Chapter 367: Crush the Mechanical and Grotesque Puppets! 7

Chapter 367: Crush the Mechanical and Grotesque Puppets! 7 Crush the Mechanical and Grotesque Puppets! 7

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Duke Daychib’s mansion.

As mentioned earlier, it’s an exotic mansion, built incorporating architectural styles from other continents, a vestige of the noble culture before the previous king.

Its main building is five stories tall, towering over its surroundings.

A majestic structure.

And its garden consists of beautifully laid bricks, lush green grass regardless of the season, and carefully trimmed hedges.

After the previous king’s thorough cultural destruction, even the mansions of nobles were mostly built in a rather simple style, but this Duke’s mansion is a rare exception.

It’s truly beautifully maintained.

...Well, this beautiful Duke’s mansion.

If there’s one thing to complain about, it would be the magic lamp illumination.

The mansion is illuminated in various colors to make the building look beautiful.

That wouldn’t be a problem, but in this building’s case, Duke Daychib’s self-assertion is added to it.

The Duke’s name, ‘La Sbos’.

A portrait of the Duke.

Poems praising the Duke.

Such things are projected by magic lamps, flickering on and off throughout the Duke’s mansion.

To be honest, it’s quite tacky.

A traditional mansion, imbued with history and culture, ruined by vulgar self-assertion.

That is this Duke Daychib’s mansion.

“This is bad, this is bad! It’s terribleーーー!”

Now, a man was running through the garden of Duke Daychib’s mansion, illuminated in seven colors by magic lamps.

His face painted completely white.

Baggy clothes with excessive decorations.

This man, dressed in a way that makes everyone recognize him as ‘a jester’ at first glance, is Chubos.

The man who is manipulating this coup d’état, using Duke Daychib as a figurehead, with unknown methods.

“Duke-samaーーー! Something terrible happenedーーー!”

Shouting that, he rushed into a tent set up in the center of the garden.

This fancy and cheerful tent, with cute, deformed illustrations of shrimp, squid, and other legendary monsters, contained a single old man, surrounded by Mechanical Soldiers, trying to look young.

With his long, glossy golden hair flowing down his back, wearing luxurious attire studded with jewels, this man.

His name is La Sbos Daychib.

The... apparent leader of this coup d’état!

“What’s wrong? Chubos!”

Seeing the jester acting unusual, Duke Daychib stood up and shouted!

“Did a ghost appear!? A ghost appeared, didn’t it!!”

“............”

“That’s why I told you, let’s start the uprising after lunch! Because, because... ghosts appear at night!”

“Eh!?”

“Huh!? She’s already here!? Isn’t that too fast!?”

As the Duke and Chubos hurriedly turned to look, they saw a single figure standing beyond the fallen tent.

It was a petite girl.

Illuminated by the seven-colored lights of the Duke’s mansion.

But.

Wearing a jet-black armor.

With black hair and black eyes.

Like... the Grim Reaper himself... a beautiful girl, enveloped in intense killing intent!

“KYAAAAAAAAHーーー!?”

The Duke screamed in terror at the sight of her!

Terrifying!

He wants to be saved!!

He doesn’t want to die!!!

Those thoughts are dominating the old man’s mind right now.

The strong, strong desire to survive, that many creatures possess!

Chubos was convinced.

Now is the time... when the Duke’s soul is dominated by a strong desire!

So, he approached the Duke and whispered in his ear.

“See! Now’s the time to use your trump card! Duke-sama, press that treasure against your forehead and...”

“‘I want to be strong’, ‘I want to be strong’, ‘I want to be strong’ーーー!!!”

And the Duke, now completely at Chubos’s mercy.

Pressed the treasure that was glowing in his palm against his forehead, and with a desperate expression, chanted the ‘keyword’ he had been taught beforehand!

And then, the light emitted by the treasure suddenly intensified!

“......!!”

Even Emi, the black-haired, black-eyed girl, narrowed her eyes at the brightness.

However, she didn’t close her eyes completely.

She wouldn’t do something foolish like look away from the person she recognizes as an enemy.

That’s why she clearly saw what happened to the Duke.

The moment he shouted “I want to be strong” and the treasure glowed brightly.

The Duke’s body was quickly enveloped by a large amount of green, gooey something that suddenly gushed out from the small treasure.

And when the light subsided, what remained where the Duke had been standing...

Was.

A green, jiggly, egg-shaped object.

“Yesーーー! Okayーーー!! Mission accomplishedーーー! Good workーーー!!”

Seeing that, Chubos shouted joyfully.