066 – Mission (1)
Charlotte, Irene, and Linia swung their swords at each other.
Zeng-!
Charlotte’s sword and Linia’s sword collided.
Linia managed to get out of Charlotte’s sword and block it.
Originally, Charlotte’s body should have opened up and they should have counterattacked, but they didn’t.
It was because it was clear that Charlotte would have avoided if they had counterattacked now.
Of course, avoiding it will give Linia a relatively superior edge for a while, but that doesn’t last long.
Linia wanted to attack at the right time to give Charlotte a valid hit more than that.
The timing Linia wanted was not far off.
Irene appeared from behind Charlotte.
Hung-!
Irene’s bitter long sword comes in aiming at Charlotte’s side.
Charlotte turned to the side and avoided without looking.
It was thanks to the sensing system auror operation technique ‘complex sensing’ taught by Tigris.
However, while avoiding, the balance of her body was disturbed, and Linia took advantage of the gap and thrust her sword into Charlotte’s abdomen.
It was an attack that could never be avoided or stopped.
Zeng-!
But Irene blocked it instead.
Charlotte’s sword then flew towards Linia, and Linia retreated to avoid it.
The three of them stepped back a little after a battle.
And they ran towards each other again.
This training method, in which the person next to you becomes both an enemy and an ally in an instant, is called ‘triangle training’.
This triangle training was a practical training method to increase judgment and bond between the three and learn about each other’s fighting styles.
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Just because you’re good at swordsmanship doesn’t mean you’re good at fighting.Swordsmanship is just one of the tools for battle, and more important than that is quick judgment and cooperative play with colleagues.
Tigris opted for this triangle training method to develop these two elements, and this training suited them very well.
Clink!
With the sound of glass breaking, Linia sat down.
The blue bracelet hanging from Linia’s left hand faded.
The remaining mana in the barrier artifact had been consumed.
Charlotte and Irene confirmed Linia’s condition.
“Are you okay Linia?”
“yes. it’s okay.”
Relatively weaker than the two, Linia lost the most during this triangle training.
But Charlotte and Irene knew how quickly Linia had developed.
It was Linia who was in charge of defeat for almost a month from the beginning of this training.
But now, there was a time when Charlotte or Irene lost.
Linia took an advantageous position in the midst of a melee and put an attack at a certain time, and the attack was sharp enough to cool the chatter between Charlotte and Irene.
But Linia was not content with this.
Linia wanted to quickly rise to the level of Charlotte and Irene.
It was because Tigris older brother seemed to believe in him.
It’s like trusting Rakan.
At that moment, a popular expression came from behind Linia.
It was Rakan.
Charlotte and Irene put their swords down and stared at Rakan.
In Rakan’s hand was a bundle of papers.
“Can we all talk for a moment?”
* * *
Rakan, Charlotte, Irene, and Linia sat together on the terrace chairs.
The only thing that broke the awkward silence was Irene, who spoke with Rakan.
“Why did your teacher call you?”
“You have given me a mission. The mission type is a search mission similar to finding Viscount Kayle before.”
“then······.”
“Wait, Irene. I want you to ask me a question when I’m done talking.”
Rakan’s mood was very serious.
It was a serious expression that was completely different from the hesitant expression she had shown at Imperial University or in rank battles.
When Rakan left the study, he made up his mind and left.
Let’s never get swayed by the three of us.
Charlotte and Irene have three rings, and Linia has two rings.
On the other hand, Rakan is now only a novice magic swordsman who can handle the common magic of circle 1.
However, Tigris gave Rakan the position of head of this search mission.
Search ability, not force, may be important in this mission, but I thought it was because Tigris believed that Rakan would lead these three people properly.
Rakan did not want to betray Tigris’ trust.
“okay.”
“thank you. Then I’ll keep going. Instructor Tigris said that you too can participate in this search operation. But I told them to return anyone who was in the way or doing anything unnecessary, at my discretion.”
Charlotte raised her hand and said.
“Then you’re the leader of this operation, Rakan?”
“Right. senior.”
“Then what are our duties? Are we doing the same search with you?”
“no. The three of them are on a escort mission to protect me.”
“escort?”
“First, I have to explain this mission.”
Rakan put a list of assassins targeting Trisha on the table.
“The goal of this mission is to find the assassins targeting Trisha and report them directly to Instructor Tigris.”
Irene opened her eyes wide in surprise.
“Mr. Trisha is being targeted?”
“yes. I don’t know the exact reason either. Instructor Tigris probably knows this, but he probably didn’t tell us because it’s something we’re not good at. Anyway, we just need to find these 21 assassins and report their locations to this crystal orb, which is directly connected to Instructor Tigris.”
“Can’t we do it ourselves?”
“It’s not our duty, so we can’t do it. Of course, if the assassin notices and attacks you, there is nothing you can do about it. But that kind of thing shouldn’t happen.”
Rakan posted a picture of Trisha.
“Mr. Trisha is officially known as an adventurer with three rings, but it seems that rumors have spread secretly, and they say that she is unofficially treated as an adventurer with four rings. Rumors spread that they were carrying a lot of relics, and quite a number of high-level assassins gathered there.”
“So, does Trisha have 4 rings?”
“no. You said five.”
Irene tilted her head.
“At best, you look like your mid-twenties, but five rings? how?”
“I don’t know that either. Instructor Tigris told me that.”
“Then we don’t have to worry, right? With five rings, would you be able to handle all of these people by yourself?”
“Instructor Tigris must have an idea. All we have to do is find out the location of these 21 people and report it to Instructor Tigris. We just have to do it.”
Irene and the three of them nodded their heads as if they knew for a moment.
It’s a little awkward, but if this is a mission given to the Rakan team, it’s important to do it first.
Linia said as she went through the details of the assassins one by one.
“But most of them have 3 rings or 4 circle wizards? If you know that it has 4 rings, shouldn’t it be a minimum of 5 rings or a 5 circle mage should aim for it?”
“These people are not all driven by individuals. We have teams of at least three to eight people.”
“Aha······.”
And there are very few freelance assassins of such a high level in the first place.
Such assassins are employed by the state or intelligence agencies to carry out black operations.
You can be protected by the state, and you don’t have to work as a freelancer because you can get money in a stable way.
And the moment they come out as freelancers, they become targets of all countries.
This was because their sharp daggers could target their necks.
Therefore, they often entrusted their bodies to the state to protect them.
Rakan organized the paperwork.
“First of all, there are a total of six teams: the Poisner Assassination Team, which specializes in poison;
“How did you gather this information?”
Most of the information came from the Inquisitor, but it’s a secret that Rakan is an Inquisitor, so it’s just a rough guess.
“Instructor Tigris saved me. I don’t know for sure.”
“Aha······.”
The three were immediately convinced that Tigris had rescued them.
Charlotte opened her mouth.
“But when it comes to search operations, isn’t it important to covertly investigate? Because our faces are well known, if we start a search openly, all the assassins will either run away or attack in the opposite direction?”
“Then we have to disguise ourselves and search secretly.”
“······disguise? Are you going to use disguise artifacts?”
“It is impossible to use disguise artifacts because it is illegal to make or use them under the Imperial Law.”
“Then what do you do?”
“What else could you do? If you disguise yourself as a beggar, you should wear real beggars, and if you have to disguise yourself as an office worker, you should wear office worker clothes.”
The three of them tilted their heads subtly.
“Can we do that?”
“That’s what I specialize in. When I caught Viscount Kayle, I had the experience of disguising myself as a beggar.”
“Five······. So what are you going to disguise yourself for?”
“Wherever I go in Victoria, there is a job where it’s not strange for four people to be in a group, and it’s okay to wear a face mask.”
“what is that?”
Rakan chuckled.
“It’s an environmental sanitation agency.”
* * *
Trisha returned to the penthouse late in the evening.
“So… So Tigris’ disciples and Rakan, a freshman at Imperial University, are tracking down the assassins?”
“Yes.”
Trisha looked at Tigris in an absurd way.
“Aren’t you worried? Even if the students are excellent swordsmen, their opponents are professional assassins. How fast are they? If you notice that you are being pursued, you can run away immediately.”
“If it was impossible, I wouldn’t let it go. So don’t worry.”
Trisha said, scratching her head.
“Ah-oh. When children die, their dreams are wild.”
“Charlotte and Irene are not much older than you.”
“I am 25 years old in Imperial age, but in real years, I am 42 years old. Tigris hardness… No. This was out of the question.”
Tigris said, taking a sip of tea.
“So, have you thought about it?”
“yes······. What······.”
Trisha hesitated for a moment, then spoke.
“Sir Tigris… No. I will become a direct knight of Confucius Tigris.”
When I told Maleus and Sora all the stories Trisha and Tigris had shared, Sora cried out in frustration.
– Trisha! Are you thinking about this?! He said he would support me to become a sword master, but of course I should!
-No, but still, there is a setback in River activities.
-If you can become a Sword Master, you can wait 5 years. The funds are a little tight, but don’t worry because you can use it sparingly.
Maleus also helped.
-I’m also worried that you’ve been drowning in the ordeal of the constellation lately. While practicing next to Tigris, observe closely how the empire works. Well, you can live your life as it is.
Maleus didn’t like Tricia’s work as a River.
Not because Trisha is a human, but because she truly cares for her like a daughter.
Living among beasts and dwarves only increases Trisha’s loneliness.
Maleus was really grateful for Trisha’s dedication to the jungle, but he wanted Trisha to live a human life and be happy.
-That’s Okay. I won’t stop, so I’ll become a Tigris knight. If you get a huge salary increase, funding will be fine.
-Strictly stubborn… Use that money to fund your marriage.
-what the. ‘Cause I’m not getting married
Trisha said with a cough.
“By the way, this is my first time becoming a knight, so how do I do it? Can I get down on my knees now?”
“Is there no need for an inauguration ceremony?”
“what the. What would I ask for? I just go back and forth. oh contract! You must have a contract! I want to get a lot of that salary.”
Trisha’s eyes seemed to twinkle like gold coins.
“I will prepare the contract later. Think carefully about your salary and say it. The signing ceremony should be done after the contract is signed.”
“Yep! All right! Oh right.”
Trisha heard a strange story from Maleus today.
– Did you not know about your identity?
-Identity? what? Ah, I just found out that she is the princess of Godiva Kingdom.
-······ Did you know that too?
-yes? Isn’t that too?
-Hmm······.
Maleus said something that Trisha couldn’t believe.
The content was that Tigris knew that Nemesis and Maleus belonged to the beast liberation group River.
If so, maybe Tricia knows that she is also a member of River?
“what?”
“No.”
Questions abounded, but Trisha decided not to ask this question.
I don’t know how to explain it, and the moment Tigris asked this question, whether or not he knew he belonged to River, he had to confess that he was an agent of River.
‘If you know, I’ll tell you someday.’
Trisha had not seen Tigris in a while, but decided that she was a very trustworthy person.
Trisha met and talked to countless heroes.
Because they all had secrets, and those secrets had a reason to be hidden.
If it wasn’t for these peaceful times, Trisha thought that Tigris would have been a hero who would have saved the world.
So I decided to think that the reason Tigris was hiding a lot from him was because he had a good reason.
Trisha looked at her watch.
“By the way, why hasn’t that kid Rakan gone yet? It seemed like we were still chatting on the terrace.”
Tigris focused on Rakan’s voice as he heard it in his ear.
-······· So, it is right to start with the small assassins first. Guys like Poisner and Old Moon have a lot of pages, so they take turns taking turns looking at the Norbert Tower…
“Rakan has a strong sense of responsibility. That’s why I trust and entrust it to Rakan.”
“Hmm, that’s right.”
Trisha said, taking a sip of tea.
“I have one request.”
“what?”
“that is······.”
Trisha scratched her head and said.
“a. stuffy. I’ll just tell you everything coolly. I want to help out with those little kids having a late-night tactics meeting like that to help me.”
“How are you going to help?”
“I follow them, and when they get in danger, they show up and rescue me. I have Eun-myo’s cloak, so I’ll never get caught.”
It’s not that I don’t believe in Tigris’ eyes, but it seemed like I couldn’t sleep after putting out the little things that were neither knights nor mercenaries.
Trisha said that she has lived an individualistic life as an adventurer, but her unique aura did not disappear.
When he met scammers who were trying to eat young adventurers on his back, he gave up his heart, and when he met monkey-like guys who tried to do something about a woman who had become a Kwon while drinking quietly, he kicked him in the crotch.
That said, he did not do any kind of hostility or volunteer work to the beggars.
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Just Trisha literally lived her life the way she was.As a result, by chance, I came across a relationship with the jungle guards protecting the jungle, and even though I joined the beast liberation group Liber…
Anyway, Trisha would feel bad if even one member of the Rakan team died or got hurt.
I just wanted to help.
Tigris nodded.
“i get it.”
“uh? Do you allow it?”
“If you are practicing swords and your mind is elsewhere, you will not be able to practice. So you should do whatever you want.”
“Yep! thank you!”
He let out a long sigh as if the old congestion was flying away.
“uh? But then I’m going to be the secret bodyguard protecting the Rakan team after an assassin trying to kill me? This relationship is very interesting, isn’t it?”
“·················ogue.”
* * *
late evening the next day.
The four of them came out of the alley wearing masks prepared by Rakan as a sanitation worker.
Charlotte sighed briefly as she looked at her outfit.
“·······Rakan.”
“Why?”
The environmental beautification uniform that Rakan prepared was full of realism.
It overflowed and flowed.
The shoes and arms were covered with filth and various food waste, and the stench was very bad.
In addition, the gloves were very dirty as if they had been worn several times, and the part where the forehead touched was also dyed black.
It was almost like a beggar.
“Where did all these clothes come from?”
“I bought clothes for the men and women of the real environmental cleaners and saved them. It was expensive because I bought it with a large amount of money on condition of keeping it a secret.”
Except for Rakan, all three are from noble nobles.
Charlotte is the heir to the noble Count Friharden, Irene is the heir to the dragon-slaying Welf family, and Linia is the younger sister of the emperor Tigris.
It was the first time for them to wear such dirty clothes as they used to wear expensive and nice clothes that commoners could not even look at.
Yesterday I went out to be a sanitation worker or a beggar with the thought that I wanted to help Tigris, but it was hard to hold on to wearing such dirty and smelly clothes.
“Then this mask…”
“yes. of course······.”
“Do not say. I just didn’t know… Ugh…”
Charlotte decided not to say any more.
He seemed to know the cause of this unpleasant dampness and stench, but he didn’t want to hear it.
Because there are secrets in the world that should not be known.
[Quest Success!]
Dress Charlotte, Irene, and Linia in dirty and smelly cleaning clothes!
100 points earned!
Rakan’s hand clenched tightly.
I didn’t aim for it, but it felt good to earn points.
Irene said while looking at the shoes that were blown through the wind.
“Then let’s get started. We have to do the sanitation job, so we have to clean everything from Gold Line Street to Sessegnon Street.”
“······okay.”
Rakan decided to pull the liar car, and the three of them started to pick up trash with tongs and sacks around Rakan.
As a result of devising the best position to escort Rakan, this was the best.
The assassins that Rakan and the three decided to target today were small assassins.
The names were ‘Index Assassination Team’, ‘Big Toe Assassination Team’, and lastly ‘Right Eye Assassination Team’.
It was a small group of assassins of 2 to 4 people, and they were not very high level assassins.
The reason the name of the assassin group was a human body part was to make it easier for clients to remember.
The assassins cut off body parts of the target and bring them to the clients to indicate that the quest has been successful.
The index finger assassins bring the index finger, the big toe assassins bring the big toe, and so on.
Of course, assassin groups such as ‘Poisner’ and ‘Old Moon’ are given special names because they became famous on this floor.
The hiding places of the three assassins that Rakan’s team is aiming for are unknown.
However, since they were aiming for Trisha, there was a high possibility that they were hiding near this Norbert Tower.
The Rakan team decided not to go directly to the Norverd Tower, but to circle around to pick up the trash and go.
“…to see that there was so much garbage.”
The streets of Uptown seen by the three of them were always clean.
But late in the evening, from broken bottles to even poop packed by dogs.
Linia looked down at the large banana poop and said to Rakan.
“Do we have to do this too?”
“Absolutely.”
“······Oh my gosh.”
“Come on and pick it up. Before others find it strange.”
With trembling hands, Linia picked up a paper that was rolling nearby, covered it, and picked it up with tongs.
Mukkeng-
“Ugh…”
Tears were about to come out of Linia’s eyes, but Linia held it in.
Then he put the paper with the poop on the sack.
Irene picked up another piece of paper, put it down on the poo-stained spot, and rubbed it with her shoes.
And Charlotte put the dirty shit-stained paper into her sack.
“······thanks.”
“What······. Come on, let’s work.”
The three seemed to be closer now than when they met each other swords.
After walking around for a while, the four of them arrived in front of the Norbert Tower.
The four of you picked up the rubbish with great tension.
Paparazzi abounded nearby, but no one recognized the identities of these four people.
Because it was so real.
Then, Rakan opened his mouth.
“There is trash over there. Pick it up and bring some.”
The three people’s eyes turned more serious.
Because this was the slogan that Rakan had found the assassin.