Chapter 376: Intermission – Developments in the Handal Union

Chapter 376: Intermission – Developments in the Handal Union

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“Your Excellency, it’s been confirmed that it’s the Djinn Bug.”

“What an unpleasant report.”

Lord Aubrey, the Union Governor, responded to Aide Lamber’s report with a frown on his face.

“Be that as it may.... I can’t exactly make up a false report to shy away from it.”

Lamber also frowned and shook his head slightly.

“Is it the one I think it is? The one the Kingdom’s folklore officer confirmed?”

“Yeah. Viscount Rashata Debuo, Folklore Officer of the Central Temple in the Royal Capital. He is the one who directly confirmed the outbreak of the Djinn bug in the Kingdom’s Kona village previously. Since we sent a delegation alongside the Kingdom to the Western Countries, our relations have improved, and they let us into the site. It appears the delegation was well worth the high cost.”

“Well, we only paid for it... but I’m fairly certain that our hardship is nothing compared to what His Majesty Roberto Pirlo, who is actually on the ground must be going through.”

Lord Aubrey said with a wry smile.

It was none other than Lord Aubrey who begged the former king, who was now in his mid-seventies and enjoying a comfortable life, to go on this grueling journey to the west.

Knowing that, Aide Lamber shook his head again, slightly.

“The Djinn in Kona village... later broke out of its seal, didn’t it?”

“Yeah. Of course, the Kingdom has not announced it, but it seems certain from the information we have gathered.”

“Yet there’s no indication that the Djinn who broke out of the seal went on a rampage.”

“That’s right. It didn’t get sealed away again... and seems to have flown away to the west.”

As Lamber explained what Lord Aubrey remembered, Lord Aubrey looked down and began to think about something.

Meanwhile, Lamber said nothing.

Arranging the papers on the desk.

After a while, Lord Aubrey opened his mouth again.

“My memory is a little fuzzy, but... there was a record of a Djinn sealed near the border of the Kingdom and the Union that went on a rampage, wasn’t there?”

“You remember correctly, sir. Legend has it that it was sealed away by King Richard of the Kingdom.”

“Well, even if it’s just a legend... it’s that much of an existence none stood a chance against unless they were such a great hero right? I really don’t want such a menace on the loose again.”

“Its revival is only a matter of time I’m afraid...”

“Maybe in a hundred years or so, fine. I’ll be long gone by then.”

The reason for that was that Baron Asser once served as a famous folklore master, or that he was the chief magician of the Union when he was active and had memorized all kinds of forbidden books... various rumors were abound regarding him.

Some even claimed that the famous Explosive Blaze Magician of the Empire was a disciple of Asser... of course, this was dismissed and laughed off as idle gossip.

Anyway, it was well known to his disciples that Asser’s knowledge was extraordinary.

When Asser arrived in Nilpha city... to be precise, even before entering the city, he entered the vineyards that surrounded the city.

His attendants hurried after him, but he did not care about that.

Asser had come to save Nilpha’s wine, and he understood that his priority was to understand the current situation, and the best way to do that was to see and figure it out for himself.

As luck would have it, he was able to see a bug that had just been found.

“This is... it can’t be...?”

It looked like the insect Asser remembered.

However, he had never seen it in person before.

It resembled an insect in a book shown to him by the lord he once served.

It had ten legs, and when its legs were spread out, it was about the size of a pinky fingernail.

And then....

When he squashed it, a blood-red fluid came out.

“It’s the same bug from the book that my lord once showed me.... But I never thought...”

Asser’s forehead wrinkled deeply.

If indeed, that was the bug, the ‘Djinn Bug’, then....

It is said that the Djinn bug is one of the familiars that is used to amass strength for a sealed djinn when they’re about to revive.

Djinns gather their power in various ways, one of which is using the Djinn bug.

In other words, a sealed Djinn was trying to break its seal.

“I need to verify this immediately.”

Asser muttered to himself and headed to the Nilpha lord’s manor to contact the Union government.

After further discussions within the Union government, it was decided to have the Kingdom’s Folklore Officer, Viscount Rashata Debuo, confirm the matter.

The Viscount then made his way directly to Nilpha to confirm that it was indeed the Djinn bug.

Thus, the report was delivered to Lord Aubrey, the governor.

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