Chapter 177.1
And about that pathway the other day. I found a hidden passageway.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince threw in a bomb without hesitation. Perhaps he decided to talk about it here to keep everything more confidential.
What was at the end of that passageway?
First of all, the first room at the end of the passageway housed works of art.
One of the knights standing beside His Highness showed me a necklace in a box that he had taken out of his Magic Bag.
It was not flashy, but rather calm and finely crafted with a very good sense of style, but the gemstones used were large. It looked like a masterpiece that was designed by a first-rate craftsman in a relaxed manner. Even though I think it was an intricate piece, I refrained from picking it up.
This is just one example. In addition to jewelry, there are wares and paintings.
Paintings?
Most of them were landscapes.
Paintings were something that were hard for me to judge. As I tilted my head, His Highness started to laugh.
You dont seem to know much about art.
My apologies.
As important as political skills were, understanding of sculpture, painting, and music was also an important knowledge for nobles, but I was not very good in this area mostly because I found it less important to me compared to practical knowledge needed for my survival.
Thats fine. This design in the ornament is from the Ancient Kingdom era.
Even the people of the ancient kingdoms were humans, so they would naturally have an interest in art. In a computer RPG, most of the contents of treasure chests were either jewelry, weapons or armor, but in reality, it was not strange to find paintings, sculptures, and musical instruments that had nothing to do with combat, but were just for aesthetics.
That in itself was not strange, but there were many things that bothered me. The biggest question was why the royalty of this country didnt know about the passageway and the room behind it, but I was kind of afraid to ask about it, so I would just give the usual response.
Is this the Ancient Kingdoms art warehouse?
If it were only art, that would have been a reasonable guess, but there are also clothes and other things stored there. And there was another door in the back.
So its the front room of the tombor is it the burial chamber?
Thats how we see it.
In the case of underground tombs in this world, there were cases where secondary burial chambers were added in addition to the main tomb chamber. The items that would be placed inside these chambers were usually very large objects. Come to think of it, I seldom heard of burials in the basement of a church in this world. Perhaps it might be because God was a more familiar figure in this world due to the existence of magic.
Still, that was a very half-hearted reaction after discovering what was supposed to be a tomb. If it was really a burial chamber, then there would be either a grave or a coffin at the end of the chamber. I couldnt help but wonder who it belonged to.
Beyond that, the investigation is stalled. The passageway collapsed at the end of the door that was at the back.
This was the basement of the royal palace, right? When I heard about the collapsed passageway, I unintentionally looked up at the ceiling. His Highness and the knight accompanying him didnt seem to understand my reaction at all.
The investigation has been suspended because of trying to prevent further collapse as it may affect the upper floors. It is also troublesome to get rid of stones and earth since there are not many people who can be entrusted with the investigation because of the location.
There was a treasure room close to that location, a library, and above all, the Barrier Room, which protected the capital. So it couldnt be helped for the investigation to be delayed because there were only a limited number of people who could be provided permission to enter those places.
I had no choice but to agree with their decision since rushing on this matter could result in major damage. To be honest, I still think there was something fishy about that place.
At any rate, the knight guarding His Highness shouldnt mind if I asked him a simple question, Do you have anything like a list of items found?
When I asked that, the knight looked at His Highness, and when he saw His Highness nod back, he took out a piece of magic parchment that had a list of items and presented it to me.
The items included ornaments, jewelry, paintings, tableware, and clothing, but the jewel that was presented earlier had a feminine feel to it, and was probably an accessory for women. There were also containers whose contents appeared to be cosmetics. There were quite a few of them.
If it is a tomb, then maybe it is a woman who sleeps at the end of that passageway?
Not necessarily one, but certainly at least one woman is buried there.
Things were getting more and more mysterious. For a moment I wondered if it was the real tomb of the first king, but the first king of this country should have been a man. Why would there be a womans tomb in the basement of the royal palace, and why would it be hidden all the way down there, as well?
Mehring. In an unlikely event that anyone hears about our conversation here, it will put me in trouble, so keep watch outside the storeroom.
Ha.
I was now finally going to talk one-on-one with His Highness the Crown Prince in the truest sense. His Highness sent his knight accompanying him out of the storeroom to warn anyone not to approach the room, or rather, the Crown Prince was probably about to tell me something that he didnt want even his closest knights to hear.
Sir Welner, you have been investigating the matter of the ancient kingdom from Elder Uwe, right?
Yes.
How much do you know about the founding of this country, including the matter of the ancient kingdom?
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