Reincarnation Monarch

"Excuse me, is anyone there?"

Asio raised his voice on the doorstep of a brick house.

But there was no response at all from inside.

"... sorry - are you away?"

As Azio raised his voice again, Rodemul, who was circling beside the building, raised his voice.

"Dear Asio, come here!

All of a sudden, speaking from the side, Azio gave a slightly surprised look, but Rodemur's voice had an atmosphere of urgency, so he turned to the side of the building with a slightly blushing face.

"What's wrong? Mr. Rodemul."

Then Rodemul said, pointing his finger at the windowsill with a harsh expression.

"Please look inside the building"

Azio looked at the tip of Rodemur's finger pointing as he looked a lot more blurry.

Then,

"... fire!?

Azio saw the inside of the building blackened in black, screaming unexpectedly.

Then Rodemur beside him stared at the building with utmost calm and said:

"No, I was wondering if things were a little different from the fire. If you look closely, you can't see any signs of burning just because it's dark. It's that table, for example. It looks like it's burnt in black for a moment, but if you look closely, there's a plate on the table. And there are ingredients on that plate. And as far as its ingredients go from here, I wonder if it's bread?

Rodemul told me, Azio stared at the table with his eyes like plates.

"... Sure, that's bread. So what's like a bottle next to it, a glass bottle to put wine in? Is that a glass cup in front of you? Then it's crazy! If it's a fire, it's got to be bread, glass, burnt, and no traces!

"It is so good to see you. So I'm guessing this windowsill is also firmly in the window frame."

"Right! Sure it is. If the reason for this blackburn is a fire, then naturally even this windowsill must be melting down. Yet it is just dark and solid. That means…"

"It's probably black smoke. I thought black smoke might have dripped in already."

"You mean just smoke?... and indeed that would be the reason for this blackness. But..."

"Yeah, there's no fireplace or anything like that in this building. So where did the smoke come from?

Azio thought deeply into Rodemul's inquiry.

But in the end, I couldn't find the answer.

"... uh-huh. If it weren't for the fireplace, it would be the kitchen - but I wonder if I could get enough smoke out of the kitchen to make the house so black?"

Then Rodemul grinned and revealed his thoughts.

"Dear Asio, I know it's not the kitchen. Perhaps... underground."

Then Azio turned hazy.

"I see! Right! Underground!... but why smoke from underground?

Then Rodemur answered with a grin.

"I don't know that. If you don't try..."