What Else is Hidden In This House?
"But on a real note, why do they appear so listless?" Hae-in asked while looking at Seris and Melzri who had unfocused eyes.
"Ahem* I would like to know this as well," Zenobia asked with a red face, she didn't know what to think because the way the rope was tied was quite embarrassing so she tried to change the subject but didn't forget to make a mental note about this since Haru liked it according to Jin-ah (The most reliable source about Haru after Kurumi Of course[Kurumi: I am number one!]).
"That is because they are under an Illusion because of my Defensive magic circles," Queresha stated as she stood up from her spot.
"Queresha it is just a question, how many defensive Magic circles are around the house since the ones you told me didn't include an Illusion magic circle?" Zenobia asked since Queresha named about 20 defensive magic to her before and the illusion wasn't one of them.
"70 Magic Circles and 168 Magic traps," Queresha said while tapping her chin leaving Zenobia a bit bamboozled.
'Isn't that going a bit overboard,' Everyone thought while looking at Queresha when they heard her mutter 'It still isn't enough,'
"I think you have done a wonderful job Resha no need to do more," Haru said trying to stop her from adding more since it was already overkill at this point.
"If My Lord says so~," Queresha spoke slowly with a smile (She has made up her mind to add more since Haru praised her,).
[E/N: I think Queresha has more chances of becoming a Yandere than Hae-in,]
Haru sighed and then they turned to look at the two intruders again.
"So did they come here alone? Also why is Randel sleeping upstairs, didn't he leave?" Haru asked as he felt Randel on the second floor.
"It was these two who brought him here, Maybe to use as a leverage to get Zenobia out without making a scene," Queresha concluded since she was quite close to Zenobia, she understood how Zenobia would react to the situation.
As for how she concluded they were after Zenobia? Well, it was quite obvious.
"If I was alone I probably would've gone with them," Feeling everyone's gaze Zenobia confirmed it was as Queresha said.
'It is not like I had anyone else to live for,' Zenobia kept the thought in her mind as Randel was her only family left.
"So what do we do now? If I remember correctly Haru you said these guys are the Scythes under Agrona who wants to take over this continent," Jin-ah said while rubbing her chin.
Zenobia just listened with a passive look since she had heard about it from Queresha who filled her in about the info they had on the second continent.
She was surprised when she heard about the power difference between the two continents and how Alacrya had almost completed their preparations for the war, while Dicathen hasn't even started yet. Hell, they are still trying to keep each other in check even now when the three kingdoms have come together.
Normally Zenobia would be overly worried since no matter how much she hated the royalty this continent was still her home and she didn't want to see it being destroyed.
But since Haru said not to worry about it she has been able to ease her anxiety a little. She knew that he won't help actively but he would do something behind the scene to live peacefully. Even though he can just go elsewhere she knew he would be stubborn and stick to this place.
"Yes they are, I will be meeting their leader tomorrow," Haru said while tapping his chin shocking everyone in the room.
"How can you be so sure?" Kanae asked.
"Well, I know he will be waiting for me in front of the Relictombs since three of his most powerful subordinates have gone missing at the same time," Haru said with a smile.
"Three? Wait did you do something?" Hae-in asked Haru since there were only two in front of her.
"Yes I killed one of them by mistake even when I didn't want to," Haru said while scratching his cheek this made the others look at him blankly.
'How did you manage to pull that off?' They were all curious and Haru told them what happened, They all couldn't help but sigh.
"So My Lord should I wake them up?" Queresha asked while looking at Haru.
"How long can they be kept in an illusion?" Haru asked.
"Since they are weak and the magic circle is fully functional with the mana battery, I'd say I for about five years give or take a year if I interfere," Queresha said making other eyes twitch but they expected such an overkill from Queresha.
"Then what about Kanae unnie, how long do you think you trap her?" Jin-ah asked curiously.
"About two and a half hours but I'll need to be fully in control of the circle, it will be about 1 month for you Jin-ah and a week for Hae-in," Queresha said shocking the people in the room.
"Why is it so low for Kanae?" Hae-in asked with a frown since she was losing by a lot.
"Why are you salty? Just Get good," Kanae teased which wasn't a common sight to see and Hae-in shot her a hateful look with a pout.
"Well, you see even those two and a half hours will be hard since Kanae has a kind of self-defense mechanism for illusions, and even if she is in an illusion her body will move to defend if she is attacked, We have tested it before and I am still surprised by it," Queresha spoke and looked at everyone.
"Wow, is Kanae unnie secretly Spiderman?" Jin-ah asked with shining eyes only to hide behind Haru since Kanae looked at her with a deadly glare.
"S-Spiderwoman I meant Spiderwoman," Jin-ah said quickly as Kanae just hmph'ed. Haru was quite amazed at what he heard and looked at Kanae as she looked quite cute acting prideful.
"Let me do it as well," Hae-in said while looking at Queresha who sighed.
"Not you too, do you think the defense system of this house is training equipment?" Queresha was fed up it looked like Kanae had pestered her a lot.
"Yes," Kanae and Hae-in said at the same time.
Hearing their answer Queresha sighed heavily and looked at Haru who gave her a little thumbs up making her smile. She got herself a little reward so it wasn't that bad.
"Also why is there no mention of Haru and Zenobia Unnie here?" Jin-ah asked.
"That is because both My lord and Zenobia aren't affected by illusions at all, It is really a surprise in Zenobia's case so we have been studying it together," Queresha said with a little excitement.
"That is amazing," Haru clapped in amazement, it made sense for him to not be caught in an illusion but Zenobia's case was surprising.
Zenobia got a little shy at Haru's praise but smiled nonetheless.
"I'll crush you someday," Kanae said as she found a new goal.
'Ah, does Kanae hate me now? No that doesn't seem like her but if it is true then my chances will….' Zenobia was thinking about what happened.
"Don't worry she doesn't mean it in a way of 'I'll beat you to death,' She means she'll get better,," Haru explained and the others nodded as well.
"Ah, Sure then," Zenobia sighed in relief as she looked at Kanae.
"Why did you even need to explain that, Huh?" Kanae got mad as she looked at everyone.
"Because your words needed an explanation," Queresha said with a smile and Kanae clicked her tongue.
"Alright now let's get back to the main topic, Queresha let them be like this till I meet their leader, we'll deal with them later," Haru said and Queresha nodded snapping her fingers.
Seris and Melzri vanished from the spot.
"Where did they go?" Jin-ah gasped at the sudden disappearance of the two.
"They were sent to the prison in the basement by the teleportation circle," Queresha said and saw everyone looking at her.
"We have a prison in the house?" Haru asked since he didn't know about it and Queresha nodded.
"Since when did we had a teleportation circle in the house?" Hae-in asked.
"Oh, I didn't tell you guys about it?" Queresha asked and everyone nodded they really didn't know.
"Sorry about that I must have forgotten but I already registered your mana in the circle, so you can move around the house using it and you can even use it to move around things if you want to," Queresha explained and the others nodded blankly.
"So, I can go to the toilet with it?" Jin-ah asked bringing everyone's attention to herself.