How the Reincarnation Seat Destroys the Original - Chapter 62



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Episode 62. Black Forest (2).

On the day that Kael and Mabel were to leave for their vacation in the Black Forest, two carriages arrived in front of the Damier family.

The carriage was loaded with luggage, and several servants got into it. Soon, the carriage, with curtains drawn so that no one could see who was inside, left the house.

Those in the capital’s square had no doubt that the carriage ahead of the two carriages bearing the seal of the House of Damier, the more ornate one, was carrying Kael and Mabel, as the carriages crossed the capital’s square.

“Everyone is here.”

Kael looked around at Mabel, Tariq, Lily, and Hugo as he spoke in the garden, which was strictly off-limits even to servants under the pretext that Mabel often had tea and spent her downtime there.

It was a distance that took at least a week from the capital to the Black Forest by carriage, and at most ten days. But Kael had no intention of wasting that time traveling.

It wasn’t impossible to set off without saying anything. The fact that they were going on vacation to the Black Forest was known by word of mouth to the common people, including the emperor, as well as the nobles.

Kael, who had to let them know, at least outwardly, that they were leaving for the Black Forest, prepared a carriage and made it appear to the others that he, Mabel, and the servants were heading to the Black Forest.

“As I said before, we will use teleportation magic to get there.”

The group that went to the Black Forest with Kael was made up of three people: Mabel, Tariq, and Lily.

As the Viscount Kael was leaving the Viscount’s house, he needed someone to take over his usual duties, and the person best suited to do so was none other than Hugo.

“It would have been better if Hugo had gone too….”

Even though she knew that he wasn’t just going on vacation, Mabel let out a sigh of regret because he was the one who had to be left alone to take care of everything.

Hugo smiled softly at the young lady’s affectionate words that were making him think of her, knelt down on one knee, met her eyes, and answered.

“If you and your maid enjoy your stay, there is no better reward than that. So please enjoy your vacation.”

“Hugo, don’t push yourself too hard. I’ll bring you a gift when you come!”

“Hehe, can I look forward to it?”

“then!!!”

There were no villages inhabited around the Black Forest. Also, since he couldn’t get the necessities for living and had brought everything with him, he couldn’t buy a gift. Kael, who was worried, thought that Mabel would say, “Kael, T? It’s T!” and give him a refreshing look, so he chose not to say anything.

It would be better not to say anything than to make it more annoying.

“Enough greetings. Let’s go now.”

Instead, Hugo straightened his knees as he heard Kael’s voice, which blurted out indifferently because he was bored with this situation of just standing there blankly.

“There’s no need to worry since the master is with you. But everyone, please take care.”

“Just handle what you can handle. Don’t touch anything that isn’t useful.”

“I will not touch anything dangerous and will let my master know.”

I never understood how telling someone not to get involved in useless things could mean telling someone not to get involved in dangerous things.

He too, was included, so Kael said to Tariq and Lily, who were looking at them with a pleased smile.

“The teleportation spell causes severe dizziness if your eyes are open. If you don’t want to vomit out everything inside you as soon as you arrive, close your eyes.”

As they headed to the village of Whidin, Mabel, who had personally experienced the aftereffects of teleportation magic, closed her eyes tightly, and Tariq and Lily, who saw her, also closed their eyes.

“Have a nice trip.”

“See you in a month.”

– Warm.

Instead of answering, Kael snapped his fingers, and at that moment, a huge purple magic circle appeared under the feet of the four people except Hugo, emitting a strong light for a moment.

Hugo, who had briefly closed his eyes due to the strong light that made it difficult to keep them open, opened them and looked at the place where the four people had disappeared for a moment before quickly getting up.

I was going to be extremely busy for the next month as I had to complete the work my master had assigned me.

* * *

“Open your eyes.”

Meanwhile, four people appeared near the Black Forest through teleportation. Among them, three people opened their eyes to what sounded like Kael’s orders.

Mabel, Tariq, and Lily showed different, but clearly surprised reactions to the sight of the large villa upon opening their eyes.

The place where Kael ordered the villa to be built was the highest point in the Black Forest, close to a cliff.

The villa was built on two floors and was made of logs, giving it a warm brown feel. Despite the terrain being close to a cliff, the villa was surrounded by soft grass, and if you went a little further past the villa, you could see the blue sea at a glance.

Perhaps to prevent any possible danger.

At the end of the steep cliff, there was a fence-like wall of transparent glass that was solid but did not spoil the view, and there was a canopy to block the sun so that you could sit and rest comfortably while taking in the view, and there were also chairs and tables prepared underneath it.

“Wow-!!!”

“I can’t believe it was completed in just one week.”

“It’s so… beautiful.”

Kael waited long enough for the three people, each showing different reactions, to take in their surroundings, and then silently entered the villa, and the three people followed him into the villa as well.

As seen from the outside, the log cabin was made of logs, and the interior was also made of logs, and was filled with soft, warm-toned furniture throughout.

“Tariq and Lily, you can take the rooms on the first floor. Mabel and I will take the rooms on the second floor.”

The villa is quite spacious and has four rooms on the first floor.

There were three rooms on the second floor.

“Choose.”

Kael said as he looked back at Tariq and Lily, and despite his words, the two had a hard time choosing a room, so in the end, Kael had to personally assign them a room.

– Thump.

– Thump.

After deciding on a room.

Kael took out the luggage of the two people who had been stored in this space and put them in their respective rooms. After taking Mabel up to the room on the second floor, he also told Mabel to choose a room and took out her luggage in that room.

“I’m organizing it.”

After seeing ‘Work’.

Since the carriage that departed from the Damie Count’s house was scheduled to stay here for about a week after arriving, the luggage that had been packed was considerable.

He put the ingredients he had brought into the storage room that acted like a refrigerator with a cooling spell, and after a while, he nodded to the people coming down after finishing unpacking their luggage as if telling them to sit down.

After settling down on the soft rug and sitting around each other, Kael looked at the three people looking at him and opened his mouth.

“I think we all know that we didn’t really come here to enjoy a vacation.”

Mabel knew why, though.

Tariq and Lily weren’t here for a simple vacation, but they had guessed it. They didn’t know exactly why they were here.

“The reason we came here is to save those who would become sacrificial lambs like Tariq.”

“… Are you talking about people like me?”

Those like him. Scapegoats. Tariq asked back at those words. Kael nodded at his question and began to explain the trials of the chosen ones that he had not explained to them yet.

“The chosen one must pass through trials given by the gods. Each trial has a sacrificial lamb, and Tariq was the sacrificial lamb of the first trial.”

This is the first time I’ve heard this story.

No, to be exact, it was a story that was only roughly guessed. After the story spread that the chosen one had passed the first ordeal, Tariq and Lily began to doubt whether the ordeal was really a trial given by God.

The priests who came from the temple had made a deal with Tariq.

If God had given the first ordeal.

If the sacrificial lamb chosen by God was really himself.

It was right that he should not pass the first ordeal while he was still alive.

The truth that could be inferred from this was that the trials were false. The temple had fabricated the trials and created its own scapegoats.

“God has abandoned this world. That is why this world is approaching destruction. Before God completely leaves this world, the temple created the chosen ones who will be the shackles to hold God back.”

Kael continued his story to those who listened intently and focused on his voice without asking any questions.

“But the current Chosen One is too weak to fulfill the role of shackles. So they gave the Chosen One the Holy Sword and made him take the lives of the strong under the name of trials and sacrifices.”

The Holy Sword’s ability transforms the power of those who have taken life into the power of the Holy Sword’s wielder.

“Even if he is a god who has abandoned the world, the price for borrowing the name of God is great. God, who could not just sit by and watch those who make chains, sowed disaster in this world when the chosen one was unable to use any strength to absorb the power as soon as the trials were over.”

Tariq and Lily both thought of the plague at the same time.

Kael nodded, knowing what the two were thinking.

“Yes. The plague you are thinking of. That is the first disaster that has come down since the first trial.”

“How many trials are there in total?”

I couldn’t figure out why Kael knew all this, but I guess he knew how many trials were left.

Lily asked cautiously.

“There are three trials in total. There are also three disasters.”

“You are saying that there are two trials and two disasters left.”

“That’s right. And the second trial’s sacrificial lamb is in the Black Forest.”

We came here to rescue the second victim of the ordeal. Tariq and Lily were silent for a while about that fact.

“The Master saved me, the first sacrificial lamb, but the chosen one passed the first ordeal. Was there another first sacrificial lamb that was sacrificed to the Holy Sword, not me?”

Tariq asked in a slightly lowered voice.

“Yes. That’s all I know. The temple only took those who were initially chosen as the sacrificial lambs for the trials. If they fail, I don’t know who the next victims will be.”

It was not that there was no way to find out, but Kael did not bother to reveal the fact.

Because what he wanted wasn’t a failure of the ordeal. He wanted Lars to absorb the power of a weaker person and become weaker than in the original.

After the first question, Tariq and Lily didn’t ask any more questions.

No, I couldn’t ask.

It’s not that I didn’t have any questions.

Why did he save the scapegoat? Wasn’t his ability enough to save the next scapegoat? What was he really trying to do? There were so many things I was curious about.

Why don’t you ask him, even though you know he will tell you if you ask him to find out the truth?

?I have no intention of destroying it. However, on the surface, I am dealing with those who want to protect the world like the owner of the Holy Sword, and I may become their enemy.?

When they made the pact with him, it was because they knew that what he said was true, and because they had a gut feeling that their questions might rip open the wounds deep within his heart.

So instead of asking themselves what they were curious about, Tariq and Lily asked him.

“What should I do?”

“Is there anything I can help you with?”

Do what they can.

Kael smiled faintly at the two people’s questions. Not crooked. Faint but clear, it was a smile that drew a soft curve.