188. The Job of the Bait -1 (Part Two)

Translated by A Passing Wanderer

Edited by RED

"That's right. According to Alice, that's how long it should take."

It matched the time of the refugees waking up and starting their march.

"In that case, sire, in a place visible at all times..."

I lightly rapped my knuckles on her forehead. "Charlotte Heraiz, this is an order. Be on standby here."

"...As you command, sire." Her shoulders drooped ever so slightly.

She must've been feeling dejected just now. Without being near her for a long time like I had, you'd never have understood that reaction.

"...Thanks," I told her and strolled into the nearby forest.

I summoned some skeletons to dig out a pit on the ground and poured my summoned holy water into it.

...And then, the skeletons proceeded to scrounge up some branches from nearby to mock up a silhouette of a person and dunked it in the pool of holy water.