I Became the Male Lead who was Clinging onto the Female Leads - Chapter 55



55 – Infiltration (3)

Eugene’s infiltration plan was simple.

‘Use the secret passage.’

At the level of the Viscount Hobart, who has gained wealth in the region, they build structures of various kinds as they live on a pile of gold coins.

As a part of it, the secret passage was a facility built to protect the lives of nobles in disasters such as war and fire.

Only the nobles of the family and a handful of servants are aware of its existence, and it was designed as a long aisle that was barely wide enough for one person to pass through.

There were entrances and exits all over the family…….

It was an area outside the manor surrounding the nobles’ bedrooms, outbuildings, underground corridors, and Hobart Viscounty.

The entrance was hidden near the largest of the trees surrounding the manor…….

Now Eugene was hiding behind that big tree and watching the situation.

– I am sleepy. I’m sleepy.

-Don’t you have to go on a night watch today?

The eyes behind the mask look at the soldiers guarding the manor.

-But you’re sleepy?

-Yes.

-It’s ruined.

-It’s ruined.

They chatted to ease the boredom of guard duty.

-But what happened to the search?

– The elder thing that went missing a few days ago?

-What else is there? Of course it is.

-That’s…….

The soldier who received the question looked around and noticed, then confirmed that no one was there and whispered to the soldier next to him.

‘What is it?’

Eugene immediately strengthened his hearing with magical powers.

-Honestly that old man. You didn’t do anything, but you only gnawed at the family’s wealth.

-Is there a noble in this family who is not like that?

-No. I don’t have it. That’s not what’s important. The Viscount Hobart must have had a bad look at the old man.

– So?

-This is something you really shouldn’t tell other people…….

-Okay, so tell me quickly. What.

The soldier lowered his normally low voice.

-The search mission. He told me to just pretend to do it.

– What? Really?

– Lower your voice, child. Hear me

-No, I get it. But did you really just tell me to pretend?

-That’s right.

– Wow…….

The soldier who heard the story gave a small sigh.

-Still, they don’t even search for the case of the elder’s disappearance? This family has no real roots.

-I also give a lot of monthly wages, so they remain. To be honest, I have no respect for the people of this family.

-Who wouldn’t do that?

– Just looking at that greedy face…….

-Stop it. I know everything even if you don’t say it

The soldier patted his comrade on the shoulder in sympathy.

He looked at it… ….

It occurred to me that even though Viscount Hobart lives in the surrounding area, he can’t live in the hearts of people in his family.

‘Yes.’

Since he would do similar things to the women in his family as he did to Erica, the feelings of those who saw it were, to say the least, nagging.

‘Enough.’

There was no need to pay any attention to the search for a person who was already dead.

The important thing now is to infiltrate the secret room.

‘Let’s see.’

I had to find a hidden entrance in front of the manor to avoid the eyes of those soldiers.

As a result of listening to the stories of the soldiers and figuring out their inaction, their level was really just that of the guardsmen.

It was not even a matter of knocking them out.

However, doing so will lead to an extensive search by other guards who find them knocked out.

Then the difficulty of infiltrating will increase rapidly…….

The priority was to divert the soldiers’ attention elsewhere.

Eugene gathered the mana in his body and brought it to his fingertips.

Hwaruk.

A small flame rose from the fingertips. Eugene attached it to the grass and hid in his place over the spur tree.

Then wait a few minutes…….

Hwaaak─

The grass was burning and black smoke rose.

“What, what?”

“What kind of fire is this?”

The soldiers guarding the manor ran into the grass in panic.

That moment.

Taat.

Eugene jumped out of the tree and arrived in front of the manor.

-There is a doorway in front of the manor facing the oldest tree.

He swept the sand off the ground, replaying the memories in his head. Then I saw a faint line between the ground and the ground. The line drew a circle the size of a person.

‘I found it.’

Now I had to open this doorway without being noticed by the soldiers.

“Ouch! Hot!”

“Why won’t this turn off!”

Looking back, the soldiers were concentrating on putting out the embers.

‘Because I made a fire that is not easily extinguished.’

The time to not be seen by the soldiers was secured. All that was left was to open the door and enter.

The problem is that from the time the entrance was made, it seemed that only opening from the inside was assumed, and there was no way to open it from the outside.

I could only see lines that would be ambiguous to call a gap…….

‘I have no choice but to use this.’

Eugene put his palm in the gap and used his magical power.

Saaa—

The wind from the fingertips entered the crack and formed a small bundle under the doorway.

At that moment, Eugene opened his eyes and sent out powerful magic power.

-Kooung.

The wind entering the crack caused a small explosion.

The circular doorway rose slightly upward.

‘Now!’

Yujin grabbed hold of the doorway and lifted it up. A small space was created for my body to fit into.

Yujin immediately threw herself into it.

*

When I entered the underground passage, I couldn’t see anything.

It looked like it was made with the assumption that it would be brought in with a torch.

‘It’s nothing special.’

Ujin used a magic to summon a luminous body and walked quickly. Since only a few people knew about the underground passage, it didn’t happen that they ran into anyone.

He quickly reached his first destination. A solid round line was visible on the dead-end wall of the underground passage.

‘Looks like they’re all connected in this way.’

Eugene immediately pushed through the doorway and went inside.

A wider and paved road appeared than the places I had passed so far. It was an underground hallway.

‘Now I have to find my way.’

Underground corridors were connected to several buildings.

To get to the secret room he was looking for, he had to choose the correct answer from the many roads ahead. If he picked the wrong answer, he would only get to the wrong destination.

‘So I have to concentrate.’

Didn’t you go through a long interrogation (?) For that?

He had no choice but to recall the information in his head as much as possible and move on. He moved quickly, figuring out his location based on the structure and topography of the underground corridor.

In order to notice the presence of those walking around the hallway in advance and hide, I walked around with all my energy.

At the end of that journey, Eugene arrived at his final destination without being noticed by anyone.

A solid metal door blocks the room.

A huge magic circle is drawn on that door.

Feeling the subtle magical energy from the magic circle seemed to be the magic circle that a skilled wizard had put on the door itself.

I have to use this to open the door…….

Eugene blew magic into his eyes and looked closely at the magic circle.

Remembering the fact that the magic circle itself is to develop the magic of the same star more elaborately and stronger, it wasn’t difficult to figure out what kind of magic circle it was for by looking at the structure and shape of the magic circle. .

‘A structure in which mana gathers and rains lightning… ….’

I got it.

This was the magic circle of the brain attribute nurturing magic ‘Lightning Rain’.

If you put your hand on this magic circle and unfold the lightning lane without error, the door will open naturally.

Chin.

Eugene immediately put his hand in the middle of the magic circle and closed his eyes. It was the first time I had developed nurturing magic according to the magic circle created by others, so I needed to concentrate a little.

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Eugene developed the lightning lane slowly and without errors according to the structure of the magic circle.

Wow.

Blue light flickers along the line of the magic circle.

The light flowed like waves along the magic circle, filling the magic circle in no time.

‘Enough!’

At that moment, Eugene opened his eyes and removed his palm. The blue flames that filled the magic circle continued to flash.

The light gathered at the center of the door and emitted a strong light, then disappeared without realizing it.

Clap.

The sound of something being unlocked came from the very center of the door.

Kikiiik─

The door to the secret room, which has not been opened for decades, opens, and the sound of the ground and scraping is heard.

‘Finally!’

I succeeded in opening the door to the secret room.

Yujin immediately grabbed both sides of the door and pushed it. There was enough space for my body to fit in.

‘Huh?’

But inside, another door and lock were revealed.

Looking at the magical patterns drawn on the lock, it seemed to be a magic tool that could only be opened with a specific key.

‘Oh my God.’

Because it is the place where Viscount Hobart from the previous war era hid all his secrets and evil deeds, he arranged another lock behind the magic circle.

Considering the wealth he had, it was clear that it was difficult to break in a short time, and Eugene’s infiltration would have failed here…….

‘Heavenly luck follows me.’

I couldn’t feel the magic from the magic lock.

If you can’t feel the flow of magical power, these magic tools have lost their function, but unless they’re really great monsters, they had to be managed periodically according to the management method set by the creator.

However, this magic lock hadn’t received any maintenance for decades, and it was worn out and was on the verge of breaking.

Until now, in the Viscount House of Hobart, it seemed that no one had broken through the barrier of nurturing brain-attribute magic.

The contents of the secret room made it impossible for outsiders to open it, so it seems to have been left unattended…….

‘It’s a good thing for me.’

Eugene lightly hit the lock.

Kung.

The padlock that did not overcome the flow of time crumbled powerlessly and fell to the floor.

Yujin immediately opened the door and entered the secret room.

The musty air that had been there for decades stung his nose.

“Ahchwi!”

‘No, what kind of air… ….’

Eugene immediately pinched his nose and shut the door. I wanted to open the door wide and ventilate it, but there was no way to hide my presence.

Kung.

Closing the door, Eugene looked at the view of the secret room.

His brow furrowed.

The closed room, filled with shady air, was like a laboratory.

A huge laboratory was placed in the middle, and the left side was filled with the bones of small animals and the corpses of insects.

‘What the hell did you do with your life?’

Yujin shook her head. He looked away and looked to the right of the test bench.

I saw an old bed, and next to it I saw a huge bookshelf. The bookshelves were packed with hundreds of books…….

‘Hey there!’

I had a strong intuition that there would be evidence of the evil done by the Viscount Hobart.

Eugene ran straight to the bookshelf and quickly skimmed through the headings. Soon, his eyes stopped.

「Loneliness Recipe for Humans (Part 1)」

His hand moved slowly and pulled out a book. Acrid dust spurted out in front of my eyes.

Eugene opened the book without paying attention to it.

‘This crazy… ….’

In that book, the recipe for loneliness for humans was written.