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Chapter 87: Three Items (Extra)

Back to the main point, after stealing the usage rights to the 【Ring of the Demon God’s Guardian】, Miss Vilyric began to take out everything inside and check each one.

After all, it was a prince’s personal item, and Ban certainly wouldn’t have thought anyone would directly steal his ring, so it contained quite a few valuable things.

First, money.

Nobles like Ban likely seldom use the common currency of the United Kingdom—copper, silver, and gold—so aside from a small amount of pocket gold coins, the ring held high-grade magic crystals for trade and items similar to silver notes.

Miss Vilyric randomly picked up two notes to look at.

“Whoa?!”

These “silver notes” all had denominations in the tens of thousands of gold coins, and there was even one for a hundred thousand!

Just looking at this thick stack, it must have at least several hundred million gold coins, right!?

This doesn’t even count the magic crystals that Miss Vilyric couldn’t appraise.

Whoa… this guy is really rich. Even without territory or taxes, how does a prince have so much wealth?

But since it was all laid out in front of her, the priestess could only silently thank him in her heart and cheerfully exclaim,

“Hand it over!”

Without hesitation, she tossed this massive wealth into her backpack, and she didn’t feel guilty at all.

When Liliya gave her the ring, she must have anticipated there would be valuable things inside; the princess’s intention was already a tacit approval for them all to belong to Miss Vilyric.

Even though the priestess usually didn’t need much money, having it was never a bad thing.

Now I’m basically a little rich lady!

Hehe~

As for where the money really came from, who cares? Even if it were the people’s hard-earned money, Miss Vilyric had no targets or obligations to return it. This amount might seem huge, but to a country, it’s merely a drop in the bucket.

Maybe it’s just Ban’s spending money.

After looking through the most mundane items, Miss Vilyric’s gaze swept over a few purple magical equipment pieces that appeared to be tools used or collected by Ban.

While these might be treasures to most people in this world, to the priestess, they weren’t particularly special.

She decided to keep them; perhaps she could gift or trade them later. The longer she stayed in this world, the more she realized that high-grade equipment in 【Fantasy World】 still attracted too much attention.

She’d have to avoid similar situations to when she gave Uncle Lester that golden 【Soul Shield of the Black Knight】.

Speaking of which, how’s that guy doing now?

The reason they call it a spirit tool is that it holds some basic spirit properties. Apart from the user, an ordinary person wouldn’t be able to determine its grade just by looking. So as long as Lester wasn’t foolish enough to reveal it, no one should know it’s a valuable golden item.

Miss Vilyric definitely wouldn’t bother making a special trip just for that. Once Liliya became queen, she might have the chance to send someone to West Sea City to discreetly inquire.

After checking a few pieces of equipment, there wasn’t much left; this 【Ring of the Demon God’s Guardian】 was merely a half-finished product, mainly functioning to conceal presence and provide defense, with a fairly limited storage space.

Then, there were three more items.

A strange black-gray token, a letter, and… a silver key?

The token was an ordinary item with no magical fluctuations; it should symbolize something special, like the bird token representing princess Liliya’s status. Miss Vilyric still hadn’t figured out its specific use.

The 【Information Detection】 skill could only investigate living things or those with magical fluctuations, meaning it could discover information about items of at least purple grade or higher, as lower-grade items couldn’t retain information for long.

For ordinary items, the most it could show was who made it, what effects it had, and its current condition, but it couldn’t trace back its origins or see its past experiences.

This was a conclusion Miss Vilyric reached after repeated experiments since crossing over.

But interestingly, this token was engraved with a green snake coiling around it, its tongue flicking out, fangs glimmering coldly, sending a shiver down her spine.

Miss Vilyric remembered that the lord of Flame Dragon City, Nastaia, mentioned that the guy who led the Throne of Immortality to steal the 【Heart of the Red Dragon】 had a green snake tattooed on his hand, and he wasn’t undead.

Additionally, she recalled a peculiar villager named Carl Perkins who had followed her when she first arrived in this world; he also mentioned a “green snake.” It was there she found the 【Demon God’s Jewel (Fragment)】. Could there be a connection between these instances?

Very intriguing.

As for the silver key, it radiated a certain special aura, feeling quite significant. But after studying it for a long time, Miss Vilyric couldn’t figure out what it was for.

The investigation skill yielded this description: 【One of the Keys of March that opens a great door; all keys must be gathered to activate its power.】

Such a straightforward sentence.

Typically, when encountering a vague description like this, there are two possibilities.

One, the item is so damaged, much information is lost, naturally making it impossible for 【Information Detection】 to conjure up anything.

The other possibility is quite interesting.

The key’s status or “mystery” is so high that even Miss Vilyric’s fully leveled detection skill can only reveal this much information.

It’s not impossible, after all; Miss Vilyric is a priest, and her general skill in 【Information Detection】 won’t be as powerful as those evolved skills that rangers or thieves lean toward.

Since she couldn’t figure it out, she let it be.

After all, it was merely something she stumbled upon, and now there was only this one key. Knowing what it was for wouldn’t change much; it was better to keep a calm mindset and go with the flow.

Finally, Miss Vilyric opened the obviously already unsealed letter and pulled out the thin sheet of paper.

Ban had specifically kept this item close, meaning it must have been crucial to him, perhaps hiding some secret.

Spreading the letter on the bed, the priestess carefully read it.

【To Prince Ban Meikailande of the United Kingdom: Regarding your mention of cooperation with our country, per the Beast Emperor’s decree, we have agreed to proceed.

However, as you said, moving a million troops plus the supply costs is extraordinary. To show our sincerity, please gather at least 100,000 tons of army rations within a week to our Tapeya Basin; we will launch a major attack on the western defense line shortly after inspection.

The other specifics are as follows…】

“Mmm…”

Miss Vilyric set the letter back down on the bed.

This letter, designated by the Beast Emperor, was personally written by the fox priest Chaharit. The remaining content primarily concerns the collaboration agreement between Ban and Chaharit.

In summary, it was about the beastmen helping the second prince to attack the western border defended by Liliya. It would be best if they could kill her during the chaos of war, but at the very least, they wanted to defeat her thoroughly and leave her without a shred of dignity, while Ban would provide assistance domestically.

According to the agreement, Ban would supply ample food and supplies to the Beast Kingdom, along with at least 50 million gold coins as military remuneration.

However, regardless, even if they truly broke through Wanku Fortress, they couldn’t advance further; otherwise, the amassed army within Ban’s territory would immediately move to engage them and enact ruthless vengeance.

The end of the letter bore the official seals of Ban Meikailande and the Beast Emperor, marking it as a formal agreement.

Indeed, this was a credible document.

Miss Vilyric had already known about Ban colluding with the beastmen to frame Liliya.

While this letter could be considered substantial evidence, with the second prince already imprisoned now, adding more charges wouldn’t mean much.

Moreover, Miss Vilyric didn’t understand why Ban would keep such incriminating evidence so close?

To leverage against the beastmen in case they went back on their word?

Impossible; if this information got out, apart from the fallout for the Beast Kingdom, Ban’s reputation within his own country would plummet to the depths—this is treason!

This meant he was keeping this item for another purpose.

But… what other purpose could it serve?

Wait a minute…

A certain unbelievable hypothesis suddenly popped into Miss Vilyric’s mind.

What if this letter was intentionally placed in the ring by someone other than Ban?