“…Just as I thought.”
It was showing a title in the title column.
There it was, [The Demon Lord’s Household…]
What it means was that these guys were monsters of a dungeon, just like Rir and the others.
I see. Their origin itself was now known.“…Master. Look at this…”
Just then, Enne tugged at the hem of my clothes.
“? What?”
I looked in the direction Enne was pointing with her small hand.
It was mixed in with the debris, but thanks to Enne’s help, we quickly found a foreign object… It was a dagger.
But of course, it was no ordinary dagger. There was something intricately patterned on its surface.
Dagger of Transfer: Depending on the amount of magic power put into it, it could transfer the target to any point at any given time.Quality: A+
I see.
It was a dagger with an ability that could probably be called a national treasure, but here in the Rogard Empire, it was not surprising that it existed.
Because this place was a dungeon before.
With the DP catalog, as long as you have DP, you can acquire almost anything.
Perhaps there was someone else with the basic authority to operate the dungeon.
(T/N: Basic authority here refers to how Yuki shares the dungeon’s basic function with his family.)
The monsters and this dagger could be prepared with that… No, wait…
As I recalled, it was said that only emperors of the past had the authority to manipulate the DP catalog. They didn’t give basic authority to their family members, like at home.
However, it might not only be the previous emperor Shendra who would be able to prepare it, but it might have been passed also to someone else from within the Imperial Family line.
A dagger of this size could be easily concealed and could be used to cause trouble even if the culprit was not nearby.
The dagger was, in fact, buried in a pile of materials, a location that was exquisitely hidden from the eyes of the crowd.
From the looks of it, there was a possibility that it had been hidden in the pile of construction materials when it was brought in.
As to where they summoned those monsters from… I have no idea, but I have no doubt that they were summoned with dungeon-related abilities and were transferred here using the tools we just found.
When I inherited the Rogard Empire, the number of monsters under my control actually increased, and they were monsters that the previous emperor or rather previous emperors had created through DPs. They became mine after the dungeon was handed over to me.
However, I did not intend to have any more pets, and unlike the undead in the ghost ship dungeon, the ones in this country were living creatures with a normal will, so I left them in the care of a unit in this country called the Monster Guard, which controlled the monsters and was not involved in the dungeon operation at all.
They were a unit that was only used when fighting in the war, but they were suppressed by Shendra who was the previous Demon Lord of this empire. And although those pets were now just living peacefully in the Demon Forest, they were still seen as a considerable threat from the perspective of the surrounding countries because they have witnessed the empire establishing means to completely take control of monsters.
In reality, however, those monsters controlled by the empire were simply servants of the Demon Lord of the Empire.
Well, I was not so sure if that was really the case for every monster Empire has. After all, even if monsters belonged to the Demon Lord, they may still show disobedience if they wanted to.
Those two monsters, however, looked quite frightened when they saw me, and I would not have had to kill them if they had simply surrendered immediately.
“How did you manage to find this, Enne?”
“…Hmm. It had a strange magical power.”
Enne replied happily as I patted her head.
While patting her head, I continued my thoughts.
–Let me summarize the information so far.
First, this situation was caused by an item or something from a dungeon.
Since it could be said that only emperors have the authority to operate the DP catalog, the item could have been prepared by an emperor before my predecessor.
Was it prepared during the war but was never used in the end?
Or did it exist for an entirely different reason?
I would have to ask the culprit to find out for sure, but one thing was certain: There was an enemy somewhere out there who did not think highly of this competition.
And it was most likely someone from this country.
I couldn’t say for sure, but it would be difficult for anyone below a certain level of power in this country to obtain or use items related to DP.
The average citizen did not even know that this place was a dungeon.
