91. Nice face (2)
The appearance of the paladins Elton and Joanna caused outright irritation in the feelings of city officials.
The reason is unknown, but he did not seem to like the existence of a paladin very much, yet he stood up formally.
“·····Nice to meet you. This is Paul Carver from the Landa Department of the Interior. It is a pleasure to meet the paladins who are the guardians of mankind.”
city officials. No, Paul Carver naturally lied. As if to repay this, a paladin named Elton also answered falsely.
“We are happy too.”
“I’m curious, but there must be a city guard guard outside, so how did you get in?”
Upon hearing the question, Elton put his hand under his iron coat and pulled out a piece of paper.
The paper was whiter than the clouds, as if it were emitting light.
“I came in rightly according to the provisions of the city contract. You’ve worked hard so far. From now on, this warlock will be interrogated by us. You can just leave.”
A man named Elton spoke in a hard, coercive tone, befitting his dignified appearance.
But Paul did not lose either.
“I think I misunderstood something, but we are not interrogating. I was just investigating. This .
At the unexpected words, Oliver looked at Paul.
He didn’t have any particular feelings for Oliver, but rather a reaction against the paladin.
Paladin Elton answered.
“I know. However, that is only informal. A puppet appears, and we decide whether it is a Warlock Amnesty investigation or an interrogation. I’m sorry, but please step back.”
“It is true that we have to cooperate according to the city agreement, but we are investigating first, so please wait for a while.”
“I’m sorry, but I can’t.”
“It is not a request. Because there’s nothing in the city contract that we have to bring to the object we’re investigating. I’m sorry, knight. This is Landa.”
“Are you interfering with the work of the Paladin now?”
“I am just doing my job. Like a knight.”
The air was tight.
I don’t know why, but the city officials and the paladin hated each other, which created a sense of tension that seemed to break.
Oliver watched with interest. Why are you doing that?
As the tension gradually increased and reached the limit, a woman opened the door and entered.
Dressed in a suit and with his hair cut like a knife, Oliver instinctively recognized that he was a city official like Paul.
The atmosphere was very similar.
She approached Paul and whispered.
I couldn’t hear what he was talking about, but I was annoyed for a moment by Paul’s feelings, and then he released his impression as if he had accepted it.
“······ I must have made a mistake. It seems that something unpleasant happened in the contaminated area and you were too emotional. sorry. Knights.”
“·····no. It’s good to be passionate about your work. I consider it to be the virtue that the Father has given to humans.”
“Yes·····. Well then, I’ll leave your seat, knight. Dave?”
“Yes?”
“Please faithfully participate in the investigation of the knights.”
“Oh, yes. Nice to meet you. Officer Paul.”
Oliver replied calmly.
***
City official Paul left, leaving the two paladins in the room.
With him, the tension quickly dissipated, which was replaced by hostility and aversion to the warlock.
It was clear enough to see without paying close attention to the eyes.
“name.”
A paladin named Elton asked as he sat down.
Appearing to be middle-aged, he had a voluminous hair and beard, and his angles were perfectly defined like a marble sculpture.
Emotions also became hard and rigid, as if following it.
Oliver observed him calmly and answered.
“My name is Dave. I am the solver in Area T.”
fluttering fluttering.
Elton said, scanning the files.
“Who is the broker in charge?”
“This is Forrest on Street 27.”
The file folder goes fluttering again.
“How did you come to contract with him?”
“·················ogue.”
Oliver didn’t answer, but looked at Elton.
He looked like a lion with his voluminous hair and beard, and looked at Oliver as if he was preying on it. It looks like it’s only showing weakness and biting it.
Oh, maybe that’s normal? The paladin was the one who caught the warlock.
‘No, was it the devil?’
Anyway, it was a pity.
Because he’s a paladin, he unconditionally opposes warlocks. Something felt absurd.
It would be nice if we could talk without hostility even if we weren’t friendly.
Then, you can talk to Joanna, who is sitting next to Elton, too.
Oliver unconsciously looked at Joanna, who was sitting next to Elton.
“Hey, don’t you answer?”
At Elton’s anger-blown words, Oliver asked cautiously.
“I’m sorry, but do I have to answer? I’m going to tell you that it’s a bit personal.”
Elton said, putting her hands together and leaning her torso slightly forward.
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t say anything. But if you do, I can arrest you and take you away according to the city convention.”
“…can you?”
“Of course, you are a warlock. They are scum that corrode society. A potential danger threatening the human world. If it wasn’t for the pact, you’re like-“
Elton stopped what he was saying and muttered lowly, as if unfairly.
Whatever he said, he was sincere, so Oliver explained as he was told. I was also afraid of being caught.
“okay····. Well, I’ll answer. I have been introduced.”
“Introduce? who?”
“From the solver who worked with Forrest in the past. He introduced me, and thanks to him, I was able to easily sign a contract with Forrest.”
“Who is the solver? How did you meet?”
Oliver pondered whether or not to answer.
I don’t want to embarrass cant… However, it seemed that I had to answer it separately.
Elton was asking for confirmation rather than being really curious. I don’t know how, but I already knew everything, and if Oliver told a lie, he was ready to spit it out.
“You don’t answer?”
“I’m Cant.”
“cant?”
“Yes, he was the first person I met when I came out to earth.”
Oliver lied.
Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
Not a hasty question, but a lie matched to Cant’s, Oliver was sold by his master to the basement and set as a warlock who had been trained without seeing sunlight for the rest of his life.Cant suggested that it would be appropriate, but Oliver felt the same and accepted it.
Fortunately, the paladin did not have any doubts.
‘Are there many like that?’
“Where were you before it was sold?”
“I was in the mine.”
“mine? where?”
“I do not know. It was just a mine.”
“What are the characteristics?”
It’s a feature…
“It was dark, deep, and there were a lot of kids. The supervisor hit me well. May I ask why you are asking that?”
“I ask questions. Warlock… After all, did you mean that you met the puppet alone?”
“Yes.”
“What do you mean by that? A warlock wouldn’t know much about the reputation of the puppet, would he?”
Elton’s feelings shone strongly with suspicion.
Oliver responded as he had done with Paul earlier.
“It was because it was the only way I could live.”
“So you went alone to deal with the infamous puppet?”
“I didn’t go alone. I went with other colleagues.”
“Yeah, I know. One veteran-turned-solver and two warlocks hired by the Goodman mercenaries. I’ve already researched everything. Thanks to that, I know that you are the only one who actually met Puppet… What did you do with Puppet?”
“We talked, we fought, we lost, but we let them go.”
“Did you release me?”
“Yeah, it’s already enough. He also said that I had fun.”
“Is it fun? what?”
“I do not know? We had a few words in the middle of the conversation, so maybe you liked something?”
“What were we talking about?”
“This and that. He talked about his research.”
“What kind of research did you say?”
“Creating people . . . To be precise, he said that he was conducting research on resurrection.”
“You mean resurrecting people?”
“Yeah, at least he said it with his own mouth.”
Elton, skeptical, took out a notebook from his pocket and began to write.
The sound of scribbled letters reverberated quietly, and then Elton asked a question.
“By the way, I have a question. Why did Puppet say that?”
“I do not know? Did you answer my question?”
“Did you do it because I asked?”
“Yes, he was kind.”
kindness. Elton’s expression hardened at those words.
He showed disgust as if he were dealing with a seed he didn’t want to deal with.
“What did I do wrong?”
“Well·····. If it was a mistake to learn black magic itself, it would be a mistake. Do you know about the puppet’s notoriety?”
“To what extent…. They live for hundreds of years, they are rumored to be immortal, and I’ve heard that they are active in drugs, mercenaries, illegal medicine, and demon worship.”
“right. Besides that, he traveled the world and conducted numerous human experiments. I see the terrible experiment and its victims. He once occupied a small country village and brutally used dozens of households there as mormots. like a beast.”
“okay.”
At Oliver’s calm response, Elton’s expression grew more serious.
I didn’t understand. What are you dissatisfied with?
It is said openly that numerous human experiments are carried out in secret even in the F area laboratory.
Do the paladins not know this? Or is it okay if it’s a human experiment conducted by a wizard?
I still don’t understand people’s emotions.
Even in the same situation, he was sensitive at times and insensitive at other times.
What would you say? It was too fickle, inconsistent, and jagged.
Well, it was fun though.
“We paladins follow the puppet for that reason. Just because it exists, good people are in danger. He actually knocked down a few times, but each time he reappeared laughingly… One of my goals is to get rid of him and make the world safe.”
“okay.”
“It’s really strange in that sense…. How can someone like a puppet show mercy?”
“That was before-”
“I mean, you can’t believe that. You even tell me what your goals are. Very award-winning.”
Elton said with a twinkle in his eyes.
If he could, he had the momentum to beat Oliver right away.
“Can you prove that you have nothing to do with the puppet?”
“Proof?”
“Yeah, proof that you have nothing to do with him.”
Oliver tried to think logically.
“Can you prove that it’s not related?”
“If not, we will have to investigate further.”
It was a lie. His heart was sincere, but now he could not torture Oliver.
So, I was hoping that Oliver would do something unexpected by putting pressure on me like this.
“I can only tell you that it has nothing to do with it.”
“is it? Then answer me. Aren’t warlocks the kind that would do anything if they could become strong? What did Puppet have to offer?”
“No, there was none. However, I once received such an offer from another warlock in the past.”
“Ho-oh…. What is your suggestion?”
“Let’s hand over the beggar children and women with him to join the Black Hand. Then he said that he would be able to improve his skills in no time.”
“What did you say?”
“I’m sorry, but I said no. I thought it would be easy to learn black magic if I went into Black Hand, but it was a bit like that.”
“·····what?”
“You have to bring the kids and the women and offer them.”
“…the warlock refused the opportunity to enter the Blackhand because he didn’t want to sacrifice a beggar?”
“Yeah, it’s a little bit like that… Is there any difference between knights? Beggars or non-beggars?”
Bang ━━━━!
Elton smashed the table with his fist.
Even though it was not strengthened by the s*xual law, the table was split in two, and as Oliver, who has no emotions, he was in danger of being stabbed to death if this man attacked him now.
I don’t like being sick.
But fortunately, no such tragedy occurred.
Joanna whispered something calming Elton, and he quickly regained his composure.
What were you talking about?
It was really sad. I couldn’t talk to him or ask anything hastily because his current status was his status.
It was so sad.
‘I want to say thank you too, but thanks to the advice you gave me, I’m out in the world and having so much fun…’. I’m so sorry.’
Elton sat down and asked again.
“In short, you and the puppet have nothing to do with it?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
Elton stared at Oliver for a moment, then got up and left.
It was also very disappointing.
***
Afterwards, Oliver stayed in the room for a few hours before being able to get out.
The attitude of city officials and paladins was quite serious, so I thought something was going to happen, but I thought it was really fortunate.
I wanted to try a more varied experience, but I didn’t want to get caught up in this kind of commotion yet.
There is a way to throw away your identity, but I didn’t want to use that method as much as possible because I have accumulated so far.
For example, I met Joanna today, but I can’t even say hello?
It was really sad.
“This is the stuff I put here.”
A woman handed a bunch of luggage over the tempered glass-covered counter.
There wasn’t really anything special about Oliver’s luggage.
There were empty test tubes after use, a wallet-sized gluttonous bag, and a gluttonous pouch in a leather case.
said the woman.
“Carry illegal items such as gluttonous bags undetected. This time, it’s just a case, so we just skip it, but if we get caught at another time, we’ll have to pay for the work we did, so it can be annoying.”
“Oh, yes. I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you for your kind explanation.”
The woman looked at Oliver with a slightly startled look.
Oliver asked.
“By the way, can I ask you something?”
“What?”
“By any chance, where is the quarter staff?”
“Quarter staff?”
“Yes, a wooden stick. There is a bandage in the middle.”
“Is it important?”
sound from behind.
Oliver answered.
“Yes, it is important. I got it as a gift… Knight Joanna?”
Oliver answered, looking at Joanna holding Cant’s quarterstaff.
“Do you know my name?”
“Have you not seen it before? in the room.”
“I didn’t tell you my name.”
“ah····. Didn’t you tell me?”
“no. I didn’t tell you.”
Joanna answered firmly.
oh·····. It was pretty frustrating. You said your name out of embarrassment.
I was going to say that she looks like Joanna, but I thought it would be more suspicious, so I decided to stop.
In the end, Oliver decided to turn the horse in a different direction.
“By the way, it’s my thing. Knight.”
“I know. So I borrowed it for a while. I’m trying to find out if there’s some kind of evil spell.”
“okay···. Did you find it?”
“No, it was clean…. Can we talk for a moment? Oliver.”