Elizabeth's piercing laughter echoed through the wrecked, chaotic room. Tasting a flavor she had not experienced in who knew how long had clearly put the mistress of Deathwood Forest in an excellent mood.
Elizabeth lowered her head to look. No liquor flowed out from her empty ribcage.
"How can the undead taste flavors and even absorb them... How exactly was this done?"
Blue soul flames flickered as Elizabeth murmured to herself. She had no answer whatsoever for this phenomenon; none of the extraordinary things currently existing in Kolo World should have been capable of such a feat.
Her pale, slender finger bones lightly tapped against the tabletop, producing crisp clicks.
Elizabeth was pondering the answer to the question.
Suddenly, the tapping stopped. She raised her head toward the sky, having thought of a fairly plausible possibility.
Unless... it was the power of a god.
"Duchess."
The door inscribed with sealing magic opened. When Elizabeth stepped out, Ruoye, dressed in a maid's uniform, immediately came forward to greet her. She had clearly been waiting for quite some time.
The moment she sensed Elizabeth's aura, she had come here at once.
"Mm." Elizabeth nodded, stepped aside, and pointed behind her. "It got a little messy. I'll leave it to you."
"Yes." The girl bowed in acknowledgment.
She did not ask what had happened just now, nor why Elizabeth had suddenly released her aura.
A maid's duty was to solve her master's problems, not ask her master questions.
Elizabeth was in no hurry to leave. She merely walked to the window and quietly gazed outside.
The dark clouds had silently dispersed quite a bit. Two bright moons hung clearly in the night sky, their pale blue moonlight spilling down like water and casting indistinct shadows of the plants across the ground.
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