The wise man returns

It was an ordinary maid who came out from behind the approaching light as expected, and if there was anything unusual, she seemed anxious.

“... Hah. Ha.”

As if something was following behind her, the servant glanced behind her back with an interfering gaze.

Balin also looks behind her back, but there is nothing but darkness there.

"What the...? ’

I wanted to be scared of ghosts, but in my opinion, it took the servant girl ages.

She appeared to be in her early 20s and had already passed the age of being afraid of demons.

"If you're not a ghost... are you afraid of being discovered by others? ’

The moment he was convinced it was a covert matter, Valine had already decided how to move.

‘Let's follow this maid first. There's something fishy going on here! ’

If it's nothing special, then you can subdue the servant girl and dig up the place.

At least an employee who is employed in a mansion knows more about the structure of the castle than Balin.

The resolute Balin clings to the back of the servant girl.

The servant continued to look back and forth without noticing that there was no stalker.

In the meantime, Balin was able to go out between the halls and see the places in the city, like a lie, about ten minutes to follow the servant girl.

Overall, it felt very old-fashioned, but the strange thing was that the atmosphere inside the castle was cold and depressing.

Not only did I feel that way about Balin, but the other maids who happened to see me passing by seemed depressed as well.

More like a big cemetery than a castle.

If you think about the family customs of the Duke who worships nothing, it was strange.

‘Because of this atmosphere... Even a healthy person will become like a frozen ghoul in a few days. ’

Balin shakes his head in ridicule.

Meanwhile, the servant girl headed to the armory on the first floor of the castle.

Yuck.

Opening the ancient wooden door, someone in it revealed a new life sentence.

At that moment, Balin's eyes opened wide.

There was a man in the armory. A man with a slight clenched fang. The Dark Mana roams all over his body.

"Vampire! Vampire!! ’

The moment I laid my vampire in front of my eyes, I saw Sonya for the first time, and her fury bloomed.

I felt a strong urge to tear myself apart and burn myself right away. Kill innocent people twice and never suck blood again.

“You... were here first. ”

“Of course, of course. My love.”

On the servant's call, the man in the armory rolled his mouth and walked.

Wow!

There was no point in hugging each other.

It seemed like they loved each other.

‘That's why you tried to stay out of sight as much as possible. ’

The relationship between employees and foodies was different for each nobleman.

There were those who were also strictly forbidden to allow generosity, but it seemed that Duke Abel was close to the latter.

“I missed you. You haven't shown up in days...”

“I'm sorry. I wanted to meet you, but I didn't have time. ”

“Okay, give me a hug. ”

After finishing speaking, the servant immediately confronted the man.

Balin turns to the entrance with a shivering look as he peers at the men's and women's meeting.

It was then.

“Queek! Cough! Queek! Y-you!! ”

“Yes, I wanted to meet you. I wanted to hold her neck tight like this. ”

Suddenly, the servant girl's screams hardened her face and moved her gaze into the warehouse.

There was something amazing happening there.

The man who had just whispered love was choking the servant girl.

“Oh, I love it. My plan. This is how beautiful it is. ”

“Ugh. Ugh. Eeeeeek!!"

The servant is already foaming at the strength of the man's grip.

There couldn't have been more time to hesitate.

Balin simultaneously casts Silence and Ice Bolt together.

Disperse!

“Ugh!”

The man instinctively shrugs at something that struck his finger on his throat.

There was a concern that if I gave him a moment, he would leap out.

Via the method of the stockade, Balin held the hands of a man and cast a seven-class ice age spell, Maha Frozen.

Papajob!

“Ugh, ugh! * Cough * * Cough * ”

The man struggles to resist the cold, rising in his hands.

But if I could resist, it wouldn't be a class 7 magic.

In a flash, the man froze on the outside and inside all at once and turned into a statue.

Balin draws his sword from there without stopping, putting ether on it.

Spain!

A blade of blue light splits the man's body horizontally.

Now that the cold is gone, the man never comes back to life.

“I see...”

Balin pushes the man's body piece into a corner and turns his gaze to the servant girl.

The red handprint leaves a nasty lather, but she's still alive.

In silence, Balin, who holds up his hand on his belly button, blows Mana in without delay.

A warm, warm Mana spreads throughout the body and loosens clogged blood and wounds.

“Ahh… ugh. ”

“You're awake. ”

To the maid who opened her eyes, Valine deliberately responded in a cold tone.

What he needs now is information about the structure of the fortress, not the love of the maid.

“Hiic!”

As soon as she heard her voice, she couldn't move and trembled.

“Am I dead? So this place is going to heaven? What?”

“No, you're alive. So just calm down. ”

It was simple for the crying maid to recognize this place as the ground, not the afterlife.

It ends with showing the appearance of the armoury and the body of a sculpture or dead man.

The servant surprisingly quickly calmed down.

It was also the employment of a dancer.

“... Thank you. You saved my life. ”

“What happened? What about this house?"

Balin asked the servant girl a question.

I had a hunch, but I wanted to make sure.

“... one day people started to change. More people are disappearing. ”

“The disappearing? ”

A suspicious look in Balin's eyes glows.

A little more guessing, the servant slowly began to reveal what had happened to the duchess.

Just as the place itself was not a popular place, Balin was able to calmly put the black things that were happening in the Duke's head.

* * *

“That's what happened. ”

“... Yes. ”

At the end of the story, Valine nods with a calm look.

According to the servant girl, one by one, workers, soldiers, and even knights are disappearing.

I was on a mission, but when I heard they left, nothing came back.

In addition, it is not uncommon for a servant or a butler to suddenly disappear or become unreachable.

What's even weirder is that the Duke is hiding it thoroughly.

Just like on an island in the Sea of Observation, there's minimal interaction with the outside.

The colleagues I worked with were reduced quickly, so I had to darken the servant girls' faces.

“So this is...”

“He's a survivor who swore an oath to me. He was a palace eater. All of a sudden, you're trying to kill me. I don't know what happened. ”

When she finished speaking, she bowed her head and began sniffing.

They would have loved each other sincerely because they swore an oath.

That fiancée tried to kill herself. It seemed to feel a lack of betrayal.

“Didn't we meet before today? ”

“... Yes. I'm sure he was the one who promised to leave this place sooner or later... why...”

The servant girl who could not finish the sentence sniffed again.

Balin seemed to know the cause.

‘You're a vampire. He may have been a human then, but he was probably summoned to the Duke a while ago and became a vampire. ’

Once you become a vampire, you still have memories of your enemies as humans.

However, it is merely a past experience, and vampires who are completely dependent on the parent vampire no longer value the old memories.

The outside is definitely the same as the old man, but the inside is a magical object that obeys the master's command and craves blood.

“... ”

Balin waited for the servant girl to stop crying.

It was better to keep her opponent, how this man has changed, a secret.

Sometimes sweet lies are better than harsh truths.

“Did you cry a lot? ”

“... Yes. Thank you… ”

A certain amount of time later, Balin finally gets to the point.

“I'd like to know the overall structure of this castle. Right now.”

“... that's cheap enough for a life. I understand.”

The servant explained the structure of the castle in a calm voice.

On the first floor, there were main lobbies, warehouses, kitchens, and more and more secret facilities.

“So the duc's room...”

“It was originally the top floor, but you suddenly switched to the central part of the castle's locker room. I don't know why. ”

“... Got it. ”

Now that I know the structure, I have nothing more to see this maid.

The servant girl opens her mouth carefully behind Balin's back, headed for the door.

“Hey, are you friendly with this duke? ”

“... maybe. ”

Balin hesitates a little and replies.

Now that the vampires have taken over the duchess completely, there's no mistake in fighting the duchess.

The servant girl who heard the answer said with a lonely smile.

“Then I beg of you. Please, the people who did this to him, must have... revenge, revenge...”

“Got it. Don't worry. ”

I have that duty to the enemy you seek revenge on.

Balin, who swallowed the hind horse, plunged back into his seat.

The center of the castle, where he was headed, was the Ducal Abel's office, which had just changed.

* * *

There were some people walking through dark halls.

Each one was dressed differently, but each necklace was the same.

“What happened? ”

“Well, it's a big deal that the duc's suddenly looking for us. ”

Those who talk are the dietitians who stay in the Duke.

Until just now, I was on guard outside, and the morning mist was covered in drops of water.

“What's the big deal? I heard it's a simple interview. ”

“A simple interview... not for dawn. ”

“Maybe he's trying to negotiate a salary? Is that all you have to say without the others finding you? ”

Those who roamed around laughed as they heard that the salary negotiations were coming together.

Originally, the duchess' diners received a certain amount of gold from the duchess in exchange for their stay, which is called the annual salary.

In other words, salary is a material expression of the Duke's need for them.

“Don't you think the atmosphere has improved noticeably lately? ”

“Of course. Soldiers and knights are gone, and if the maids get used to it, there's no place for them to go. ”

The words of a man who was unlucky in a worrying tone, and his companion who was walking next to him, nodded and shook his head.

“There's nothing there. We're here.”

“You guys? You don't deserve this! Competitors!”

“This guy?! Taste the flaming selfishness of your opponent! ”

When the man who first brought it up rebuked him, the other eaters laughed and made fun of him.

The middle-aged wizard who was following behind them smiled calmly.

You seem pleased with the liveliness of your young friends, but the reality was quite different.

It is because the identity of the middle-aged wizard was a Balin enchanted illusion.

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