The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

Despite trying to keep a low profile, the girl and Neko still attracted a lot of attention because of their beauty.

She habitually glanced around and brushed past a neatly dressed man, who already had several silver or yellow coins in his hand.

Chapter 352 Ghost?

Although Maginus's thieving skills were terrible, she had at least learned a little bit and easily obtained the country's currency thanks to her speed.

They look like silver and copper, but they actually appear to be two copper alloys, one yellow and one white. Let's just call them copper coins and silver coins.

The girl flicked the silver coin and continued forward, a childish voice calling out in her ear:

"Extra! Extra! Another soldier and exorcist has been killed in the haunted house! Scientist Brest announces he has discovered a more effective way to use steam... Extra! Extra!..."

The child, around eleven or twelve years old, was waving a newspaper around. Intrigue flashed in Neko's eyes, who had only ever seen newspapers in Red Sparrow City. She stepped forward and asked:

"How much is one?"

In addition to giving Maginus the belt, Benia also gave the two of them two magic rings, each imbued with the ability to understand languages.

"Twenty yellow coins, dear Miss, would you like to buy one?"

The child looked up and was dazzled by Maginot's face. Her face flushed and she smiled. Not knowing the prices, she was too lazy to haggle. She handed the copper coins to the child and then took the urgently published newspaper.

As Nya said, at least in Elgran, the country was experiencing a period of explosive technological growth, and even the urgent newspapers were full of news about the discovery or invention of something.

The girl wasn't concerned about that; she was more interested in the information about the professionals and the "haunted house" the child had mentioned earlier.

She had figured out exactly what role she should play in Lengni.

……

"Damn it, those two bastards were bragging about how strong they were, but they were frozen in place by the vengeful spirit in one move. What freeloaders!"

Outside the haunted villa, a richly dressed middle-aged man berated two lifeless corpses, his gaze lingering on the villa with a mixture of fear and heartache. A servant approached cautiously, bowing respectfully.

"Sir, should we find someone else to handle this next?"

Snapped!

The middle-aged man slapped the servant across the face, his expression extremely ugly: "Nonsense, how could I abandon such a fine house? Keep looking, and we must find an even more powerful exorcist!"

“If you don’t mind, let me try to exorcise the vengeful spirit, Sir Wepper.”

While still furious, Vepa turned around angrily when she heard someone volunteer. Upon seeing Maginus and the cat-eared maid behind her, her anger subsided considerably.

He scrutinized the girl dressed as a man, and the girl scrutinized him in return.

Sir Skruvepa, a newly emerging nobleman, rose to prominence after a period of great upheaval in the nation. His ancestors were pirates recognized by the state, who, after accumulating their first fortune, rode the wave of the times and gradually rose to power.

Unfortunately, I've recently encountered some difficulties; the villa I just bought has been taken over by a vengeful spirit.

The newspaper that Maginus bought was clearly offensive, accusing the old aristocracy of trying to resist the tide of the times, which was practically an admission that they were the ones who released the vengeful spirit.

"...You're not from Elgrand, are you?"

Vepa looked at Maginus's face and asked, and the girl did not hide anything and nodded naturally. These days, many people from other countries come to Elgrand, all in pursuit of greater benefits.

“Magnus Imperis, an exorcist and warrior, is currently gathering more spells and training methods. She came after seeing the news in the newspaper.”

The knight, who was amazed by the girl who volunteered, quickly came to his senses and his first thought was that she might have been sent by an old nobleman to get close to him.

A sudden appearance always raises suspicion, and as a newly envied nobleman, he needs to be especially careful.

But the girl was accompanied by a beast-like maid, so it seemed she wasn't there to kill him.

Meeting Maginus, Vepa narrowed her eyes and revealed a sly smile as she asked, "So, Miss Vepa, what do you want after you've successfully cleared away the vengeful spirits for me?"

"A cheap rental house, someone to show me around Elgrand, and most importantly, help me find and collect spells and training methods."

"That's a really outrageous demand, but it's not impossible."

There's a reason why he called what seemed like an ordinary request an exorbitant demand. The first two options were easy to handle, but the problem lay in the latter two. Exorcists were rare finds, and the training methods of those powerful warriors were closely guarded secrets that they wouldn't easily reveal to others.

"So you agree?"

Maginus made no attempt to use honorifics, and the servants beside her opened their mouths several times, only to be intimidated by the girl's haughty attitude, fearing that she was indeed a noblewoman.

Skuruvepa made a quick decision: resolve the crisis at the villa first, no matter what, because a distinguished person would be moving in in a few days.

"Okay, I promise you, but you have to..."

"I'll take care of it."

Maginos turned coldly and pushed open the door. A slight chill emanated from within. Someone peered inside and whispered in their master's ear:

"It doesn't seem very strong."

The negative energy aura emanating from it was quite weak, far less than that of the undead creatures one might encounter in the Red Sparrow City sewers.

"Try releasing your psionic energy."

Maginus raised her head, signaling the girl to use her psychic powers. She raised her hand and spread her fingers, a faint current emanating from it. She finally realized something was wrong; her own current seemed to be much weaker.

The psionic energy hasn't changed, but the effects it produces are less.

"The inertia of magic causes elemental energy to become inert, reducing its effectiveness. It's similar to an anti-magic field, so be careful in battle, understand?"

Maginus offered a reminder, but she herself wasn't worried. Life force was the least affected, and even if the materialization of life force was affected, her regenerative ability wouldn't be weakened in the slightest.

She's experienced in clearing out ghosts in villas; she can handle any vengeful spirit that appears.

She strode into the villa, and the door behind her was slammed shut by a force. Skuruvepa, who was outside, clenched his fists. Although he had some doubts about such a small girl, he was still looking forward to it.

“Master,” the servant who had been beaten earlier leaned closer, “do you really believe those two women can get rid of the vengeful spirit?”

"Otherwise, how about we send you in?"

Vepa raised his voice, and the servants shrank back.

In the villa, Maginos also saw the culprit behind the trouble, but things were a little different from what she had expected.

The reason is simple: the one causing the murder was not a ghost, but a person, which was something she hadn't expected.

None of the people who came in before them could tell that the person opposite them was an illusion and that the one attacking them was actually a real person.

Maginus stared at the illusion that was floating towards her with its gaping maw without making any move. She shifted her gaze to the floor, where the dispersing mist of life force clearly told her that someone was hiding under the floor.

Chapter 353 The Tide of the Times

I thought it was the work of a vengeful spirit, but it turns out it was a man-made problem.

Maginot walked toward the floor, and a tiny steel needle shot out from the crack. She raised two fingers and caught the tip of the needle, then stood in front of the floor and brought her cane down.

The floor shattered, and a hidden figure leaped from the ground, a dagger aimed at Maginus's heart. She smashed the enemy's wrist bone with a punch and slammed her left hand into the enemy's temple.

Using her psionic powers to knock the assassin unconscious, the girl reached into his mouth, fumbled for a moment, removed the poison sac from his mouth, and dragged him away from the villa.

Hearing the noise, the nobleman outside the villa craned his neck to look at the door out of curiosity. To his surprise, the door opened again just two or three minutes after the girl went in, and she came out unharmed.

But why is there a third person?

Vepa looked at the object in the girl's hand with some surprise. Maginus threw the object in front of him, his tone revealing a hint of impatience:

“There’s no ghost inside, just this one person. No matter how many exorcists you called, they were all killed by this guy hiding under the floorboards with poison needles.”

The girl handed over the silver needles. After hearing her explanation, Wipa's face turned ashen. He gritted his teeth and muttered some names. When he learned that the person at his feet was still alive, he was overjoyed and ordered the guards to tie him up.

"So, Mr. Wepper, what about the request I made earlier?"

“Miss Imperius, please rest assured, I will do whatever I say. Please come with me.”

Although Wipa still harbored doubts, his attitude has improved considerably. For him, the most important thing right now is the villa. As long as the villa is habitable, everything else is negotiable.

three days later.

"Okay, thank you."

“It’s just my duty, Miss Imperius. I’ll go back and report to the master now.”

Maginus was saying goodbye to Vepa's servants. Vepa kept his promise and let her and Neco stay in one of his rented rooms. The room was spacious and sunny in the morning.

This servant was a local of Lengni, and was specifically sent by Vepa to help Maginus integrate into Lengni more quickly.

Three days is enough time for her to figure out the situation in this area; now it's time for the servants to go back.

After closing the door again, the girl sat on the recliner, gazing out the window, and murmured to herself, "An era where risk and opportunity coexist."

The information from Bennia wasn't very detailed, but after gathering intelligence over the past two or three days, Maginus had a general understanding of the current situation in that country.

Opportunities and dangers coexist. The internal threat is the struggle between the old and new nobles over the distribution of wealth. However, external troubles have diverted attention from internal problems. The country of Elgran is actively expanding outwards, and the entire nation is like a giant ship sailing on the sea.

The damage to the ships themselves is not a problem; they can repair themselves by taking parts from other ships.

By seizing the wealth of other countries, the problem between the old and new aristocracy was greatly alleviated, with only some minor frictions, because overall the resources of all upper-class people were increasing.

However, no matter how the upper class changes, the living problems of the lower class become more serious.

Farmers far from the city had their land taken away by landlords and were forced to leave their homes to work in the city. Meanwhile, city residents were also oppressed by factory owners and had no time to breathe.

Many people did care about the lives of ordinary people and wrote books expressing their opinions on policies. Maginus was quite interested in them after reading them, but unfortunately, he couldn't use them for the time being.

Even if she becomes king in the future, she might not use it. She would have to make certain changes according to the situation on the continent of Knoil. In any case, she would definitely levy exorbitant taxes.

Regarding weaponry, due to the still weak magic, firearms saw some development, and physical ammunition became the mainstream.

However, most of them still can't penetrate the flesh and blood of low-level warriors, but if development continues, perhaps extremely powerful weapons will emerge.

There are no class or profession classifications here. Powerful people are called knights, and they become stronger step by step by making great achievements. If we're talking about those who could be legendary warriors, they'd probably be the ones here known as the Eternal Knights.

His record seems to be that he fought for ten days and ten nights without stopping, holding off more than 100,000 enemy troops until reinforcements arrived, and even killing many of them.

Another piece of news that surprised Maginus but also brought some relief was that there were many churches on this planet, and the gods of most of them were basically fake.

Since it's said to be basic, there must be some truth to it. The name of the largest church recognized by the entire country of Elgran is "The Light of No End." At the same time, he also found the names of other gods, but their influence was much lower than that of the Light of No End.

Unlike on Knoil, the Church of the Endless Light on this planet deals more with vengeful spirits and rarely displays divine magic, which is also related to the energy stagnation in the environment.

Spellcasters are all very weak; it's mostly the warriors' domain.

After familiarizing herself with everything, Maginus turned to look inside the room: "Nek."

"Hey~~".

Neko, who had been napping, wobbled to her feet and walked over, snuggling against the girl's developing chest: "Master, what's wrong?"

"Come with me, I'm planning to go to the bookstore."

This planet is smaller than the continent of Knoil, and it has fewer legends.

Realizing this, Maginos became bolder and decided to go out openly to find spellbooks or spell scrolls, since the people here didn't really think much of exorcists' abilities anyway.

Skruvepa gave her an antique book from his family's collection. Maginus confirmed that the contents of the book were true and could cast spells, but one book wasn't enough; Benia would definitely want as many as possible.

Picking up his cane, he and his helpless little maid left the room and went to a secluded old bookstore.

The old man, who was reading, noticed something, looked up at Maginus, and a little magic power surged from his body. Maginus responded by activating magic power with her psychic energy.

“Welcome, Miss Exorcist,” the old man coughed and adjusted his glasses. “Find whatever you want. I didn’t expect to find such a young exorcist.”

"My ancestors were exorcists, and I only learned a little bit of the technique."

Maginus responded that after entering the bookstore, her eyes swept across the books on the shelves and found a collection of books about exorcists in the far corner. After flipping through them for a while, she found that most of them were true.

Almost all of them are related to rituals and magic, with a small number of records of tricks and spells, and the spells are also very weak.

After eliminating duplicate books, Maginus carried a large bag of books and placed it on the counter, intending to buy them all.

Chapter 354 Pretending to be a God

The old man calmly took out the books to check them, not caring at all what the girl was going to do with so many books.

"Aren't you going to ask me why I took so many books?"

Maginus retorted, and the old man in the bookstore gave a wry smile, his smile full of self-mockery: "What's the big deal? There's no evil magic in there anyway."

He sighed softly and looked up at the shop entrance: "Everyone knows that the era of exorcists is coming to an end, and even the era of knights is coming to an end. Now many knights can't even withstand a single shot, and only the top few are still strong."

"We exorcists might be able to hold out for a while longer. After all, ordinary people still need us to deal with vengeful spirits in their homes. If there are fewer exorcists in the future, the remaining ones might be even richer."

The old man kept muttering about his hardships. Maginus put away the spellbook he had easily bought in the bookstore and took out a small piece of gold from his pocket and put it down.

If they weren't somewhat old books, they probably wouldn't even be worth a small piece of gold on this planet.

"No need to look anymore, that should be enough, right?"

Upon seeing the gold nugget, the old man's eyes lit up. He took out a hammer from under the counter and pressed it firmly. After confirming it was real gold, his face broke into a wide smile.

"That's enough, that's even more than enough."