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Silver and the Blue Earl

 The inspection of the Archduke of Marsielle province continued.

 One day—while spending time at the Lord’s mansion—Falma received a sudden notification. It was a message from his father which said:

 Count Chillon was was a young feudal lord who ruled over a territory that was right beside the province of Marsielle.

 “Have a safe trip!”

 Ellen smiled wryly.

 “This time everyone is invited, even the servants. Come, let’s dress for the occasion.”

 Thinking about all the kind of dishes and desserts that would be served, Lotte got hungry and became delusional. She almost unintentionally drooled, but she managed to gulp it down and hold her mouth shut.

 “Don’t worry, you’ll be wearing this. I bought it for Blanche, but it’s still too big for her.”

 Lotte put on the dress that Falma’s mother, Beatrice, presented to her and became ecstatic.

 After Lotte put on the dress, Ellen shifted her glasses and began to apply Medique cosmetics. She brought her face closer to the mirror and muttered those few words to herself.

 Falma, who had received the clothes prepared by Lotte, looked back at the rather anxious Ellen.

 “Ehh!?”

 “It’s going to be alright, since I will know right away if something is poisoned.”

 “There have been rumors that there’s a forbidden room inside his castle. They say that the wives were killed there. . . I heard the story from a servant who had claimed to seen the bodies of his wives in there.”

 Falma thought they were just false rumors after seriously thinking about it.

 Ellen was at an age where she wanted to be act an adult lady. Ellen was still a woman despite being a First Class Apothecary. She seemed to get her information from socializing with the upper classes of the nobility, like a ballroom dance party for example. Gatherings such as those, which are held regularly, provide a good opportunity to learn new rumours. Even today, she was wearing an evening dress with high degree of exposure that emphasizes her breasts.

 Bodies of the wives that were killed. . . Falma felt a cold sweat upon hearing this. That was because,

 Falma was bewildered after listening to the story. He wanted to believe that it was all just a coincidence.

 Ellen put on her stylish glasses with one hand, while using the other to comb her hair. Her movements appeared to be strangely seductive.

 “You think he’s a ghost with no blood?”

 “Didn’t I just say he had a bloodless complexion!?”

 “Oh, you must have misheard me. His complexion being ghastly blue doesn’t mean being pale, but literallyblue.”

 And like that, Falma didn’t give that rumor much more thought.

 It had already become dusk by the time the twelve carriages, containing both the de Médicis family and the group of knights, arrived at the Earl’s castle near the lake. The lake served as the castle moat. The fort had tall ramparts, towers, and tall gates—a simple but functional castle.

 It was certainly a lavish banquet, however…..

 The Earl’s complexion was blue—it was clearly distinguishable, even despite the dimness of the illumination. Lotte didn’t seem to have a care for the world as she sat at the very corner, and ate up the food with ravenous speed. Even though table manners were firmly hammered into her, the pace at which she ate was still quite fast. Lotte said afterwards—while rubbing her tummy— the banquet dishes were not something they could eat easily.They were only possible because the place was near a harbor.

 “See. . . I knew it. Even the new wife was killed.”

 Bruno completely feigned ignorance as he happily conversed with the Earl while enjoying the wine and cuisine. He introduced Adam as the acting feudal lord, explaining that Adam was the one planning for the management of the Marseille province. He lay emphasis on medicinal herb production, and maintaining the profitability of the trade surplus of Marseille harbor as well. He craftily told the Earl—despite it still being in its planning stages—the fact that there was a plan to build an innovative medicine research base.

 “The medicinal herb garden, and the research facility as well, are a little too cramped within the imperial capital.”

 “So this conversation is now a medical consultation”

 “I have been troubled that my skin is becoming blue every year.”

 Bruno concluded that politely being careful on what he said didn’t benefit the patient.

 Rather than blue, it’s silver. . . Did he drink some silver?

 The blue light faded away, but there was a thin red light remaining.

 Red light!?

 A cure doesn’t exist within this realm. When it sometimes show a red light, Falma already knew there was no existing cure. It was a cruel verdict. There were plenty of illness that can’t be cured with modern medicine. It was Falma’s work to destroy such illnesses within his lifetime; it was his life’s work.

 The Earl finally said all of this, while weeping to Bruno.

 Father’s knowledge is awesome. I would have given almost the same advice.

 “Because there is a good cosmetic, let’s gloss it over.”

 Falma had already accumulated knowledge in verifying his “positive” ability, but he hadn’t used his “negative” ability that much. It was a fact the other day that Falma was able to eliminate seawater in a fixed area, all the water, salt, and minerals too, all of it was literally erased. Was that the cause of it?

 Falma wanted to make sure. So he quietly approached a pail that was at the corner of the large hall. He filled it with water salt, and iron sand which was created by his left hand and plunged his right hand in it.

 Salt was soluble in water, but the iron sand sank to the bottom because it was not soluble. The model and structural formula was really simple. It was a simple experiment to carry out.

 Because the slightly intoxicated Ellen approached, “Bleaargh” was his response as he wave her away.

 “Should I start the experiment?”

 Control Group 1: Delete the pail → Failure.

 Experiment 1: Place hand in salt water. Delete saltwater → Success. Iron sand was left inside the pail.

 Experiment 2: Place hand in saltwater, delete everything without touching the iron sand → Success. There was no residual substance left in the pail.

 “So then, how about this?”

 Experiment 3: Place hand in salt water. Delete only iron sand without touching it → Success! Only the salt water remained in the pail.

 It’s the water, my “negative” ability was being transmitted through a fluid medium.

 The hypothesis was,

 And he also noticed a terrifying thing. Whenever Falma used his “Negative” ability on his right hand, his hand will temporarily become transparent like a ghost and could penetrate objects if he intended to go through.

 “Even so. . .”

 Falma was quite completely at a loss. He had regrets when he died, but he couldn’t complain since he was reincarnated into this world. In addition, he undertook the life of the young Falma.

 “Also, I don’t have a shadow. I’m a ghost that everyone can see. If I think about it that way, I can rest easy.”

 “Ahem, Excuse me my Lords. Let me choose the cosmetics that the Count will like.”

 Since the Earl heard that it was Falma doing the compounding, he was intently listening to every word Falma spoke.

 “There are several medicines that the physician prescribed to me for my health.”

 Inside, the medicine chest that was studded with jewels, was full of medicines. The Earl, despite being young, was considerably health-conscious. Even though that’s how it looked inside, there were some things like food supplements and energy drinks. Falma opened the vials one by one, and altered the contents.

 Falma’s hand stopped at a certain bottle.

 Wrapped in the silver foil, what appeared was a large sized pill. He inquired the name of the pill. He also knew that there was no problem with the herb contained within the pill. Ten of these pills were being consumed by the health conscious Earl everyday, and he has been taking it for several years.

 Falma said it to the Earl with all seriousness.

 “Small amounts of silver will not cause any effects, but that amount is just too much.”

 Bruno too was shocked in surprise. Bruno used silver foil as the capsule when he prescribed a pill. A silver foiled pill was less likely to rot and would last long, it was also pleasing to the eye. It was prevalent among the apothecaries and physicians in the imperial court.

 Bruno recalled that he had never seen a commoner that had suffered symptoms which their whole body turned blue. It was because commoners don’t consume silver foiled pill.

 “Why does it turn blue?”

 “When silver is exposed to the sun, it turns black.”

 “First of all, please stop consuming this at once.”

 The Earl was getting paler as time went on. Bruno thought he looked pathetic so he made a suggestion.

 “Ple, Please by all means. I will pay for the medical fee!”

 Bruno held on his wand and stood behind the Earl, he chanted some sort of invocation chant and tapped the wand at the Earl’s back. It seems to have stimulated a key point. The Earl, having received a medical treatment, had a relieved expression.

 Falma, who watched absent-mindedly, stopped being a bystander and quickly rolled up the sleeves of his right hand. Imagining silver in his mind, and activated his “Negative” ability.

 Ellen noticed that Falma’s right arm was glowing, and felt nervous as she watch with bated breath. She clearly knew that light signifies that a Divine Art was being activated.

 Falma was concentrating, as he glared the Earl.

 “Ag, Ag+ Elimination”

 He did it the same way as the experiment a while ago, he imagined only the space the Earl was occupying, he didn’t tamper with all the other trace elements, even the liquids and salt too, and only removed Silver (Ag, Ag+) as the target.

 However, one of the Earl’s ring had disappeared. The jewel that was on the ring fell and rolled of the floor.

 By the time Bruno’s treatment was done, Count Chillon’s complexion completely turned reddish. The dark bluish skin that was like alien went back to a fair skin. Nobody knew, but when you look closely, Count Chillon was a handsome young man.

 Count Chillon heard the words of the family steward.

 He ordered the steward. The steward came back with a mirror, whom the Earl had not used for a long time. It became a bitter act for the Earl to look at the mirror. Thus, he looked at the mirror in fright.

 The Earl jumped in joy right on the spot, and danced with the steward at the same momentum.

 “Huh?”

 “I’m finally relieved with this. How much should I pay you? Actually, my wife gave up on me and left me. . .”

 Thank god, there was no murdered wife like in Bluebeard.

 But, what about the rumor of a small room that Ellen heard? That question still remains.

 “That was your work, wasn’t it?”

 “Pardon us for leaving, I bid you good night.”

 “I know, there is a place that all of you will definitely like. By all means, follow me.”

 “It’s all good, this will be quick.”

 “Here we go. Please don’t hesitate.”

 Either way Falma will use Divine Art when necessity arise, so he went into the room and place himself in front of the Earl to protect Blanche and Lotte.

 The other party that the Earl talked to were countless life-sized beautiful dolls. The small room in the basement was a doll collection room. Life-sized beautiful dolls were neatly dressed, and was arranged in various positions.

 Wowー!

 “Well, I feel good today. Take anything you like. Everyone of them are expensive, but it’s not precious if you don’t like it.”

 “This one is little Alice. Look at her. I recommend her to you. Her skin is so soft. It’s like she is alive! Ah, I want to make her my wife. I recommend that you sleep with her, tonight you should share a bed with her.”

 To Lotte and Blanche, the oversized doll was scary.

 The Earl felt regretful as he continued his explanation. Both Falma and Lotte came to the same conclusion. It seemed that the dolls purpose was a sleeping partner.

 “I respectfully decline.”

 The Earl’s wife disappeared, It might be because of this that she gave up and left.

 The wives were not killed by the Earl, however there were numerous “wives”, is what Falma told Ellen the next day.


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