Shini Yasui Kōshaku Reijō to Nana-ri no Kikōshi

something, by his hand.

 

“Oops, let’s continue the conversation later.
The patrolling teachers will come here soon.”

“How do you know that, Auguste-sama?”

 

Auguste tapped his temple.

 

“I have stretched around my broad telepathic sense.
It allows me to sense the location of living creatures with thinking ability.”

“So have you become able to interfere with the people of Aurelia, too, by now?”

“I can’t interfere with their mind.
But, looking at it the other way around, when I can’t I know that it must be a person from Aurelia, right? That or someone from Lucanrant wearing snowsilver ore.”

 

I see, so this is the trick by which they could ascertain it was me in this location.

Even if he doesn’t borrow the dragon’s eyes, it’s amazing that a single human being can perform up to this extent.

This may be the result of his long-time training as a Theurge.

 

Auguste stood at the lead, and we formed a line following him behind.

Goldberry was happy being able to ride on top of Tirnanog’s head after a long time.

 

With the precise guidance of Auguste, we reached the alchemy workshop building through the shortest route without encountering anyone.

The alchemy workshop was locked.
I opened the backdoor using the Wand of Unlock and crept in.

 

“Just why exactly are you siblings good only when you’re doing this kind of thing……”

“Because I don’t want to trouble you, Klaus-sama.”

 

While smiling at Klaus’ dumbfounded expression, I peered at the passage inside the dim workshop.

There is still light from some of the rooms in the workshop building.

 

There are much more people still awake than I thought.

Perhaps they are those who are making or studying something all night long.

We should be careful not to make loud noises or sounds.

 

According to the information, the ghost appears on the third floor of the west passage.

We went up the stairs, taking care not to come across anyone.

 

“It seems that it is a ghost of a broken-hearted boy who committed suicide by jumping to his death from the west passage on the third floor of this building.”

“It’s beyond me why someone would commit suicide from some love affair.
Even if it’s just an idle gossip, I think they should have prepared a better cover story.”

“I don’t hate it.
That sort of love is common, right?”

 

As we were walking while criticizing the ghost story with low voices, we reached our destination.

On the third floor of the alchemy workshop building, there is a west-facing passage with a faint moonlight shining from the glass window.

Unlike the first and the second floors, there is no lit up room.

The good news is that nobody is up inside the rooms along the passage.

 

Klaus magically lit a candle-like light at the end of his staff.

I accepted my leather bag from Tirnanog and took out the Historio Electrum.

 

“Oh, what’s that?”

“This is a magic tool called Historio Electrum, we can record images by using this tool.”

“Heeh~ so there is something convenient like that, huh~”

“This is just to make sure.
But let’s also incorporate Glam Sight in it.”

 

Klaus accepted the Historio Electrum, cast the spell out-loud, and incorporated Glam Sight.

Now we should be able to record the magic information that Klaus will confirm using Glam Sight as well.

Thanks to the cooperation of the two people, things went better than expected.

 

We looked around our surroundings while advancing slowly through the passage.

We went to the middle of the passage, but no ghosts were found.

However, it’s cold here somehow.

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“After all, if we come with this many people, the ghost won’t come out, will he?”

“It’s a prank made by a student.
I don’t think there is such a consideration.”

 

We’re about to reach the other side of the passage.

But nothing has happened yet.

 

“Nothing is reflected in Glam Sight……but, what is it? The air here is awfully humid.”

 

As Klaus pointed it out, I noticed that the humidity on the third floor was strangely high.

Is it a pipe leak?

Well, if it’s inside the alchemy workshop building where temperature control is important, it should be repaired immediately.

 

“Guys! Look at the window!”

 

Hearing Auguste’s voice, Klaus and I looked back towards the passage.

 

Splat, splat.

Splat, splat, splat, splat, splat.

 

Innumerable white hand marks are sticking to the window glass.

It is as if something awful is looking for the entrance on the other side of the window.

 

At the same time, I heard a loud voice coming from nowhere.

It felt like some simple words were being repeated single-mindedly in a monotonous voice.

The voice was small and I couldn’t hear what it was saying.

 

The passage was cold like an ice chamber.

Our breaths came out in white puffs.

 

When I looked closely, the handprints on the window glass were covered with frost.

Suddenly, I noticed that the frost was adhering to the inside of the window, not outside.

I was horrified.

The ‘something’ that made those handprints is already inside this passage.

 

Thin mist enshrouded the passage floor.

The mist swirled, changed shape, and formed something.

 

『……love you.
I, love you.』

 

Repeating such words, the innumerable white hands that had appeared stretched out towards us.