The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace

author’s words

The middle got a little weird, so I edited it a bit.

If you think the progress is slow, please be patient.

Let’s go through it crisply so that there is no boring part as much as possible.

＜Mountain over the mountain＞

* * *

For a while, the phoenix test continued.

Write, erase, and add new settings to configure the phoenix.

Each time, the phoenix adapted surprisingly naturally. Absorbs abilities like a sponge sucks up water.

The nanny didn’t know the details, but it seems that Maink is made up of various magic stones.

The types of magic stones Rudy knows are those that have the power of water, fire, and electricity that are used in magic tools.

Each of them was true to their own nature.

Water magic stones cannot produce fire, and fire magic stones cannot produce water.

However, the phoenix created with My Ink possessed various types of power.

Because it is a phoenix, its body has the nature of fire, but it can also create water or the nature of electricity.

If you look closely at the glitter mixed with the ink, you can see that it has various colors.

‘Maybe it’s made from the crumbs that came out of the ore.’

That seems most likely.

Rudy smirked as he closed the cap of the ink bottle.

It may have been a garbage magic stone of little value to others, but to Rudy, it is a gem that has nothing more to do with it.

It wasn’t just advantages.

Fire and water magic tools can express their nature quite strongly, but phoenixes are much weaker than that.

It costs less than fire, water, electricity, and magic tools.

Maybe it’s because of the size of the magic stone.

Rather than possessing any power in itself, the magic stone seemed to be a container that contained a person’s mana. I thought it was like a battery that holds magic power.

As if reading Rudy’s thoughts, a phoenix flew in and placed its beak on his head.

It’s like saying I’m sorry for being weak.

Rudi looked up and saw the phoenix.

“are you okay. You are doing well.”

He put his hand on his lap and smiled softly.

“Besides… you can kill as many people as you want with the power you have. Do you think you know what I’m thinking?”

Gururu…

The vibrations of the soundless air made a small cry.

When I wrote [Senior mind] in the magic formula, the phoenix read his thoughts easily, even if it wasn’t 100%.

But Rudy doesn’t know how the phoenix read and understood his thoughts.

The phoenix’s thoughts were unreadable.

I didn’t think that it was heartbreaking, but the magic formula itself was incomprehensible.

I don’t know how magic is implemented, so I have no choice but to do it.

Perhaps, like all things, skill is required.

The more you do something, the better you become.

As time goes by, Rudy may also be able to know the heart of the phoenix.

I can only guess from the phoenix’s attitude, so I don’t know if he’s reading his thoughts accurately.

“You can do much greater things than that magic tool. When I’m in danger, or when someone tries to harm someone dear to me, you will definitely help. How do you know that is possible?”

Rudy looked into the phoenix’s eyes gently and tried to send what he was thinking.

humans are weak

Even a small amount of electricity flowing through the heart can easily kill a person.

If you pour a little water into a human’s nose and mouth to block it, they will die too.

When it enters a person’s body and creates fire, even with weak firepower, that person cries out in pain and leaves this world.

An insubstantial phoenix can enter and exit a human body at will.

It also has the ability to hide, so even if you do that, humans won’t notice.

Until the phoenix signaled that he knew something, Rudi persistently repeated that thought several times.

It seems to have been like that for a very long time.

one hour? Perhaps more than that, he was facing the phoenix.

My legs were numb because I was kneeling on the chair.

“eww···.”

As Rudy frowned and squirmed, the phoenix narrowed his eyes and spread his wings.

Prisoner prisoner prisoner…

Large wings covered Rudy’s body as the embers scattered in the air.

The tips of the wings seem to shine slightly.

Rudy’s leg suddenly went numb.

“Oh!”

I flinched in surprise, but the numbness in my legs felt a little better.

Pong pong pong pong…

I felt like cider bubbles bursting inside my body.

Did you use the power of electricity?

The numbness in my legs completely disappeared while I was sitting on the chair in a hesitant position for a while.

The phoenix folded its wings again and sat down on the desk, quietly looking at Rudi’s face.

“Did you understand what I was thinking? Do you think you know how to use your powers?”

The phoenix’s body made a noise as a prisoner and dropped embers everywhere.

The phoenix opened its beak slightly, shining from all over like a Christmas tree.

The air shudders thinly.

I couldn’t hear it, but somehow it felt like the phoenix was talking.

I know… I know. If there is anyone who harms you, I will suffocate you and roast you with fire. my sweet lord

The phoenix seems to be smiling softly.

“…”

He wondered if maybe he wasn’t reading the thoughts of the phoenix at all.

That’s right. It’s strange that the words that are actually being conveyed are so cold when you’re wrapped in such soft air.

Once again, the phoenix laughed, vibrating the air as if reading his thoughts.

The flames falling from the quivering wings must have actual heat, but for some reason, the ones touching Rudy’s body were as soft as the spring sunlight.

there is no such thing as living I felt only warmth and coziness. It didn’t seem like it could hurt a single ant.

“…”

Yes, it seems that he has not yet been able to read the meaning of the phoenix at all. that will be clear

* * *

After meeting Buradov, the items on the list arrived at the mansion little by little.

Things like sugar, salt, and buckwheat flour came first.

She didn’t bring much at once, probably because she was paying attention to the empress. It was secretly brought into a small wagon without a roof so that it could be tantalized.

I thought it would be sent through someone else, but unexpectedly, Buradov himself came.

The last time he seemed quite flustered, but when we met again, Buradov showed no signs of it.

yes. That is the attitude of a proper employee.

Buradov treated him as usual, so Rudy was a little relieved.

I want to ask why you need books on mythology and history. I honestly said that I was thinking of reading it to the princess.

It was a little strange that Buradov was startled.

Perhaps there is no idea of reading to a child in this world. Or is there something like a fairy tale book that I can read to my child?

If there is a children’s book, I would like to receive it as well.

But before I could ask anything, Buradov quickly put down his things and walked away.

Still, that person leaves his luggage in front of the mansion.

Really, I think you need to think a little more about the other person. Wouldn’t it be even more so if it was a servant?

And by the time the hands get cold even during the day when the sun is up, the livestock finally arrived. It was just the beginning of winter.

The first to come was a pair of geese.

There is a large birdcage at the back of the mansion.

Originally, it was not there, but it is said that the emperor made it for Nadia.

There were several pairs of birds that were hard to find back then, and the nanny missed them.

When asked what had happened to the birds, the reply came back that the emperor had not been able to reach them and that the zookeeper who was looking after the birds had not come and they had died.

Rudy decided to keep the goose there.

It was covered with weeds to the extent that it was impossible to find the door, but if the grass was overgrown, there were just as many bugs. Food will be plentiful.

For the time being, I plan to give grain little by little, but the goal is for the geese to become self-reliant.

Be strong enough to live on bugs alone. It must be.

Maybe it’s true that geese eat bugs?

I’ve never raised one so I don’t know.

Princess Lilitha was finally able to walk while holding a person’s hand.

Of course, Rudy was the only human, so it was hard at first.

Since Rudy’s body is also small, when Lilitha falls, she often rolls on the floor with her.

Avoiding the prying eyes of the nanny who only wanted to keep her inside the mansion, Rudy sometimes took Lilitha outside.

On the third day since the goose came, I made him meet Lilitha for the first time.

I didn’t let him go close, but I let him look over the weeds for a bit, but he seemed very surprised.

Princess Lilitha opened her eyes wide and stood still like a stone statue, unable to move for a while.

If I knew it would surprise me that much, I would give it a little bit of time to adjust, but I was wrong.

I barely moved when I was worried that I might have passed out, but from then on it was really difficult.

Damn, Princess Lilitha, who was trying to run at the goose with a noise, was speechless.

In the end, the phoenix emitted a bright light and was able to distract Princess Lilitha by sacrificing herself.

I found out a few days later, geese don’t eat bugs. Instead, they diligently found and ate the grass among the weeds.

Buradov told me while bringing the chicken.

I think Rudy didn’t know how to raise it, so I figured it out on purpose.

And what? A strange-looking chicken has arrived.

It must have been a chicken, judging from the red ones on the head and under the snout, but the fur covering the body was a series of white and black stripes.

Overall, it was a gray mottled pattern, but there was a white round thing attached to the cheek.

and short legs

Fortunately, the chicken ate the worm.

After that, items arrived one after another, and firewood began to pile up behind the mansion one by one.

With Rudy around, Nadia Mama’s condition has been stable, and she rarely has seizures.

Even if it became a little strange, at most it was to the extent of mistaking the present state for the past.

Thinking that the emperor is still looking for her, she carefully puts on makeup.

And wait all night long.

Your Majesty is late today, I’m afraid something might be wrong.

If I fell asleep while muttering that, the next morning I completely forgot what had happened the previous day.

Every evening, a fire bird covers the princess who is starting to sleep to keep her warm.

Rudy laid Princess Lilitha on the futon and read the myth under the soft light.

After the princess fell asleep, she studied magic.

As the storage diet increased, it became possible to eat a little more variety of food.

Just when I thought that I would be able to survive the winter smoothly if I continued like this, an unexpected thunderbolt struck.

Mama Nadia was invited by the emperor to a banquet held throughout the year and New Year.

But there is no dress to wear, no jewelry to wear.

Of course, Mama Nadia still has gifts and dresses from the emperor.

However, according to the nanny, the imperial family and nobles rarely wear dresses or jewelry that they have worn once.

Almost every year, she gets a new dress, wears the same jewelry differently, and sometimes wears jewelry with decorations added.

In addition, if Nadiagra, who is mentally unstable, sees the emperor and goes wild on the spot, it becomes a crime of blasphemy.

If you do it wrong, your neck will drop.

In the end, this invitation was the empress’ bullying.

‘But there’s a bigger problem than that…’

For some reason, Rudi also received an order to attend the banquet by the emperor’s engine.

The banquet will be held in about a month and a half.

really messed up

‘Maybe it’s good.’

It was said that it was a mountain beyond a mountain, and I barely prepared a plastic greenhouse, but I felt like I heard the news that a typhoon would pass through.

＜Mountain over the mountain＞ End