Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 94

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Chapter 94

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Ivan sat quietly in his study, lost in thought.

A moment ago, he had sensed someone using magic within the manor.

So he followed the flow of magical power, which led him to the greenhouse, where he discovered a servant secretly picking flowers.

Inside the greenhouse, he could feel strong divine magical power.

But when he looked around the greenhouse, all he could see were the servant and the Pimpis flower garden.

They must have used concealment magic.

Someone bold enough to infiltrate the Duke’s mansion, capable of using concealment magic, and possessing strong divine magical power…

“It’s probably Rene Sauver.”

A deep smile spread across Ivan’s lips.

“I suppose I’ve been found out?”

Ivan rose from his seat and looked out the window.

Beyond the window, he could see directly down to the greenhouse with the Pimpis flower garden.

“She saw that I have the Pimpis flower garden, and she saw me kill someone…”

Now he was curious to see how Rene Sauver would respond.

This world was nothing more than a chessboard. The chess pieces were humans.

Just as it didn’t matter when pieces were captured, human lives held no special meaning.

Just as the game only became interesting when pieces moved, the world only became entertaining when humans clashed and shattered against each other.

To Ivan, this world felt like a game. A cheap game that could be destroyed at any time.

He wanted to see the end of this game.

Not some cliché ending where everyone lived happily ever after, but something more interesting.

In this game, Rene Sauver was a very special chess piece.

The first opposing player he had encountered on this board.

The only being capable of standing against him.

A lovely woman who would make this game more enjoyable, yet whom he wanted to kill.

Ivan was giggling as he looked out the window when it happened.

“The servant’s body has been quietly disposed of. What should we do about the servants who handled the corpse?”

A butler who had knocked and entered bowed his waist and asked quietly.

Ivan, who had been silently gazing out the window for a while, soon turned to the butler with a bright smile.

“Kill them all.”

Humans were chess pieces. Pieces that disrupted the board could simply be removed.

After all, more pieces would appear.

Now that she knew he was a black mage, Rene Sauver would try to oppose him.

Ivan’s eyes sparkled with interest.

“Then things will get more interesting.”

He shouldn’t kill her too easily.

Since she was an opponent who had appeared after so long.

He would play with her for a long time, and when it became boring or when Rene Sauver overstepped her bounds and tried to ruin the game.

Then he could just kill her.

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“Uncle!”

The next day, I immediately went to find Uncle. Together with Kaisis.

Uncle looked surprised and widened his eyes when he saw me rushing over urgently.

“Why did you come running in such a hurry? First, have some water. Nella-!”

“Did you call for me, Miss?”

At Uncle’s call, a maid who had been waiting outside the door entered.

“Bring some cold water and refreshments.”

“Yes, Miss.”

As soon as the maid who had answered politely left the room, I spoke without even catching my breath.

“Uncle, I found out who the black mage is.”

“What?! Who is it?”

“Ivan, Ivan is the black mage.”

“Ivan? …Who is Ivan?”

Uncle, who had never read the original work and had never encountered Ivan, naturally didn’t know him.

I briefly explained about Ivan.

“There’s a duke named Ivan Decartes. He’s the head of the Pione Information Guild.”

“Pione, you mean that information guild where the Crown Prince received the necklace?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

When I nodded, Uncle’s expression became serious.

“But how did you find out that guy is a black mage?”

“I secretly went to the Duke’s mansion.”

“What?!”

Suddenly, Uncle shouted loudly.

“If that duke or whatever he is is a black mage, isn’t the Duke’s mansion a black mage’s den?!”

“That’s right.”

“How could you go to such a dangerous place alone!”

Veins bulged in Uncle’s arm as he slammed the desk with a bang.

This feels like déjà vu somehow.

I heard the same words from Uncle that I had heard from the Count, and continued speaking while reading the mood.

“I didn’t go alone. Shamal and Kaisis came with me…”

“Those guys…”

Uncle clenched his fists tightly and muttered grimly.

“You’re going to such a dangerous place and they didn’t even tell me, and they didn’t stop you?”

Uncle’s eyes flashed as he looked at Kaisis standing behind me.

“Are you in your right mind?”

I hurriedly stopped Uncle.

“Kaisis isn’t at fault. I was the one who suggested going.”

“Then he should have stopped you!”

“But we needed solid evidence that Ivan is a black mage. To find that evidence, we had to visit the Duke’s mansion.”

When I persuaded him, Uncle barely calmed down and let out a long sigh.

“So. What did you discover there?”

“A Pimpis flower garden.”

“Pimpis flowers?”

At my words, Uncle’s eyes narrowed.

“Pimpis flowers are the flowers that cause Masu Transformation in people, aren’t they?”

“That’s right. Ivan was growing those flowers in large quantities.”

“He’s definitely a black mage then.”

I nodded at Uncle’s muttering.

“So what are you going to do? Strike first?”

At Uncle’s words, I fell into thought.

It would be good to strike first, but if we acted rashly, we might end up being counterattacked instead.

I was still inexperienced with divine magic, but Ivan was likely proficient in black magic.

There was also the possibility that his power had grown even stronger while we weren’t aware, with his followers offering living sacrifices.

“I think it would be better to first find out how strong Ivan is and what his plan is.”

What exactly was Ivan’s plan?

Judging by the fact that he was growing Pimpis flowers in large quantities, perhaps his plan was to cause Masu Transformation in even more people than now.

What was he trying to do by causing Masu Transformation in people? Was he trying to control them?

Or was he planning to create powerful demon beasts like the humanoid demon beast called an ‘angel’ that we encountered last time?

What exactly would Ivan gain from doing that?

Whatever the reason, we had to stop it first.

If people became demon beasts and lost their sense of self, not only would they lose their lives, but they might also harm their loved ones.

Such a terrible thing had to be prevented.

“Seeing how they were cultivating Pimpis flowers in such large quantities, it might be a plan to turn people into demon beasts on a massive scale.”

“I think so too.”

“We need to stop it before the Pimpis flowers spread further throughout the Empire.”

At my words, Louis Sauver nodded repeatedly and then suddenly stood up from his seat.

“First, let’s think about what to do with the Pimpis flowers.”

“We did put up notices for now…”

“That’s not enough. If this Iban guy or whatever is cultivating Pimpis flowers in large quantities, he could have people plant them here and there, couldn’t he?”

Louis Sauver’s words made sense.

I didn’t know how much reproductive power the Pimpis flowers had, but if the flowers from that garden were transplanted everywhere…

In fact, the fundamental solution was to burn down the flower garden at the Duke’s Mansion, but entering the Duke’s Mansion again was dangerous.

“I think it would be good to deploy knights to investigate the Empire’s flower gardens.”

“That sounds good.”

Louis Sauver nodded.

“Our family will also deploy knights to search for Pimpis flowers whenever they have time.”

We began to think about what to do with Iban.

Louis Sauver thought for a moment, then looked at me and asked.

“That day, when you went to the Duke’s Mansion, you weren’t discovered, were you?”

“Probably not.”

“Good. Then let’s investigate that bastard a bit more. We need to know what his plan is before we can decide whether to stop it or not.”

I nodded.

“But how do we investigate?”

After thinking for a moment, I came up with a clever plan.

“How about planting someone in the Duke’s Mansion?”

“Someone?”

“Yes. If we plant a maid or servant there, we might be able to get a rough idea of when Iban will come to the capital and what plans he’s making.”

At my words, Louis Sauver nodded.

“Then we’ll need to find someone to send to the Duke’s Mansion first…”

“How about asking the Marquis for a recommendation? If we ask him to recommend a trustworthy servant who has worked at the Marquis’ Mansion for a long time, he’ll surely help us.”

“Then I’ll talk to the Marquis about it.”

So we decided to leave sending a servant to Louis Sauver, and we discussed how to defeat Iban.

“First, it would be good to gather our forces. Originally, this kind of thing is a numbers game.”

At Louis Sauver’s words, I thought I should send a telegram to the Magic Tower.

Since we had identified the black mage, if we asked them to send people, the Magic Tower would eagerly step forward to help.

“Just in case, it would be good to contact the Holy Kingdom too, Master.”

“To ask them to send the Holy Knights?”

When I asked, Louis Sauver nodded as if he agreed.

“Those guys serve you, don’t they? Then if you ask them to send troops, they’ll send them, won’t they?”

Certainly, the Holy Kingdom’s Holy Knights were strong.

They would be good military strength, but now that I had escaped from the Holy Kingdom, it was questionable whether they would send troops according to my wishes.

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