Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 97

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Chapter 97

I immediately went to find Louis.

Louis seemed a bit surprised that I had taken the initiative to seek him out first.

It was natural since we had barely had any interaction until now.

“Young Count.”

“What is it.”

Though Louis was being sharp, he didn’t openly show his displeasure like before.

It seemed to be because he had been scolded by the Count.

“I’d like you to release some knights.”

“Why knights all of a sudden.”

“I need to find and burn this flower.”

When I handed Louis the poster I had prepared beforehand, he frowned and examined it.

“What is this flower?”

“It’s a flower called Pimpis, and it’s a medium that transforms people into demon beasts.”

At my words, Louis’s face crumpled.

“It transforms people into demon beasts?”

“Yes.”

When I nodded with a serious expression, Louis looked down at the poster again.

“How am I supposed to believe that?”

“I’m a holy mage. I can easily sense that this flower is related to dark magic with my power.”

“So the only evidence is your word.”

“Actually, children who touched and played with this flower were affected by demon beast transformation. So it’s not just my word.”

Louis seemed to want to find fault with my words somehow.

“Then bring those children.”

“I already treated those children.”

“So there’s no evidence after all.”

No, this is a serious situation where the entire Empire’s population could be transformed into demon beasts if the Pimpis flowers spread. Even in this situation, does he want to nitpick my words?

I glared at Louis while suppressing my boiling anger.

“If Young Count doesn’t allow me to release the knights and more people become demon beasts than now, would you be able to handle the responsibility then?”

Louis flinched momentarily at my words.

Though he had been brazenly trying to find fault with my words, it seemed he realized he couldn’t handle it if his responsibility was involved.

“I understand you have special powers. I’ll specially believe your words too.”

What nonsense, saying ‘specially’ and all.

“I’ll release the knights. But I can’t release the entire knight order. They have their own duties.”

Louis maintained his pride to the end. I barely managed to suppress my desire to sneer.

“I’ll assign 5 knights to you. Be satisfied with that.”

Then Louis cleared his throat and rang the summoning bell to call a maid.

“Tell the knight captain to assign five knights to Rene Sauver.”

The maid who received the order bowed and left the office.

Afterwards, Louis looked down at his documents.

It was a clear dismissal.

If I had asked the Count, he might have given me the entire knight order.

But my opponent was Louis.

He neither believed my words nor had any intention of helping me.

I left Louis’s office thinking I should ask the Count to release more knights once his health improved.

For now, I was given 5 knights.

Through them, I had to find out how widespread the Pimpis flowers were in the Empire and burn them immediately upon discovery.

Returning to my room, I waited for the knights to come find me.

How much time had passed like that?

Knock knock knock.

“Miss, the knights have arrived.”

“Let them in.”

As soon as my order was given, the door opened and the knights entered.

They seemed to have rushed over from training as they were sweating a little, so I instructed a maid to bring cold water and towels.

“The reason I called you is simple. I want you to find and burn this flower.”

When I held out the poster, one of the knights approached and took it.

“What is this flower?”

“It’s a flower called Pimpis, and it’s a medium that transforms people into demon beasts.”

“I saw it once when putting up posters before, but it was that kind of flower…”

The knights looked at the poster with shocked expressions.

“We need to find out how widespread this flower is throughout the Empire right now.”

“Certainly, if it’s a flower that transforms people into demon beasts, we must find and eliminate it.”

“That’s right.”

When I nodded, the knights showed determined expressions.

“Contact me immediately upon discovering this flower and burn it.”

“How should we contact you, Miss?”

“I’ll attach messenger butterflies to you.”

When I snapped my fingers to create messenger butterflies, the knights’ eyes sparkled.

“Ooh!”

“Is this also magic?”

“Amazing!”

I smiled sheepishly and attached one messenger butterfly to each knight.

“If you speak to the butterfly, it will deliver the message to me. So burn the flowers immediately upon finding them and contact me.”

“Yes, understood!”

Just then, a maid brought cold water and towels. I ordered the knights to prepare themselves and leave immediately.

The knights answered “Yes!” loudly and left my room with the cold water and towels.

Left alone in the room, I sighed.

How widespread are the Pimpis flowers in the Empire? Five knights might not be enough. But I’ll have to wait and see for now.

As I sighed and stood up, I heard a dull sound from the window.

Looking back, I saw a messenger butterfly unable to enter and bumping against the window.

It was the messenger butterfly I had attached to Uncle.

I had attached it earlier when Uncle said he would send the Marquis’ mansion’s servant to the Duke’s mansion to receive real-time situation updates.

I immediately opened the window to let the butterfly in.

Then the butterfly transformed into sparkling golden letters.

[I sent a maid to the Duke’s mansion. I told her to contact us if the Duke moves, so she should contact us soon.]

After checking Uncle’s message, I sent the messenger butterfly, which had returned to its original form, back to Uncle.

I hope this allows us to investigate Iban…

I hope nothing happens to the maid.

And I hope she brings us good information.

I thought while watching the messenger butterfly fly out the window.

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Not long after, messenger butterflies began arriving one after another from the knights.

Their messages were all the same.

Pimpis flowers were being discovered all over the Empire.

It seemed the speed at which Pimpis flowers were multiplying was much faster than the speed at which people discovered the posters and burned the flowers.

The fact that Pimpis flowers were being found all over the Empire meant there could be people undergoing demon beast transformation in places I didn’t know about.

I don’t know exactly how Pimpis flowers transform people into demon beasts.

The herbalist woman’s husband said he ate it thinking it might be a flower that could be used as medicine.

The children who played in the flower garden said they picked and played with the flowers.

So does demon beast transformation occur from touching or eating them? Or does it occur just from looking at them?

My head was aching.

I was sighing when suddenly a maid came running over with a pale face.

“M-Miss…!”

I immediately turned to look at the maid.

“What’s wrong?”

“There are people outside…”

People?

I walked over to the window.

Then I could see people crowding together at the gate in the distance, beyond the vast garden.

“What are all those people doing there?”

When I muttered in confusion, the maid answered helplessly.

“They’re all people who came asking you to heal them…”

“Asking me to heal them?”

“Yes, they all say their bodies have become strange. They say they’re transforming like demon beasts…”

“The notice said to contact the Magic Tower, so why did they come to me?”

“Well, it seems rumors have spread.”

“What rumors?”

“Rumors that you saved people who had undergone Masu Transformation…”

It wasn’t that I thought rumors wouldn’t spread, but I never expected so many people would flock to the Count’s mansion like this.

As I stood there looking out the window in bewilderment, the maid asked.

“The guards are blocking them, but there are so many… Should we have the knights send them all away?”

I pondered.

If all those people had been affected by Masu Transformation, I couldn’t heal them all with my magical power.

It was because my magical power was insufficient.

If I used up all my magical power healing them when I might have to face Iban at any moment, it would be a disaster.

Most importantly, I didn’t have enough magical power to heal that many people anyway.

While I was contemplating, another maid came running in.

“M-Miss!”

What now.

“People are climbing over the wall and entering the manor right now!”

“What?”

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