Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 25



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＃Returner’s Notepad Episode 25

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Sigh——!

I hit the white bone with a pickaxe. Elise, startled, grabbed my shoulder.

“What are you doing-”

“Then do you want to tell me?”

I slapped that hand away. He said looking into her eyes.

“You go out and tell people. ‘I am Elise of the Petra family, and this mine is haunted by ghosts. These remains were buried alive by the Libra family to conceal the ghost.’”

“… … .”

Then Elise’s complexion calmed down. She pulled back slightly and glared at me with her arms crossed.

“Go out here and say that. Fight with Libra. “I will support you.”

Clap clap – I even clapped right in front of my nose. Elise was still expressionless.

“You can’t do it, right? you also. To Libra.”

Libra’s power cannot be matched by any family at the moment. This is not a family that someone like Petra can fight against.

Especially now, with one year and nine months left until the congressman’s re-election.

“… … so.”

Elise finally opened her mouth.

“You’re going to clean it on your own?”

“uh.”

If Jade discovers the remains, they will be melted into molten iron.

Even if the remains are not found, they will be buried here forever.

If that’s the case, I’d rather take it.

“I clean. why.”

I disassembled the white bones with a pickaxe. Clavicle, shoulder blade, femur, tibia, fibula, skull, ribs, pubic bone, ilium… … I divided it up for easy storage and stuffed it all into a duffel bag.

“You’re out of your mind… … “I will see all the extreme loyalty.”

Elise muttered with blank eyes.

“Well, even if you live like a dog, it’s better to have a Libra pet dog. “It’s a survival method that suits a parasite like you quite well.”

Suddenly her tone became cold. A raw contempt pierced my eardrums.

“Would you like to know that? Libra, an orphan like you?”

I didn’t answer. Instead, he carried a duffel bag full of remains.

“Well, that’s okay.”

Elise, who quickly cleared her expression, sat down on a blunt rock. He continued speaking, bobbing his crossed legs.

“Try to wriggle on your own. “I’m also curious about what will happen.”

——Beep!

At that time, a whistle suddenly rang out. A shout came down from above.

—Are you okay there?

It was a rescue team.

I quickly looked back at Elise.

“hey. You go up first. And, we’ve never been together. “You didn’t see any ghosts.”

While pushing Elise, he also handed her a duffel bag. Elise frowned.

“Why are you passing it on?”

“If I have it, you won’t be suspicious.”

“… … That doesn’t sound the same. “Why do I have Libra-”

“Oh, so you tell me? By going up? “You saw a ghost here?”

“… … .”

“I would say it’s good for Jade’s personality if you poop. right? “I went there bragging a lot about reopening the mine.”

Elise slightly bit her lip, seemed to be thinking, and then let out a small sigh. She then spread her three fingers.

Middle finger, index finger, thumb. The magic power formed a triangle at the fingertips. It stuck to the duffel bag and reduced its ‘size’ like a thermos.

My eyes widened.

“Wow what is it?”

“Is this your first time seeing a reduction technique?”

“… … “This is the first time a high school student has used it.”

“It’s a pitiful life.”

Elise sarcastically put the duffel bag in her pocket. Just then, the rescue team shined a light into the basement.

I hid, and Elise walked there and waved.

“It’s here. “There’s someone here.”

—Oh yes! I’ll send the rope down!

I sat back. I guess I can hide for about 5 minutes and then go.

—Come up!

“yes. song.”

While Elise was going up, I opened Hans’ work log again to kill time.

I turned the pages, reading them one by one, and came across the last sentence of the last page.

The letters he pressed down held my hand.

—I wanted to give you a birthday present… … I’m sorry dad… … .

The head of the family buried here is one of the countless people killed by Libra.

One of the countless victims who lived a normal life, but disappeared in a moment of meaningless death.

Like my father, someone’s father.

“… … “Why are you sorry?”

Why do they all look like idiots?

I gritted my teeth and closed the diary.

“hmm?”

But this time, something caught my eye. A rabbit doll that has lost its owner, rolling around in the dark corner of a cave.

Of course it’s not Hans’s.

then… … .

—Is there anyone else there?

“ah. I’m there! “There’s someone here!”

I shoved the doll in my arms and screamed.

* * *

The assignment was temporarily suspended under the excuse of lunch break. Meanwhile, the Libra family—more accurately, the ‘execution team’—was dispatched, and they temporarily stopped the underground collapse and resumed classes.

“… … “I will close the College Board’s assignment.”

So, 7pm.

The students who came out of the mine after half a day of mining were covered in sweat and dust.

Chadrek said, looking around at them.

“I heard there was a small disturbance. However, such incidents are not uncommon in mines.”

Elise tilted her head and looked for Soliet. The woman in the front had a full duffel bag and was covered in soot.

Looks like you worked hard.

“Therefore, I hope that the disturbance can also be seen as part of the task. A total of 4 CP is allocated for this task. Because you can evaluate not only magical abilities, but also factors such as patience, perseverance, and improvisation… … .”

I don’t know if seniors are listening to what he says. I’m so exhausted that I’m panting.

“Now submit the magic stone.”

Elise immediately approached Chedrek and held out the duffel bag. Chedrek raised his eyebrows.

“You put a lot into it.”

“It’s basic.”

As I turned around and smiled, I suddenly became curious about one person.

Zion Askal.

His duffel bag full of bones is now in my pocket.

In other words, he does not have a tool that can contain the magic stone.

“… … “What is that guy?”

At that moment, Kane muttered. Zion was where he looked.

Standing in front of Chedrek, he took out a magic stone from his pocket, not his duffel bag. It looked to be about twenty pills.

“Hehe. “It looks like it was locked up properly.”

“No, Kane! Because of you, Zion became like that! “Why are you locking people up?”

Before I knew it, Raye had come next to me and puffed out her cheeks.

“what? Why is this happening all of a sudden?”

“You bad son of a bitch!”

“What are you? “Did I eat something wrong?”

“… … .”

Elise crossed her arms wordlessly. She shook her head.

“It’s pathetic.”

Even if you devote yourself to Libra to the point of sacrificing your grades, there’s no way people there will recognize you.

The ‘talent’ they are looking for is not at your level.

“We will determine grades based on the quality and quantity of the submitted magic stones. The grading results will be announced this Sunday. Then, disperse.”

Finally, Chedrek announced the end of the task. The students began to disperse one by one.

“Kane. How many did you take?”

Raye asked. Kane smiled happily.

“About 500.”

“You’re criticizing me! “It won’t fit in 500 duffel bags?”

As Elise went down the road with her group, she glanced at Zion.

He was already with some police.

—Zion student. Can I talk to you for a moment?

Was he caught?

Well, if you’re the type to bring up Nightmare in Soliet’s face, you’ll probably deal with it just fine.

“Ellie. What are you doing?”

Raye put her face in.

“nothing.”

Elise was startled, but soon passed by, pretending not to be interested.

* * *

“Sion student. Can I talk to you for a moment? Regarding this incident.”

Entrance to the mine. As I was going down to Endex, a man showed me his police ID card and said,

[Edsilla Police Department]

[Inspector: Ilde Gel]

“If it’s okay, shall we ride? “You might be busy studying, so there’s no need to go all the way to the west, so we can just talk inside.”

He pointed to a police car parked on the shoulder of the road. I looked him up and down.

He appears to be around 180 cm tall, and is slender like a model, but very solid. He is neat from head to toe, but the sunglasses are annoying.

Is he a Libra person?

“Yeah whatever.”

I got into the passenger seat without saying anything. The inside of the police car felt like a prison. There is a walkie-talkie, a magical catapult, and a black box… … .

“What did you see there?”

The man asked as he sat in the driver’s seat.

Instead of answering, I stared at his sunglasses.

“What sunglasses do you wear in the car? Even at night.”

“I only answer questions.”

“Then I have no choice but to ask if you have a warrant.”

“… … .”

His lips twitched. I said, burying myself in the car seat.

“Let’s be polite to each other.”

“… … Seup.”

He sighed and took off his sunglasses. I looked into his eyes.

An iris with a gray tint.

“Now let me answer.”

“under.”

I burst out laughing without realizing it. I recognized it right away thanks to the color of my eyes.

‘Bellingham Kanta’ from Krael, northern Edsilla.

“Don’t laugh. “What did I see there?”

He is Libra’s vassal. But he is not Jade’s person, Jed Rick’s person, Ji Hanna’s or Zia’s person.

He is a Seylock, to be precise, a person from ‘Saylock Dmaca Libra Mulik’.

The current head of the family in charge of Libra’s succession competition, and the monster who raised Libra to its current status. I am a loyal subject who has served a man with hundreds of millions of snakes inside him for over 10 years, so there is no need to tell unnecessary lies.

“I saw a ghost.”

I answered honestly. Then one of Bellingham’s eyebrows moved slightly.

“Did you see it alone?”

“yes. alone.”

This is a lie.

“… … after.”

Belling M took a small breath. I looked in the rearview mirror and added something.

“There was a body there too.”

“dead body?”

Bellingham took out a file. After reading it quickly, he frowned.

“I didn’t say that to the rescue team.”

I answered indifferently.

“Of course I didn’t. “Even the ghost didn’t say anything.”

Then he looked at me. I also turned my head to face him.

“Why?”

He seemed to demand an explanation, and I did.

“Because I disposed of it.”

“… … .”

Suddenly his gaze became slanted. Those eyes persistently examined everything from my shoes to the top of my head.

“Please do some proper floor repairs. It seems like a strong magic stone was created while the mine was being regenerated. So, it can sufficiently withstand a magic stone explosion. “Because concrete won’t work.”

It was some kind of advice.

Bellingham, who had been listening in silence, calmly asked back.

“Disposal of bodies. “Why did you do that?”

“Why? You know me. “Didn’t you investigate?”

An answer instead of a question.

Bellingham shook his head.

“… … “Police don’t just go around investigating people.”

“no way.”

I smiled. Why are you acting like an amateur?

“Police never go alone. The rule is that there are two people in a group. And this, this car. “The black box doesn’t work, does it?”

I tapped the black box. Even if I pressed the button hard, it didn’t work.

The Libra guys strangely have a pathological dislike of video recording.

“… … .”

Bellingham was speechless for a moment.

What happened was so sudden, and maybe I didn’t think I needed to be perfect in dealing with students.

Or was he just trying to ‘clean up’ me?

I looked out the windshield of the car.

“I just asked you why you did that.”

The scenery was desolate. The sun had set in the darkness, and the mountains were already pitch black, making it impossible to see an inch ahead.

“It’s simple.”

A dry voice flowed between my teeth.

“Because I’m a Libra person too.”