Holy Emperor’s Grandson is a Necromancer - Chapter 29

Episode 29. The prince returns to his home country.

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I yawned and read the magic book.

“I never thought they would send the Holy Knights to call me.”

From what I heard, it was to clearly investigate the merits of catching the vampire count.

However, I can’t tell the truth. All you have to do is tell what you know and lie to some extent.

“You’re studying magic hard.”

Harmon asked next to Charlotte, who was sleeping leaning against the carriage wall.

“huh? “Oh, I tried it and it was fun.”

It was to develop strength to survive, but the magic of this world was truly interesting.

The sense of accomplishment I gained from learning magic was so extraordinary that it quickly became a hobby.

“…Isn’t it difficult?”

“Just so-so.”

I said roughly and flipped through a thick book of magic.

I glanced at Harmon.

It’s a meaningful look.

At that time, a knocking sound was heard from outside the carriage.

When I opened the window door, a paladin bowed his head and said.

“We have arrived at Laurensis, the capital of the Holy Empire.”

With those words, I opened the carriage door and stuck my upper body out.

“Ohh···!”

I let out an exclamation.

When I heard that it was the capital of a religious nation, I thought of a dense and tightly packed city from the Middle Ages.

But no.

In the Middle Ages, an unrivaled splendid city unfolded.

It is surrounded by large and small villages. Beyond that, an outer wall possibly as long as 20 meters surrounded and protected the entire capital.

Even though it was a high wall, I could see the goddess statue located on the hill, and on the other side, I could see the imperial palace of the Holy Emperor Beopguk sticking out sharply.

The greatest buildings of grandeur and beauty.

It seems like a city in a fantasy world where magic exists.

Lorensis, a sacred place of faith.

It was the center of faith where this body was born and where the brothers of the Seonghwang family were located.

“…I’m nervous.”

Harmon smiled bitterly at my words.

The huge outer gate was open so that travelers and citizens could come and go comfortably.

You pass a huge iron gate nearly 15 meters high and a well-maintained road.

The eyes of countless travelers and residents were focused on the carriage.

“I guess there’s no separate welcome ceremony?”

If you look at an ordinary novel, pollen is splendidly sprinkled and the people come out and cheer.

I was expecting a pretty fancy welcome ceremony, but they looked like they had no idea who I was in the carriage.

At my words, Harmon cleared his throat and made a perplexed expression.

“Because the Holy Emperor hates pretense…”

“Does that mean you are hated that much?”

It’s fortunate that you don’t nag me as soon as you meet me.

I looked at the streets of town.

It is an ephemerally clean street.

In the market, children run and play and local residents sell or buy goods with bright expressions.

Those who appeared to be mercenaries burst into laughter and linked arms. It is impressive to see men who appear to be Holy Knights patrolling with spears and shields.

I felt it from Harman, but looking at the lively expressions of the people of the territory, it seems that the Holy Emperor Celt Allpols is a saint who knows how to count the people.

“It’s not bad.”

Harmon looked at me.

I smiled and nodded.

“I like it because there are a lot of things to see.”

“Is that so?”

Harmon also let out a pleasant voice.

I never thought I would feel like a tourist in a place that can be called my hometown.

What does my expression look like looking at the street right now?

It probably looks like an immature child.

That’s how much my emotions were filled with anticipation and excitement.

Although it is small, it feels like traveling around this world.

But that feeling was only momentary.

“…!”

I reflexively held my nose.

The twisting stench made my stomach ache.

Displeasure welled up.

Seeing me retreating from the window, Harmon came up to me and patted my back.

“Are you okay? “Are you not feeling well?”

“…let me ask you a question. Harmon.”

“yes?”

When Harmon tilted his head in confusion, I twitched the corner of my mouth while looking at him.

“Perhaps in the capital of the prosperous kingdom… Are there any undead?”

Harmon’s expression hardened at my words.

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The march stopped and I got out of the carriage.

Charlotte and Harmon woke up and followed me.

“It’s Yalua fruit! “Only 5 bronze!”

“Hey girl! I’ll sell this for cheap. historian!”

“Haha, I heard you succeeded! “I confessed and she accepted!”

It is a lively market street.

I walked in silence to a place full of laughter.

Harmon, Charlotte, and the Holy Knights looked at me and approached me.

“What’s going on…?”

Harmon spoke cautiously, but I didn’t pay any attention.

I didn’t stop walking due to the ominous feeling.

I walked to a deserted alley in a lively market.

There are blankets and laundry strewn between the narrow alleys.

Even in broad daylight, it darkens the surroundings.

It’s gloomy and quiet.

It feels very different from the lively market streets.

I stopped walking. And then he turned his gaze straight ahead.

“…What is that?”

There is a beautiful woman.

The woman has an ecstatic expression, but her eyes are closed and tears are flowing.

And there were colorful roses wrapped around the ‘severed neck’.

I looked at the roses on the floor and the woman’s head, then looked up.

What appears to be her body is hanging on a clothesline.

It seemed as if all the blood had been drained from the body, and the headless body was shriveled up like a mummy and blowing in the wind.

“What is this…!”

Harmon shouted in surprise.

Charlotte looked away.

The paladins who followed behind also opened their mouths with their faces hardened.

There was a quiet silence as everyone was in shock.

The first thing I spoke about was ‘a woman’s head.’

ㅡKiaaaaaaa!

I open my eyes and roll my eyes. And then he looks at me and the Holy Knights and screams.

The bodyless head opened and closed its mouth repeatedly.

A zombie with only the head surviving.

I placed my hand on the woman’s head and imbued her with sexual power.

My head is melting.

It turns to ashes and only the skull remains.

I rolled my eyes.

The stench still remains.

The entity that killed this woman and turned her into a zombie is nearby!

I ran down the alley.

“Prince!”

Summon a shovel and grab it.

I left the market street.

In a crowd of people, you can see someone’s back.

He is a man in his early to mid 30s with red hair.

As he walked through the crowd, he was startled and turned his head.

And then he opened his mouth.

-It has a tail.

In an instant, the stench became lighter and the smell of death disappeared as if it were a lie.

The man’s figure also disappeared into the crowd.

At that sight, I hung down the shovel I was holding as if I was possessed by a ghost.

“ah···. ruined.”

I came here to learn some magic, but it seems I got caught up in something strange.

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The paladins camped.

People on the market street gathered together and whispered.

“Another murder case?”

“Didn’t it happen last time too?”

“What on earth are the guards doing?”

I watched from the carriage.

“Do not worry. “The paladins will investigate and handle it well.”

The carriage set off.

Harmon looked at me and said with a worried expression.

“You seem to be in great shock.”

I turned my head to those words.

In the mirror installed on the door of the carriage, blank eyes were reflected.

Shock? okay. It’s quite big.

However, it is not because I witnessed a murder.

I have seen hundreds and thousands of zombies and even blown off a vampire’s head.

Thanks to the necromancer’s characteristics, his stomach is strong.

However, if there is a problem…

I covered my head.

“…I can feel the energy of hard work.”

“…?”

Charlotte next to me had a puzzled look on her face.

The carriage arrived at the imperial palace.

The castle gates open and the carriage enters.

Numerous maids and servants lined up and bowed their heads.

When he got off the carriage, Harman spoke to someone who appeared to be the chamberlain.

“The prince is tired. “I will show you to the room and show you directly to His Majesty Seonghwang.”

The Chamberlain first assigned Charlotte a separate room. It seems that Harmon went to see Seonghwang.

I was also being guided to the room I would be staying in in the imperial palace.

As I walked through the gorgeous imperial palace, all kinds of complicated thoughts came to mind.

The head and blood-soaked body I saw in the alley.

The thick stench of magical death.

These are all familiar things.

A smell I also smelled in Ronia.

A transcendent being that goes beyond ordinary ghosts.

vampire.

That vampire-like smell wafted from the capital of the Holy Empire.

“ruined. “I’m really screwed!”

oh my god! How could it be that there are vampires here, in the capital of the Holy Empire, where the statue of Goddess Gaia stands tall!

Could it be that Gaia’s love and mercy also applies to them?

What a mercy to embrace evenly in pairs!

“Let’s jump.”

It has to bounce.

I can’t go through the same hardships I went through in Ronia here.

No matter how much magical knowledge one wanted, life was very important.

I called the maid.

“Yes, yes!”

The maid looks very nervous.

In fact, the story of the 7th prince who raped his maid is probably still floating around in the imperial palace.

It was natural that the people guiding me were also scared.

“Do you know where the library is?”

Even if you splash out, it’s a good idea to take some expensive magic books with you before splashing out.

I wanted to meet Archbishop Raphael, but then there would be no escape.

There was no guidance from the maids.

I remembered what they said and headed to the imperial library.

Since I have some money, all I need to do is get a magic book and get a horse and carriage in the city.

All you have to do is get rid of the guards who follow you around and say you’re looking around the street.

Charlotte has Harmon, so he will treat her well and send her back well.

With that thought in mind, I looked around with a blank expression.

“…I got lost.”

The imperial palace was larger than I thought. Also, the roads were complicated.

Where I was was the garden of the imperial palace.

A small sculptured statue of a woman stood tall among the well-maintained trees and flowers.

He is seen stroking the heads of two boys who appear to be his sons with a benevolent smile.

“I don’t think it’s Goddess Gaia.”

It was different from the magnificent statue of the goddess erected in the city square.

I read the engravings at the bottom of the statue.

“Ulicia?”

Was it someone who was in the imperial palace?

The date of her birth and the date of the end of her life are engraved on it, as if she passed away five years ago.

“Ugh, my waist. Hey! I left it to the subordinates, but they didn’t do the job properly. “I need to cut off all the branches and hang them on the castle gate.”

I looked away.

“I was expecting it because they said they were newly hired guys. “It’s because these guys who get paid through the people’s taxes are this lazy.”

An old man was up on a ladder, taking care of his landscaping with pruning shears.

He came down from the ladder and patted his back.

And when he saw me, he was startled and his expression hardened.

It just worked out well.

Let’s ask the old man for directions.

“Oh, excuse me for a second. “I wanted to ask for directions…”

“If you come, you have to say hello. Hey!”

The old man shouted.

I was shocked and looked at him blankly.

“Also, excuse me for a moment? Where is this guy… Oh, please bring some of that.”

The old man pointed next to me.

There was a hoe and a bucket filled with dirt.

“What are you doing. “Aren’t you going to bring it?”

I was dumbfounded.

How many people would give orders to the 7th prince like this?

While thinking that, I looked at my outfit.

It’s the same shabby traveler’s outfit worn at the monastery.

Harmon gave me fancy clothes, but I didn’t wear them because I felt burdened.

Are they looking at me and thinking I’m a new gardener?

“Why don’t you bring it!”

I quenched my appetite.

When they arrived with a bucket and a hoe, the old man rolled up his sleeves and squatted down to tend the garden.

I felt a strange feeling while watching it.

This old man seems strangely familiar.

Does my original body know someone?

The old man stood up, shaking his hands as if he had finished gardening.

It didn’t last long, perhaps because it was a finishing touch.

“Whoa…”

White breath flows out.

The hands of an old man who has been doing rough work for a long time are rough.

He brushed the dirt from his hands on his clothes.

When my clean work clothes became dirty, I took out a handkerchief and wiped the old man’s hands.

“Are you the only one here? “How can I take charge of such a large garden all by myself…?”

Although it was awkward, I imitated the prince’s speaking style. As the place was a place, I tried to pay attention to the way I spoke, but it wasn’t a style I could use.

I stuck my tongue out and looked at the old man.

No matter how clean and prosperous the kingdom is, it seems that abuse of power still exists.

Seeing that the old man was running alone, the gardener in charge of this place didn’t seem to have a very good personality.

They said there were new people hired, but the reason they aren’t there is probably because they are leaving the work to this old man and making a fool of themselves.

The old man looked surprised.

He stared at me clearly for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“I guess it was true that you lost your memory.”

At those words, I looked at the old man.

“Not only has your personality changed, but you can’t even recognize your own expenses.”

I was startled by those words and used [Mind’s Eye].

[Name: Celtic All Falls. (Prosperous)

Age: 105

Characteristics: Crushing, Crushing, Massive Holy Power, Thunderstruck, Overwhelming Monster Body.

+ Okay! I had to farm my children properly, but ugh…] He is a

great hero who killed Amon, the Demon King 50 years ago, and the highest ruler of the Holy Empire.

And in front of me was a person who could be considered my grandfather, Celt Olfols.