Chapter 432 (1/2)

420 Part 1

420 Magi Craft Meister

13 Stronghold Enhancement Arc

13-08 Visiting The Marquess

After enjoying the hot cake, Jin and his friends had a little more time to spare before they had to go back, so they went back to finish their tasks at hand.

Elsa went to check out Lisa who was working with the golem maids.

Reinhardt continued monitoring Noir’s operation.

Berthie and Mine were being polite and helped cleaned the dishes.

Jin went back to the underground hall and asked Laojun regarding his progress.

“My Lord, I’ll give you an interim report on Marcus.”

“All right. I’m listening.”

“Yes. My Lord’s presumption was correct after all. I learned a lot more from Transinfo level 8.”

Even if his memory was erased, there seemed to be some remnants remaining. It would be more accurate to say that his memory could not be recalled, instead of being erased.

It was comparable to protected sectors of FAT (File Allocation Table) of a personal computer so they could not be read or deleted.

Although it seemed to disappear at first glance, it was still there.

“I see! So what did you find out?”

“Yes. … There was an important finding. First of all, there is no doubt that Marcus was manipulated by a demon.”

That was as expected. So my presumption was confirmed.

“The demon’s name was Marcosias. Marcus was targeted most likely because of the similarity in their names.”

It seemed Marcus was very unlucky to have been chosen just because of that.

“Here’s the important part. First of all, Marcosias, or Marcus, was investigating human technology, ecology, and society.”

Elsa also mentioned something similar. Their purpose was to measure human’s ability. That was probably his mission.

“He seemed to do various things to see the reactions of human beings. Georg Randol’s inferiority complex toward his brother was used to cast magic similar to Seduce to manipulate his actions.

According to Laojun’s analysis and reasoning, the cast magic seemed to have awakened and encouraged his deepest desires.

“I see, that explains his abnormal behavior, right?”

“That’s correct. Poisoning the Marquess was completely arbitrary. I think this analysis is accurate.”

That was good news. That fact would change the situation considerably. Elsa would be happy to hear that, too.

“Anything else?”

“Yes. It seems that the Seduce cast on Mine was part of it as well.

Laojun ended his interim report with such a conclusion.

This would be our chance to learn about Marcosias’ abilities and demon skills.

“All right. Please continue.”