Not knowing what I would see.
The place Belled took me to was the scene of a short battle. There was a white cloth covering the corpse.
“The stretcher?”
“I brought it.”
The one calmly commanding the scene was Ronove. He looked a little surprised when he saw me, then looked convinced when he saw Belled next to me.
Was this something that should not be shown to outsiders?
My eyes were drawn to the white cloth again. Who could it be? A demon I know?
While I was tense, a stretcher was placed next to me, and the white cloth was slightly lifted.
“Huh?”
And I was embarrassed. What was slightly revealed underneath was not a human face, but something made of scales and feathers.
Did I see something wrong? Or... was it some kind of armor?
***
The place Belled took me to was the scene of a short battle. There was a white cloth covering the corpse.
“The stretcher?”
“I brought it.”
The one calmly commanding the scene was Ronove. He looked a little surprised when he saw me, then looked convinced when he saw Belled next to me.
Was this something that should not be shown to outsiders?
My eyes were drawn to the white cloth again. Who could it be? A demon I know?
While I was tense, a stretcher was placed next to me, and the white cloth was slightly lifted.
“Huh?”
And I was embarrassed. What was slightly revealed underneath was not a human face, but something made of scales and feathers.
Did I see something wrong? Or... was it some kind of armor?
Belled had no words to clear up my doubts. He was watching the scene with somewhat calm eyes.
Clang.
Before I knew it, a crimson light had come on along the stretcher’s path.
The lantern, which had been prepared at some unknown time, created a path through the darkness as if a path to hell had opened up.
Belled slowly walked along the path, escorting me. People gathered behind him.
A pious atmosphere.
The people who entered the mansion headed toward the graveyard inside the mansion.
There seemed to be too many graves for a noble family’s crypt.
I tilted my head at the vast graveyard at a glance. The demons carrying the stretcher walked without hesitation into the middle of the graveyard.
And the stretcher arrived in front of a place that seemed to have been prepared long ago.
Inside it was a coffin that had already been prepared. In front of it, the demons finally pulled back the white cloth.
“...!”
At that moment, I opened my eyes wide. What I had seen earlier was not wrong.
What was revealed beneath it was a human face half-covered with feathers and scales.
No, it was the face of someone who seemed to be somewhere between a human and a monster.
“What the heck...”
I couldn’t continue speaking. Was this the true form of a demon? There were rumors that demons had horns and wings. Was that true?
However, something seemed strange about that. The appearance of only half of the body covered in feathers and scales made it look like a human who had stopped being a monster.
Besides, don’t monster corpses usually get burned?
While my mind was filled with confusion.
Click, thud.
The heavy coffin lid closed. The people greeted the place without saying a word. Even Belled bowed with his eyes slightly closed.
What on earth was that being?
I watched the scene without being able to sort out my confused mind. And finally, when the people retreated.
[Killatia of Whispers, Sleeping Here]
I found a gravestone that seemed to have already been prepared where the coffin had just been buried.
...Even if they could argue that the grave was dug quickly with the power of demons, when did they prepare and bring the gravestone with such elaborate writing?
“This is...”
It was full of incomprehensible things. Finally, I asked. I had to start with the most important question. Was this the grave of demons?
However, I couldn’t bring myself to ask that, so I asked.
“Is it the... graveyard of the Vine people?”
Belled nodded as he looked at me.
“Yes, this is where the servants of Vine meet their end.”
Then the being that just entered was also a servant of Vine...? That being covered in feathers and scales?
My eyes widened at those words.
The lantern, which had been prepared at some unknown time, created a path through the darkness as if a path to hell had opened up.
Belled slowly walked along the path, escorting me. People gathered behind him.
A pious atmosphere.
The people who entered the mansion headed toward the graveyard inside the mansion.
There seemed to be too many graves for a noble family’s crypt.
I tilted my head at the vast graveyard at a glance. The demons carrying the stretcher walked without hesitation into the middle of the graveyard.
And the stretcher arrived in front of a place that seemed to have been prepared long ago.
Inside it was a coffin that had already been prepared. In front of it, the demons finally pulled back the white cloth.
“...!”
At that moment, I opened my eyes wide. What I had seen earlier was not wrong.
What was revealed beneath it was a human face half-covered with feathers and scales.
No, it was the face of someone who seemed to be somewhere between a human and a monster.
“What the heck...”
I couldn’t continue speaking. Was this the true form of a demon? There were rumors that demons had horns and wings. Was that true?
However, something seemed strange about that. The appearance of only half of the body covered in feathers and scales made it look like a human who had stopped being a monster.
Besides, don’t monster corpses usually get burned?
While my mind was filled with confusion.
Click, thud.
The heavy coffin lid closed. The people greeted the place without saying a word. Even Belled bowed with his eyes slightly closed.
What on earth was that being?
I watched the scene without being able to sort out my confused mind. And finally, when the people retreated.
[Killatia of Whispers, Sleeping Here]
I found a gravestone that seemed to have already been prepared where the coffin had just been buried.
...Even if they could argue that the grave was dug quickly with the power of demons, when did they prepare and bring the gravestone with such elaborate writing?
“This is...”
It was full of incomprehensible things. Finally, I asked. I had to start with the most important question. Was this the grave of demons?
However, I couldn’t bring myself to ask that, so I asked.
“Is it the... graveyard of the Vine people?”
Belled nodded as he looked at me.
“Yes, this is where the servants of Vine meet their end.”
Then the being that just entered was also a servant of Vine...? That being covered in feathers and scales?
My eyes widened at those words.
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