New chapter of Reincarnated Lord is out! (2/10 chapters)

 

 

No Matter How You Look at It, They’re the Same Person

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“Something seems to be there… but there’s nothing, isn’t there?” (Leon)

For some reason, Leon stopped in front of a wall where there was nothing, so the Saintesses also stopped with a puzzled expression.

“Yeah, that’s what it looks like. But it seems like there is a space beyond the wall.” (Leon)

“Space? For what purpose?” (Shia)

“I don’t know. Do you, Saintess-onee-chans, know anything?” (Leon)

“We don’t know either…” (Marie)

They checked the map of this underground labyrinth. Then, on the map, it was clear that a mysterious space was set up next to the corridor. In other words, it was probably a hidden room. However, Leon carefully examined the wall but could not find any switch that would open an entrance.

“How do we get in?” (Leon)

After thinking for a while, Leon asked the three Saintesses.

“It’s okay if I break this wall, right?” (Leon)

“W-wait, wait, wait!” (Mona)

Mona hurriedly stopped him.

“This place is, after all, a historical building for our country. It would be troubling to destroy it.” (Mona)

Apparently, forcibly breaking the wall was not allowed. Leon regretted that because it would have been the easiest way, then he thought about other methods. At that moment…

“Hahaha! Leave this to me in times like this!” (Ghost)

“…” (Leon)

“Hey, at least answer me!” (Ghost)

Leon looked in the direction of the voice, unable to help himself. As usual, the ghost who had come along on its own puffed up its cheeks and shouted.

“…Still here?” (Leon)

“I am! I have been here since we entered! And I have talked to you many times. Why do you ignore me?!” (Ghost)

“It can’t be helped…” (Leon)

The ghost’s form was basically invisible to the Saintesses. Leon ignored it because answering would make the Saintesses suspicious, but apparently, the ghost didn’t like that.

“…” (Marie/Mona/Shia)

As expected, the Saintesses looked like they didn’t know who Leon was talking to.

“Anyway, just watch!” (Ghost)

The ghost said enthusiastically and went straight into the wall. It seemed to have passed through the wall and come out the other side.

“Wow, there really is a room here! Oh, I found something like a switch!” (Ghost)

Apparently, the mechanism could only be opened from the inside. Though Leon wondered if the ghost could press the switch, it seemed to have done so with some kind of psychic power.

*Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble*

The wall began to move with a roaring noise. It slid sideways and connected with the room on the other side.

“How is it!” (Ghost)

Ignoring the ghost’s proud expression, Leon and the others stepped into the room. The room’s size was just as the map had shown. It was a square space with nothing inside. The only thing there was a large rectangular stone block placed in the center. They could guess that this mysterious space had been made for that stone block.

“What is this…?” (Leon)

“I-I don’t know…” (Mona)

Apparently, even the Saintesses had no idea what it was.

“Is it a coffin…?” (Shia)

As Saintess Shia whispered, it looked like a stone coffin. It was just large enough for one person to lie down in, and it had something like a lid.

“So, that means, there’s probably a corpse inside…” (Leon)

“Eek! Don’t say scary things!” (Meltera)

Meltera screamed in protest. Even though she had lived for decades, she really didn’t like things like this.

“Should we open it?” (Arc/Iris)

On the other hand, the twins approached it without hesitation and excitedly tried to lift the lid. Leon looked around at the faces of the Saintesses. If it was placed here, the person inside was probably someone related to this country.

“…Open it.” (Leon)

Though they didn’t seem to know anything, they nodded hesitantly, curious about what was inside.

“One, two, three!” (Arc/Iris)

The twins lifted the lid with effort and placed it beside the coffin. By the way, Meltera ran off to the edge of the room.

“What… is this…?” (Marie/Mona/Shia)

The Saintesses looked inside and all at once were surprised. The one lying inside was a beautiful woman around the same age as them. There was no sign of life, so she was definitely dead. However, they had expected a decayed, terrible corpse, but instead, she looked as if she were merely sleeping, in pristine condition.

“C-cold…?” (Leon)

An intense cold air drifted from inside the coffin. It seemed the corpse had been frozen, so it had not decayed at all, remaining just as it had at death. But what surprised Leon the most was something else.

“She looks similar… no, no matter how you look at it, it’s the same person.” (Leon)

A human with a face identical to that woman was right beside the coffin. Though a human, she was already dead. Yes. The ghost who had been following them since they met at the inn in the lakeside town.

“Eh? Wait, why am I sleeping in a place like this?” (Ghost)

“It’s obvious, isn’t it? This is your dead body.” (Leon)

She didn’t seem aware of it herself, but the body sleeping in this coffin was undoubtedly hers.

“Hm? Look at this. Something is inside.” (Mona)

Mona found something and took it out from the coffin. It seemed to be a notebook.

“It says ‘diary’, doesn’t it? Maybe it will reveal who this woman really is.” (Mona)

She began flipping through the pages and suddenly opened her eyes wide.

“This is…!?” (Mona)

 

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