I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 58

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58.

Just in case, I pulled out one of the blackened, withered flowers by its roots and summoned Pandeum through Theor, then handed it to him.

“I need to confirm whether this lost its life force due to dark sorcery.”

If dark sorcery was draining the life force of this land through that rock, we needed to catch the dark sorcerer as soon as possible.

If dark sorcery was consuming the Life-Giving Island, there was no telling what he might do with the life force stolen from this place.

Of course, very powerful dark sorcery required human life force, but minor dark sorceries could be used sufficiently with other forms of life force.

“I can feel it just by looking, so what’s there to investigate, master.”

“You can feel it just by looking?”

“The black smoke faintly spreading around this withered flower. All living things harmed by dark sorcery emit this smoke.”

“…Where?”

Despite staring intently at the dried flower after Pandeum’s words, I couldn’t see any black smoke at all.

Perhaps finding me frustrating, Pandeum asked Theor.

“Can’t the master see it either?”

“Is it only visible to your eyes?”

“Humans cannot see it?”

When Theor also said he couldn’t see it, he asked Greim and Perioze’s Sister as well.

Then Caroline cautiously raised her hand and spoke.

“Um, could it be this faintly rising smoke here…?”

“Oh, a human can see it?”

“I can see it too.”

“Even humans…! …Tch, it seems visible to those with unpleasant magic power.”

When Lloyd also said he could see it, Pandeum, who had been looking at him with delight, quickly made a displeased expression and said that.

It seemed that since Pandeum was a creature that enjoyed darkness attributes and dark magic, he greatly disliked the opposing light attribute.

“It appears visible to people with light attributes.”

“Then why can Pandeum see it?”

“Maybe it’s because Pandeum isn’t human? Anyway, that guy is a being from Pandemonium, so the dark sorcery here might not affect him.”

Theor nodded at my words and asked if Pandeum could handle finding the dark sorcerer then.

“If dark sorcery doesn’t affect Pandeum…”

“My power also cannot influence dark sorcery.”

Interrupting Theor’s words, Pandeum raised an eyebrow.

“Originally, balance exists in all things. If the power of this place cannot affect me at all, then I too cannot have any influence on that power.”

So he could find the dark sorcerer but couldn’t restrain him, and regarding dark sorcery, he couldn’t help Theor and me.

“Well, I think just being able to see is useful enough.”

Pandeum made an indignant expression at my words, but even in the world I originally lived in, the only time I received Pandeum’s help was when dealing with an enormous number of monsters, so I had no particular intention of relying on his power.

A summoned creature, as the name suggests, just needs to fulfill its purpose when summoned.

In other words, if there was no particular need to summon him, I wouldn’t summon him at all.

“Master sometimes underestimates me too much.”

“Me? You?”

Since it wasn’t underestimation at all, I made a slightly wronged expression, and Pandeum’s usual repertoire came out of his mouth.

“I am the King of Pandemonium. Therefore, I am superior to master in most aspects. Yet master prefers to do things yourself rather than use my power bound by summoning contract…”

“That’s because you devour all my dark magic power.”

Interrupting Pandeum’s words, I raised one eyebrow in displeasure, and Pandeum slowly blinked both eyes.

Since he had a history of excessively consuming my dark magic after being summoned to deal with monsters, even he must think that was reasonable.

Anyway, the biggest reason I didn’t want to use Pandeum’s power was the unpleasant emptiness I felt after all my dark magic was consumed.

That’s why I tried not to use his power unless it was a serious danger.

Of course, for errands like sending messages to distant places that were hard to reach directly, he was useful, so I did use him frequently for that.

“Anyway, since Caroline and His Highness can also see dark sorcery, you can just be used to find dark sorcery in places we can’t go.”

Pandeum still made a displeased expression at my words, but Theor snapped his thumb and middle finger to send him back without warning, so I couldn’t hear his next words.

‘Stop sending me back without notice like this, master!’

Though he did make a noisy fuss in my head.

“Black smoke is rising around this rock too.”

Then Caroline pointed at the rock with her index finger and spoke to me.

“This definitely seems to be the medium.”

Lloyd also nodded once and spoke.

Thinking I should try lifting the rock, I manifested dark magic and bound the rock with black shadows.

“It might be dangerous, so I’ll do it.”

Theor came beside me with a worried expression and spoke.

It seemed this man saw me as a delicate woman who might blow away in the wind.

“It might be dangerous for Theor, so I’ll do it.”

When I spoke to him meaning that I was as strong as him so he shouldn’t worry, Theor’s eyes widened for a moment, then he burst into laughter.

Wait, is this something to laugh about?

When I looked at him with a puzzled expression, finding his laughter absurd, he composed his laughter and spoke to me.

“Then I’ll escort Elinea.”

Nodding at those words, I slowly lifted the rock with dark magic.

That was the moment.

The black, writhing smoke beneath the rock disappeared instantly.

“Did you see that?!”

Since I could clearly see this smoke with my own eyes, I thought even people without light attributes would be able to see it.

“I saw it.”

“It seems strong dark sorcery can be seen with the naked eye even by those without light attributes.”

As I had thought, Theor also seemed to think the dark sorcery was intense enough for us to see it.

I nodded at him and spoke.

“The one who cast this dark sorcery on this place must be here, definitely.”

Casting such strong dark sorcery definitely meant they must be nearby.

Theor nodded at my words and suggested we investigate the servants.

Then, Greim’s characteristics suddenly flashed through my mind.

“Greim.”

When I called Greim, his eyes widened slightly.

“You can see them, right? Attributes.”

He possessed eyes that could see the attributes of all people with attribute abilities.

Even my dark magic that I had used in the other world.

So perhaps he could easily identify dark sorcerers with the naked eye too.

At my question, Greim seemed to think about something for a moment, then looked at me and spoke.

“I already told His Highness and Theor, but most of the servants here are strange.”

“…What?”

My eyes widened at Greim’s words that most of the servants were strange.

Greim seemed to be thinking about how to explain it in an easy-to-understand way, hesitating for a moment before continuing.

“Those without life force, that is, the dead, always appear gray.”

Gray…?

“That signifies a state where the spark of life has been extinguished. Most of the servants here are gray.”

“What? Then, you’re saying the servants here aren’t living people?”

When Perioze’s Sister asked with a hardened face, Greim nodded once and continued.

“Countess Triaize. That’s why I followed behind the servant who carried your bag inside.”

“Ah…!”

Apparently, the servant who moved Greim and Caroline’s luggage and showed them to their quarters was also one of the dead.

So he must have followed her to Caroline’s room out of concern for her.

I thought of the butler who had proudly told Theor and me about the beautiful places here while teaching us the way to the waterfall and hot spring, and asked.

“Then the three butlers are…”

“The butlers are all still alive. But one of them has the same thing flowing through him as the black smoke that was rising under the rock…”

“Who is it?”

When I asked with sparkling eyes at Greim’s words, he looked at me and said.

“It’s the 2nd Floor Butler.”

At those words, my eyes widened so much they nearly popped out.

I thought he was a butler who loved this place dearly, but he was a Dark Sorcerer?

Somehow, even though it was definitely a face I had encountered before, I couldn’t remember his appearance at all, and my brow furrowed without me realizing it.

“This might be a good opportunity. Dark Sorcerers shouldn’t be left alive, right?”

Perioze’s Sister asked me.

I nodded repeatedly as I spoke to Perioze’s Sister.

“The Empress is joining hands with Dark Sorcerers to target Crown Prince’s life. In earnest after our coming-of-age ceremony ends.”

At that, Lloyd, Greim, Theor, and Caroline’s eyes widened.

I continued speaking to them with a resolute expression.

“Perhaps they’ve already joined hands. So they might be cultivating dark sorcery power at the Emperor’s Private Resort.”

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