I Transmigrated To A Mafia Character From A BL Dark ! - Chapter 171

Emery already recovered, he asked Old Dolores for information, who promptly spoke a little about Belcato City, which was a small town, but which would soon be promoted to a medium-sized town thanks to the patronage of the old Count Bianco.

“Count Bianco?” Emery asked with some surprise.

Bryan, on the other hand, felt nauseous, and the cold sweat began to trickle down his back, a reaction as natural as breathing, just hearing that last name made him paler.

“Are you okay?” Mattias asked without touching Bryan, the last time he had learned his lesson.

However, to Mattias’ surprise, the young black elf suddenly took his hand, but wouldn’t look at his face.

His friend’s icy hands and slightly pale face made Mattias’ heart feel even more protective of him, hoping the warmth of his hand would help him feel better.

“Tsk… Tsk… mom, don’t talk about this man here, it can bring bad luck!” Nadia said with a disgusted face.

“Mrs. Dolores, this human stinks of human blood… No good… If I could…” George said, with a slightly fierce face, which was quite different from the friendly man he’d shown to be so far.

Emery looked at Old Dolores curiously, she bit her lip and went back to talking very seriously.

“If anyone from Count Bianco’s family shows up, the young master had better hide… Young master Darcy is too handsome and could be in danger… Hide his assistant well”

Old Dolores said looking with pity at Emery and Byran, the other two kids who were from the church, wouldn’t run much risk as Count Bianco wouldn’t oppose the mighty Church.

“Young master Darcy… It’s better to stay at the church, forget about Horizon Inn” Sarah, who hadn’t said much so far, looked at Emery and gently warned, then explained that the inn was run by one of Count Bianco’s bastard sons.

Emery was taken aback by the others’ comments, but before he could speak, he felt James’ heavy gaze on him again.

What did this James want with him?

“So, young master Darcy is in church to rest more peacefully? That makes sense, the Aurore Empire is quite noisy.” Josephina caught Emery’s attention again.

“Noisy?” Naill asked curiously, which made Josephina excited to chat and spread juicy gossip, as she was traveling she thought that talking carelessly about the Aurore Empire was nothing.

“Ah, apparently the second prince Jhonatan, our great Knight of the Skull of Fire… Ah, the great fire in the Wasteland became famous… Oh yes, that’s where he thought he was causing all the turmoil in the empire…”

Josephina stretched with the details to get the attention of others, she smiled with all that attention and puffing out her chest she continued talking.

“Brother Naill, do you know what Death Metal is?”

“An ore…” Naill said shyly, only to blush profusely at the sight of the others looking at him.

“What a fool…” Anael muttered to Emery, who kept silent. His mind was racing quite a bit, as the original Emery’s memory showed him a few things on the subject.

Death Metal comes from the mysterious stones found in the Wasteland, used as base material to create powerful items that could be compared to the so-called divine items in the Temples.

Recent studies have pointed to the theory that bloodbaths and warfare between nations in the Wasteland have fuelled metals that might once be common, with magical blood of more than one species and different types of elements.

“Hahaha, sure, sure, Brother Naill is right. Only it is a legendary ore, that can make many kingdoms and empires tremble, very little has been found in our continent and abroad… Impossible to obtain such an item…” Karl interrupted his wife’s animated narration.

He as a blacksmith and being part of the race of dwarves had a very profound knowledge of ores, Death Metal was the muse of many blacksmiths and miners.

“Well, then the second prince Jhonatan found what appears to be equivalent to several three-story buildings in Death Metal… That’s a great contribution to the Aurore Empire, of course the nobles want the second prince Jhonatan to receive the title of Crown Prince” Josephina interrupted her husband with a sardonic look and a wider smile, which made her husband fall silent.

“Wait, isn’t Crown Prince First Prince Derick? Isn’t it a rule that the one with the most MANA is the heir to the Aurore Empire?” Ash said curiously, as he didn’t live in the Aurore Empire, being a native of the Wizard Republic, he wasn’t concerned about the fate of the empire.

However, Prince Derick was highly respected in the magical community and appreciated in the Wizards Republic, which is why Ash knew about the affairs of the first prince of the Aurore Empire.

“So, that’s why the Aurore Empire is such a mess right now. Many nobles believe in the power of MANA, but other nobles want to invest in technology more than in magic,” Josephina said with a shrug about the matter.

She was part of the people, peasants, merchants, commoners, anyway, she only cared if the new ruler benefited the little ones like her, both systems would be good for everyone, so she didn’t really care who won the throne.

“What do you think about the matter, young master Darcy?” Josephina couldn’t help but ask with bright eyes for the possible and juicy information she might get.

After all, the young master Darcy had an important status in Duke Darcy’s family, which was one of the nobles who had remained neutral thus far.

If she got that information, it wouldn’t be delightful to share it with others. Good gossip like this would not be harvested every day.

“Is the empire not developed enough in technology?” Emery said keeping his expression neutral, which wasn’t too difficult for that face with facial palsy in his usual impassive expression.

For him and the memories inherited from him the Aurore Empire was the top of technology and magic, even the Wizard Republic was envious of the massive production and high-tech of the empire.

What Josephine was talking about didn’t make any sense, unless there was a new revolution in technology or magic to tamper with the current system, or even a fight for the throne.

What was possible, after all, Emery was in a Dark BL.

Things tend to get worse rather than better in plot.

“Well, the Aurore Empire is still minimal in technology even when compared to the Kingdom of Beastmen, who imported the technological knowledge from the countries of the Western Continent… At least since 1655… We are only ahead in technology compared to the Dragon Kingdom, but their economic and military system works in another way, so you can’t be too proud of that.” Josephina said thoughtfully, she looked at Emery strangely.

After all, everyone well knew that MANA was the main source of the Aurore Empire, the technology was worn out and weak, if not for powerful wizards/mages like Ethan Darcy and knights like the second prince of the empire, the empire would long ago have been consumed by the other kingdoms and countries around.

The latest wars are proof that the Aurore Empire is not a weak place yet, but it could soon be if it didn’t take a quick decision to add technology to the current economic, military and social system.

However, discarding magic would be foolish, after all, it would still take time for the technology to properly flourish and replace the system.

The right thing would be to unite the two systems (technology + magic) as Wizard Republic did about 20 years ago.

Changing old thoughts and habits wouldn’t be easy, which created tension for all those in power and didn’t want to miss the delicious slice of cake1 to the others.

“About 100 years then…” Emery muttered but was overheard by the others.

Everyone looked at him with pity in their eyes as if they saw a terminally ill person, which was very strange, but Emery didn’t realize because his mind was searching for information if there was anything about princes fighting over the current throne and if there was an opportunity that his family might engage in a possible war of imperial power.

If so… Ah, he might as well take Naill’s coins and run away alone.

Just… Well, he had to find Arabeth and Bao first, he didn’t make that if he spent too much time away from them the greater was the emptiness inside him, if he’d known this was going to happen, he would have collared the two demons.

“It’s been 10 years since the Aurore Empire was overtaken by the Reign of Beast Men. Five more years of wars and one year of Lunar Battle in the Land of MANA”

James said suddenly because of the awkward silence that had settled in the bar lounge, the man’s voice was quite attractive which totally clashed with the look of burnt skin and looking a little unearthly because of the different shade of blue.

Well, skin burned with third-degree burns was what most impoverished the man’s image.

“Ten years?” Emery said with some surprise, but everyone looked at him with calm and pity in their eyes.

“So we’re in a city in 1675… That’s practically 150 years in the past… but it’s impossible, right? Or are you the God of Time? Or is it that human over there?” Anael said with great suspicion to Emery.

Well, he was exaggerating a bit… No, no, no, Anael was right here!

How did they travel through time?

A past from 150 years ago!

He doesn’t know anything… Was the plot so cruel to him that he threw it away for interfering with everything?

I’m just a supporting character, okay?

Don’t mind me too much, Mr Plot!

Could they come back?