The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time

"Isn't it better to stop visiting the Duke directly? I'm also concerned with hearing ..."

"That's no good. If I don't go with the appointment, it's a bad idea. And this is a unique opportunity."

In a carriage, Duke Hadros Jahan told the opposing secretary so.

"The dignified changes of the Duke of Al Krem and the nobles who serve it, the mysterious movements of Duke Sauron and Duke Hartner, and the stinking smell of the Duke of Fazon ... above all, the suspicious movements of the Prime Minister of Telcatanis and the temple, their truth Is held by Vandalou Zachart.

It's a unique opportunity to reveal it. ''

"It's true that the members of the Zachart Honorable Earl Family are suspicious. But how much isn't as influential as a Dampir boy?"

Hadros nodded with a bitter smile at the secretary's opinion.

"I don't think he's behind everything, but he knows one part of it, and if he can do that, it's a very true guess of what's going on now. It should be "

Hadros was convinced that something big was happening in the world now. Numerous mysterious incidents that began with the failure of an expedition to the Boundary Mountains of Milg Shield, an enemy country. That's not just what I mentioned earlier.

Hadros carried out investigations using the intelligence services of the Duke of Jahan, but was unable to confirm the truth of those cases. That is why we cannot miss the opportunity to meet Vandalu in the name of a medical institution in a place where she cannot escape under the guise of "visiting".

"And the escort is perfect, right? I'm bringing you, Rudario of" Mt. Maruyama, "a secretary and one of the elite" Nanayama generals "of the Duke of Jahan. "

The Duke of Jahan is located in the snowiest part of the Orbaum, and the seven altitudes from the north to the east that separate the sea. Rudario, one of the elite squads, sighed.

"Duke, I can't help but manage the world alone. There are so many powerful enemies who can't make the time to escape, and there's always the possibility of falling into that situation.

At the very least, I wanted them to be brought back from "Nanayama Shogun". "

Rudario, who says, is taller in race, but only a little less than 180. Along with Hadros, a giant with a height of just over two and a half meters, it looks like an adult and a child from a distance.

However, his ability is the exact opposite of his appearance, and he is a strong man who can kill Hadros as easily as a child.

"That would be impossible. I'm dissatisfied with an elite knight in the carriage behind."

"I'm dissatisfied. To their extent, when I propose a withdrawal, they'll be rolling off of the archetype."

"It's better to be a little more careful with words. That's why you hate military officers, and you're almost there."

The gate of the psychiatric clinic is opened by guards guarding the gate, and two carriages of the Duke enter the premises. The moment he got off the carriage, Hadros smiled from his face.

(What's this weird air?) I'm surrounded by strangers and feel uncomfortable as if I'm being seen. Stupid, this is just a captivity.)

This clinic was just a confinement facility, according to Hadros. It is a place to keep untreatable patients under the guise of hospitalization and to imprisonment until the death of aristocratic children and those who have been lost in a fight for successors who have been too bad to act.

For this reason, there should have been no fear for Hadros, the active Duke of Jahan.

However, the atmosphere of the clinic had completely changed.

"His Excellency ... It seems something has happened in the clinic. I don't feel the smell of blood, but something unusual has happened.

Rudario also suggests that. But Hadros decided he should go.

"No, if you have such an unusual incident, you have to make sure it, ahead of the other dukes and the central nobles.

Rudario gives me this, other servants are waiting in the carriage. Don't go outside until I return. Half of the knights guard the carriage here, and the other half has to leave in the lobby on the ground floor. …… A battle can be performed at the discretion of each member. I take responsibility. "

"" "I wish!" "

Hadros ordered so, and the Rudarios began to move briskly. He receives a basket containing the gifts from Rudario and enters the clinic following the leading knights.

As the knight and Hadros stepped down, nothing seemed to happen to the reception and lobby. Staff are bowing deeply at your guests.

"Rashhamashita with Yokoso, Duke of Jahan. Tadaima, Director Gamairimas."

The staff at the reception bows with a distorted smile and says so. He lifted his mouth wide, splitting his mouth, but his eyes were wide open, a face that seemed unusual at a glance.

"His Excellency ... all the people in the clinic who are now losing their insaneness and under the control of somebody."

"Do you understand?"

"Yes, I've seen humans hijacked by ghosts or inanimate demons, but similar."

While talking so quietly, a stranger appeared from behind the hallway. The director should have been an elderly man, but the man who appeared was in his thirties, a slim figure with a well-dressed beard wearing monocular glasses.

"Welcome to His Excellency, Duke of Hadros Jahan. I'm Luciliano, acting Deputy Director of the House."

While saying so, bowed with flowing gestures. The beauty of his manners suggests that he is highly educated.

"Thank you. But what is the deputy director? What happened to the director? I haven't heard anything ..."

"I'm sorry. The director is sick today and is lying on the floor. He seems to have eaten too much dinner."

"I guess I'm overeating ..."

When I entered the clinic with an unusual atmosphere, the director of the hospital overeat and fell asleep the day before they visited, and a man who appeared to be an unidentified substitute came out.

Hadros did not even consider this a coincidence. For a moment, you turn your heels and think about how to escape, but you don't know what's going on.

Hadros was confident. Although there is also a rudario, Hadros himself is actually a considerable user. The body is robust because of being born into a giant race, and it has the power of a B-class adventurer by training from an early age. In this case, it is easy to break this clinic-sized wall with a fist and escape.

Hadros thought that if they were in danger, they could escape.

(If you do not enter the dragon's nest, you will not get a dragon egg. You should proceed without hesitation)

"I see. I'll ask for guidance."

"I was afraid.

Following Luciliano's guidance, Hadros and Rudario headed to the staff wing, where the staff and doctor's rooms were located, rather than the patient's room.

"Isn't this a sick room?"

"That's right, but now I have free time .... Vandaloo Zaccato is in the courtyard."

"free time?"

"Yes, it's time for patients to walk freely into the hospital and on the premises. No matter how comfortable our sickrooms are, if we go out and get the sunshine and don't exercise properly, health will be adversely affected. Because it will come out.

You know, sickness ... oh, didn't you say around here? "

"In a similar word, there's no saying that a healthy body dwells in a healthy mind.

"Rather than when was the free time system adopted? I don't remember it."

Rudario asks, interrupting Hadros's voice. This facility is also used by officials of the Duke of Jahan ... used to imprison people in question. Hadros's uncle ... When the Silky Zaccato Mansion turned into a haunted house, it was too big to hide.

However, it is known to the Duke of Jahan and those who serve him directly that the psychiatric institution is a confinement facility, not a medical facility.

Even if it is wrong, it is not a facility that allows free time to walk out of the building, even inside the premises, to maintain the physical and mental health of the patient, otherwise it is troublesome.

"It will be from yesterday night. By director's order."

"……Your Honor"

"No, not yet."

This clinic has been completely hijacked. The director has already been killed or imprisoned, and the officers have been threatened and obeyed ... maybe replaced by a disguised patient. Rudario, who had guessed it, urges him to escape, but Hadros has determined that there is still no danger.

Then, as we proceeded down the corridor without windows, empty and empty staff members were cleaning. Unusually, when you look at the Duke of Hadros, you just stare at the hollow eyes without a bow.

"I'm sorry. They are very possessed ... I'm tired."

"No, it's fine. I don't want to interfere with my job."

"Thank you for the generous heart of His Excellency."

Then Luciliano bowed down, but Hadros and Rudario knew that he had no greater respect for him. However, such things are trivial compared to the catastrophe taking place in this clinic.

"Hmm? ...!?"

I heard a cry from somewhere. The next moment I thought so, someone crossed the corridor ahead. Something that emerged from the right wall slipped past the left wall and disappeared.

"Please drop, your Excellency!"

"Oh, that one !?"

Rudario appears immediately before Hadros astonished.

"That's a patient."

However, Luciliano goes on without stopping.

"Is it a patient? Is there a patient moving from wall to wall?"

"Yes, as you see it."

"Such a stupid thing ..."

"I'm a patient with multiple personalities that I have seen and treated by Bandarou Zakart. If the problem is that multiple personalities share a single body, then all personalities are out there. You seem to think so, and you did it. "

"I can't understand what you're saying."

For Hadros, Luciliano's explanation was incomprehensible. It may be why Vandaloo, who should be the patient, is examining the patient, but the results are terrible. I wanted to make sure that all personalities were able to get out and work, so I did that. I have no idea what it means.

Nobody struggles if they can, thinking that they can do this.

"I'm sure that's right, but ..."

Insignificant figures run one after another around Luciliano, who continues to walk while saying that. While passing through the left and right walls.

"But I still don't understand. I think it's best to ask myself later.

As he said, he opened the door to the courtyard. Neither Hadros nor Rudario know what was going on up to the courtyard of the clinic.

However, I just knew that the scene was quite different from before.

In the courtyard, which should be dimly surrounded by buildings, soft sunlight shines, trees with various flowers and fruits grow, and several men and women who are patients are playing with playfully installed playground equipment .

Looking up, it seems that there is a huge mirror at the top of the building that reflects the sun and illuminates the courtyard.

Anyway, there are no windows in the building, but they are extremely small. It may be reflected.

"His Excellency, be careful"

Hadros noticed after Rudario's prompt, but all the trees planted were demons.

"Luciliano, the tree growing in the courtyard seems to be a monster?"

"Oh, that's a force majeure. Before we even knew it, it was a monster someday ... maybe, yesterday night. No, I was surprised."

Luciliano answers Hadros's question without surprise. It turns out that neither he nor the patients have any sense of danger to the demonized trees.

"I'm really helped by the blossoming flowers and variety of fruits. I'm going to use fresh fruits for my meals."

I was surprised by an unfamiliar voice and suddenly the person of interest was there.

"Good morning, His Excellency, Duke of Hadros Jahan. Thank you very much for your visit today and there is no word of thanks.

"Oh, oh, thank you for the welcome. It looks fine and above all."

A white skin like a corpse , cloudy eyes, a voice that does not feel animated. Hadros sits on a carpet laid out in the center of the courtyard, while speaking to Vandaloo, who doesn't seem energetic at all, saying a strange word.

"Hello, Duke Jahan. I'm my wife Amelia Sauron."

I was surprised at the greeting of Mrs. in a dress that was simple and elegant, but made of the finest fabrics Hadros had never seen before.

"... Hello. This is my first time meeting my husband, but I'm honored to talk to him who has done a lot of things."

But she reminded her that she was the mother of Elizabeth Sauron who had been hospitalized here because she had been examined by the spies.

"Why is she here?"

"It's free time now. And don't you think it's not unnatural for a couple to be together?"

"... As far as I can tell, she doesn't think she's suitable for this occasion? It may be a misunderstanding, and even if you say a couple, you're not a real couple."

In the meantime, Rudario protests against Luciliano, who claims to be acting director.

The next moment, however, Rudario was armed with his weapon and wet his entire body with cold sweat.

"I'm sorry, I'm sick of this clinic and have been very mentally unstable."

Vandalu talks to Rudario, aiming to kill him.

"So I think it would be helpful if you could take care not to make any irritating statements.

"... I apologize for his subordinates' disappointment. Sorry, he wasn't used to coming to these places."

Hadros feels nothing because Vandalou is only killing Rudario. However, he apologizes for seeing what happened from the appearance of Rudario.

"No, just understand is enough."

"If you are talking about work ..."

"Okay, Amelia.

Let's talk. I also want to ask Duke Jahan, so why don't we answer each other alternately? If the other person cannot answer the question, continue to ask the question. ''

"... It's like playing with words in a different sense than it should be, but it's good. Let's start with a little story as usual, and first apologize for what my relatives did. It's about the victims in the old mansion. ''

"Don't worry. It's not what the Duke did, it's a long time ago. Silkies don't seem to hate Duke in particular."

"Well, that's more than anything."

"A question from me, have you finished your lunch? Will you be ready?"

"No, I've done it. I'm just feeling. Speaking of which, the dress that my wife is wearing is amazing, but where did you make it? Embarrassed, but I never saw the fabric."

"I made it this morning with the thread I put out."

"... I don't understand what I mean ...?"

"So, the question is, can I talk in the usual tone? It changes about the first person, but I feel like my shoulders are stiff."

"I don't mind if I can speak in my usual tone.

So the answer for the dough you just made ...? "

"Okay, let's demonstrate it.

"I spit out the thread from my mouth !? And the thread is on the cloth!"

As he talked, Hadros gradually began to enjoy the questions with Vandaloo. On the way, Rudario came back and called out several times .... I was clearly stopped, but still asked this question.

"I was born between the predecessor, Duke of Jahan, and his regular room .... Huh, when I was convinced, I was embarrassed by my birth and I was dying."

When I noticed, I was confidential in my unidentified Rudario and others.

"The adults around me whispered and whispered, and the children and siblings of the other aristocrats, and the brothers and sisters who separated the blood, moved away from me. My father frowned, and my mother glared to blame me. It is.

When I was young, I thought I did something wrong, but I didn't know what was wrong. ''

Hadros's tragedy was that he had inherited the blood of a giant that seemed to be mixed with his ancestors.

Former father Duke Jahan suspected his wife's unfaithfulness, and his mother hated his child for suspecting that Hadros was born ugly (giant race).

However, Hadros inherits the characteristics of his parents and the Dukes of Jahan, except that he is a giant, and his mother's suspicions fade as he grows up. So, Hadros alone was lost if he did not fail.

The young Hadros did not know why he was sparse. He was excellent, and his studies and etiquette were all above standard, with swordsmanship, equestrianism, hunting, and even the arts he received as a child in his room.

But he was neither praised nor acknowledged by his family.

This is because when Hadros was a child, the Duke of Jahan was more discriminatory towards the new race of Vida than the former Duke of Al Krem and the now Duke of Hartner.

Of course, faith in Vida was acknowledged as part of the Orbaum election. However, all of the new religions of Vida who worship were classified as working classes and had limited habitats and jobs.

Guards, knights, bureaucrats, business owners, and aristocrats were entirely composed of races and elf and dwarf human races.

Some of the humans were of lower working class, but none of the higher-ranking Vida tribes existed.

Hadros was born in such a dichotomized society as the duke and the son of his regular room. At birth, it was extremely small for a giant, and if he didn't look like a "big racial baby," he might have been buried in the dark.

The repressed new race of Vida and the members of the Vida believers hoped that Hadros would grow up and show excellence, rejoice like their representatives, and change the Duke of Jahan.

But the more that expectation grew, the more his father and mother, whom Hadros was most valued and admired for, felt more like a disturbing element that would have had Hadros defeat himself in the future. He focused on educating and loving the bad brothers.

The situation changed when Hadros came into Arda and learned to meditate on the scriptures of the Arda, and was praised by the Lord Alda of the Duke of Jahan.

For the first time, Hadros's parents praised his son. He realized how he could be loved by his beloved parents and family and win the trust of his vassals.

Hadros then became a good Ardaite. Lead the Knights, fight demons, defeat bandits, destroy evil god vampire organizations, and solve food problems and finances in the severe snow country of the Duke of Jahan to protect the law and order and protect the nation. I rushed to do it.

Some of the brothers, especially those just below him and his brother-in-law, complained that "Hadros, born of a new race in Vida, is not worthy of a duke." However, Hadros crushed them with a track record of being a good Ardaist and took the rank of Duke.

About a hundred years later, my father, mother, and other brothers and sisters are already under the soil. Still, Hadros did not want to stop being a good Ardaist. Because he has no other way of life. Besides, he does not know how to be worthy of the Duke of Jahan.

"I didn't question it. I wasn't even conscious. I've had many direct conflicts with the Amid Empire over the last hundred years, insulting that the giants would claim to be Aldaists. I have never heard of it.

But I believed that the teachings of the Temple of Alda in the Duke of Jahan were the correct teachings of the temple that appointed me as the High Priest! … Was that wrong? "

"When I talk to me, Vida, I can't help but make the wrong choice ... but I don't think I'm wrong."

Unexpectedly, Hadros was firmly grasping his shoulders, but Vandalou replied after some trouble.

"Wrong, not ...?"

"Yes, at least I think so."

Children are children, though they were born in the House of the Duke, the largest power of the Duke of Jahan. It would be wrong to blame Hadros for failing to manage the prejudice of the social system and family.

It is normal for children to seek the love of their parents and family, and if they find a way to do it, it is natural to do so. Especially if that's right in the society where you and your family belong.

Hadros is not an Ardaist and even a religionist, and continues to discriminate against his new tribe in his territory. But it doesn't mean he's taking strict taxes from the new race of Vida, and he's not killing him without meaning. It only restricts occupations and places to live.

There is no freedom, and there may be new races in Vida that are suffering from this, but Hadros has moderate control over and exploits the territory, including the new races in Vida, as politicians.

"... Why don't you say you should have been a Vida?"

"If you were a Vida believer, I think it wouldn't have been a bad thing. If you were a child, you might have been assassinated at worst, and at best you would have been expelled from the Duke.

And after the succession of the duke, couldn't the vassals and nobles below the marquis be convinced? "

Hadros is a talented person, but not powerful enough to change society as a whole. If he had chosen to live as a Vida follower, he would not have been in the current position.

Also, the vassal and the nobles below the Marquis follow him because he is a new tribe of Vida, but more of an Aldaist than any other. Once he becomes a Vida, the trust of vassals and nobles is lost.

In fact, some may be drawn to his personality and charisma, but that's something Vandaloo doesn't know.

"Of course, I'm a Vida follower, so I tell you to worship Vida and do what I can for the new ethnic tribe of Vida.

But that's another story, whether you're right or not. ''

"... I was convinced that you wanted to be more aggressive."

"If you're supposed to use a mortar or stake to convert, you're out of luck. It's crazy.

I will not refuse those who come and possess those who leave ... I will keep them, but I will not try to drag those who do not come from the beginning. "

Vandalou does not intend to convert anyone who insists on religion to Arda. It is a waste of time involved, so leave it alone.

Goddess of Life and Love Vida himself may want to be more eager to propaganda, but people have human circumstances just as God has God.

"So why are you talking to me?"

"There's no teaching that Vidas shouldn't talk to Ardas ... As a religious scholar, it would be a problem to ignore human consultations."

"People ... I couldn't be treated as a person unless I worshiped Alda. Faithing Alda was the minimum requirement to be a person.

But that may not have been the case ... no matter what you believe in. Fufufu, Fuhahaha, Hahahahaha! "

Seeing Hadros crying and tearing, Luciliano sat on a carpet and spoke to Rudario, drinking Amelia's brewed tea.

"Your boss seems to have accumulated a lot. I'm crying like my teacher is going to be salted."

"That's right. It was like a person who was in a hurry from the beginning. By the way, are you acting deputy director?-Since when did you become a patient disciple?"

"Actually, the patient's disciple is acting as director."

"Oh really"

The plan that I had originally thought was that Hadros had suddenly exhaled what had accumulated in his chest like a leash, which led to a break. It was the harvest that proved that Vandaloo did not need to be overly vigilant.

"So what are you going to do now? Alda?"

"That's right, but the temple of Alda in the Duke of Jahan does not say that Vida's new race or followers must not be their boss.

And I'm not a priest or priest. It is a simple worker. I'll follow my boss. "

Some reluctant workers may abandon their current life and income, their parents, their wives, and their children for religion. But at least Rudario is not.

"Have you read this and did the Duchess of Honor of Darussia Zaccato recognize the Duke's appointment?"

If so, it is terrible, wisdom similar to the abyss ...

"No, I don't think the teacher or his mother was thinking about anything deep. He seems to have been interested in Duke Jahan, so he just wanted to meet and hear about this opportunity."

It doesn't seem to be the case. Rudario filled the nostrils with the scent of tea and responded with strength from his shoulders.

"Okay ... let's talk about it now that the Highness looks like that. I'm pretty sure she knows about the Duke of Sauron, so even if I hear about the fact that Prime Minister Telkatanis is collecting [Shards of the Demon King] Is that okay?"

"Hmm, can you tell me the story in detail?

"Fufufu, you're right. You've gotten so close with Duke Jahan."

While being watched by Amelia, Vandalu heard an interesting story about the Demon King's Fragment in Hadros's arm.