232. Accidental Accompaniment (2)
Oliver offered Wallace to accompany him only while on the train.
There was no particular reason.
It was just nice to meet Wallace here, and I was curious as to why he was taking risks and going to Holland alone, even though he wore a leather mask.
Wallace didn’t like Oliver’s offer, but he accepted it after much deliberation, and Oliver sat down with him and talked.
As for the story, it was enough to ask Wallace’s fake name and why he went to Holland.
‘My name is Will, and I’m a fixer… Holland has a commission to go to. I can’t tell you the details, but… you?’
‘I’m visiting Holland for work at the tower. I can’t tell you the details either.’
Hiding the most important story, Oliver and Wallace had a pointless conversation, and arrived in Holland without any problems and parted.
“It was nice to meet you.”
“me too. I hope things go well.”
***
“Um, things don’t work out the way I thought…”
Oliver was sitting in the cafe, sipping his coffee and thinking.
After arriving in Holland and parting with Wallace, Oliver stopped at the inn to wash, buy new clothes, and change, as Captain Evan advised.
Because of the battle, I had to change into new clothes because my body was covered in blood.
In fact, on the way to the inn, people screamed or the police came to check them out.
Although he wasn’t taken to the police station with his Matoap identity card and Captain Evan’s handwritten letter…
After changing clothes and staying at the inn for one night, Oliver immediately visited the Halls, Holland’s heirs.
Mountain Face, where the research area is located, is quite remote, so it was easier to get help from the Hall family to get transportation there.
It wasn’t that difficult to meet them as the Outpost branch also wrote a letter of introduction, but the problem started after that.
‘It seems difficult now. Too much work… Please wait.’
They said they didn’t have a car for Oliver because he was busy with business.
Oliver asked to introduce a driver who would go there if he didn’t like it, but he also refused, giving an excuse. Drivers are also busy, so there is no one there.
It was an obvious lie.
It was different from what I had heard from the people of the Outpost branch, and above all, their emotional state was also false.
But what was even more worrisome was the state of the House of Halls.
Apparently, the outpost heard that Gaju was sick, but he was in good health. It was enough to meet Oliver in person.
Perhaps he ate a high-quality black magic drug, his body had the energy of black magic, and he was overly interested in Oliver as well.
They asked where they were staying, and they said that they could stay in their own house while waiting. Somehow, it smelled similar to Landa’s unique conspiracy.
But it wasn’t Oliver’s job right away, so Oliver politely declined and left and sat down at the cafe now.
I’m thinking about what to do.
He wanted to walk, but Oliver shook his head. Even by car, the road is rough and I know it will take 2 or 3 days.
I couldn’t tell how many times it would take if I walked. Above all else, the goal is not to just go there, but to understand the circumstances of the place in one’s own way.
I couldn’t waste time and energy recklessly. I needed a car.
‘More than anything else, I’m not used to the road, so I might get lost… Well, there are some things that even magic or black magic can’t do. that’s interesting?’
Oliver suddenly realized that magic and black magic were not universal, and felt a little pleasure.
Because there is no one to help, are you worried about how to secure transportation?
It was really amazing and fun.
“Would you like another cup of coffee?”
An old man with thick glasses and a coarse beard spoke with his forearms rolled up to his elbows.
In his hand was a kettle.
“Yes, please… And these shortbread cookies? One plate, please.”
“Cookies will take money.”
“I will pay for coffee. You can’t just drink good coffee.”
Oliver praised Alna, as she had learned from the Angels. Actually, the coffee wasn’t bad either.
Fortunately, the praise worked, and the old man’s reaction was not bad.
“You’re a nice person for a kingdom person.”
“By the way, I’m from Landa.”
“It’s the same with Landana Kingdom and us.”
The old man poured hot coffee and brought shortbread cookies.
“But, what’s wrong with the Landa people in a village like this? From the looks of it, he doesn’t look like a person worthy of coming to a place like this.”
The old man looked at Oliver’s dress and behavior.
“is that so?”
“exactly.”
“I came here for work. By any chance, do you know a driver who can go to Mountain Face?”
“Why Mountain Face?”
The cafe owner asked the opposite question.
“Isn’t this a good place to go for sightseeing?”
Oliver saw the cafe owner’s feelings and realized he wouldn’t give an answer if he didn’t give a clear reason.
“I can’t tell you the details, but it’s because of the tower work.”
Oliver kept the secret of his mission, but compromised to meet the needs of the old man. That being said, it wouldn’t be a problem.
Wouldn’t it be polite to talk about a good reason to get help?
Oliver pondered how to politely decline if the old man at the cafe asked more questions, but the answer came from the old man’s mouth, a completely unexpected answer.
“Is it because of the missing person?”
***
missing person. The old man certainly said so.
However, the subject was different. The missing persons the old man was referring to were North Americans living in Mountain Face, where Landa’s research institutes are densely populated.
It is said that the North Koreans lived in about a dozen small villages each in Mountain Face.
‘But neither the police here nor the Kingdom Army are interested. All they want in this land is minerals.’
So the old man at the cafe told Oliver where he could get a car and ride. Whatever the specific reasons for Oliver’s visit, hopefully he’ll be able to solve the problem of the village of Mountain Face.
I wanted to get stuck in an unexpected place, but it came out in a completely unexpected place.
And once again, things got stuck in a completely unexpected place.
“Oh, I can’t go. Money is not the problem.”
“Oh, let’s find someone else. someone else…”
“I have a boil in my butt and I can’t drive. I can’t.”
Oliver, who went to the transport union that the owner of the cafe told me, looked for a driver to take him to Mountain Face, but none of them responded well.
There were different reasons, such as those who just didn’t like it, those who said they couldn’t because they were sick, and those who got angry.
Instinctively, Oliver seemed to know who it was.
The only person who can put pressure on the rough-looking drivers is the maintenance of this city.
The head of the Hall family.
Already, it’s the fifth time I’ve been rejected. Oliver, who also knew the circumstances before and after, was convinced that there was no help here either.
But Oliver didn’t give up and went looking for other drivers, asking if he could take him to Mountain Pace, the research area of the tower.
They asked politely and offered a decent amount of money, even with their own money, but the responses were all cold-hearted.
When the number of people rejected in this way reached double digits, the story spread to the pub/guild office where the knights would gather, and at that time Oliver was able to find someone with a different emotional state.
Hearing Oliver’s offer, he reacted in surprise, instead of feeling repulsed or fearful like others.
As if the thief ran into another thief.
He looked at Oliver, and Oliver went right up to him and asked him to take him.
He was startled and said he couldn’t go like the other knights, but Oliver could smell something from him. chamberlain·····.
“Oh, it really bothers me. That’s why the Kingdom bastards!”
The oversized truck driver grabbed Oliver and shouted in a genuinely annoyed way.
Oliver protested against this.
“I would be more like a Landa person technically.”
It was sincere. People living in Landa, regardless of gender, such as Forrestna, Murphy, Al, Jane, and Coco, called themselves Landa people. with pride.
So Oliver would have been right to speak with them.
It doesn’t seem like it helped much though.
“Damn it, you bastards of the kingdom are pretending.”
A bigger one came, and the two of them put their forearms in Oliver’s armpits and lifted them up.
With his legs floating in the air, Oliver was kicked out of the building.
The fortunate thing was that they didn’t throw it away, but gave the least consideration to dropping it on the floor.
“Hey, if you bother me one more time, I know you’ll kick your ass!”
The confident-looking hunk in his fists yelled at Oliver to warn him, and when he got what he wanted, he politely apologized and promised not to bother him any more.
As I said before, I got everything I wanted.
***
After being kicked out, Oliver pretended to leave the union office with the parking lot, then came back and watched the office from afar.
And then he waited silently. Until the sky turns orange sunset, turns ultramarine, and turns into a black night sky.
At the same time as the sky darkened, the lights of the surrounding buildings went out one by one, and the same was true of the transportation union office.
After midnight, those who ate and drank until the last time turned off the lights and closed the doors and staggered back to their homes.
Thus, the popularity of the transportation union office has completely disappeared.
If you look at it with a normal eye. However, it wasn’t for Oliver with the eyes of a warlock.
Oliver focused his attention on his eyes, and saw a man hiding quietly… No, I could see both.
Perhaps coincidentally, one was a person with familiar feelings.
Oliver rose from his seat, stretched his back, loosened the hard bones, and moved quietly so that no footsteps could be heard.
The target is two emotions that move while hiding their presence.
They were trying hard not to be noticed by others.
“It’s dark, are you okay?”
“Don’t worry. It’s been several years since I’ve been here… If you are here, it is already in the palm of your hand. You can drive with your eyes closed.”
With those words, the sound of the car’s engine moving low resounded.
the car wants to move.
“Maybe, can I ride with you?”
Oliver approached them cautiously like a stray cat and asked.
I ran into the truck driver, startled by Oliver’s suggestion earlier, and Wallace, wearing a leather mask.
***
Bourneung. Bourneung. Burgk.
An old small truck creaked up the mountain road without the headlights turned on.
The destination was Mountain Pace, and the passengers were Oliver and Wallace in a lorry.
“Is this what you were commissioned to do?”
“okay.”
Curiously, what Wallace was asked to do was to search for a missing person like Oliver.
The only difference, however, was that Oliver was an employee of the Matop Lab, while Wallace was a resident of the research area.
“Originally, I was going to go alone…”
“sorry. And thank you for your help.”
“Don’t thank me. It wasn’t because I liked it.”
That was true. It was nothing more than a ride on Oliver because Oliver politely threatened to make a noise if he didn’t take him.
“If it had been a little guy, I would have taken it right away. I’m sorry.”
“Thank you for a good look.”
“It’s not a compliment.”
Wallace said emotionally. He thought for a moment, then opened his mouth again.
“But, how did you know and wait?”
“I was looking for someone to take the drivers to the mountain pace during the daytime, but the driver’s reaction here was strange, so I waited just in case.”
“I still didn’t know there were such crazy people in the tower.”
Wallace mumbled reflexively. Oliver asked.
“Are you familiar with the tower?”
To that, Wallace responded with silence. Well, it must be a difficult question to answer now that he is hiding that he is Wallace of the Kell Free Liberation Army… So I asked another question.
“Then why are you on the Mountain Face missing person mission?”
“What?”
“From what I’ve heard, all the neighborhoods in the study area are poor rural areas. Then, it would be difficult to receive money properly… Isn’t that rare for a solver?”
Oliver said in one of his common sense. For the solver, violence is a risky commodity. That’s why they only used the violence when it was worth it. Forrest said it was right.
But Wallace did not accept the job from that perspective.
Well, he wasn’t even a fixer in the first place. Still, I wondered why.
he opened his mouth
“You, a Landa, won’t know if you tell me.”
“yes?”
Oliver asked incredulously. Just as I was about to ask what he meant, the driver’s eye-hole opened in front of me, and the driver said:
“We arrived at the first village. First of all, let’s take a break.”