110. Invite (1)
Boo woo woo.
On the outskirts of Landa Road. A car was running.
The car is the F-series that is widely available in the market. It was a car that could be easily seen anywhere.
In the driver’s seat and in the passenger seat next to it were some unique people.
That is, Oliver, a warlock solver, and Jane, the daughter of an illegitimate son of a wealthy family.
“You’re driving better than I thought.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes····. Oh, that doesn’t mean anything else, for what you’ve learned in half a day, you’re really good. Did you really learn it in half a day?”
“Yes. I learned from truck drivers.”
“Are you a truck driver? Oh, you are great people. They are the people you need in this land. If the train is the aorta, then they are the microvessels.”
Jane said a mixture of lies and truth.
They admit that drivers are important, but they don’t seem to think they’re great.
I wanted to ask why, but it didn’t seem like a particularly good timing, so I put up with it.
She pretended to be calm and calm on the outside, but Jane’s emotional state wasn’t very good right now.
It seemed a bit of a shock to be resurrected from the dead and to be betrayed.
“If you feel uncomfortable, you can sit in the back. miss.”
“Behind?”
“Yeah, you look a little tired.”
Jane looked back, a little worried.
“Well····. No, I’ll sit here if it’s okay with you. I’m a little anxious. By any chance, you don’t want me to be by your side?”
“no. Not that.”
“That’s fortunate. Well then, I’ll sit here. I’m so glad it’s not that I don’t like it.”
Jane breathed a sigh of relief.
It was closer to an action conscious of Oliver rather than a genuine rest.
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Nevertheless, feeling disappointed when Oliver did not give him a glance, he began to organize his clothes and hair.Together with him, I also organized my mind, but after forcing the shock and anger of being betrayed, I pondered what to do next.
I felt it from the villa, but he was a strong person after all.
“If it’s okay with you, can I ask you a question?”
Oliver asked.
“A question? Oh yes. Anything.”
“Can you tell me where to turn for help? I think I’ll be arriving in Landa soon, but I don’t know where to go.”
Then Jane closed her eyes, feeling perplexed.
He tried to hide his expression as much as possible, but it was revealed in a subtle way, and it was impossible to deceive Oliver’s eyes, who could see through his emotions.
Is there really no place to go for help?
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No, it wouldn’t be.When I first asked if there was a place to get help, it wasn’t a lie that I said yes.
The words I said I didn’t like came to mind.
Is there any place to hesitate even in this situation? I was really curious where.
Perhaps he had understood Oliver’s heart, Jane finally opened her mouth.
“… it’s a sisterhood.”
“Yes?”
“Sisterhood. Oh, you don’t know?”
“no. I know. Isn’t this a women’s organization where women come together to help each other? Lobby too. Shop crackdowns, workers’ rights, and voting rights?”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s not exactly like that, but… Anyway, you can go there and get help.”
“Ah, do you belong there?”
“Well, it’s similar.”
“…?”
“no····. Forget it. I just said it wrong. I’m still confused… Either way, you can get help if you go there.”
That was true to some extent. Jane, who was always armed with calm, was in a state of confusion due to a great shock.
The smoke that was shown inside the villa continued to shake.
“You seem to be in a lot of shock.”
“Yeah, a little bit…. I’m just saying this just in case, is there anyone Dave can ask for help?”
“Yes?”
“No, that’s why…. Just in case you can’t go to the Sisterhood. It’s a little inside the land, so something could happen along the way, right?”
Oliver thought. It was definitely not wrong. Just in case, I didn’t know if the Sisterhood would help.
I had to be prepared for any unforeseen situation.
“···Wait.”
Oliver answered and looked for the communication device he had received from Forrest in his arms.
I don’t know if I can help you directly due to the nature of the broker, but at least I can get some advice.
However, the communication device of the beetle model that was taken out from the bosom was broken.
Jane said disappointedly.
“Are you broken?”
“Yeah, it looks like it was broken during the fight with Mr. Scott.”
Jane asked Oliver without a word.
“Is that kind of personality?”
“yes? What are you talking about?”
“Scott. So druid. You said you betrayed me… I could even die.”
“Yes. He had really strong fists.”
“Are you still planting seeds?”
“…? I learned that it is polite.”
“I almost died, don’t you feel bad? Or are you making any character?”
Jane asked sincerely. I can’t seem to understand.
Oliver was only embarrassed.
“uh····. I don’t know what you mean, but I don’t really have any regrets. I don’t think I’ll really blame him for killing people if necessary. There must have been a reason.”
Jane was literally outrageous. It was so absurd that he seemed to have lost his energy.
“under····. So, did Duncan have a reason?”
Jane muttered involuntarily. He had a sense of betrayal, sadness, and despair, and at the same time was genuinely curious.
It seemed that he had exceptional trust in Duncan.
“…were you close with Duncan?”
“I do not know? Now I don’t know. Really.”
An awkward silence settled with him, but the car did its job silently and took Jane and Oliver to their destination, Landa.
The grayish-red building that soared over there was proof of that.
As soon as Oliver saw those buildings, he slowed down and drove off the road into the woods.
Jane asked, surprised.
“… Mr. Dave?. What are you doing now?”
“I think we should get off and go.”
Oliver answered with that and grabbed the clothes, shoes and hats he had brought before leaving the villa.
“Why?”
“I don’t know what Duncan was prepared for. He even bought a fixer to harm the young lady, so there is a high possibility that he has prepared some countermeasures after the failure. There, this car was in front of the villa. You know the license plate, so if you ride it into the lander, you’ll be caught soon. It is safe to walk from here.”
Fortunately, Jane nodded as if she understood immediately and got out of the car.
“You are right.”
“Thank you for your understanding.”
Oliver handed over a men’s shirt and trousers, a coat, a hat and shoes with an answer.
“Come on, change your clothes.”
“Where?”
“…? Yes, the clothes stand out too. Do you have any problems?”
Oliver asked sincerely. Jane sighed and nodded her head before trying to say anything.
“Well, fine. Could you please stop looking at this?”
“…? Yes, what…….”
Oliver answered and turned his back.
I could hear Jane changing clothes, but Oliver took off and changed clothes in time.
“I changed everything. Lady-”
“- Don’t turn around for a second! I haven’t changed my clothes yet!”
Jane screamed urgently.
Oliver stopped, startled. After a few seconds, Jane said.
“… now I’ve changed everything.”
“Then, can I look back?”
“······yes.”
Oliver looked back. Jane in men’s clothing was standing there.
It didn’t look very natural because it was men’s clothes, but Oliver asked, confused.
“Well·····. Would you notice this too?”
Jane said looking at her baggy clothes.
“no····. You’ll look like any other woman in the slum. All the people over there are dressed like this.”
“Ah, that’s good.”
“…are you doing this on purpose?”
“Yes? What?”
“…No, nothing.”
Oliver nodded and looked at Jane again. Something stood out like a nail sticking out, but I had no idea what it was.
The pink hair was also hidden inside the hat… ah!
“Would you mind taking off that magic item?”
“yes?”
“It’s a magical item. It’s too conspicuous compared to the outfit.”
Jane said, ‘Ah…’ He looked at his bracelets, necklaces, and earrings while making a sound.
While hesitating whether he agreed with Oliver’s opinion, Jane took off her jewelry.
“How did you know?”
“What do you mean?”
“This ornament. Is it a magic item?”
“I can see the magic flowing… Speaking of which, may I ask what item it is? It radiates magical energy whenever it touches me, but I don’t know what effect it has.”
“·········!”
Annoyance shone in Jane’s feelings.
“that······. Can I tell you later?”
“yes····. Well, at your convenience. So, shall we move?”
Jane nodded and started walking with Oliver.
After walking along the outer road, I was able to enter Landa after a while, and an unfamiliar sight unfolded. Oliver and Jane.
“Do you know where this is?”
“I do not know? It’s my first time here too. It doesn’t look too bad though.”
Looking around, Oliver answered.
It wasn’t that it wasn’t, it didn’t look that bad, I can’t say that the security was very good, but it didn’t look bad enough to openly commit crimes.
At least compared to Zone X.
“I think you can take a taxi from here and go straight to your destination. If you go a little further inside, maybe a taxi will-”
Oliver stopped talking and looked in one direction.
I don’t know who the target was, but there were eight people who were looking for something carefully, but they weren’t grouped together, but were divided into groups of two.
They even created a regular siege network that was not scattered here and there, and their emotional state was correspondingly solid.
You can fight if you do. Like the raiders I met at the villa.
Jane asked anxiously, looking at Oliver’s silence.
“Dave-san…?”
“This way for a moment.”
Oliver took Jane and rushed to the corner.
The reason I went down the corner was because there were no suspicious people here.
Of course, there is a way to go through it head-on, but it was too burdensome for Oliver to use black magic on the street, so he fell for it.
Also, the emotions he had were not good enough.
But this seemed to be a mistake.
For some reason, the people who were supposed to be looking for Oliver and Jane turned all at once and rushed this way, as if they were chasing after them in search of traces.
How the hell?
At that moment, Oliver’s eyes saw a magic trinket in his pocket.
“miss. Please throw away that magic tool.”
“Yes? Oh yes!”
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Jane immediately threw away the jewelry.
But the siege had already closed, and Oliver went deeper into the alley.
I had nowhere to go.
Gradually he entered a maze-like path, and Oliver had a gut feeling he was in a swamp.
I wanted to fight like this, but then I heard a voice from the sewer down the road.
“Look! Hey!”
“…?”
Oliver and Jane both turned their heads. There was a beggar with an old silk hat.
It was a little familiar.
It was a beggar begging on the streets of District T. Oliver was also often hostile.
But how about here?
So or not, the beggar shouted lowly to come this way quickly.
“Hurry. hurry!”
Hesitating Jane. However, Oliver saw the beggar’s emotional state and decided that there was no malice, so he took Jane and approached the beggar.
Then two sturdy beggars appeared and pulled out the iron bars blocking the sewer to make an entrance, but when Jane and Oliver entered, they put it back in and restored it.
“Come on, follow me. He is waiting.”
Oliver doesn’t know who he is, but he thinks it’s relatively safe, so he takes Jane and follows the beggar.
quietly into the dark.