"I see, what?"

A voice suddenly rang in Charlotte's ears.

The next moment, the closing of the gates of hell stopped.

Even, Charlotte felt that time had stopped in the entire storage room.

In the silence, he couldn't even hear his own heartbeat.

"I've been found out!"

Charlotte smiled bitterly,

"Long time no see, Lord of Hell!"

"Long time no see, Charlotte!"

The voice sounded again, it seemed very close and yet very far away.

- Although he said "long time no see", he didn't mean to show up at all.

"Woke me up suddenly, don't you want to say something?"

The voice asked.

"What to say?"

Charlotte tilted her head,

"For example, did you turn out to be like this?"

"Looks like you think you have some secrets about me, don't you?"

"Almost!"

Charlotte nodded,

"It's not enough to threaten you, but ......"

"Looks like you're confident!"

There was a hint of sarcasm in the voice of the Lord of Hell,

"Regardless of whether your faith is a fortress of sand on the beach, the question is, how long do you have the ability to take advantage of this secret?"

"Don't forget, the aura and mana levels of this world are constantly fluctuating, and only when there is only one empire in the prime of life, can you living people be able to cast spells intact. ”

The Lord of Hell directly said what Charlotte was most worried about,

"The world is changing so fast, how much time will you have?"

"You're really ......"

Charlotte smiled bitterly,

"Can't this kind of ultimate move be said last?"

"Didn't the Americans say — always use the biggest gun!"

"That's what Texans do, right?"

Charlotte shrugged,

"But now, I probably understand that you just want to convert more living people into ghosts, or create more ghosts with the ability to think, right?"

"Do you see that?

The Lord of Hell sneered,

"But even then, what can you do? Choose—— do you want to become a ghost, or simply, well, become a ghost of the dead?"

"Is this an ultimatum?"

"Yes. ”

"That's a real problem!"

said this, but the corners of Charlotte's mouth showed a smile,

"The question is, I think I'll have to think about it for a while, so what should I do?"

"Do you think I'll give you time to figure out how to deal with me?"

The subject of hell speaks with disdain.

"It depends on how serious the secret I just discovered is for you. ”

Charlotte was indifferent,

"You should understand that I'm connected to Cromwell—if, as I suspected, Jack the Ripper had borrowed your powers to get in touch with you. ”

“......”

"Hey, I guessed right!"

Seeing that the Lord of Hell was silent, Charlotte laughed,

"Then you should know that even if you can kill me, I can tell this secret to many ghosts before I die, through Cromwell's power. ”

"Do you think I'll be afraid of this threat?"

The voice of the Lord of Hell became serious, but to Charlotte, who often deceived people, it meant an opportunity,

"Theoretically, you wouldn't be afraid that they would know the secret. After all, your power is the strongest. ”

Charlotte analyzed,

"But why would you want to hide this secret if it wasn't necessary? I don't know what you want to do, but it wouldn't hurt you to keep it a secret, right?"

"That's right!"

The voice of the Lord of Hell returned to its previous calm,

"Is that what you offered?—— secret?"

"Yes. ”

Charlotte nodded,

"Won't you accept it, Lord of Hell?"

“......”

The Lord of Hell was silent for a long time without answering, which made Charlotte, who was originally confident, also become nervous, but fortunately-

"I can let you go one more time, but correspondingly, you must swear to the Lord of the Abyss in the name of mana that you will never reveal this matter, no matter words or words!"

"Lord of the Abyss?"

Charlotte was a little strange,

"Who's that? another pseudonym for yours?"

"Nope. ”

The gloomy voice of the Lord of Hell rang in Charlotte's ears,

"The Lord of the Abyss is an extremely mysterious being, and if a consciousness with mana swears to it in the name of mana, the oath is unbreakable and cannot be violated. ”

"How so!?"

Charlotte suddenly became curious,

"You should know that I have a way of confirming the truth of your words. ”

"Yes, it's like I know that you must have prepared countermeasures, even if I don't agree to your conditions, you won't be restrained. ”

The Lord of Hell stabbed back.

"That's right!"

Charlotte nodded naturally, not at all embarrassed after being seen through,

"However, in that case, you also took the initiative to reveal the news of the Lord of the Abyss to me, which means that you have a plan, right?"

"Something!?"

The Lord of Hell sneered,

"I just don't like how you provoke me repeatedly, so I'm just offering you a new target - the Lord of the Abyss has something to do with the fluctuating aura in this world, isn't he interested?"

"You mean—"

"The rule that affects how long you can freely use spells is the law of the Lord of the Abyss. ”

The words of the Lord of Hell have a clear taste of provocation,

"Of course, according to mythology, you can also call him Gaia, or Poseidon, or even the Dragon King. ”

"This ......"

Charlotte, who was familiar with various myths and legends, immediately understood the meaning of the words of the Lord of Hell, and his pupils shrank suddenly.

"I sincerely warn you, it's okay to investigate the Lord of the Abyss, but don't provoke Him, or ......"

Charlotte naturally understood the unfinished meaning of the words of the Lord of Hell, but he was a little strange,

"Your words are strange! Do you want me to investigate the Lord of the Abyss or—"

"I want you to keep to yourself and turn into a goblin as I hope - you know, when the tide of mana subsides again, you won't be able to use mana as a mere living person, but some powerful goblins will be okay. ”

"Like Jack the Ripper!?"

"Yes. ”

The Lord of Hell smiled sadly,

"At that time, I don't know what they will do if they have a conflict with you. ”

The threat between these words was naturally clear to Charlotte. And he also understood that the words of the Lord of Hell were indeed not wrong.

However, at this time, Charlotte was more concerned about another problem-

"According to my investigation, Jack the Ripper was also a living person who knew magic before, right......?

Charlotte asked the question he had been thinking about,

"Why do you always want to turn a living person who knows magic into a half-goblin, Lord of Hell!?"