The Lady Only Deals With the Real Ones - Chapter 65

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“So you’re planning to go rescue that mage?”

“Well, I probably won’t go to Parnon myself, but the general framework of rescuing is similar, right?”

“Ah. I knew it, pure motives are better than romantic entanglements…”

Emma firmly grasped my hand.

“If there’s anything I can help you with, just tell me anytime.”

“Yes, I will. Oh, just in case, could you also give some of this sand to your three friends?”

“I’m not sure if our mediocre magical skills will be much help, but alright, I’ll pass it along. If I tell them they’ll get magic stones for figuring out the spell formula, they’ll jump for joy, right?”

It was when I had finished the now-cold tea and was about to leave.

Knock knock. There was a knocking sound from outside the door.

Had Emma’s friends already arrived?

However, when the door opened, the person I saw was.

“Guild Member Elisha! You were here!”

“Madam Helena?”

It was Guild Master Helena.

Glancing over, I saw Emma also looked puzzled.

“What brings you here, Madam Helena? Do you need your own magical artifact?”

“No, Guild Member Emma. I came looking for Guild Member Elisha. I went to the pawnshop first but she wasn’t there, so I thought she might be here… Ha, this isn’t the time to be explaining this.”

Helena had clearly run here in a hurry.

Helena, who had been catching her breath, suddenly grabbed my shoulders.

“Guild Member Elisha. Are you by any chance opening a second branch?”

“No, I’m already busy enough running my current shop.”

“Then as I thought…! We need to convene an emergency countermeasure meeting.”

“An emergency countermeasure meeting? Why?”

“To protect the rights and interests of our guild members!”

Helena gritted her teeth as she looked at me and Emma, who were confused.

“Because a new pawnshop has opened on the street!”

“Whaaaat-?!”

Crash.

Emma jumped to her feet.

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Parnon Count’s Mansion.

Hugo was nervously biting his nails.

“When is sister coming? I’m dying of anxiety…”

Unable to watch him pacing anxiously outside the door any longer, his aide cautiously spoke up.

“Count, what’s troubling you?”

“Do you really need to ask?! It’s because of the bomb that sister dropped at the count’s mansion!”

“If you’re referring to the person currently in the underground prison, aren’t they wearing restraints? They shouldn’t be able to harm you, Count.”

“How can I trust restraints when they’re a mage? What if they easily break free from such restraints?”

Hugo, who had been shaking his legs nervously, whispered quietly.

“And! I have a bad feeling about something.”

“What kind of feeling do you mean?”

“What if Uncle sees right through our moves? Just like how he blindsided us with The Forest of Cologne auction and spirited Nicholas away…”

Wouldn’t that be groundless worry?

The aide tilted his head questioningly.

“The auction aside, you think His Grace spirited away Lord Nicholas? I think the Duke of Alchemia was more likely behind Nicholas’s case. After all, she’s still protecting him at the Duke of Alchemia’s residence.”

“You don’t know how meticulous Uncle is! Besides, the Duke of Alchemia and Uncle are…!”

Click click.

At the sound of heels, Hugo closed his mouth.

Rosaline walked in irritably and said coldly.

“Guide me to the underground prison.”

Parnon Count’s Mansion was in the remote countryside.

In other words, it was also a place with less surveillance from the central government.

In principle, renovating a mansion required permission from the Imperial Palace, but since Parnon was outside the surveillance network, they could secretly expand the prison.

‘That’s why sister sent that mage to my side.’

As they descended to the underground prison, Hugo cautiously asked while watching Rosaline’s mood.

“Um, sister, about those restraints… Are they really safe?”

“Do you think I would handle things carelessly?”

“N-no, it’s not that, I just, well, thinking that there’s a mage under my bedroom makes me scared…”

Rosaline looked back at Hugo irritably and sighed.

“As long as you’re careful, there’s no way they’ll be released.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Because they’re sacred restraints that absolutely cannot be undone by oneself.”

“I-I see! Mages are incompatible with sacred power too!”

“Originally, this was one of the measures we prepared to detain Uncle… Well, I suppose we’re testing it out first.”

One of the methods prepared to cage that tiger-like Uncle.

Then of course even a skilled mage wouldn’t be able to break free, right?

Hugo let out a sigh of relief.

‘Sister said that if we get that mage, we can turn Uncle into a toothless tiger, right? I don’t really understand how, though.’

Rosaline was thoroughly enraged by the incident with Nicholas and the auction house.

She, who was burning with hatred toward her uncle, wouldn’t have made a reckless plan.

‘Right, Uncle must be too busy dealing with the new pawnshop to think about anything else.’

Uncle had probably learned by now.

The news that the new pawnshop Rosaline had secretly prepared had opened on the opposite street!

Since Uncle valued the pawnshop like his life, he’d obviously be busy trying to counter it.

‘We just need to target Uncle when he lets his guard down during that gap, right? I worried for nothing!’

Sister really is smart!

As if he had never been anxious, Hugo walked ahead.

Arriving in front of the prison, he took out the key.

The mage trapped inside the iron bars was lying there weakly.

‘I was too scared to even come look… Tch, they’re really skinny. I’d win if we fought without magic.’

Hugo glanced at the mage lying there covered in dirty robes, then opened the door and stepped back.

Rosaline strode in and looked down at the mage as if looking at an insect.

Tap tap.

She had been poking the mage’s toes with the tip of her shoe, then suddenly applied pressure and stomped on the ankle.

“Ugh…”

Hugo flinched back at the mage’s groan.

‘What? It was a girl?’

“Some water, please give me just a sip of water…”

When the mage with the crushed ankle weakly raised her head.

Sage-colored short hair was revealed between the robes.

And.

“Do you think I have water to give to a thief? You should be begging for something else, shouldn’t you?”

Rosaline grabbed her hair and said coldly.

“How about begging me to remove these restraints?”

“Sorry, I’m sorry. It was a mistake, I didn’t mean to do it… Please remove this…”

“A mistake, you say. That’s not what you call a mistake.”

Slap.

“The wrongs of someone like me who has everything are called mistakes.”

The left wrist of the mage who had fallen after being slapped glowed white.

“The mistakes of someone as insignificant and worthless as you are simply mistakes.”

It was a restraint.

Rosaline’s lips curved upward as she stared at the restraint.

“I can see you can’t resist even like this, so the restraint’s effect must be quite excellent. But I’ll need to test it, won’t I? I like to be certain.”

The premonition wasn’t good.

Hugo covered his mouth.

‘What’s with that mage? And why is his right hand so black? No, more than that, what is sister doing…?’

“What do you… Aaaaah!”

It was the moment Rosaline pressed a small button.

Sparks flew from the restraint with a crackling sound, and the mage screamed while curling up his body.

It was a scream that felt more horrifying than the fact that the mage’s right hand was black.

Hugo recoiled in shock without realizing it, but a cruel smile appeared on Rosaline’s lips.

“Huu, uuu…”

“Yes. This level isn’t bad.”

After a while, Rosaline turned off the restraint and spoke quite affectionately.

“If you commit a crime, it’s natural to be punished. You dared to sneak into the Rionet Duchy and try to steal a premium magic stone, so you must pay the appropriate price.”

“Urk…”

“But there’s a fortunate fact for you. I’m quite merciful. If you do just one thing for me, I’m willing to forgive your sins.”

The mage’s lips, wet with tears, trembled.

“Su, surely not…”

“Yes. You know why you’re going through this, don’t you? You must be curious how I found out about your filthy past… but let’s postpone the conversation.”

Rosaline’s eyes gleamed ominously.

“After you tear apart Nicholas Raum’s mind and turn it into mush.”

‘What?’

Hugo staggered.

Could it be that what sister wants this mage to do is…

“Take away all memories about painting from Nicholas Raum. Make sure he can never draw his own paintings again!”

‘She’s going to destroy Nicholas!’

And it doesn’t end with Nicholas.

There’s still the matter of capturing Uncle Michele.

‘Sister plans to keep using this mage…!’

Rosaline’s words about forgiving him if he does just one thing are a complete lie.

“I also know that you can transplant those memories into others.”

“Hiiip…!”

“Yes, Nicholas will be forever trapped in someone else’s mind, drawing only copies for me!”

Hugo collapsed at the chilling words.

The mage trembled and opened his mouth.

“Bu, but that’s… black magic. With restraints on, uut, in this state… if I use such magic, I won’t be able to endure…”

“Do I need to know that?”

Rosaline laughed.

Elegantly and coldly.

“You’ll have to manage somehow. Right?”

Press.

“If you want.”

Press.

“Forgiveness from me?”

“Ua, uaaah…!”

“Tell me when you’re ready. I’m generous, so I’ll gladly wait.”

Rosaline pressed the button repeatedly and turned around with a smirk.

“For a few days, that is.”

Tap tap.

After Rosaline dusted off her hands and left.

In the underground prison, only Hugo’s retching sounds and the mage’s tearful moans echoed hollowly.

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