The Only Ending for the Evil Count Pig Is Destruction

49 – Scene 049# Ice Flower

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“Sir, I didn’t know there was a place like this in the basement of the mansion… .”

Wendy opened her mouth in admiration.

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Descending the narrow staircase, a hall as large as the central foyer appeared.

Because it is underground, I thought of a dark and dull image, but it is as bright as daytime.

Even more strange was the fact that there were no lights anywhere.

Seeing that, Vanessa murmured.

“this… Could it be a magic lamp?”

“Yes.”

Unlike electric lamps that light up with electricity, magic lamps use magic to light up space.

Unlike electric lights that only illuminate the ‘surroundings’, magic lights give a much more natural feeling by illuminating the ‘space’ itself.

However, despite its advantages, it was not used much due to the fact that it had to constantly inject magic power into it.

So, Vanessa’s question was appropriate.

“I don’t think it would have been easy to light up a space this large… Who is supplying the mana normally?”

“… Is it an automatic magic device?”

It was Albert’s voice that answered Vanessa’s question.

“Grandpa, do you know what this is?”

“… One of my inventions was like that. Count, am I right?”

I silently nodded.

Albert’s automatic magic device has a similar principle to the ancient magic of the moon.

Like the magic of the moon, the automatic magic device is a device that absorbs magic from the surroundings and supplies it steadily.

Albert looked around and found a large magic crystal embedded in the wall.

“So it is. You were here. This is a vessel that will contain magical power.”

“me too! I want to see you too!”

The place he pointed to was filled with spells.

Vanessa hurriedly approached and looked into the ceremony.

And it didn’t take long for her face to become serious.

“crazy… is this really possible? No, does this kind of magic really exist? Anyway, this is really… .”

“yes. This is the greatest masterpiece of this grandfather’s life.”

Albert, who was lost in reminiscence for a moment, touched the spell with a bitter face.

“It is a very convenient drink. If you have a medium like this, there are infinite possibilities that can be applied anywhere.”

“Completely agree. This technique is truly revolutionary. Ah, the artisan’s blood boils for the first time in a while! As expected, my grandfather is always a mess, but he is a real genius!”

Vanessa exclaimed exclamation and looked at the spell written on the wall.

Albert looked at it and put on a complicated expression. and asked me

“I couldn’t understand when he suddenly offered to show me the treasure chest… Did you want to show this to me?”

“It turned out that way. But no. This is not what I want to show you.”

“then… ?”

Just as Albert was about to open his mouth, Vanessa interrupted.

“grandfather! But why didn’t you tell me yet? For making such a great thing.”

“You will know when you see it.”

“Yes?”

It was I who answered Vanessa instead of Albert.

And that was also the answer to Albert’s question.

I passed them with a question mark and approached the door of the treasure house.

As I approached, the magic crystal in front of the huge door was gently launched into the air.

“This treasure chest is made so that you can find what you want at once.”

The magic spell written on the magic stone moved.

And soon it was translated into a language familiar to me along with a number pad and appeared on the magic stone.

[Collected treasures total 3205 points]

[Please enter the number of the treasure you are looking for]

Probably, if you enter a number, the corresponding treasure is opened.

I slowly pressed the number pad.

[0000]

The magic stone trembled for a moment.

Before long, he spewed out a new text.

[This treasure cannot be accessed without qualification verification.]

I took out the knife I had prepared in advance.

And without hesitation, he cut the back of my hand.

“Bae, Count?!”

Wendy screamed.

Blood flowed down his wrist.

I spilled that blood on the magic stone.

The letters looked like they were stained with blood, but they were sucking them up.

The more so, the characters were revealing more and more clear outlines.

And a new message emerged from the magic stone.

[Identified by user Tristan Ruelberta. Qualification has been verified.]

[Opens 0000.]

At the same time, the huge door that had been firmly closed opened slowly.

Albert, Vanessa, and Wendy were all looking up.

The huge door opened, but no sound was heard.

It just opens at a constant speed, as if revealing a solemn space.

That is why my voice must have been clearly conveyed to them.

“Look carefully.”

This is where Tristan hid in the most secret place.

A space that had never appeared in the original work appeared before us.

Vanessa was the first to speak in front of the scene.

“what… ? Isn’t that a warehouse?”

As she said, it was a space that could never be called a warehouse.

It was pure white snow that filled the eyes.

A cold landscape as if it had been captured in the middle of winter.

The wind blew in it.

Snowflakes blew in our direction.

An eye sat on Wendy’s nose as she stared blankly at the scene.

When she picked up the eye with her hand, the identity of the eye was revealed.

“petal… ?”

“This… … It is an ice flower.”

Albert murmured as he inspected the petals in his hand. It was a face that I couldn’t believe even if I said it myself.

Vanessa asked, startled.

“ice flower? from that fairy tale? Was that a real flower?”

“yes. The ice flower is a flower that actually existed. I only saw this grandfather once when he was young.”

Albert couldn’t take his eyes off the transparent petals.

“I heard that it’s a flower that can’t be seen anywhere else… You were still here… .”

It was the moment Albert was about to approach the place where the ice flowers were blooming to take a closer look.

I grabbed his shoulder.

“Do not step in.”

“what?”

“‘They’ might wake up.”

“What is that…?”

Albert looked at me as if he didn’t know why.

The ice flowers rustled when the wind blew.

Then the flowers gradually withdrew, revealing what was inside them.

“?!”

Everyone had to hold their breath.

At first I thought a person was standing.

But it was a glass tube as transparent as an ice flower.

Four glass tubes standing among flowers.

Inside, four women had their eyes closed.

And Wendy realized that the clothes they were wearing were almost identical to her own.

“Maid… ?”

Corpse puppets that once guarded Millium Ruelberta under the name of annihilation maids.

Years passed, but they were all asleep here, just as I saw them during the ordeal that day.

The other thing is that the bodies of the girls who had been hacked up by the killers were intact, and their expressions looked peaceful as if they were asleep.

“Is this a tomb… ?”

I couldn’t answer Vanessa’s question.

In fact, I couldn’t exactly determine whether this place was a tomb or not.

After Milliam died, Tristan secretly sealed them here.

I don’t know why.

Tristan hadn’t taken them out of here since, and never visited them again.

However, inferring from Tristan’s memories, this could be said to be a space of ‘memorial’ and ‘repentance’ for him.

“Unbelievable… .”

“grandfather?”

When Vanessa turned her head at the grievous voice, Albert stood there like a man whose soul had passed away.

“These spells… … I remember.”

Albert was staring at the spells in the chests of the maids.

“It was the last spell I made before I quit. It made up for the shortcomings of the automatic magic device and made a device that can be used permanently… But how can this be done to a person… .”

Albert sat down.

He covered his face and cried.

“This… ! This is what demons do! Millium… ! Have you ever done something like this! What do you mean by human?”

“grandfather… .”

“Look! Vanessa! This is the end of the device I made!”

“Um, what are you talking about… .”

Albert told Vanessa the truth.

“Don’t you remember? Didn’t I tell you earlier? The automatic magic device needs a medium.”

“uh? It definitely was.”

“To become a medium, you must be able to contain magical power. That’s why I use a magic crystal that can circulate mana as a medium. However, magic stones are expensive, and there is a clear limit to the amount of magic that can be stored. so… I used a better medium.”

“A better medium… ?”

Albert beat his chest in frustration.

“You still don’t know? Isn’t there another ‘mediator’ that can contain a large amount of mana and also knows how to create mana on its own?”

“Then please… ?!”

Vanessa’s face turned blue at the thought of the terrifying possibility.

“yes! That demonic man used a human as a medium.”