Chapter 29 (1/2)
Chapter 29 – I forgot so important
The second day after Maria disappeared We all searched desperately for her, but found no traces at all, and weren’t even able to get any clues
All I had was impatience, and my heart was in a mess
Why didn’t I go together with her at that ti every day
“Here Drink this and warm your body up Your complexion looks terrible”
The student council president said so as he poured some tea for me
“Thank you very much”
I took the tea and began sipping It’s a gentle taste like always and it warmed my body
In the student council room that was just like usual, I looked at the chair that Maria usually sat in
Nor tea forht now, that smile’s not here……
“Maria-san’s quite dependable, and she has powerful light ht”
The student council president started talking toat Maria’s empty seat
He also helped us in our search for Maria, and would co how depressed I was, being worried for my sake
I’ painful…… My friends are probably all feeling painful as well…… Even the president was really friendly with Maria as well, there’s no reason why he wouldn’t be feeling painful as well
Even though that’s how it should be, he’s still caring about how I aht noell
I can’t keep regretting and stay depressed like this Let’s do the best that I can
We’re definitely going to find you, Maria…… Please be safe, just wait, Maria……
And so, on the night of the third day after Maria went
After I finished dinner in the dorms, and returned to rim look on his face
It’s a bit too late to be visiting norrim look on his face
“What exactly is it at this ti’s happened to Maria……”
I was shaken as I said so, but Jared shook his head
“I still don’t knohere Maria could be ……But, I otten some relevant information”
“……Relevant information?”
“First of all, please look at this”
As he said so, what Jared brought out was from the other day, the papers that recorded the evidence ofmy condemnation event
“This is from…… the other day……”
“That’s right It’s the docuht out as evidence the other day I really couldn’t get these docuside searching for Maria, and……”
For soirls that causedthat the girls’ positions and poeren’t enough to pose a threat to me, they seem to have been left alone However, Jared’s analysis was that soirls had caused the incident
And, the docu that they could have prepared
Jared was really bothered about this, so in these few days, in conjunction with searching for Maria, he also investigated this Then –
“I learned a really strange thing It wasn’t those girls that had prepared all those documents”
“……What’s that about?”
“It was soirls that prepared those docuirls don’t reot those documents from”
“……! ……So…… That’s…”
“It’s really unbelievable, isn’t it At first, I also thought that they were lying, but after confirs…… It see”
“!?”
Even though they had brought out that evidence with so ot those documents from…… Impossible…… In the first place, they shouldn’t have been able to print such things…… All those girls lost their memories……
While I was dazed by all of this, Jared continued speaking with a grim face
“But, that’s not all there is to it All those girls don’t re on that day”
“……Eh……”
“Indeed, they did seem to dislike you That seems to be the truth But even so, it didn’t see you in such a public manner like that”
Those girls indeed disliked Katarina Claes, and actually when I was alone, if I passed by them they would turn around and h courage to actually attack
I, Katarina Claes, ahter of a duke after all, and also since I’m the fiancee of the third prince Jared, I’m in quite a position of power If they clumsily attack irls are quite high-ranking nobles themselves as well, but, I really didn’t think that they’d be the type to confront ht head-on
Even so…… They were different on that day On that day, they gave off the feeling of “noKatarina Claes today” What’s more, all of them were like that
However, after they dispersed fro disappeared completely, what’s ” and buried their heads in their arms, or so it seems
“……But, if that’s really true, it’s such a strange story It’s alically manipulated by someone else”
That’s what I muttered, then Jared’s expression became even darker
“It’s not alht really have been manipulated”
“……EH!?”
“At that tie to me as well”
“But…… So them……”
There’s no doubt that huole like hypnosis, and in the first place, so able to manipulate that many people at once……
Next to ain with his grim face
“Manipulating people…… It’s possible if you have dark ic”
“……Eh, soic?”
The types of ic in this world are divided into “water, fire, earth, wind, and light,” and people with those ic poould activate their latent abilities around a certain age The school, and e that everyone knew even as a child
The only types of ht”
Even after coic school here, I’ve never learned about any other types of ic
“Born froic, is a spell that can manipulate people’s hearts”
“……But, I’ve really never heard of such a spell or dark ic before……”
“Dark erous, so it’s forbidden, and its very knowledge has been concealed fro people in the country know of it”
“……Dangerous?”
“It canic”
Manipulating your heart andyou to forget about it afterwards Indeed, that sounds really scary
“……But, if those girls were really being ic…… The motive must have been to causeto do hy Maria went ?”
It’s really scary if there really is soic Also, I don’t really knohy they would irls either
But, the person with dark ic who caused this incident should probably have soainst me If that’s the case, there should be no relation to Maria at all
“That’s right If you think about it noret is Katarina Claes, and Maria is coic”
“That’s true but…… What does that have to do with it?”
“It’s said that dark ic is impossible to detect, but…… In opposition to darkness, only those with the power of light ic are said to be able to detect it”
“……! Then, Maria……”
“Shethat incident, and then contacted the person with dark ot taken away somewhere, and all of the above is purely my deduction”
Dark ic, a spell that can ?? Then, was she taken away somewhere by someone……
I suddenly received too much information and it went all over my head and I couldn’t think very well at all
In the first place, I hadn’t known about the existence of dark ic up until now
A forbidden, secret ic……
Huh? But then, I wonder what happens to people that are born with dark ic?
“……Uh, but if dark erous and is a secret, what about people that are born with darktheir ic that almost nobody knows about, isn’t it hard to find out even if their ic powers activate?”
I asked Jared the question that popped into my head
“Darkthat people are born with like other types of ic already can acquire afterwards”
“……A ic that someone can acquire afterwards……?”
Isn’table to acquire it afterwards…… What exactly does that mean?
While I was getting more and more confused, Jared told me in a quiet voice
“There’s a ritual that’s required in order to acquire dark ic”
“……Ritual?”
“Yes, there’s a ritual It’s said that you have to ic”
“Offering?”
At hed deeply
“In a dark ic ritual, you ic So, anyone who has dark ed it for someone’s life”
I’ so around me at all
All the people important to me had fallen down by my feet Jared, Keith, Mary, Alan, Sophia, Nico, and Maria There was no life to any of them……
“Everyone, wake up, wake up!”
I desperately shouted, and shook everyone’s bodies, but not one of them moved