A Sorceress Struggle

Chapter 10: The first outing, panic in the capital city, the mysterious whispers in the forest!

It was only yesterday when went to the garden party of his blondiness prince Lukretus, it would be a huge lie if I said that I haven’t enjoyed verbally detonating mister Golden head and miss the wandering drug! Especially when the karma that I have provoked showered them with this world’s justice!

Sweet abyss… I really am vicious!

Moreover, I can say frantically and clearly that I am completely disappointed in the powers of the goddess Solaria… even if she is a low ranking deity and the only one that kept faith in this world other than the abyss, to think the effect of her powers is the same effect of a charm spell, truly disappointing!

Canditia, the saint with the powers of the goddess… so the reason she was a loved female lead in the original main story f the game is because of this power? Doesn’t that make her a wandering drug?! I mean, she is naturally spreading that aura around her!

If not for my clairvoyance ability, I would have probably fallen already under that spell, if so I might have turned into a drug addict moron like the others; I would very much hate that idea more than anything else!

This whole thing sure is quite the mess… there are a few things that I need to make sure of, for example; I need to make sure that his royal blondiness already know that she has that [charm] effect surrounding her…

If he already knows, which is the biggest probability, which would be a huge problem…right?

“The crown prince is using the powers of the saint to gather followers through charm spells”, I can already say that if this goes public it would be quite the spectacle, a huge scandal enough to strip him of the crown prince position, or even jail him if you know how to perfectly use that against him

I managed to block her influence and suppress her aura of charm using my [Domain] combined with mental and dark affinities, but that was nothing more than a temporary solution… this technique will not function if I am not beside her to maintain the spell on… so should search for a permanent way t completely suppress or even strip her of that ability… else that wandering drug will become a nuisance in the way of my future plans…  I cannot allow that to happen!

And so I need to learn more about this world and my abilities, yes I need field experience! It is after all only by forging that a blacksmith came to be! 

Today I have received the permission from the old man to go on an outing, so I took a normal carriage, not a fancy one, and went straight to town before Cassius change his mind!

I am not going out because I am bored, that’s definitely not the case here! I am leaving only for the sake of gaining more life experience! It’s totally for the sake of knowledge and my future plans! So don’t judge me!

Finally, I am leaving that place for the first time since the day I recalled my past self back! Although I have memories of it, everything seems new to me, so I decided with unwavering determination, to pamper myself and be the rich noble lady that I am!

I went inside every shop that picked my interest and I never step a foot outside without buying at least something, blessed life of a rich duke’s daughter! I have a pride and an image that I need to keep! Leaving a shop without buying something decent?! Unforgivable! My consciousness will NOT allow it!

If you’re rich, then you should spend money! No matter the world, the society or the age money is money! Even in this world of sword and magic and miracles, money is still crucial for your own survival!

Yes… it doesn’t smell, doesn’t speak or even have emotions… BUT! People love it and cherish it, even go as far as to collect it for the sole satisfaction of seeing the pile of coins grow! That might be weird BUT it’s acceptable! Everybody love money!

 And of course I love sending it hohoho! That’s why I’ll be spending a handsome amount at a famous jewelry shop to place an order and buy a custom made set of jewelries for me and for the sake of bribery!

They brought me papers and a pen, I sketched the things I want and discussed he details with the craftsman, after that I placed the order and I’ll be coming personally to pick it up in two days time.

In a few days, I’ll be taking back the custom set of jewelry that I’ll be wearing at the founding banquet, and also the custom made order for the sake of bribing the duke and his son as well as Sister Katherine!

After that I kept shopping and touring the capital, this city sure is big!

It was noon when I decided to have lunch in a restaurant, I made the escorting knights and the maids all sit in the same table as me and “genuinely” shared the food between us.

Of course I have ulterior motives, in my past life, a granny lived with her family next door to my house, from time to time I would accompany her to the grocery, and she would tell me some knowledge about her life experience

Once she told me that whenever someone invite you to eat without any purpose… know that they want something from you so never put your hand in the food until you know what they want!

Thank you granny next door! Your advice is now working wonders for me hoho!

Of course in this case I am the one who is inviting, after all I want to let these knights and attendants spit all the information they know about the capital city! And I have gathered a handsome amount of rumors and information

The tactic was easy, show your good side to them s they would open up slowly but surely, give them expensive alcohol and a lot of booze and then ask them about their life in the capital city in guise of “conversation”, then guide the conversation slowly towards what you want to know

Piece of cake! I have done this more than once in my past life! Human beings are easy to deal with as long as you know how.

You would ask me why have I ever done this before, the answer is simple, negotiation around booze and alcohol always work; I had a few “targets” to extract information from, it was all for the sake of Intel gathering and work! I kind of feel nostalgic here, remembering the days I worked hard to achieve my dreams…

These knights and attendants didn’t want to drink at first saying it’s forbidden to drink while in duty but in the end they succumbed to the temptation, well they sure have a stressful job, just give them the chance and they will slack off easily… at least I gained their favor… I need to make sure the old man doesn’t know about this… he might kick them out

The rumors that circulated in capital city are particularly all about one main topic… the rumor goes like this!

Disappearance incidents have been occurring around the territory, the victims are mainly girls and woman

They say that each full moon you would hear whispers carried by the wind and during that period of time… a group or a single woman would vanish in the dark night without leaving any trace! The whispers then would simply vanish until the next full moon…

Some people said that the victims would act weirdly before they went missing, and that the identity of the mysterious criminal is some spirit of the night…

This whole story is fishy… spirit of the night? More like a human trafficking business that targets woman! Spirit they said seriously… I say it’s a p*****t!

A vile man that kidnaps girls of all ages! All of this is because the imperial capital city guards are slacking off! The Evanson’ frost knights are not obliged to guard this city since they are guarding the Evanson estate, the guards that keeps the imperial city’ security are the Civil knight order.

The Civil knight order recruits both nobles and commoners, they don’t serve any house, the one commanding them is the Civil knight Association, their job is to keep the imperial city safety and order… do they perhaps have a hand in these incidents? That would be quite the dramatic turning…

Anyway, meddling in this affair would be of no good to me, it is not something I need to do or think of, after all it is the duty of the blonds in the palace to maintain public order, right? After all they are in charge of the safety of their citizens.

I finished eating with the others and left the restaurant… By the way there was someone whom kept staring towards my direction and he would smile when I faced him…

Wow… scums like him are in this world too? Should I make my slave birds rain karma on him? After all you know what they say… filth belongs in filth… I just made that saying but well, maybe I should make the rats chew on him? I am seriously considering that proposition by the way

The best choice to do is ignore him and keep shopping in the market! There still a lot I haven’t seen in this city! Other than the noble district there is still a lot to see!

And of course information to gather! Seeing things with your own eyes while walking sure is different than using My [Evil Eyes of clairvoyance] with the enslaved animals as mediums…

By the way a new window opened in my System interface… its title is {Familiar management}

This new module is interfaces that shows all the brainwashed creatures I took over using my abilities and are serving under me; it shows each and every animal personal stat and a map that indicate all their locations, this is so easy to use!

I have recently took over a new type of “familiars”, they are more useful for spying and Intel gathering on others without being found out, say hello to one of the creatures that made many patients follow a therapy to get over their excessive fear over these small creatures called “Spiders”!

These little creatures are so useful, ever since I got this idea; spying and Intel gathering became a child’s game! And through the familiar interface of the system, I can easily manage them and control them just like how you can control a drone from a distance, so I have been secretly spreading them on the people I need to keep an eye on… I have just sent before going out a few spiders carried on the back of the birds flock straight towards the imperial palace! It does consume quite a lot of mana… so perhaps I should seriously think of raising my level up…

The sun was about to set when I decided to get back to the mansion, one of my attendants, a maid named “Sile” went to bring merchandise I have bought and left inside a certain shop because my attendants’ hands and mine were already full

 Time was flowing… and she didn’t come back… the knights escorting me suggested we go back to the mansion and wait for her to come back there, I agreed to that since the old man would have probably turned into a big green beast if I came back late…

After that I spent the evening like usual and slept when the time came like usual… ignorant of what happened to that maid whom hasn’t came back yet…

The morning came and I woke up greeting a new day in this world, the maid called Sile came to serve me my breakfast like usual

She asked for forgiveness for coming back late at night, unlike usual she was wearing a different type of maid uniform, this one cover her neck and her legs unlike the usual attire she always wore…

No one told me that they have changed the uniforms… if I recall correctly, that uniform is for the old maids whom are older than the others…

Now that I think about it she is more silent than usual and her complexion is that of someone who spent a week not eating properly and working overtime… she didn’t look like this yesterday though… maybe she is on period? I would be lying if I said that my mood is good with that hellish pain…poor girl! I feel for you! I’ll be cheering for you from the side lines!