They obediently followed the orders of the house’s owner, shedding tears of blood inwardly.

(This is the time separator.)

“Oh, I see it, I see it.”

Stretching Zero’s cheeks like glutinous rice cakes, the income I had obtained was quite salty.

「Give it! Just give it!」

Startled by the madness in my eyes, the surrendered Zero finally agreed to my demand.

[A new quest is updated.] [SubQuest [Dash] Gather Party Members!] [Small rewards will be given each time you gather people who can be part of the ‘Zombie Slayer’ party.] [Current Progress: Elizabeth Keaton (1/1), Michael Easter(1/1), Rus Critchern(0/1), ???(0/1), ???(0/1)]

I, who know all the male leads in the original work, wondered why I needed to hide them with question marks, but……

“Hey, Zero. Since Michael is already recruited as a party member, you must give the reward for it right away, right?”

「You wicked possessor……!」

The question was soon forgotten due to the quest reward I had nagged from Zero.

The ‘small’ quest reward reluctantly given by Zero was this.

[Sage’s Eye (Intermediate)] [3 times a day, you can view information about the desired item or character.] [However, a higher level is needed for highranking creatures that insight does not reach.]

‘This is it!’

Having obtained a useful skill, I immediately used it.

“Sage’s Eye.”

[Please set the item or person for information reading.]

I already had the target for information exploration.

“Analyze the information about the holy water.”

As I held out the silver bowl containing the holy water I had snatched from the Pope, a neatly organized explanation window appeared.

[Holy Water of the Papacy] [Grade: S] [Description: Holy water that can only be drawn from the sacred spring within the Papacy. If a commoner tries to steal it, they may become roast chicken, so be careful.] [Effects: 1) It can temporarily paralyze zombies. 2) Drinking a single drop provides temporary resistance to lowlevel magic, as it has a divine power that conflicts with magic.]

“Oh, wow!”

It was exactly the effect I wanted.

‘In the original work, Elizabeth gave this holy water to Siena through Michael so that she wouldn’t fall into the trap set by the magicians.’

Like the enmity between a priest with divine power and a magician with magical power, the holy water also had the power to resist magic.

I took advantage of this by giving a drop of holy water to each of the servants in the mansion.

The servants, who heard the situation, willingly participated in my plan. Fortunately, there was plenty of holy water to give a drop to several people, even having brought the whole sacred spring.

Thanks to this, not a single servant in the mansion fell asleep from the sleep magic, and they were able to catch the fleeing magicians.

The magic stones of equal value were moved from the ‘Earth’s Room’ and stored elsewhere.

Upon explaining this, the magicians looked devastated.

“How could this…”

“We underestimated the new Duchess Keaton too much…….”

‘Yes. It was so simple and straightforward that it lost its steam.’

How little did they think of Elizabeth!

Regardless of the magicians’ lack of knowledge about the outside world, this was an insult to Elizabeth.
So I did not feel sorry at all for having tied up the wizards who tried to flee to find their way to live, forcing them to kneel.

I attached a magic restraint to each of the wizards, who bowed their heads like ripe rice, completely eliminating the possibility of escape.

“……What do you plan to do with us?”

Merion, who seemed to be the leader of the dispatched group of wizards, asked me.

「That human, she’s scared of you.」

Zero whispered to me. I seemed to know why Merion and the other wizards had shrunk before me.

‘I told anyone in this mansion that if they were caught messing around, I would throw them to the zombies immediately, remember.’

Of course, the wizards were no exception, but now was the time to invest in the future.

“I have no intention of hurting you.”

I did not want to fight amongst humans when it was a matter of life and death due to the zombies.

If I did, a death flag would likely be planted immediately.

“What I want is one thing. If you comply with it, I will let you go, and give you the magic stone to return to the tower.”

The wizards’ eyes widened, expecting a harsh punishment, and a somewhat softened tone of voice came out.

“……What is it that we have to do?”

I did not hesitate to ask them.

“Contact ‘Rus Cricheturn’ in the tower and summon him here.”

“Excuse me?”

“The next tower master?”

The wizards, stunned by my request, opened their mouths wide.

Rus Cricheturn was strong, but he had no interaction with any of the wizards in the tower.

‘Rather, they would have avoided him if they could because he’s foultempered and unlucky.’

In accordance with the official response of the male protagonist candidate, Rus Cricheturn, who becomes a meek sheep only in front of the heroine Siena, was the number one target of avoidance among the wizards of the tower.

“Can’t we do something else……?”

The saddened wizards pleaded, but I sharply refused.

Taking a threatening attitude that could slit their throats.

“Do you want to die, or will you just obey?”

I also want to live a little.