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Death’s Daughter Chapter 261 **Bonus Chapter**

Author: FoodLovingPanda

CHAPTER 261: CONCLUSION OF THE BORDER INCIDENT

“Nao-chan, what’s the meaning of this? We still haven’t learned anything. Why did you kill him? We haven’t had such a good chance to learn about Black Hand before this.”

Vitou was perplexed by my sudden action. I have just killed the only person that could give him information that he wanted to know for so long.

“He doesn’t know much. Even the things that he knows cannot be trusted. Think about it, his actions in the past and even here at the border were beyond reckless and stupid. Would you tell anything of value to someone like that?”

“But…”

“No buts, if you catch any members in the future, I will break the spell that forbids them to speak about the group. You can then torture them all you want and learn the things that you need.”

He didn’t seem happy, but still agreed to it. I could understand his worry. This person was not an ordinary member, but unfortunately, he still turned out to be useless. This time around I couldn’t learn anything about Black Hand, but I could conclude a thing or two from the reactions he gave me when I insulted the Black King.

I’m sure all members go through some form of brainwashing before joining. They are made to believe that the Black King is some sort of a god. This reminds me of those totalitarian regimes from Earth. But the fact they need people to do this made me feel that the opponent is not undefeatable.

I don’t know all the circumstances surrounding the Black King, but there is one thing that makes me confused. He has lived for so long, but didn’t become a god like the twelve guardians or the Dragon God from Fulgy’s legend. Because of that I called him a failure, but it may not be a wild guess at all. I really have a lot of questions for Thanatos-sama.

I returned to my room when everything was over. In the morning the border will be opened again now that the members of the Black Hand were caught. Because of what we did, there will be no need to go with the usual procedure and we can leave directly.

“Hey Fulgy, do you think things will calm down soon? I feel so tired lately. Or will things only turn more complicated? I feel that this trip to Vilikis made me age a decade.”

A lot of things happened and what I learned is that I am still too weak and need to be careful, otherwise I won’t know what hit me.

“If you want to take a break, just take it. There is nobody to stop you from doing that.”

“I’m afraid that I won’t have the time. Once we get back, you should head out and try to find your great-great-grandfather and see if you can learn about the Fairy Fountain. I will deal with things in Kapitalia.”

“Whatever you say, my bride.”

With the King aiming for the Sword of Fire, I want to keep an eye on him. Who knows if it is only to get a treasure, or is it like the Archduke said and he wants to find a reason to start a war with Vilikis. If it is the latter, I will have to speed up my preparations for development of Dragon’s Descent. They are my forces in this world and I must make sure they are fine no matter what happens to this world.

At night I couldn’t sleep at all. Everything I put off thinking about came rushing at me and prevented me from sleeping peacefully. From implications of war, reasons behind my poisoning to my feelings for Vitou, Fulgy and the Archduke. All of this made me unable to get and rest.

I thought so much, but didn’t come to a single conclusion and when it was time to leave I showed up with big panda eyes. After making everyone leave the inn, I used the same trick as always to call a fog and conceal the disappearance of the inn before jumping on Fulgy’s back and flying in the direction of Kapitalia. There are still a couple of days before we reach it, only then would I be able to rest peacefully.

“My Nao-chan, I will be leaving now. I’ll be seeing you when your big day approaches. Take this, it is a thank you gift for bringing me that item from the treasury.”

Vitou appeared behind me and scared me by speaking all of a sudden. However he did make me remember that vial of black liquid that we stole.

“Wait, what is that item? Also, shouldn’t Vitou be the one to receive the thank you gift?”

“I don’t want to give it to him. Don’t worry about that item, it has nothing to do with you.”

Not fair, when Vitou grabbed it, I forgot to check its information and later on the Archduke took it and there was no chance to see it. From the looks of it, I am destined to never know the truth about that item.

When he left I opened the small box and saw a necklace with a key pendant. The key was exquisitely made and very beautiful. I brushed my fingers over it and saw it was emitting faint energy. I inspected it and received a shock when learning the details about it.

[South Key of Fairy Gate] Rank: Epic

One of the four keys needed to open the gate to the Fairy Fountain. Holds the power to stabilize the passage.

How does he know that I am looking for the Fairy Fountain? Is it a coincidence that he sent this item, or did he send it intentionally? I wanted to ask him, but he was already long gone and there was no way for me to reach him. All I could do was watch the clouds pass by.

***ERIK’S POV***

I slammed my hand on the table upon hearing the report of my subordinate.

“Are you telling me that there just so happened to be a member of Black Hand at the border pass and Vitou was able to catch him? This is the second time that my attempt has failed. Are the gods playing with me?”

“Your Majesty, at the very least some of your plans succeeded and Vitou has become wary of the Royal Family of Vilikis. There is still time to act and other opportunities will come.”

“Go and prepare, the Church envoy from Vilikis will arrive in a month. Don’t mess up this time.”

It is time to let Elicia grow, but I can’t be branded as a ruthless conquistador. I have to make it so that our actions are justifiable. I looked towards the south, soon there will not be two kingdoms in this world.