Chapter 200 Casefile 7: Lich Formation (3)
"Let me sort it out," Jiang You said, "Mi Funa wanted to dedicate her daughter's body and soul to the princess, so that Deresi could be upgraded from a zombie to a lich. Then, because of other things, she was killed by the great magician Mebucha..."
She made a beheading motion with her cervical vertebrae: "...it snapped off." Her accomplice then took over the task.
"They followed Mi You as she traveled around, and through magic or drugs, they caused her mental state to take a sharp turn for the worse, transforming her from an optimistic and happy traveling painter into a paranoid, mentally weakened patient on the verge of collapse."
She recalled the contents of Mi You's letters and took a deep breath. "That noblewoman who hired Mi You to paint her oil painting is incredibly suspicious!"
"The blonde woman in the painting who looks very similar to the Delman royal family should be Princess Deresi. Mi You has been constantly constructing and depicting her appearance for three whole months. Should this be some kind of ritual?" Andre looked at Mebucha.
Grand Magician Mebucha was well versed in these types of magic. "Yes, in the process of summoning the undead, in addition to knowing the true name of the other party's soul, you also need to picture their appearance in your mind. The more accurate and detailed the description, the greater the chance of success of the summoning magic."
He glanced at Takumi Yuu. "Of course, magical accidents are another matter. They're made up of all sorts of coincidences, and even intentional ones are difficult to replicate. So even if Mi Yuu doesn't know what you look like, he can still summon you with just a simple stroke of his hand."
Takumi pondered for a moment. "Perhaps this has something to do with the failure rate of poor students. Let's say Mi You's spell success rate is 10%. Then Mi Funa and the others would have to do everything they can to increase their success rate if they want to summon Princess Deresi. But with Mi You's cooperation, the failure rate can easily reach 100%."
As a case of failure, it is almost a high probability event that she would be summoned to this world to become a lich.
"Pfft!" Even Mebucha couldn't help but laugh at her. "This is the first time I've heard of this theory. You, a lich, are truly interesting!"
Takumi: “Hey~”
Andrei pondered, "Mi You didn't act according to their wishes. After the summoning of Drexi failed, these accomplices left directly without cleaning up the mess."
Mebucha shook his head: "They don't need to clean up the mess. Under their pressure, Mi You has already announced that he had to try to transform into a lich due to a magical accident. It is normal for him to fail.
"On the contrary, if someone comes to clean up after the refining fails, it will attract the attention of the neighbors. After all, Mi You no longer has any relatives, and that neighbor is notorious for gossip.
"I guess another reason is that they're not sure what kind of being Mi You has summoned. Souls from the netherworld are generally dangerous, and it's not surprising that any extreme situation would occur in a magical accident.
"To protect themselves, those people will definitely leave as soon as the accident happens before the lich wakes up, so as to avoid being dragged into it if the incident gets out of hand."
Takumi scratched his head: "No wonder there was no one around me when I woke up!"
"That faulty magic book you found should be their 'finishing act'. As long as the Kingdom Knights believe that the faulty magic circle that created the lich was drawn by the unlearned Mi You based on a magic book she got from somewhere, no one will pursue the matter further."
Takumi nodded. "Indeed, it's much less noticeable this way. If Andrei hadn't shown up, I would have inexplicably opened a soy sauce shop in this ownerless brewery and continued running it without a clue."
——It’s quite dangerous when you think about it. The enemy is observing her in the dark, but she knows nothing about it. She will even be complacent and think that she has a golden finger after traveling through time!
"After failing to use Mi You to summon the princess, she's probably made more attempts. I suspect she's now a true lich, and Mi Funa has been resurrected as a zombie."
Jiang You: ...Why did she suddenly have the illusion that these people were playing games as a team, and when one died, the other one would pull others in, and when one died, the other one would pull others in again... Nanny is so busy, nanny!
Andrei's focus was different. "So, we need to capture the zombie Mi Funa, Princess Deresi, who has taken over someone else's body, and their accomplices."
He rubbed his temples with a headache and looked at Mebucha: "Do you have any information you can share about the identities of these people?"
"Perhaps," Mebucha said, "I vaguely remember that Mi Funa once took in an apprentice when she was in the western city of Eston. That person seems to be a resident near the brewing workshop. You can try to start your investigation from there."
"The residents nearby..." Jiang You fell into deep thought. "Most of the people over there have moved away. The only ones left are Aunt Wolf and the bookstore across the street... Huh? Could it be Paphis?"
"His surname's initials do match my previous research," Andrei stroked his chin. "It's worth checking."
At this point, most of the information had been shared. As a warm host, Jiang You followed the ancient Eastern custom and invited the great magician: "Would you like to have a meal together?"
"Yes!" Mebucha answered with remarkable decisiveness. "By the way, can you bake cupcakes?"
"I can make small cakes, big cakes, and cupcakes," Jiang You said confidently, "It just takes some time. If you don't mind waiting, I can make them right away when I get home!"
Thus, relying on the charm of the small cake, Jiangyou successfully obtained a great magician and his pet.
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So, when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Mi Funa finally saw a carriage coming from the end of the street.
She cheered up, holding her folding fan and skirt, and blocked the carriage in a menacing manner: "Lich! Come out, I've been waiting for you for a long time..."
Her voice stopped abruptly when she saw the familiar face of the Great Magician Mebucha peeking out from the carriage door.
——Damn, why is this old guy here!
"Hey," Jiang You's skeletal head popped out, her pupils sparkling. "Isn't this a coincidence?! Speak of the devil, and he'll appear!"
Mi Funa didn't understand what Cao Cao was talking about. She took a few steps back and looked like she was about to turn around and run away. It seemed that she had a very deep psychological trauma from the great magician Mebucha.
Mebucha had already jumped off the carriage, and a thick magic wand as tall as a person and as thick as a small tree appeared out of thin air in his hand, and he slammed it into the ground!
——Bang!
The transparent barrier began to unfold rapidly from the base of the magic wand, blocking Mi Funa's way in an instant!
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