Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

"What?　I'm sorry, one more time, please."

Sadie rolls her eyes in surprise. It seemed that even she did not understand. Zeza exhaled with a puff of air and a look of disappointment on his face, and then slowly opened his mouth, gesturing with his hands as if he were chewing.

"So, last night, last night. I was, like, cracking up and gasping. And then it was a poof, and a snap, and a stomp, and then a thump, and then a squeak, and then another thump. Master Aujin, too!"

Zeza nodded slowly, with an expression on his face that said he had already figured it out. No, I don't understand it any more. I slowly turn my attention to Sidi. Sidhi puts his index finger under his chin, folds his arms, and drifts his eyes in the air. This is her style when she is solving a puzzle. As I look at her, I see the emperor looking at us with a worried expression on his face. And Cure Light, who is standing behind her, is staring at Zeza with a look of exasperation on her face.

"In short, last night you woke up and went to the bathroom ......?　On your way home, are you Satsuki ......?　You mean you saw the scene where Mr. Aujin disappeared with you, right?"

"Yes."

Zeza nods in agreement with Sidi's theory. Wow, how did you understand my explanation with all those onomatopoeic sounds? As usual, you have great insight.

Actually, Sadie has not lost her keen senses. When she was still pregnant with Piatrice, the Deer God told her that her cheat ability would disappear once she entered a stable period, but in Sidhi's case, it never disappeared. However, in Sidhi's case, they did not disappear. He says that he has lost much more than he had in his prime, but his insight and intuition are still outstanding.

"I just don't understand how Ms. Satsuki and Mr. Aujin disappeared.

At Sidi's words, Zeza stands up, shakes his right hand and opens his mouth.

"He disappeared with a ...... straw straw straw straw straw straw, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. I went there, but nothing happened. It disappeared. It just disappeared."

"I see, anyway, you mean the two disappeared in front of Mr. Zeza, right?"

"...... Kuznoch."

It was Shiron, who was sitting next to Zeza, who muttered in a small voice.

"Huh?　What is it?"

At Sidi's question, Shiron opened his mouth slowly.

"Well, ...... its ...... on the ground ...... even if you write ...... magic on the ground ...... ......"

"But what is it?"

"There are no ...... people ...... who can use it anymore."

"Hmm."

Sidney once again places his index finger under his chin in contemplation. At that moment, the emperor quietly opens his mouth.

"Kuznoch ...... is it called magic circle in your country?　This ability is a power that has already died out in our country some 500 years ago. It takes time and effort to carve complex patterns, and the magic must penetrate the ground. It requires skill in the precise manipulation of magic. That is why this art was destroyed. ....... Has this power been restored?　......I know it seems far-fetched, but if so, it is possible to escape undetected by those who have been watching the house."

The expressions on everyone's faces, including Sidhi's, are tense.

"Sidhi, what kind of ability does this magic circle have?

"I don't know the details myself, but if you write a spell on the ground with magic, you can transfer or summon demons. From what I've heard, it was an ability that fell into disuse long ago, and there should be no one who can use it now.

Hearing this, Teishin-sama faced Zeza again and asked him in a gentle tone.

"Again, I ask you. You saw Orjin and Satsuki disappear, didn't you?　...... left. Then how did they disappear?　Ask him how it is.

"Ha, as I said before, I looked in the garden, and it was crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, and then swoosh, poof, poof, poof. ......"

"Enough. Was it a kuznoch?"

I don't know.

"...... thank you for your efforts."

The emperor is smiling, but there is a definite hint of fatigue in his expression. Certainly, it would be exhausting to deal with this Zeza's half-terrible lack of communicative ability. Still, I wonder if someone has not taught this Zeza the art of conversation. I wonder how she has survived this long.

"Rinos-sama..."

The emperor speaks to me in a calm voice.

"Kuznoch...... magic circle has been restored or not, but the fact that four magic sucking stones and even a prill stone have been taken away is a serious matter. If they had fallen into the hands of Klimiana, there would be trouble there and in other lands as well. Be careful. And ...... sorry for the trouble ...... we will cause you."

The emperor bowed deeply before me. Zeza and the others froze in their tracks.

"Please raise your hands. What has happened can't be helped. Let's all pool our wisdom and come up with a countermeasure. Fortunately, my wife Considine here is the daughter of a Dwarf king. Meilius also has a lot of technical knowledge. Let us all think together."

"Sorry ....... I've threatened the world. Maro is not strong enough. He can't see into the heart of Satsuki."

"Dear emperor: ......"

"May I ask you a question?

Suddenly Sidhi opens his mouth to the emperor. He nodded slowly.

"I'm going to ask you straight out, Sir, do you have any skills at all?　If you don't mind my asking, could you tell me what kind of skills you have?"

"How imperious!　Can't you even tell if you are the queen or not, you big fool!　Even if ......Gghh!"

Hargi suddenly burst out at Sidhi, who promptly collapsed. I looked over and saw that Cure Light was pointing his palm at Hagee, just as before. Was that some kind of palm wave or something?

"Insolent ......"

Cure Light does not move a muscle and is muttering in a voice devoid of any emotion. The emperor nodded slowly in admonishment, and then turned his attention back to us.

"...... I see. We haven't talked about Maro's abilities. That's all right. I will talk to Linos and Considine.

The emperor quickly turned his gaze to Cure Light. She bowed as if she knew what she was doing and slashed her sword at an angle. At that moment, Hagi and the other three disappeared.

"It's not that I don't believe in them,......" she said. But I don't want ...... them to be too public."

The emperor mutters with a distant look in his eyes. Then he exhaled and opened his mouth again.

"Maro has a devil's eye."

"Kigan?"

The royal family of the land of Midea was once a tribe of ogres.

"Ogre ......"

"A race of Nefasi with special abilities in the eyes. Maro knows the truth of people's hearts.

"You mean you can read people's minds?"

No, I do not know the hearts of men. No, I do not know the hearts of men, but I can distinguish between what is true and what is false. And if Maro looks into the eyes of one who has an evil heart, he can make him speak his true intentions.

"I see, so Satsuki-san and the others were made to talk everything over, right?"

I did, but I did not tell them about the Prill stone. Maybe he wasn't thinking of doing anything about the stone at that time.

...... I never would have guessed that he had an eye with a built-in lie detector. Moreover, I didn't expect it to make it impossible to lie. ....... Sidney asked a good question. If you don't know that, you don't know what kind of mistakes you will make in the future. In that sense, this emperor is a kind of a scary man. If possible, I wish he had told us earlier that he had such a dangerous skill. .......

Then he explained his skills in more detail. Trying to tell the truth to the other person consumes a lot of magic power. Therefore, he usually checks only the truth of what they say, and if they are lying in their hearts, he tries to pursue that point and let them speak themselves as much as possible.

When he first met me, I told him I was a businessman. However, he said that he did not pursue the matter because he knew that I did not have any evil thoughts in my heart. Intuitively, she felt that this man could help her in some way.

"I see......... But, Sir. Zeza was speaking in an incomprehensible language just now, couldn't you use his power to make him speak his true intentions?"

Sidi poses a pointed question. The emperor opens his mouth with a slightly disappointed look on his face.

"No, that must be Zeza's true feelings. I have known her since she was a child, but she is more a person who lives by her senses and intuition. ...... Cure Light, get Zeza and the others out of there."

Cure Light bowed quickly, and again slashed his hand into the air. Immediately thereafter, three female figures appeared. In a gentle tone of voice, the Lord opened his mouth to them.

"You have done us a great favor. You may step back now."

Zeza and the others slowly lay their heads down.

"First, we need to find out if the magic circle has been restored. I'll try to find out. Did they draw the pattern on the soil?　If you go to ......, that means you're going to use a cane or something, right?"

"Enough!"

Suddenly, a loud voice echoes through the room. I looked around in surprise to see Zeza on one knee, staring at me as if she were about to challenge me. She kept her eyes fixed on me and began to ramble on in her usual rapid-fire manner.

"How many times do I have to hear the same thing over and over again for you to understand!　How many times have I told you!　He said he wrote a coat of arms on the ground with a black stick and surrounded it with a circle!　Once Satsuki-sama was on top of it, he disappeared!　The same goes for you, Master Aujin!　Listen to what people have to say!"

...... can't wait to tell you about it.