CH 291

“A dead person has risen? That’s out of the domain of alchemy. Isn’t that something the church itself should be looking into? No, wait… Hm…”

I start thinking about what Kalin said.

“Hn? What are you thinking, Rust?”

She asks as she looks at me, sounding amused for some reason.

“What about you? What do you think, Lady Kalin?”

I ask back, because I don’t feel like answering her.

“Well, I think it all hinges on whether or not that person that came back is actually the real person.”

“Yes. There are even monsters that can mimic people.”

“Master Rust. There are actually reports of several people coming back to life.”

Says Ahri, who is standing behind Kalin.

“I see. Then it’s not just the actions of a single monster. Could it be a plot by demons or their followers? Ah, and Kalin, what about Princess Lily?”

“Princess Lily will be going back to the capital as planned. But because of the request, I want you to go to the capital ahead of her.”

“Hou… So that means you think that ‘I’ should accept it…”

I look at Kalin with surprise. I find something like dead people coming back to life hard to believe. I’m curious about what led Kalin to make that decision.

Kalin slowly nods.

“As unlikely as it is, if dead people are coming back to life, don’t you think that could be related to Zwei?”

“…! I see… Is that a hunch of yours?”

“Of course, it’s just a hunch.”

“Ahh… Those are usually right in all the wrong circumstances.”

“Nihihi.”

Kalin sounds proud for some reason.

“If that’s possible, I guess I have to go. But I want to keep Seilook here if I can. Just in case, partially because of your hunch.”

“Yes, because of what that Zwei warned you about. Then how are you going?”

“With Hipopo.”

“All right. I’m counting on you, Rust. I’ll clean up afterwards, so go wild.”

“Understood, Lady Kalin.”

I bow with an awkward smile after receiving my boss’ stamp of approval. And then, I leave Kalin’s office to get ready to go to the capital.