Holy Emperor’s Grandson is a Necromancer - Chapter 6

Episode 6. The prince splits the earthen pot.

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The villagers’ complexions turned pale.

It must be surprising that a man who is said to be the grandson of the Holy Emperor would openly blaspheme.

If there is a priest in front of you, you have nothing to say even if you faint or get arrested for blasphemy.

I heard someone say, ‘Isn’t this plague also caused by that prince?’

They probably think that disaster has come because the grandson of the Holy Emperor blasphemed.

I cleared my throat and looked ahead.

A horde of zombies is coming.

[Name: Zombie

Age: ???

Specialty: Biting and scratching.

+Hungry by instinct. ]

When I looked through it with my mind’s eye, a truly insincere information window appeared.

That was enough.

They are literally people who only bite and scratch based on instinct.

At that rate, the men here would be enough.

“Hey!”

However, there is a problem.

The villagers are scared and are just stepping back.

“How are you going to fight? “We are not even priests!”

I understand. If I wasn’t a necromancer, I would have been pissed too.

“I can’t! If you run away now, you can survive. “Bring my daughter from the monastery…!”

The man who was speaking widened his eyes.

A woman is staggering towards the zombies.

“Honey…!”

It looks like it’s his wife.

I said, ignoring him.

“There are a lot of zombies. If you leave it like this, it will be a big disaster. “It is better to kill him quickly and eliminate the disaster.”

The man shook his head left and right as if denying reality.

“I can’t. I can not!”

The man looked at me and said.

He even dropped the farming implement he was holding.

I tilted my head while looking at him.

“why?”

“Why? This is my family! That woman over there is my wife! “How can you kill a wife like that?”

“It’s already dead. “Nothing will change if you ignore reality.”

At my words, the villagers glared at me with murderous eyes.

“Omg you’re scared. Don’t stare at me like that. I have no intention of forcing it either. okay? “You don’t want to fight and you’re going to run away?”

I tapped the man on the shoulder. I spoke as softly as possible.

“Okay, do whatever you want. I also hate being forced to do something. Who goes to the military because they like it? good. “If you want to run away, do whatever you want.”

When the man was told that he could run away, he looked at his wife who had become a zombie and took a step back.

“Oh, but be careful not to let your zombie wife harm your daughter.”

The man’s body stiffened.

I said with the shovel slung over my shoulder.

“I didn’t buy that.”

I pointed my finger at the zombie woman’s mouth.

“It looks terrible, right? But it’s even worse on the inside. What do you think your wife is like now? “The body is rotting and the soul has become a dead person and cries out in pain.”

The mind’s eye does not just show the other person’s characteristics.

Perhaps because of the necromancer’s influence, even the souls of the dead were visible.

A distorted soul surrounded by hundreds of zombies screams and suffers.

That is why I build graves and perform purification ceremonies.

Without purification rituals, their souls cannot be saved and they scream every day.

“Are you suffering?”

The man’s eyes wavered.

“of course. “Who would like it when they become undead and harm people?”

“…”

“If you leave it like this, you will end up wandering around without being saved. The body will rot and crumble, leaving only the bones. “You will be a dead person for a very long time without being saved.”

I picked up the farm equipment that had fallen on the floor and held it out to him.

“Then why don’t you ease the pain? “At least a wife would want to die comfortably next to her husband.”

The man didn’t look at me. He looked at his wife, who had become a zombie, and silently grabbed his farming tools.

Her face was distorted as she shed tears.

It’s a face of despair. However, his shaking eyes stopped and he glared strongly at his wife who had become a zombie.

Looks like he’s made up his mind.

I patted the man on the back.

“A dead person is a dead person, and a living person must live.”

I said, looking around at the men.

“It’s okay to run away, but it’s better to give up the guarantee that you will survive. You said you were isolated? It’s not just a zombie. These guys are smart enough to cut off the road. Do you think you can avoid those guys? No, it’s absolutely impossible.”

Those who had already run away from the monastery have also become zombies. Even if the others tried to run away, they wouldn’t be able to get far.

“Then there is only one.”

I raised my shovel and pointed at the approaching zombies.

“Let’s gather them all together and kill them one more time. “That is the way to protect family, friends, and lovers, and it is also the way to save the dead.”

When I spoke with the corners of my mouth curled up, the men gritted their teeth.

Although they were shaking, no one backed down.

This is a sufficiently satisfactory result.

“Then I think you’ve made up your mind.”

I put the shovel in the ground and grabbed the handle with both hands.

I shrugged my shoulders and said.

“Our job is simple. Killing zombies and holding a funeral for them. don’t worry. If you get bitten, I’ll at least break your heart. “They also provide holy water as a service.”

Is it because of the sarcastic tone of voice?

Curses came out from the villagers.

“It’s not even human. “It’s not me.”

“I’m sorry I’m not human.”

“It’s not even your family…”

“Haha, where is it that you come forward like this? “If it were anyone else, I would have already run away and kicked them out!”

I relaxed.

“Now, let’s finish quickly. Even the dead would like to rest in peace. Don’t send a single animal to the monastery. “Let’s clean it up so there are no more victims.”

I grabbed the shovel with both hands.

Originally I was only going to look around, but there were a lot of them. If a victim emerges like this, I, too, feel uncomfortable. More than anything···.

“Don’t die. Because there is more work to do.”

…This is truly sincere.

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Charlotte was a girl growing up in a happy family.

In the morning, I helped my mother cook breakfast and fetch water.

In the afternoon, I helped my father cut down trees in the forest.

That day was the same as usual.

She helped her mother make breakfast, fetched water from the river outside the village, and returned home grumpy.

-Wow… Ahh···. Wow…

Charlotte was startled and looked around.

The man next door complained of stomach pain and vomited. Next to me, a woman patted my back and looked worried.

It was sour and had a foul smell that made you want to cover your nose.

Fall and winter were the times of plague.

Charlotte’s father is also suffering from the plague.

-Don’t worry. You can get better if you just endure this kind of illness for a week.

Charlotte believed him.

In fact, just last year, he himself suffered from the plague.

But isn’t he alive and healthy like this?

This too was just an ordeal to spend the next year healthy.

-hello?

When Charlotte said hello, the lady next door was startled and frowned. She took her husband into the house.

Seeing that, Charlotte became bitter.

Neighbors who used to greet each other with a smile were indifferent during the plague.

Well, I guess they’re worried about spreading the plague. Even if it is the party at stake.

Charlotte tried to hurry into the house.

Squeak!

She turned her head down.

A mouse was biting her leather shoes.

Charlotte frowned and kicked the mouse.

The mouse ran out into a nearby warehouse.

Dozens of eye lights were visible through the door to the warehouse.

uh?

As Charlotte looked surprised, the mouse opened its mouth.

ㅡKkkkkk!

It’s a bizarre sound to be heard from a small body.

Charlotte was startled and lost the bucket she was holding. She ran reflexively.

After that, dozens of mice chased after him.

-mom! dad!

Charlotte hurried into the house, closed the door, and locked it.

thud! thud! thud!

Mice come crashing into the door.

-mom! dad!

As Charlotte took a step back, her face turning white, she heard a scream coming from the kitchen.

Charlotte, startled, quickly ran towards the kitchen.

Charlotte’s body stiffened.

My father was biting my mother’s neck as she held a kitchen knife to prepare breakfast.

why···?

Mom muttered to Charlotte through tears.

-do···. net···. Cheap…

Charlotte shook her head from side to side.

She tried to ask someone else for help. There were mice constantly knocking on the door.

Charlotte shouted at the other house from the window.

-help! Mom···! Dad…!

The faces of the village people can be seen in every house.

But I closed the curtain and ignored that for a while.

Charlotte looked back.

Dad stood there, staggering.

There is blood on the corner of his mouth where he bit his mother. The dead eyes looked clearly at Charlotte.

ah···.

Her father, now a zombie, attacked her.

Charlotte couldn’t remember what happened.

The image that vaguely occurred to him was that he ran to the kitchen, picked up a kitchen knife, and came face to face with his mother who had become a zombie.

She brandished a kitchen knife.

When I came to, my mother and father had been hacked to death with a kitchen knife.

Charlotte stared blankly at the two corpses.

-Please save me…!

-Uhhhh… Hey, I need some medicine.

-what. Suddenly these mice…!

The screams of the villagers could be heard outside the window.

Charlotte turned her head.

There were mice gnawing at the door entrance.

The door broke and the mice came inside and attacked her.

“Huh!”

Charlotte opened her eyes and jumped up.

She broke into a cold sweat and rolled her eyes. I reflexively flailed my hands.

To her shame, there were no mice running towards her.

Where am I?

When she turned her gaze, she saw the inside of the monastery.

Also, a woman and an old woman who were surprised to find her approached her.