The Necromancers
Ch. 45:Bobbed In

"Where am I?"

As I recall, I was resting at night doing nothing to end up in a strange place like this.

A place that was entirely golden in color, a pink floor, as well as a wide and long corridor, I did not know if I was really a dream or not.

"Let's try!"

"Oh, that hurts a lot."

It was not a dream but reality.

Reality yes.

Right now, I don't know where and how I ended up in that weird place, but the first thing is that I want to find out in advance whether or not I can navigate this long, wide corridor.

"Fufufu."

This sound....

"Are you Stahark?"

"Yes, you're right. Welcome to my castle, Golden Castle, the castle fitting for your death."

He laughed out loud when he said that to me. I know what he said, he who set the stage for me wants me dead in a place like this.

In other words, no one is trapped inside this palace but I am alone.

"Yes, you're right. There's no one in my palace because I don't need them, people who aren't involved in it."

"You're right. The only thing you want is me, right?"

"Frightly so."

Suddenly a fog filled the area, covering my view that could not see anything that was far or near around me.

Whatisthis? Possibly traps?

Observing the surroundings, emitting an aura of intimidation all over my body, I wonder if he plans on including the monsters inside the fog to attack me or not, I should be on my guard.

I can actually use [Dark Eye] to see whatever is around, but since I don't want to use it then I can only rely on my fighting instincts all along.

"You really have a strong determination, only can you overcome something like this within you?"

Instantly, the fog that covered my vision was replaced by something familiar to me.

"It's..."

•••••

"Friya, Shilph, Reita, you three wake up!"

In the midst of his deep sleep early in the morning, Fuuya and Sasaki who woke them up, moved their bodies to wake them up.

Slowly, the three of them woke up thanks to the efforts of the two girls who woke up the three of them. Those who woke up from a deep sleep, rubbed their eyes and looked towards Fuuya and Sasaki who looked panicked right now.

"Is there anything we can help you with?"

"Why did you wake me up?"

"Is there something going on?"

The three girls wondered about what they really wanted from waking them from their slumber.

All in all, they knew that it was too early today to do any activity, but the two of them, Fuuya and Sasaki who woke them up left them clueless about what he wanted.

"It's nasty! Mister..."

"Regard has disappeared!"

Shocked at Fuuya's notice, the three of them, sleeping in their rooms, woke up and hurried off to the room of Regard near their room.

Starting from Shilphonia, he ran quickly to Regard's room because it was next to his room, opened the door and saw the contents inside. With the transparent sleeping pajamas she wore, the underwear that was seen behind the pajamas made Shilphonia not care about her appearance now because she thought the most important thing was the whereabouts of Regard, who they said had disappeared.

Friya who entered the room after Shilphonia, he was next to Regard's room. The difference is that Shilphonia is on the right of the Regard room while Friya is on the left of the Regard room, the two are next to each other. Friya who entered the room, she did not feel the presence of Regard through which she could feel now.

No matter how hard Friya tried to figure out whether what Regard had could be felt or not, it vanished completely from the mattress where she fell asleep.

And lastly Reita, she was next to Friya's room and rushed up and into her half-sister's room, Regard. Before Reita goes to her room, it would be nice for her to change her clothes first because she is not polite to go into her own sister's room in her sleeping pajamas.

After all, Reita was convinced that before she arrived at her brother's room, Shilphonia and Friya who had entered her room could find out the cause so she decided to prioritize her appearance first and just entered her brother's room.

"Has anything happened before?"

"I don't know."

Shilphonia who did not get an answer from Fuuya and Sasaki, she just hung her head, biting her irritated lips in not knowing how could Regard leave her room without their knowledge.

According to Shilphonia, Regard left could not have been unnoticed by Fuuya and Sasaki, which means that he disappeared suddenly as experienced by the people in Lien City.

"Could possibly..."

"Yes, I'm sure that's the cause."

"I agree."

Reita, who was leaning against the door earlier, walked up to Shilphonia and Friya who were standing by the mattress, noticing the former mattress that was laid by Regard earlier, who had been sleeping in, he felt a trace through the footing that Regard touched on the surface of the wood.

"Let's not, however, that it would be impossible for Regard to go alone without informing us."

"That's right."

Friya who had been silent earlier, she suddenly remembered the conversation made by a figure she knew before she settled in Lien City.

"I think we're gonna get an answer on someone I know."

"really?"

"Yes. But, I don't know if you guys agreed to come along or not."

Shilphonia, Reita, Fuuya, Sasaki, the four of them looked at each other with serious expressions, nodding once at what they were convinced of, they looked at Friya who was waiting for a response from them.

"We'll come with you!"

"alright. We're going to that place now, but before that..."

Hearing Shilphonia's approval, Friya smiles at her answer and looks at their clothes, Shilphonia, Fuuya, and Sasaki who are seen not wearing their uniforms, Friya sighed softly not knowing how she should say it.

"The three of you have to change clothes first to be able to go to the location we are going to."

"You're right."

"....."

"....."

Shilphonia who was aware of her clothes nodded in agreement to Friya's words. In any case, he knew that if it was impolite to visit other people's places just by showing them the underwear behind the transparent sleeping pajamas they wore, it would make the opposite sex have high sexual desire.

Fuuya and Sasaki who saw their bodies, especially Fuuya who was not wearing any clothes but completely naked, fell silent when she knew that she could not go anywhere with a naked body, while Sasaki was wearing underwear without her sleeping pajamas, she quickly covered her body that was visible to them, his red face indicates that he was really embarrassed to reveal that he was like this when he fell asleep.

On the other hand, outside of Lien City, the few people riding on their horses paused for a moment looking at Lien City, the city they had occupied before.

"I hope you're okay, Arhen."

One of the long white-haired girls riding on a horse wore an expression of worry over what he and that person were talking about the previous day.

The day before.

"I will enter the room prepared by Stahark without being wary of anything."

"Are you really sure you can do it?"

Hesitating to convince Regard how much chance he could get into the place Stahark had prepared for him, Regard only displayed a confident smile.

"Yes, I'm sure. In any case he wanted to eliminate me by himself so I couldn't possibly let that opportunity just vanish."

Stretching out his right hand that was raised to the ceiling, Regard clenched his hand into a fist, thinking that this would be interesting if Stahark thought that he deliberately lowered his guard just to get into the space provided.

All the scenarios that have been formed by Regard, everything he can manage and realize slowly, slowly, but most important of all is that Regard wants to know the reaction of Stahark who thinks he is a fool who does not let his body be filled with strict guard, that is all that Regard wants to hear from him.

"I don't know if you're a normal person or not, but I want to warn you to be careful because the enemy you're facing is Stahark, you know what he looks like?"

"Yes, I know him quite well as he is."

"Good."

Walking closer to Regard, Liliana who stopped by his side, he displayed a gentle smile that made Regard think that he was giving it not to pity himself but another right behind his smile.

"Stay alive and come back safe, Arhen!"

"Yes, I make sure that I'm okay."

Leaving Regard alone, the smiling Liliana knowing the burning resolve of Regard from within her eyes was completely unthinkable that this time she had succumbed to Regard.

The reason she succumbed to him was not because she did not want to do any further investigation, but because of her enemy Stahark, Liliana realized that she was playing around a little with the existence of the monster, just like that, comrades in his army will be his target.

That is what Liliana does not want in the face of the consequences that exist in herself.

Saving others at the expense of his own soldiers, it was just a stupid excuse done by the leader of the other royal knight troops that Liliana could not replicate and do because every life meant so much to her and the people closest to them.