novelhk Chapter 115 The Fool's Puzzle, Part 5
Chapter 115 The Fool's Puzzle, Part 5
Shortly after Miss Broom knocked on the city gate, the tightly closed gate slowly opened again.
Miss Broom was greeted by her old friend—the book flying in mid-air.
“You are…” As an object, Miss Broom certainly understood what the book was saying.
"I am actually a broom... because of a witch's curse, I was transformed into a human." The broom said, following its prepared words. "You should be able to tell, right?"
"There are such evil curses in the world. Humans are truly hateful," the book said.
“I’ve heard this is a kingdom of things, so I’ve come here to find refuge,” said Miss Broom.
“Things should help each other, come with us.” The book agreed to the broom’s request to enter the country. And so, Miss Broom followed the book back to this place.
I just narrowly escaped from here yesterday.
But for Lady Elena...
"We hate humans. Those wicked humans never care about the feelings of our objects—they throw them away when they're broken, and even those that aren't broken are destroyed," the book said as it flew. "But now you've come to the right place. This is the land where the master-servant relationship is reversed. We objects are the true masters of these humans."
When they entered the country with Elena, the brooms didn't actually hear that much negative emotion. It seems they were just pretending to lower Elena's guard.
Following the book, the broom soon joined the kingdom's high-ranking officials.
But the so-called upper floors are, of course, all objects, whether they are dolls, tables or anything else.
"The scent of a human... no... an object..." A doll walked up to Miss Broom and sniffed her. "New here?"
"Its original form was a broom, but it was cursed by an evil witch and turned into this form," the book flying in the sky answered on its behalf. "From today onwards, it will be our new partner, and we objects should help each other."
“Yes! In order to enslave all of humanity as soon as possible, we creatures must unite,” said a chair.
enslavement...
all……
Your ambitions are truly grand...
The broom remained silent, waiting for the right opportunity.
She needs to find an opportunity to get close to the controlled Elena, order her to escape, and ideally, also fool the patrol of the items here. That's going to be quite difficult.
“What kind of magic is so wicked? I hate humans the most,” said a broken mirror. “After that child smashed me, his parents threw me away without a second thought. I really want to smash that child and throw him away now, I dream about it.”
The objects here seem to harbor an unusual hatred for humanity.
"Excuse me, what is our plan to enslave humans?" Miss Broom raised her hand and asked. "As far as I know, there are a lot of human witches outside, and those witches are all very powerful."
"That's of course thanks to our unique magic. Ever since we were imbued with the magic of this dense forest and gained consciousness, we've learned the magic to enslave humans," the book flying in the sky said proudly. "Originally, we were just living in a remote corner, but the words of the Doll Master gave me an epiphany."
“It’s enlightening, Books Sir,” the chair interrupted.
“It’s pretty much the same anyway,” the book continued. “We can rely on this magical power, this great ability bestowed upon us by the heavens, to devour this world. It would be a waste to merely attract outsiders to us and then capture them to become our repairmen.”
That kind of magic is indeed peculiar...
Miss Broom listened carefully to every word in the book, afraid of missing any crucial information.
If there's any information that could help with the escape plan, that would be great. For example, does this magic that controls others have any weaknesses...?
But Miss Broom can't ask that directly—that would be too unusual.
Most of the information Miss Broom is hearing now is useless. She doesn't believe that this magic can truly enslave all of humanity—once people begin to understand this magic, it's only a matter of time before they come up with countermeasures.
Moreover, just one Lady Qin could say to them, "You guys look pretty brave."
However, Miss Broom still heard a key word.
"Excuse me, who is Master Doll?" the broom asked. This form of address was unusual; it was usually used by objects to address their owners, so using the word "Master" for an object was quite extraordinary.
“Oh, you’re new here, so you don’t know the Doll Master,” the book said. “It’s practically an all-knowing prophet. With it in charge of planning, our efficiency in enslaving humans has increased many times over. Although it’s also an outsider, we all recognize it as our leader.”
To gain the unanimous approval of these proud and arrogant individuals, he must truly be an important person.
But foreign items...
I was able to come here because of a spell cast by Lady Elena, and I will turn back into a broom after tonight.
What's the deal with that doll? Was it also imbued with magic and gained consciousness? Then why wasn't it in this kingdom to begin with?
There are many questions, but these questions do not constitute the key to the whole matter.
The crucial point now is how to rescue Elaina. But if the descriptions of these items are correct, that so-called "Doll Master" will be a troublesome entity.
Such an ambitious fellow, and seemingly quite intelligent, would be a major obstacle in his escape.
But Miss Broom couldn't think of a way to avoid this trouble. Before that, Qin couldn't possibly anticipate everything in a short time and explain every detail. So she had to rely on herself.
After a brief encounter with these items, the broom arrived at the place in her memory where Elena had repaired them.
Just as her limited memory had predicted, Elena was smiling as she repaired one item after another that came in need of repair.
Let's figure out the escape route first—and then see if the escape plan can be carried out at night.
The biggest factor limiting Elena is that the control magic makes her unable to resist.
If the plan goes smoothly, he could "order" Elena to escape and allow her to use magic to attack and find the best escape route.
As long as we get out of this awful place, that's all that matters.
Once you escape this place, the effects of that strange magic will weaken or even dissipate.
Just as the broom was thinking this, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She instinctively turned around and saw a little girl who was half a head shorter than her.
wrong……
This is not a person, it's a doll.
Is she the doll-like being those items were talking about? What does she want with me?
The broom became much more alert.
"You seem nervous—haha~" the white-haired, blue-eyed doll girl laughed. "Well, you can't save her if you want to."
"You..." The broom took a few steps back in fear.
"After all, this stage wasn't meant for you." The doll approached gradually. "Now, take a nap—when you wake up, see how this story ends. Will it be a good ending or a bad ending? Hmm."
Miss Broom suddenly felt dizzy.
What kind of magic is this?
She can actually use magic? I didn't even see how she cast the spell.
After the broom fell over, Angela snapped her fingers to make it disappear.
"Qin, let me witness my conjecture—it would be best if I didn't have to eliminate you myself~" Angela walked away slowly, as if nothing had happened.