~ The String of Fate ~

So... A week has passed since then.

Ardeat kept her part of the deal and continued helping to find out more information about this world.

And I was honestly impressed at how much she knew about this world.

Even if she was born in this world, to begin with, the amount of information she knew about it was at the level of royalty. Or maybe I was just dumb.

'Ah... Could it be...?' I glanced over at Ardeat who was currently cleaning my room devotedly.

'She seems to be pretty focused on that...' I let out a little snicker seeing just how much effort she put into dusting a tiny vase.

She was just too cute.

'I don't regret bringing her over to my side in the slightest.'

I turned back to the files she brought me after personally writing them herself to make it easier for me to take in the information about this world.

And decided that I could always ask her my question next time.

So apparently.

This was a world where everyone was born with mana aka magic, however.

Everyone had different levels of mana and not everyone had the opportunity to learn how to properly use their magic or different magic spells and circles.

Those with higher levels of mana worked in the Magic Tower which was the building in the empire with the most influence.

And others had mana so low they couldn't even use it. I had a feeling Sovine was from the second category.

But that wasn't bad since that was the case for at least 68% of this world.

The name of the master of this magic tower.

Who was also the one who originally locked Sovine up in eternal darkness and suffering after she tried to kill the duke's real daughter...

... Apparently with black magic being blinded by jealousy, yeah, she was going insane but we blame the brothers for that.

Anyway, that was an obviously a crime that led to an immediate execution.

And he was also Sovine's older brother's, Avis's bff who also hated Sovine just as equally as Avis did, I bet they shit talked about her with each other.

Was Anartis Romanus.

Known for his title, skill, looks, talent, the list goes on. He was also known for being very... Violent to say the least.

It's said, that whenever the crown prince who like all the other insanely handsome crown princes, was a tyrant.

Had an individual who was awfully reluctant to speak in an interrogation he would send that individual to the master of the magic tower...

To interrogate by force if needed and would always get the information back, but no body.

So basically. I had to stay away from this dude at all costs. Well, that's not something I could exactly do since Anartis was literally besties with Avis.

But I could still waste my time trying to since I'm convinced that that guy would probably find some other way to torment me instead of killing me even if I asked him to.

'I guess I'll just go to Luden when that man comes over. Maybe he'll even be able to annoy Luden enough beforehand to kill me.'

'But... There is still a chance that I'll be able to die after the protagonist arrives...'

'If that's the case, then I need to build up my influence in this estate beforehand. I've already got one very helpful ally who I'm sure will stay loyal.'