Considering the intimacy with Adam, I couldn’t just kill everyone, so I moderately cast one of my basic skills.
Fizz, Fizz, Fizz―!
With eerie sounds, blue sparks scattered across the bodies of all the servants.
“Ugh!”
“Ack!”
“Ugh!”
In just a few seconds, all of the servants in the dining hall trembled in their places and then collapsed.
The stun skill was not lethal; it temporarily halted the movement of enemies.
Since everyone was holding metal objects, there couldn’t be an easier way.
Unfortunately, the skill was only an attack; the method of killing the monsters was separate.
‘Why do I have to throw the potions every time?’
While sighing at the inconvenience, a good idea suddenly came to mind.
‘Right, I have a gun.’
I reached for the monster tranquilizer gun I used on Cassel.
If I adjusted the pressure back to normal, it could be used as a long-range weapon.
This way was much more efficient than throwing potions one by one; it was quick, accurate, and efficient.
I swiftly loaded a bottle of sunlight potion and turned to ask the aide.
“Hey, are there any more?”
The aide, who had been stunned by what happened, suddenly shouted.
“You, do you know magic?!”
Unfortunately, I was an NPC, so I couldn’t use second or third-tier expanded skills with flashy effects like other players.
I could only use basic skills that everyone could use, but now they were enhanced with maxed stats.
If using health and attack power could be considered using magic, then yes, I used it.
“Can’t you tell?”
“We obviously searched the room and found nothing…!”
In the scenario, there were events where weapons or accessories were dropped, big or small.
Naturally, I didn’t need anything, so I sold all the miscellaneous weapons I collected from hunting, leaving nothing but potions.
‘Oh, correction.’
I only have a weapon.
“So, can I only use magic?”
Click.
I aimed the monster tranquilizer—no, the potion gun at the aide and grinned wickedly, just like how he did a moment ago.
“I’m also good at shooting, you know.”
Fwoosh!
I pulled the trigger immediately, and the yellow potion shot out in a straight line.
“Ugh, damn it!”
Bang!
As he closed the door, the aide narrowly avoided the potion baptism and disappeared quickly with hurried footsteps.
“Thanks for closing the door.”
I let him go without any lingering attachment.
As expected, I couldn’t defeat the level 25 boss with this potion alone.
‘Well, now it’s time to find some good items.’
Click.
I hummed a tune while loading a new potion bottle.
What followed was, well, a massacre.
Fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh. Fwoosh.
Sizzle, sizzzzzle―.
“Eek!”
“Eeek!”
“Ughhh…”
「 You have defeated [Lv.2 Dark Eater Centipede] using the [Potion with Sunlight]. 」
「 You have defeated [Lv.2 Dark Eater Centipede] using the [Potion with Sunlight]. 」
「 You have defeated [Lv.2 Dark Eater Centipede] using the [Potion with Sunlight]… 」
The water gun shots swiftly killed off the monsters hiding within the bodies of the servants.
They leveled up because of the boss’s appearance, but it was all meaningless as the hosts to be controlled didn’t move a muscle. Thanks to that, my mouth hung agape in astonishment.
‘What a windfall.’
They gained a level, and the Essence of Darkness has doubled!
Having conquered all the monsters easily and quickly thanks to the potion water gun, I then tucked the gun back into my back pocket and frantically picked up the items.
When I was done, I had a whopping 24 Essence of Darkness.
‘Holy moly. Combined with the three I picked up earlier, that’s 27. 98-27?!’
I couldn’t have been more satisfied to collect nearly 30 at once.
It was when I was grinning from ear to ear since the stress I had accumulated because of Cassel had been relieved.
Bang―!
The door that the aide had closed earlier burst open, and people rushed in.
“What’s going on here?”
「 [Adam Hailey] has strong suspicions about you. 」
‘Crazy. Why is he here?’
The sudden appearance of the main character caught me off guard for a moment.
The sight of me standing alone in a crowd of fallen people was definitely suspicious to anyone who saw it.
“Bill said he heard strange noises coming from the dining hall, so I came.”
Adam Hailey scanned the chaotic dining hall.
“Did you harm these people?”
After glancing over the fallen servants, his gaze finally fixed on me, with his clear blue eyes staring directly at me.
Although the system window indicated he was suspicious, his lack of expression made it impossible to discern his thoughts.
‘I should have pretended to be knocked out as soon as he entered.’
Honestly, I had been too careless. I didn’t expect the boss to escape and bring Adam here.
Since revealing my true identity to the Count wouldn’t do him any good, I thought he would be more careful.
‘I might end up being labeled as a witch at this rate.’
I stepped forward to explain hastily.
“I didn’t harm anyone! It was just an accident…”
“Be careful, my lord!”
“Don’t come any closer!”
The aide, who had been standing beside Adam, shouted, followed by the butler.
I tried speaking politely and respectfully, switching to the lowly NPC, but it had the opposite effect.
Shhhh―
When the two servants, who had served the lord for a long time, stepped forward to confront me, the knights standing behind the lord started drawing their swords one by one.
‘Should I just kill them all?’
Adam, as a main character, had no reason to be manipulated by lowly creatures like monsters.
Besides, in a situation where no one knew who the hosts were, wouldn’t it be okay to eliminate everyone, including the boss, and then explain afterward?
‘Of course, that would only raise his suspicions to the maximum.’
Although I had given up on building intimacy with Adam in this scenario, I didn’t want to go negative.
While considering even extreme methods due to the annoying situation…
“Explain what’s going on.”
Just then, Adam raised his hand, stopping the knights who were about to rush at me.
‘As expected of the Deity of the White Sword who doesn’t fall for the monster’s tricks!’
After sending some cheesy praise that players would usually say, I quickly explained.
“Earlier, around lunchtime, the head maid came to my room and purchased three to four sleep-inducing potions from me.”
“…Hannah?”
“Yes. She mentioned that more and more servants have been recently complaining of insomnia due to anxiety about the sleepless sinner in the prison.”
[ Hannah Lena, the Head Maid ]
It was an idea that quickly came to mind when I saw the name shown among the fallen employees.
“However, compared to the number of servants she mentioned, the number of potions she purchased was far too inadequate, so I stopped by just in case…”
Adam remained silent.
“But I came after the incident had already occurred.”
I shrugged my shoulders while pointing to the large serving pot on the dining table.
The elderly butler, who stood to Adam’s left, looked a bit perplexed and proceeded to summarize the situation.
“They all fell asleep while eating a meal laced with sleeping potions?”
“These potions aren’t that potent, but it seems quite a few of them have been staying up late recently.”
I casually defended myself again, as this excuse seemed to work just fine.
“Don’t lie!”
It was only natural that the aide would react this way, given my blatant falsehood.
“I saw with my own eyes how you were trying to harm the faithful servants of the Count!”
“The dining hall’s doors were clearly closed. How could you have seen that, aide?”
“That, well…!”
When I pointed out the error, his face turned beet red, and he fell silent.
Then, the elderly butler, with a more composed expression, asked me.
“So why were you just standing there quietly among the fallen people without calling for help?”
“I was thinking about how to resolve the situation caused by the potions I created.”
“…I suppose there’s no falsehood in that.”
Until then, Adam, who had been silent, suddenly fixed his stiff gaze on me.
“There’s no way this could be true, my lord! No matter how you look at it, everyone here didn’t fall asleep while eating dinner! That witch woman is definitely trying to harm them…!”
“Check if there are any injuries or fatalities.”
As the atmosphere gradually eased and the aide kept forcing me into the role of a witch, I interrupted and turned to face Adam directly.
After a moment of silently observing me, Adam gestured to the knights standing behind him with a jerk of his chin.
The knights spread out and checked the fallen servants.
After a while, one of the knights returned to Adam and reported.
“We won’t be able to accurately confirm injuries until the people wake up, but thankfully, there are no fatalities.”
I breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, I had been worried that one of the knights might be an imposter and that they would pretend that someone was dead.
Adam looked at the agitated aide and spoke.
“So it seems.”
“This…!”
He couldn’t say anything more since everything was proven, and his anger swelled.
‘Hehe.’
I smirked meanly, mocking him to death.
Of course, my hood concealed my expression, so no one could see it.
“I apologize deeply for this situation, Count. The people who are asleep will wake up soon. I will be more careful in the future.”
Seeing that the situation was somewhat resolved, I quickly made my exit.
It was my first time using the stun skill on humans instead of monsters, and I had no idea how long the effect would last.
If even one person woke up and they started questioning me, it would be a disaster.
“I need to go check on the sinner, so I’ll take my leave…”
Taking advantage of the moment when the knights were moving the fallen people, I tried to quickly pass by Adam.
“Wait.”
Suddenly, Adam stopped me in my tracks.
I was taken aback and froze in place.
“What’s the matter…?”
Adam scrutinized me with his cold eyes and suddenly asked:
“Was the pay insufficient?”
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