Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

"Fu~"

I let out a sigh as soon as I left the main tier king's room. Sadie was watching me with a worried look on her face. She asks me if I'm all right, and I hold her hand as I walk slowly down the corridor and open my mouth.

"Actually, when I used my appraisal skill on the great king, I could see it. I saw the scene when he ordered me to kill my brother.

"What?　What do you mean?"

"Hmm. We were arguing about our country. And the younger one said that the Great Sage King's orders would not be heeded. The Great Sang-wang was quite torn, but in the end, he decided to kill the younger brother for the sake of the kingdom."

"What a ...... brother and ......."

"No, kings have more or less such a dark side. The great king has less of it. Rather, he had to do so in order for his country to survive. But once he makes a decision, he does it right away. He didn't even have a heart-to-heart talk with his brother and killed him out of the blue."

"If that's the case, I think I can understand why that psychic spirit was possessing King Maintia. Perhaps he was trying to corrupt that king and ultimately destroy the Hradime nation.

"I see. But that spirit's hatred is considerable. It's going to be very difficult to pacify it, isn't it?

"Yes. But King Maintia seems very confident, so why don't we leave it to him this time ......ツ?"

Sidi put his hands on his temples and began to rub them. He still gets a headache when he thinks about something.

"Sadie. Are you okay?"

"Yes. ....... I'm sure it will stop soon. Um, ...... Mr. Linos."

Yes?

"I would like to return to the Principality of Niza, if you would allow it."

"What's wrong?"

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"I'm going to see the Deer God."

"To the Deer God?"

Yes. I need to talk to you about this headache and nausea. Thanks to the blessings of the Deer God, I have rarely been sick, but this time it seems quite serious. Once, I would like to consult with the Deer God at ......."

"Yes. You should talk with Mei and Roni and go to the Deer God as soon as possible. I'll go with you."

"I'm so ...... sorry."

No, it's okay. Besides, Sadie's a hard worker, so she won't say anything painful or difficult, will she?　If there's anything I can do to help, please don't hesitate to ask, okay?　Sadie is my family. With the wisdom of the Deer God, I will try to get her back to good health. Also, maybe we can go talk to the himeisama."

"Ughhhh ...... Mr. Linos ......"

"Don't cry, Sidney. Come on, let's go home and have dinner."

With that, we went back to the house.

The next evening, while I was working in my office in Agartha, I was visited by an unexpected person.

"No, I'm sorry to bother you at work.

"King Maintia!　 What's the matter?

"Yes. I've created a consolation prize for your uncle's soul. I wonder if you could take me to the place where your uncle is sealed up.

Now?

The sooner the better, right?"

Patterson, standing behind me, opens his mouth apologetically.

"With all due respect ....... Our king has been working tirelessly since last night, ....... I would like to console the soul of Master Cavaletto as soon as possible, if possible. ......"

"No sleep since yesterday?　If that's the case, why don't you just take a break and get back to work tomorrow morning?"

"No. ...... that ......."

Patterson looks away from me with a look of reluctance. Immediately thereafter, I overheard King Maintia's easygoing tone.

"As a matter of fact, tomorrow a new woman will arrive from the home country to replace Noreen.

"What?　And ...... means ......?"

I'm wide-eyed and surprised. I didn't expect him to say that the woman would be arriving tomorrow and that he wanted to have the matter settled by then. How selfish.

While I was thinking about this, the king of Maintia approached me with a soft smile on his face and spoke to me in a whisper.

"Let it be so. Patterson has been told by his father not to talk about it. He can't tell me any details. But Patterson says he needs to comfort your uncle as soon as possible. Please be understanding of his situation."

The king's expression is the same as usual, but the atmosphere he wears is a little different. Is it possible that his true nature is beginning to emerge now that he is no longer under the control of the spirits of the dead? Maybe he is a capable man. I had a hunch that he might be, and decided to let Wang take care of his comfort.

"...... Okay. Please wait a moment. I don't want to be here, so go back to your room and wait for me."

"Okay. I'm always sorry."

King Maintia left the room with Patterson and the others with a beaming smile on his face.

I immediately transfer to the house and go to Sadie's room. She was in her room, lying on her bed, talking with May and Roni. I hesitated to enter the room, but Sidi's words that it was okay prompted me to tell them what had happened so far.

"Sadie. I'm sorry, but could you take the dagger with the sealed spirit to Agartha?　The Maintian king has created something that can be used as a comfort, and he wants to try it out."

"Okay. May, Roni, please talk to me later."

Sidi then gets off the bed and leaves the room. She then went to the reception room of the house. This is where the dagger is kept. Basically, this room is never used unless there are visitors. For now, it's a good place to keep some dangerous things. The fact that it is far from the building where we live is one of the reasons why we chose this room.

I had wired the whole room, just in case. I release it and we enter the room. The dagger with the sealed spirit was placed randomly in the middle of the table. Sidhi grabbed it without hesitation and put it in his pocket. After confirming this, I was transported to the guest house of Agartha.

"Oh!　That was quick!"

As soon as we entered the room, King Maintia approached us with a happy face.

"Which is the dagger that your uncle is sealed up with?"

"This way, sir."

Sidi takes a dagger from his pocket and hands it to the king. He looks at it intently, then looks at us again and opens his mouth.

"May I look inside?"

Sidi nodded his head. He slowly pulled the dagger from its sheath.

"It's an ordinary dagger by the looks of it. ....... But the king and queen of Agartha say so, so it must be right. ...... good."

He places the dagger on the table and walks to the back of the room. A few moments later, he returned with a large picture frame as tall as he was.

It is my masterpiece. I think it is my masterpiece.

Saying this, he spun the frame around.

There it was, a magnificent portrait that looked as if it were about to come to life. There was a graceful lady looking straight at him with a smile on her face, and next to her, another wise-looking boy. Perhaps this is the wife of Cabaret and her child.

As I gazed at the painting, I noticed that the dagger on the table was trembling slightly. I immediately tried to ward it, but at that moment, Sidhi grabbed my right hand and stopped my movement.

"Sidhi!"

"Master Linos, look."

I followed Sidie's gaze, and to my surprise, that square-faced man, whom I had sealed up, appeared. And around him, the powder that Sadie had used to seal him was floating in a spiral shape, clinging to him as if it was trapping a spirit.

"......Tea. ......Meatia. ......Gregorn. Mitya, Mitya. ......"

"Mr. Linos, ....... Can't you use your appraisal skill on that psychic spirit?"

Sadie's words brought me back to my senses, and I tried to activate my appraisal skill on this guy. However, usually the images come to my mind smoothly, but this time, for some reason, only fragments of images came to my mind. I concentrated my mind and put more magic power into this telepathic spirit, and I tried again to activate my appraisal skill. Finally, I was able to see this man's past.

It was a very sad past. ......