Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Itte kara 10 Nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita Chapter 36

It was a plate . A somewhat luxurious ceramic plate, but still just a large plate nonetheless .

The plate might have stood out in a normal household, but it looked quite natural within the palace .

However, I sensed some unusual magic coming from it .

“Serulis . How long has this plate been in here?”

“Not long . A maid brought in some snacks on that plate . ”

I inspected the plate carefully .

There was a magic circle carved into the back of it . It was of the teleportation variety .

The magic circle was an incredibly advanced one and would have been difficult to make .

Not only that, but it was still alive .

If I allowed some magic to flow in now, I might be able to use it to go somewhere .

However, I would not do such a thing while I had no idea where it would take me .

“Serulis . I would like to talk to this maid . ”

“I understand . ”

Serulis was about to run from the room, but I stopped her .

“Shia should go with you . She might be a thrall or infected . ”

“Then I will go too!”

Shia and Serulis ran out of the room .

Serulis knew the maid’s face . And she could fight as well .

However, I was worried about how she would handle someone who had been charmed or was one of them .

It would be better for a vampire professional like Shia to go with her .

“Now…”

I turned to the vampire that Goran was holding .

“A lesser?”

“Looks like it . Well, I doubt anything but a lesser could move about within the city . ”

There was a barrier around the city that prevented stronger monsters from entering .

Even lessers were restricted, but they could still be active if they used numerous charms and amulets .

The three lesser vampires were now bound up by rope .

Arch Vampires were able to transform into mist, which would have allowed them to escape .

But lessers could not do that, and so ropes were enough to keep them from escaping .

Goran was trying to question them, but they did not answer .

“Let me try then . ”

I activated some illusion magic towards the three lesser vampires .

It was an illusion I had learned from Luchila .

The illusion was that of a Vampire Lord . The one that I had killed with Shia .

The Lord jumped into the room we were in and beat Goran and me to the ground .

That was the illusion that they saw .

And then the Lord said,

“You should feel ashamed for getting caught so easily . ”

“We-we are terribly sorry . ”

They didn’t even question how a Lord was inside of the royal capital .

I had succeeded in putting them under a state of recognition obstruction .

It was much more difficult than just showing an illusion .

This was what Luchila had done to Serulis .

However, my magic was too powerful, and so it did not work on me .

“Who are you working under?”

“The 6th ranking Lord officer . ”

“Ah, that one . ”

I didn’t know who it was at all, but I made the Lord answer anyway .

“And what reason have you for coming here?”

“We have come to get the God Fowl…”

“I didn’t hear about this . The High Lord gave me an important task, and you lot have ruined it . ”

The illusory Lord said as he glared at them .

The lessers quivered and replied,

“Bu-but the 6th ranking officer said that his orders were directly from the High Lord . ”

“As you know, the 6th ranking officer has many human thralls, and many of them have infiltrated this palace . ”

That was some very important information there .

It was frightening to think that they had infiltrated the palace .

“The High Lord gave the order? Then there must have been some mistake . I will have to go and talk with the 6th ranking officer . Where is he?”

“Yes . Uh…”

The lesser vampire told me .

It was near a village that was an hours walk from the city .

“Can I go and meet him if I use this magic circle?”

“Yes, that is how it was created . ”

“I see . By the way…”

I attempted to get more information out of them .

However,

“UGHHAAGGHH!!”

The three lesser vampires started screaming in pain at the same time .

Then they coughed up blood before becoming completely still . At last, they turned into ash, with only the magic stones remaining .

I deactivated the illusion .

“That was an impressive illusion . Those vampires couldn’t stop talking . ”

Goran said with admiration .

“I just copied Luchila’s illusion . Sorry for not telling you about it . ”

“No, I do not mind! It is an honor to have you copy my work . And you did it better than me . ”

“Cluck-cluck!”

Gerberga seemed very excited .

Luchila tilted his head to the side .

“Still, why did they turn into ash all of a sudden?”

“They had probably swallowed some poison that would kill them after a certain period . ”

Goran said as he inspected the ashes . I suspected that Goran was right about that .

“Goran . I think I’m going to go and kill this 6th officer or whatever he’s called . ”

“You what?”

“I’m going to teleport before the portal is closed . ”

“Then I will go with you . ”

“No, you have to protect the palace . It seems that there are other subordinates of this 6th ranking officer here as well . ”

“I see . Very well . ”

Just as I was about to jump into the circle,

“I caught her!”

Serulis and Shia had returned . They had captured a single maid .

They had put some cloth in her mouth so she could not bite her tongue, and her hands were tied behind her back .

It must have been Shia’s idea .

“She is not infected . ”

Shia was able to tell them apart . Then the maid was likely under the vampire’s charm .

It was hard to tell from the outside whether or not that was the case .

“If it is Charm, then she can be cured . ”

Shia seemed relieved .

If it wasn’t Charm, then it would be nearly irreversible .

But Charm could be treated .

“Though, it will require an incredibly skilled healer…”

“We should call one over at once . ”

Serulis was about to run out again, by I stopped her .

“Wait a second . Apparently, there are many others who are under the vampire’s influence . ”

“Re-really?”

“Yes . And so you two should focus on protected Lord Gerberga . ”

“Understood . ”

“Leave it to us . ”

“I’m going to go and kill this 6th ranking officer . ”

If you killed the Vampire Lord who was controlling them, then the Charm effect would die off and the servants would turn into ash .

So it was best to just defeat the Lord .

I poured my magic into the magic circle and activated it .

And then I jumped into the teleportation circle .

Chapter end