I instinctively turned my body and looked in the direction of the sound.
At the end of my line of sight, there was a girl with a familiar face.
“…Glene?”
It was clearly Glenne.
She’s the one who dragged me here. I hesitated and took a step back.
‘Why did Glene come here?’
Could it be that the time for the ceremony has arrived?
Is that why you came to take me away? I looked at Glene with great caution.
Glene fumbled with the bars of the cage and stammered out her words.
“W, we don’t have time, Lady. You need to get out of here quickly.”
Glene, who said that, had a rather desperate look on her face.
I didn’t understand why she was acting that way, so I hesitated for a moment and then opened my mouth.
“…It was you who brought me here, Glene. But now you’re telling me I have to leave now? You… didn’t you come here to drag me away for the ritual?”
Glene looked perplexed for a moment at my words.
She opened her lips as if she were about to say something, but then she closed them tightly and focused on groping the bars of the cage and opening it.
“…Glene?”
“B, before I came I created a gap in the barrier. So, Y, Young Master Arsene will be here soon…”
Glene moved her hands busily.
Every time she played with her hand, the jewel hanging from the ceiling of her cage flashed with an ominous light.
“Arsene is coming?”
“Y, yes. He will be here soon. Maybe…”
At that moment, light flashed from Glene’s fingertips, and her body flew outward.
“Ack!”
I tried to catch Glene as she bounced past the bars, but there was no way I could catch her.
Although she must have been in pain after being thrown around so hard, Glene bit her lip and jumped up.
She seemed careful not to let other people hear her.
Glene jumped up from her seat and walked to the cage. And she started touching the bars again.
“….?”
And I felt something strange about Glene’s behavior.
Glene, wasn’t she blind?
However, her current appearance was exactly like a person who could see something in front of her.
I was curious, but now was not the time to ask such questions.
Because getting out of here was the most important thing.
‘Glene said she created a gap in the barrier.’
I was wondering why Arsene couldn’t find me, but it seems there was a barrier placed around the Raniero mansion or the entire bird clan territory.
When I thought that Arsene would come now, I felt like tears would fall, but I held them back.
I looked at Glene, who was busy moving her hands. She held the lock of the cage and groaned for a long time.
I don’t know why Glene, who brought me here, is suddenly helping me.
‘First of all, it’s a good thing for me.’
To be honest, I was at a loss as to how to get out.
At that time, light flashed from Glene’s fingertips.
Paaat—!
At the same time, the cage door burst open, and Glene hurriedly reached out to me.
“Lady, we have to hurry…!”
First, I grabbed her hand without hesitation.
It was Glene who brought me here and imprisoned me, but strangely enough, I felt like the Glene back then and the Glene now were different people.
Besides, Glene freed me from this damn cage.
There was no reason not to trust her now.
I clasped Glene’s hand and stepped out of the cage.
Glene held my hand firmly, lifting her heels slightly and walking with her creeping steps.
“Glene, your eyes…!”
“I, I don’t have time to explain, Lady.”
Glene put her index finger to her mouth. I gave her a nod to show that I understood.
“The Raniero Mansion is a little different from what you knew… It will be difficult to find your way out because things have changed. Most of them are away now…”
Kiiik—.
She opened the door of the Head of the Family’s room slowly. Next to the open door, I could see four or five of Raniero’s knights lying down.
Did Glene take it down?
It seems like I didn’t leave my seat, but she made me leave…
The mansion was as dark as death, but the moonlight was bright so walking seemed to be no problem.
We walked quietly, following the bright moonlight. Perhaps because of the ceremony, there were almost no people inside the mansion.
“Because the ceremony requires many, many souls…. Almost all the beastmen inside the mansion went to the altar. Ack!”
Glene, who continued speaking, opened her eyes wide in surprise and pulled me towards her.
Glene and I lowered ourselves and hid next to the statue in the hallway.
“Damn it, I’m late. Sir Georg will hit me.”
“Let’s go quickly. If we blend in properly, he won’t even know we’re late.”
People wearing black robes passed through the hallway, chatting loudly.
We held our breath, crouched down as much as we could, and hid ourselves in the dark so as not to be detected.
After they passed, Glene finally let go of my hand that she had been holding tightly.
“I’m going to go all the way down the hallway and go up to the attic. In the attic… There is a small gap. If you turn into a bird, you will be able to escape. Maybe, maybe. And when you go out, Young Master Arsene will definitely be there. Run away immediately. Very far…”
Glene walked briskly and whispered to me as if asking for advice.
“You will have to go very far, because they will do whatever it takes to find you. So that no one can find you…”
“…I don’t have to go far. I have a place to go.”
I said, gently squeezing and releasing our joined hands.
“I have a place to go. Where…”
“Lady!”
Glene turned her body and looked back at me. Her pale face looked even paler in the moonlight. Glene cupped my cheeks with a very frightened expression.
The hand that touched my cheek was cold.
“Don’t say anything. You can’t tell me where you’re going. No, don’t tell anyone. You must know, Lady.”
“…Mhm, okay.”
“I, I’m sorry I can’t explain everything.”
When Glene said that, she looked like she was about to cry at any moment, so I couldn’t say anything.
“Okay, Glene. don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone. I’ll go alone. I will go very far, alone.”
“Where are you going?”
At that time, I heard a familiar voice behind me.
Glene’s face turned white as if she had seen a ghost.
I hesitated and looked back.
“Sister, where are you going?”
And when I turned around, there stood a familiar girl.
In a place where the moonlight was shining brightly, Schville Raniero was standing underneath, looking at me intently.
“…Schville.”
“Sister, how did you get out?”
Georg said you would never come out. Did Irene open it for you? Schville muttered. I held Glene’s hand tightly and took a step back.
“…Schville. I don’t have time to do this with you. I have to go.”
“Georg will come to get Sister soon. Once everything is ready.”
“Schville.”
Schville stared at me, then took a step closer to me.
However,
Stumble–.
Schville’s body shook greatly. I was surprised and tried to help her, but when Glene touched me, I withdrew once more.
Schville said with a faint smile.
“…Sister, the world is full of things that we don’t understand.”
Schville’s and my gazes met in the air.
The dead, light green eyes stared at me.
“Sister, I really hated my father. Since I was very young…”
“….”
“Then one day, Georg appeared. He told me he could make my father stop bothering me.”
Schville’s voice settled calmly in the hallway.
Meanwhile, I could see Glene being restless.
“But Georg…He keeps asking me to do strange things. Sister, I killed father.”
“Schville.”
“I killed our siblings, I made Gale sick. Sister, I really…I didn’t want to do that.”
Schville’s face had lost any emotion and expression as she spoke that way.
It feels like only a shell remains.
I took a step closer to Schville.
“Schville.”
“Sister, I just… I wanted to be loved by my father.”
With those words, Schville spat out blood.
I instinctively turned my body and looked in the direction of the sound.
At the end of my line of sight, there was a girl with a familiar face.
“…Glene?”
It was clearly Glenne.
She’s the one who dragged me here. I hesitated and took a step back.
‘Why did Glene come here?’
Could it be that the time for the ceremony has arrived?
Is that why you came to take me away? I looked at Glene with great caution.
Glene fumbled with the bars of the cage and stammered out her words.
“W, we don’t have time, Lady. You need to get out of here quickly.”
Glene, who said that, had a rather desperate look on her face.
I didn’t understand why she was acting that way, so I hesitated for a moment and then opened my mouth.
“…It was you who brought me here, Glene. But now you’re telling me I have to leave now? You… didn’t you come here to drag me away for the ritual?”
Glene looked perplexed for a moment at my words.
She opened her lips as if she were about to say something, but then she closed them tightly and focused on groping the bars of the cage and opening it.
“…Glene?”
“B, before I came I created a gap in the barrier. So, Y, Young Master Arsene will be here soon…”
Glene moved her hands busily.
Every time she played with her hand, the jewel hanging from the ceiling of her cage flashed with an ominous light.
“Arsene is coming?”
“Y, yes. He will be here soon. Maybe…”
At that moment, light flashed from Glene’s fingertips, and her body flew outward.
“Ack!”
I tried to catch Glene as she bounced past the bars, but there was no way I could catch her.
Although she must have been in pain after being thrown around so hard, Glene bit her lip and jumped up.
She seemed careful not to let other people hear her.
Glene jumped up from her seat and walked to the cage. And she started touching the bars again.
“….?”
And I felt something strange about Glene’s behavior.
Glene, wasn’t she blind?
However, her current appearance was exactly like a person who could see something in front of her.
I was curious, but now was not the time to ask such questions.
Because getting out of here was the most important thing.
‘Glene said she created a gap in the barrier.’
I was wondering why Arsene couldn’t find me, but it seems there was a barrier placed around the Raniero mansion or the entire bird clan territory.
When I thought that Arsene would come now, I felt like tears would fall, but I held them back.
I looked at Glene, who was busy moving her hands. She held the lock of the cage and groaned for a long time.
I don’t know why Glene, who brought me here, is suddenly helping me.
‘First of all, it’s a good thing for me.’
To be honest, I was at a loss as to how to get out.
At that time, light flashed from Glene’s fingertips.
Paaat—!
At the same time, the cage door burst open, and Glene hurriedly reached out to me.
“Lady, we have to hurry…!”
First, I grabbed her hand without hesitation.
It was Glene who brought me here and imprisoned me, but strangely enough, I felt like the Glene back then and the Glene now were different people.
Besides, Glene freed me from this damn cage.
There was no reason not to trust her now.
I clasped Glene’s hand and stepped out of the cage.
Glene held my hand firmly, lifting her heels slightly and walking with her creeping steps.
“Glene, your eyes…!”
“I, I don’t have time to explain, Lady.”
Glene put her index finger to her mouth. I gave her a nod to show that I understood.
“The Raniero Mansion is a little different from what you knew… It will be difficult to find your way out because things have changed. Most of them are away now…”
Kiiik—.
She opened the door of the Head of the Family’s room slowly. Next to the open door, I could see four or five of Raniero’s knights lying down.
Did Glene take it down?
It seems like I didn’t leave my seat, but she made me leave…
The mansion was as dark as death, but the moonlight was bright so walking seemed to be no problem.
We walked quietly, following the bright moonlight. Perhaps because of the ceremony, there were almost no people inside the mansion.
“Because the ceremony requires many, many souls…. Almost all the beastmen inside the mansion went to the altar. Ack!”
Glene, who continued speaking, opened her eyes wide in surprise and pulled me towards her.
Glene and I lowered ourselves and hid next to the statue in the hallway.
“Damn it, I’m late. Sir Georg will hit me.”
“Let’s go quickly. If we blend in properly, he won’t even know we’re late.”
People wearing black robes passed through the hallway, chatting loudly.
We held our breath, crouched down as much as we could, and hid ourselves in the dark so as not to be detected.
After they passed, Glene finally let go of my hand that she had been holding tightly.
“I’m going to go all the way down the hallway and go up to the attic. In the attic… There is a small gap. If you turn into a bird, you will be able to escape. Maybe, maybe. And when you go out, Young Master Arsene will definitely be there. Run away immediately. Very far…”
Glene walked briskly and whispered to me as if asking for advice.
“You will have to go very far, because they will do whatever it takes to find you. So that no one can find you…”
“…I don’t have to go far. I have a place to go.”
I said, gently squeezing and releasing our joined hands.
“I have a place to go. Where…”
“Lady!”
Glene turned her body and looked back at me. Her pale face looked even paler in the moonlight. Glene cupped my cheeks with a very frightened expression.
The hand that touched my cheek was cold.
“Don’t say anything. You can’t tell me where you’re going. No, don’t tell anyone. You must know, Lady.”
“…Mhm, okay.”
“I, I’m sorry I can’t explain everything.”
When Glene said that, she looked like she was about to cry at any moment, so I couldn’t say anything.
“Okay, Glene. don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone. I’ll go alone. I will go very far, alone.”
“Where are you going?”
At that time, I heard a familiar voice behind me.
Glene’s face turned white as if she had seen a ghost.
I hesitated and looked back.
“Sister, where are you going?”
And when I turned around, there stood a familiar girl.
In a place where the moonlight was shining brightly, Schville Raniero was standing underneath, looking at me intently.
“…Schville.”
“Sister, how did you get out?”
Georg said you would never come out. Did Irene open it for you? Schville muttered. I held Glene’s hand tightly and took a step back.
“…Schville. I don’t have time to do this with you. I have to go.”
“Georg will come to get Sister soon. Once everything is ready.”
“Schville.”
Schville stared at me, then took a step closer to me.
However,
Stumble–.
Schville’s body shook greatly. I was surprised and tried to help her, but when Glene touched me, I withdrew once more.
Schville said with a faint smile.
“…Sister, the world is full of things that we don’t understand.”
Schville’s and my gazes met in the air.
The dead, light green eyes stared at me.
“Sister, I really hated my father. Since I was very young…”
“….”
“Then one day, Georg appeared. He told me he could make my father stop bothering me.”
Schville’s voice settled calmly in the hallway.
Meanwhile, I could see Glene being restless.
“But Georg…He keeps asking me to do strange things. Sister, I killed father.”
“Schville.”
“I killed our siblings, I made Gale sick. Sister, I really…I didn’t want to do that.”
Schville’s face had lost any emotion and expression as she spoke that way.
It feels like only a shell remains.
I took a step closer to Schville.
“Schville.”
“Sister, I just… I wanted to be loved by my father.”
With those words, Schville spat out blood.
