The bad ending of an Otome game MTL - Chapter (213)
Episode 213
At the root of the fake bush, something like a handle was attached, and underneath it there was enough space to fit one person. It was like an underground passage.
I slowly stepped onto the floor and got down. He pulled the handle and closed the lid that looked like a fake bush.
Was it an elevator type? There was something like a string next to the narrow, damp space. As I pulled it out, I felt my body fall to the floor with a rattling sound.
Originally, I was planning to go in and find out. But now that I’ve come this far, the thought of trying to do something springs up.
It would be better than procrastinating and shivering when the day is over, and Elodie has become a living corpse and is lying face down.
I waited for the door of the stopped elevator to open, reflecting on the knife that was still in my arms.
The door opened with a rattling sound, and a faintly underground space was visible. From the outside, it didn’t look much different from the basement of the main building where I was staying.
The hallway wasn’t long, there were two doors. Both had the same shape, but a black swan engraved on one door and a golden goblet half full of wine on the other.
“…….”
What did Edmund say in the past about the meaning of Ophelia’s name?
‘It can be interpreted in two ways. If interpreted according to the magic doctrine, it is a black swan. Theologically, it’s called the cup of God.’
‘A cup of God?’
‘ This is a common parable in theology. Red wine in a golden glass. They say it’s always half full. Will it be viewed as half ‘or’ full or half ‘only’? It means the two sides of opportunity. Will the glass be empty by drinking, or will it be filled with new wine? It is also said to be a metaphor for human desire, and there are different interpretations.’
‘What does black swan mean?’
‘A miracle, or a misfortune close to a miracle.’
‘Yes?’
‘It’s a gamble. It is an interpretation that it is not usually possible, and that one of the two extreme situations must come out.’
Half wine, black swan… … .
I pondered and pushed the door with the black swan on it. The door rattled as if it was stuck somewhere, then opened slowly the next moment.
The room was dizzy. To be precise, only half of it was. As if a line had been drawn and separated, half of the room was covered with papers and piles of books, and the other half was clean. And there was something drawn on it with dark red lines.
There were circles, squares, triangles, and all kinds of letters that I couldn’t read. It looked like a magic formula that calculated something.
The door I entered was closer to the side with something painted on the floor. When I put my hand close to the floor, the ring trembled.
I took the ring out of my hand and put it in my pocket. Then the vibrating stopped.
Carefully dodging what was painted on the floor, he crossed over to the other side of the room. Be careful not to leave any traces, and after digging through the documents, I was able to find the map without difficulty.
The problem wasn’t just the map. There was stationery and a pen that appeared to be used only. The handwriting was messed up. However, it was not difficult to recognize that it belonged to Edmund.
I remain willing to cooperate with your plans, and I have no intention of speaking to the Grand Duke. However, it would be better not to dare to deceive me regarding ‘consciousness’.
Experiments have been successful to verify that the blood requirements of sacrifices can be met with the blood of parents or relatives. Of course, the victim’s own blood is also needed, but that’s it.
There is no substitute for Elodia, as it has to be a complete vessel, but if the Marquis of Irene can be safely secured, there will be no variables in the experiment.
Especially since we also secured both of Emilia’s biological parents. In the first place… …
At first I don’t care.
If the ritual fails, it doesn’t matter if the world perishes… … .]
There were traces of whether it was written roughly without thinking of sending it, or it was lined up here and there. Only then did I notice the existence of the dark red line drawn on the floor. it was blood Things painted in blood that have turned black due to being oxidized in contact with air.
At this point, I fully understand why Ophelia had told me to ‘don’t die’ in her dream before. All directions were minefields.
So, now, I also entered the condition of the original sacrifice, but are you saying that I use my biological parents to replace it? Do you mean that you want to touch the marquis as well for fear of not being enough?
It doesn’t matter if the world perishes if the ritual fails… … . Yep, that’s exactly what Edmund Gloucester would do.
When I thought about it again, I was genuinely suspicious that this bastard advised me to give up on Elodie. Who is crazy enough to think that Ophelia will perish or not?
Also, no matter how obedient it may be… … ?
I felt a sense of crisis again.
Right now, like a whining dog, he looks at me and gets anxious, but what if he finds out that I don’t really mean anything to Ophelia’s resurrection and I’m preparing to turn the ‘consciousness’ in question into a failure?
“…….”
Just imagining it gave me chills. I trembled and looked for the map. The map of the basement of the royal palace was also easy to find. In particular, the road to the ‘altar’ in question is… … .
It was not difficult because Edmund himself marked it in a large size whether he thought it was important.
I went out of the room and closed the door, chewing not to forget what I memorized once.
Luckily, I didn’t run into anyone when I got on the elevator and pulled the rope to get out, or when I went back down to the room I was staying in.
When I got back and checked the time, it was just before 3pm. He changed his clothes soaked in dirt and shoved them into a drawer in a corner so that the butler wouldn’t notice.
That room… … It must be the trace of Edmund’s ‘experiment’.
To say ‘I will not speak to the Archduke’ means that some kind of force threatening Edmund is on the side of the Archduke.
‘If the ritual fails, it doesn’t matter if the world is destroyed.’ This is in line with Elodie’s saying that if it’s wrong, it’s the end of the world, but the conclusion was different, so it was just funny.
I couldn’t sleep, but the day was bright as I was forcing myself to lie on the bed and close my eyes. All right, I heard a knock on the door every day today.
“I brought breakfast, Lady. There was a servant who brought the letter.”
“Who are you?”
“Sent by Lady Elodie.”
“Bring it in with breakfast.”
I pretended to be bored and yawned. The butler opened the door and politely put the tray in and left.
After checking Elodie’s letter, I wrote down the address of the building that Casio had given me as well as the confirmation that the time would be fine tomorrow afternoon, washing my mouth with hot tea.
It was a very cramped feeling, as if something black and stuffy was caught inside and wouldn’t go down.
* * *
The Archduke is feeling a little, bad these days. There were several reasons.
The first was that Casio Brahmanduff had brought into the palace a young girl bearing his family’s name as a candidate for the prince’s fiancée – although Cassio excused himself, the Archduke suspected Cassio was acting as a double spy.
The second was that neither the Grand Duchess nor the Marquis had been as loyal to him as before.
Of course, he was also sorry that the marginalized soldiers who had been dispatched from the army had to return to the military before they even reached the capital.
However, if the Knights of Glamis came under his control and usurped the throne, wouldn’t it be better to have less noise in the future?
The engagement between Princess Aloisia and Prince Pollux is something that can be pursued in the future.
How can you act so childishly because you couldn’t trust my husband at such an important moment and show a disgruntled attitude?
Of course, as long as the Knights of Glamis, the Marquis of Windrose, and Princess Alogia were on his side, there were no major problems.
Third, he thought that the unbelievers he was trying to exploit would become a problem.
The information brought by Elodie, his faithful servant and future lover candidate, was astounding.
“So you’re trying to estrange Edmund and me?”
Elodie lowered her gaze with a sad face.
“Ttt, at the beginning it was good to have Sir Edmund or not, and it didn’t matter. What are you going to gain by flirting with me?”
“I’m sorry, that…….”
“No, I know. The queen also joined hands with the non-believers, but it seems like they are intent on using it for my own purposes as they somehow get along with each other.”
Even the Archduke knew the story very vaguely. What about the altar in the basement of the royal palace, and what about the new things that the royal family has been secretly using? Using that as an excuse, I tried to lure Edmund into my own forces and offered to give him Elodie, but…….
It wasn’t supposed to be a red flag. Just looking at what happened during the hunting contest, it was clear that the queen had a connection with them too.
“But it’s not easy to throw it out blindly. It cannot be publicly disclosed. In the first place, you, too, suffered from them during the hunting contest. If I openly uprooted… … .”
“I know. Everyone is on the side of His Majesty the Queen, and they may pay the four months of that day over and over again.”
“okay. How do you know what they’ve been hiding?”
Of course, there are a lot of difficulties in hitting such things ‘publicly’, no matter how unbelievers you are.
You could tell just by looking at the dukes who hid themselves behind those in power and secretly tried to achieve their goals.
In any case, they were the ones who took the lives of people, and they are traitors.
The queen was also ostensibly a victim of the loss of Princess Aloisia.
If it were known that nothing else had intervened in the struggle for the throne by borrowing their power, everyone would lose their cause.
If the queen, who lost everything and became a loser, uses them as her last effort to attack the archduke.
And if, in the meantime, the Archduke also sheds light on the fact that he had an affair with them.
It was literally a victory with only damage.
“Lord Cassio said he would kill the prince, but he warns me that if I do it too soon, the queen may attack me and usurp the throne by herself, instead of admitting the damage.”
Elodie’s eyes shone with a subtle color.
“It seems to me that there is some truth to that statement. Isn’t there a saying that even the prey should leave a place to escape and chase after it?”
“Hmm……. Sir Cassio caught and confirmed the smuggled people from the Principality of Aldice to become the queen’s wife, so it’s not without credibility… … .”
“Hwanggong, High Duke. Fighting for the throne is a risky gamble where no one can predict the future. Sir Casio believes in His Majesty the Archduke, but don’t worry too much about it, as it seems like he’s put all the cords in case anything goes wrong.”
“okay. okay. They say that all the things they gave to the queen are to deceive, and they speak bluntly… … .”
“Moreover, the fact that the candidate for the fiance was sent was not a stepping stone to confirming the prince’s vicious nature and spreading rumors.”
The Grand Duke clicked his tongue.
“Do you have no jealousy and no speed? Even when the Grand Duchess is protesting like that because he is uncomfortable with you?”
“The Grand Duchess, who is far away, has sincere condolences to His Majesty the Grand Duchess…….”
“done. He’s so kind, he’s always at a loss. do not worry. I will take care of you.”
Instead of answering, Elodie laughed bashfully.
“More than that, Sir Edmund might really be aiming for you because of those unbelievers?”
“Yes. Even so, don’t worry too much about it, because it’s because of people who are alienated, and trust me. I’ll figure it out. Sir Edmund is also a victim.”
“Tt……. What’s so pretty about a guy who can’t wait for my permission and act his own way?”
“Your Majesty the Grand Duke is the future king, and you must show mercy in everything. And, although I understand the feelings of the Grand Duke, it is an important time, so it is not too late to ask for your sins when everything is over.”
“Come, come. I get it.”
The Archduke loved Elodie. Gradually, he handed over a lot of authority and gave information.
Elodie was also good at retrieving information secretly from others. Others handed out direct words they couldn’t say for fear of offending the Grand Duke, and even encouraged them. How great it would have been if the Grand Duchess was like this! It was regrettable again.
Well, even if it was right now, the Archduke did not intend to touch the Grand Duchess right away. But if, after ascending to the throne, the Grand Duchess still behaves like that, well. There was a possibility that the marginal encyclopedia and the anti-duke cost would be a big concern.
“Don’t promise. I will always remember your hard work and grant you wealth and glory in the future.”
Elodie will never betray the Archduke.
The Grand Duchess has lost the Prince’s trust and is in favor of Elodi, so if she gives birth to a prince in the future, all power in the world will belong to Elodi.
Who other than the Archduke could give her this level of power?
Obviously, Elodie was devoted and clever to the Archduke, and he was quick-witted and obedient. But it was clear that the Archduke was the ‘future king’.
In other words, for that reason, the Archduke truly believed in Elodie, because no one had any competitor who could promise him a price as high as the Archduke.
It was a common misconception that people in power often make.
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