6. Proof of Existence (32)

The silence in the secret room did not last long. It wasn’t long before the girl got up.

A classical ghost dances.

The woman in the pure white dress walked lightly. The girl who stood up before she knew it, lifted the hem of her skirt and put her hand on her chest, seemed like a dancer in a theatrical troupe.

defenseless and dangerous

Logically, it was right to draw the sword immediately.

There are countless gaps like this. As long as he recognized his opponent as an enemy, there should be no mercy.

Still, I couldn’t move my body.

It wasn’t just me. Yuren, Celine, and Elsie seniors were all just strengthening their bodies without exception.

My hands are shaking.

A drop of sweat ran down his forehead. Instinct was constantly warning me.

If you act rashly, you will die.

In just a few seconds, the dark-haired girl completely took over the area.

Tapping the ground with her toes, the girl’s body rotated and rotated repeatedly.

with a playful hum.

“Ah, I got caught. I woke up… How did you get caught?”

Round and round. In line with the girl’s dance, the faceless beings let out hideous sounds.

Keueouk, kieek, keueek!

An unpleasant noise scratching the vocal cords, but it was even more bizarre because it had a pitch and a beat.

The place where the ghost’s dance stopped was under the bloody sun.

The tentacles that flowed down from the sun formed the shape of a chair. Sitting there without hesitation, the woman rested her chin and gave a bored smile.

After that, the faceless monsters reviewed their sword-like military dance.

Bloody cocoons dangling from the sky, dozens of warped armies behind them. In the middle of this grotesque landscape painting, only the girl’s beauty stood out.

Golden eyes gleamed and looked at me.

“How do you know? I thought it was pretty perfect… Come on, look. The point of the collarbone was properly implemented.”

Then, she gently pulled down her shoulder straps, revealing her white collarbones.

It was around that time that I was freed from the pressure that was choking me. More strictly speaking, it was closer to the end of the adaptation.

This heavy air and tingling atmosphere, it felt like something would happen at any moment.

But it was impossible to remain depressed forever.

I pretended to be calm and opened my mouth.

“Where is my sister?”

The barely squeezed voice trembled slightly.

The reason I came to this place, forced by the saintess, was to find out where my sister was. To recover my precious family who has gone missing without hastily provoking the other person.

In other words, the girl in front of me was not Leah.

It’s just someone pretending to be Leah.

After I noticed this, I had to spend every night with a burning heart. Could it be that Lia was wrong, or was she crying somewhere?

It was a question posed with such a sincere heart.

But instead of answering, the girl burst out laughing.

“… … younger sister?”

“Yes, my sister… I mean Leah.”

It was a word that he spat out again while gnashing his teeth.

The girl burst into laughter as if she couldn’t stand it any longer. Afterwards, he bit his lip and tried to suppress it, but he couldn’t stop even the sound of laughter leaking out.

I took a step with my thumping heart.

In my mind, I wanted to strike a sword. But the price was likely to be paid by Leah and the girl trapped in the bloody cocoon.

I had to be patient.

As I bit my lip until it bled, the girl burst into laughter.

“Hey, little sister? Puch, kuk-kuk, ahahahahaha! Joe, good! I’ll let you know. Shouldn’t I tell you?”

Pang-pang, every time the girl’s hand tapped the handle of the blood-red chair, a wave broke out.

In response to the sound, the bodies of the faceless monsters trembled. The fact that this space was under that girl’s control seemed so clear.

A dark line appeared on the corner of the girl’s mouth, who had burst into laughter for a long time.

“But isn’t it unfair for me to tell you alone? I need to make a deal, yeah… contract.”

At the same time, with a bang, the girl hit the handle of the chair hard.

A bloody coin appeared out of nowhere and spun in the air. Soon after, the coin landed on the white palm.

I wasn’t the only one who had a foreboding feeling.

“… … master.”

“I know.”

Even so, I had to put an end to Elsie-senpai’s worries. As of now, there was nothing else to do.

From the moment the hostage was taken, he had to be prepared to be outnumbered.

My serious voice continued.

“A contract? What are you talking about?”

“Don’t be so wary, I’m very fair. It’s just that we’re making a promise that cannot be broken by mutual agreement. Because that’s fair… Okay, shall we do this for the first contract?”

As if she had no intention of listening to my opinion in the first place, the girl raised a bloody coin with her thumb.

Then, a bloody scale appeared in the air. A bloody coin was being sucked into it.

Tak, and the scale begins to tilt.

“A exchanges the details of how A’s identity was revealed and the whereabouts of Eul’s ‘sister’.”

A bloody haze began to form in front of me. It soon formed the shape of a coin, and when I inadvertently held out my hand, it slowly sat down on it.

is it a trap?

I wasn’t sure yet, but I couldn’t do it anymore. The girl’s leisurely exercise continued.

“What are you going to do? You are free to accept or reject. Instead, the contract is absolute, and from the moment it is signed, cheating is impossible.”

Take the hostage and you’re free to choose.

It was funny. I secretly exchanged glances with Elsie-senpai.

If we didn’t know how the opponent would turn out, we had to prepare first.

The judgment that you have obtained the information you need or that you have been deceived takes you by surprise.

These unspoken agreements passed between the parties.

In the midst of the strange tension, I tossed up a bloody coin.

The coin, which was flying in the air, landed on the other side of the scale as if it were natural.

With a thump, the scales balance.

“Okay, accept… Big!”

In response to the sudden pain, my hand gripped the chest area. Surprised by this, it was around the time the party stepped forward.

The girl added an additional explanation with an attitude that it was not a big deal.

“Contract established, can’t you say something else from now on? Because I have to fulfill the contract from now on… Yes, you are not allowed to say anything other than what is specified in the contract.”

It was a pretty strong contract.

Looking at my throbbing heart, I could quickly guess what would happen if I violated this.

I could feel the people standing behind me looking very uneasy. If I leave it as it is, the battle will begin before the preparations are finished, so I had to quickly pick up my horse.

“Actually, it was strange from the beginning.”

“Oh,” the girl’s eyes narrowed.

As if to say something, an arrogant chin continued. I pretended to be excited and took a sneaky step.

I had to close the distance step by step.

And again, when and where did my sister disappear.

It was time to clarify this first.

“Why did the monsters raid the military camp that day? Even the faceless men only targeted Ria.”

“Isn’t that something from the Dark Church?”

It was an unflattering objection that made me feel bad.

I felt a surge of emotion at the girl’s disrespectful attitude toward Leah.

“Of course you might want to retrieve it. Even that fake, precious replica? I mean, it’s a special thing… … .”

“Why then was Leah fine?”

Hmmm, the girl’s mouth was closed only then.

I continued to reason harder.

“Lea has no fighting skills. Even when I arrived, there was no sign of resistance. Didn’t you just sit quietly and tremble?”

In the meantime, the party was secretly reorganizing their formation. Fortunately, the girl didn’t seem particularly concerned about this.

I wondered if the girl would shift her gaze, so my riverside continued.

“And the second weirdest thing was when you subdued Mr. Reynolds.”

“Oh, then? It felt good… It’s always thrilling to slap a bad guy in the back of the head.”

Then the girl frowned and glanced at me as if asking for consent.

Of course, there was no answer from me. I just continued my reasoning.

“No matter how much we are in battle, the person who has reached the rank of the Archmage doesn’t notice the presence?”

“Ahahahaha, I see! Did you know that ‘us’ has a particularly weak presence?”

Seeing the girl’s laughter burst out with applause, the faceless monsters burst into grotesque laughter all at once.

Kkeuk, kkeok, kkeekek!

My impression was naturally frowned at the hideous scenery, but the girl smiled brightly.

“I wasn’t considerate, admit it!”

I wanted to point out that ‘consideration’ is a word used when caring for others, but I deliberately held back.

Anyway, as soon as this conversation was over, they were aiming for each other’s neck.

There was no reason to waste time.

“And you, too fearless.”

“Yes?”

As if this was unexpected, the girl tilted her head.

I took another step and added my words.

I could feel the companions glancing at each other. A secret signal seemed to reach me too.

“Lea is always timid. I almost died right away, but the next day I get so excited about talking about money that I forget everything… The next day you cried and clung to me, did you casually go out to town and laugh and talk?”

Hmmm, the girl’s gaze slightly turned to the side.

It seemed that he was retracing his actions. It didn’t take long for a smile to return to his lips.

“Oh, was I in a bit of a hurry?”

I had no intention of asking what was urgent.

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Just one more step, the distance between me and the girl decreased.

“But wouldn’t that be the decisive reason? The human mind is cunning, and that old man could have been particularly careless, right? Also, during the raid, it might have arrived right before the kidnapping.”

My gait stopped at the pouring objections.

Certainly it was.

Maybe it was an illusion. If he had been certain about this, he would have sought the saintess’ cooperation in the first place.

I wouldn’t have deliberately gone through the verification process like this.

It wasn’t until I watched Perry casually follow me that I was convinced that the girl wasn’t my sister.

Even so, the reason why I intuitively doubted the girl.

Feeling ashamed for nothing, I tried to exercise my right to remain silent. Then, a throbbing pain in the chest.

When I frowned, the girl smiled as if it was useless.

“It’s no use trying to hide it, didn’t you sign a ‘contract’? We must abide by the principle of good faith.”

I swear inwardly.

Indeed, was there such an intention? It was a board with no way to do anything.

In the end, a confession mixed with a sigh leaked from my mouth.

“… … smell.”

Silence fell at the sudden sound.

I could feel that not only the girl but also the attention of the party preparing for the secret operation was focused on me.

My face got hot.

“It was different. And Leah prefers kissing on the mouth rather than on the cheek… … .”

And silence fell.

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