It was already more than twenty years ago. The day of the death of Meldenik's mother, the Duchess of Babyloa, was depicted in front of me as if it were real.
"If I die, you who cheated on me with my husband will take my place." Her voice was sickly and overly fresh. Hildegard frowned. I've always hated that woman's composure, but today I did even more. Even before death, there is no monster that is so calm.
"You're going to die anyway. Look at the hideous pattern covering his body."
"Alas… It is called the curse of the dragon that fell on our blood relatives. But I'm not dying because of this pattern." At some point, a black pattern appeared on the body of the previous duchess, for unknown reasons. People said it was a sign of death. However, she persevered resolutely. It was the same today. He just looked at Hildegard with a slightly emaciated face.
"I'm dying because you poisoned my food."
"…What?"
"But no one listened to me."
"There's no way you'll listen to a woman who is cursed and works today and tomorrow." The woman followed with a gentle face and gasped again. "You'll die cursed one day."
Did you say you knew how to make short prophecies? I don't remember exactly. Then he died shortly after. Hildegard, who forgot those words immediately, was full of ambition. It was the position of the duchess that was obtained with great difficulty. Therefore, Hildegard had no choice but to cling to my legitimacy even more.
The nightmare was over now, but Hildegard continued to grope her face. It was because he remembered a terrible message that he would die cursed. Hildegard opened his eyes wide and looked around. Fortunately, this was inside the carriage. The nightmare shown by the welcome stone was over.
"Duchess, Madam."
As soon as the maid spoke in a bewildered tone, a flash of light flashed from the pendant that rolled to the floor of the carriage. A terrible vision that could not even be compared to before struck Hildegard again. She began to writhe and move. A dark face, a dark night, and a strange black smoke from the pendant chewed and engulfed Hildegard's entire body. The evil deeds that Hildegard had been doing so far began to play in her mind.
"Wow, wow!" Hildegard gasped and pressed down on her throat, as if she were breathless.
"As a demon, I don't say this, but this is a really bad person." Ordinary people don't lose their minds when they see visions. It's just a terrible nightmare and a little traumatizing.
How many people did you bully and kill?
The demon's voice brushed against Hildegard's ears and soon faded away. However, Hildegard still saw the spirits of the people he had tormented and eventually died. It was because she had too much blood on her hands.
"Huh, hehe… Ugh!" Hildegard's mind was already shaken and began to fall into a rapid coma.
Thud!
His body curled up to the floor like a rotten log branch.
"Madam! Come to your senses! Coachman!"
At the maid's cry, the carriage that had been running down the main road stopped in the middle. The door of the carriage opened quickly, and the maid rushed out and screamed, "Please, someone please help me!"
The maid sweated and scrambled out of the carriage to pull Hildegard's cold body out. "Driver! Report it to the security forces. Please!"
However, desperately, there were only coachmen around him who were bewildered and shaking their hands. Hildegard did not bring a single knight from the House of Babyloa to this place. The reason was simple. He didn't want to let people know that he was heading to a stationery store in Meldenik.
"Uh, uh, how…" The maid looked at her master and froze in bewilderment.
Suddenly, Meldenik came into her field of vision.
I don't know what the hell Meldenik is good at.
She remembered the past when I openly ignored the status gap, but now was not the time to judge the situation. The maid stopped as she tried to ask for help without hesitation. Behind her stood a man she had never seen before, like a yacha (a fierce, demonic being).
I reached Hildegard's carriage, which came to a complete stop. On the side of a large boulevard, Duchess Hildegard's body in a coma was stretched out. Her face was covered in hideous spots and all sorts of ancient words.
How does it feel to be caught in the welcome stone you devised?
I've been looking forward to this day since my petit debutant. After Viscount Tern and Hildegard left the academy with a welcome stone made of stone.
I wish I could see the nightmare and do some good deeds.
I brought the welcome stone to my stationery store and carried out a complete renovation. And I put it on top of the stationery store like bait. She intended to make her have nightmares with the illusion stone, inflict pain, and then summon the demon for just three seconds to clearly tell her what she was going to do.
Hildegard tried to give the children a terrible nightmare in order to gain his own benefit. Therefore, on the contrary, I thought that I had to face it myself.
But something was a little strange.
This is… It's out of my expected category.
I glanced towards Hildegard and then looked at the maid who was looking at me with her body stiff.
A quiet voice came from behind me. "Don't panic, Mel."
I looked around. As a result, even the air that touched my cheeks was different. Before I could even realize the facts, someone covered my eyes behind my back. A big hand covered everything from my eyes to my lips.
"It's dangerous if you get close. The Duchess completely let go of her mind and chose to escape reality."
"…Isaac?"
I could feel a hint of anger lingering in the subtly decadent voice of the man.
"You're so nice."
"What do you mean?"
"I guess I was going to show him what he did."
I was hot for a while. This man was quite smart. The welcome stone rolling on the floor, Hildegard, and looking at me and figuring it out so far.
"The problem is that she has sinned too much." His crooked voice made me feel like fluff was rising in my ears. He continued as if he were talking about today's lunch menu.
"…Yes?" His voice gradually approached my question. The voice quietly descended to my ear. My lips barely touched my ear and then fell off.
"The Duchess should see all the evil deeds she has done in her vision. That's why I fell into a coma."
Is that possible?
"A few murders, more than that. I won't be able to break up for the time being."
When I didn't answer, his slow tone became even more impatient.
"So what do you want to say?"
"Yes."
"I used illusion alcohol… It means not to feel guilty. You didn't do anything wrong."
If it feels like you're worried, you're mistaken. I squeezed his hand, which was still covering my face.
Suddenly, Hildegard's words came to mind. She always told me.
'Your mother is cursed. And so do you.'
Did he kill his mother while saying that?
I gently pulled off the hand that wrapped his hand tightly. Finally, I began to see Hildegard in front of me.
"Thank you for telling me that."
I quietly reached out to Hildegard. Then he closed her eyes, which only showed the whites of her eyes.
"Hello."
Hildegard was not completely dead. But I felt like I couldn't face her fully anymore.