With Rene the evil spirits disappeared, and after that they did not appear this evening.

And the party that stood in the temple, and dawn, went with the dawn to the royal castle.

"Let's get as close to the royal castle as possible and rest before noon."

From the standpoint, Winter Le makes a decision.

Nevertheless, Wilfred and Catherine have no objection to this.

Until now, I've avoided even daytime because if I get too close to the royal castle, I can't evacuate by nightfall.

But with the power of a silver whip, it proved possible to fight.

The situation is still harsh, but it is impossible to escape forever, so we will have to jump into the core of the situation with our knowledge of the dangers.

"I found this silver whip 'usable' in the cathedral.If so.... "

"The night is revealed in the cathedral. Let's start by looking for the cathedral near the imperial castle."

It was fine this day.

Still, the stone city is left with meltable snow, and even the cold wind blows through the sun.

So far, I had never been attacked during the day, but everyone was still nervous and eventually silent.

As we progressed, the surrounding scenery changed slightly.

"What is this?"

White rose-like ornaments are scattered throughout the building's houses, with flags and colorful drapes hanging in some places.

In a stone city with a simple and robust atmosphere, it even had a heterogeneous atmosphere.

"... in the kingdom of Siel-Teira, it is a decoration to celebrate the reign of the new king.I only remember seeing it once... "

Catherine says.

Wilfred did the same.

It would have been about half a month since a series of ceremonies were held to celebrate the throne.These decorations are customary throughout the country.In the case of Hilbert II, it was too special (...) meridian (...) latitude (...), so those who were lost in judgment or actively opposed did not decorate the festival decoration, so it became an uncomfortable scene.

Winter Lady, take this!

An Imperial soldier looking around pointed at a strange stand.

Everyone stops by the straw, and the high sign is stamped with a tentacle.

It depicts a rose of fresh blood as a symbol, and it says...

"'Dedicate the suffering of the sinners'?"

Say, "Give death."

Say, "Give up your suffering."

The order written in Rene's name... no, it was a threat.

If you kill two, you will be free. The description came with a pin, and Wilfred felt cold.

"Yoshiza-san, I'm sorry that you attacked me... that means..."

"All the spirits trapped here are suffering unbearably.

So if you see someone alive, you try to kill them, and.... "

And silence.

Perhaps that's how the city perished.I don't know what happened to the first one or two, but the others are in the hands of the city's own people.Rene herself killed each other without doing anything.Catherine says, "René likes to do it."

But if you need two deaths to free one, it's not enough to count.The King's City Labyrinth is where the fallen widows wander in search of salvation.

"But what is the 'most sinful'?

This condition will not be fulfilled as long as this kingdom exists and becomes the crucible of evil spirits. "

In winter, Dali wrinkled between her eyebrows and looked harsh.

There's only one candidate for erasure.

Are you Marge?

"Because there are very few other living residents.

I don't think we're a target. "

"Nuu....."

Wilfred stared so far, but he had no idea why he was the 'most sinful'.

For now, I understand the principles of the evil spirits' behavior, but a new mystery has just emerged.

"... for now, let's investigate the royal castle"

I'd like to investigate it while it's light.

"Yes, I wouldn't bother to come here at night."

I was in a hurry so I still had a little time to spare.

One of the three Imperial soldiers will go looking for his position tonight, and the rest will go exploring the royal castle.

And when I saw the royal castle, something strange happened as early as possible.

"... what is that?"

"It's like there's a sign... no, wait"

In the city of daylight, which had been completely unattended until now, I saw a figure.

But they just stood there and didn't feel a sign.

As he approached carefully, it was a doll.

A doll dressed in a sack of flesh and fitted with a hat on a properly round head.It stood all over the city.

"It's a doll, or should I say oysters?"

"How could something like this happen..."

When you look around, there are shadows in the building.

It was an appropriate doll to observe carefully.

"What the hell? I think it's the Kakashi Exposition."

Wilfred told me to mislead the creepiness, but nobody laughed.

I thought it wasn't a very good joke.

"What does this doll mean?"

"I don't feel suspicious.It doesn't look like a trap. "

Wilfred approached the doll carefully and kicked lightly.

The doll collapsed without particular resistance and did not get up or explode.

Walking through the city, a doll stands on the walls of the royal castle and in front of the gate.

There was a gatekeeper in the armor of a little haribote, but of course it was also a doll.The party was able to walk through the main gate, which was left open, without being stopped.

"Let's go to the Throne Room."

"... it looks like the general is here anyway."

It was Wilfred's first royal castle.

I don't know if this is real, but in the magnificent royal castle made of white and clean stone, some creepy crimson carpet made its way.

The high ceiling seems to collapse somehow, and the fine pillars seem to collapse somehow.

It was a beautiful place visually, but surrounded by strange pressures.

And there are a lot of dolls there.

A royal knight wearing haribote armor, an official nobleman wrapped in a bright cloth, and a maid wearing a suitable cloth cap.Of course the puppets didn't move, so it was a view that seemed like time was freezing.

"What the hell is this place...?"

Wilfred was walking carefully to protect Catherine no matter which doll was stripping his teeth and attacking him.

Beyond the large staircase was the Throne Room.

Since it is also used for ceremonies, the room, which was made widely as if it were an indication of national authority, is a cancer, and there are three figures and dolls that exist.

At the far end of the throne, a doll was sitting with a crown with a deciduous leaf on a piece of wood.

On their sides were two knight dolls in white and black, each wearing haribotte armor.

"Hilbert II..."

"Sir Largebeck, should I say Second Knight?"

"So that's Lawrence Reinhardt, the First Knight Commander...?"

A doll of a king and two knights.

Other than that, nothing in particular.

The throne was creepily quiet between the stained glasses and the lights.

"Where the hell is Princess Vengeful?"

"Sure... I thought I'd be here if I were you."

"If it gets dark, will it come out?"

The party starts to look into the Throne Room surprisingly.

But in the middle of the throne, where none of the pieces of dust have fallen, I can't even feel someone stepping in front of Wilfred and the others in the first place.

There are only three dolls quietly.

Wilfred pulled out the sword that the white armored knight doll was holding on his waist.

Far from the glow of blue silver that I heard in the song, there was a dull metal glow.It was just a stick without even a blade.

"It's a fake anyway.Teira Ayul, the magic sword of the National Treasure, I've been longing for it for a while. "

He should have the real one.

"Then this might be ironic.Compare it to reality..... "

Hilbert II's doll is wearing a garbage-like cloak with a face that seems to have been deliberately painted.

Lawrence's glorious Magic Sword is nothing but a dull shining stick.

Wilfred wondered if René was sarcastic about the false prosperity that existed above his tragedy.

Compare it to reality?

But Catherine noticed something when she heard the words.

…………

Yes, yes, that might be it! "

With her honeycombed hair, she leaves the throne room early.

Wilfred learns about it, and in the winter, Le Chien looks a little bit at each other before continuing.

"Obviously, the surroundings of the imperial castle are different from the other unmanned towns.

There is a decoration to celebrate the reign of the new king, a statue of the country (...) people (...), and the throne is occupied by Hilbert II....

This is the capital of the King when Hilbert II was singing a song about the world for a while.

If that's the case, she is!Where is Rene!? "

"What? Where is it... the dungeon of the royal palace?"

"No, it's not."

The party left the castle under Catherine's lead.

Catherine seemed to know the way... only around this royal castle might have duplicated the King's City itself... by going down the boulevard full of dolls and turning to the intersection.

Eventually we arrived at a place as robust and intimidating as a small fortress.

"Detention facility No. 4. It was originally a facility where sinners awaiting trial were held, but it was different at the time."

"Wow...."

"René was being held captive and tortured."

Without windows, the building was sunk in a blood-colored darkness.

The smell of iron stung my nose.

The place that entered through the front entrance of the detention facility was an incredibly large space from the outside.

In a room bigger than the Throne Room earlier, there were a terrible number of body bags hanging from it.