Chapter 24 – 24. Hell for Rest
“Deius!”
Thump thump thump!
The carpet on the floor echoes harshly. She was so angry that she put a lot of mana into her steps, which allowed Finden Eye to quickly snatch the candle from her desk as it almost fell to the floor.
“Whew, I almost went to buy it again.”
Findeneye heaved a sigh of relief and immediately glanced at the door. Just in time, Darius opened the door and came in.
“What nonsense is this!”
As I was organizing the candles, I glanced at Darius and then focused on my task again.
It must have gotten on Darius’ nerves so much that he came towards me with a stomp.
“Uh huh.”
Finden Eye naturally blocks the space and shrugs his shoulders.
Darius, who has already been brutally defeated by her twice, grits his teeth, clenches his fists, and shouts to me beyond.
“Dig up the graves of past family heads? “You have truly lost your mind!”
Darius pulled out the sword he had at his waist and waved it in the air, shouting as if his veins were bursting.
“For accepting an immigrant into North Weden, for entering the family’s forbidden basement, and for hiring a damned street prostitute to be the family’s maid! “I’ve gotten over everything, but I can’t stand this!”
I knew I couldn’t get over Finden Eye anyway, so I stayed silent and did my job.
There is no time.
The moon will rise soon.
“Try to calm down.”
At that time, Deia, who was in my room, sighed and calmed Darius down. He had a puzzled look on his face, as if wondering why Deia was here.
Deia glances at the watch she is holding in her hand. Five minutes of the day were now.
“Deius is doing what he has to do. “What Verdi must do.”
At those words, Darius immediately frowns and glares at Deia.
“What should Verdi bear? Are you saying that we have to dig up the graves of the matriarchs? There! “Even our father is there!”
“… … Still, it’s necessary.”
Darius was rather embarrassed by the sight of Deia biting her lip.
It seemed unbelievable that Deia, who hated me more than anyone else, was taking my side.
“Ha, explanation. Damn it! “Explain why you did that!”
I felt like I was finally ready to have a little conversation, so I slowly turned around and looked at Darius.
“I am a necromancer.”
“what?”
Darius is dumbfounded by such an unexpected declaration and looks at me with his mouth wide open.
In one word, I declared that it would not be strange if the Magic Judges of the Griffin Kingdom came and arrested me.
“There are a lot of evil spirits wandering around this mansion right now. And it was the Verdi family that prevented them from resting as dead.”
Step forward slowly.
Findeneye naturally moved to the side, so I glared at Darius in front of him.
“I and Deia bear the blame for our ignorance. “Because you are the head of the family, you knew all the secrets written in the journal.”
“… … .”
“Help me. “Finally, it gives us a chance to take responsibility.”
“Take responsibility?”
Darius, biting his teeth, stamps his sword on the ground and glares at him as if spewing out anger.
“I will take responsibility for what the past matriarchs did! Who thinks there is no guilt? “Do you think anyone is judging their actions as right?”
“… … .”
“I too know that they have sinned. There is nothing I can change! “I just keep carrying on the Verdi that has been going on like this!”
After looking at Darius for a moment, I nodded calmly.
“I understand.”
Darius looked at me with surprised eyes again and made an inexplicable expression.
“It is a business that has already been built up over hundreds of years. That’s why you, who have just become the head of the family, can’t change anything.”
Darius closed his eyes tightly and clenched his fists. He seemed to be struggling to hold back something brewing inside him.
“But you shouldn’t get used to it, eventually take it for granted, or just avoid it because it’s something you can’t help.”
“… … .”
“I’ll give you a chance. “A chance to clear everything, wash away all my sins, and start a new Verdi.”
“New, Verdi.”
“Please, I hope you make the right choice as the head of the family.”
With those words, I walked out of the room, and Findenai followed suit, gathering her luggage.
I could hear Deia and Darius talking behind me, but I just ignored them and went outside.
Most of the previous family heads were buried in a site not far from the Verdi mansion.
There were people whose bodies could not be found during the war, or whose bodies were lost due to unintentional circumstances, but most of them were properly buried.
“Are you here!”
The scrap metal dealer members who had already been waiting near the cemetery under my order bowed their heads deeply as soon as they saw me.
Finden Eye didn’t seem to like that, and hit the head of the guy in front of him in annoyance.
“Hey, aren’t you saying hello to me?”
“Gagging!”
“He is the master, now!”
“Thanks to you, we are getting along so well!”
Isn’t that the same situation as those who lived as slaves in the republic and then became rebels?
Here, they help you find a job and provide you with shelter and meals.
The level of discrimination among the locals was at a level that tickled those who had experienced the gap in social status.
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I simply nodded to them and entered the cemetery.
The graveyard prepared for past family heads was so thoroughly maintained that not a single speck of dust had accumulated, and the fences were also strong.
After having Findenai place the candles he had prepared in the north, south, east and west, he had them stand at the entrance.
The family’s servants are flocking in from afar. The eldest deacon among them was bringing a drum as I requested.
“Findenai, I ask for her guidance as you said.”
“… … “Yes, I will try this quite seriously.”
Findenai nodded and headed back to the mansion. I stay silent and look at her back for a moment, then look at the workers and the scrap metal dealer at the same time.
They were looking at me without any understanding, but I gave an order by tapping the floor with my cane.
“Everyone, please greet the guests who will come to the mansion from now on. Don’t let anyone interfere with her getting here.”
Some with less experience looked puzzled, but most listened without comment.
“He is someone to whom the Verdi family owes a very great debt. “Please serve us as politely as possible, as politely as possible.”
“Yes, I understand.”
The head deacon bows deeply and answers as the representative.
Next was the scrap metal dealer.
“You protect them. “The number of beings coming will be large, but with your skills, it won’t be too difficult.”
“Would it be possible?”
Unit leader Go Cheol-sang answers confidently while pounding his chest.
After hearing that answer, I turned around and entered the tomb.
The older butler whom I had spoken to beforehand stands at the entrance holding a drum.
“Beat the drum regularly. “If it’s difficult, you can switch with other personnel, but the drumming must not stop.”
“All right.”
“Start right away.”
thud.
The drums begin to sound.
At the same time, the workers move in a coordinated manner and prepare to welcome guests, and the scrap metal dealer takes out his weapons and forms a defensive formation to protect them.
It is very convenient to follow orders on your own without any detailed explanation.
Insert the tip of the cane firmly into the ground. The soil was crushed and hollowed out, and mana began to be injected into it.
It wasn’t my mana.
It was all the mana of the evil spirits trapped within me.
Good luck!
The candles placed in the north, south, east and west light up in blue light. That will serve as a fence to keep evil spirits from getting out.
[Keeeeeeeeek!]
[Freedom!]
[Verdi! Verdi! Verdi!]
The screams of evil spirits rise and rise. I continue to release mana, condense it, and fill this place with the mana of the dead.
A kind of magic that was adapted to this continent, something I had seen many times through my grandmother.
Yes, I was performing a ritual.
After death.
Calling out shameless thugs who are sleeping so peacefully.
Slowly stand in front of the grave.
And then I read the epitaph as if waking me from sleep.
“Delmoen Verdi.”
thud!
Delmoen’s spirit floating above the graveyard with the sound of drums. He slowly opens his eyes and looks around.
[W-what is it? Did you wake me up?]
Ignoring his confusion, I walked back to the tombstone next to him and called his name.
thud!
“Dolores Verdi.”
thud!
“Terbite Verdi.”
thud!
“Dupolian Verdi.”
thud!
Souls awaken with the continuous sound of drums and the calling of names.
They were confused and angry at me for waking them up from their rest.
“Detros Verdi.”
thud!
Continuing to awaken the souls, awaken them, and finally, the last one.
“Damos Verdi.”
thud!
One man comes to mind. He knew me.
[Deius? Are you Deius? Did you wake me up now?]
The head of the family before Darius.
It was Damos Verdi, the father of three siblings.
All Verdi gathered together.
Among them, there was someone like Detroit Verdi who massacred countless people for his own greed.
There were also those, like Darius Verdi, who simply closed their eyes and mouth and pretended not to see in silence.
What does it matter?
We will all be punished for our sins.
[Deius! What on earth is going on?]
[Uh huh, waking up the dead doesn’t mean you’ve fallen into the dark path!]
[Damos! Are you really telling me that you can only teach me this way?]
Verdi’s ghosts gather towards me. The evil spirits that filled the sky like a whirlpool were looking down in this direction, ready to bite at any moment.
“Close everything.”
I calmly opened my mouth to them.
“There is a verse like this in the Bible in a certain world.”
thud!
“In due time, when the trumpet is blown, when the Son of Man himself comes down from heaven, the dead will rise first.”
thud!
“And you will be judged according to your sins.”
thud!
“I don’t know if that’s true. However, I do know that there is no such saint on this continent.”
thud!
A smile slowly forms.
Can they have any idea of the future that will unfold from now on?
Probably not.
I have already closed my eyes as a dead person.
Because there was no such thing as a future for them.
thud!
“If there is no such person, and if there is no afterlife. Will your sins be buried and forgotten forever?”
[Deius! Refrain from speaking!]
“Shut up, I’m not your f*cking son.”
I scold Damos, who stands up and glares at me. She completely blocks his mouth with mana.
I already knew from his journal that he, too, was not a very good father.
“Look at the sky, this dark night. “The resentment toward you has been piling up, reaching the sky and ready to fall tonight.”
[Del moeeeenn! Del moeeeenn! Del moe enn ate my eyes!]
[Is that person there a Dupolian? Is this really Dupolitan, my old friend, who raped my wife, killed me, and cut off my son’s limbs?]
[Verdi! Verdi! Verdi, who stained the mountain range with blood while protecting it!]
[Detroseuuu! Detrosuuuu! Detrosuuuu!]
The evil spirits are ready to attack at any moment. I speak calmly to the trembling souls of Verdi.
“Of course, there may be someone who feels wronged. “Some of those evil spirits may be too dirty to judge you.”
In fact, among the evil spirits in the mansion I saw, there were people who lived extremely evil lives.
Children of other families who invaded the Verdi family.
Robbers who secretly came to steal money.
Strangers who came to stalk maids or commit sexual crimes.
Not everyone was like that, but there were enough of them.
So, I was now taking responsibility and taking action.
This place is not simply a place to bite and tear apart Verdi.
“Let us throw away all resentment, let us wash away all sin. You evil spirits with accumulated grudges! This is the place to relieve your resentment! “Today is the day when Verdi’s new white history is written!”
thud!
“There is no saint to judge you! Even if you wait and wait, there will be no salvation or judgment! Eternal suffering after death! “There is no eternal happiness, just falling into a quiet sleep!”
thud!
For the first time, I felt my blood boiling hot.
I couldn’t hold back my outburst of emotion.
My grandmother always said that when I perform a ritual, I get excited without even realizing it.
“Ego! Blame each other for your sins! Do not repent! Point your finger and consider others’ sins! “Starting from this day, let’s release all our resentment and fall into eternal sleep!”
thud!
Let’s raise both hands high.
From that point on, the evil spirits swirling in the sky began to pour down like a waterfall.
“The Son of Man has come! The time has come! “Let’s blow the trumpet!”
thud!
“Let us judge one another for rest!”
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