Chapter 297

TL: Zimmings

Strictly speaking, my mom didn’t give it to me herself.

It was at the incident where my mom passed away.

At the time of the incident, my mother was giving birth to me. So Lea kept her things, and there was that magic tool in it.

‘But how did my mom have Grimoire’s family heirloom?’

He said when I frowned as I couldn’t understand,

“Why did the Duchess of Dubblede leave you that?”

“…….”

“Answer me!”

I looked at him with a firm expression.

“The question you just asked, isn’t it strange?”

“…… What?”

“I said my mother, I never said the Duchess of Dubblede. Why did you think it was her?”

“… Is there anyone who doesn’t know that you are an orphan?”

“Maybe my mother abandoned me and left things behind. You don’t know that?”

“…….”

Before meeting my father, my mother lived in a temple almost all her life. There was no contact with Grimoire at all.

But how does Duke Grimoire think my mother must have the life contract?

He tried to get his hands off me, but I quickly grabbed him.

“What does it mean? Why do you think the Duchess of Dubblede might have Grimoire’s heirloom?”

It was Duke Grimoire who closed his mouth this time. He take my hand off and say,

“Like you said, the power of the tool can prove that you did not kidnap my father. Bring that to the day after tomorrow at midnight, let’s meet in front of the beautiful tree on Seton Street.”

After saying that, he left, and I was staring at his back.

A small room was connected to Seria’s office, and the chairman appeared from that.

“Lady.”

“The tool. Are you sure it belongs to my mom?”

“That’s what I heard.”

“Tell me in detail.”

“The duke told me the other day that it was the first and last gift from the duchess’ grandmother to her.”

“My grandmother to my mom?”

The chairman nodded.

“Just before she was sold to the temple, it was silently put in the duchess’ luggage.”

“What’s the possibility that my maternal grandmother is related to Grimoire?”

“None at all. Your maternal grandparents are people who have lived in a village all their lives. How could they have anything to do with Grimoire?”

I frowned while holding my chin.

“No, I think it’s weird. We need to find out more accurately.”

“What?”

“They are people who sold their children because they couldn’t stand hunger. If they had such a precious tool, why would they sell their children? It would have been much more profitable to sell that.”

“Maybe they didn’t know that?”

“If they didn’t know the value, they would have sold it easier.”

“……I see. Yes, that’s for sure.”

How did my maternal grandmother have that?

Why did a cold-hearted person who even sold her child give my mother that without selling it?

“Look for any survivors of my mom’s hometown. I need to know about my maternal grandparents.”

“Yes.”

The chairman immediately called Amjo (Dubblede’s intelligence agency).

***

Life contract.

It was a super advanced magic tool crafted by the first Grimoire using the relics of the gods.

The first Grimoire secretly shared it with three organizations.

1. Grimoire, the owner of the magic tower.

2. Neliard Temple, the representative of divinity.

3. The imperial family, which is the neutral one.

However, the tool owned by Grimoire disappears in Karim’s reign.

The predecessor Duke of Grimoire, that is, Karim, gave it to Lisette’s mother.

At the time of Karim’s reign, Lisette’s mother was extremely anxious.

She ran away from the village desperately and came outside, but outside was far from her imagination.

People outside looked down on Lisette’s mother, who grew up only in a village, and didn’t know much about society.

In order to melt into society, it was necessary to follow them, but to Lisette’s mother, their behaviour was like clothes that did not fit her body.

She was shunned by society and feared that she would be abandoned even by Karim, the only one who accepted her.

Her condition was getting worse and worse, but it peaked after learning that Karim was forced to marry others.

She made a fuss several times a day by putting a blade around her neck.

“You’re going to abandon me, right? Right?”

“Linford!”

“You were the one who caught me on my way back to the village! Why are you trying to throw me away? Why is there no place for me in this world?”

“Please let go of that sword.”

Sometimes she shouted, cried, and begged, and sometimes she whispered affectionately while hugging the man, slapped him, or criticized him as a traitor.

“I don’t believe in love with words. I need proof that you won’t abandon me.”

Karim buried his face in both hands and gave up that tool to Lisette’s mother, who cried loudly.

“Linford, listen carefully. This is the heirloom that has been handed down to Grimoire’s eldest son from generation to generation. Therefore, it is the honor of the family, and it is evidence that I will love you as long as I’m alive. You can keep it and give it to your baby when they’re born.”

“…….”

“I just proposed to you, Linford.”

Karim Grimoire still vividly remembered the moment he gave up the tool.

Shaky eyes, dimples deeply dug on wet cheek. Her hand hugging his waist trembled, and her voice whispering love.

But a few days later, Lisette’s mother left and returned to the village.

[I promise that I’ll pass on the evidence of our love to your child.]

She left with the note.

Nicolai Grimoire, who recalled the story he heard from his father, gently closed his eyes.

“Stupid old bastard.”

Then the lieutenant, who was reporting the investigation, stared at him.

“Yes?”

“…….”

“…… Are you an old man?”

As the lieutenant stopped speaking, Grimoire’s expression turned cold.

How could he give the heirloom to his lover, and make an illegitimate child? His father had all kinds of accidents throughout his life, and he was even kidnapped now.

Grimoire, who nervously swept his hair, said.

“The investigation.”

“The first child of fate was transferred to a private nursery. I searched both state-run and private records and sent people to the private nursery to find out, but there is no story that she had the tool.”

As expected, it is clear that Lisette had it.

She must have received it from her mother and kept it in Dubblede after her death.

‘But how could the child of fate use it?’

“Seria! Bring the life contract! If this is a lie, I should at least swear that I will explode!”

She said as if she could use the tool, but it was impossible.

The temple and the imperial family know that special techniques are needed to activate the tools, but that was a lie.

It was a magic tool that could only be used by those who had Grimoire’s blood.

It is possible if the three Dubblede’s brothers use the tools. They are the children of Lisette.

‘But how can she use the tool? ……Bluffing?’

While Nicolai Grimoard was agonizing, the lieutenant said carefully.

“Your Excellency, as for the investigation of Dubblede that you ordered…”

“Yes.”

“It’s the only production site for long-distance teleportation in the world. There’s no way we can catch them.”

“Take the skilled ones from the tower. Make them reside in the vicinity of Dubblede’s mansion and create a barrier. If there is a wave in the barrier, they must be using the scroll.”

“Won’t they notice that we’re chasing after them? All-out war will be inevitable.”

“…….”

“If the elderly knew, they would be very against it.”

There were many opportunities for Grimoire and Dubblede to face off.

Grimoire knew that Lisette’s death was what Dubblede’s predecessor did to pressure Theodore.

Therefore, Karim had a deep grudge against Dubblede’s predecessor, who killed his daughter, and Theodore, who failed to protect his daughter.

However, Grimoire could not touch Dubblede.

It was only because of the three Dubblede brothers left by Lisette.

The three brothers were the blood of the Dubblede predecessor who killed his daughter, but at the same time, they were also the blood of Grimoire.

The Duke of Grimoire, who lightly rubbed the tip of his chin, spoke in a cold voice.

“The old man, the symbol of Grimoire, has disappeared. Are we in a position to cover up?”

“…… I apologize.”

“Find someone with divine power within the family. Whether it’s a family member or a distant relative who hasn’t even been listed, if they have even the slightest amount of divine power, find them and bring them here.”

“What? Why…”

Duke Grimoire rolled the blue spinel from the hope mercenary guild and held it.

“It bothers me. It’s as if I’m being played by someone.”

The Duke of Grimoire, with his eyes closed, rubbed his neck. A spot could be seen through the crack in his hand. It was a subtle pattern that was very similar to someone.

***

In the afternoon after two days, I sat in the greenhouse and waited for the guest.

Last night, it was reported that Amjo visited a man from the Shayman tribe village.

I made an appointment with him immediately, and soon he arrived.

“It’s annoying, so annoying.”

As I muttered with my arms folded, Trigon, who was in the mansion to meet me, blinked.

“Yes?”

“I mean the tool. Something keeps bothering me. I feel like I’m being teased.”

“In the next 30 minutes, a man from the Shayman tribe village will arrive, right? Knowing the inside story will solve it, so wait patiently.”

“Ugh, I’m frustrated…”

I rubbed my cheek on the table.

“By the way, lady.”

“Yes.”

“Aside from that, what are you going to do with Grimoire? What if they hold hands with the temple?

“I won’t let them.”

“How?”

“That’s the problem…”

Just then,

“Lady!”

Viscount Dubos, the head of Amjo went into the greenhouse.

“What’s the matter?”

“I think I know where the Grimoire predecessor is at.”

“What? Where is he?”

“Calosio. It is said that a man of a similar description to the Grimoire predecessor has boarded the ship.”

“Calosio is Dubblede’s trade ship, right?”

‘No way…’

I got to my feet.

“This is a trap.”

“Yes?”

Trigon asked me what it meant, so I shouted.

“The temple kidnapped Karim Grimoire to separate Grimoire and Dubblede! If Grimoire predecessor dies in it, everyone will suspect Dubblede!”

Grimoire’s arrow will face us, and the temple will collude with Grimoire’s magic tower.

If so, there is no chance of winning the war between Dubblede and the temple.

“Call them and tell them to stop sailing.”

“…….”

“Viscount Dubos, what are you doing… no way.”

“Yes, lady. We’ve already set sail to avoid the news of the evening rain.”

I hurriedly grabbed my coat and long-distance teleportation scroll.

“Check the coordinates of the Calosio right now. I’m coming!”

Viscount Dubos rushed out, and I grabbed my etwal.

‘Are you ready?’

[Yes, child]

[Of course.]

[Yes, master.]

[Wow, awesome.]

Grandfather Grimoire, I’ll save you, so let’s be on the same side.

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