I was not giving donations or sponsorships out of kindness.

Anyway, the assets of the Hettel Count’s family were officially recorded, so they were hard to use if I were to run away from Johan.

‘For me, the money that Count Fenula has deposited in the bank will do.’

Betty, her eyes reddening, asked.

“Shall we then create a foundation under your name?”

“Come to think of it, having a foundation would be good if we’re going to do this sponsorship for a long time. Can we establish it quickly?”

“Of course. We just need to buy a failing foundation and proceed.”

“Betty, you know this stuff quite well.”

Betty answered with a confident tone.

“You need to know at least this much if you want to be a spy.”

It was fortunate that many things were included in the basic abilities of a spy. Otherwise, I might have wasted money on something foolish.

“That’s a relief. Then please make the donations and sponsorships anonymous.”

“……Anonymous, not under your name? Why ever?”

“Um, because they won’t want to accept it?”

People hated me.

No matter what I did, they would probably hate it, thinking I was up to some trick.

‘It’s okay if only I am hated, but.’

Those who accepted my sponsorship might also get hurt.

“Ma’am. That can’t be. Even if there are people who look at it negatively, there will be people who…….”

“I’m asking you to do this.”

My unchanging stance finally made Betty nod.

“I understand, ma’am. But still, you must be strong.”

With a nod, Betty left to handle what I had asked her to do.

While I was feeling like I was sorting out the matters of the Hettel Count’s family, it was already time to head to the Blanchet Duke’s residence.

(This is a time separator.)

Johan prepared some potion for me.

“If you drink this, you can use the teleportation magic circle without any problems.”

“There’s something like that?”

“Only I can do it.”

I drank the potion Johan gave me right away.

‘Ugh, it’s bitter.’

I must make it so that I don’t have to use teleportation magic as much as possible.

I shook my head and moved through the teleportation magic circle.

The teleportation magic circle was like a horizontal pillar of light with several overlapping red magic circles in the air.

‘I’ve seen this somewhere.’

The red letters in the magic circle flickered like smoke. The letters blurred and formed new ones.

“Be careful?”

“Careful?”

Then Johan, standing beside me, asked. I was even more startled by the question.

“What did I just say?”

“You just said to be careful. Is something wrong?”
Blinking my eyes again, the writing from just before had disappeared as if it were a lie.

“No. I must have been mistaken for a moment.”

I smiled at Johan and took his hand. Johan, who had been staring at me for a moment, said,

“Yes. If you close your eyes and open them, you’ll be at the Duke of Blanchet’s residence right away.”

I stepped into the red magic circle following Johan’s guidance. But the inside of the magic circle was slightly different from what Johan had said.

‘He said we would be teleported right away?’

The surroundings were completely dark.

Then the darkness began to swallow my entire body.

Starting from my arms and legs, my body slowly disappeared.

At the moment when I was about to scream in terror,

With the warm voice, the surroundings brightened.

My body that had disappeared began to show again.

‘Who are you?’

But what came was not an answer but a mournful laugh. A laugh that made me feel sad too.

(This is a time separator.)

My head was dizzy.

‘What’s that voice?’

It seemed different from when I talked to the tree.

‘I’m frustrated because something I don’t know keeps happening.’

There are limits to learning about black magic in the Duke’s library.

‘I think I need to find out something more seriously.’

As I staggered, Johan caught me right beside me.

“You always have problems when you use magic.”

Johan frowned, and I looked at him and smiled.

“I feel a little better because Johan caught me.”

“Let’s go into the Duke’s residence and rest right away.”

Erich greeted us as we arrived at the Duke’s residence through the teleportation magic circle.

“Master. I’ve been waiting.”

“What’s going on?”

Erich, who briefly looked at my injured foot, reported to Johan.

“The person sent from the temple just arrived. It would be better if you go in person.”

“That seems fitting.”

As Johan looked at me, I said,

“I want to go with you too.”

“You too?”

“If it’s such an important place, I think it’s right for me to go too.”

I kept feeling a strange sense of foreboding.

In the end, Johan accepted my opinion. I followed Johan to the front gate.

At the front gate, there was a pure white carriage lavishly decorated with gold ornaments. Soon the door of the carriage opened.

The priests revealed themselves from the carriage.

“I’ll catch you.”

“Thank you.”

Lastly, a beautiful woman gracefully descended from the carriage, escorted.

She was different from the other priests in her attire. Though in pure white nun’s clothes, it was cut to reveal her shoulders and neckline, appearing like a dress.

Thus, she looked more like a noble princess than a priestess serving a god.

Her dazzling golden hair fluttered in the wind.

She gently arranged her sparkling gold hair with her slender wrist and smiled shyly.

Her clear blue eyes turned directly to Johan.

“Ah.”

Her long eyelashes trembled, and her innocent face turned rosy.

The woman who I thought would greet us right away came up to us, hiding behind another male priest as if she was shy.

The male priests approached us, surrounding her as if to protect her.

Finally, when they arrived in front of us, the woman who had been behind the male priest carefully came to the side.

“Hello, Duke of Blanchet. I am Stella, the Holy Maiden of the Holy Kingdom.”

Stella smiled tenderly and lifted her nun’s clothes like a dress to greet.

“You’ve been looking for me desperately?”

I recognized the identity of the woman I had never seen before right away.

‘Estelle Libertan.’

Johan’s real target for revenge.