The Regressor and the Blind Saint

A drawing room in the Imperial Palace.

Maximilian sat there, drank tea, and looked at Matapju on the other side.

Long curly red hair. The raised eyebrows and the upward-facing corners of the mouth. She was a woman with such an appearance that could be said to be a beauty with an alluring impression, but Maximilian knew.

That that woman is one of those who have lived a hundred and twenty years more.

“How did you call me here?”

said the master machete. Words spoken while pretending to be elegant. Maximilian continued his answer without showing the slightest disturbance.

“Now that the festival has begun, we sang it to honor the achievements made so far.”

“Oh, what about Chihara?”

“Good job.”

“… .”

Matthew’s expression hardened as he smiled. In the midst of this, Maximilian was to blame for saying things that didn’t make sense because he didn’t have a lot to say.

Maximilian, unaware of the sign, was engraving in his mind what his brother had asked.

– Until the sun goes down, hold on until then.

It was a request from my brother, who always thought I would be immature. So, as an older brother, it would be the right thing to do.

“Are there any inconveniences?”

At Maximilian’s words, the master’s eyes widened.

“Are you always living a prosperous life thanks to the grace of the imperial family?”

“is it.”

Maximilian nodded and continued.

“I saw the items that were put up for auction at the horse tower. There must be a lot of strange things.”

“Oh, I’m so glad you got it.”

“Yeah, I was particularly impressed with the artificial organs. I think we should discuss how to use it with the healers.”

“It’s my own creation.”

it’s your own work

The question is, how did you perfect that technology? , with the tea that Maximilian drank, it passed over the back of his throat again. A story I had heard from my brother flashed in my mind.

‘A corpse that walks without organs.’

Isn’t that a suspicious and blatant causation indeed?

“Thank you for always working for the well-being of the Empire.”

“I don’t know where to put my body. Oh, when the business is over, can I go see you?”

flinch.

Maximilian stopped at the words he heard.

“… Stay a little longer.”

“Is there anything left?”

“I want to talk a little more.”

Fortunately, his voice did not tremble. The composure that he had cultivated while living as a prince was definitely doing his part in the midst of this.

Master Matap stared at Maximilian. Matapju, who stared intently and made another ‘hmm’ sound, immediately started to giggle and got up from his seat and headed towards Maximilian.

The place where Matapju approached and put his buttocks was on Maximilian’s thigh. The master’s hand began to sweep over his cheek.

“It sounds like you want to do this. Am I mistaken?”

Maximilian felt embarrassment and disgust, which was rare even for him.

The reason why it was so creepy to live such a misunderstanding that you threw an affair to an old man who was over one hundred and twenty years old.

However, unable to reveal it, Maximilian placed the teacup and placed his hand over his cheek.

‘Princess, I’m sorry.’

As he uttered an apology to his fiancée, he continued to say that with his mouth.

“… It’s up to you to think.”

A long smile began to appear on the corner of the master’s lips as if torn apart.

“Hmm… .”

Ma Thapju, who had narrowed his eyes and looked at Maximilian, slowly lowered his head forward. Maximilian’s pupils trembled as if an earthquake had occurred, straining his whole body.

A reaction caused by a rejection of what is to come.

Maximilian wanted to shake it off immediately and leave, but he couldn’t do it, so he shut his eyes tightly.

What Maximilian felt immediately after scattering his reason in such a way to empty his thoughts and not feel anything.

lick-.

It felt like a tongue licking his earlobe.

I felt like my stomach was churning. I was nauseous. Maximilian clenched his teeth and endured it.

In the meantime, goosebumps were welling up on my spine.

for the empire. for my brother. Maximilian, who had been crying inwardly that he would endure all this, had no choice but to open his eyes at the words that followed.

“Isn’t the 2nd prince very curious?”

thud-.

I remembered the feeling of my heart sinking. This was due to the sudden mention of Albrecht. Maximilian took a breath. His head turned creakingly and he headed towards the town where the tip of his nose met.

The master mourner laughed. Likewise, a smile that seems to catch your mouth.

“It would be a good day to pretend not to know.”

Maximilian wasn’t so stupid that he couldn’t understand the meaning of those words.

‘… Did you know?’

was noticing Everyone knew what they were doing here and the reason for calling her today.

Suddenly, Maximilian’s thinking was sharpened.

‘Your brother is in danger.’

The moment when the expression that couldn’t be corrected hardened at that thought.

“… You have to worry about your Majesty.”

That’s what the master mage said. The master’s hand descended down Maximilian’s cheek, passed through the nape of his neck and toward his chest.

The moment when Maximilian’s breathing stopped as the hand that had been sweeping his chest with a very strange movement turned a little lower.

pooh-.

There was a horrific bursting sound.

In an instant, all sense of reality disappeared and shock filled its place.

Maximilian lowered his head in a trembling movement and looked over his stomach.

“Cool… !”

A bloody cough erupted.

His own stomach reflected in his field of vision had the master’s fist.

“Um, really. If I could look a little prettier, I was thinking of keeping it alive.”

When Matapju pulled out his fist from his stomach, blood poured out of it.

“The Crown Prince looks so manly, so it doesn’t taste good.”

Thug-.

Maximilian staggered at the pain that suddenly engulfed his body, and looked at the mage.

Matapju got up from his seat and hummed as he walked towards the window.

“Since it’s a festival, shouldn’t it be a little more glamorous?”

I should have called the escort at the door right now, but my body was weak and I had no energy to do it.

What Maximilian saw before he lost consciousness was a flame as red as blood.

*

The cavity exposed under the junkyard in the gutter.

The first thing Renee did after he jumped into Vera’s arms and touched the ground.

“Wow… !”

It was nauseating.

“Lady!”

“It’s okay, it’s okay… , Whoops!”

Nausea to hit again. There was no other reason. It’s just the stench from here. Renee’s hands trembled. The legs were shaking. It was because I was expecting what this smell would be.

My fishy and rotten smell. It was such a bad stench that I had never smelled in my life, but nevertheless I instinctively recognized it the moment I smelled it.

Rene, who was covering her mouth, looked for Vera with a trembling movement. A hand reached out and grabbed Vera’s collar.

“… Vera.”

“… Yes.”

“dead body… , is it… ?”

It was the stench of a corpse. It also smells like at least dozens, not just one or two, are intertwined.

Vera frowned at Renee’s question, and bit his lips.

“Yeah, lying all over the joint.”

Vera’s gaze scanned the surroundings.

Bodies with split stomachs all over. It must have been left unattended for quite some time, and rotten parts were visible here and there.

In the midst of all this, there was one thing that caught my eye in particular, the heads that were placed over the necks of the corpses.

‘… Anna.’

I don’t know what Rohan said. A woman with long pink hair and a gentle impression. The heads of the corpses had her face as one.

What’s even more bizarre is that, even though the whole body is rotten and stained with blood, only the face part is in a clean state without any decay.

what causality is this

What the hell was this joint made for?

The thought continued for a while, and others followed and came down jointly. What appeared on the faces of those who came down was equally astonishing.

“What is this… .”

The one who shocked me the most was Rohan. Rohan once again took a step backwards at the shaking accident.

Marie and Count Weissur were watching the scene with serious faces, and their faces were frozen in shock from Albrecht.

“Crazy, you mean that you did something like this and walked around so casually?”

Tendons were bulging over the back of the hand holding the Pure Blood.

Vera looked at the scene for a moment, then continued the accident again.

‘There is no one.’

There was no sign of feeling. It wasn’t something I couldn’t catch. There was really no movement in this cavity except their own. If you have to look closely, you can barely hear the squeaking noises of insects.

There must have been someone who handed over the serum to Master Ma Thap. It would make sense to have that intervention.

Vera felt a complication in his head.

what have you missed What the hell is this place doing?

While his head was rotting at the thought of such a thing, Vera felt a sense of incongruity throughout the space.

‘… What if it was removed?’

What if all of the items in this place were removed?

Vera lifted his eyes and looked closely at the cavity.

The first thing I checked was the wall. It was a rough shape in the form of rough cut out of the rock.

What followed were the corpses. There is nothing different from the previous one, after all it has been corrupted for a long time.

The next thing I checked was the floor. Vera glanced at the floor where the corpses were lying, and trembled at what he saw.

“Lady, wait a minute.”

Vera, who had been supporting René until then, turned over to Marie and moved on, went to the front of the six corpses piled up and began to remove the corpses.

A tingling sensation and a cold sensation peculiar to the corpse surround the body.

Vera, who turned away from it, removed the body, and wiped away the stagnant blood.

‘… It is dug.’

It was possible to confirm the ground that was more deeply dug than in other places.

It was as if something had been put on top of it.

Vera only then realized.

‘Did you withdraw?’

It is said that all the objects in this place have been removed, just like the junk store above.

In addition, these corpses were intentionally placed in this way to hide their traces.

withdrawal. Camouflage.

Vera’s body, who was once again weaving thoughts by combining those keywords, shook.

‘… I knew it was coming.’

I already knew this cavity was going to be discovered.

Accidents happen again.

‘Then where?’

Considering the size of the community, it must have never been small.

There must have been more moving corpses guarding this place.

The last number of subjects numbered in the journal was 2,000.

Even if that number is a number that has been steadily accumulated over the past few years, even if there are humans who have changed over the past few years, it is correct that there are still several hundred remaining.

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Of course, if there was such a large-scale movement, if they attempted to leave the Empire, they would not have known.

Vera continued his thoughts.

‘… What if I hadn’t gone out?’

I thought of such a guess.

If you haven’t left this place, if you’re still in the system, if they are hiding in various parts of the system with a purpose.

Vera felt goosebumps all over his body. The body was standing upright.

Right now, the strongest force in this system is in the gutter. Outside the island, it is crowded with tourists from all kinds of places. Master Matap and the intervener already knew what they had been caught up to.

If so, what would happen, what choices would they make?

Gooooooooo-!

The ground rang. The companions’ bodies stiffened. Their gazes were directed in the direction where the echo started.

“… It is a vibration from the center of the institution.”

Albrecht’s words.

That’s wedged it.

Terrorize the festival system. get out of that gap. It doesn’t give you the strength to follow.

With that in mind, Vera thought of what they would target through terrorism.

I remembered the place where Matapju is now.

“… father.”

will seek the father. So that the system can not move hastily even after the accident is settled, so that it can be trapped by internal chaos, and buy time.

Vera turned his head hastily. He turned his gaze to Albrecht and shouted in a voice full of urgency.

“Your Majesty is in danger!”

… They will take advantage of the chaos to assassinate the prince.