extra 2 (2/2)

The other wives approached at once.

What is it? What is it?

[This is the first time you ever said that you're scared of ghosts, Haosui.]

[That's right. Your real intention is crystal clear.]

[We won't allow you to do that]

[That's cheating! Haosui!]

[Shoot! I missed the timing!]

[That looks nice……. Can I also cling to you like that?]

[……I'm the first. I won't yield.]

…..apparently she was lying about her being scared of ghosts.

Well, since it's a cute lie, I can't get myself to be angry at her. Haosui-san, do you really look up to me?

You can't escape it even you gently deflect it.

Because, even if you look away, your body is still sticking to me.

However, this situation is no good.

I have to solve this as soon as possible.

[First of allー]

I raised my voice to attract the attention of my wives.

In response to that voice, my wives immediately rushed to position.

Haosui is still in the spirit of first-come-first-serve and kept clinging to me.

Should I be angry?

[Janken!]

『Hooo！』

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As a result, there was Meru on top of my head as always, Salona on my left this time and Mao has taken the right side.

Haosui piggybacked on my back.

It's the result of everyone scolding her for not participating in the janken.

However, Haosui had a happy look on her face regardless as she entrusted her whole body weight to me.

Well, I don't mind if this is what she wanted.

Besides, I'm quite satisfied with the result this time.

I also think that something might come out the mansion.

In any case, I can't move instantly under my current circumstances, but Tata and Naminissa can erect a barrier at will and I can trust Narellina to guard the front while Kagane can be entrusted to guard the rear.

…..in the first place, I don't think that I'll even need to personally raise my hand, although if I hear a complaint from any of my wives, there is nothing in this world that I can't beat.

Well, since it's easy for me to finish things as long as I have an opening to use, there is no need for me to take most things seriously.

If anything else, Floyd should be able to temporarily handle things in my place.

Now that the preparation is in place, let's rush in.

I felt bad for Siros-san to make him waiting, but his smile showed that he didn't really mind about that.

He's really a decent person.

If he changed job to become a butler, I suspected that there will be no change since Siros-san himself essentially acts like a butler already.

[Well then, shall we go? To the sage's mansion]

[Right. Let's go]

The butler and the bookstore clerk were lining up to enter the mansion.

Why is it that when I see the back of those two I sensed nothing but trouble……

After I let out a sigh, I followed the two and entered the mansion.

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However, contrary to my expectations, nothing happened inside the mansion.

No, in fact, the interior is just as decayed as the exterior with holes riddling the place. It's hard to walk in the mansion, as if everything would collapse when touched.

I guess because nobody had lived in this house for a long time, it deteriorated so far that it became too fragile.

Since it has come to this, it'll be no wonder if the mansion would collapse at any time so Tata and Naminissa erected a barrier around us just in case.

We didn't know where the spellbook is but since it's not that large of a place, checking each room randomly one by one should do the trick.

Other than the living room and cafeteria, there were other rooms like offices. I found out after taking some glances at the rooms.

After I looked closer, I realized that nearly everything in this mansion, be it furnitures, dishes, and tools were all handmade.

Though I don't really understand art, I can tell that it requires fine craftsmanship to make all of these items.

I was quite amazed by this great sage's mastery.

No, it's as expected from a true wiseman.

Perhaps, everything may have been created by the great sage through magic..

Even the mansion itself was created from magic…

Now that I think about it, it only makes me admire him more.

However, no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't find any trace of the spellbook.

There were books scattered around the mansion, but they're mostly story books, probably penned by the great sage himself, which is quite valuable by itself.

Siros-san thought so too so he collected all those books.

There were also recipe books among them that use the wild plants and nuts growing around this area and also the specific method to cook the meat of monsters and beast that live around here. Failures and successes, all have an autograph.

If one read all of this, one would start to wonder why the great sage even bothered to write all these books. I'm probably not the only one thinking like this.

But of course, I picked up the recipe book.

In the end, only one room was left to be inspected.

We found no spellbook in all other rooms so far. So could it be in this final room?

There is no other possibility when you think about it.

I don't really care if we ended up not obtaining it, but it'll be a problem for Siros-san.

With the hope that we'll find it this time, we entered the room.

This last room is apparently a study.

A writing desk of amazing craftsmanship complete with a lamp was laid under the window, and many books are stashed at the bookshelf that was set on the wall.

We picked the book randomly and checked the contents, but we still didn't find the spellbook.

Again, it's mostly storybooks written by the great sage.

There were books on magic, such as [magic theory of the great sage] and [great wiseman on fundamentals of magic], but as the title suggested, it's all about theory and fundamentals of magic. Nothing sort of a spell that can conjure up the ultimate magic.

No matter how hard we searched, we couldn't find that spellbook anywhere in the mansion.

Well, now what?

This is troubling.

To think, we still couldn't find it…..

While I was still trying to figure things out, Floyd spoke something.

[Wazu-sama, may I speak for a bit?]

Floyd was at the front of the writing desk when I turned my head towards him.

When I walked to him, he handed to me a book.

[This is?]

[I found this in the desk drawer. Apparently, it's the great sage's journal.]

[Journal?]

I accepted the book from Floyd.

Everyone's interest was piqued and they gathered around me.

Perhaps, there may be some clues left written here.

Keeping my hopes up, I began reading the journal.

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