I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 54

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#54

 

“Lady Zoe, I’ve finished organizing the house, so I’ll be heading back now. Oh, I baked some lemon tart, so please have it as a snack later!”

 

The golem who had been organizing ingredients in the kitchen said while taking off his panda apron.

 

“Aww, thank you for helping me in so many ways. Golem, you’ll come visit again, right? Next time I’ll treat you to a delicious pie!”

 

“Of course, naturally. Oh, and as you mentioned, Lady Zoe, I’ll bring crops from the vegetable garden. Though I’m not sure if my still inadequate crops will sell…”

 

“What are you talking about? Your crops are top grade… Don’t worry about it. I’m a building owner now, you know.”

 

“Haha, yes. I’ll trust only you, Lady Zoe. Well then, see you again!”

 

Ah, I’m going to be busy again for a while…

 

I waved my hand to see off the golem while recalling the hectic tea time from earlier.

 

‘Lady, what are you planning to do with the building you purchased?’

 

‘Well… I just want to open Somphara’s clothing shop and a small grocery store. I want to sell the crops I grow in the vegetable garden in the village.’

 

‘Hmm, in that case, one building might not be enough. I’ll make sure to mention that point to His Grace as well.’

 

‘Oh my, not enough? It’s more than plenty. I just dream of running a small corner store and living a happy animal life…’

 

‘Then it’s even more insufficient. I’ll take care of this matter myself. Now, back to the duchy! Well then, Lady, I’ll see you again soon.’

 

‘Ah, no… wait…!’

 

Before the hot teacups could even cool down, Sir Aivan and the knight order made their exit as noisily as when they had barged in.

 

Finishing my recollection, I looked at my home that had become even more luxurious and smiled with satisfaction.

 

Until recently I was a penniless fallen noble lady, and now I’ve become a building owner… This is truly a life reversal!

 

At the same time, my shoulders felt incredibly heavy as I took on the weight of being an employer.

 

Still, now that I’m managing a store, I won’t let you guys get ripped off anymore. Kids.

 

Feeling hungry from cleaning, I went to the kitchen and picked up a piece of lemon tart that was placed on the dining table.

 

Then the smooth lemon custard cream melting over the crisply baked dough spread throughout my mouth.

 

A smile naturally formed on my lips at the refreshing yet sweet taste of the tart.

 

“Oh my, I only meant to taste it. I should save the rest as a snack for when Ruby wakes up from her nap.”

 

My sugar levels must have dropped quite a bit because four out of eight pieces of lemon tart disappeared instantly.

 

I licked my lips and returned to the living room once again.

 

Now then, I’ve recharged my sugar…

 

Shall I go accumulate some food for the soul?

 

With food, clothing, and shelter perfectly resolved, it was time to put out the urgent fire right in front of me.

 

I grabbed my creaking back and strode forward with big steps.

 

Creak-

 

The place I arrived at was the manor’s basement.

 

It was to proceed with the reading quest from the Library of Forbidden Books that I had kept putting off.

 

“Let me see… Eek, only 3 days left?”

 

[Quest ‘Books, Books, Books, Let’s Read Books.’ Read one book completely in the Library of Forbidden Books. Progress (0%) Remaining time: 3 days]

 

I was shocked looking at the blinking quest window.

 

Honestly, I had completely forgotten about this quest because everything had been happening all at once, but it suddenly came to mind when I heard they had placed a desk for reading in the basement.

 

If the quest fails, I get dyslexia and become illiterate…?

 

“…Still, I should be able to finish reading one book within 3 days, right?”

 

If I had delayed just a little longer, it really would have been a disaster.

 

I felt relieved that there was still time left and approached the bookshelf.

 

Ugh, all the books are too thick…

 

Looking at the uniformly thick books and pondering what to choose, I randomly picked up one volume.

 

《The History of the Empire, Valterga 1》.

 

Hmm, a history book of the empire?

 

Since I needed knowledge of this world, I boldly opened the book.

 

“…Crazy.”

 

I can’t read this at all.

 

I opened my eyes wide looking at the squiggly and strange typeface.

 

The typeface written in this book was definitely not the language used by people in this place.

 

What country’s language is this exactly…?

 

Wait, this is the Library of Forbidden Books with ancient texts.

 

Then, could it be…!

 

That’s right.

 

If my prediction was correct, this book was undoubtedly written in ancient language.

 

“No way… If you gave me this kind of quest, shouldn’t there be automatic language patching? System, answer me!”

 

But the system had no answer as always.

 

Hmm, should I just give up?

 

Even though I’ll end up illiterate with dyslexia, so what?

 

It won’t cause any trouble in living. Haha!

 

Then, a system warning window appeared.

 

[<System> Warning Alert! Additional penalties will occur due to quest delay.]

 

-Upon quest failure: You will receive contempt from tamed monsters.

 

Th, this…!

 

Getting dyslexia and illiteracy is already miserable enough, but contempt from tamed monsters? Contempt??

 

‘Oh my, Lady Zoe, you can’t even read something this easy? As expected, humans are truly inferior creatures.’

 

-Keke. That’s just like you, Zoe. Ignorant Zoe. Stupid Zoe. Kekeke.

 

‘Hmm… an ignorant master is a bit… Ruby wants to go to a smarter master than Zoe. Well then, bye~’

 

I was properly triggered by this humiliating and miserable imagination that naturally came to mind.

 

Haha. Whatever it takes, I will make this quest succeed.

 

Slamming the book shut with a thud, I shouted with a determined expression.

 

“System, I want to use my gacha ticket!”

 

[<System> Will you use the thrilling lucky gacha?] [ YES ] [ NO ]

 

Without hesitation, I pressed ‘YES’, and the cute panda gacha machine appeared after a long time.

 

<Panda: “Try the thrilling lucky gacha!”>

 

I was thinking of using one random gacha ticket I received after taming the King Slime early in my possession.

 

Tch, you’re supposed to save up gacha tickets and do consecutive pulls to increase the probability… but I have no choice.

 

Having to use this precious gacha ticket because of reading, I let out a hollow laugh and soon pressed the panda’s front paw firmly.

 

<Panda: “Yum yum yum!”>

 

The sight of it chewing bamboo with flashes of light in its eyes was truly bizarre even upon seeing it again.

 

Ugh, please. …Please give me something I need right now.

 

I trust you, Panda!

 

[<System> Congratulations! You have obtained an ancient item!]

 

-A legendary item said to have been used by an ancient sage.

 

-Grade: S+

 

This magnifying glass created with the sage’s wisdom has unique abilities on each of its two sides.

 

Crazy, is there someone who pulls an ancient item with a random ticket instead of a special ticket?!

 

I shouted in triumph while enjoying tremendous catharsis.

 

It seems like a cheat item since it’s S+ grade, but I wonder if this will actually help with interpreting ancient language?

 

I skimmed through the magnifying glass’s description with half doubt and half belief.

 

Ancient sage’s double-sided magnifying glass.

 

It was written that using the front side of the magnifying glass allows you to explore hidden truths about specific targets or objects, and using the back side allows you to decode unknown languages.

 

Explore hidden truths? That’s not the function I need right now, but being able to decode unknown languages…

 

Wait, doesn’t decoding languages mean translation?

 

Moreover, the owner of the double-sided magnifying glass was an ancient sage. Then naturally, it should be able to interpret ancient language for it to make sense.

 

Isn’t this completely like a manual Papago?

 

I decided to try using the back side of the magnifying glass to illuminate the book to test if translation was really possible.

 

“The first sentence, let me see… The history of the Valterga Empire began from the moment the first emperor Alexius met a great dragon and confined the power of chimera within his own body…? Oh, it’s being translated!”

 

I began speed-reading the content while illuminating the book with the magnifying glass.

 

That book contained everything from Valterga’s past to present.

 

Everything about all the histories was written in great detail.

 

After roughly skimming through the main points, I went to the desk and sat down in the chair.

 

It was to delve deeply into the book’s contents in earnest.

 

“The Valterga Empire had four families that protected the empire…?”

 

According to the history book…

 

It was recorded that from the time the first emperor founded the empire, there existed four ducal families that had protected the continent of Berheim. These families each inherited the magic power of dragons and were granted special powers.

 

And there was one who inherited the crystallization of the pure ‘power’ of the dragon that ruled Berheim.

 

That was none other than ‘Alexius de Valterga’, the first emperor of the Valterga Empire.

 

The four ducal families that protected the Imperial Family were as follows.

 

The Arcanum Duke who researched magic and assisted the Imperial Family.

 

The Winddrake Duke, called the eyes of the empire with their keen sight.

 

The Nocturne Duke, known as the shadow of the Imperial Family, protecting the Royal Court from the darkness.

 

“And lastly… the Phe, Penrister Duke who guards the Royal Court as the empire’s shield…?”

 

Damn, so the Penrister Duke was such an incredible family…?

 

I could truly feel the majesty of the Duke’s Family in this passage.

 

But if it’s a Duke’s Family, aren’t they royalty?

 

The history book records them as ducal families, not Duke’s Family, so why did they become Duke’s Family?

 

My water-colored eyes sparkled as I quickly moved on to the next passage, amazed by the game’s world-building that was far more vast than I had imagined.

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