My Reincarnation Skills Are “Playing With Dolls” and “Playing With Clay”, but What Am I Supposed to Do With These? C205

Episode 205: The true identity of the Marquis

“After all, when it comes to summer festivals, it’s yukata.”

"Yukatayo? Flutter"

"It's cute and exotic. It's from your master's world."

I'm glad that Lina seems to have regained her energy. 

After letting Nolte and Lucien listen to the conversation with the vampire Lilith who appeared in her room last night, she suddenly received an SOS from Lina. 

Immediately after I managed to locate the captive prostitutes, it seemed like they were about to be found, and I received a request to return in an interrupted telepathic message. 

Lina's voice sounded unusually desperate, and I immediately used the doll skill "Go Home", but I felt a sense of resistance that I had never experienced before. 

As I worked hard to pour in MP for a while, I felt the space distort, and Lina, who had become the size of a doll, jumped out onto the bed. 

"That was terrible, I think it's a demon, but I almost got caught..."

Lina was completely exhausted, so I put her into monk mode for a while and let her meditate, then held her in my hand and let her absorb her MP. 

According to Lina's investigation, the fortress has three floors underground, and at the bottom there are two large prisons, one for prostitutes, and the other apparently for capturing men such as thieves and merchants on the highway. Apparently. It is said that there are several survivors in both cases. 

Then, when I heard about the "meal" that was given to the prisoners late at night, I thought to myself that I was glad that our dinner was finished... 

“Monster blood and raw flesh...what a horrifying thing.”

Lucien, whose resistance to gore is much higher than mine, also looked pale. 

It seems that the only food they are given is raw monster meat and blood once a day. 

Was that why they were keeping monsters on the first basement floor? 

It is said that those who cannot endure the hunger and eat the blood and flesh of monsters are taken to another place after a certain number of days. 

Although it is not possible to confirm where that place is, the rumors among the prisoners say that if they receive some kind of special treatment there and survive, they are transformed into demons. 

I once heard a rumor somewhere that if you eat only monster meat, you will turn into a demon, but what is being done underground is a secret technique that will allow you to create a demon in a much shorter period of time. It seems to be a ritual... 

“Wow!”

Nolte held his mouth shut, but I felt like I was going to throw up too. 

"I don't want to just throw up and run away..."

"Honestly, I'm so scared. But Eva and the others are still alive, right?"

"Yeah, Eva was silent, but she seemed fine. I think that person called Kepte, or at least some of the prostitutes, can still be saved now..."

Lina answers Nolte's question. Lucien poses a challenge to this. 

“I wonder how skilled the marquis and the guards at his mansion are.”

"There weren't many soldiers inside, they were only LV10 at most. However, there were probably more than 20 demons, and they were wandering around underground in an area that looked like it might be a problem."

Lina was in scout mode while infiltrating. Since I'm a LV7 Scout, I was able to find out the job and level of the person I met using the Discrimination (Beginner) skill. 

The problem is that I don't know the power of the person who said that vampires are beyond our control, which is probably Marquis Futo. 

Even though Dr. Thomas Geraldson has the ability to see his opponent's skills, he didn't even seem to be suspicious of the Marquis. What do you mean? 

“In the first place, how far should we believe what that vampire says?”

Lucien and the others haven't heard Lilith's story directly, and they also talked about how I was almost killed, so they seem to be even more worried. 

They seem to have the same interests in wanting to rescue Eva, but if you ask me if I can trust them completely, the answer would be no. Well, what happened... 

However, even under such circumstances, one day before the full moon, Carmilla was a carnivorous girl without worrying about it. 

It was so intense that Lina, who was charging in the same room, was astonished, and in the end I was the one who overslept the most in the morning... 

Still, when I woke up, my physical strength had strangely recovered. 

I looked at my status with some doubt, and lo and behold, I had a surprising skill called <HP Recovery (Medium)>. 

　

Apparently, this is the skill that was given to him last night after he was bitten by a vampire after his face was crushed. 

At the very least, he suffered a compound fracture on the street, but it healed instantly. 

How much of a cheat ability is it that you can be given such a skill at will? That vampire... 

After Lina recovered, she made a long-distance connection with Baron Dirk of Gallipoli, the duchy capital, and after reporting the information she had obtained, they decided to walk through the festival venue set up in the square in the center of town. 

As usual, Nolte and Carmilla were raiding food stalls (food only) everywhere they went, holding skewers and steamed buns in their hands and eating them, holding them and eating them, in an endless loop. 

The slender duo of Lina and Lucien go to listen to the music of minstrels and orchestras, and they sing along to the rhythm and melodies. 

As usual, I follow everyone carefully to make sure they don't get pickpocketed or snatched. 

Yes, this is fine, I won't be alone. Everyone seems to be having fun. I've always been a loner and a recluse, but even just walking around with four beautiful girls makes me feel like I'm in a different world. 

As expected from the technological powerhouse Garis? The festival included cold sweets like sherbet and even a shooting target. 

Everyone has no experience, so I'll show them how good I am and put the prize hair ornament on Carmilla, who won the rock-paper-scissors game. 

Then, Lucien, who was surprisingly pissed off, said he would do it too, and suddenly he was so good at it that he got another hair ornament on his own and looked smug. 

I can't really talk about it because I'm still thinking about the underground story I heard from Lina and the troubles I'll probably face tonight, but I'm having fun now as we're all walking together under the summer sun. That's the reality now. 

We all returned to the inn in the afternoon and took a short nap. 

Because I don't know what will happen tonight. So, Carmilla, without erotica? 

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When the sun was setting, we got ready. 

I put my weapon in the item box and put on loose clothes over my leather armor so I don't stand out. 

After getting all dressed up to visit a nobleman's mansion, I headed to the fortress of the Marquis of Huth. 

Since it was the exact time I had made an appointment, communication went smoothly from the guard to the servants of the mansion, and then to the butler, and we were in a much more luxurious reception room than yesterday, I think it would be better to call it the throne room. I was taken to a large room. 

Guard knights were standing on either side of the entrance, and several men who appeared to be retainers were sitting on seats on the left and right sides of the room. Behind them are two women who appear to be maids. 

In a high place in the back, there was a magnificent armchair that looked like a king's chair, and a man wearing the glittering clothes of an upper-class aristocrat was sitting there. 

He has a medium build and at first glance there are no distinctive features. It's too much. 

<Angelios Huth, human male, 47 years old, Lord LV21>

The displayed job and level seem to be normal and strong, and it is likely to be a military noble. 

But...I was half expecting it, but I can't see any skill. 

This will be communicated to everyone organizing the party. I feel nervous. 

Lucien looked at me. With the "Discrimination (Beginner)" skill, you should be able to see the display that should be visible, which is <Load (LV21)>, so I guess you didn't notice anything strange. 

I've never heard of Lord having this kind of concealment skill. 

And above all, something about this display itself doesn't make sense. "It's too plausible."

"Nice to see you, knight from another world. No, knight from another world, please tell me your story."

The Marquis welcomed us with a smile. 

I told Thomas that I had been reincarnated from another country in the same world as him, having acquired the skill to manipulate clay, and I brought out a lump of clay in front of me, drawing laughter from the audience. 

He then told me that he was recognized by the rural lord of Elzark and was given a knighthood, and that he took his time to travel around the world as an adventurer with his demihuman companions. 

Of course, I didn't mention the characters of the demons, I didn't mention Maggie and Butch, I didn't mention that they went to Parthea, and I said that they went from Elzark to Ankyra, from Ankyra to Algol, from Algol to Meulone, and then to Garis. It's a story. 

"I see, after Algol did something like that, it must have been difficult to travel with a demihuman servant. This Garis is a peaceful country. Please take your time during your stay."

The Marquis said this in a very friendly manner. 

The Marquis supports Thomas, whom he met by chance, and has been working to realize a highly technological civilization of another world in this country.As a result, he is recognized by the Duke who rules Garis, and takes command of modernization as Lord of Engineering. He spoke proudly of what he had become. 

"I'm thirsty, no, it's almost this time already. I'd like to hear more from you, so let's prepare some snacks, so let's go eat..."

From the throne room, I was moved to the second floor of the marquis' residence. 

It's four floors away from the place where the dungeon that Lina told me about, but isn't it almost directly above? 

Maybe because they are on a different floor, the map skill doesn't show any such light spots, but if you use the detection skill, you can feel many presences deep below your feet. 

Carmilla seemed to be convinced of Eva's existence and looked at me. Immediately after that, numerous points of light from different levels were added to the map skill in my brain. It's not just white, it's also a red spot of light. Quite a lot. 

There were no retainers in the dinner room, and the only ones besides us and the marquis were the two escort knights, the butler, and the maids. 

A fruit drink was brought to me before the meal, and the Marquis offered me a sip. 

Just to be sure, we all took Maggie's special antidote beforehand, but it didn't taste particularly strange. 

"...So, isn't there something you would like to ask?"

After a while, the marquis's tone changed. 

A fastball came. 

To be honest, even if I knew there was someone there, I couldn't think of any concrete ways to help them. 

Even if it means using force in the end, I would like to avoid it if possible. It's not like I'm an ally of justice, nor do I like bloodshed. 

I took a deep breath and let my stomach sink. 

“Your Excellency the Marquis, I, no, I have heard from Sir Thomas about the Marquis’s generosity, and I am a foreigner and have no deviant feelings about what I should do to this country.However, this mansion I heard that a woman I know may be sick and staying here, and if the Marquis is protecting her, I would like to take her home.''

Is it okay? By saying it like this...I wonder if I'm stepping on a minefield? If you have good communication skills, please let me know. 

"Well, you're finally being honest."

 picture? I was noticed... 

"Thomas's letter of introduction was real. So, was this a coincidence? I didn't know. No, maybe reincarnated people are like that. Those people also wondered why such a coincidence happened. It must have been inevitable for reincarnated people to encounter things that meet their expectations...yes, those people from 200 years ago as well.''

Two hundred years ago! ? This guy, no way... 

What I thought was a fierce storm blowing through the room was a ``magical storm.''

The glass flew and shattered due to the wave, the tablecloth flew like paper, and the huge table itself made a creaking sound and broke. 

When the demonic storm subsided, a "former marquis" was standing deep in the pile of rubble. 

<Gelfim Advanced Demon LV47>

For the first time, I was able to read that much information.