Chapter 465 – Distortion (3)

Well maintained garden. When we arrived at the mansion, the head deacon greeted us.

“Are you here, matriarch?”

“Long time no see. “Other than the first time we said hello, we’ve only met in writing.”

“That’s right. “I’ve worked hard so far, but I’m a little unsure whether I’ll be satisfied with the eyes of the head of the family.”

“Well, it seems like I’m doing well so far, so it’s okay.”

Although I am relaying my movements to the imperial family little by little, that much is expected. In the first place, really important work was not entrusted to the head deacon, so it doesn’t matter yet… Was that the meaning of those words?

The head deacon bowed his head with a slightly troubled expression.

“Thank you for your kind words. You must be tired after coming a long way, so what can I prepare for you? “Either you have a meal or a rest, we will quickly prepare it for you.”

“Do both. Just prepare a generous meal. Because there may be one more mouth. Oh, by the way, where is Tarla?”

“All right. “It is said that Tarla is using the room that Karla previously used.”

She nodded her head at the owner’s words and poked Carla’s side.

“Carla.”

“Hya?!”

Carla, who was looking around the inside of her mansion with emotional eyes and silently exchanging greetings with some of the residents, jumped up in her place.

How on earth was she concentrating?

She said, giggling against Carla’s pouting lips.

“I heard Tarla is in the room you used to use? “Can you guide me?”

“Oh, yes. “I’m a little embarrassed to think that I’m showing my room to the owner.”

“I guess it’s Tarla’s room since she’s using it now?”

“… “So now that I’m next to you, you’re my master?”

No, you are accepting this like this?

As her mouth opened in an unconscious daze, Carla crossed her arms towards me with a triumphant expression on her face.

Very natural skinship. To this, the reactions of the people greeting us around us were mixed.

Some people had expressions of loss like the gatekeeper from a moment ago, some had wry smiles as if they were ok as long as Carla was happy, and some had expressions of emotion as if they had just seen something very romantic.

Hmm… The last one is probably the one who has heard only good rumors about me.

You might not have known it before, but ever since I became Duke of Lindelheit, the imperial family has been manipulating rumors in a positive direction.

It’s like falling in love at first sight at a slave auction and spending a lot of money to save him.

No matter what world or era, everyone seems to like a salvation narrative.

These days, I have been living in a corner of an old dormitory, so I walked around the inside of the mansion with Carla, enjoying the different perspectives I felt for the first time in a long time.

“Here! After passing the stairs in the central lobby, there is a fork in the road on both sides, and in the center is a portrait of the first head of the family…”

“You have my portrait?”

“To.”

Carla looked dumbfounded. In fact, in a way, it is natural. Although they use the same name, Lindelheit, the current Lindelheit and Carla’s Lindelheit are strictly speaking different families.

So, it would be right to hang a picture of me, the founder and current head of the new Lindelheit family, on the portrait hanging on the central staircase, which is the most visited place.

… In fact, it was a portrait drawn based on a painting of a life cycle that I drew before, so it was a good drawing, except that it was a bit unimpressive.

While nodding inwardly. Elayna looked at the hanging portrait and was amazed with her eyes sparkling.

“Wow! “You look just like your godfather!”

“Quiet, quiet! The Yandel student thinks he’s a bit nicer and more handsome than that guy, so he shouldn’t say that!”

“It’s so similar?”

“There are some truths that we don’t want to admit. “You will understand when you grow up!”

“… “Aren’t you and Iona the same age?”

“Uh-huh! Uh-huh! Call me godmother! And just because you get older doesn’t mean you become an adult!”

Taking advantage of this moment, Iona subtly declares that she is loyal, and Elaina tilts her head as if she doesn’t quite understand.

At that innocent gesture, the attention that was initially focused only on me and Carla turned to Elaina as well.

Even at first glance, his appearance is unusual. In particular, attention began to focus on her horns and tail, which were reminiscent of a dragon. Soon enough, she turned to the other hatchlings around Elayna.

None of them said anything, but they looked at me and the other women in turns with their eyes wide open, so I could guess what they were thinking.

It’s a well-known fact that I can be tolerated.

I decided to take this opportunity to say something.

“It’s probably not what you think. Let me just say that they are kids similar to me. “First of all, I have decided to adopt you as your guardian, so please know that.”

“All right. “I will do my best to bring shame to the name of the dukedom.”

The owner of the house nodding her head towards the hatchlings, and the other employees. Elayna, embarrassed by this, looked away for a moment and then hid behind me.

Then, while hugging her tail, Elaina sticks out her head, bows her head slightly, and hides again.

Thanks to this, a warm smile spread around her, and I was able to look around her mansion with Carla’s explanation in a softer atmosphere.

So we arrived at the top floor. I arrived at the floor where only the head of the family and his direct descendants could stay and opened my mouth.

“You’re here, Carla?”

“Yes. “The room at the end is the room I used, sir.”

And it might also be the room where Tarla is.

Is it because we fought together last time? Or is it because of Tarla’s strangely friendly attitude? She was a little worried to hear that she almost died.

So she quietly asked the owner of the house who was following behind her.

“What have you been doing Tarla?”

“He’s not doing anything.”

“What?”

“You really didn’t do anything. She asked for a meal or simple assistance, but other than that, she never called for servants. “He just stayed in his room all day.”

“…”

No, after hearing that, I suddenly started to get really worried. What. What on earth happened? Are you seriously injured?

I walked faster without even realizing it. I stopped for a moment in front of the door I arrived at and took a breath.

“Whoa.”

I took a deep breath and slowly knocked on the door.

Smart.
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But there was no answer back.

… When I think about it, it seems a bit like that. I’m a homeowner. Do I have to watch out for trespassers?

She got angry and took out her dagger. It’s because I’m angry, not because I’m worried about Tarla, who never answers. Really.

She struck down the dagger with an excuse she didn’t know who she was addressing.

Kaang!

Then the handle broke very easily. The unlocked door slowly began to open.

Sigh-

At the same time, an interior covered in suspiciously thick darkness was revealed.

“This… ?”

“This is not ordinary darkness, master.”

“I guess so. To begin with, it’s broad daylight now… This energy. “This is the power of seething silence.”

The power of seething silence is fundamentally secretive. Therefore, it is difficult to notice even if you are a little far away, and even I had no idea until I opened the door.

But if you see it with your own eyes and feel it with your own skin, you will know it even if you don’t like it.

I don’t know why, but Tarla is currently surrounded by the seething power of silence.

Even the density is unusually thick.

“No way… !”

Tarla currently possesses the divine power of five evil gods. It is also the power of a dead god, so it is pure power itself that cannot be controlled by anyone else.

In other words, it was possible because Tarla was born as an evil saint and was born with a fraudulent lineage called Lindelheit, but it was not a strange situation if it happened at any time.

Didn’t Tarla say that she had recently suffered a serious injury while fighting Aji Dahaka?

They say there was no danger to her life, but… In the end, it was just a guess from those who served Tarla, not what she heard from her own mouth.

Even if you look fine on the outside, what if you have serious internal injuries? What if, because of that, she is unable to properly control her divine power and is going berserk? It’s usually not serious.

The moment when thoughts reach that point. I felt like something was falling down.

Is it an impatience for a time bomb that will explode at any moment, or something else? Without giving an answer yet, I infused magic into the dagger.

Ugh-

“Master?!”

“Get out of the way. “I’m going to take it right away.”

A ray of white light rises above me. Although the owner had changed, the dagger began to react violently in front of the darkness that still contained the power of the evil spirit.

I forcibly suppressed the guy who was acting like he was going to blow up the entire room at any moment.

“It only cuts down on authority. “You can do it, right?”

Ugh…

The guy who seemed a little disappointed, but didn’t say he couldn’t do it, reduced the size. The light has now reduced to barely covering the day.

But it does not mean that the power has weakened. Rather, it has become more condensed and sharper.

I grabbed that guy and swung it towards the cocoon surrounding Tarla.

“Hmph!”

Whoops!

Darkness splits without power. In it…

“Ahh! Why do you say that… ! Forget! Forget me! No, if everyone’s memories in the world disappeared… ! “What on earth was Yandel thinking when he saw me?!”

There was Tarla kicking away the blanket.

… Hmm. I’m glad you seem to be full of energy.