Chapter 198
‘Just now, I definitely didn’t feel anything other than the mirror in the center of the room?’
“Please help me… I want to live…”
Roina looked down at Erika and coldly spat out. The being in front of her was not Erika.
“What on earth do you want?”
Then, Erika immediately clicked her tongue and sprang up from the spot. It was a nimble and flexible movement, contrary to how weak she had seemed just now.
“I was found out faster than I thought! What else could I want? It’s for Lady Roina to stay by my side in this Imperial Palace forever!”
At Erika’s cheerfully spoken words, Yoseph also seemed to realize and groaned.
“It’s the one that was inside Lady Veronica.”
“What did you do to Erika? Where’s Veronica?”
The shadow with Erika’s face brazenly wore a proud expression.
“That insolent human didn’t even know her own strength and attacked me! I showed her what’s what and took this body. I should have done this sooner. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this. All I had to do was attack the humans to weaken them and then enter a body I liked.”
The shadow seemed to like its new body, as it turned its arms and jumped around in Erika’s body.
“This body is so light! This human must have trained a lot. I’ve become much stronger, you know?”
Roina frowned and looked at her. Glancing at Yoseph, she saw that the minute hand on the watch attached to his body was rapidly approaching midnight. There were only about 5 minutes left. Becoming anxious, Roina looked at the shadow again.
“Get out of the way. This isn’t what you really want, is it? Originally, wasn’t your job to prevent the darkness of the Imperial Palace?”
Hearing her words, Erika smiled slyly.
“What I want is Lady Roina! To be with me here in this place forever!”
At the same time as those words, something like a long tentacle shot out from the darkness. Roina quickly moved her body with wind magic and got out of the way. Whether it was simply trying to grab her, the tentacle that had tangled once disappeared back into the darkness as if being sucked in.
Roina looked at her with a frustrated heart. She felt Erika completely assimilated into the darkness. There was hardly any trace of Erika’s energy within…
‘Wait a minute.’
No, there was. It was hard to see because it was buried in the darkness, but it was definitely there. Even though the shadow had taken over the body, Erika’s energy was still alive.
“Erika.”
Roina called out to her softly. The shadow giggled.
“It’s no use no matter what you do! She can’t even hear you.”
The sight of her laughing heartily in Erika’s form, as if she had really burst into laughter, felt grotesque. Roina bit her lip tightly.
“What did you do to Veronica?”
“Oh, that body? I threw it away.”
A voice with lingering laughter rang out clearly. Roina took another step forward. There was really very little time left now.
“Where?”
“What does it matter! Everyone will be dead soon anyway.”
Offered as sacrifices! The shadow shouted as if it was truly enjoying itself, then looked at her with a serious face.
“So don’t interfere. Lady Roina. Give up and just live with me. This place is nice, you know.”
“Listen carefully, Erika. You can’t give up. If you give up, Veronica will die. She’s someone you thought was so important, isn’t she?”
With a flinch, Erika’s body stopped for a moment.
“Huh? Oh? This can’t be happening. No, this can’t be.”
The shadow muttered blankly, as if flustered. Seeing that, Roina was convinced and shouted.
“If you can hear me, hold on to that thing that came into your body!”
Roina jumped and rolled past Erika towards the mirror. The large mirror, taller than a person, was surrounded by antique and beautiful decorations.
The shadow tried to grab Roina, but was greatly flustered by its suddenly stopped body. But it soon wriggled its body as if trying to break free.
At that moment, Yoseph, who appeared unexpectedly from behind, grabbed Erika’s body. He had a harsh frown between his brows, as the struggling force was stronger than he thought. Clang, the pocket watch falling from his body was visible. The remaining time was less than a minute.
“Lady Roina, hurry!”
Roina, without even having time to answer, placed her hand on the cracked mirror. Through the cracked part, she poured in the golden energy that had been created not long ago. The unique energy of Roina, belonging to no one else.
“Kyahhhh!!!”
At the same time as the golden energy permeated the mirror, the shadow in Erika’s form let out a tearing scream.
Ignoring the noise, Roina poured in the energy even more deeply. The crack in the mirror grew even larger with a clanging sound. At the same time, she approached the axis of the mana circuit, seized the magic that was moving the ritual, and distorted it.
Reacting to her energy, the entire space connected to the banquet hall began to tremble and move.
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