160 Those who are captured (2/2)

But I don't know how to think about that right now.

The question remains, but let's move on.

'Tiber. Can you show me where this man was going?

Yes, sir. Master Kurowski. Come on, son. I'm going to show you where you've been going~

The man nods and turns away and starts to walk away.

After a while, they reach another entrance behind the castle.

'There was another entrance?'

And there is no one at that entrance. I wondered why no one was there, but I decided to move on.

Upon entering, there is a staircase that leads to the basement.

I let the man walk ahead and follow him.

The walls are equipped with candles, which are bright thanks to the fire.

This indicates that there is more than just the undead in this castle.

This is because the undead can't act without lights.

And at the bottom of the stairs, there is a door.

'Tibel. Tell the man to stop in front of the door.

Yes. It's stopping.

I step in front of the man who stops and examine the door.

He hears talking from inside.

Perform object detection. There's a small gap in the door, so you should be able to detect the inside.

There are five humanoid figures moving in the large room.

They don't feel like the undead. It feels like a living person.

I also use my recently learned skill of detecting wraiths, but the undead don't seem to be in the room.

'There's someone inside. Probably one of his own. Hey, Tiber?　Can you control multiple opponents at the same time?

Hmmm. It's a bit difficult. But if it's not at the same time, I might be able to manage to put you to sleep~

”Putting him to sleep, I see, I think I'm kind of weak to mental magic. So, let's go. Tiber. Let him go first.

Considering the man just now, it seems that spirit magic usually works.

It's the opposite of the undead who have mental magic disabled.

And if it's sleep magic, I can use it myself.

I think I can handle about five people with Tiber.

''I understand. Kuroki-sama. Now, you must go inside.

Tiber says and a man walks inside.

Once inside, the white hooded men look at us all at once.

I can see the will in their eyes. They don't look like the ones who were working on the farm.

'What's the matter?　You've got a hole in your gut.　Wait.　What's that guy behind you?

One of the men in the white hood looks at you and makes a sound.

I'm immediately recognized.

Well, I didn't think it was a swell disguise to begin with, so this is to be expected.

'Tiber!'

Yes!

A tibel pops out of his pocket.

When I confirmed it myself, I closed in on the man who had voiced it and used the magic of sleep.

'Ugh. ......'

The man goes down easily.

”Enemies?

The white cape that was at the side of the fallen guy is approaching you with a huge hammer that he had at his side.

The hammer looks heavy, but it is lightly lifted with one hand.

Maybe it's more powerful than a normal human being.

However, to me, that's only an error.

When I avoid the hammer, I release my magic and put it to sleep.

Then, I make him sleep before the white hood that tried to escape from this room.

It's strong, but it seems to move slower than a normal human.

I could easily get ahead of him.

'What about you?　Tiber?

I looked at Tibel and saw the white hooded one lying at his feet.

Apparently, it worked.

There's no sign of anyone else coming here, having heard the commotion.

'Looks like it's all right.'

We look around the room.

There are two doors apart from the one we came in through.

One of them is the door through which the white hooded one tried to escape.

Perhaps there is a place that leads on.

Then?　What is on the other side of the other door?

When I examine the door, I can hear a faint human voice from inside.

Using object detection, I can see that there are multiple humanoid forms inside.

Could they be members of the white hood?

But then they would come out to add to it.

'Tiber. Can you ask who's in this room?

”Yes. Master Kuroki.

Tiber asks the first man he meets.

'Some of them we've captured,'

The captive?　Is it Wendy and the others?

But the human form that I feel from inside is huge.

It seems like an adult human being.

''Kuroki-sama~. I get a bad feeling from inside~

'A bad feeling?　Is it dangerous in here?

Tiber shook his head when he heard that.

'I'm not sure. But I don't want to go inside~'

The look on your face is very disgusting.

I've never seen Tiber look like this before.

There doesn't seem to be any enemies, but what's inside?

Maybe something unpredictable is waiting for me.

'All right. Tiber will wait there and come back to check on the inside.

I take off my white hood and tell Tiber to wait for me.

If there are no enemies, it should be safe for them to wait here.

The reason I took off my hood is to reassure the people trapped inside. It's better than hiding my face.

I open the door.

It's brightly lit inside.

'Huh?　This!

I couldn't help but notice the sound of my voice.

There was an unexpected scene there.

Fat men all over the room, stripped naked and tied up with rough rope.

A parade of chest and butt hair.

The smell of old men's sweat fills the room.

I pressed my mouth and nose together.

'Who's that ....... Doesn't look like you're one of them, maybe you're here to help?

A man tied up in the back looks at himself.

He is a well-built, fearless-looking man.

He would have been dignified if he hadn't been completely naked and V-legged.

Something is ruining a lot of things.

This guy is really, really not what I expected: ......

What's so sad about having to look at an old man naked?

It made me want to cry a bit.

Wendy in captivity

We will all be brought to the lord's castle.

The place we are brought to is high in the castle.

We can see the mountains in the distance from the windows.

We are kept in a birdcage-like prison in the middle of the room.

The window is close, but we can't go near it.

It will be difficult to escape.

”Wendy, big sister. What are we going to do?

Mikal looks at me anxiously.

I want to reassure him, but I can't.

Because I'm also very anxious.

Everyone else who was brought in also looked anxious.

'Mikal. We can't let Wendy get into trouble.

Lili, who was nearby, scolds Mikal.

Lili has a somewhat resigned look on her face.

Lili knows what will happen to us from now on.

Of course I know.

We will be vampire food. That's what we were raised to do.

But I didn't think they would bring us all in.

'Tiber-chan ....... Kuroki-san: ......

I think about them.

I wanted to say goodbye for the last time.

Because then I would be able to go to heaven with good dreams.

Tiber was so beautiful.

White skin and lapis lazuli butterfly wings.

When she flew through the air, glitter and light danced around.

With her, I feel like I can fly too.

I looked at the sky from the birdcage.