Chapter 175 - 174 - Message.

In the capital, inside a room in an inn, Isabell was lying in bed as she stared at the ceiling and thought about what she had just heard.

After the warning about the war, she was sure things were a lot worse than she thought.

"What should I do now? Wait for orders? Stay hidden until the capital is destroyed?" She sighed as she sat up in bed and prepared to leave. It was late at night and she had spent the entire afternoon in her room.

Outside it was raining lightly and a cold wind blew the window curtain.

She got up slowly and then went to the window to a lookout. Everything was dark and silent. It was like the atmosphere of a funeral, especially with this rain falling on the capital that made the atmosphere even more morbid.

"It seems that this news ended up taking everyone by surprise. But then, what should I do?" She leaned out of the window and continued to stare at the street that passed in front of her window.

It was a small, narrow street where people usually just walked past.

There, she could see a soldier walking while holding a lamp and lighting her way.

"Alright, shall I see how the movement is inside the castle?" Isabell was a little worried about that. Normally such an important warning would be given by the king or queen himself.

At worst, the country's prime minister would take care of it.

But a woman she didn't know had broken the news. It was a cheerful voice that didn't match the kind of news she was giving, it was like that person was having fun.

'My mother didn't give me enough information.' Isabell thought as she pulled on her hood and took her sword from beside the bed. She was getting ready to pay a visit to the castle.

She was confident she could do this without a hitch, but she needed to be careful.

If she got caught, it wouldn't be easy to explain this to her mother.

"Okay, so let's go." Again she did the same thing to climb over the buildings in the capital. But as soon as she reached the roof of the building next door, something caught her eye.

In her mind, a signal like a bell began to ring.

[ You received a message ]

[ Would you like to open it? ]

[ Yes ] [ No ]

A robotic voice popped into her mind, but she didn't mind and didn't show any reaction.

She just replied.

"Yes." After that, a floating frame appeared in front of her eyes as she carefully analyzed that message.

"You should have warned me about this sooner, Mom." She said and then ran towards the castle.

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Isabell quickly approached the castle walls. But with just a little magic, she floated and passed over the wall with ease. The lack of guards also contributed to her entering easily.

"Come on, from what my mother said, it's a room inside the castle. But where exactly? You should have made a map!" Isabell thought as she approached the castle window and stepped inside carefully.

Luckily, the window was open. It was so convenient that she worried.

Entering, she looked around and noticed she was in a small room. A rather luxurious bed, a small wardrobe, and a desk beside the bed accompanied by a chair.

It also had a shelf with some paintings on it. They appeared to be family portraits painted by someone very talented.

'I don't know whose bedroom this is, but it's a little scary to keep paintings like that inside the room. I couldn't sleep here.' Isabell opened the bedroom door and came face to face with a short hallway.

It was just one of the many corridors that existed in the castle.

But Isabell didn't care about the thousands of hallways, but the main hallway that would likely lead to the room she was looking for.

Or maybe not, as an important room might be a little more hidden.

'Oh, whatever, let's move on.' She took a few steps and carefully walked down the hall.

Using wind magic, she sent a light wind breeze to serve as a location spell. She wasn't scared, but being found by a guard or maid would only bring a headache.

She would not be identified as she had her face hidden and also wore an unusual outfit for a girl.

But she still wanted to avoid being found.

And so she went on with her magic activated.

She went through several rooms and opened each one.

At one of the doors, she even found a maid arranging some things, but she was lucky that the maid had her back to the door and didn't notice Isabell was there.

That was one of the flaws of this magic, it didn't detect if anyone is inside the room, and for that reason, Isabell listened carefully and paid a lot of attention before entering the rooms.

But that was a distracting moment, so from then on, she started to be even more careful.

She wondered why her wind magic didn't pass under the door, but she couldn't do anything about it. As long as she pays close attention and hides when someone appears in the hallways, she should be fine.

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It took a few minutes before she reached the main hallway of the mansion. It was a long hallway with a red carpet and several guards.

The hallway led directly to the castle's front door, and if she moved on she could find the king's room and some more important rooms as well.

As the prime minister's office, the castle library, and several other government rooms ( Probably )

'How am I going to get through here?' Since had several guards on the lookout in the hallway, she wouldn't be able to walk that way. She was in a small hallway that led directly to the main hallway, so she only had one path.

Either she came back or went on.

Isabell started to get apprehensive of someone appearing in hers on her back if she didn't move on. Even with the magic activated, even if she sensed someone was approaching, she would have nowhere to run.

'Although if it's just one person I can handle it.' She began to think some more about what to do.

The guards stared intently ahead and didn't move. Just a few, because she noticed one of the guards sleeping standing up.

She doesn't know how this is possible.

'Should I just get rid of them? I don't think it will make that much noise.' With no option for hiding or disguise, Isabell considered the possibility of making them all pass out at the same time.

She wanted to avoid killing them at all costs, so she had a good magic for that.

A celestial attribute spell that could easily control a person's feelings and state.

'Okay, let's go.' Using her hand, a yellowish light appeared in her palm and then began to spread the walls and floor of the hallway. Mana began to circulate the place, drawing the attention of some mana-sensitive guards.

But with no time to react, the bodies of all the soldiers in the hallway began to go limp, and sleep brought them all to the ground. Since the hallway carpet was fluffy, it didn't make a lot of sounds.

Isabell breathed a sigh of relief at that.

She could move on.

Afraid that someone had heard the sound even though it was low, she quickened her steps to find the supposed room her mother had said. So she began to partially open all the doors she found.

Of course, she didn't the least open the biggest door where it was where the king's room was.

The other rooms she found were also uninteresting. Just documents, books, tables, and a lot of things she wasn't interested in at the moment.

Until a room caught her eye.

The door was a little different and looked a little more "Modern" than the others.

From inside she could hear some sounds, they were low sounds, but they sounded like someone breaking something made of glass. She slowly opened the door so as not to make any noise.

The first thing she noticed when she partially opened the door was how white that room was. It even brought a nostalgic feeling to her.

But in addition to the white floor, white walls, and white ceiling, some strange appliances that she had never seen were dotted around the room. Lots of things emitted some lights and were attached to things that looked like very thin strings.

Also had a lot of beds with some chains that were probably used to hold someone up.

'It's like my mom said. She told me to kill the woman who takes care of this place.'

From what she said, this woman is involved with one of her sisters.. I hope it's not too difficult to deal with her.