Chapter 245: Sometimes, I Wish I Don"t Have Divine Vision
Albert surprised the everyone in the room with his appearance. No one expected that the king who should be at the Capital would be in Ca.s.sau.
"Y-your majesty! What can I do for you?" The white haired n.o.ble in the middle stand up in a hurry.
"What I expected from you as the n.o.ble of this kingdom. And you three have disappoint me. I"m going to ask you something. How many times have you done this in the past?" Albert asked.
So, he actually wanted to interrogate the n.o.bles right away. Did he really think that we"ll be safe here while being surrounded by the guards? I guess we are. Since he has me and Celestine with him.
I just need to make sure that no one is able to escape.
"W-what is your majesty talking about? T-there must be some kind of misunderstanding, right?" The man keeps talking while stuttering.
"Not just targeting women, you also bribed the guards, huh? I expected you to be rightful n.o.bles, but this is what you do with your power?"
"T-this is a misunderstanding! I apologize if we did something that make us seems like we"re the bad guys, but we were thinking about this city!" The man made up some terrible excuses.
He"s a terrible actor. He should have just admitted to his crime so Albert can give him lighter punishment.
As for the other two n.o.bles, they just stood there in fear. Or so it seems. The skinny cultist n.o.ble probably just pretending to be frightened.
"So, it"s a misunderstanding when I heard clearly that you"re ordering your men to kill me? Then what about you saying that you can"t wait to have fun with Shirley?" Albert asked.
"That… Shirley is my pet! Right! She"s a pet! I hired this guy to walk Shirley! And I can"t wait to play with Shirley now that she"s home!"
…this guy just can"t shut up. If he stays quiet, Albert would not know that he"s lying. And his punishment can be lightened. If this goes on, all three of them will be beheaded undoubtedly.
Obviously, hearing all his excuses, Albert is angry.
"You think I will forgive you if you make such lame excuses! We heard everything you say! And the girl you"re targeting, Shirley, is my sister! My sister who wants to build a clan in this city! What"s your excuse now!?"
Hearing that the girl that the n.o.ble is targeting is Albert"s siter, everyone who heard that panicked. And some of them even about to escape. But I won"t let them.
"Celestine, can you block all the escape from this mansion? Cover all the doors, windows, and all opening with Earth Wall or something." I whispered to Celestine.
"Easy. Done."
As expected of an expert level mage! She finished it in just matter of seconds! Once she mastered magic control, it will be even faster.
Just as she finished with her magic, the guards decided to escape the mansion. I guess they prefer to be branded as wanted criminals rather than caught ones.
And of course, no one is able to escape the cage built by Celestine. Even if someone managed to make a hole in the wall, she can sense it and restore it in an instant.
I feel like I"m extremely lucky when I remember that I have defeated some expert level mages.
Of course since the window is blocked as well, the n.o.bles noticed that they are already caged.
"This is-! We"re being captured!" The tall n.o.ble yelled.
"What? Didn"t your guest have just told you that there"s two expert level mages over there? I brought you one of them. Until reinforcement arrive, I will have you all locked here. Even your wife and children. Of course if they are innocent, they can leave. But I"m sure that you three won"t be able to leave."
Whoa! Albert playing the bad guy! He must be really angry knowing that the n.o.bles he appointed to target his own sister.
Well, I guess he can take care of everything here. I"ll take care of other things.
"Albert, who"s the owner of this mansion?" I asked.
From the look, it seems as if the white-haired n.o.ble is the leader. That make it seems as if this is his mansion. But I ask just in case.
"I don"t know. You transported me when we"re already inside. Hey, who is the owner of this mansion?" Albert asked the three n.o.bles.
"It"s him!" The white-haired man quickly pointed his finger to the tall n.o.ble.
"Me?"
Seeing his reaction, that seems to be a lie. And of course, Albert noticed it.
"Is this your mansion, Ben?" Albert asked the skinny n.o.ble who is also a member of the cult.
"No, your majesty." Ben said.
Then Albert signaled to me that this Ben is not lying. Which makes the owner of this n.o.ble is the white-haired man. Well, I don"t really care about it though. I just need to take care of small things.
"Celestine, stay with Albert. I have somewhere to go."
"You"re leaving?"
"I"ll be exploring this mansion."
I ignore the guards who are watching me in fear and leave the room.
This is inside the n.o.ble district. Somehow, commoner is forbidden to enter this area. So, I never explore came here before.
I thought that since this city is safe from the cult in my previous life, there won"t be any trouble if I chose to live here. That"s why I never really scan the city fully. Even the last time that I run on the air, above this n.o.ble district, I was so high in the sky that only the edge of my vision barely able to see the ground. That"s why I never know about the bas.e.m.e.nt.
Next time I enter a new city, I will make sure to scan the whole city from above the sky, to under the ground.
"Make sure to remind me to do it, Victoria." I asked Victoria to remind me.
"Yeah, yeah. Fully scan the city you entered. But these n.o.bles, doesn"t seem to be part of the cult. Other than that skinny man you told me about. Just don"t forget to see the bigger picture. These guys aren"t worth destroying."
"No, they need to be destroyed. These guys tried to destroy my peaceful life. If I"m in another city, I should be fine. I just need to be vigilant in case I see something strange. But I live in this city, so I need to exterminate insects like these." I explained.
"Well, whatever. So, where are you going? The bas.e.m.e.nt? What"s under the bas.e.m.e.nt?" Victoria asked.
"Slaves. There are a lot of slaves under this mansion. And there"s even a room where someone is "playing" with a slave. The kind of "play" he"s doing don"t harm the slave, so I think we can save that for last. We"ll save the other slaves first, then we save that slave later."
"Who is playing with the slave, and is the slave a girl or a boy?" Victoria asked again.
"…he could be the son of the white-haired n.o.ble. And the slave is a girl." I replied.
"Hey! We need to save her first!"
"…maybe you"re right. She"s not harmed physically, but it"s her mentality that got damaged. Let"s go there quickly."
I hastened my speed, and ignore all the locked slaves in the bas.e.m.e.nt. I entered the last room in the bas.e.m.e.nt, to be greeted by a young man, slightly older than me, forcing a slave to spoil him.
"That"s not how you do it! You will let me sleep on your lap, and you will sing lullaby while patting my head! Let"s do it again! Not now! I need to suck on my pacifier first!" The young man said to the slave while he"s only wearing diaper.
…this is torture to my eyes. And it"s also hurting my ears when I heard him said that.
"…I see why you want to come here last." Victoria said.
"…I"ll put him to sleep with sleeping gas. Victoria, you"ll free the other slaves. Make sure the Magic Restriction Collars are taken off as well. They will be useful later."
Victoria left me to save the other slaves, and I approached the confused woman. She"s about 40 years old. What kind of fetish is this? No, I don"t want to know.
Victoria should have known what fetish is this, but I won"t ask. There are some things best forgotten.
I take out a Blobby, turned it into a key and unlock the slave"s collar. Then I without hesitation, put the collar on the man.
I ignore the confused woman, and quickly reunited with Victoria.
After saving all the slaves, I took everyone back to the room where Albert is.
I informed Albert about the slaves, and told me to just transfer all of the n.o.bles and the guards to a prison in the capital. Everything is up to him now.
Oh, about the crazy man in the bas.e.m.e.nt, I also transferred him to the prison. Now I just need to wait for their judgment.
As for the maids and servants, they are being placed under house arrest. None of them are allowed to leave the mansion.
As for the slave, they are taken to my house in the Capital.
While transferring the n.o.bles, I plucked out the skinny n.o.ble"s HBG from his mouth and kicked him inside the portal while he"s confused. At least he won"t kill himself with it.
I also have the n.o.bles and their guards to wear the collars. Now they won"t be able to use magic anymore.
I return home with Celestine. Then in the park, she shows me where she hid the corpses. I quickly transport the corpses and threw them to an empty island.
After that, I asked Candy who is still awake to sleep with me. There"s something I have to forget tonight…