Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest
chapter-845

After deciding to move on, we meet the guards of the residence, with David and people bearing Heroic Emblems, and the excuse of Joustin being slightly related to the Magica Family, the guards were forced to tell their Lords instead of just rejecting us.

The Lords surprisingly agreed to let us in very quickly. We walked through the slightly lugubrious and badly taken care of front garden, making our way inside the fancy manor.

We were quickly greeted by many maidservants and manservants, alongside a head maid and a head butler.

"Welcome to the Magica Family third residence, everyone." The Head Butler spoke, with a dry tone of voice, his eyes seemed devoid of light, and he was giving off a very strange aura…

"Our Lords… are awaiting for you in the living room." Spoke the Head Maid, with a dry voice as well. Her eyes were lightless, her aura… dark.

The other servants all aligned together into a line around us, as we made our way to the living room. The entire manor seemed badly taken care of, there were spiderwebs everywhere and a lot of dust, despite there being many servants to take care of it.

We walked into the living room, where there was the Lord and his wife, alongside their only son, who was roughly on his early twenties.

The Lord and his son had short purple hair, with crimson eyes, the wife had brown hair with silver eyes. The lord had a long mustache and wore a black suit with a hat and a monocle, while his wife a crimson dress. Their son was wearing a gray suit.

They seemed normal, but my Spiritual Sight never failed me, their Auras… All three of them exuded powerful Auras, even if they were trying very hard to restrain it themselves.

In fact, there was little normal about them, they were all standing and glaring at us with rather… weird expressions, as if they were very fake.

It made me wonder if they were even alive…

"Welcome, everyone." Smiled Lord Jeremias Magica. "Isn't this a surprise to be visited by my distant relative? I have not seen you in ages, Joustin!"

"U-Uncle Jeremias… It is nice to meet you as well." Joustin timidly said, bowing slightly to him.

"It appears you've brought a lot of friends though, Joustin." Said the Lord's wife, Emilie Magica. "What is the reason of your visit? If you wanted to come sees us, you could have simply come alone!"

"I wanted to introduce you… My friends, these are the friends I've made in the Knight School, we've recently ascended our positions to Knights after being Squires for a while!" Said Joustin. "We directly sever under the King now."

"I am David, you might already know me, but I've been taking care of Joustin and his friends since they started out as Squires." Said David. "It is an honor to meet you, Lord and Lady Magica. Oh, and of course, the young lord Magica."

"It is… indeed quite amazing how you've grown, I still remember when… you were still quite small and afraid of every single thing, Joustin." Said young Lord Jestin, son of Jeremias and Emilie. "But… Who are these other people behind you?"

"They look… quite odd." The Lord said. "Why did you bring complete strangers now, Joustin?"

"Isn't this a bit… Quite weird?" Giggled the Lady.

They were definitely creepy! The way they talked, the way they moved their arms and legs, their red eyes…

And how they haven't blinked since we entered the room at all.

These people were not normal.

"I am Planta, nice to meet you." I bowed slightly. "I belong to this small group of Adventurers that have been recruited by the King to join them in this little thing. You see… The reason we've come is different, actually. We've received reports of strange things happening here, and how you always religiously walk out of your houses at midnight and come back at four in the morning."

"What's wrong with a little midnight stroll?" Giggled the Lady.

"Why have you been SPYING on us?" The Lord asked. "Don't you think that's VERY rude? Especially when we are NOBLES…"

"…" Patricia, who was saying it was impossible for them to be suspicious, was already stepping back.

She could sense their Aura with those special eyes she had, the girl immediately noticed there was something wrong with them too.

"That's not all." David smiled gently. "We've used advanced magic to detect a huge trail of demonic, nether, and miasmic energies gathered here. A demonic artifact we secured some days ago has led a path towards this house, in specific. Planta and her friends here have the special ability to sense auras and energies."

"Is… that so?" Asked the Lord. "We know NOTHING… of demonic artifacts, good sir."

"Joustin, we are… VERY disappointed for what you've brought upon this house." The Lady said. "Please, all of you, LEAVE our residence…"

Everyone looked at once another. They had not attacked either, they were simply staring… They were all raised as nobles in here except David, so they immediately thought it was better to just leave.

However, now that we were here, I wasn't going anywhere without results. I quickly stepped forwards and touched a nearby lamp, suddenly, a black spark of miasmic energy erupted.

CRAAASH

"W-What the…?!" Patricia cried, stepping back. "What was that?!"

"I knew it." I smiled. "This entire house has been infected with Miasma to the brim. You've made this your little Domain, isn't it?"

The lords, their son, and all servants immediately fixated their crimson eyes towards me…

"Do you… have ANY other proof of such FALSE statements?" Asked the Lord.

"Yes." I nodded, pointing my hand into the ground and then waving it.

FLUOOOSH!

Miasma, Nether, and Demonic Energy surged endlessly from the ground, seeping everywhere…

"These deadly energies can only be properly controlled by high-ranking dark magicians, and last time I checked, your family specialized on Ice Magic! And that's without even mentioning that all of your hearts are not beating anymore." I said. "You're from the Cult, we know it. Enough with your farse."

"…"

"…"

"…"

The three lords stood there, glaring at me dead into the eyes…

And then.

"Kill them all."

He gave an order, as all the servants around us twisted their bodies, morphing into monstrous creatures and leaping towards us!

"GRYYEEEEH!"