Legend

"Bodies that have become only bones and skins...... is that so much?

To the words of the guard, Ray asks with an unpleasant look.

It doesn't mean I have a strong aversion to corpses, but if they still hear there are a large number of corpses dying in such an unusual way, it's not funny.

"That's right.... Normally a starving corpse or something like that..."

With that said, the guards didn't seem to think that the body they saw was just a corpse from starvation.

In the first place, it's odd to hire an armed escort so far to protect a corpse caused by starvation.

At least the two Rays fought were clearly above the guards, and those who simulated, at the same time, killing the opponent they were capturing in the study and sticking him up against the wall, etc. would undoubtedly be above the guards.

It is obviously uncomfortable that it is the only corpses that have become bones and skins that have been prepared and allowed to protect such an arm-writer - only in comparison to the guards.

"Besides, if it's normal, if it's a hungry, dead body, it's not strange that that's the trail of trying to eat the guy we were with or anything. But that corpse was... beautiful."

I can't tell you how I remember the corpse I saw, whining with some subtle look.

"Anyway, I found a place like that. I came here in a hurry to let everyone know."

In that word, the suspicion of the man in front of him, which was still slightly left, dissolves and disappears.

We found a body with only bones and skin, and we couldn't decide what to do with ourselves, which is why we did this.

(Though, there's a good chance there's a guy in the guard who's connected over there. Because you can't totally trust everyone.)

There was no way to imitate that possibility altogether, beyond the possibility that the guard's information was flowing across the street.

"I know why, but what about this one?

With that said, Ray turned his gaze on the guard examining the switch on the wall.

Ray originally came back to this study with the guards to ask them to check the switch on the wall.

That's why I was wondering if I could go for the body here...

"There's probably no trap. … of course, not absolutely."

Just at that time, the guard who was checking the switch on the wall tells me so.

"Then you push the switch or go see the corpse...... what do you do?

Ray opens his mouth after a little thought to such an inquiry out of the guard's mouth.

"Why don't you just press the switch? Maybe it's a hidden passage or something, but maybe it's the key to unlocking a place that's got something on it."

The guard who heard Ray...... especially the guard who was checking the switch on the wall gives a very unpleasant look.

Once you look it up for yourself, you probably think there's no such thing as a trap, but that's just for as long as you look it up.

I'm not sure I can say it's absolutely fine because it's only a one-handed ability, not a main business.

Think so… but immediately deny the idea.

Even if you don't press the switch in the current situation, you'll definitely end up pressing the switch.

And the most familiar person I've come to this mansion with is myself.

"Okay, let's push."

In the end, he tells him so, and the guard man looks around at everyone on the spot, cautiously.

And make sure no one objects to pushing the switch, then gently reach for the switch.

Everyone, including Ray, is ready to deal with whatever happens immediately... the next moment, the switch plunges into the wall with the sound of kachi,.

But there's no way something's going to happen.

I thought something would happen the moment I pressed the switch, but I looked around like I clapped it out in seconds or so...

"Hey, nothing in the end..."

The moment one of the guards says so, part of the study wall... specifically, the place where the ocean painting was just decorated falls behind.

"Oh."

Oddly enough, those who saw the sight, that is the voice of surprise thrust through the mouth of everyone, including Ray.

There was a slight time lag between the time the switch was pressed and the setup was activated, and the Rays were in a hurry, which is probably why the surprise was raised.

"I didn't think that painting was a setup.... So, what's in it?

Whimpering, Ray turns his gaze to the space created by the picture falling down.

Not hidden doors, hidden passageways, hidden staircases, hidden rooms... but hidden shelves.

Some tools, including some kind of paperwork, are placed inside the hidden shelves.

"You think this is a hit?

"I don't know. I don't know if we're gonna find out, but I think we're gonna have some kind of lead. In the meantime, Ray. Let's put this in your item box and head to the one with the body."

Ray has no objection to that word either, and for now, he will store everything that was in the shelf in mystering.

Some of them looked like magic items, which caught Ray's interest, but we should have prioritized the corpse now anyway.

(Hidden doors or something, I was lucky not to do that, bad)

If there was such a thing as a hidden door here, it would certainly have taken a long time to find out where it lay ahead.

In that case, there is no doubt that the guards that have been left behind by the corpse will be in danger.

At the very least, it is certain that one of us will be protecting this mansion.

"Then go.... Nevertheless, you weren't attacked often, were you? I just think I was really lucky."

A guard who examined the switch on the wall tells him as if he was impressed by the guard who came to inform him about the bone and skin corpse.

Said guards just have a bitter laugh.

Since we had never been attacked, I thought it was probably okay, but I realized it wasn't enough of a crisis.

Most of all, it must have been great to see a large number of corpses with only bones and skins, and to think that this would be a major clue in this case.

"Uh... Ray. I'm sorry, but the body in the hallway asks for the item box, too. I didn't really want to imitate that if I could, but it would taste a lot worse to leave it here."

He was a guard who came out of the room looking a little ill-defined, but Ray didn't even see how he cared, so when he got out of the room, he stored the body there in a mistering... and was led to a place with the body by a guard who came to call us.

"Wow..."

The moment I see that pile of bodies, one of the guards squeals unexpectedly and so on.

I heard there were a large number of bodies with only bones and skin. I was listening...... still, to be honest, I guess I never thought I'd get this far.

Ray is also just amazed what he can do to the sight in front of him.

I even get the impression that the way bones and skinned corpses are piled up in a mess, that's just what keeps unwanted baggage out of the way......

No, if you try to be the one who actually made this sight, you're pretty sure it felt that way.

"This again, for a long time..."

The guards who came with Ray also just squeal in a flash at the sight that is spreading in front of them.

In fact, dozens...... Ray and the guards can only be surprised at the amount of corpses that might reach a hundred people.

"It's a sight we both know we're out of our hands, right?

That's what I'm telling you, the guard who came to the study to get the Rays.

When I first heard the conversation, I didn't think it was too much, but when I saw this sight, I understood why I did so.

"It's a little strange that there are so many bodies, but they don't smell bad at all.... maybe because it's just bone and skin this way"

"What do you think's going on with guts and stuff like that?

"Well, it wouldn't be normal"

Not all the rotten odors drifting from the corpse are rotten odors in the gut...... but it is also true that it accounts for a large proportion.

But the only corpses that are piled up messily in front of me are bones and skins, which are not very much but do not appear to have internal organs in their torso.

I guess that's why so many bodies don't smell like rot or stench at all.

... Of course, other parts are only bone and skin and completely dry as if starved to death, so I guess it doesn't smell.

"It's just that this body is clearly weird. Normally, it would take quite a while to get this dry. Without this many people, it's not strange to get into a lot of noise. … if you can think…"

"Red cloth, I guess"

That's what Ray tells him, as he carries on the word of the guard.

I heard about the fact that many redcloths were taken, so it's not hard to get to that prediction.

But at the same time, questions remain. What did you think made a red cloth such a corpse... not to mention it hasn't been six months since the red cloth was active.

Even so, it was obviously odd that... that it would be a corpse like a mummy.

"Something about magic items, magic, or skills that would speed up time, or whatever that was used for?

"... these numbers, everything? That's why you need to do that?

The guards discuss each of them, but Ray doesn't even know why they actually did this kind of imitation.

If you ask me if I can imitate this in my spare time or entertainment...

(Have a hobby of finding pleasure in killing people in a particular way...... or something? I can't say enough about no guy like that, but it's uncomfortable to see how the body looks)

Ray, who wanted to confirm the body a little more firmly, speaks to the guards who remained on this scene.

"I just want to check on the body, okay?

"Uh... I want you not to touch the body if you can. As you can see, this body is bone and skin, which is pretty dry too. If you touch a corpse poorly, that's what can break your body."

He was a guard who answered that as he looked at the pile of bodies, but Ray questions the words.

"Wait a minute. Then how did you do when you stacked this body?

Yes, if touching the detours might cause the body to collapse, then it would be natural to ask questions such as how to carry the brittle corpse so far and how it stacked up like this.

Did the guards also feel such a ray question, gaze at the messy pile of corpses and open their mouths.

"I know what Ray's trying to say, but I don't know how this corpse happened. That's the normal corpse until it was a corpse and loaded here, and after it was loaded, the situation is like now... there's no denying the possibility, right?

"Ningro, Ray is more of a symptom like that...... no, is that a phenomenon in this case? You know a lot about that, don't you?

Try being a guard, Ray is an alias adventurer who goes to various places and makes various requests.

If so, it wouldn't be strange for the guards to think so, knowing something they don't, as a matter of course.

But Ray shook his head sideways against the words of such a guard.

"I'm sorry, but you can't think of anything for me.... Well, if I use magic well, I feel like I can handle it."

For example, Ray is a wizard specializing in the magic of fire.

Successful use of the magic of flames could also allow for imitations such as rapid drying of corpses.

But that's only because it's Ray, and if you can tell the wizard around... it won't be possible, but it would be something like whether you struggle that hard to do something like that.

"Right. When that happens, other than magic...... do you think there is such a thing with magic items?

"If you ask me if I do, I don't think that's strange to have. But why would you bother to imitate that?

"Is it because you don't spread the stench of corpses around you? If there's a rotten odor, they might know there's a lot of bodies in this mansion."

There was something convincing about that opinion, but given the size of this mansion and the location of this room, it is not conceivable that there would be a deodorant flow outside.

At the same time, Ray thought that maybe it wasn't because of the smell outside the mansion, but because it didn't smell like rot inside the mansion.