The Possessor Mistook the Genre for 20 Years

54 – A Barter by Chance.

Mana flowed from Franz’s hand into his body.

The mana followed his mana circuits and soon reached his mana core.

As Franz burned the mana, his mana circuits and mana core began to burn as well.

With this, he would never be able to use magic again.

For a magician, it was like a death sentence.

If he had been conscious, he would have writhed in pain, so it was rather fortunate that Yuna had knocked him out.

“Yuna, it’s okay. He’s alive.”

“R, really? Thank goodness….”

Yuna let out a sigh of relief, her shoulders slumping.

Despite the various incidents, they had succeeded in capturing Belphegor alive, so Franz’s original goal could be considered achieved.

Although there was an accident where Yuna’s house collapsed in the process.

Well, since the house collapsed, I guess the contract with the real estate agent is null and void.

Maybe we can talk about the details tomorrow.

At that moment, a strange thought crossed Franz’s mind.

“Yuna, if it’s okay with you, would you like to live in the Ishtar mansion?”

After all, the title of Duke of Ishtar is currently vacant.

If I ask the Emperor, it wouldn’t be too difficult to get it a bit earlier.

But even if I receive the title of Duke of Ishtar, it would be quite difficult to manage the mansion directly, given my position as the Tower Master.

That’s where Yuna comes in.

If she lives in the mansion and takes care of the estate and the castle with the other retainers, I wouldn’t have to worry about it.

Moreover, there would be no need to find her a separate house.

Since she is the hero who saved the world, the other retainers wouldn’t dare say anything.

It’s not that strange to let a friend live in an empty house.

Especially if her house collapsed, I should lend a hand.

At Franz’s words, Yuna seemed to hesitate for a moment,

“R-really, is that okay?”

She said in a voice full of hesitation.

“Well, I need to talk to His Majesty first, but it should be fine. I’ll explain the details later.”

“Oh, okay…! I’ll talk to my mom and brother too.”

Yuna’s mother and brother.

If there’s a concern, it’s those two.

They were kidnapped by Ishtar and subjected to terrible experiments in the past.

They might not want to live in a place where they experienced such things.

Well, that’s up to Yuna.

If she doesn’t want to live in the Ishtar mansion, we can just go house hunting together again, so it’s not a big deal.

Anyway, since we’ve solved all the problems, there’s no reason to stay here any longer.

“Shall we go back now? There’s no reason to stay here any longer.”

“Yes, that sounds good.”

Fortunately, Yuna’s expression wasn’t too bad.

When Belphegor destroyed the house, I thought it was a big problem, but I’m really glad it ended safely.

Snap.

When Franz snapped his fingers, Belphegor, who had been lying on the floor, floated up into the air.

With another snap of his fingers, the light flickered, and the three figures vanished.

Soon, they appeared in front of Yuna’s house.

“Franz, thank you for today. You helped me with the house and with subduing the cultists.”

Under the moonlight, Yuna smiled brightly.

It felt like I was the one who got help with subduing the cultists…

Well, there’s no need to mention it, so I decided to let it slide.

“Thank you, if you need help in the future, just let me know. I’ll help as much as I can.”

“Yes, thank you.”

“By the way, didn’t you like that dress? It’s torn, are you okay with that?”

Today, Yuna was not wearing her usual comfortable clothes but a dress.

However, the dress was torn and had holes in it.

Not only that, but the hair that Yuria had carefully tied was also sticking out in all directions, making a mess.

She had dressed up nicely, but now she looked like this, and I felt sorry for her.

But Yuna didn’t seem to mind.

“I did like it, but it’s okay. I can buy another one.”

“It’s the first time I’ve seen you wear such clothes. Well, it looked good on you. You should dress like that more often.”

“Is that so… Well, if you say so, Franz…”

Yuna muttered to herself.

I wondered if it was a new habit or if she had always been like this.

She seemed a bit more human than when she was always smiling brightly.

“Then, I’ll be going now.”

“Ah, yes! I’ll visit the magic tower again next time!”

Yuna smiled brightly and waved her hands.

Watching her, Franz snapped his fingers.

Snap.

With a crisp sound, everything except Franz and the cultists changed.

The flowing air, the sounds, the surrounding scenery.

Franz arrived at Saint Serpia Cathedral.

To be precise, he was in front of Justia’s room inside the cathedral.

It seemed that there was someone inside, so it didn’t look like they were sleeping.

Knock, knock-.

Franz knocked on the door straight away.

Soon after, footsteps were heard from beyond the door,

Creak-.

The door slowly opened, and Justia peeked out.

“What’s the matter…Fr, Franz?!”

Justia’s eyes widened, and she exclaimed loudly.

She seemed quite surprised.

In response, Franz raised his index finger to his lips.

It obviously meant to be quiet.

Every time he said not to get caught, why was she so loud?

And then, if someone saw them, she would surely say, ‘It’s because of you!’

“Come in, quickly…!”

Justia looked around and then pulled Franz by the wrist.

Franz, led by her, entered the room in a daze.

Justia’s room was just as he had seen it last time.

It was so empty that it was hard to believe it was a room where a saintess lived.

The only difference was the familiar coat on the bed.

Needless to say, it was the coat Franz had lent her.

“This, this isn’t what you think it is!”

Justia, noticing Franz’s gaze, said in a voice full of embarrassment.

‘I wasn’t thinking anything…’

Franz literally had no thoughts.

So he couldn’t understand what she was talking about.

“So, when are you going to return that?”

“N, next time…!”

“I’ll just take it today. It only needs to be washed anyway, right?”

He had promised Arian to attend the Duke of Frigia’s party in a few days, so he needed to get the coat back by then.

But he didn’t know when Justia’s ‘next time’ would be, and it wasn’t in his nature to come and urge her repeatedly.

So, if there’s no particular problem, it would be better to take it now.

“Ah, I understand.”

Eustia hesitated and returned the coat to Franz.

‘Should I put it on for now?’

It was uncomfortable to hold it, so it seemed better to wear it.

Thus, Franz took off the robe he was wearing and put on the coat he received from Eustia.

As expected, since it was custom-made, there was no discomfort in moving.

He felt like thanking Arian again.

“Ah, please give that to me.”

Eustia reached out her hand, and Franz naturally handed over the robe as he would to Arian.

“So, what brings you here at this hour?”

“Ah, you know that Belphegor?”

“I was planning to give you information about it tomorrow, but this is perfect timing. When I asked the residents of the Ishtar Duchy, they said the shadow cast on the rocky mountain when the barrel tilts looks like….”

Eustia explained the information she had deciphered from the code.

But unfortunately, that information had already become useless.

“Yeah, so I caught that guy.”

He didn’t expect to find out so quickly.

He might have to change his thinking that it was just a place full of religious fanatics.

At Franz’s words, Eustia blinked in a daze and then tilted her head.

“You caught him…?”

“Yeah, I went to the rocky mountain in the Ishtar Duchy and caught him myself.”

“Uh, what about the information? Where did you hear it from….”

“I happened to have a chance to meet Yuna and asked her.”

Haha….

Eustia laughed as if she was at a loss.

Maybe he should have told Eustia when he reported to the Emperor.

He should probably do that from now on.

Otherwise, it might be a waste of effort.

“I captured him alive, you know? I burned his mana core, so he can’t use magic, so there shouldn’t be any problem.”

“So, where is that Belphegor…?”

“In the hallway.”

“Wait, don’t tell me again….”

Come to think of it, something like this happened before.

When I was hiding in the confessional with Justia, someone saw the cultist and screamed….

It was at that moment Franz thought so.

Kyaaa-!

A woman’s sharp scream was heard from outside.

“Fr, Franz! Let’s go to the entrance of the cathedral! Quickly!”

“Wha, what?!”

At Justia’s urgent words, Franz snapped his fingers and teleported straight to the entrance of the cathedral.

Franz didn’t know.

That someone had secretly taken the robe he had taken off.