The Necromancer Commands Slaves, Not Undeads - Chapter 44



44 – Rest

After that, the story progressed smoothly. The princess and we talked secretly for an hour. After finishing her story, the princess nodded her head with a satisfied expression on her face.

I felt a little lost. It completely felt like the princess was being played by her salty plan. She wondered if this was what a fish caught in a net felt like.

Of course, there were no complaints because we were the ones who caught ourselves in the net to save the golden lion.

“Then we will contact you through Maria, and we will return to the capital when the sun rises.”

“Yes, take a good rest.”

I also said goodbye to Maria and Oscar. After that, because it was late, Dorothy and I went to sleep in the guest room of the villa.

The guest room was cozy and cozy. After sleeping on a soft bed, when dawn broke, we rode out to Estedorp.

When we arrived in the capital, we first headed to Veron Prison. We applied to visit the Golden Lion and without difficulty we were able to meet the Golden Lion again in the visiting room.

“So what happened? I got the death penalty?”

He looked at me with a very curious expression. I paused a little. Then, perhaps because he was frustrated, the golden lion shook his shackles and screamed.

“If it’s the death penalty, say it quickly, it’s the death penalty. Are you teasing me!?”

“There, quiet!”

The sharp voice of a guard was heard from outside the visiting room. The golden lion’s mouth closed. I didn’t mean to make fun of you, but it’s strangely funny.

“Fortunately, that is not the case.”

“Really?”

Honestly, I felt sorry for the golden lion. He didn’t commit any crime, he just got caught up in something. I looked at him with a sad look as he was happy to hear that he was not sentenced to death.

“You will probably be found guilty at trial. Your assets will be confiscated and your reputation will be tarnished, but there is a way to keep your money. Would you like to hear it?”

He looked at me with suspicious eyes. That’s too much for someone who worked hard to prove it to the princess and won her contract.

“What on earth did you talk about when you met the princess? Judging by the way this bastard talks, I think he’s trying to scam me…”

“Whether you believe it or not is up to you. However, if you will listen to me and protect my property, please connect me with the Exitium Clan.”

“Okay, well… If we both have what we want, there is nothing in this world that can be more trustworthy than that. Let’s hear it all.”

The Golden Lion sighed and cast aside his doubts. I explained to the golden lion what he would do from now on.

“Be as unfair as possible in court. You are showing the world your acting skills.”

“No, my current situation is unfair enough… There is no need to go into acting.”

“I see. Oh, by the way… In the process, spread Her Highness’s secrets. They won’t believe you anyway because they think you’re crazy.”

“Thank you for telling me that, it brings me to tears… What happens next?”

“We will inform you once the trial results are confirmed.”

“Are you kidding me?”

“It’s not a joke.”

I spoke seriously to the golden lion. However, naturally, the Golden Lion did not seem to understand what I had said.

“f*ck, you want me to believe this…? No matter how much I think about it, it’s strange. Would the person who holds the princess’s weakness use evil and be wronged at the court?”

“Yes, that’s what Her Royal Highness wants from you.”

“Do you have a taste for enjoying seeing the princess suffer?”

“I’ll tell you more details once the trial results are confirmed. One thing is for sure. I’m not kidding you right now.”

“Do I really have to believe this…?”

Anyway, what the golden lion could do now was limited. In other words, he had to break even. A situation where you have no choice but to choose between following what I say or not following my words.

He reluctantly nodded his head. Okay, now we’re done with everything we need to do before trial. The entire story was relayed to the Golden Lion, and the matter was concluded.

Before I stood up, I had one last question to ask him.

“Do you know the name Moria, the Autumn Witch?”

If he was a golden lion who had built a reputation in the capital, he thought he was better at information than other mercenaries or people.

Once I resolved the matter with the Exitium Clan, my next destination was to visit the Autumn Witch. It would be better to gather information before that.

Does he really know that name?

Come to think of it, there was no situation at the princess’s villa, so I couldn’t ask. He might have known Maria, who was a wizard who worked as a close associate of the princess in the capital.

However, there was no need to ask Maria for information about the Autumn Witch.

“Moria… The Autumn Witch’s name is famous. At least she can’t be unknown in the capital.”

The Golden Lion began to explain the Autumn Witch, as if he knew it very well.

“Five years ago in the winter, in December 1197 of the Imperial Calendar, an unprecedented epidemic spread through Estedorp. It was a terrible epidemic that caused rashes all over the body and people died from high fever. And that epidemic “There is someone who eradicated it from the roots, and that is Moriah, the Autumn Witch.”

Five years ago, I was working as an old woman’s assistant. The golden lion walked on his arm and showed the tangled marks where his scab had fallen after suffering from illness.

“I almost died at that time, but I was able to survive thanks to the Autumn Witch. In a way, she was a benefactor to me.”

“Do you know where she is now?”

I asked him urgently. The message left by the old woman said that autumn witches are wanderers. It was a clue, and she wanted to avoid wandering around the empire vaguely, mentioning names as much as possible.

I hope that information that can resolve this vagueness comes from the mouth of the golden lion.

“I’ll tell you that when you keep your promise. So, do your best to save me and my property.”

The Golden Lion did not obediently hand over information about the Autumn Witch. Well, in a way, it was natural. Since even his own life would be uncertain for him, it would be reasonable to put up as much collateral as possible.

“You, too, must keep your promises.”

“Yes.”

Dorothy was yawning, probably bored by my conversation with the Golden Lion. I wasn’t particularly conscious of Dorothy, but I stood up and Dorothy followed suit.

After greeting the golden lion, we left the prison. Somehow, it felt like I was going in and out of a prison more than an inn.

When I came out into the street, the musty smell peculiar to prison disappeared and my lungs were filled with fresh air. When I looked at the sky with a refreshing feeling, the sun was still high in the sky.

“I’ve finished everything I had to do before the trial. I was planning to rest for a while once I entered the capital… But something happened before the fatigue from the journey subsided, so it’s difficult.”

“Yes, but I did everything. Thank you for your hard work, master.”

“Dorothy worked hard too. It’s time for a long-awaited break. Is there anything you want to do?”

After the Golden Lion’s trial, he did not have time to rest for a while. You might as well enjoy it now.

After a long time, I came to the largest and most active city in the empire. There were a lot of things to see, such as plays and performances.

Dorothy looks at my face while holding on to the horse’s reins. Dorothy’s eyes scanned my face for quite a long time. Her gaze accompanied by silence was strangely awkward.

“Is there something you want to say?”

“Music.”

“Yes?”

“The owner said he would listen to music before, but in the end, I couldn’t listen to it for half a year.”

Oh, she definitely made that promise to Dorothy before she was chased by Morse in the South.

I was so busy running away that I forgot… Dorothy seems to have kept this in her mind all along.

I felt somewhat sorry. As she traveled, she had many opportunities to play music, so she should have paid a little more attention.

“Let’s go to the inn today.”

“Yes.”

We walked to the inn where we left her luggage before meeting the princess. The horses were kept in a stable near the inn.

The name of the inn we were staying at was Hors Inn, named after the owner. The name was a bit old-fashioned, but as expected from an inn in the capital of the empire, the interior was clean and the facilities were up-to-date.

Dorothy and I went up to the room and sat down on the bed. I took out my smartphone from my pocket. Before her previous life, she was a smartphone addict who couldn’t live without looking at her phone even for a moment…

When I realized that it had been a long time since I brought it out, I felt a new emotion. I guess that means I’ve become accustomed to this world.

“Let’s see, what kind of music would be good…”

“That time?”

Iruma’s piano songs are great, but there was a lot of music saved on my phone.

“There is a lot of other music too.”

“Then I want to listen to something else.”

I looked through the music files stored in the internal memory. Then, the title of a pop song I often listened to when I was tired caught my eye.

Earth, Wind & Fire – September.

Based on my past life, it was a fairly old pop song that was made before I was even born, but it was a good song that still remains in people’s hearts as a masterpiece, with other singers arranging and singing it. I played music.

『Do you remember the 21st night of September?』

『Love was changin’ the minds of pretenders』

『While chasin’ the clouds away』

Dorothy flinched as a male voice spoke in an exotic language. She smiled at her as she looked at her smart phone with a curious expression on her face.

“What language is this?”

Dorothy asked curiously.

“Are you curious?”

Even if I were talking about foreign lyrics that were not written in the language of this world, there was no way she would understand. How should I explain it?

“Yes.”

『Our hearts were ringin’ in the key that our souls were singin’』

『As we danced in the night, remember』

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『How the stars stole the night away, oh yeah』

『Hey, hey, hey! Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember?

『Ba-dee-ya, dancin’ in September』

“Dorothy is the language of a very distant country that I don’t know about. It is a language used by people in a very distant country that I have never been to. It’s called English.”

I had never traveled abroad since my previous life, so if I had the chance, I wanted to go to the United States at least once, but it was one of the few remaining regrets of my previous life.

“Hmm… Then do you want to come with me later?”

I burst out laughing when I heard that. It was a very far away place that I could never go to now. However, I couldn’t bear to say no to Dorothy, who spoke as if she were taking a walk around the neighborhood.

More than anything, I felt like I could go anywhere with her.

“Good.”

『Ba-dee-ya, never was a cloudy day』

Songs continued to flow from the inn until night.