The day after the founding of the country festival
As soon as I woke up early in the morning, I headed to Hennes.
Usually, I tend to wake up only when the sun rises in the middle of the sky, but I couldnât do that today.
âI thought it was a lottery, but it was a Super Bowl!â
Iâve been doing well so far, but this job was different.
âA business with the support of the royal family and the tower.â
Thanks to this, I had no choice but to let them know that I was the one behind the rose of harmony, but it didnât matter.
âI used to be a person who sells personal information for just 100 won.â
As the reserves would be omitted, the marketing consent was agreed as soon as there was.
âI could have traveled abroad as much as I could, right?â
The day when I was jealous of my personal information and only washed my fingers was over.
I canât believe that the novel that Iâve spent the whole day waiting for after saving every penny she had will pay me back like this.
âBeing possessed is the best. Iâm going to do all the best  with my life in the future.â
I soon shook off my thoughts, even making advertisements while imagining things in my head.
Because the master appeared.
âLady Roselina. Congratulations.â
âMaster should be congratulated, too.â
We skipped greetings and celebrated ourselves.
As a thorough master, he immediately presented his report.
âThis is a summary of orders that came in overnight.â
âThatâs where weâll select and deal with people with severe symptoms of the curse of roses.â
âAnd we can send the rest of the supplies to the tower.â
As expected, I got along with the master again today.
Towards the end of the discussion about the Rose of Harmony business, I called the Master.
âMaster, Iâd like to suggest something.â
âYes, go ahead.â
âAre you interested in doing a new business with me?â
I was a little disappointed that the master took a moment to answer.
âI thought youâd accept it right away.â
Master and I were quite on the same wavelength.
I liked the synergy between the masterâs years of experience and my ideas.
âIt would be difficult to find a reason not to do it with Lady Roselina.â
After a while, the master gave a positive answer.
âWhat do you plan for the next item?â
âItâs autumn soon. I think thereâs an event thatâs held at this time of the year.â
âYou mean the hunting competition.â
âYes, the nobles who participate in the hunting contest are the targets.â
And I took out what I had summoned last night.
âItâs called rose gold.â
The master examined the pinkish gold the size of his fingernails.
âDid you process gold?â
âThatâs right. His Majesty said he would do one more thing in return for my cooperation in the study of the rose of harmony. Iâve decided to offer the winning prize for the hunting competition.â
The hunting competition was attended by aristocrats, so the winning prize was not wealth and power.
âThe prize is usually a laurel wreath, which is a symbol of honor.â
So the emperor wondered if it was really enough.
Unlike him, the master understood what I wanted at once.
âYouâre going to put the honor and value of the hunting competition in the rose gold while presenting it as a prize.â
âYes, thatâs right.â
He was amazed that it was a promotion method that he himself, the master, had never thought of.
It was fascinating for him to hear and understand unfamiliar concepts only once.
âBut thereâs a problem. This is the only amount of rose gold I have.â
âLady Roselina, do you mean itâs hard to secure supplies?â
âThatâs right. All I can say is you have to combine gold with silver to make it into rose gold. The ratio needs to be found by the master. Will it be okay?â
I felt like I had no conscience while talking.
But there was nothing I could do.
Last night, thinking of Rose gold as my next business item, I immediately tried to summon it.
[Please specify the item you want to summon]
âRosegold, I want to summon it as many times as possible.â
[Weâre summoning you using 100 fateful energy. The remaining energy of fate: 245]
I thought, looking at the white text.
âRosegold is a really good idea.â
This is inspired by the golden rose that Duke Blake gave me.
âIf you put rose in your name, you can eat some before you go in.â
My reasoning was that if a golden rose is possible, a rose gold rose is possible too.
But.
[Summoningâ¦â¦â¦]
[Summoning failed. You have obtained the rose gold in a crumb state.]
[Summoned items are stored in the inventory.]
âWhat?â
The summons failed.
Except for the notification that summoning was not possible from the beginning, the summon failed for the first time.
âWhy did I fail?â
I hurriedly opened the inventory and found that there was only rose gold the size of a fingernail.
âWhat? Give me back my energy of fate!â
The failure to summon did not return the energy of fate.
âThen letâs summon it again.â
Originally, every successful summons can be recalled without consuming any energy of fate.
But letâs try to summon Rose gold again.
[Weâre summoning the item using 100 fateful energy. Are you sure you want to summon it?]
A ridiculous notification came to mind.
âNo, if I fail again, the loss will be too great.â
Letâs just think itâs a relief that we have a small amount.
In the end, I only took the rose gold crumbs and bet on the master.
âIf the master says no, Iâll give up.â
Waiting anxiously for the masterâs answer, he suddenly changed the subject.
âWill Lady Roselina also participate in the hunting event?â
I had a hunch.
âIt wonât work.â
It was ambiguous for the master to directly refuse, so he naturally changed the subject.
It was a little sad, but I couldnât help it.
âYes, I would.â
Perhaps because I answered mildly, the masterâs energy was a little brighter.
He carried on with the changed subject.
âWho do you think will win this hunting competition?â
âI believe it would be Prince Calix.â
âYesâ¦â¦â¦â¦?â
But again, the master shut his mouth.
âWhy are you so surprised?â
âItâs an unexpected opinionâ¦â¦â¦â¦. Donât you usually bet on someone else?â
âPrince Calix⦠could tear monsters apart. Itâs because the master hasnât seen it yet.â
When she explained how Calix played in Memento Mori, the master dropped his head as if he was convinced.
âHaâ¦â¦â¦â¦ to that beastâ¦â¦â¦â¦.â
âHuh? What did you say?ââ
âItâs nothing. And I will study based on what you said.â
Then the master suddenly talked about the rose gold item.
âWell, itâs a suggestion that a man of ability canât miss.â
I, too, wouldâve not missed the chance.
âReally? Thank you! Itâs going to be hard.â
âTrust Henness.â
I got up from my seat watching the master shrugging lightly.
âThen Iâll leave for today.â
âYes, Lady Roselina.â
The unexpected achievement lightened my step.
After Roselina left Hennes, Argention was lost in thought.
Heâs out of his mind these days. My mind kept stirring.
Especially since I wasnât able to sleep a wink today.
âRoselina isâ¦â¦â¦â¦.â
Does she like the beast?
So they danced together yesterday.
I donât want to admit it, but the two looked pretty good together.
Roselinaâs eyes sparkled in the light of the chandelier, and a gentle smile hung from her lips.
At the sight, Argention realized.
âIâve never seen one.â
Argention held onto his tingling chest.
I felt stuffy and couldnât breathe, but I didnât know what to do.
He began to see strange scenes at some point.
It was Roselinaâs face, terrified by something.
Clear eyes were murky with fear and hair was disheveled.
The monster in her eyesâ¦â¦â¦â¦ It was him.
The moment I realized it, I woke up from my imagination.
âThis is the future foretold to me.â
If I stay by Roselinaâs side and wander around, that future will inevitably come.
I have to get away from her right away.
But it was impossible.
But.
âAre you interested in doing a new business with me?â
Roselinaâs suggestion finally swayed me.
Why couldnât I say no?
No. Why do I feel this way in the first place?
He has long lost all the emotions that humans should have.
Four years ago, he was once completely dominated by madness.
He became an irrational monster and attacked civilians. The area was devastated.
I donât know what happened or how I came to my senses, butâ¦â¦ Shortly after that happened, Argention headed to the battlefield.
He managed to get a little out of the madness by eradicating countless demons.
However, Argention remained vigilant.
He was a monster who could lose his reason at any time.
So I couldnât stay close to someone.
At this rate, I have to stay away from Roselina because one day I could kill her.
I have to throw away this feeling that Iâm feeling now, too.
Butâ¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ It was impossible.