I Transmigrated as my Bias's Messenger Bird - Chapter 58
‘Oh, we’re inside a carriage.’
As I turned my gaze, I saw Luke sitting next to Reina.
He smiled kindly and said, “You must have had a nightmare. It’s natural to be startled.”
It seemed that after getting on the carriage that arrived shortly after, I received medical attention from Luke and had momentarily fallen asleep.
I thought I was fine, but being attacked by that green-haired man gave me quite a shock.
The dream was bizarre. Especially… at the end, when I remembered the sensation of being poked in the eye by Coo, and I rubbed my eyes involuntarily.
“…I guess so.”
I muttered softly as I blinked. It was then that, accompanied by a sound I hadn’t heard in a while, a translucent window appeared.
[Congratulations! The subquest has been opened!]
‘…What… It wasn’t just a dream?’
I was straining my eyes to read the system window that said the subquest was open.
“Keisha, you’ll be okay now,” said Reina, sitting next to me.
She must have gotten concerned hearing me talking to myself and seemingly staring into space.
‘For now, I’ll have to leave checking the subquest for later…’
I turned to Reina and replied, “Thank you for coming to my rescue.”
“Of course we would. And now, there’s really no need to worry.”
“…What?”
“Now that the culprit behind this incident has been identified, we’re planning a thorough investigation at the Tower.”
“The culprit has been identified…?”
I repeated, and Reina hesitated for a moment before continuing to explain.
“The lunatic who attacked you just now is named Hicks. A fervent anti-Tower extremist. He’s been in the Tower’s dungeons ever since he was caught attacking apprentice mages last year.”
“…He seemed like a mage, but he’s an anti-Tower extremist?”
“That’s right. He was obsessed with forbidden magic. He harbored strong resentment towards the Tower for issuing and administering prohibitions against forbidden magic.”
“Why would someone like that…”
…Just a madman.
‘Why did that lunatic target me?’
Reina patted me on the back as I frowned in thought. “If the person brought by the Tower Lord kills a royal guard upon arriving in Alucina, it would reflect poorly on the Tower. That’s why.”
“…They were trying to get the Tower Lord in trouble?”
“Exactly. The royal family is already looking for a pretext to exert pressure on the Tower. Knowing that, they used you, someone who knows nothing… truly cunning.”
They intended to use me to strike at the Tower. Bastards.
But there’s something strange. How did that lunatic in the Tower’s underground prison get information about me and manage to escape?
“But how did that lunatic learn about my situation and freely get out of the prison?”
“…Honestly, even we don’t understand that part. Moreover, he was supposed to receive his judgment today in prison. There will be a thorough investigation into this matter.”
“…Could there be an enemy on the inside?” I asked cautiously.
Reina seemed hesitant to answer, so Luke spoke up instead.
“It’s certainly… possible.”
“Luke.”
“I don’t want to believe it, but… especially in times like these, we need to objectively assess the situation.”
Reina fell silent again. She seemed very cautious about this topic. Luke, possibly sensing Reina’s hesitation, refrained from further comments.
Inside, I could only mutter curses to myself.
Hicks, that bastard.
***
Upon arriving at the Tower, I was led to the room I had stayed in before. I was given a dress to change into, replacing the one that had become rags. Reina was called to an urgent meeting and scurried off somewhere. After a while, Luke came to the room.
Luke laid me down on the bed like he did before, and with a wave of his hand, he infused a warm energy within me that felt as refreshing as a soothing balm. The traces of the black tendrils on my skin had vanished without a trace, leaving only a faint, dull ache.
As I blankly stared at the green light flowing from Luke’s hand, he said, “Today, I would suggest going into the healing spring for half an hour again.”
“Oh, the healing spring… Oh!!!” I exclaimed as a forgotten memory flashed back.
“That… the healing spring wasn’t just at the end of the corridor. You had to turn somewhere at the end, right?”
“…Huh? Oh, right.” Luke smiled kindly.
“I thought it was just the end…”
“Did something happen?”
“…That’s…”
I realized that if I wanted to complain more to Luke here, I had to reveal that I had entered the healing spring reserved for the Tower Lord, pleaded with the Tower Lord, and had a marriage proposal rejected by the Tower Lord.
“No, nothing happened. I just wanted to tell you I had a great time there.”
“I see. That’s good then.”
Luke smiled again. His disarming smile seemed harmless, but ultimately, it did cause a lot of harm. To me specifically.
“Well then, I’ll see you later.”
Luke stood up and bid farewell. A knock came shortly afterward, followed by Bart’s voice.
“Miss Keisha, the Tower Lord is here.”
