r18novel Chapter 907 Is this wrong?
Chapter 907 Is this wrong?
Paimon was overjoyed. "Those experts are really quite capable. The sword in Sue's hand is indeed a treasure of the old dynasty."
The sword in Su's hand was taken from the treasury of the Golden Palace of Remuria!
That sword either belonged to Remus himself, or it was something he used to reward meritorious officials.
Regardless of the possibility, it's definitely a treasure by human standards!
"But let's forget about the remnants of the old dynasty. Su isn't a Remurian."
"Our Su is just an ordinary heir to a former dynasty's wealth~"
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Kong was speechless.
Paimon, who seizes every opportunity to boast about how great his child is and doesn't even spare his enemies, is, in a way, a very special kind of strongman.
[Servant] Looking at the newspaper's conclusion of "the remnants of the old dynasty," he thought, "The imagination of the Fontaine journalists is still so outstanding."
"Being the last survivor of a clan is always a sad thing, as it often means that she needs to find the remaining meaning for herself and fight against the fate of decline."
“And this is clearly inconsistent with the cheerful Miss Su.”
Kong suddenly looked up at the servant!
Could her words imply that she has some suspicion about Su's true identity?
That's right! She's in charge of the Fools' intelligence department, so she should know quite a few secrets.
Or perhaps she was implying that the Fools had been actively analyzing Sue all along!
“She’s out,” the servant said, watching the girl running towards them. “Perfect timing, I have a deal I’d like to discuss with you.”
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When the travelers' party returned to the camp that Fimini had set up for Clementi, the three Linni siblings had already returned.
Linni breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the travelers' team return safely, but then his expression turned grim.
Their actions and the results of their investigation were...not very good.
First is Clay.
Linnie looked at the pink-haired little girl and said, "Cravlie just can't get out of the shadows."
“Every time she comes into contact with sunlight, Clementine disappears instantly and forgets what just happened. In order not to waste time, we did not take her with us on our investigation.”
Lynette turned her head. "So, Fimini, how did you get Clementine away?"
She had considered taking Clementine away with her before, but several attempts had failed.
Fimini brought out a metal doll. "I told her the House of Hearths had moved, and then I told her to hide here. I didn't expect it to actually work."
"Do you need a medium?" Su took out a special talisman paper from Narukami Shrine and cut out a small paper figure in a few strokes. "Let's try this."
Clementine transformed into a wisp of red smoke and entered the little paper figure. The limp paper-cut figure stood up and then stumbled out of the shadows.
“Uh…” Paimon looked at the little paper doll’s uneven legs and looked speechless.
I didn't expect that after all this time, Su's crafting skills would still be so stable at LV.1.
Su's handmade paper figure stepped into the sunlight under everyone's gaze, and then with a "whoosh," red smoke billowed out, and the paper figure floated to the ground.
A few minutes later, Clementine's gloomy figure reappeared, and she completely forgot about her previous attempt, looking at everyone present with a blank expression.
Su put away the paper doll and examined it over and over. "My paper doll can not only hold souls, but also resist sunlight. There's no reason why Clementine is reacting so strongly."
Kong: "It seems that Clementine is somewhat similar to a bound spirit, only able to exist in specific areas."
This particular area is probably what she longs for, and what also binds her—"home".
"One of Clementine's wishes was to go out into the sunlight. This 'sunlight' should really refer to a normal, bright world."
"But as long as the fear in her heart is not overcome, the rules engraved in her heart will restrict her and prevent her from being exposed to the sunlight."
Linni looked at Kong thoughtfully, "How come you've gained such a deep understanding of Clementine after only half a day apart?"
Sue said with ease, "Because in addition to monitoring the servants, we also conducted an in-depth investigation into Clementine's affairs."
Paimon nervously tried to salvage the situation, "Yeah, yeah! We're a super-strong traveler's team! This is nothing!"
Upon hearing Sue mention "servant," Linni's expression immediately began to fluctuate uncontrollably.
He painstakingly retrieved the documents he had obtained. "In my father's room, there really is... an execution list."
Besides the execution list, there were also correspondence with the "Doctor." The father rejected most of the proposals, but still reserved one experiment whose contents were kept secret.
Those who participated in the experiment were all fully documented, and they were all on the execution list. They were children who never appeared at the Hearth House again.
Seeing these things, even Linnie, who firmly believed that her father was not a cruel person, began to waver.
He even tried to deceive himself, saying that this was a flaw in his father's political enemies' plan!
After all, given her father's power, it was impossible for them to find the secret she was trying to hide so easily.
But he instinctively felt that these things were real, that they were the cruel part of her that her father disdained to hide.
While the travelers were going through the documents, the three Linni siblings stood to one side like criminals awaiting execution.
Linnie: "I...I'm sorry, even though all this evidence is right in front of me, I still...I still feel that Father must have had a reason for doing all this!"
"For example, that secret experiment! The Doctor only provided the direction for the experiment; Father didn't agree to his request to enter the Hearth House! They're definitely not in cahoots! There must be many other secrets we don't know..."
Linni lowered her head. "Please, give us a little more time to investigate."
His hand, which had been flipping through the documents, stopped. He looked at the picture of a boy with a sword scar across his nose on the execution list and interrupted Linni's plea, "No need."
"!" Before the shocked and saddened Linnie could continue pleading, a noisy commotion arose, and the children of the Hearth House ran over.
The children of the Hearth House split into two distinct groups: those who longed for ordinary life were running away, while those who desired destruction were chasing after them.
"Linnie! Linnie!" Fior and Nantes rushed to hide behind Linnie. "They...they've gone mad! They're going to kill us!"
Linni's expression changed, and she quickly shielded them, looking sternly at the children chasing after her. "What are you doing? You know the rules of the house—you must never hurt your family members!"
"What kind of family are they!" Shaplo, who was gentle and shy when facing the travelers' group, revealed a ferocious expression. "They're planning to betray this family!"
Foltz's face had completely lost its previous innocence and childlike charm. He coldly announced like a competent undercover agent, "Third night talk. Participants: Fijoll, Nantes, Soto, Tadier... a total of seventeen people."
"Who wouldn't want to live like an ordinary person? I've really had enough of my current life!"
"I used to think that the future was just about doing things for the fools, but soon...!"
"We won't survive! There's no way we can survive with our abilities! I'm really scared!"
"If only it wasn't our father who saved us back then, if only we could have left..."
Foltz recounted the conversation between Fjord and the other spies, concluding, "Seven such plots have been carried out in total, and they have decided to take advantage of the chaos in Fontaine to escape from the Hearth House in the coming days."
Fiorentina was devastated by the irrefutable evidence. Gasping for breath and fighting back sobs, she cried out, "Was I wrong?! Was it wrong for me to just want to live an ordinary life?!"