One of the basements of the royal castle.
　Everything in front, back, left, right, top and bottom is made of gray stone, and the room is cold in appearance and temperature.
　It is a dark room with no light coming in through the ventilation holes even in the daytime. At the moment, there was a faint magical light near the ceiling, dimly illuminating the room.

　There were a number of bunks lined up in an orderly fashion.
　One by one, a girl was laid on each bunk.
　Some had long hair, some short.
　Some were tall, some were short.
　Some were well-dressed, others wore grafted clothes.
　But they are all girls, without exception, around the age of ten, and all of them are frozen, as if they had stopped breathing and were asleep.

　It's like a morgue.
　Well, it may be similar, but this is a state of suspended animation, and the girls are still alive.

　These girls are Rene's "leftovers".
　These girls were brought from Wesara during the invasion of King's Landing, but were not used by Rene in the end.

　At first, they were kept in the royal castle, but it took a surprising amount of effort to keep them alive so that they could be used in times of need.
　They take up a lot of space, they need to be kept healthy, and above all, they need food. The food left in King's Landing and the castle was useless to the undead, so they didn't have to worry about running out of it, but eventually they would have to procure it.

　When Renai asked Everis for a solution, Everis suggested a magical cryosleep.
　It would make them sleep as if time had stopped, and they would not cry, go hungry, or get sick.
　The only cost would be a small, continuous supply of magic to maintain the magic.
　Everis said that the success rate was still about 60%, in fact about 40% of the test subjects died and were discarded, but the rest were successfully put into a state of frozen sleep.

　One of them was being put to sleep.

Aaaaaaah!

　With a final scream, he jumped up and turned into an undead.

　"Whoa!

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!

　The moment Edgar slightly opened the treasure chest, a suspicious purple phosphorescent mist blew out from inside the box.
　It is an evil spell that neutralizes life force like water extinguishes fire, and causes the death of all living things.

　Normally, the mist would have spread all around and killed all those around it.
　However, the mist spiraled out and converged on Edgar in a torrent, like several snakes entwined together.
　One by one, the talismans that Edgar held in his waist popped off, losing their golden glow and turning black and dull.

　Finally, it stopped.
　There were only two of the many talismans left.
　Edgar was alive, and the treasure chest was open.
　The Sacrificial Lamb's Necklace, which had done its job, couldn't take the load and shattered into tiny pieces.

I thought ...... I was going to die.
Well done.

　I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but it's a good idea.

　I'm sorry.

　It was in the courtyard of the royal castle, just inside the walls.

　It was a huge wreck, curled up like a sleeping cat.
　It had a sharp angular form, scales the color of fresh green, and powerful wings in place of arms. ......
　However, the front of the body is empty and the belly is empty.

　It looked like the shell of a wyvern with only its flesh and guts removed.
　The hard scales, hardened shells of scales, bones, claws, and fangs are still there.
　It looked like a skeletal specimen of a wyvern covered with its own fur.

　On top of the corpse, sleeping peacefully in the faint moonlight, a tarpaulin had been draped over it as if to protect it from the rain, but it slipped off.
　But it slipped away, for the wyvern's corpse suddenly began to move.

　The wyvern's huge body rose up and flapped its wings, which had lost their membrane.
　A storm raged in the area, and the wyvern zombie (or wyvern skeleton or skull wyvern) floated away.
　Like dragons, wyverns, which are minor dragons, gain their buoyancy from biological magic and fly. This is the non-magical magical power that dragons have as a species.
　The physical function of the wings is only an aid, and even though they have lost their skin, their ability to fly has increased due to the lightness of their flesh.

　The wyvern fluttered over the castle walls and immediately recognized the figure of the Lord who had summoned him.
　He saw a silver girl running over the construction scaffolding on top of the under-construction buildings that surrounded the walls.

　She leaps high as the wyvern zombie approaches.
　She then magically flew closer to the wyvern zombie.

"Give yourself up, Schadenfreude!

　The silver girl controlled her flight and settled into the bare ribs of the wyvern, drained of flesh and guts.
　And then they melted together.

　.　

　The fluffy cushion was covered with a soft, luxurious crimson fabric.
　The box looked like it could hold a jewel or some other incredibly delicate and incredibly expensive item, but what was inside?

"What the hell is this?

　Edgar tilted his head.

　There were two small, cheap, folksy rose brooches. They must have been silver, but they were sooty, as if they had been picked up from a fire, and the plating had peeled off to reveal the metal.
　And then there was a pile of dull, dirty, spiky silver remnants of something.

　Herminio and Loretta both peered over Edgar's shoulder at the treasure chest.

"Magic item ......?　I don't think so.
I'm not sure what this silver ...... is, but it's the remains of an accessory.　This is a magic item, a structure ......, but it's broken.

　Edgar cautiously touched the spiky silver object, but he couldn't quite make out what it was.
　It looked like a weapon, like a sword or a whip, or a magic catalyst, but whatever it was, it looked like it had been broken into a wreck.

　Erminio picked up the brooch and the piece of silver and looked at it closely, but he quickly threw it into the treasure chest with a disappointed look.

Huh!　Boring. All this hiding, and it's all just junk?
I remember when I was a little kid, I used to save snake shells I found in the mountains for later use.
I remember when I was a little kid, I found a snake shell in the mountains and I kept it for life. You'll be laughed at as if you were a kid.


But what appears to be junk may have some significance.

　Erminio raised an eyebrow.
　Erminio raised an eyebrow. Given the circumstances, it was hard to believe that this was just a piece of junk.
　But Erminio didn't know what it really meant.

　Let's say he brought it back and showed it to the Noachian army. If they didn't understand the meaning, Erminio might be laughed at.
　They might think that he had been too cowardly to explore the capital, that he had only been able to bring back a piece of junk that had fallen on the ground, and that he was making it up as the treasure of the "Rose Princess of Hell". That's what Erminio would definitely think if someone other than himself brought back such a thing.

　Still, Erminio reminds himself, it's better than having no loot at all.
　If you doubt this Erminio Drouet, let the prestige of the Drouet family remind you.

"I'll have to take it home. ...... Not at all. If this is the only souvenir you can prepare, even the 'Rose of Hell' has heard of you. ......"

　A roar.
　It's a great way to make sure you're getting the most out of your vacation.

I'm not sure what to do.　What?　What?

　Large and small boulders flew and rolled. Loretta screams.
　The ceiling, which had been shaped by magic and built up tightly like a monolith, had collapsed.

　No. It didn't collapse. Not only that.
　Something huge came crashing down through the ceiling.

　A silver gleam poked at the billowing smoke.