The Magic Of Skill

Chapter 17's

I offered Princess Nerna a favor, that is, by personally apologizing to her, speaking kindly. But the Princess insists that it is not a good idea. For an acute anti-socialist like Queen Holiana, talking to someone new is ridiculous. It's less likely that I'll break it, or it might be impossible.

Given Queen Holiana's deteriorating condition because of me, I can't keep quiet. I told Princess Nerna that I would give the Queen any gold, diamonds, or gems in my Inventory.

With her calm demeanor, Princess Nerna replied that it was also impossible. Her brother was already uninterested in anything in this world, except one.

There is a small hole in the wall of Queen Holiana's room, only the Queen can open the hole. The point is to give food to the Queen so that there is no need to enter. And in every meal the Queen ate, sometimes a letter was written to her sister, telling her how happy she was to see the white steam near Caffarel mountain.

The letter stopped writing 2 days ago, with its contents is a question ‘where is Caffarel mountain?’. Princess Nerna was afraid that her brother might be stressed out by the event.

I insist a little here, I'll go into that room any way. Even if Princess Nerna forbids me, I will still enter.

In front of Queen Holiana's room, I gulped, nervous about wanting to touch the door or not. Princess Nerna can only be quiet when I'm selfish. And instead of continuing the debate in front of the Queen's room, Princess Nerna let me in.

Enter what? Door's locked.

“You're kidding? Door locked.”

Princess Nerna fell silent, her eyes not even looking at me. I see, he doesn't care about me either.

With such high selfishness, I used Ice Manipulation to freeze the key that was behind this door. The sound of ice crust was heard behind the door, along with the cold. Princess Nerna was confused by what I was doing, she was also worried. Then I smashed the ice, and that means the key was destroyed, too. Princess Nerna panicked, and held my hand.

“If you dare to hurt my brother, this will be a complicated matter between us. No, between our kingdoms.” Princess Nerna threatened me.

I release his hand, then go into the room, “You will be surprised by the result.” I closed the Queen's room, and locked her back with Ice Manipulation. Whatever Princess Nerna wants to do, the important thing is that I'm in.

I'm in Queen Holiana's room right now, I see what's inside.

Spacious room, with a roofed mattress attached to the wall. A red carpet was held in the middle of the room, there were several dolls and pillows on the carpet. Close to the bed, there was a blurry door, I guess it was the bathroom. The room is very complete, there are even many books here, the fireplace is also there.

What caught my attention the most was not the room, but the frail-faced female figure sitting on the edge of the mattress. No, he's not creepy. In fact, she's really sweet. My heart stopped beating when I saw her beauty, more than when I met either Lennef or Florinas.

Queen Holiana, it is not wrong that she is the person in question.

The Queen's hair extended all the way to her own lap, a bright purple color similar to her sister's hair. The skin is smooth white, clean, not pale in the slightest. For a woman who locked herself up for 2 years, she was too perfect. But his gaze was weak, he seemed to lose the meaning of life. I know very well, it is the view of people who do not want to live but are also afraid to die.

“... how.. can you log in?” asked Queen Holiana in a very weak tone. Her voice was soft, slow, but also feminine and seductive. I doubt if that was his first sentence for 2 years.

The pressure is so incredible here, I'm like I just interrupted the goddess's sleep. What dialogue can I say to the good people I argue with? “Queen Holiana.” I approached the Queen with trembling.

That beautiful queen scares me even more than the all-powerful Emperor Valarish. The Queen's gaze captivated my heart, especially when she was also nervous because I stepped closer. Is this love at first sight?

The queen was worried, he who had been sitting on the edge of the mattress shifted his body to the middle of the mattress. “A-What do you want?” ask the Queen with a scared face.

“No, no... rest easy.” I hinted with both my hands for the Queen to calm down, I slowed my pace. “I'm here to discuss. Mount Caffarel. Queen Holiana, I want to talk to you.”

Queen Holiana was interested in my words, but she did not confess, “Mount Caffarel, what happened to that mountain? I don't care at all. Go, not you the person I want to meet after 2 years!” The queen turned her face away, she was clearly lying about her indifference towards Caffarel mountain.

I took a little stupid steps. I ventured to get closer. Until now I was on the edge of the bed, sitting there slowly like I did not want to make any sound. The queen was getting scared, she moved away and took refuge with her pillow.

“I have no intention of doing evil, Queen. Relax, I'm here to help you.”

“You don't understand my situation, don't act like you can help!” Queen Holiana played her hand as she said that.

I immediately realized that the situation he was referring to was the curse skill he had. The queen didn't wear gloves, of course she took them off when she was 2 years locked up, which is why she was afraid to touch me.

Peace Warm's! I used that magic to calm the Queen's heart. But he was too adamant with his fear, Peace Warm was not so effective. Of course it can be effective if I increase the supply of mana, but the Queen can be crazy for happiness if that happens.

Means I have a problem with my negotiating ability, right?

“... skill that the Queen has, True Death.it is a very amazing skill.”

The queen who heard it was furious, she threw her pillow in my face. “That's enough! I want you to go, don't you hear me?!!”

“I'm here to heal you, Queen Holiana.”

That's when the Queen fell silent, she didn't repay me. Although his face was filled with doubt, he did not try to believe it at all. “If you were here just to joke, I wouldn't listen to you.”

“Then we prove it, whether I am joking or not.”

I got closer to Queen Holiana, climbed into her bed and crawled towards the Queen who was swearing behind a pillow. The queen shouted quietly, until long ago. Her voice was cute, but it was also noisy, and it was very disturbing.

I used Silence's magic, to mute the sound in this room so it wouldn't be heard from outside. Honestly, the voice of Queen Holiana who like to be raped is like a temptation and hell for me. I feel like a bad guy.

Until I'm right in front of the Queen. There is no place to retreat again for the Queen, around her there is also no pillow to throw. I looked at the Queen's eyes seriously, our faces no more than half a meter away. The Queen's eyes were like a pearl drowning in the deep sea, beautiful but dead.

“... m-using my body.. is not a good idea.” Queen Holiana shed tears, she threw away her face for fear of looking at me. “If you touch me, you will die.”

“Really?”

“Keep! I don't like this! I hate you, I want you to go!”

“Not until you listen to me.”

“.. My body is not for you, never mind, there is no time to take care of a lousy woman like me. If you don't go, I can bother. Why don't you understand too? Why would you want to approach a dangerous woman like me?”

“You don't suck, Queen. You're a very perfect person.”

.. Because what sucks is a Florinas.

“You're so stubborn! There's no point in seducing me!”

“Good, I'll be frank. I'm in love with you!”

“... out!”

“You are so much prettier than any woman I know.”

“... exit, I order to exit!”

“You were too perfect until I fell in love before we talked.”

“See, out!!”

Queen Holiana slapped me.

But before the slap landed on my cheek, I held her wrist.

That's where Queen Holiana realized the important thing. The fact that he touched me. The Queen's face turned pale, she panicked and worried, “You He took off his hand and looked at me like he wanted to cry. His hands were trembling, his body was squeezing like he wanted to faint.

It was the Counter skill effect. A skill capable of neutralizing any skill. This is an active skill, but it is different from Double Drive which is active and does not consume mana. Counter is only active when given a supply, moreover, its use is very wasteful.

Honey because I have unlimited mana.

“You... how can it be?”

“As you can see, I'm not dead. Your skill isn't a curse, in fact I'm not dead. Now do you understand how I can help you?”

Queen Holiana couldn't believe what had just happened. He looked at both of his hands, a very unfamiliar look like he was looking at the hands of others.

Crafter, I combined the True Death skill with the Counter skill. And the result was the Natural Death skill, which was the perfect version of True Death where I could wish the person I touched whether I wanted him dead or not. Not quite there, I combined Natural Death with Long Sense. That way his skill turned back into a Soul Killer.

This is what makes everything so dangerous. Soul Killer is an active skill in the form of a certain distance area with me as the center, anyone who enters the area can be killed instantly. It was scary again, I could change the size of the area as large as I wanted with mana supply. In this case, a person's life can be easily taken away.

“Why... why don't you die?”

“Do you want me dead, Queen?”

“No, no, no, I was just wondering why my skill didn't work. Is, lest my skill no longer exist?” the pleasant face that Queen Holiana made. He must have thought that his skill had vanished.

I honestly said, “No, your skills are still there. But I know how to get rid of it.”

“You know?”

“.. sure.”

***

With so many persuasions I made, I managed to get Queen Holiana out of her room. Even before that I was forced to accompany her for hours to get ready. When it came out, the Queen continued to hold onto my sleeve, I could tell how traumatized she was with her own hands.

Princess Nerna was shocked when her brother came out of the room. The princess opened her hand to give her a hug, but the Queen did not answer. The two sisters also understood that it was not the right time to embrace. Princess Nerna was a little sad because the Queen would rather hold me than her.

Lennef greeted the clumsy Queen Holiana, Lennef knew very well that Queen Holiana could not escape me for a while, so she was not jealous.

But it's true. From the very beginning of stepping out of the room, the Queen did not release even a single bit of her hand from my arm. Instead of slackening because it was a little calm, the grip was getting stronger.

“.. brother, glad to see you here. But maybe I'll give you some time to be with Walter for longer. How about going to the garden on the roof? There's a nice view.” Said Princess Nerna, making a reunion with her sister for me.

Lennef also added, “I'm not a problem either, Walter is talented in this.

All agree.

“How, Queen?”

The queen answered my invitation with a nod.

We finally went to the roof of the palace. There is a special open area planted with beautiful plants and ponds. A fence with a height of half a body becomes a barrier between the roof and free space. The view we saw from here was beautiful, the view of Le-Ugen kingdom in the afternoon.

Queen Holiana held the fence, her eyes fixed on the setting sun in front of her, occasionally confirming the position of her wind-blown hair. Her long hair that had been cut until the waist was fluttering, adding to the elegance of the Queen.

There were only two of us on the roof. Florinas, Quine, and Killifer I'm ordering you to look for signs of Varnella's whereabouts. They haven't come back from noon, I hope bad things don't happen. Florinas is with them anyway, I don't have to worry.

I looked back at Queen Holiana, her eyes not one bit out of the twilight scene before her. The Queen's tears drip. Confused as to why she shed tears, the Queen immediately wiped her while hiding from me.

“Beautiful view is not?” I said.

The queen tried to open up a little, she now wants to look at me, “Ya. I used to go to this place a lot, when I was very young. Dad used to scold me for fear that my body was tucked in the fence and dropped.” Queen Holiana stroked the fence she touched, her eyes recalling the beautiful moment.

“Queen Holiana..actually—”

“Holiana only. Call me Holiana.” Holiana warned me with a smile. Good, that means we're a little closer.

“Holiana... What exactly do you want?” I asked in a serious tone.

Holiana was silent for a long time. His mood was chaotic, I couldn't guess. I just hope it's not a question that's worsening my relationship with him.

“Entahlah.. I also do not know,” Holiana looked into both hands. The white and clean hands, I was happy to see them, but Holiana was disgusted. “Maybe I just want to atone for my sins. Anyway I've killed people.”

“It wasn't your fault. If I were you, I would do the same. Just wear gloves and your life will be back to normal.”

“It's not that easy. Do you know how horrible it is when people get killed by your touch? I saw it myself. I touched them, within seconds those people who also had families turned into corpses. It was my fault.”

Holiana looked down, she probably didn't want to show me her face.

But I was a little distracted by that attitude. I approached, then stroked his head, “So how does it feel when someone doesn't turn into a corpse when you touch it? Is terrible?”

Holiana's face turned red. He brushed my hand off his head violently. “.. j-don't tease me keep.”

What am I worried about? Wasn't Holiana good from the start? He should have been more honest with his own feelings.

When I was standing with Holiana on the roof, suddenly the air around changed.

The sky turned black, black dust descended from the sky. The sun is covered by clouds, the light becomes very dim as night.

There was a very loud reverberation from the end of the city, a terrible sound that made Holiana frightened and hugged me. Wads of magic energy gathered somewhere unknown to me, but I could feel it.

God, this is dangerous.

“A-What is this.?” ask Holiana scared.

I don't know what's going on either.

Then I went back to seeing the sun. Little by little, the sun opened up the clouds. The light again illuminates the kingdom. But what's different? The light is very dark, red, and hot. The sun was getting bigger, as I looked at it.

Then I realized it was an explosion.

“Composed!”

I pulled Holiana onto the floor, then activated Protection magic on her.

The thing I thought was the sun turned out to be a bomb that exploded with great force. I created a layered protector to protect the kingdom. But I can still see how big the explosion was.

With just seconds, residents' homes were covered by the blaze, leaving only scattered debris. A charred human body was lying in the middle of the road. Le-Ugen Kingdom back then really looked like hell.

What the fuck is this really?