176. scammer’s swindle.
“Here you are.”
Oren looked at a corner of the villa and said.
“You seem to be finding me faster and faster.”
Out of that darkness, a ‘darkness’ wearing a black mask walked out.
“Why now… … .”
He walked out and opened his mouth, but Oren cut off his words like a knife.
“Sit down and have a conversation.”
Oren pointed to the table. The table was not just a table for conversation.
A bottle of wine and two glasses.
“Do you need ice?”
“… … This is another unexpected development.”
“ice.”
“ah. it’s okay.”
Swept away by the atmosphere, he forgot what he was going to say and sat down at the table.
Oren casually filled the glass with alcohol.
“It will be the first drink. It’s quite a flavorful drink.”
It wasn’t wine, it wasn’t whiskey. It was a white liquor that was different from the liquor of the continent.
Darkness stared at the glass, probably for the first time such white alcohol.
“What is this?”
“It is one of the drinks brought from outside the empire. It’s not clean, but it’s savory and has its own flavor.”
A drink that looks like watered down milk.
The drink was poured into a glass.
“I will.”
“This is true. I never thought I’d be drinking here.”
I wondered how to eat while wearing the mask, but the mouth of the mask was enveloped in darkness. I had my own way.
“I will.”
Oren raised his glass and held it out to him. Darkness shook its head, raised its glass and clashed.
So the two drank at once.
“Big. This is a strange taste.”
“It is a drink with its own flavor. It is a drink born from a completely different culture.”
A drink born from a completely different culture.
The two live completely different lives.
It was something strangely eerie.
“Why did you make this place?”
“Because we need to talk.”
“Good. Even so, I had a lot of things I wanted to say.”
Oren nodded and opened his mouth.
“You can do it first.”
“Ohh. Then I will not decline.”
Both of them were on the rise.
I just couldn’t get drunk. However, as a human being, it is natural to get drunk on the atmosphere.
“Why are you calling me now? This is the first time in my life that I have waited for a contact like this.”
As if intoxicated with the atmosphere, ‘Darkness’ spoke longer than usual. Thanks to that, he showed his emotions and spat out unnecessary words.
“There is a rather interesting story written in the scriptures of the Church of Dawn. If you want to be treated, treat others.”
“Is this the golden rule?”
“okay.”
Oren’s meaning was simple.
Since you guys didn’t do it right, it was said that I also delayed contacting you.
“Funny. What did you not like so much? We give missions to the regions we travel to and give rewards. Is there anything I am missing?”
Oren, a con artist, knows this well.
Long talk is usually bullshit. The words were only prolonged to hide the fact that it was bullshit.
“I’m not saying that to be serious.”
“I am serious. I think I provided all the conveniences I could provide?”
The attitude of a fairly confident guy. It was said that he would insist on the truth with momentum, but even the seeds would not work.
“The contents of the mission were quite interesting.”
The reason why he can be so confident is because he thinks he doesn’t know what Oren got at the end of the Forest of Trials.
“I gave you a mission just at the right time, but isn’t it inevitable that the content is poor?”
It was just as I thought.
“I don’t know.”
“Yes?”
“I can’t tell if you’re looking down on me or if I’m superior to you.”
“… … This makes things difficult.”
He finally realized what Oren knew.
“Don’t you think it was a very unfortunate situation?”
“… … Is it possible to make an inference with that much information? This is my mistake.”
As soon as he realized that Oren knew, he readily admitted it. Of course, I didn’t open the information.
Oren refilled his glass.
“I don’t know what you’re going to call it, but you probably know it.”
“That’s right. Deadly in the hands of our enemies, but obscure for us… … how to say It’s like a trick.”
Certainly it was.
“I call this the alarm.”
“haha. An alarm, that sounds like a pretty good name.”
The guy didn’t reveal the information until the end. It was just a conversation with Oren.
“However, it seems that you do not know the true power of this. I don’t know, so I would have given this to me without fear.”
There was no such thing as true power, but they don’t know that.
“… … Yes?”
As expected, the guy didn’t know exactly.
“I feel different things. I feel like pieces of shrapnel, for example.”
“… … under. Was there such a function? How far do you feel?”
The guy got caught.
“I don’t know what terrible way it’s being stored, but it’s just a vague feeling.”
“haha. Absolutely. You will be amazed to see how it is kept.”
It was natural. It must have been an important plan for them, but it couldn’t have been kept carelessly.
“I will forget the fragments you kept.”
“Hoo.”
“I will forget even the senses, and I will not even try to find them.”
“Are you coming out like that?”
It was a deal.
I’m not going to locate the key fragment on this side, so spit something out too.
“I’ll track down the other pieces instead.”
“Hmm. that’s fine They are already moving on our side.”
It was rewarding to shake him with a drink. Mistakes I would never normally make popped up.
“Looks like someone pretty great went looking for it.”
“Why did you think that?”
“Because you said it.”
Then the boy’s expression hardened. You will notice your mistake.
“The next time I ask you to find the piece, the price will be completely different.”
“… … This, this, did you drink or drink something?”
When it was clear that he was embarrassed, the guy pretended to be relaxed and threw a joke.
“Looks like you rode something. Seeing how I talk for a long time uncharacteristically for me.”
“haha. Not bad if you think we ate together.”
I was able to realize one thing for sure.
Guys are people too.
A person who has emotions and is shaken.
It is not something that cannot be attacked.
“I opened everything up and showed my true heart. What do you plan to do?”
At Oren’s question, the boy’s expression changed. The boy pondered, then raised his glass and took a sip.
“Originally, I would have killed him.”
Oren was unfazed. In the first place, this push and pull was risking one’s life.
“Know.”
“The fact that he opened the door even though he knew it was dangerous… … .”
Either one.
Either stupid or ambitious.
“You really want to go upstairs.”
“Did what I said sound like a joke?”
“no. I just didn’t know you were so passionate about it.”
Darkness does not give up on Oren easily.
Do you like it as a human being? It wasn’t for such an insincere reason.
‘I don’t think there’s a hand that’s as useful as mine.’
The forces on the black side are made up of small groups in point organizations. These organizations are always understaffed.
“It can get complicated.”
“That is something I have to bear.”
“Hmm. Do you really have to do this? If you go a little slower, you’ll be up in no time.”
Judging by his reaction, it didn’t seem like a normal way.
“I am going slowly and carefully. There could have been many ways to get up faster than this.”
“… … You are truly beyond expectations. If only one of us had been like Mr. Oren, this great cause would have been over long ago. I’m really sorry.”
“I consider myself fortunate. Thanks to that, I will still be able to use it.”
“haha. That’s it too.”
Judging by the atmosphere, it seemed clear that he would agree.
“Then, let’s proceed as you wish. Please understand that it may take some time.”
Taking time meant that it was not something the ‘dark’ guy could handle.
above the dark A report goes up to the true darkness.
“Please.”
At Oren’s words, his eyes widened like half moons.
And, he said something unexpected.
“I followed the golden rule. Please contact me as soon as possible this time.”
It seemed that it was quite frustrating to be pushed through contact.
“It is. What I have accumulated through this mission, I will shake it off here.”
“after. That’s good.”
Now that one thing was sorted out, it was time to move on to the next.
“Then, I will receive the mission clear reward.”
“haha. Okay. That is that, and this is this.”
There was no need to skip mission rewards. Well, I didn’t get anything great.
“Hmm. There are several rewards to choose from, can I recommend one?”
“good night.”
“You get all the rewards in rank. That will help you get what you want.”
“I will.”
In order to report, there must be performance, and in this organization, grades were the most important.
＜Your rating has risen.＞
After taking the last reward like that, the meeting with him was over.
“I will contact you right away.”
“will wait.”
* * *
While waiting for a call, I was able to experience something unexpected.
[The key (Ed) is being used.]
[The power of the key manager is activated.]
The power of the key manager was activated, and the knowledge of Ed, who had finished establishing his studies, began pouring in.
Of course, it wasn’t Leon who accepted that knowledge.
‘Hey Siri. receive.’
[All right.]
After Siri received that knowledge instead.
[I think you should go to the lab quickly.]
‘why?’
[They did an incredible job.]
It was a pleasant word to hear. Leon went straight to the lab.
Ed, Ward, Elric. As soon as we arrived at the door of the trio’s lab, a loud sound was heard.
“Ed! Did we succeed!?”
“It’s a historical study!”
A voice close to joy leaked out the door.
Leon opened the door and went inside.
“Ed?”
Contrary to the uproarious voice, the inside was horrendous.
The interior was cluttered with piles of documents and various magic tools, and the three faces were also marked with deep dark circles and severe fatigue.
Only their voices were excited, they were lying on the desk and struggling like zombies.
“Rion!”
It was like seeing Ed with such high tension for the first time.
Ward and Elric stood up to say hello, but Leon motioned for them to sit down.
And, Ward and Elric were endowed with divine power.
“It’s okay to wake up and be happy. Go to sleep. I will fall.”
When the accumulated fatigue and divine power met, the two collapsed on the desk.
“Rion.”
However, Ed didn’t even care about those two. His gaze was fixed on Leon.
“Looks like it worked?”
“yes!”
“Are you looking forward to it?”
“anticipate.”
It was the first time Ed showed such an active reaction.
“great. What is it?”
In response to Leon’s question, Ed held out a small stone. It was an empty holy object given for experimentation.
“Oh my gosh… … .”
As soon as Leon received it, he couldn’t help but burst into admiration.
“Are you successful?”
“yes. I made it.”
The divine object, which was empty inside, was full of divine power.
“I thought it would be about the level of a sacred object, but it can’t even compare?”
“yes. More than a sanctuary. Less than divine.”
He created a tremendous object located between the sacred and the divine.
“I have a favor.”
“sun! I’ll listen to anything!”
I have achieved this, and I could do anything.
“I need another energy.”
“… … uh?”
“I want to put in something other than divine power.”
Rather, it was something Leon wanted to ask for.
“Ed.”
“uh?”
“Shall I call you hyung just for today?”
The corners of Ed’s mouth moved slightly at Leon’s joke.
“let’s go! Don’t you need recovery?”
“yes. it’s okay.”
get out of the way Ed-sama is coming!
It was possible to create artificial gods.