Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 207: Mineshaft with a dragon? _2

Chapter 207: Mineshaft with a dragon? _2

However, giant dragons live in places rarely trodden by humans. In the civilized world, most encounters with dragons are just the stuff of legend, with only occasional rumors of mercenaries slaying dragons. But in reality, what they slay are usually just sub-dragon species that have some dragon bloodline.

But Charlotte was puzzled.

What puzzled her was, if, as Luf said, there really was a giant dragon that fed on mithril beneath the Castel mines, then the mine would definitely not suppress this news.

On the contrary, they would widely publicize it, recruiting mercenaries to slay the dragon in order to avoid further damage to the vein.

But in fact, the nobles in charge of the mine simply announced that the vein was depleted and closed the mine.

And what was even more surprising was that even the other nobles of Castel didn’t seem to have any objections to this.

If there were any objections, Charlotte had been back in contact with her territory for a year now, and she would have definitely received some kind of tip-off.

After all, even if she had no authority, she was still the Countess of the territory, the lord of the land, and the nominal owner of the Castel silver mine—an individual who could be courted for support and alliance.

Charlotte had even asked Baron Angus, the taciturn, socially anxious knight who had traveled with her a few days ago, about the Secret Silver Vein. His answer was that the Secret Silver Vein was indeed depleted, and his son had even gone to see it personally as part of a delegation of nobles.

Unless Angus was lying to her.

But she really didn’t want to believe that the only loyal noble who came to meet her and even personally escorted her to North Port was a turncoat...

Or was it possible that Angus’s son was lying to him?

Intuition told Charlotte that there were secrets in the Castel silver mine, especially regarding the Secret Silver Mine—probably big secrets!

"What do you guys think?"

After thinking it over, Charlotte turned to Sebastian and Nisi.

One was an elf with a long life span, and one was a Transcendent being with a mysterious origin. They definitely knew more than she did and might be able to deduce something from Luf’s investigations.

"A dragon that feeds on veins of ore, huh... I have indeed heard of such giant dragons, but I also know that dragons that eat precious metals don’t eat meat,"

Sebastian pondered for a moment before speaking.

Charlotte then looked at Nisi.

Nisi stopped reaching for her greasy plate with her cat-like paw, and after struggling to swallow the food puffing in her cheeks, she muttered:

"The thing I’m curious about is, if there really was a dragon in the Castel silver mine, even if it was just unfounded rumors, the mercenary gangs from the Black Land of Eastern Yonette would swarm over here."

"Those keen to make a name for themselves slaying dragons have been abundant since ancient times; they would queue up from the New Moon Kingdom all the way to Coria!"

Luf nodded:

"Indeed, I’ve heard some miners say that there was a time when rumors were rife, and mercenary corps did come of their own accord, but... there was no follow-up afterward."

"No follow-up? What does that mean?"

Charlotte asked.

Luf replied:

"It means literally that; there was no follow-up. Neither on slaying the dragon nor on the mercenary corps involved, some rumors said the mercenaries left after finding no dragon, and others said... that like other robust miners, they too disappeared."

After hearing Luf’s words, Charlotte fell into deep thought.

Clearly, there was a major problem beneath the Castel silver mine, and it was no small issue.

A mercenary corps confident in slaying a dragon would not be weak, and their silent disappearance without a trace was thought-provoking.

"I understand now, Lord Luf; I thank you for your efforts this time. For safety’s sake, please keep your people away from the mine area for now."

Charlotte said.

Luf’s heart stirred slightly:

"Lord Charlotte, have you come here personally to investigate this matter?"

Charlotte didn’t hide her intentions and nodded:

"I am indeed considering it."

Luf hesitated a moment before speaking sincerely:

"Lord Charlotte, although only sturdy miners have disappeared, it’s still too dangerous there..."

"Hey, Luf, don’t worry. It might be dangerous for others, but for the master...danger? Doesn’t exist."

Sebastian laughed confidently.

Even Nisi, who was busily eating on the side, nodded her head, seemingly unconcerned about Charlotte’s safety issues.

Seeing their lack of concern, Luf truly couldn’t help but want to persuade them more, but before he could speak, he suddenly felt something and looked at Sebastian’s wrist.

He noticed that the Ghost Face curse on the wrist, which used to be very obvious, had shrunk to almost invisibility, seemingly suppressed entirely.

Luf suddenly had some guesses.

Could it be... that Lord Sebastian had regained his strength?

"Don’t look at me; it’s not my power that has recovered, but don’t worry, there’s no safety issue. Even if there were, it would just be about Nisi."

As if seeing right through what Luf was thinking, Sebastian said with a smile.

Nisi’s eyes popped in indignation:

"What about me? Look here! If there really were something, I have so many ways to escape I would definitely be the first to get away safely! In this regard, I’m much stronger than some nameless waste who was chased by the Blazing Sun and ultimately had to rely on the master for a counterkill!"

Nisi boasted proudly about her ability to escape, while taking the opportunity to rub salt into Sebastian’s wound.

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