The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

Alice was also taken aback by Lenia. She, who had never made any excuses before, tried to prove that she hadn't done it, but the purple-haired girl in front of her had no intention of listening to her and chose to turn around and leave the tea party.

She didn't turn her head back, leaving behind a group of young ladies who were completely shocked.

Chapter 155 The Burning Tavern

Upon boarding the carriage, Lenia, who had been tense, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and asked Catherine and Maginus, who were sitting in the carriage outside, with concern:

"I hope no one really wants to kill me."

"Killing you wouldn't benefit anyone else. No one would want to kill you. It's just a setup based on Alice's behavior, to let others know that you're not someone to be trifled with."

Maginus said that the sudden idea would not cause any harm to the Toran family, but Count Teral would definitely start to strictly control Alice because of this.

More importantly, because of this attack, Lenia had an excuse not to meet with other nobles, allowing Maginus more time to do his own thing.

On the other side, after Jess explained the situation to the city guards, they paid close attention to the matter. Upon arriving at the Black Cat Gang's stronghold, they immediately had the mages question the corpses and also captured some of the members who had escaped.

After Jess notified the city guards, the news, which had originally been circulating only within a certain area, immediately spread.

The rumor also changed from "Miss Sylvie bullying commoners" to "Miss Toland colluding with the mafia to try to kill Miss Sylvie and reclaim Prince Ronald."

Compared to the former issue of a young lady's private morality, people were clearly more concerned with love and hate. Some fearless bards even sang songs about the two vying for the same woman in the tavern, regardless of whether the information was true or not.

To Lenia's surprise, on the evening the tea party ended, His Highness Ronald paid her a formal visit.

……

"Miss Lenya, I heard you encountered danger this morning. Are you alright?"

Sitting in the drawing room, Ronald expressed his concern for the young lady, and Lenia shook her head to indicate that she was fine, but still a little worried.

"I'm just worried that Miss Alice Tolan still wants to harm me. She even dared to send gangsters to block me. Who knows what she'll do next?"

Ronald came here to explain the situation to Lenia. The attack on the count's daughter was a big deal compared to the death of the marginal nobleman last night, and the case was being handled not by undead creatures but by gangsters.

In just a few hours, the city guards solved the case, turning the assassination rumor into a disturbance.

Of course, Maginus believed that the city guards would not have evidence that this operation was not an assassination, and the reason for closing the case so quickly was to ensure that the matter would not escalate further.

After glancing at the two people talking, Maginus nodded to the captain of the guard and quietly left. As a personal guard, she was actually not very competent.

Today is the day when the psionicists at the Burning Tavern gather to exchange ideas, and the girl is going to join in the fun.

The Burning Tavern is located between the commercial and working-class areas, and the overall atmosphere is quite good. It's not too quiet or too noisy, and the guests here, while not necessarily well-mannered, at least know how to be polite.

As she climbed the stairs to room 46 of the tavern, two guards blocked Maginus's path with their weapons, staring at her with curious eyes: "Little one, this isn't a place you can just walk into."

Among the psionicists gathered were nobles or wealthy merchants.

Judging from the guards' equipment, Maginus first revealed her identity: "I am Lenya Sylvis's personal guard. I came here after hearing that there was a gathering of psionicists."

The out-of-town nobleman who was assassinated this morning.

The two guards looked surprised. Before they could enter the room to report, the door to room 46 was opened from the inside. Ten people came into the girl's view, both men and women, none of whom had disguised their appearance.

The door was opened by a well-dressed man. He bowed slightly when he saw Maginus and then smiled and said, "You must be Miss Mine. You are even more petite than I imagined."

Bloomfield, an honorary baron without lands, is quite wealthy and appears to be in the business of real estate in the capital.

Having learned a great deal about the nobility, Maginus noticed the family crest on the man's body and bowed before he could introduce himself: "Baron Field, I didn't expect you to be a psionicist."

"Oh, I don't think my reputation has spread to Gold and Silver City."

Hearing his name from the girl's mouth, Bloom was extremely surprised. Maginus shrugged coldly: "I did my homework before I came. After all, you can't expect my young lady to have any strategies for dealing with enemies."

"Heh, it's not good to talk about your master's shortcomings behind his back. Anyway, could you please show us your spiritual abilities?"

Bloom opened his hand, and a pale blue light immediately appeared above his palm. The flame from the oil lamp next to him was attracted and wrapped around his palm. Maginus raised his hand and revealed the Mind Blade. The solid energy short sword surprised Bloom greatly.

"Anyway, come in first."

She casually found a chair to sit down, and the other psionicists looked at her with great interest; they had all heard the conversation just now.

This is the Earl's daughter's personal guard. Didn't you see how respectfully Viscount Bloom treated her?

Maginus looked at the people in the room and realized that many of them made her feel dangerous, so she slightly abandoned her contempt.

These professionals may not be as good as her in terms of psychic abilities, but their strength is not necessarily low. However, this does not mean that the girl is afraid of them. At the same low level, they are all beings who can be killed by a small knife or a pinch of poison.

The door closed behind him. The viscount glanced at the few empty seats in the room, paying them no heed, and tapped the table, saying:

"It's time for our monthly exchange and trading session again. Has anyone found a suitable way to train their psionic abilities this month, or is there anything you'd like to trade?"

The group began discussing psionic training, and Maginus realized that they lacked systematic learning resources. This made the news that Riverflow City had a Soulblade system extremely important.

They share useless knowledge; to summarize their words, there are two options for enhancing psychic abilities: one is the rational type, and the other is the emotional type.

Self-hypnosis is a technique that combines reason and emotion, because it is both a skill and requires trusting one's own heart.

After the knowledge analysis was completed, everyone was very excited when it was time to trade, and they all took out their treasured items.

Some people took out powdered medicine, some took out pills, some took out medicine, and one even took out colorful mushrooms.

Maginus looked at the things on the table speechlessly; the Emotional Exchange was for exchanging bewitching potions.

However, this can be considered as using external objects to enter a hypnotic state. It is indeed a good method for people who do not have the talent for self-hypnosis training. I wonder if the Psychic Mutual Aid Association has anything similar.

Watching everyone exchange potions, Maginus was slightly speechless. Just as she felt she had come for nothing, a man who looked like an assassin stood up and looked at the group:

"News about a dangerous tomb that may contain psionic weapons, and it's very close to the capital."

Chapter 156 Exchange of Intelligence

Psionic weapons?

All eyes were drawn to the young man, their faces filled with curiosity. He said nothing more, but tapped the table and said:

“I need information or something of equal value to tell me where the cemetery is, along with any information I know.”

The other psionicists present exchanged glances, skeptical of the psionic weapon the young man spoke of. Moreover, if it really was such a graveyard, they had no information to exchange with him.

Several people wanted to speak, but considering the presence of psychics there, they kept quiet and instead wrote down what they knew on paper, briefly informing the young man of what they knew.

Of course, like him, I only have a rough idea.

After glancing at the information handed to him by others, the young man shook his head, indicating that he was not satisfied, with a slightly disappointed expression on his face.

Just when he thought he was going to return empty-handed, Bloomfield, who was sitting in the first seat, wrote down his terms on a piece of paper and gave them to him.

After reading it, the young man showed a slightly hesitant expression, clearly tempted. Before he could agree, Maginus, who was interested in psionic weapons, also handed him the paper.

Upon seeing the girl's conditions, the young man made a decision instantly, looking at her and saying, "Miss Mine, let's talk privately after the party."

"of course."

Nodding in agreement, everyone present was curious about what she had written. However, everyone knew that such confidential matters should not be questioned too much. Many people gave up their original intentions, while others revealed greed in their eyes.

Maginot took a sip of red tea. In reality, she only wrote a few words on the paper: the specific location where one could learn a psionic profession.

That's right, the girl wanted to directly use the information that there was a psychic profession training center in River City to exchange for the information about the grave site.

This is the inequality of information. What is worthless to one's own side may be of great value to another. Maginus believed that the young man in front of her would not give up the opportunity to control his own spiritual energy.

The only thing to worry about is whether the information about the cemetery given by the young man is true or false. But even if it is false, it doesn't matter. She has only lost a small piece of information.

……

The gathering of the Crystal Salt King's spiritualists quickly came to an end. After everyone left, Maginus and the young man opened another private room and exchanged information.

"Miss Mine, so it's true that you have information about the psychic profession?"

"It's true. The psionic profession is called Soulblade, and I am a Soulblade."

The girl swung her mind blade in the air, while the young man's eyes were filled with fervor. He had originally thought it was Maginus's psychic ability, but it turned out to be a skill that could be learned.

"...Can you guarantee the authenticity of your information?"

Can you guarantee the authenticity of your information?

When Maginus heard the unknown youth's question, he immediately asked him the same question in return. Both of them were actually gambling that the other would not give them wrong information, and the exchange of information relied entirely on their own conscience.

After a long silence, the somewhat conflicted young man finally relented and chose to reveal his information first. He took out a small package from his pocket and unfolded it, inside which was a piece of iron covered in dirt.

Through the young man's account, Maginos also learned how he found the tomb located not far from the capital.

……

It was just an accident; due to a lack of proper methods for practicing psionic abilities, the young man's primary profession was actually that of a wandering swordsman.

During a chance hunt, he was chased by a large pack of wolves. In his panic, he could only jump into a lake deep in the forest to hide.

The wolves knew he was in the lake, so they kept circling around the lake and didn't leave for a long time. Some wolves even swam on the surface of the lake, trying to tear him apart and kill him directly.

Staying in the water wasn't a good idea. Just as the young man was about to lose his breath and float to the surface, he spotted a hidden tunnel in the lake.

With no other options, the young man decided to take a desperate gamble and entered the tunnel. He swam deeper and deeper, and finally saw the light of dawn in the depths of the tunnel.

Above the deepest part of the tunnel, there is no obstruction from rocks, but a huge exit.

After he broke through the water and took a few deep breaths, he was able to see the situation inside. It was a cave where intelligent beings had lived.

No, it shouldn't be said that it's not as simple as intelligent beings. As the young man walked deeper into the area, he saw a place with many tools that he couldn't understand.

"In that cave, I felt fluctuations in my own psychic energy, which is why I judged that there was something related to us inside. Saying that there were psychic weapons and that it was a tomb was just to attract people. I don't know what's actually inside."

After listening, Maginus remained silent: "Since you're willing to hand over the information about this tomb, it means there's danger inside, right? You've probably already taken everything that could be taken from the outer perimeter?"

“That’s right,” the young man nodded frankly. “The reason I don’t dare to go in is because there are some strange undead creatures inside. I can’t defeat them by myself, and I don’t dare to provoke them.”

Undead creatures...

After listening to the whole thing, Maginus also had the ranger describe the appearance of the special equipment inside the cave, which basically confirmed that it was an abandoned laboratory, but he didn't know what type of spellcaster it was.

Based on his description, the girl was basically certain that what he said was true. So, after asking for the exact location of the lake, she, like the young man, told him about the Psionic Mutual Aid Association in River City without reservation.

He naturally had some judgment about what the girl said. When he learned that the Mutual Aid Association was in the Kingdom of Nesery, he looked at Maginus with surprise, mainly because she had wandered to another country at such a young age, which made the young man admire Maginus.

After exchanging information and confirming the authenticity of each other's messages, the two sides parted ways seemingly amicably.

However, the instant Maginus turned her head, her eyes narrowed slightly.

The intelligence was true, but she didn't believe the young man would give up on the cave so easily. Perhaps after she finished exploring it, he would stab her in the back.

Maginus did encounter many kind people along the way, but she certainly saw no shortage of evil ones.

However, what she needs to consider now is when to explore that cave, and she doesn't know if Prince Ronald has comforted her, or if she will be able to rest at home for the next few days.

Upon returning to the manor, Maginus unfortunately received some bad news.

After Ronald comforted her, Lenia "regained her composure" and was able to continue meeting with other nobles.

This also means that her original plan to go treasure hunting has to be put on hold for the time being. After all, as a bodyguard, if she is not always by Lenya's side, others will mistakenly think that she was sent by Earl Elliott to do other bad things.

Chapter 157 Copycat

For the next month, Lenia, who had shown her fangs, did not encounter any other troubles. She simply went about her daily routine of meeting with certain nobles and accepting their invitations.

The capital city appeared calm and peaceful, showing no signs of impending doom, suggesting the prophecy was wrong.

If you remove a certain thing, everything is indeed very calm.

In the dark and foul-smelling sewers, Maginus held a nobleman and repeatedly pushed his head into the filthy water, his smile still as pleasing as ever.

Knowing full well that midnight in the capital was extremely dangerous, this nobleman's enemy still sneaked out alone into the red-light district, only to be caught red-handed by Maginos.

Driven by the power of the red evil god within her, the girl's bloodlust surged, requiring her to kill a nobleman every few days, a task she found quite enjoyable.

As her strength increased, she found that she could hold out for longer periods of time. More than a month passed without her falling into a situation that was as difficult to control as before.

Originally intending to expose the cultists, she temporarily shelved the plan, letting the treacherous elves and nobles deal with them instead, while she spread the rumor of "undead creatures that eat nobles" even more fiercely.

The people in the capital were gradually realizing something was wrong, but due to a lack of intelligence, Maginus specifically targeted lone noble enemies, leaving the city guards completely unaware of the rules governing murder by young girls.

Pulling the nobleman, who had drunk several mouthfuls of the filthy water, out of the water, the girl slammed him to the ground, giving him no chance to beg for mercy. She took out a psychic blade, mostly scarlet and partially purplish-black, and stabbed it into the nobleman's back, ending his life.

"call……"

That's not enough, they want to kill even more...

With a gentle squeeze of her palm, Maginos knew she was being influenced by the power of the evil god, yet she was indulging in the thrill of revenge.

this is not good.

She knew it was wrong, but she just couldn't control herself.

With her eyes closed and leaning against the sewer wall, Maginus scattered the seemingly fierce-looking Nen Blade in her hand, raised her hand and slapped her cheeks hard, trying to warn herself not to become addicted to it.

We need to find a way to deal with that cultist or that nobleman, and use the black evil god power within them to suppress and alleviate the red power.