Necromancer’s Evolutionary Traits - Chapter 31

Episode 31. Returning to the National Cemetery,

Marquis Manuel could not sit still in his study and wandered around the room.

Did you know his anxious heart? It wasn’t long before there was a knock on the library door.

“dismissal. This is Saviros.”

“Come in.”

As soon as the Marquis’s butler, Saviros, opened the door and entered, questions immediately fell.

“Did you get it?”

“yes. dismissal. Even though there is only one bottle, we succeeded in obtaining it.”

“Oh oh!”

The Marquis looked at Saviros’s body with a look of emotion, but he was empty-handed.

“But why did you come empty-handed? Didn’t you say you saved it?”

“Ah, that is it. In fact, it is said that it is successful to place an order and the real thing takes about a week. There are a lot of reservations… … .”

“You mean a week or so?”

“yes. dismissal. Actually, I protested to see if it could be moved a little earlier, but the people who made reservations earlier than us were also high-ranking people, so I couldn’t help it.”

“Okay. i get it. I’m sorry, but I can’t help it.”

While the Marquis was swallowing his regret, a servant knocked on the door.

“What’s going on?”

“A guest has arrived. I am Count Hawthorne Lankrat of the Counts of Lankrat.”

“Lord Lankrat? i get it. Please guide me to the waiting room.”

The Marquis was a little displeased with the sudden, unexpected guest, but he couldn’t ignore Count Lankrat, who had amassed the greatest fortune in the area.

“Sabiros. Has Prince Lankrat been due to visit lately?”

“As far as I know, no.”

“That is very rare. Anyway, let’s go together.”

Taking Saviros to the reception room, the Marquis was soon able to meet the handsome Count Lankrat.

“My Excellency Manuel! I am very sorry to have visited you so suddenly.”

“no. Lankrat Ball. Where is the need for such formality between us? Please have a seat.”

The Marquis greeted Count Lankrat with the most welcome expression on his face.

Count Lankrat nodded as if the Marquis’ attitude was natural, and sat down at the seat the Marquis had guided.

“Even though I haven’t seen it in a long time, the appearance of the ball is still the same. How can you maintain the appearance of such a trustworthy captain? Do you have any tips?”

“It is overrated. dismissal. Just eat well and sleep well. More than that, His Excellency seems to have rejuvenated. How do you get younger and younger as the years go by?”

As usual, there was a conversation with all sorts of rhetoric, and when the atmosphere had matured to some extent, the Marquis asked the purpose of the visit.

“By the way, why did you come here today?”

“Oh, wait a minute. hey! Charlie!”

Count Langrat called the servant who was waiting outside the door.

Then a servant carrying a box entered the reception room.

“dismissal. It is a small but first year-end gift.”

“no? haha. I didn’t expect this. You will receive my thanks.”

Saviros came forward and took the box the servant handed over to him instead.

The box is not big and the weight is light.

“If you don’t mind, you can check it out now.”

“hmm? Seeing that Lord Langrat says that, it must be a pretty great thing, right?”

After saying that, the Marquis had Saviros check the contents.

After opening the box, Saviros saw what was inside and his eyes widened.

“No this!”

“Why but? What is it?”

Count Langratt cleared his throat and opened his mouth, as if he was satisfied with Saviros’ reaction.

“I actually had a chance to get a large amount of pretty rare items on this opportunity. Please do not feel burdened and use it comfortably.”

The Marquis listened to Count Langrat and checked the contents of the box.

There were three thumb-sized potion bottles surrounded by high-quality interior materials.

“Can this be?”

“This is the Everlast Potion.”

The Marquis picked up the potion bottle with trembling hands.

The potion in his hand glowed yellow.

After staring at the potion for a while, the Marquis came to his senses and looked at Count Langrat.

“No, to give you three bottles of this precious thing. Are you really going to be okay?”

“sure. dismissal. Isn’t that enough between us?”

“oh my. Thank you.”

The Everlast Potion was a product that became famous because of the knowledge of some nobles who had experienced it before it was sold on the market.

It has no side effects and guarantees 100% effectiveness.

This rumor became known to social circles as well as those who were interested in such things even a little bit, and the cases that actually worked were revealed one by one, and it was called the dream potion.

The potion, which went on sale shortly after the rumor spread, led to exclusive sales by the Everlast Merchants.

Even those who don’t believe in rumors tried to purchase the product with the feeling of experiencing it at least once, so the Everlast Potion was sold out from the first day, so they queued up to make a reservation.

In the end, the price was increased exponentially by adding a premium at the top of Everlast, but there was no sign of a decrease in reservations.

Rather, upon hearing the price, the reliability among nobles increased, to the extent that reservations increased.

“Did you see some effect from Lord Langrat?”

“yes. sure It’s real. Take it tonight and you’ll believe it even if you don’t want to believe it. ha ha ha!”

“Oh oh! Hearing the words of the gong definitely builds trust. I will keep this gift in my heart forever.”

“haha! You don’t have to. dismissal.”

The two of them talked back and forth for a while, and soon passed the story and moved on to the story of the potion maker.

“I heard that it was the only son and daughter of the Everlast Merchant who invented this.”

“Oh right. She is a cute child named Lucia.”

“her. The top of Everlast has really blossomed. They have the right to the potion as well as the exclusive right.”

“Ah, I heard that the patent right for the potion belongs to the co-producer.”

“Co-producers?”

“You know that Count Cromwell. There is a guy named Adrias Cromwell who recently succeeded to the title.”

“Cromwell?”

The Marquis was able to think of a count’s family as he recalled his memories.

“ah! That Cromwell! I would never have thought that even the memory of that great family would fade now. Still, it seems that such a talented person suddenly appears, so it is still in existence?”

“It looks like he is attending Rodlen Academy, but instead of taking the name of the potion and exclusive rights from the Everlast Merchants, he transferred the entire patent right to him.”

“Something like that happened. Then it will only be a matter of time before he sits on the cushion of money.”

“You can see it that way.”

Marquis Manuel pondered.

The Cromwell family, whose name is now obscured.

The head of the house and a student who has not yet graduated from the academy.

However, seeing that he made such a great potion, I thought that the old Cromwell had not gone anywhere.

‘It could be the goose that lays the golden eggs.’

The Marquis decided to give support to Adrias Cromwell as soon as Count Langgrat left.

* * *

“Why are my ears tickling so much these days?”

who else is talking about me?

A few days ago, the patent registration of the potion to increase physical strength was completed and it began to be sold on the market.

In the process, through Lucia, I met her father, Viscount William Everast Hollington.

As the name suggests, he was originally a person who managed the upper house, but he was a person who bought a manor named Hollington by amassing wealth with great merchants.

Thanks to this, his status as a baronet became a decent viscount, and he was a positional figure who did not stop there and rose to the position of successor nobility.

The reason I had a conversation with him was to make a deal, not anything else.

He wanted to hand over the three-year monopoly and the right to name the potion in exchange for all the profits from the patent.

‘Of course I’m thankful.’

I did not create potions for the public good.

So, any transaction that would benefit me was always welcome.

Of course, the monopoly may reduce my income right now, but I have to take a long-term view.

Besides, he gave me a separate down payment, so it was a satisfactory transaction in many ways.

“You’re almost there.”

I covered the book I was reading, put it in my bag, and bruised myself for a moment at the scenery outside the train window.

It’s a place I visited the day after I moved in earnest, so it’s a bit bland.

I was going to the Binharz National Cemetery now.

“This station is Heartbell Station… … .”

Shortly thereafter, the announcement was heard and I got up from my seat.

Originally, I had to wait because the profits from the patent had not been settled yet, but thanks to William’s hard work on the down payment, I came running here as soon as the weekend came.

The time has finally come to get the signet ring back.

‘The question is whether the other party will accept the deal.’

I had fallen out with the meeting because of the last incident, so I wondered if the gravekeeper Piman would be friendly to me.

Fortunately, Piman was not a member of the coven, but he was also a warlock, so it wasn’t easy.

Nickel’s experience when he took out the corpse didn’t seem like it would be easy to get back.

‘I have no regrets about bringing Nickel. If it hadn’t been for Nickel in the first place, he would have died in Voloric.’

By all accounts, it was an advantage, since he had saved his life with a now-defunct signet ring.

“Let’s keep our minds straight. The preparations are over.”

I hypnotized myself and rode to the National Cemetery.

And inside the wagon, I made some preparations in advance to prepare for the unexpected.

Arriving in front of the National Cemetery, I put the same password as last time.

Then, unlike the last time, the gatekeeper added a word at the end.

“There are guests inside.”

Are there any passengers?

If the gatekeeper just said there were people, it meant there were civilians inside, and if there were guests, it meant that black magic officials were visiting.

‘A black mage who visits the graveyard is a necromancer? Who is it?’

There weren’t many Necromancers, so I was curious about their identities.

When I went inside, I saw a wide spread graveyard, and no one was there.

Instead, Piman’s hut in the far corner stood out.

‘Are they talking inside?’

It was true that I was nervous because I didn’t know who was visiting.

I looked around the cemetery for a while, thinking I should wait.

Roughly calculated, there were as many as 3,000 tombs.

I carefully looked at the names of the tombs to see if there might be a case like nickel.

‘That’s great. It’s not that I manage this every day.’

Of course, it is the best environment to hide your identity and practice necromancy.

But I don’t feel particularly envious of it.

Lately, I’ve been growing my mastery of necromancy just by summoning Nickel.

‘I never expected that it would happen.’

After Nickel evolved, when Nickel was summoned, his proficiency went up faster than before.

It seems to have happened because I was ministering to an undead that did not fit my level, but it was a positive variable.

While I was checking the names of the tombs for a while, I felt someone come out of the hut.

jump.

“okay. I wish you well on this day.”

Piman came out of the cabin and said to someone who was about to leave.

And the one who tried to leave silently without answering was a mercenary, not a warlock.

How do you know if you’re a mercenary?

That’s because it’s a character that causes big events in the game.

‘Why are you here?’

Bloody Dan.

It was a man with untrimmed, silver-gray hair tied back loosely and wearing a mask.

Although he is a mercenary, his main customers are only warlocks like us and those with a bad back.

He was a representative villain character who did anything for money and did not hesitate to do cruel things.

‘He’s a pretty skilled mercenary, and his personality is cruel, and he’s good at running away using a mask.’

The problem was that he caused a major accident.

The accident was related to my life and life, so a conflict arose without my knowledge.

‘This guy causes a war.’

War.

The kidnapping of a child using a mask triggers a war between the Empire and barbarian tribes.

‘I’d rather now… … .’

“hmm?”

He looked back at me to see if he felt my gaze.

Along with that, my troubles only deepened.

… … to kill?