Vol 9 Chapter 145 (2/2)
“It’s been left alone so long that it’s come to this Now then, what could be in its depths?”
Shannon shook, but she spoke with bravado
“I-I’uy’s treasure! He ealthy, so he must have quite a fortune!”
Even hearing that, Miranda didn’t seem all too interested
All she wanted was to have the e expectations wouldn’twould come out of it
(You often hear about the rich ones and upstarts using their h if he put all these traps to shelter what turn out to be a forgery)
Hearing a sound frohter
“Shannon, it’s getting hard to walk And you haven’t been of any use this whole time”
“But it’s scary! The presence of so watch, or how should I put it, this is definitely bad! That’s why I said it! That even if it was cheap, not to buy it!”
Shannon looked like she was going to burst into tears, so Miranda sighed, and firmly held onto her hand
Walking on, she found yet another trap
She threw her knife to get it e noise sounded, she confirmed that it was broken
“Leave the, I see”
She was interested in what sort of traps had been set, but after so many years, she determined there were few that would still function properly
Not voicing any ain
“We really must confirm what’s in the basement It’ll serve to kill soet back”
As Miranda walked on, Shannon looked around her surroundings warily as she clung on so tight there was no chance of the sisters being separated…
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… Inside the mansion
Nove the master’s study
It was blatantly obvious that it would beco it quite carefully
She opened theand took a cleaning i despite the lack of wind
Hearing the loud sound, behind her, Novem showed not a hint of surprise as she proceeded to try opening theagain This tih it wasn’t locked, it wouldn’t opened
It felt as if it were being held down by so
“I want to finish cleaning the o play somewhere else?”
She turned from the , and looked in the center of the room to find a plump man with violet skin
He had a nuolden chain around his neck
Before the er of this world, Noves
“Pleasure to meet you My name is Novem… Novem Forxuz, if you will I am the lover of Lyle-saageht either Nohat shall I call our relationshi+p? Yes, let us just leave it at Lyle-sama’s loyal servant”
When she directed a san to rise into the air A large scythe was held in his hands
Seeing the figure before her, Novem could understand just sort of existence he was
She narrowed her eyes
“I thought all Outsiders had been elis you could find Eternal youth isn’t that good a thing to have, you know…”
Noveripped it around the Forxuz House’s heirloom staff
In search of eternity, o, research was carried out to fuse man with monster itself
None of that should have been known to the public All the records should have been erased, but it seerasped onto the clues, and experimented on his own body
Having been left in a state where he couldn’t research any longer, the former master lowered his scythe at Novem
But Noveripped the blade, and no matter how much power he put in, she wouldn’t move an inch
“I cannot sis At the very least, a painless…”
Noveht hand take the shape of her own scythe That scythe that gave off a silver sheen traced a single line across her opponent’s abdomen
The violet man opened his blackened an to burn in a pale blue flaround
Watching the ash smoothly disappear into the floor, Novem reverted her scythe
“So a little of him still remains”
Saying that, she collected up her cleaning supplies, and decided to probe through the ain…
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… Miranda found Monica at the end of the basee
“What are you doing?”
Seeing Monica in the pitch-black room with a book in her hands, Shannon was unable to raise a scream She fruitlessly opened her mouth, and collapsed
Miranda snatched the lantern from her hands, and looked around the room
Monica was looking through the various books and documents
“This is truly interesting research here It seems there was a series of experiments carried out You’ll find some jail cells further in, and there are traces that monsters were once kept there Well, we can’t really make this one public, so ill have to dispose of it”
Hearing that, Miranda understood that the wealthy e research She narrowed her eyes, and held the lantern to the bookshelves on the wall
Quite a few titles she was unfamiliar ere lined up, and there were even books in words she couldn’t read Beside them were the required dictionaries to read them
There were a number of desks in the roo and researching here
Placing the lantern on the desk, Miranda looked at the entrance to the roo fro
Because they knehose footsteps those were
The one to enter the room was Novem
“It looks like you’ve beat me to it It does appear the master here had some unsavory hobbies of his own We will dispose of all the books and documents here”
Her tone was stronger than usual, and her eyes that wouldn’t pero over to Shannon
Monica put the book down, and looked around
“We can use this roo to me?”
Novem nodded
“Please do whatever you like However, everything that has been left in this room will be disposed of The furniture as well”
Miranda spoke in sarcasm
“Even when they’ve got soh class desks lined up?”
Without giving a response, Novem silently stared at Miranda Miranda stroked her hair, let out a sigh, and nodded
“Yes, yes, do what you will Well, using what’s been left in this room is a bit… we should just wipe it all out while we’re at it”
Novem spoke
“I don’t think there’s a problem with the mansion itself But please keep this matter a secret fro one”
Monica nodded Miranda also agreed
Shannon was… out cold, so no one tried asking for her opinion…
(TL: The term used here translated to outsider is one that refers to teachings outside one’s religion)