Chapter 165 – 8. Perisha, the Proud Lady of a Suspicious Baron

Talk tok-

As I was playing with her fingers rolling the necklace that was rolling on the desk, Undine, who was lying on the bed, shook – flew next to me and whispered in my ear with a disgruntled voice.

[I asked him to bring it and he gave it to me. Why are you kidding me?]

She said it in a cute voice, so she laughed something, but as long as she laughed, she shook her hand and spat out an excuse.

“I was thinking about what to say.”

[Okay- Then I’ll be playing with the kids-?]

“Yeah, thanks for bringing it.”

Uung-Undine lightly stirred her hand, and a blue ring of water droplets appeared. After Undine, who gave me a wry eye smile, disappeared, I was left alone in the room, pondering over her words that popped into her head, and finally tidying up and grabbing the necklace.

Back-

Hung-Hung- I closed my eyes tightly to the necklace that reacted immediately as I spilled mana over the palm of my hand, clearing my throat at the languid voice I heard as the trembling stopped.

“Long time no see.”

[Oh, what will the master do to me-]

I opened my eyes, glaring at the red jewel in my palm, opening my mouth with difficulty.

“It’s nothing else, because I have something to say to Sierra. Are you nearby?”

[Huh- It’s sad, you contact me, but you’re really looking for a girl-]

After reading the playfulness entangled in the sticky voice, I smiled bitterly and tapped the jewel with my finger. Here Minerva didn’t break her playfulness and had to take the initiative away from her as she was almost at the mercy of her until she handed it over to Sierra.

Grabbing her necklace and placing it right in front of her mouth, I commanded Minerva in her low voice before she could say anything.

“I’ll fuck you like a dog when you get back, so change it.”

[Hmm…]

With a strange nasal sound, haha, Minerva began to breathe heavily, then made a knock-tock-tock-knocking on the desk, and then with a squeak-push of a chair, Minerva spoke to me in a wet voice.

[Whoa- I didn’t think of that when Undine came to visit… But hearing her voice makes me feel hot for no reason-]

Along with the sound of footsteps over the jewelry, the small but noisy voices of the villagers were heard one by one. It seems like nothing’s going on- Just as Minerva’s footsteps stopped with relief, her small voice came through the jewelry.

[I’ll change it, so keep your promise-?]

[Yes? What did you say?]

Sierra started talking to her, as if Minerva’s whispers were directed at herself, but Minerva gave her cute snort and started to answer.

[No, you can return it slowly, so enjoy it leisurely-]

[What is this-]

“Ah, ah- Sierra, can you hear me?”

[Wow!]

Took-

The sound of falling to the floor was heard along with Sierra’s startled voice. Seeing the sight beyond the jewel, I held back a laugh and waited for Sierra to speak to her. Then, surprised, Sierra spoke her words quickly, pouring out her complaints to me.

[What, if it was something like this, you should have told me- I was surprised to hear hallucinations! Minerva-sama is like that too, just handing it over, what is this-]

“How have you been doing? I asked because I wanted to hear her voice.”

Seemingly satisfied with my answer, Sierra’s voice pattered in her ear for a moment, and then loudly- Sierra cleared her throat and asked me in a softer voice.

[Is it so? …Do you think you’ve had a good time?]

The voices of the people who could be heard were cut off, and Sierra’s voice grew a little louder. Imagining Sierra holding her necklace close to her mouth and chattering, I thought it was cute for no reason and answered with a small chuckle.

“Looks like you’ve been fine? Ah, come back soon, because the baron’s work is almost done.”

At my answer, Sierra made a gasping sound and asked in a whisper.

[Really? I honestly didn’t expect it- Who do you think it is?]

I didn’t even expect it- I raised my eyebrows at the honest answer, rolled my tongue and wondered whether to answer or not, but I thought of one thing, swallowed the name stuck on the tip of my tongue again, and covered it moderately.

“I’m not sure yet – I’ll tell you one more time once I’m sure. I want to come back soon.”

[What is it- blandly… Okay. Huhu, do you want to see me?]

My voice was a little gruff, perhaps because I was dissatisfied with my answer, but when I was told to come back, I seemed to be relieved again, so I nodded and answered.

“I miss you. When are you coming?”

[I’m leaving tomorrow. Wait.]

“Yes, I want to see you soon-“

While answering, I was worried about meeting Sierra in person and talking about Perisha.

Just as I was about to finish the story, thinking, “Not now”, A cold voice came from the other side of the necklace.

[Did you touch it?]

Involuntarily, I stretched out my tongue and licked my lips. At the touch of his dry lips, like a cracked field due to drought, he bit down on his front teeth and wondered what to say, but he couldn’t come up with an easy answer.

“…”

I bit my dry lips as my teeth clashed in the chilling silence, and I felt the skin tear open and a little bit of blood. I didn’t know what would happen if I waited any longer, so I spat out randomly and grabbed the necklace tightly.

“No, I didn’t touch it… Just talk about it.”

[The Undine’s didn’t say anything, did you crack down?]

Sierra’s words became shorter before she knew it. To the persistent questioning, I answered in a low voice, licking up the dripping drops of blood with my tongue.

“No, you’re not the kind of kid who will be quiet just because I ordered you to. Just like a little brother? I just happened to…”

[Ha…]

It was a lame excuse I said, but Sierra seemed to have chosen her perseverance over her screams. After hearing her sighs again and again, I swallowed the saliva in her mouth and asked Sierra in a slightly bright voice.

“Since she is an aristocratic lady, she will help run the corps, and the two of you have become close. Huh?”

[That’s it, this is different. Ha, I don’t know My head hurts.]

It was an annoyed voice, but the turning point was passed. Sensing that the nagging she would hear from Sierra, who had returned, was diminishing in real time, I tried to comfort Sierra, still talking in a bright voice.

“I’ll make up for it later. Huh? Love you.”

Words that were difficult even before the first utterance came out smoothly. After saying I love you, Sierra became quiet for a while and, perhaps controlling her emotions a little, announced to me in a voice that had lost her annoyance.

[I won’t care what other unnies say after I come back. I’ll take care of it.]

“I will forgive you anyway.”

I rolled my head, but no one seemed to be angry. All the girls in Hinera Village showed the least amount of jealousy, but they didn’t try to monopolize me.

[No luck.]

Wooung- Ttuk-

With a sharp criticism, the mana flowing from the necklace was cut off. I didn’t know how Sierra quit, but what mattered now was the fact that she had passed a major hurdle.

I didn’t have to be low-key as everyone gave in to me, but I didn’t want to be coercive, so I was satisfied with the solution to the current situation. It was because he said he was a slave, but he didn’t really want a slave.

“Huh…!”

-Dududuk

Recalling the women who were compatible with the title of slave and the existence of family, I put the necklace in my chest and prepared to go out one by one.

In order to capture Bindel, it was the right time for him to leave the mansion.

**

-Hoo-wook!

It caught fire in an instant with a faint smell of oil. I held a flaming torch and stroked the brick wall as I scanned it, but it stayed firmly in place, and not a single brick fell out or moved.

“Whoa, how did you get out of here?”

Tup- Tup- I tried to roll my feet, but only the hard floor felt like the soles of my feet. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t find any traces, so I decided to start looking at the items in the warehouse.

Tuk-tuk-tuk-

I knocked on the shelves with my hands or opened them to examine them, but nothing was missing. As soon as Bindel disappeared from the mansion, the thief didn’t come.

-Kikkik

I wrinkled my nose slightly at the now familiar mineral smell and tried to cover the moonlight stone, which was still ready to touch the lid, but felt uneasy for some reason, so I overturned the box and poured it out.

Tongue- Tongue- Tongue- Tongue-

I laughed out loud at the weakly falling moonlight stones, the falling boards, and the thin trick. I threw the box on the floor and picked up the moonlight stones inside.

Tup- Tup- Tup- This is why I made a fuss about the volume of the ore piled up in layers- I thought back to regret that I should have just put my hand in and not spill it. I opened the boxes.

– Dalgrakdalgrak

I felt a scratch on my wrist as I was digging through the ores, but when I caught a glimpse of the end of the tedious thief catch, I dug through the ores without paying attention.

Unfortunately, the board was not caught, as if nothing else had been touched, but I noticed Bindel’s trick.

“Whoa… Huh?”

Picking up the box I had thrown on the floor with one hand while holding a torch, I found a place that was exceptionally clean even though it was a dusty warehouse due to digging through the ore.

Dragging the box, I set it up near the shelf, and I set the torch close to the floor, scanning the floor like a dog chasing a trail.

“Oh…”

As befits a warehouse with no ventilation at all, dust piled up on the floor, but the dust disappeared the further you went to the corner. Is there a passage through which the wind flows? At regular intervals, he stomped his feet on the clean floor and moved forward, but he did not feel anything.

Back-

I stamped my feet several times as if dancing, and eventually my tail was stepped on. When I brought the torch closer to the feeling of the soles of my feet, there was a very slightly protruding ring, and when I pulled it straight, it was pulled into a familiar handle shape.

“Is there anything like this in the warehouse?”

-Hey hey hey…

When I opened the door with a creepy rusty sound, I saw a dangling string and a deep-looking staircase greeted me. After fixing the door before entering, I tied the sword tightly around my waist and thought about it before holding on to the string and heading down the stairs.