Episode 49.9 (2/2)

But even with that haziness, one thing is clear.

There's only one living human in this mansion.

The maid puppet is heading straight toward that sole living human.

Just when he thought he'd get led to that human, the puppet took him to the neighboring room instead.

It's a room choke full of magic tools installed on walls and ceiling.

(I don't like this room.)

(Can't calm down.)

(It's giving me bad vibes.)

”We finally met. Lecan-niichan.”

The maid puppet spoke. Lecan felt something odd and turned around to look at the maid puppet, to his shock and horror.

<Life Detection> shows the maid puppet in a red colored dot.

(It wasn't human a moment ago.)

(Yet it is now?)

The maid puppet walked up and hugged Lecan's right leg.

”Lecan-niichan. I have one tiny request for you.”

”What is it.”

Still clinging to Lecan's right leg, the maid puppet looked up and laughed.

”Be my slave. KUKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE.”

Its mouth opened wide, the upper and lower jaws kept opening and shutting while producing a cackling sound.

Each its eyes moved around disorderly independently.

Lecan has never witnessed such a repulsive object in his life.

It kept on laughing. Sound eerily enough to send a chill down your spine.

Lecan tried to peel it off. Yet he failed to.

Yacklubend's clinging power proves stronger than Lecan's strength.

His leg got pricked by a needle-like object. Then some sort of liquid flowed from there.

He felt dizzy all of a sudden, his eyes lost focus.

It's poison or some sort of drug. His consciousness is falling.

(No!)

(All will be lost if I pass out now!)

Lecan put his right hand in <Storage>, took <Ring of Undying King> and slotted it in his left index finger. Then he grabbed a Bombshell out of his <Storage>.

”Huh? Lecan-niichan. You're still up? Weird~”

The <Ring of Rozan> in his left ring finger probably weakened the poison's effect. But it won't last long.

”<Tiri Walda Roa>.”

Lecan's body turned dull white once he activated <Ring of Undying King> effect.

He pulled the safety plug off the bombshell.

”Huh? Maybe the anesthetic didn't enter right? Lecan-niichan, you've changed color?”

He still felt unwell, but the drowsiness was mild.

(Not even <Ring of Undying King>.)

(Completely removes the drowsiness and malaise.)

(Is it not just your ordinary poison?)

However, unlike his previous test, he got poisoned before activating <Ring of Undying King> this time. That might be why. Either way, the poison would take effect again once the Grace expired.

”Lecan-niichan? Knocked out already? But you're still standing and all, so weird. Gonna crush the leg just in case and”

A dazzling flash of light burst open and swallowed everything.