The Regressed Son of a Duke is an Assassin Chapter 179

Episode 179. Black-haired devil (4)

‘Lu, Lunav?’

Schurz doubted his ears several times, wondering if he had heard wrong.

Even if you are not from the kingdom, you would never know that name if you stayed in the kingdom for more than a day.

The granddaughter of Regens Rainriver, the head of the Garam Kingdom Magic Society, and a rare genius wizard who is born once every three hundred years.

Recently, at the age of only 19, he reached the exceptional level of 8 stars, a being that is truly beyond human.

The woman who can destroy this building with just a snap of her finger is now standing in front of him?

That can’t be possible.

It’s probably just someone with the same name.

There is no way a person who spends all day studying magic at a conference would come all the way to a place like this just to investigate a murder case.

Schurz refused to accept reality.

“Come on in.”

After she gave permission to enter, a member of the academy wearing a blue cloak came inside.

“God James Rodrian. “Meet Lunab Rainreaver!”

“… … ?!”

The denial didn’t last long.

The name Lunav may be the same, but the last name Rainriver may not be the same.

In other words, the woman in front of Schurz right now was definitely the Lunav he knew.

What kind of sudden situation is this?

It seemed like the incoming academy member was reporting something, but nothing caught Schurz’s ears.

“I didn’t cast a petrification spell, so why is your body so stiff?”

Runab looked at Schurz with an indifferent gaze and asked.

“Oh, no!”

Schurz straightened his back and assumed a sword-like stance.

“I heard that you were exercising in the early morning when the murder occurred… “Have you always been doing it consistently?”

“Yes, well, that’s right…” … .”

“You don’t usually go to the mine?”

“I pass by there sometimes, but I didn’t go that day.”

“Then I guess you didn’t see the knights waiting in front of the mine that day?”

“Well, of course.”

After that answer, there was a moment of silence.

Lunav, who was staring at Schurz, soon handed him several pieces of paper that were on the desk.

It was a list containing the personal information of several people.

“Do you know anyone there?”

Schurz couldn’t answer right away.

The number of people listed on the list is approximately 60.

There were several names that were quite familiar to Schurz.

“May I ask what kind of list of people this is?”

“It’s a list of people who died that day.”

Lunav shrugged his shoulders as if it was no big deal and continued.

“A total of 63 people died in the mine that day, including Lord Vince. Although they were disguised as knights belonging to the territory, they were all mercenaries personally hired by Lord Vince. “There were many wizards who were not registered with the academy, as well as mercenaries who were active in countries other than the kingdom.”

“Why are you showing this to me?”

Schurz swallowed dry saliva and asked.

“Mr. Shion, you also came from a foreign country working as a mercenary, right?”

“That’s right… … .”

As he was aware that some level of investigation had already been conducted on him, he did not go out of his way to deny it.

I don’t know if I should say it was fortunate, but there were no mercenaries from the Red Horse that he belonged to.

“Well, I think there are people I’ve seen a few times while working as a mercenary, but I don’t know them very well. “To begin with, I have already given up my career as a mercenary.”

Schurz distanced himself from them and dismissed them as having nothing to do with him.

“Can you please give me your hand?”

Then Lunab suddenly asked for his hand.

In a dazed state, Schurz held out his hand, and Lunav, who held his hand, gently closed her eyes.

Then stay still for about 10 seconds.

Lunav finally opened her eyes, nodded and opened her mouth.

“As a rule of thumb, the magic rating is about 6 stars, and the attribute value is about 51%, which is a pretty decent figure. Among the dark attributes, it is not common for people to have these numbers… … .”

Schurz’s eyes flashed wide for an instant.

“What are you doing now?”

“Nothing to be surprised. I was just testing your abilities with my own abilities. He was a lot more talented than I thought, right? “At this level, even if a mass murder occurred within the mine, all traces could be completely erased with dark attribute magic.”

For some reason, every time a word came out, I felt like I was being stabbed right in the face.

Inside Schurz, his heart was pounding loudly.

“Are you sweating a lot? “Are you naturally like that?”

Schurz, whose mind had become dazed from frequent shocks, could no longer speak.

Looking at him like that, Lunav smiled strangely.

“I think you should go to the mine with me.”

Schurz, unable to say yes or no, suddenly felt that his body was following her toward the mine.

That’s how we arrived at the workshop in Uito Mine.

I briefly distanced myself from the guardian knights and academy members who came with me,

Lunav reached the spot where Lord Vince’s body was found, taking only Schurz with him.

“Sniff.”

Then, like a puppy looking for its owner, it started sniffing in all directions.

“Well, what are you doing?”

“I just have a scent that I’m looking for. “Maybe it’s because it’s been a few days, but there’s no particular smell.”

Schurz could barely hold back the words rising up his throat, saying that such a thing would be impossible.

Either that or not,

Runab, who was sitting on the floor, placed the mana that had appeared in his hand on the floor.

-Wooow.

Then, a strange resonance occurred in the ground in response to the magic power.

Schurz stared in fascination at the unfamiliar sight he had seen for the first time in his life, and Runab accepted the resonance of the ground with her whole body with a very peaceful face.

“I expected it, but something more interesting happened than I expected.”

After a while, she stood up, gently looked away and said.

“W-what do you mean?”

“How was it? “How did you feel seeing the black-haired devil right in front of you?”

“… … !”

Schurz’s pupils shook as if an earthquake was occurring.

“Why are you suddenly looking for a black-haired devil?”

“There is no need to deny it. “I just checked what happened here before.”

“How do you mean?”

Runab snapped his fingers towards Schurz, who was showing his doubts.

Then, the magical sphere that was still in her hand suddenly turned towards Schurz, and soon began to spin around his head.

The moment he blinked his eyes wondering what was happening, the memories of the previous day flashed through Schurz’s mind as clearly as if he were dreaming.

“It’s a magic called Replay. “It is a magic that uses the magic power or energy remaining in a specific space to replay scenes that were there the previous day in your mind.”

“Well, I’ve never heard of such magic.”

“It will have to be that way. “This is magic that even my grandfather, let alone the academy, doesn’t know about yet.”

This is magic that even the academy doesn’t know about?

For those who are crazy about magic, it would be a shame, but is there really something called magic that even they don’t know about?

Lunav looked at Schurz, who was in a state of confusion in many ways, with a profound gaze.

“Contrary to what you said about not going near the mine, you were at the site and even received healing from the black-haired demon?”

Now that he realized that she would also have seen the same memories he had seen, further denial had no meaning.

Just like the previous day, Schurz put his head on the ground without a second’s hesitation.

“I don’t know what you want, but I have nothing to do with that devil! I just happened to be there and ran into it… … !”

“It’s not the devil.”

When a completely unexpected answer came back, Schurz slowly raised his head.

“He is a person wearing the devil’s mask and an assassin. You are saving many people, including me and Mr. Shion… … .”

Schurz couldn’t understand what she was saying, so he just blinked.

“I think we still have a lot to talk about, right?”

Lunav, who was crouching down on her knees and making eye contact with him, had a strange smile mixed with interest on her lips.

* * *

A clear light appears from the magic crystal held in the finger.

Do you know what the best way is to get people to move?

It is using the power of desire that no human being can ever reject.

Look at this magic crystal I am holding right now.

Does it seem to be worth more than gold and silver treasures?

Even if it is a pure crystal that does not need to be processed, it is difficult to manifest mana, let alone use magic, with the mana contained within it.

It is valuable purely as a research material, and is not like a jewel that can be sold at a very high price if you give it to a blacksmith.

However, the world is a place where the atmosphere can change dramatically with just one false rumor.

Lord of Uito, Vince Levram.

He attracted a large number of workers for the mine by offering high compensation, but in fact, if he paid all the compensation, the mine would close in less than a year.

So what was spread was a false rumor.

He irritated the workers by spreading the lie that if they stole magic crystals and sold them somewhere else, their lives would change immediately.

Accordingly, when someone actually stole the crystal and ran away, many workers were reduced to slaves by using the territory’s law that made them slaves directly under the mine.

Then, they set it aside so that it would not have any contact with the workers, so that the truth would not get out.

If things continued like this, soon the entire mine workforce would have been replaced by unpaid slaves.

Did you say that if you knew the value of the crystal, you wouldn’t be able to steal it?

I think that’s correct.

If they had known that an item they thought was worth more than jewelry was in fact no different from a shiny stone, no one would have thought of stealing it.

Now my business in this city is over.

I threw the magic crystal in my hand into the flowing river and turned around without hesitation.

[Are you going to just leave that kid behind?]

Then, the black fog and Kayram appeared, patting me and asking.

“who?”

[That black-haired kid. I hit you in the head… … .]

“ah… … .”

Suddenly, someone I had forgotten came to mind.

That day, a black-haired man was lying in the mine covered in blood.

Rather than trying to steal the magic crystal, I think he just came to check it out, but for me, thanks to him luring the lord, I was able to handle the matter relatively easily.

They originally planned to kill 100 people, but they reduced it to 63, so it was handled easily.

If I had left it alone, it could have blamed me for what I did, so I just healed it and told it to run away on its own.

I didn’t know that as soon as he ran into me, he would hit me on the head and ask me to get rid of him.

It was amazing that they sensed that it was me and followed me just by passing by, but

Well, since I had no intention of reaping anything, I left right away while he was lying down.

I don’t have the ability to see or do anything.

It suddenly occurred to me that at least I am not someone who will die young.

-Click, click, click

Suddenly, a slight sound of wheels was heard from the other side of the street.

Naturally, I climbed a tree to hide, and soon a small carriage that could barely fit two people appeared, along with a number of armed personnel guarding the area.

Rather than protecting the carriage, it feels like they are watching to prevent anyone inside the carriage from escaping.

It looks like they’re trying to escort the son of a precious person.

The moment I was about to leave quietly because it had nothing to do with me,

‘help… … .’

Suddenly, I heard a delicate woman’s voice in my head.

(Continued in the next part)

fantasy,