The Emperor’s Lady-in-Waiting Is Wanted as a Bride: Volume 3 by Kanata Satsuki

Author:Kanata Satsuki [SATSUKI, KANATA]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2021-12-16T00:00:00+00:00

When the couple arrived at the emperor’s private office, they found Egbert and Alcede already waiting for them.

“What’s the story?” Alcede asked, getting straight to the point.

“The short version is that Donan stones were attracting the monsters,” said Sidis.

“And the long version?”

Sidis recounted the situation as they’d found it, including monsters gathered at the wall and soldiers turned into dogs. He then moved to the meat of the story—how he’d wiped out the horde and discovered a small pillar of green light surrounded by Donan stones.

“The green light seemed to affect Lyse’s monsters too,” he reported.

“It’s true. They were so agitated that I was worried they might jump right out of my pocket,” Lyse added.

Alcede turned to her and said, “The monsters were agitated? That almost sounds like...”

The Light of Origin! Lyse’s eyes opened wide in astonishment. He’s right. They were acting like they do when they get near the Light.

Lyse’s tamed monsters normally heeded the Light inside of her and behaved themselves within the imperial palace. But there was one thing that made them resist her control—and that was the Light of Origin itself. It enthralled the monsters, drawing them in and making them restless when they couldn’t reach it. It was like how they’d behaved around the green light, albeit much more intense.

“Is the green light something similar to the Light of Origin?” Lyse asked.

Sidis furrowed his brow. “I’d say so, judging by how the monsters behaved. But that doesn’t explain the transformations.”

“It could be something entirely different,” Alcede offered up.

“No, it’s similar,” Sidis argued. “Perhaps...it’s like a miniaturized version.”

“Do you have any evidence to support that?” the emperor asked.

Alcede raised his index finger. “The Light of Origin grants people mana. The mysterious green light turns people into dogs—that is to say, it warps mana. But mana is necessary in order to warp mana.”

Egbert stood up from his seat. “I see. You’re suggesting the green light emits mana.”

“It may not necessarily grant anyone mana, but it most certainly radiates it,” Alcede concluded.

“Interesting. That may explain this then,” Sidis added.

“‘This’ being?” Alcede asked.

At that, Sidis brought out samples of the rock he’d collected at the scene.

“Black rock, but thin sheets of it, almost like it’s been chipped... I believe this to be the Donans’ black stone as well,” surmised Alcede.

“The material and the texture match, to be sure. I found this plastered across the ground around the green light,” Sidis explained.

“Plastered to the ground? Like spent catalyst after using stones for magic?” asked the emperor.

“Its color is different, but I’ve seen something like this before. I see it frequently in fact—at least once a week. Does it not remind you of the crystals beneath the Light of Origin, Your Majesty?”

“Oh,” Lyse unwittingly gasped as she connected the dots.

Sidis was right. White crystal spread across the lawn surrounding the Light. If someone were to pick up a handful of it, it would be strikingly similar to this strange black rock.

“Could it be that the Donan cultists have managed to make a simulacrum of the Light of Origin?”

“They might just have.

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