My Reincarnation Skills Are “Playing With Dolls” and “Playing With Clay”, but What Am I Supposed to Do With These? C161

Episode 161 Undead Lord

Maggie and Butch happily hug each other in front of the tent. 

Beside him, Count Decarno pulls out the black hood attached to his robe and puts it on, and Larkin puts on a black cloak over it to protect himself from the light. 

　

Lucien and I exchanged whispers while looking at the scene from the side. 

“Somehow, it worked out.”

"Yeah, I guess this is a good thing."

At that time, I noticed that another small tent had been set up next to our party's tent, and a horse was tied to a nearby rock. 

The horse was snorting restlessly. 

"That's from the guild."

Suente talks to Zebet. 

"Ah, Morgan came too?"

The cloth at the entrance to the tent was rolled up, and the sleepy-eyed deputy guild leader came out. This is Morgan, an adventurer level 19. 

I had a bad feeling about something. 

"Oh, Zebet, Suente, I was worried if you were okay."

"Morgan, are you going out of your way to pick me up? Thank you for your hard work."

Suente replied lightly. 

"No, there was a small earthquake earlier, and I was wondering if something dangerous had happened."

Maybe it's during the fight with the demon centipede? Is the Behemoth turning over? 

"Ah, is that Mr. Larkin? Excuse me... By the way, you seem to be unwell."

Morgan walks to the Earl and the others...! 

Isn't it bad? ? 

“…Hmm, what?!”

 it was late. 

"Ah, undead! Larkin-sama, stay away!"

At that moment, the scene reflected in my eyes became slow motion. 

Morgan pulls out the sword from his waist and tries to slash at the Count. 

Perhaps trying to protect himself, the Earl raised his hands and grabbed Morgan's arm as he brandished his sword. 

As soon as that happened, Morgan's body lost its strength and slowly collapsed. 

The handle of Morgan's sword got caught in the Count's robe, and the hood flipped up. 

The Earl, whose face was exposed to the dawn light, twisted in pain. 

"What!? The earl is undead..."

"Stop it!"

I stepped between Zebet and the earls who were about to draw their swords, and blocked them. 

 Oops. 

It wasn't like I hadn't thought about the possibility of something like this happening, but I never thought it would happen here and now. It was my mistake. 

Morgan is an adventurer, and like Lucien and the others, he has the "Discrimination (beginner level)" skill. 

That's why he has a man standing next to Larkin. 

All I could see was <Undead Lord LV3> displayed. 

If you use "Identification (Intermediate)" like me, you can see that it is definitely Count De Carno, but if you use "Identification (Beginner)" you cannot see the individual's name...so Larkin's identity is unknown. I mistakenly thought that I would be attacked by undead. 

Also, the Earl has the "Energy Drain" skill. The Count's defensive instincts kicked in when he was about to be cut by the sword, and Morgan, who touched his arm, must have had his energy sucked out and fainted. 

"Earl-sama, since when did you become undead..."

"Stop it! Don't say it!"

I shouted at Zebet. 

He probably doesn't know why I'm stopping him. I'm not sure, but maybe... 

“Undead?… Me?”

The earl stopped moving as if he had heard some boring joke. 

The person whose face turned pale was not the Earl, but his son Larkin. 

"I'm undead...!!"

Enough, let's stop. 

"Well, I don't get old. I find it painful to be exposed to the sun. I have no appetite, sexual desire, or desire to sleep. Since when..."

The earl stood there dumbfounded. 

That's right, why is it that even if the Earl falls into the undead world, he doesn't turn into a monster and is able to continue to be a noble lord who cares about his residents? 

It's the opposite. 

The Earl is still a noble lord who cares about the residents. The Count's soul is still the same as it was when he was a human. 

That's why, even though he turned into an undead, he still acted like a human. 

The Earl didn't notice. 

I realized that I had become undead. 

“...Ever since that time? Forty-one years ago, I was eaten by the undead in an abandoned mine, but since I survived, no, ever since I thought I had survived...I had already died and become a corpse. Are you saying that I have existed as an undead for the past 41 years?”

<Justo Decarno Undead Lord LV3>

From the first time we met, that's how I recognized him. 

I didn't understand it at first. 

But then I realized it. 

Doesn't this person, this former human, still think of himself as a human being? 

Even though the dead Countess and her son Larkin didn't have any discernment skills, they were aware of this as a family, and yet they continued to act like they didn't want to see reality, and that the Earl didn't want to face reality either. Wasn't it? That's it. 

That's why, in order not to divulge its secrets, we cannot let new people into the mansion, and we try to avoid contact with anyone as much as possible, trusting only those who have been truly loyal to the Earl's family since ancient times, and keeping them by our side. I guess I kept leaving it there. 

As a result, the mansion ended up with almost no servants. 

"Father...it's over now."

Larkin was in tears. 

After hearing my explanation, Zebet and Suente, as well as my party members, were speechless. 

Larkin nodded silently, and the Earl sat down on a small rock and covered his face. 

“Master, can you do something for me?”

"Well, Shiro, your cunning is for times like this, right?"

As always, I wonder if you guys are treating me too badly...what do you think I am? 

"good"

Count Decarno opened his mouth with his face downcast. 

"Please 'purify' me"

"Dad!"

"I'm an undead, right? If so, purify me and bury me. Then I can rest in peace in my territory."

"···wait a moment"

The only thing I can think of is to at least turn the minus 100 points into minus 90 points. 

Still, isn't there a way to protect the feelings of this person and his dead wife? 

"It might not solve anything, but..."

After listening to my thoughts, which I had just started talking about, for some reason the earl burst into laughter. 

``It was the first time I heard my father laugh.''

``It's a play, just put on one play...I think that's the best thing you can do right now.''

As for what happened after that, I would like to record only the facts. 

Count Decarno committed suicide. He used his own "purification" spell to purify himself. 

According to the city's records, in order to protect the city's security, he and his sons went to investigate an abandoned mine where monsters were gushing out, and in exchange for subjugating many monsters, he died there. 

It was concluded that the abandoned mine was dangerous with many cave-ins and no further development could be expected, and it was strictly sealed off. 

The Earl died in battle with honor, so to speak, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Larkin. 

Officially, Count Larkin will have to wait for the approval of the Katerra Pantheon Territory before taking over, but considering the good relationship they have had so far, it will be recognized without any problems. 

After inheriting the earldom, 41-year-old Larkin plans to adopt his sister's son, who is married to Katera. 

That's right, Zebet gave this explanation to Morgan, who was healed with my biological essence. 

"The undead you killed was a monster that seemed to be relatively intelligent and was captured and brought in to find out more about the situation inside the abandoned mine."

“What, then you misunderstood that I was taking you prisoner with the intention of interrogating you?”

"Ah, but just like I was violent with you, he suddenly became violent, so I had no choice but to cleanse him..."

"...Is that so? Well then, I can't get any more information, sorry."

"It's okay, it's enough that everyone is safe, right?"

I'm glad Morgan is a simple man. 

 picture? I didn't come up with that scenario, it was Suente. I thought he would believe this much. 

However, will it be okay for this simple man to become the next guild leader? 

Actually, the new Earl Larkin wanted to start reorganizing his territory's army, and he said he wanted to appoint Zebet as its commander. 

In fact, now that we know that a dangerous monster is lurking nearby, we need to be as prepared as possible. 

It seems that Zebet and Larkin have actually known each other since childhood, and Zebet doesn't seem to have any objections to serving as an official, so Morgan is counting down the days to become the new guild leader. 

Hmm, I'm a little worried about the future of the adventurers in this town. It looks like Suente will have a hard time becoming the deputy guild leader...