With a clattering sound, the armor looms toward me as I swing my sword.

'Light, pierce me, shining holy spear, shining javelin!

　A spear of light pierces the armor and then goes straight through the wall as well. The armor is smashed into pieces and pieces are scattered around.

Honoré ... the bandits who ravaged my castle, I will put you to death........ Get out of the castle if you don't want to die.

　Out of nowhere, a voice echoes in the room. I mean, if you don't want to die, you should leave or something, it's a very kind evil spirit. This kind of thing is usually no questions asked, and I think it's standard to not listen to them.

"Won't you harm us if we leave quietly?
Yes, get out of here and don't do anything.
"No.

　As I say it, I shoot the spear of light into the wall just as I did before. With a rattling sound, a large hole was made in the wall, and I could see the outside in full view as the rain zapped down.

''Ember, Coral, Black Day, tell everyone to take shelter outside. There will be a battle with the ghosts.''
Yes, sir. You can count on us, ladies.
I agree with you.

　He sent a telepathic message to Amber and the others and then released more spears of light. Immediately, the wall was blasted through to the next room. The main pillar is avoided and shot at, so there's no need to worry about the ceiling or anything else collapsing immediately.

''Kiri, you-ah! What the hell are you doing?
We're going to destroy this place anyway. We're gonna turn it into rubble, so it's not a problem.
《Oh, no........we're going to destroy this castle! That's not good... no, no, no! I'll curse you, I'll curse you to death!

　Something is wrong. It's not very powerful for an evil spirit, and there's nothing that looks like a counterattack from earlier.

"Hey, ghost. Are you really a ghost?
That's right. That's right. I am the ghost that haunts this castle!

　You just said "chuckle". Or maybe I should say.

"So I suppose that means you'll cease to exist once this castle is completely destroyed?
That's right! No, no, no. No! Even if you destroy it, it won't disappear, and it won't!

　Your character is completely disintegrating. Even Else, who was scared earlier, is scowling.

'Hey, ghost. Who are you? If you want to explain it properly, I'll listen to you, okay? Otherwise, no questions asked, this castle is a pile of rubble.


　The ghosts do not answer. I don't know who they are, but I'm pretty sure they are fixated on this castle. I thought we could talk about it.

"If there's nothing to talk about, we'll reduce this place to rubble...
Ahhhh! Wait, wait, wait, wait! I understand, I understand. Please come to the landing so I can talk to you properly...
A dance floor?

　I left the battered lord's room and returned to the landing I had just passed. It was still decorated with a picture of a woman in an emerald green dress. I look at that woman again as she got up from her chair. ........She's still big.

''........Huh?''
What's going on?

　No, this portrait......... That's right, there's no way this is the wife of a murdering lord. Just like the portrait before, the lord has changed three times. There's no way I'm going to put the former lord's wife's portrait on display. And the woman in this painting.......wasn't she sitting on a chair just now?
　When I came to that fact, the woman in the picture started to move, put her hand on her forehead, crossed it and slipped out to "this side".

''Unshou... and...''
'What, eh, a person came out of the painting! Yuyu, a ghost!

　Else is clinging to me again. Honestly, I want it to stop soon because the pain is more than just feeling soft and pleasant........

《I'm not a ghost. I'm a magical creature. This 'forehead' is my body and this body is an illusion.

　Magical creatures? You mean a life form created by magic? I don't know if it's something that was brought to temporary life by magic, or if homunculi and golems are a part of it. But the picture frame?

'I see, surely this can't be mistaken for a ghost? So? Why were you trying to get rid of us?
《This is because we don't want you to raid this place like the thieves who came before. I have this forehead as my main body, so if it's destroyed, I'll disappear....

　Well, I heard that the bandits had been nesting there several times trying to use it as a hideout.... This guy kicked them out?

So you're the one who killed all the lords, one after another?
No, it's not! I didn't kill him! The first one was originally sick and died suddenly in the middle of the night, and the second one was just a fallen horse accident. In the third one, the lord and his wife began to quarrel with each other, and the lord was stabbed. Just around there.

　He pointed to where Else was, saying. 'Hee! Else steps backwards with a small cry, "I'm sorry.
　Weren't they all killed by the ghosts of the murder lord?

''After that, no one came. A few times the bandits came and destroyed the inside of the castle for fun, so I was worried that they would break my 'forehead' too...''
He pretended to be a ghost and chased me out.

　The woman with the "forehead" nodded her head.

'Mostly, who made you?'
I'm one of the magical creatures created by the doctor in the age of ancient civilization. Ah, this doctor is a woman, she's an eccentric, but she's a great genius.......
Wait a minute.

　Doctor, woman, oddball, genius. With all these disgusting keywords in a row, all I can think of is that guy's smirk.

''.........what's this Dr.'s name?''
It's Dr. Regina Babylon.
Son of a b*tc*!

　He's not exactly a bastard! Again! What kind of trouble is this doctor in? And what does it mean that all the wrinkles are coming to me! Oh my God!
　... no, no, no, no, no. Let's see if we can straighten this out.

"I know you're the one Dr. Babylon made you. So, why are you here?
I was stored in a warehouse floating in the sky for a long time, but the caretaker of the warehouse was a clumsy man, and one day... well, I think it was about 320 years ago, that man broke the wall of the warehouse. At that time, me and a few other magic tools were dropped on the ground. Luckily, I was flying super low, and because of the snowy mountains below, I didn't break it...
Is this warehouse a storehouse?
What? How well do you know it?

　Again. That's when the 'Jewel of Immortality', 'Vampire bracelet', and 'Armor of Protection' fell off. Apparently, the storehouse is still flying around, and I may go there sooner or later.

As I have only a forehead, I can't use any magic powers, so I was picked up by a climber and treated as a mere antique, which is why I came here in a hurry. The landlord at the time put a picture of his late wife in it, and so I was able to use magic at last. I was sneaking around in the middle of the night wearing this outfit, and then the lord started to become crazy...

　Oh, well. The ghost of his late wife, the one he loved, kept appearing at night. What's it like?

At some point, I started to do some strange research, and I was wondering if the people inside the castle were gradually disappearing, when the knights attacked, and the lord was executed. I went to see him in the middle of the night to see what he looked like, but he suddenly stopped moving and died. The next lord saw me and jumped out on his horse and didn't come back. The last lord looked like his wife was a "cheater! I can't believe you brought a woman into this! I was stabbed by someone who said something like that.
That's, uh...
Don't say it, Else.

　I stopped Else from saying anything. I have an idea that this guy is the cause of everything. The first lord was confused by a vision of his late wife and went mad. The next lord had a heart attack due to surprise at his weakened body, the next lord was startled by a ghost and rode away on his horse, which caused him to fall off the horse, and the last one was committed by his wife, who misunderstood this guy as her lover.
　.........it's too bad. And he says he was unaware of it.

What's wrong with him?
No..... So back to the point, we're going to tear down this castle.
''Eh? You're terrible!
Just hear me out. I'll give you a better place to live. You'll be safe there and you'll be free. How about that?
Really? Then I don't have anything to complain about, but........

　Okay, we have a deal. I'll have him go back into the painting immediately and remove the frame. Well, I'm surprised that none of the other lords except the first one were able to get rid of it. Normally, you wouldn't hang a painting of the former lord's wife on the wall.

''It was almost thrown away a few times, but it seems the painter who painted this painting was a famous person, he said it would increase in value or something like that, right?

　I see. So the value of the painting as a work of art was high. Then you should take this painting off and sell it. I don't want to keep the picture of the murderer's wife either. We can put in another painting instead.
　When I went back to the front door, everyone was gathered there. For now, I briefly told them what happened and revealed the identity of the ghost. Even though it's the legacy of an ancient civilization, it's extremely annoying, but there's no point in saying it now.
　Now that the problem is taken care of, I opened the "Gate" immediately and transferred the entire castle to Brunhild. As expected of such a large transfer, it was the first time I was a little nervous, but there was no problem.
　After that, I went to the "Workshop" and spoke with Rosetta, and she said they still needed more materials. Mostly glass and cloth, and a little bit of wood, but we'll just have to pay our own way as a necessary expense in this area? I think it's possible to find some usable glass in a scrap yard, but I think new fabrics would be better. There's a limit to what we can take apart and rebuild.

Once we have all that, we'll send the materials to the workshop, and then we'll rebuild and assemble it on site according to the data. Come to think of it, where do you want it to be?

　After all, this kind of thing is in the middle of the country, so I decided to designate the middle of the country. The terrain of Brunhild is not very undulating. That's why it can be said that it's easy to cultivate it, but for now we don't have any plans other than to build a castle, and even in the middle it won't get in the way. If a problem arises, the entire castle can be moved again.
　It's said that as long as you have the right materials, you can complete it in about three days, so let's just do our best to gather up the rest.