The Necromance of Love and Death: Defeated Early in the Game, I Reincarnated as a Tragic Villainous Noble and Rebel Against the Scenario with My Beloved Using My Modern and Game Knowledge - Chapter 38

It really seems like this girl is Baltzarek. But… Carla?

“Um, who is Carla?”

“That is my name. My true name is Carla Baltzarkova.”

…What does that mean?

Carla sounds like a girl’s name, right?

“So, Baltzarek… I mean, Carla, are you a girl?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“Really!?”

But until now, she was speaking with a man’s voice. It’s hard to accept that suddenly.

“Why was Carla pretending to be a man? ”

Apparently, Vio was also surprised about Baltzarek’s gender and asked Carla directly.

Yeah, that’s true. Carla had always acted like a man until now. There must be a reason for that.

“It’s a long story, but we dragons are like humans—we are polygamous. It’s shameful to say, but male dragons have no self-control. Some of them attack any female they see. So, to protect my purity, I pretended to be a man.”

I always thought dragons had a more elegant lifestyle, but it turns out they’re worse than I imagined.

Also, Carla’s way of speaking now sounds different than usual. Maybe this is the real Carla.

“That sounds really hard…”

“Yes…”

Maybe they understood each other as girls—Vio and Carla both looked down sadly.

“That’s why my true gender must remain a secret. I don’t want any more trouble.”

“Got it! I won’t tell anyone.”

“Me too. I won’t tell. So… why did you turn into a human, Carla?”

Carla telling us her secret makes me feel trusted. But why now?

“Isn’t it obvious? To protect you two. From what I can see, this is an unexplored ruin. Anything could happen. I can’t let you go in there alone.”

“Carla…”

Carla only trusted my father. I thought she helped me just because of a promise. But now, she revealed her secret and wants to protect us… maybe she really does care about us.

“Thank you, Carla.”

“Thanks.”

“Meow!”

“Hmph.”

Maybe she was embarrassed. Carla crossed her arms and looked away. Her pale cheeks looked slightly red.

“Well, enough about me. If we’re exploring this ruin, let’s get going.”

“Yeah, but wait a second. It’ll be pitch dark inside, right? We need torches or something…”

“There’s no need for that while I’m here! ”

As she said that, Carla raised her hand and summoned a ball of black fire.

“This will do as a light, right? Humans can’t see in the dark, after all. What a hassle.”

That black fire looks like it’s made from darkness itself. Can it really light the way?

With Carla urging us on, we entered the dungeon.

The dungeon had rusty metal corridors, and our footsteps made scratching noises as we walked.

We explored in the order of Charles in front, then Vio, me, and Carla in the back.

By the way, Carla’s dark fire worked fine as a light.

I remembered the games from my past life and started mapping the dungeon as we went.

“Meow!”

About two minutes in, Charles gave a warning cry. We had just encountered our first monster.

It was a brown, jelly-like body covered with rust. It moved slowly as if it had a will of its own. It was a slime. Two of them.

“Hm, slimes…”

“Vio, you take the one on the right. I’ll take the left—”

Just as we were about to fight, both slimes vanished in an instant, burned away by black fire.

“Uh…”

“Too strong? It’s hard to control my power. Hm? What’s wrong?”

When I looked back, Carla tilted her head cutely. As a beautiful girl, she really looked like a character from a painting.

“No, Carla… we were about to fight—”

“Yes. I already took care of it. Just leave the monsters to me. You two should explore the ruin without worry.”

It’s hard to argue when she says that with such a pure smile.

It’s probably Carla’s way of being kind… but it’s not what we need right now.

“Carla, we know how to fight. Please let us handle the battles. We want to gain experience.”

“Hm… but if you get hurt, it’ll be a problem. I can’t use healing magic, you know…”

“We brought potions, so it’ll be fine. Please, let us fight.”

“Hm… alright then…”

Even if Carla defeats the monsters, we’d probably still get experience and level up.

But if we rely too much on that kind of power-leveling, we won’t know what to do when things get serious.

We have to fight the monsters ourselves and gain real experience.