1
Mimia was lying down in the cave.
Maybe he might come back on a day trip?
Thinking that, she waited for some time near the bridge but Hiroto didn’t appear.
Perhaps they will not be able to meet anymore?
Or will she be able to see him when it rains again? If it rains, I’ll have to take shelter from the rain again, and then I’ll go near that tree…….
She know what she’s thinking is stupid.
She is a mummy.
The hated person of this world.
and opposite is——-deferente.
Fifty years ago, when half of the human population was dead and the town couldn’t be sustained any longer, the Archbishop summoned Deferente from another world.
Deferente ascended to the throne as the king of this country and issued a decree that not only humans and elves, but also skeletons and mummies should be recognized as citizens of this country.
She heard that was the beginning of iblid system.
It blows the wind of revival of the human population on town and restoring this country.
It was thanks to the Deferente that the Mummies were able to live near their village instead of in the desert.
But it’s been fifty years since then.The town is becoming a place for humans and elves again.It seems that mummies lived in the town a long time ago but they were driven out by giving various reasons.
Since they were originally a race that did not like to fight, they had no choice but to flee when they were approached by armed knights.
(Is that person a descendant of the king?)
Mimia thought.
It is said that Deferente, who became the king, returned to the original world without having any children.Could he be a descendant born in the other world?
She doesn’t know….
She have heard rumors that the recently summoned Deferente are not so great.Even though they were summoned to lift the curse of the spirits, but on the contrary they ended up falling under the curse and turned into skeletons.
A dead person.
Thanks to this, the people of the town no longer respect Differente as much as they used to.
However for Mimia———
Mimia thought of Hiroto’s face.
《I think she’s definitely a cute girl.》
The words she heard when they parted.
《Thank you》
The words of thanks that he said with narrowed eyes.
《That bandage looks good on you.》
It wasn’t a pretty bandage by any means, but she got a compliment.
She was happy…
She thought there will not be any humans who would say that.
Ah.
That’s right.
He isn’t human but Deferente.
(I wonder if I go to the castle, will I be able to meet him…..? But will they let her go on a trip?)
3
Late at knight.
Valkyria stealthily crawled out of her tent.
There were no torches.Even without them, the vampires can see.
Valkyria slipped between the tents and looked into her little sister’s tent.
[Krill, do you want to come with me?]
In the tent, a lump crept into motion and shook the head.
[It’s interesting.]
In the end she still shook her head.
It’s not good.
Its impossible to take krill outside.Giving up,she separated from the tent.
She kicked the ground lightly and soared.When she fluttered her wings and jumped high into the night sky, she saw a black shadow.
[As expected.]
That shadow was her father, zeldis.
[Monitoring the daughter?]
[Guarding.]
Saying so, Zeldis laughed.
[You are going to meet that man, right?]
[I thought of catching him this time.]
[I also want to see that man’s face.]
Valkyria laughed.Zeldis followed suit.
[You are my daughter, after all.]
[Whose daughter is krill then?]
He laughed bitterly.
[I will ask from spirit next time.]
3
Torches were illuminating the Solum’s Castle.As usual they were vigilant against them.
It’s useless.
No matter how many torches they light up, they can’t illuminate the sky.The power of darkness is strong.
The vampire father and daughter landed noiselessly on the second floor of the castle.
Like always, a wooden door blocked the corridor.Its to stop them from invading.
Zeldis spilled the oil on gaps and carefully opened the door.Both entered the castle easily.
Night was strangely quiet.It was as if something ominous was about to happen.
[Where is that guy?]
[He shouldn’t be in a good room, I guess.]
[Centerio, the household head is famous for his stinginess.He must have definitely been in the worst room.]
They hurried to the attic.
They opened the door.The soldier was asleep.
They peeked in the next room, the one after that too.There was no sign of the man they were looking for.
[He isn’t in the castle,is he?]
Zeldis says.
[He did say he wanted to meet the archbishop , however….]
Maybe he already departed earlier?
[We are leaving.]
Just as we were about to return, there was a crazy scream from the second floor.Uwaaa, waaaaa, they heard a scream, it was not your usual scream.
[Ce, Centerio-sama~~~~~~~~~~!]
Knights come out from the corridor.
It seems the room they have jumped out from is the castle lord’s room.
[No way, it shouldn’t be possible right?]
[It’s a joke right?]
Both swallowed Their breath when they peeked into the room.
In front of them was a woman, crying.she has a voluptuous body.certainly, she must be the caretaker of the castle lord.
On the other side, a man was rolling off the bed.His hands and legs are stretched out and he doesn’t even twitch at all.His eyes were looking into the air, but he was not looking anywhere.
He was dead.
The man was——Urkan, the lord of the castle.
4
There was a great commotion in Solum’s castel.
The castle lord, Urkan, has died suddenly.All the people in the castle were awakened. A doctor was called. Soldiers also ran to call the priest of Solum.
Dead body was transferred to the main hall.
The priest and the doctor hurriedly run over but the doctor shook his head, unable to tell the origin of sudden death.
[It must be the curse.]
At the words of the priest, Centerio jumped in fright.
[On top of buying the wrath of seirei-sama, you have done something you shouldn’t have done in addition. And because of that the castle lord was turned into a sacrifice.]
Hereupon, Centerio shudders even more.
[Re….I don’t know the reason.]
He tried to play stupid but knights looked straight at him.
[What’s it? Are you saying it’s my fault?]
[Besides that there is nothing.]
Priests declared it instead of knights.
[What?]
[If the deferent was the cause of the curse, there was no need for Urcan-dono to die suddenly. The fact that he died means that it was the other way around.]
Centerio groaned.
[That’s why I told you to be careful.]
[That’s why haven’t I told you to be careful about tomorrow’s execution?]
[If it was a simple matter of punishing someone, the curse of the spirits won’t happen! The curse of the spirits will happen because there is a continuing problem in our town]
Centerio clenched his lips.
Are you saying that it happened just because I tried to take revenge by throwing them into the dungeon?
No.
That’s not possible.
Urkan-sama was so worried about his life that he died from worry.
He tried to convince himself of this, but it didn’t feel right.
After all, imprisonment was a bad decision.
If it was going to be like this, he should have just quickly prepared a carriage and sent him off to Secundaria.
Just delaying it for a day had brought about the worst possible outcome.
Castle lord also didn’t have any wife or child.Both died a few years ago.
(He doesn’t have any choice except becoming the Castle lord proxy.)
He was determined.
However at the same time he realised something important.
The Seirei-sama curse is still continuing.
And that curse will befall into the castle lord.oneself is household head but If he takes over as the lord of the castle, it means that he is going to die.
(He doesn’t want to die……)
If I become the lord of the castle, every move he makes will lead to death.
If he fails, the curse of the spirits will fall on him immediately as death.
I can’t endure dying.
They had decided to bring the elevator to this town.They decided that they would show back the people who mocked them.
(If I stand up as proxy..)
Centelio looked at Calavera, the captain of the guard.
[What is it?]
[You will be the castle lord.]
[I have my duties as captain of the garrison.]
[Are you afraid of dying?]
[ I think it would be more natural for Centerio-sama to take over,given your position.]
Knights were looking at him
Is he escaping?He is probably afraid of dying.
You can see that much from Their faces.
(Even you guys will run away if you fall into the same situation!)
Centerio gives knights a sharp look.
[In such times,I think it’s best to not leave the decisions on the human hand.]
The priest said.
[Are you saying to leave it without doing anything?]
The priest shook his head.
[Fortunately for this, we have a better qualified person.]
5
Hiroto and Soichiro were huddled together, asleep.
It was cold.
Even with their furs on, it was chilly, and it hit them to the core.
(Maybe he will be dead by the morning before the execution)
Hiroto thought.
[Are you awake?]
He asked souichiro.
[Did he sleep?]
[Isn’t it better to awake?We will be free from death.]
[I also think so.]
[Then, how about we play shiritori?]
(TL note- shiritori means word-chain game)
[How can you even play in that situation?]
[Tits.]
[What?]
Souichiro asked back.
[Shiritori,it has started.tits.]
[Are you doing it?]
As Souichiro raised his voice, the sound of footsteps approached.
[No way, execution……!?]
Souichiro put himself on guard.
Hiroto twisted his neck. He doesn’t think they will be executed at midnight like this.
However, the approaching footsteps aren’t usual.strangely hectic.
[If I asked them to let me massage tits before death, would they listen to my request?]
[Are you an idiot?]
Soichirou shouted.
[Hiroto-dono! No, Hiroto-sama!]
The candlelight spilled out and the knights appeared behind the iron doors. To his surprise, there were three of them.
[What? are you here to fetch us?]
(TL note/Fun fact – the funny thing here is instead of fetch word, full word is shiritori, beside world play meaning, it can also be divided into two parts, butt and fetch which in this sentence can also mean are you here to fetch our butts?)
[Hurry up and come here]
One of them unlocked the gate.
[Hurry up]
[Are you letting us secretly go away?]
Hiroto asked, and the three of them shook their heads.
[I’m here to welcome you as lord of the castle.]
6
Hiroto was sitting in the hall on a long-backed chair. It was the lord of the castle’s chair. Right next to him, Soichiro was seated in a short-backed chair.
He had just finished listening to the whole situation.
In front of him was Calavera, the captain of the garrison and the knights of the garrison, who had become his retainers.
There are also maid servants and priests.
[After all, isn’t it better to have souichiro-dono as castle lord?]
At the proposal of Centerio,
[I don’t want to be the lord of the castle.]
Soichiro immediately refused.
[I think Hiroto-sama is the best.]
Calavera said.
[Us too.]
Knights also agreed.
[I, too, think that Hiroto-sama is the best.]
The priests agreed.
[Then, as we originally decided, Hiroto-dono will be the lord of the castle. ……]
[Please order us for anything, and break the curse of the spirits as soon as possible.]
The knights greeted him on one knee.
Hiroto smiled.
The two men who had captured them and brought them to the castle were also Hiroto’s men.
[Everyone, cooperate with me.]
Knights nodded as if it was a matter of fact.
[So how should we do funeral?]
[Leave it to me]
The priest offered.
[We’ll do it at the church. I want Hiroto-dono to focus all his energy on lifting the curse.]
[But you will have to go out the day after tomorrow.]
Centerio reins in.
[To where?]
The priest inquired.
[It’s about the inspection of the school attached to the spirit church, which was originally supposed to be attended by Urcan-sama.]
[Wouldn’t it be better to decline it this time?]
At the calavera rebuttal,
[No! We decided this six months ago! Just because the lord of the castle is dead doesn’t mean you can’t participate, there’s elf descendents too!]
[Do I have to go if there are elf kids?]
[There are also kids from Solum town on the journey.]
At the inquiry of Hiroto, Centerio replied immediately
[Then we will attend it]
[If you go, you will have to stay overnight.]
Calavera added.Hiroto declared clearly,
[ I think it’s better not to refrain from going. The children will feel sad, wondering why the lord of their town is not there. It’s better to go and cheer them up. I’m sure the spirits will tolerate it.]
[Thank you]
Centerio wiped sweat from his forehead.
[By the way, about the spirit curse, how long is the period of outbreak?]
[How long does it take?]
The priest asked.
[I mean, does the curse occur because of something that happened a year ago or because of something that happened three days ago?]
[There is no such thing as a year ago.]
Priest replied immediately.
[Generally, the curse is caused by something that happened three days ago. However, there is an accumulation of events before that. It is said that for about a year before the curse, things that should not be done accumulate, and then one day the curse occurs when the person does something decisive.]
[Then in the end, we have to investigate that three day time period to find the root?]
Hiroto nodded.
[Everyone, do you have something which comes to your mind?]
Knights looked at each other.
[We don’t remember anything particular happening.]
[What about Centerio?]
[I can only think about it being the pledge of vampires.]
[That should be irrelevant.]
Caravella countered.
[Are you saying I’m wrong?]
Centerio snapped at calavera but calavera also snapped back at him.
[You will get retaliation from them if you killed the daughter of a vampire patriarch.if you think about the safety of castle and the town, it’s natural they didn’t kill her.]
[I said it was the pledge. It’s crazy to make a contract with a murderer like that. That’s what angered the spirit. That’s why he hid when he appeared in the church, as a protest.
[I’m just giving you my honest opinion.]
Centerio feigned ignorance.
[Head of household is mistaken here.]
Soichiro countered.
[If it was Hiroto’s fault, why would he imprison Hiroto and me while the previous lord dies? It has nothing to do with us.]
Several knights nod in agreement.
Centelio glared at him hatefully.
Hiroto turned to the priest.
[What about the priest?]
[I don’t know. However, I hear that if you do good politics, the spirits will calm down thier anger and return.]
[Good politics does not mean that no one is killed. First, does the castle lord know politics?]
Centerio provocatively asks Hiroto.
[Feel relieved.]
[Politics is the consideration of what is good and what is bad within a larger framework. What’s good for this town and what’s bad for this town? Is building a bridge good or bad for this town? Thinking about this is politics.]
[Hmm]
[I don’t think it’s good politics to sign a pledge with a vampire.]
[You are being long winded, Centerio-dono.]
Calavera reign in.
[If the contract is problematic as Souichiro-dono says, then Urcan-sama could not have died after Hiroto-sama and Soichiro-dono were imprisoned.]
Centerio fell silent.
[It’s been three days since I’ve been here, and there must have done something in that time. If you remember, you can always come to my room.]
Hiroto stood up from chair.
[For now, let’s go to bed for the day. I’m going to sleep for now. Thinking about things in the middle of the night only makes my brain dull. So, priest, take care of the rest. Good night.]
As Hiroto entered the castle master’s room, he heard a bird flapping outside the window.
(Is it a bat?)
Hiroto thought, and then asked himself if he could hear the wings of a bat.
Crow? pigeon?
(No way——-)
[Are you seriously going to sleep there?]
Souichiro was chasing after him.
[Why?]
[It’s the room where the previous castle lord died after all.]
[I’m sleepy.]
As they talked, Hiroto quickly crawled into bed.
[Hey, there might be a pathogen lying around in there, you know?]
[Give my best regards]
[What do you mean by best reg———]
Souichiro turned speechless.
Hiroto was already snoring. He was sleeping comfortably. He has always been a quick sleeper since a long time but he never thought he had been this careless.
[Have you had a good sleep yet?]
A skeleton appeared in the candlelight, Soichiro screamed.He jumped and slammed his body against the wall.
[I’m sorry……I didn’t mean to scare you.]
It was calavera, the captain of the garrison.
In the eye socket, a green sphere squeezed out.
Soichiro wondered if he was hurt.
[sorry……]
He involuntarily apologized.
[It’s fine.I’m used to it.]
[Sorry….]
Souichiro once again apologized.
I’ll have someone else show you the way.
[No, it’s fine.with Calavera…….]
Calavera looked at Souichiro and silently turned on his heel.
Souichiro followed, two meters away.he is still a little scared.But he knows he isn’t a bad person.
Calavera opened the door.
It was the exclusive room for Souichiro.
[breakfast can be delivered.]
[No.its better to be with hiroto.]
Is that so? Calavera then added,
[Please don’t open the window, because the vampires are aiming for it.]
Souichiro nodded.
As calavera leaves,
[It was brilliant earlier.]
[What is?]
[The rebuttal pledge is irrelevant.Surely, if the pledge is relevant, the curse can be lifted by imprisoning Hiroto-sama and Soichiro-dono. Urcan-sama would not have died.]
[I’m not as smart as Hiroto.]
Souichiro’s face turned red involuntarily.
He just reflexively rebuttals at Centerio’s persistent excuse.
It was not their fault, and they were angry that they had been unjustly thrown in jail. But most of all, he didn’t like the way he had treated Hiroto.
It was not their fault, but they were angry that they had been unjustly thrown in jail. But most of all, he didn’t like his attitude towards Hiroto.
Calavera smiled at Soichiro’s blush. Then his expression turned sad.
[Even so, Urcan-sama must be frustrated that his aspirations are not fulfilled. I’m sure he was very eager to get back at those Secondaria people for making fun of him the other day.]
[Is it really that important to you to make this town bigger?]
[There are gatherings of castle lords, and I heard they make fun of him at these gatherings. I don’t accompany them, so I’ve heard from my subordinates. It seems that Centerio-dono has such strong feelings.]
Soichirou did not understand this feeling.
It would be fine as long as he could eat and live normally.He just thinks so.
However people in this world are probably different.
Or else—–its different only for the human being called castle lord.
1
Mimia was lying down in the cave.
Maybe he might come back on a day trip?
Thinking that, she waited for some time near the bridge but Hiroto didn’t appear.
Perhaps they will not be able to meet anymore?
Or will she be able to see him when it rains again? If it rains, I’ll have to take shelter from the rain again, and then I’ll go near that tree…….
She know what she’s thinking is stupid.
She is a mummy.
The hated person of this world.
and opposite is——-deferente.
Fifty years ago, when half of the human population was dead and the town couldn’t be sustained any longer, the Archbishop summoned Deferente from another world.
Deferente ascended to the throne as the king of this country and issued a decree that not only humans and elves, but also skeletons and mummies should be recognized as citizens of this country.
She heard that was the beginning of iblid system.
It blows the wind of revival of the human population on town and restoring this country.
It was thanks to the Deferente that the Mummies were able to live near their village instead of in the desert.
But it’s been fifty years since then.The town is becoming a place for humans and elves again.It seems that mummies lived in the town a long time ago but they were driven out by giving various reasons.
Since they were originally a race that did not like to fight, they had no choice but to flee when they were approached by armed knights.
(Is that person a descendant of the king?)
Mimia thought.
It is said that Deferente, who became the king, returned to the original world without having any children.Could he be a descendant born in the other world?
She doesn’t know….
She have heard rumors that the recently summoned Deferente are not so great.Even though they were summoned to lift the curse of the spirits, but on the contrary they ended up falling under the curse and turned into skeletons.
A dead person.
Thanks to this, the people of the town no longer respect Differente as much as they used to.
However for Mimia———
Mimia thought of Hiroto’s face.
《I think she’s definitely a cute girl.》
The words she heard when they parted.
《Thank you》
The words of thanks that he said with narrowed eyes.
《That bandage looks good on you.》
It wasn’t a pretty bandage by any means, but she got a compliment.
She was happy…
She thought there will not be any humans who would say that.
Ah.
That’s right.
He isn’t human but Deferente.
(I wonder if I go to the castle, will I be able to meet him…..? But will they let her go on a trip?)
3
Late at knight.
Valkyria stealthily crawled out of her tent.
There were no torches.Even without them, the vampires can see.
Valkyria slipped between the tents and looked into her little sister’s tent.
[Krill, do you want to come with me?]
In the tent, a lump crept into motion and shook the head.
[It’s interesting.]
In the end she still shook her head.
It’s not good.
Its impossible to take krill outside.Giving up,she separated from the tent.
She kicked the ground lightly and soared.When she fluttered her wings and jumped high into the night sky, she saw a black shadow.
[As expected.]
That shadow was her father, zeldis.
[Monitoring the daughter?]
[Guarding.]
Saying so, Zeldis laughed.
[You are going to meet that man, right?]
[I thought of catching him this time.]
[I also want to see that man’s face.]
Valkyria laughed.Zeldis followed suit.
[You are my daughter, after all.]
[Whose daughter is krill then?]
He laughed bitterly.
[I will ask from spirit next time.]
3
Torches were illuminating the Solum’s Castle.As usual they were vigilant against them.
It’s useless.
No matter how many torches they light up, they can’t illuminate the sky.The power of darkness is strong.
The vampire father and daughter landed noiselessly on the second floor of the castle.
Like always, a wooden door blocked the corridor.Its to stop them from invading.
Zeldis spilled the oil on gaps and carefully opened the door.Both entered the castle easily.
Night was strangely quiet.It was as if something ominous was about to happen.
[Where is that guy?]
[He shouldn’t be in a good room, I guess.]
[Centerio, the household head is famous for his stinginess.He must have definitely been in the worst room.]
They hurried to the attic.
They opened the door.The soldier was asleep.
They peeked in the next room, the one after that too.There was no sign of the man they were looking for.
[He isn’t in the castle,is he?]
Zeldis says.
[He did say he wanted to meet the archbishop , however….]
Maybe he already departed earlier?
[We are leaving.]
Just as we were about to return, there was a crazy scream from the second floor.Uwaaa, waaaaa, they heard a scream, it was not your usual scream.
[Ce, Centerio-sama~~~~~~~~~~!]
Knights come out from the corridor.
It seems the room they have jumped out from is the castle lord’s room.
[No way, it shouldn’t be possible right?]
[It’s a joke right?]
Both swallowed Their breath when they peeked into the room.
In front of them was a woman, crying.she has a voluptuous body.certainly, she must be the caretaker of the castle lord.
On the other side, a man was rolling off the bed.His hands and legs are stretched out and he doesn’t even twitch at all.His eyes were looking into the air, but he was not looking anywhere.
He was dead.
The man was——Urkan, the lord of the castle.
4
There was a great commotion in Solum’s castel.
The castle lord, Urkan, has died suddenly.All the people in the castle were awakened. A doctor was called. Soldiers also ran to call the priest of Solum.
Dead body was transferred to the main hall.
The priest and the doctor hurriedly run over but the doctor shook his head, unable to tell the origin of sudden death.
[It must be the curse.]
At the words of the priest, Centerio jumped in fright.
[On top of buying the wrath of seirei-sama, you have done something you shouldn’t have done in addition. And because of that the castle lord was turned into a sacrifice.]
Hereupon, Centerio shudders even more.
[Re….I don’t know the reason.]
He tried to play stupid but knights looked straight at him.
[What’s it? Are you saying it’s my fault?]
[Besides that there is nothing.]
Priests declared it instead of knights.
[What?]
[If the deferent was the cause of the curse, there was no need for Urcan-dono to die suddenly. The fact that he died means that it was the other way around.]
Centerio groaned.
[That’s why I told you to be careful.]
[That’s why haven’t I told you to be careful about tomorrow’s execution?]
[If it was a simple matter of punishing someone, the curse of the spirits won’t happen! The curse of the spirits will happen because there is a continuing problem in our town]
Centerio clenched his lips.
Are you saying that it happened just because I tried to take revenge by throwing them into the dungeon?
No.
That’s not possible.
Urkan-sama was so worried about his life that he died from worry.
He tried to convince himself of this, but it didn’t feel right.
After all, imprisonment was a bad decision.
If it was going to be like this, he should have just quickly prepared a carriage and sent him off to Secundaria.
Just delaying it for a day had brought about the worst possible outcome.
Castle lord also didn’t have any wife or child.Both died a few years ago.
(He doesn’t have any choice except becoming the Castle lord proxy.)
He was determined.
However at the same time he realised something important.
The Seirei-sama curse is still continuing.
And that curse will befall into the castle lord.oneself is household head but If he takes over as the lord of the castle, it means that he is going to die.
(He doesn’t want to die……)
If I become the lord of the castle, every move he makes will lead to death.
If he fails, the curse of the spirits will fall on him immediately as death.
I can’t endure dying.
They had decided to bring the elevator to this town.They decided that they would show back the people who mocked them.
(If I stand up as proxy..)
Centelio looked at Calavera, the captain of the guard.
[What is it?]
[You will be the castle lord.]
[I have my duties as captain of the garrison.]
[Are you afraid of dying?]
[ I think it would be more natural for Centerio-sama to take over,given your position.]
Knights were looking at him
Is he escaping?He is probably afraid of dying.
You can see that much from Their faces.
(Even you guys will run away if you fall into the same situation!)
Centerio gives knights a sharp look.
[In such times,I think it’s best to not leave the decisions on the human hand.]
The priest said.
[Are you saying to leave it without doing anything?]
The priest shook his head.
[Fortunately for this, we have a better qualified person.]
5
Hiroto and Soichiro were huddled together, asleep.
It was cold.
Even with their furs on, it was chilly, and it hit them to the core.
(Maybe he will be dead by the morning before the execution)
Hiroto thought.
[Are you awake?]
He asked souichiro.
[Did he sleep?]
[Isn’t it better to awake?We will be free from death.]
[I also think so.]
[Then, how about we play shiritori?]
(TL note- shiritori means word-chain game)
[How can you even play in that situation?]
[Tits.]
[What?]
Souichiro asked back.
[Shiritori,it has started.tits.]
[Are you doing it?]
As Souichiro raised his voice, the sound of footsteps approached.
[No way, execution……!?]
Souichiro put himself on guard.
Hiroto twisted his neck. He doesn’t think they will be executed at midnight like this.
However, the approaching footsteps aren’t usual.strangely hectic.
[If I asked them to let me massage tits before death, would they listen to my request?]
[Are you an idiot?]
Soichirou shouted.
[Hiroto-dono! No, Hiroto-sama!]
The candlelight spilled out and the knights appeared behind the iron doors. To his surprise, there were three of them.
[What? are you here to fetch us?]
(TL note/Fun fact – the funny thing here is instead of fetch word, full word is shiritori, beside world play meaning, it can also be divided into two parts, butt and fetch which in this sentence can also mean are you here to fetch our butts?)
[Hurry up and come here]
One of them unlocked the gate.
[Hurry up]
[Are you letting us secretly go away?]
Hiroto asked, and the three of them shook their heads.
[I’m here to welcome you as lord of the castle.]
6
Hiroto was sitting in the hall on a long-backed chair. It was the lord of the castle’s chair. Right next to him, Soichiro was seated in a short-backed chair.
He had just finished listening to the whole situation.
In front of him was Calavera, the captain of the garrison and the knights of the garrison, who had become his retainers.
There are also maid servants and priests.
[After all, isn’t it better to have souichiro-dono as castle lord?]
At the proposal of Centerio,
[I don’t want to be the lord of the castle.]
Soichiro immediately refused.
[I think Hiroto-sama is the best.]
Calavera said.
[Us too.]
Knights also agreed.
[I, too, think that Hiroto-sama is the best.]
The priests agreed.
[Then, as we originally decided, Hiroto-dono will be the lord of the castle. ……]
[Please order us for anything, and break the curse of the spirits as soon as possible.]
The knights greeted him on one knee.
Hiroto smiled.
The two men who had captured them and brought them to the castle were also Hiroto’s men.
[Everyone, cooperate with me.]
Knights nodded as if it was a matter of fact.
[So how should we do funeral?]
[Leave it to me]
The priest offered.
[We’ll do it at the church. I want Hiroto-dono to focus all his energy on lifting the curse.]
[But you will have to go out the day after tomorrow.]
Centerio reins in.
[To where?]
The priest inquired.
[It’s about the inspection of the school attached to the spirit church, which was originally supposed to be attended by Urcan-sama.]
[Wouldn’t it be better to decline it this time?]
At the calavera rebuttal,
[No! We decided this six months ago! Just because the lord of the castle is dead doesn’t mean you can’t participate, there’s elf descendents too!]
[Do I have to go if there are elf kids?]
[There are also kids from Solum town on the journey.]
At the inquiry of Hiroto, Centerio replied immediately
[Then we will attend it]
[If you go, you will have to stay overnight.]
Calavera added.Hiroto declared clearly,
[ I think it’s better not to refrain from going. The children will feel sad, wondering why the lord of their town is not there. It’s better to go and cheer them up. I’m sure the spirits will tolerate it.]
[Thank you]
Centerio wiped sweat from his forehead.
[By the way, about the spirit curse, how long is the period of outbreak?]
[How long does it take?]
The priest asked.
[I mean, does the curse occur because of something that happened a year ago or because of something that happened three days ago?]
[There is no such thing as a year ago.]
Priest replied immediately.
[Generally, the curse is caused by something that happened three days ago. However, there is an accumulation of events before that. It is said that for about a year before the curse, things that should not be done accumulate, and then one day the curse occurs when the person does something decisive.]
[Then in the end, we have to investigate that three day time period to find the root?]
Hiroto nodded.
[Everyone, do you have something which comes to your mind?]
Knights looked at each other.
[We don’t remember anything particular happening.]
[What about Centerio?]
[I can only think about it being the pledge of vampires.]
[That should be irrelevant.]
Caravella countered.
[Are you saying I’m wrong?]
Centerio snapped at calavera but calavera also snapped back at him.
[You will get retaliation from them if you killed the daughter of a vampire patriarch.if you think about the safety of castle and the town, it’s natural they didn’t kill her.]
[I said it was the pledge. It’s crazy to make a contract with a murderer like that. That’s what angered the spirit. That’s why he hid when he appeared in the church, as a protest.
[I’m just giving you my honest opinion.]
Centerio feigned ignorance.
[Head of household is mistaken here.]
Soichiro countered.
[If it was Hiroto’s fault, why would he imprison Hiroto and me while the previous lord dies? It has nothing to do with us.]
Several knights nod in agreement.
Centelio glared at him hatefully.
Hiroto turned to the priest.
[What about the priest?]
[I don’t know. However, I hear that if you do good politics, the spirits will calm down thier anger and return.]
[Good politics does not mean that no one is killed. First, does the castle lord know politics?]
Centerio provocatively asks Hiroto.
[Feel relieved.]
[Politics is the consideration of what is good and what is bad within a larger framework. What’s good for this town and what’s bad for this town? Is building a bridge good or bad for this town? Thinking about this is politics.]
[Hmm]
[I don’t think it’s good politics to sign a pledge with a vampire.]
[You are being long winded, Centerio-dono.]
Calavera reign in.
[If the contract is problematic as Souichiro-dono says, then Urcan-sama could not have died after Hiroto-sama and Soichiro-dono were imprisoned.]
Centerio fell silent.
[It’s been three days since I’ve been here, and there must have done something in that time. If you remember, you can always come to my room.]
Hiroto stood up from chair.
[For now, let’s go to bed for the day. I’m going to sleep for now. Thinking about things in the middle of the night only makes my brain dull. So, priest, take care of the rest. Good night.]
As Hiroto entered the castle master’s room, he heard a bird flapping outside the window.
(Is it a bat?)
Hiroto thought, and then asked himself if he could hear the wings of a bat.
Crow? pigeon?
(No way——-)
[Are you seriously going to sleep there?]
Souichiro was chasing after him.
[Why?]
[It’s the room where the previous castle lord died after all.]
[I’m sleepy.]
As they talked, Hiroto quickly crawled into bed.
[Hey, there might be a pathogen lying around in there, you know?]
[Give my best regards]
[What do you mean by best reg———]
Souichiro turned speechless.
Hiroto was already snoring. He was sleeping comfortably. He has always been a quick sleeper since a long time but he never thought he had been this careless.
[Have you had a good sleep yet?]
A skeleton appeared in the candlelight, Soichiro screamed.He jumped and slammed his body against the wall.
[I’m sorry……I didn’t mean to scare you.]
It was calavera, the captain of the garrison.
In the eye socket, a green sphere squeezed out.
Soichiro wondered if he was hurt.
[sorry……]
He involuntarily apologized.
[It’s fine.I’m used to it.]
[Sorry….]
Souichiro once again apologized.
I’ll have someone else show you the way.
[No, it’s fine.with Calavera…….]
Calavera looked at Souichiro and silently turned on his heel.
Souichiro followed, two meters away.he is still a little scared.But he knows he isn’t a bad person.
Calavera opened the door.
It was the exclusive room for Souichiro.
[breakfast can be delivered.]
[No.its better to be with hiroto.]
Is that so? Calavera then added,
[Please don’t open the window, because the vampires are aiming for it.]
Souichiro nodded.
As calavera leaves,
[It was brilliant earlier.]
[What is?]
[The rebuttal pledge is irrelevant.Surely, if the pledge is relevant, the curse can be lifted by imprisoning Hiroto-sama and Soichiro-dono. Urcan-sama would not have died.]
[I’m not as smart as Hiroto.]
Souichiro’s face turned red involuntarily.
He just reflexively rebuttals at Centerio’s persistent excuse.
It was not their fault, and they were angry that they had been unjustly thrown in jail. But most of all, he didn’t like the way he had treated Hiroto.
It was not their fault, but they were angry that they had been unjustly thrown in jail. But most of all, he didn’t like his attitude towards Hiroto.
Calavera smiled at Soichiro’s blush. Then his expression turned sad.
[Even so, Urcan-sama must be frustrated that his aspirations are not fulfilled. I’m sure he was very eager to get back at those Secondaria people for making fun of him the other day.]
[Is it really that important to you to make this town bigger?]
[There are gatherings of castle lords, and I heard they make fun of him at these gatherings. I don’t accompany them, so I’ve heard from my subordinates. It seems that Centerio-dono has such strong feelings.]
Soichirou did not understand this feeling.
It would be fine as long as he could eat and live normally.He just thinks so.
However people in this world are probably different.
Or else—–its different only for the human being called castle lord.
