Chapter 57: Rats and Ghosts at the Door
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"Hmm." Miss Imps, who is calm on the surface, is constantly churning in her heart.
What do you think, what do you think, Dyce, is it a surprise, or is it an expectation?
"It feels like a continuation of the morning class."
"Ah, I feel that way too." Miss Imps replied calmly. Stupid, really stupid, can you expect this guy to say anything? If I was someone who could look forward to it like that, I wouldn't care that much. No, if it's someone who will look forward to it, then it will definitely care.
"I don't know how many years this castle has been abandoned."
"It doesn't seem like it's been too long, although no one lives here all the time, but the royal family still sends someone to repair it every year."
"Ah, that's right. But it's still bad. "Compared to the ruined church, it's very dilapidated. Days thinks that in the future, it is better to use all the stone to build the castle, at least it can be maintained for a long time.
"Well, a house that no one lives in will always break faster."
"Why?" Days asked casually.
"As for why...... "Impus suddenly thought of a terrible answer, but after saying it, what to do, "Could it be a ghost......
"No, no," Days waved his hand to deny the possibility, "probably because no one lives, rats or something, all of them escape." β
"It's not a ghost, but rats are just as terrible......," said Miss Imps, looking at her feet fearfully, lest she step on something.
"Hurry up, there shouldn't be any danger here, it's just that be careful of stepping on a plank or something."
As he spoke, Days now stepped on a plank, and with a click, the plank broke.
In the endless darkness, something stirred.
ββ¦β¦β
Miss Dandiliel and Her Royal Highness Princess Birodis walked in the darkness.
"Dandiliel brought Inps here."
"Yes, Your Highness Princess."
"Sure enough, although on the surface, the whole of Odin knows that Thor's daughter is talking about Imps, but in reality, you are much braver than her."
"Your Royal Highness the Princess, after all, it's about my sister's happiness."
"Happiness is something you have to fight for."
"That's right, Your Highness Princess. But using the princess's privilege to call Dys's classmate here is also a foul. β
ββ¦β¦ You're right. So I didn't blame you. β
"What does Her Royal Highness the Princess think of Dyce-san?"
"He's a rotten good guy."
"Is that all?"
"Well, what about you, what do you think of him?"
"I think that although his character is a little cowardly, his tolerance is not comparable to that of ordinary men. Any one of us can be happily with him until we grow old. β
"Then why did you give up?"
"Because my sister likes it."
"You're not going to marry your own brother, are you?!"
"A prince who left no heirs is not unheard of in the history of the royal family, is it?"
"The royal family won't allow you to be single."
"But what to do, there is only one man in the Odin royal family."
"My father is also single now."
"That's my uncle!"
"Huhu~"
"There's really no way, I'll marry into the kingdom of Fernando."
"That can't be, Fernando is an enemy country. In contrast, it is more reliable to marry into the Zinael Empire in the East. β
ββ¦β¦ A man with pure dragon blood...... Why wasn't his brother? β
"Looks like you've looked into it too."
"Hmm."
"Does Inps know?"
"She didn't know, and neither did her father. I want her to be able to go to the person she likes without being disturbed. β
"It's really doting. But my father didn't know about it either. In the year of the death of Emperor Xiongguang of Fernando's Holy Empire, the first Odin the Great tried to kidnap young princes and princesses in order to obtain the blood of Fernando's royal family, and I heard that many people died for this. I don't know what kind of bloodline Days has. β
"The black dragon bloodline of the Fernando royal family, the golden dragon bloodline of the Zinael Empire, and the white dragon bloodline of the northern Odin royal family, which one do you think he will be?"
"Wouldn't you know if you lifted his sleeve?" Princess Birodis raised her left hand slightly, her white palm, and the back of her hand was mostly blocked by a beautiful and cute sleeve.
"Would you do that?"
"Yes, on the night of the wedding."
"What a romantic wish."
Bang Dang!!!!
A loud sound echoed through the corridors.
Days and Miss Impus covered their ears together and endured the sonic attack.
"I feel like I see ...... flower field," Deis muttered.
"I saw my grandmother who passed away......"
Originally, the two of them were walking quietly in the dark corridor, and Days also gathered a ball of light to illuminate it. But without warning, one of the armors in front of it fell, and then there was a loud noise.
"Why did it fall?"
"Probably, it's the rats crawling around."
"I'd rather not hear this explanation!"
"It's much better than having this armor chase us down."
"Please don't say such terrible assumptions!"
"Well, it's a bit heavy." Days went over and tried to put the armor in its place.
"Isn't Dyce afraid that it will suddenly move?"
"Well, no." Days unleashed a levitation spell on it, and after lightening its weight, he put the entire armor back in its place, then folded his hands and bowed, "Excuse me, we have no ill will." β
"Why be so respectful?"
"This armor belongs to the ancestors of Inps-san."
"So, too."
"Although the oil paintings on the walls and the like are all put away, I think that the deceased prince must have been a heroic figure."
Behind the two of them, the armor helmet nodded slightly, as if agreeing with Dyce's words.
The two of them walked for a while, and in front of them was a door, which was originally closed, and suddenly opened by itself.
"Yikes!" Imps curled up and hid behind Dyce, "The door opened on its own!" β
"Well, I think, it's just a mechanism, well, for example, there's a mechanism under your feet, and when you step on it, the door in front of you will open like this."
"ThisβThat's it." As soon as Days said this, Imps was not afraid.
"...... Talk"
"Huh?"
"Impus, I'm actually quite afraid of this."
"Long-winded...... I'm the Grand Duke's child, and this, these things, don't be afraid! If you don't believe me, I'll go ahead and show you. β
With that, Impus walked through the door alone.
Table tennis.
The door closed behind him.
"Ah!!!!h
"You can't even see rats or bats in this place." Princess Birodis walked ahead.
"No, I saw it, there was one shivering behind the pillar just now."
"Why, is it because there are ghosts?"
"It's not been a day or two that there are ghosts here, so it's because they're afraid of us, to be precise, they're afraid of Your Royal Highness the Princess, who has the blood of the White Dragon."
"Aren't you awake too?"
"I'm almost negligible compared to you."
"I heard that the royal family of Fernando's Holy Empire has a ritual to gather a certain number of bloodline owners and bless the person who is given expectations, and that person's bloodline can awaken more smoothly. It's a pity that we don't have this kind of secret art here, so we can only rely on pure-blood marriages to purify the bloodline. β
"But you don't like my brother."
"It's not that I don't like it, but it's definitely not possible to live a lifetime. Thinking about marrying his brother, I feel the same as marrying my father, and I feel uncomfortable. β
"Poof."
"Don't laugh, didn't you just think of marrying my father, the floor near the soles of your feet began to freeze, and you almost slipped yourself just now."
"Yes."
"It's all because our ancestors were too lazy, and after giving birth to a child, many of them chose to lay eggs, although occasionally a few pure blood children can be hatched, but the probability is too low. Originally, if, well, if every couple had four children, now our Odin royal family would be invincible. β
"But it's not easy to have a baby, isn't it? The queen, and my mother, both died in childbirth. β
"Yes...... So after we have a child, let's lay eggs, and leave things like expanding the race to Imps. β
"Please don't decide my sister's future so simply!"
"However, the Fernando royal family in the south does encourage childbearing, after all, it was originally a wild land, and there were relatively few talented humans, and many royal elites died every fifty years in the restoration war."
"It's sad that they're a country that has been sustained by dragon blood."
"Sorry, it's okay anymore." Days kicked open the door that couldn't be opened no matter how much he twisted the handle, and then hugged Impus, who was hugging him in the corner.
"Yes, is it Dyce?"
"Yes, it's me."
"Why are you here now? Woo ......" tears came out.
"How, how...... Don't cry......"
"You stupid, why are you so slow! Woo-woo-woo-woo...... Imps threw himself into Dyce's arms and began to cry.