Chapter 157 – How to Become an Alchemist
Erica belatedly realized the meaning of ‘preparation’ that her holy day meant. She replies to her seongil with a look that is not too naive, where is the naive look of the past.
“Yeah… I had some issues to deal with with that bastard.”
“Yes. So let’s go finish it.”
“…Okay.”
So Seong-il and Erisha finished preparing to go out and moved to ‘Dancer of the Night’.
“What do you think?”
“Huh?”
“You’re going to see the main culprit who ruined you and your family.”
“…Previously.”
“…?”
The two of them walking around her red light district wearing her mask to prevent any misunderstandings about her walking around her red light district just in case. She asks her Seong-il, radiating enough stark eyes to notice even with her mask on.
“How far can I go?”
“Do whatever you feel like.”
“…As you please?”
“Yeah. I told you before. I’ll give you the right to live and die.”
“Hmm…”
“So think carefully. Whether you use a knife to kill him immediately because you’re pissed off. Or whether you use him to the fullest to rebuild the family is up to you from now on.”
“…”
“So, take care of your emotions. You’re practically the same as the head of the house, aren’t you?”
“Hmm…”
Erisha looks up at her holy day and she takes her eyes off him, then lifts her head up to look at her sky, sighs, and starts walking.
The two walked for a while. They arrived in front of ‘Dancer of the Night’ before they knew it. They were able to meet Pirina who came to meet them.
“Oh my God… You two are coming right after you say something…?”
“…Because it’s important to me, madam.”
“Of course. Young lady. But…”
“?”
“Before meeting Edward, please go to the office with me for a while. I have something to show you.”
At Pirina’s words, Seongil and Erica moved to her office without a word. Upon arriving at her office, Pirina takes something of hers from a secret safe hidden under her desk and places it on her reception table.
“…This?”
“It’s a statement.”
“A statement…?”
“Yes. These are the contents I got while playing ‘directly’ with Edward. For your reference, in order to determine the authenticity of the contents, I left only the cross-verification completed by my subordinates. You can consider it accurate. Would you like to read it? “
At Pirina’s words, Seongil and Erisha shut her mouth and start reading the material she prepared.
The two of them read in silence for a while. How much time has passed After Erica throws her reading material on the floor, she mumbles in a rage.
“This… This… Son of a bitch…”
“Calm down. Calm down.”
“Calm down? Do you look calm? Now?”
“Hmm…”
Erisha, furious with her face reddened, questions her as she looks at her Pirina.
“Madame. So, did this son of a bitch, Edward, trick your father into thinking that the mountain was a gold mine?”
“Yes. He tricked Viscount Portis by creating a fake gold vein, and made him invest in vain until the Portis family’s money dried up. He continuously leaked false information, and in the end, he had to withdraw the amount of the loan from himself. “
“…A dog-like bastard.”
“There are many other things, such as manipulating accounting books and overcharging, etc… There are so many tricks that it’s hard to even talk about them.”
Erisha’s face was filled with anger at Pirina’s words. Seong-il patted her on the back and said.
“I know you’re upset, but you can’t be too emotional. You know? You’re the head of a family now. Don’t make the mistake of missing out on political gain with personal anger.”
“…Okay.”
At her holy day’s heartfelt advice, Erisha takes a deep breath and then asks Pirina a question.
“Okay. First of all, I understand that Edward manipulated our family and slowly ruined it. Then, there will be no problem since we paid off all the fake debts we owed to this guy, right?”
“Yes. Since you repaid everything neatly, legally the lady will not have any problems.”
“Hmm…”
Just when the two of them were thinking about it, Seong-il intervenes and asks them a question.
“By the way, apparently Edward also accumulated a lot of his fortune while destroying the nobles, but that wealth…?”
“Hmm… I made a secret warehouse in my mansion and the base in the kingdom and stocked it up. The rest seems to have been given as a tribute to the first prince.”
“That much money?”
“Yes. It seems that when the first prince ascends the throne, he will be given a title.”
“…A goal-striking bastard.”
“So you’re going to end it with just cutting his throat?”
“Should I just finish with that?”
“Yes. If you try to rob his mansion or secret warehouse, you will definitely get caught.
“But…”
Seong-il, who was worried about that, patted Erica on her back and continued her words to her.
“It’s a pity. I was hoping to use him to get some benefit… Judging from the current situation, I think that would be difficult? I’m satisfied with just getting my family’s rights back. I wish I could get some more money out of it, but that would be a bit difficult.”
“Okay. The 1st prince behind it. Even now, it’s heavy, so there’s no need to scrape and bruise. I’ll be satisfied with ending Edward’s life with my own hands.”
Having said that, Erica asks Pirina with a bitter expression.
“If I want to end his life with my own hands, would you lend me a weapon?”
“Oh, I’ll lend it to you.”
After saying that, Seong-il opened her ‘inventory’ under her own cloak, hid it from outside eyes, took out the 『Cursed Sword』 From her bosom and handed it to her.
“…What is it? That sword.”
“Yes. It’s a magic sword.”
“?!”
Erisha and Pirina widened their eyes at the sound of the magic sword that came out of Seongil’s mouth out of nowhere. To her, her holy days explain the history of her sword.
“Don’t worry. It doesn’t really curse the user or anything like that. It’s just that sometimes ‘killing intent’ rises… Other than that, there’s no problem.”
“…Isn’t that the problem? Isn’t it too much to ask your girl to use such an objectionable thing?”
“Why? Isn’t a sword like this the perfect end for such a scumbag?”
“Uh… That’s true.”
After replying like that, Erisha took the 『Cursed Sword』 From her holy day with a reluctant expression and went away. Seeing her armament, Pirina takes her party and starts moving somewhere.
The three of them crossed the underground dwelling and moved to another Pirina’s office. She led us through a secret passage hidden in the office. Interestingly, after walking along the quite long passage, the city’s underground waterway appears.
“Huh… Underground water?”
“Yes. Young master. By the way, the place I’m going to now is a secret space only for me that only ‘me’ knows about… You’ll know in the future, right?”
“Ah… I see. I’ll make sure to keep it a secret.”
“Whoops… I believe you.”
The two of them walked along Pirina like that. As they meander through the underground waterway, they arrive at a dead end.
In front of a dead-end wall, Pirina takes out a ring from her bosom and puts it against the wall. Then, surprisingly, the wall moves to one side and starts to open.
‘Oh… Is this also magic?’
Seong-il and Erica walk along Pirina in amazement. Soon after, a man who was horribly broken appears in front of them.
“Turn it off… Keuh…”
A man with both arms chained and chained with arms spread out to the left and right. He was so severely tortured that he had no intact skin. He sat down with one eye closed.
He exhaled heavily for a long time before raising his head at the appearance of the party and starting to look at them.
“Who… Who…”
“Hello? Edward? It’s a fun meeting time today.”
“Ah… No… More… No more…”
“Huh… You must have told me to use respect, right?”
Having said that, Pirina starts walking toward Edward stealthily, holding a creepy claw lying in the corner of her room.
“Hee… Hee! I’m sorry… Madam…!!”
“Whoa… That’s the attitude. If you behave disrespectfully one more time, are you going to cut off the rest of your fingers today?”
“Yes. I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”
Edward, the ‘hunting dog’, begins to beg Pirina with a servile attitude. Seeing him like that, Pirina secretly looks at Erica and notices him. Erica then nods her head lightly, then approaches Edward with her sword in hand.
“Hey.”
“!!”
A new figure appeared in the blurry vision. At her appearance, Edward flinched and replied to her.
“Who… Who?”
“Who is it? The person you’ve been looking for so much. Lady Portis.”
“!!”
Edward looks very surprised at Erica’s sudden appearance. Seeing him like that, Erica laughs and starts mocking him.
“You bastard. Did you think you’d be able to do something about me if you messed around?”
“…How.”
“?”
“How did you do that?”
“What?”
“…What the hell did you do to open a relationship with the thieves’ guild in Adenheim and capture those monsters from the East? What the hell are you…”
“That’s not your part-time job. You’ll die at my hands today anyway. Goodbye.”
“Puhehe… Do you think it’s over when I die? I’m just a minion. I’m sure you, Lady Portis. The superiors will retaliate horribly for you. You’ll probably get tattoos all over your body and then pickle them with drugs… Guaaaaa!! “
He seems to be annoyed by Edward’s bullshit. Erica takes her magic sword and cuts off one of his fingers. Hearing her moans of pain, Erisha responds with her eerie voice to Edward.
“You bugger… Look forward to it. We have a lot in store for you.”
Saying that, she took out all kinds of potions from her bag and put them on her floor. Then, looking at her group, she says.
“The two of you… Can you wait outside? I want to do it alone from here on out.”
At her words, Seongil silently nodded her head and grabbed her Pirina’s arm. She slips out of her locker room and into her sewer entrance, as if she knew too.
Then a very terrible scream started to flow through the hallway. The moan begins to last for a very long time.
“…Has been bothering me for quite some time.”
“I see. It seems like you’ve been through a lot?”
“Hmm… Well, it doesn’t matter if it’s your own mind. You won’t hear the sound from the outside…?”
“Don’t worry. Surprisingly, this area is completely noise-free. I didn’t build a secret interrogation room here for nothing.”
“…Okay.”
“Anyway, will it be okay?”
“What?”
“Prince 1. Unless you’re an idiot, there’s no way you’d stay still when your own henchman was killed here…”
“If you do, it will jump out.. Well. If you piss me off, I’ll tell the silver escort to kill you.”
“…You say bloody things casually.”
“Yeah. Well… I have that much confidence. The confidence that I will never be caught.”
“Huh…”
After saying that, her Seongil takes out her 『Her teleportation ring』 And points it at her.
“If you have to, it’s no problem if you jump with this. If you just go there, you can run away in an instant up to a radius of 50 km. And if you use a trick, you can ignore the one-month limit. I have my own secret.”
“Hehe…”
“So don’t worry. Build a safe house outside the city in case an accident happens later.”
“Okay.”
How long had it been since they had been talking to each other, hearing the horrible sounds echoing behind them? After a long time has passed, I feel the moaning coming from behind my back cut off at some point.
“Huh… I think it’s over?”
“Yes. Let’s go in.”
When the signs of torture ceased, they entered the secret room. Then, they see Edward’s dead body in front of their eyes.
“Hmm…”
Seong-il frowned at the hands of Elisha, who was quite cruel. Erisha hands her sword to him and speaks to her.
“Now take it. Well written.”
“…Okay.”
“But it’s definitely not a normal thing.”
“Huh?”
Erisha took her handkerchief from her arms and wiped the blood from her face. Then she passes on the answer to her Seongil.
“Huh… At first, I tried to stop breathing after harassing Edward moderately…”
“Did you?”
“…The sword whispered.”
“!!”
“They said that it would be less painful that way, so do what you tell them to do.”
“…I did it?”
“Uh. It’s efficient. Certainly. But that sword…”
“…?”
“…I’m out of my mind. Use it carefully.”
“…”
Having said that, Erisha frantically runs outside and starts vomiting violently over the water in the sewer.
“Oooh!!”
“Okay~”
Pirina patted Erica’s back and calmed her down. Her holy day sees them blindly. Looking down at her own sword.
“…Whispering?”
『Ah, today is a very rewarding day! Eat mana and drink blood!!』
‘Fuck…Again!!’
『What the fuck? Your mouth is dirty.”
‘What… What… My… Did you read my thoughts? A sword?’
“Yes, I have read it. Stupid I’m sleepy so I need to get some sleep. It’s been a while since I ate, so I’m sleepy. So goodbye! Oh, that’s right, recharge your mana. Know?”
‘…What is crazy.’
