Chapter 69
“No way… Magi…”
Duke Bell couldn’t believe it.
Just in case, he rubbed my eyes and checked again, but he could really feel the energy of Magi in that doll.
‘The ability to breathe life into non-living things?’
Teleportation.
Transformation into a monster.
Physical destruction.
Naturally, he investigated all the Magi that manifested in the Vallois family.
But this ability was the first.
How can you give life if you’re not God?
It was an ability that was impossible even with divine power or black magic that contracted with life as collateral.
“…Throw it. You can throw it, Duke.”
It was then.
Behind Duke Bell, who was dumbfounded by surprise, the Empress calmly approached, hiding her screams.
And then.
Crackㅡ
He trampled the doll that was threatening him with a sword with the heel of his shoe.
“Beep-beep!”
Struggleㅡ
The startleddoll struggled.
Isilis frowned as if looking at a bug.
Then, after removing the sword the doll was holding, she threw the doll out the window.
“Are you done now?”
“…Yes?”
Surprised, Duke Bell asked stupidly.
The Empress, who had made a noise, tsk, put her hand on her forehead.
“I will tell you what to do. Hurry up and inject black magic into Princess Billishia.”
She didn’t want to mess things up.
So, she raised the corners of her lips and made a benevolent smile as much as possible.
“Shouldn’t you use that black magic that makes her body explode in an instant when she answers against my words?”
“…Yes? Yes, yes, Your Imperial Majesty!”
The Duke, who came to his senses belatedly, rose from his seat.
Phew.
‘Things almost got messed up.’
But something was strange.
Isilis, who was wiping her hand, glanced at the window with a puzzled look.
Magi was originally the ability to kill, not the ability to save life.
The ability to create life wasn’t possible even with divine power.
‘…But at least it’s a stuffed toy.’
No matter what her abilities were, as long as she cast black magic on the Princess’s body as planned, she could take her as a hostage and wield Cassis at will.
‘Then the military power of Vallois and the success of revenge will be in my hands.’
Isilis was already at the pinnacle of her power as an empress.
It meant that if she acquired Vallois’ monopoly of military power, she would have everything.
‘Then I can survive.’
The revenge of killing him will roll in as a bonus.
‘…As long as I cast black magic.’
She looked down at the back of Duke Bell, who was drawing formulas again.
‘If only that formula can be completed.’
Her pale green eyes, filled with a sense of high pressure, were burning like poison.
“Duke. Then I’ll be watching…”
“You can’t do thaaaatㅡ”
It was then.
The Empress’ attempt to turn around at the mischievous voice was stopped for an instant.
“?”
Immature, childish, and mischievous tone.
It’s not Duke Bell.
“I’ve heard eeeverythingㅡ”
“…?”
The voice was heard one more time.
This time, the Empress, feeling something strange, turned her head around.
The red formula to be completed was distorted.
“Y-Your Imperial Majesty!”
Although the surprised Duke Bell belatedly lost strength, the Empress had already grasped the situation.
Plump cheeks protruding from between her fingers resting on her chin.
Purple eyes inherited from Vallois.
“I recorded eeeeeverything, y’knowㅡ”
Recording stone swaying over a mischievous smile.
It was Billishia.
“…You,”
The Empress’ pupils, with blood vessels growing as if they were about to explode, shook.
‘Could it be that she didn’t faint, but pretended to faint?’
A 5-year-old child was lying lazily on the bed, laughing furiously at her.
“Trying to kill Vallois. Kidnapping me and trying to use black magic. I recorded eeeverythingㅡ”
At that innocent remark, Isilis tried to smile calmly.
‘As expected, she’s a child.’
Even if it was recorded, it was enough to steal it.
The Princess was proudly waving the recording stone, as if she hadn’t been aware of the situation until now.
“Baby. There are two adults here, and we have good guts. That recording stone. It will be over if we take it by force.”
“Hmmmm! I’ll never lose it, y’know. I’m a munchkinㅡ”
Bilicia stood up and hurriedly put the recording stone into her pocket.
It was then.
Bang, bang!
The heads of Duke Bell and Isilis turned around at the harsh knock.
Over the window.
The cat doll that guarded Bilicia was knocking on the window with a stern expression.
“?”
The doll’s expression was unusual.
It was evident that it had been thrown out of the window earlier and was angry.
“That stuffed toy should be ripped apart…”
How dare a doll.
This time, the Empress approached as if rushing forward with the intention of tearing it apart, and her face turned pale.
“Beep-beep!”
Something stood behind the angry doll.
“…”
The Empress, whose outline couldn’t be identified because of the huge shadow, moved a little closer to the window.
‘…Eyes?’
Unusually large pupils floated behind the doll.
Upon closer inspection, it was a statue.
The statue in the fountain in the Imperial garden was bending over and watching through the window.
The pride of the Imperial Family made of solid granite.
The window would certainly shatter with a single blow with that terrifying stone mass.
Then the Princess smiled in satisfaction.
“If I give it an order, it’llbreak the window and come in. You don’t want this ending, do you?”
“!”
“If you don’t like it, would you like to have a conversation among us regressors alone?”
“…?”
‘What is that little girl saying…’
At the word ‘regressor’, the Empress’ fan crashed.
The child grinned, perhaps enjoying her expression leisurely.
***
2 hours ago.
“Geez, why did it take so long!”
“Brother Kai, you worked hard.”
“Are you okay?”
Kai, who has gone from being a puppy to a person, was back brushing his cotton candy hair.
At this point, I didn’t know anything.
Holding my brothers’ hands, I secretly tried to check Sian’s well-being.
“Regressor, regressor!”
It was then that something with white wings flew from the sky.
“…Birdhead?”
Surprised, I stuck my head out and looked up at the sky.
No way.
But when I heard a voice that sounded like it would tear my ears apart, it really hit me.
“Birdhead! Come hereee!”
I was shouting at the bird.
“…”
The twins holding my hands hesitated.
Then, all of a sudden, they whispered among themselves.
“…Geez. How cute.”
“She’s cute.”
“I think she likes that bird. Shall we catch it and put it in a cage?”
“Let’s just wait and see.”
“Got it.”
The older brothers, who agreed in an instant, looked at different places and smiled.
“Birdheadl!”
It was either or not.
Two weeks have passed since the bird suddenly disappeared.
It’s surprising that it suddenly appeared, but how did it fly all the way to the Imperial Palace?
“Chirp!”
As soon as the bird landed on my finger, it jittered nervously.
“Why are you here, chirp? Chiiirp!”
However, the condition of the bird was strange.
“…Birdhead?”
“Chiiiirp, chiiiirp!”
It was tugging at my sleeves with its petty beak, knowing that it couldn’t be a guide.
Like telling me not to go any further.
“…Birdhead. How did you get here anyway?”
“That’s not the problem, chirp. This is a scary place. Don’t go, chirp!”
“A scary place?”
It’s the Imperial Palace, though?
Tick-tock.
Let’s stare at the bird with a stupid face.
Flutterㅡ
Before I knew it, the bird climbed over the top of my head and pecked at me with its beak.
“Another regressor lives here! I saw it, chirp!”
“…What?”
Popㅡ!
Before I was surprised, a letter appeared in the air.
“Hey! So suddenly…”
“I’m in a hurry, chirp!”
Taken aback, I hurriedly grabbed the letter and checked it before the other nobles saw it.
[Be careful. The behavior of the Empress of the Rolls Empire is strange.]
“…?”
The content of the letter was concise.
However, the handwriting was more loose than usual.
It was obviously written in haste.
‘But it said the Empress was strange?’
Even at the regular banquet in Vallois, she seemed like an ordinary noble, right?
‘…She’s even the female lead.’
I asked, bewildered.
“Birdhead. Was another regressor living here?”
“That’s right, chirp! I ran away from that castle window over there, chirp!”
“But the regressor had black eyes and blonde hair.”
“That’s right, chirp!”
The Empress’ eyes are light green, though.
‘I haven’t heard that anyone’s eye color changes because of divine power.’
The more I listened, the more puzzling it was, but there was a certain degree of agreement between the letter and the warning from the bird.
After all, she’s a resident of the Imperial Family.
“It’s a scary place! It’s a scary place, chirp!”
The bird probably doesn’t know the concept of the Imperial Palace.
That’s why it’s expressing it as a ‘scary place’ without even explaining it.
For a while, the Guide only repeated the same words.
Scary place.
Scary place.
‘Another regressor.’
The madman who twisted and shook the bird’s body.
I grabbed the letter and put it in my pocket.
It was definitely a dangerous person.
‘So I have to figure out the identity of the regressor even more.’
Determined to do something, my purple eyes sank low and dark.
“Birdhead.”
“…Chirp, chirp?”
“Stick to my shoulder until I enter the trial. When I go inside, I’ll put you in my bag.”
“Suddenly that…”
“It’s a head-on breakthrough. Somewhere, if the regressor sees you, they will know who I am.”
“Chiiiiirppppp!”
It was then.
At my words, the Guide hid inside the ribbon of my dress.
Is it still shaking?
The bird, which had been vibrating for a while, seemed to be hiding, but it jumped out of my ribbon and ran away into the sky.
You’re this scared?
…How trash are they?
“Brother Bian.”
“Hm?”
“Is there a recording stone in Vallois Castle?”
“We have all kinds of things, so maybe there is?”
“…I’m sorry, but can you teleport to the recording stone?”
As I held Bian’s hand tightly and sent a desperate look, the corners of his lips went up.
“Of course.”
Bian smiled and disappeared on the spot.
“W-What!”
The nobles around us screamed.
It was as if everyone had seen Vallois’ Magi for the first time. Bian reappeared a little later, holding a recording stone in his hand.
“Sister, it’s here.”
“Thanks.”
That’s how I put the recording stone, which looked like a stone from the outside, into my pocket.
Of course, with Dad and my older brothers by my side, nothing serious will happen.
But there’s nothing bad about being prepared.
“Good. Let’s go to the trial!”
If I had entered the trial as I was, I would most likely have been affected by black magic.
“Beep, beepㅡ”
“…?”
If it wasn’t for the cat doll that grabbed my ankle out of nowhere.
