After clearing up the situation, I led the woman with Ashel to my room.
I sat down on the other side of the table and sat quietly with her.
I said as I watched her constantly roll her eyes and look into her eyes.
“It’s impossible to run away no matter what tricks you use, shadow.”
“············”.
“Even if you try to use the mystery that hides you, it’s no use. If you try to escape again, you’ll be decapitated right away, so give up.”
The reason why even Ashel couldn’t catch her in the dark mist was because of the mystery she had.
It was me who had extra senses, so I somehow managed to hide and catch them running away.
Perhaps she didn’t know that her identity and abilities had been discovered at once, and she looked at me with her brows narrowed and bowed her head.
“Hey, I got caught by a monster like this…”
I think I’m ready to have a conversation now.
I crossed my arms and asked first.
“Who sent it?”
Dark Freon.
If you were to pick one of the most new and rarest beings on this continent, you would surely be able to pick one with one hand.
As the continent’s best informant and thief, she used to eat spies under someone’s orders as she is now.
It’s a force that can control a person as big as her, anyway, since there aren’t many places, I can only guess…
she asked with a half-resigned expression.
“If I tell you, will you spare me?”
“Tell me at once.”
“You can blow everything if you want, but before that, I want to know what you’re going to do with me. Before that, even if I die, I won’t open my mouth.”
“Then you must die. Ashel.”
Ashel, who was standing next to my horse, took her hand with her sword.
Her mouth opened right away.
“······The Imperial Family of Seinthea.”
Shadow Freon (3)
It was also on the side of Seinthea.
There was no other force in Calderik that would even think of introducing a spy directly to the monarchy.
And as I remember, Amyeong was a person who carried out the imperial family’s quest several times and was in close contact with him.
I kept asking her.
“What was the purpose of infiltrating the castle?”
“Collecting information about the Seven Lords.”
“Why did the imperial family request such a quest?”
“I don’t know the specific reason because I’m only getting paid to carry out the quest. But what… A person covered in veil without any known information became the new monarch of Calderic, and of course I’m thinking of investigating it in Seintea. would it?”
Well, it’s not.
I even asked Amyeong for a quest and brought in a spy to the 7th lord castle, but what else could the purpose be other than for me?
Without further ado, I just stared at her.
She avoided my gaze with a worried face.
The fact that it was behind the scenes was not a big deal.
After all, whether it’s Calderic or Saintea, we know that it’s a daily thing to plant spies in each other’s camps without a break.
Of course, even so, the fact that a spy infiltrated the monarchy’s castle is quite a serious matter.
However, in this case, it would not be a problem to be blamed for neglect of gender vigilance. Because the opponent is Amyoung.
“I, my lord. May I speak to you a little?”
Then she looked at her and carefully opened her mouth.
“It is with great honor that you recognize me at a glance, and I think you know a lot about me, but I do not belong to or entangle with any faction.”
“············”.
“This was just a matter of taking the imperial request from the imperial family in a very thorough way, and there was no personal intention whatsoever. Of course!
“What do you want to say?”
I stopped talking because my tongue was getting long.
“I know there will be a neutral country meeting soon. If you wish, I can make a full confession to the fact that I served as a spy in the monarchy at the request of the imperial family. If you would just show me a little mercy on my life… ··.”
“Hey,” she said with a laugh.
The emperor directly participated in the Neutral Nations talks on the side of Seintea, so he was going to give them a strong cause to openly squeeze them.
“Huh,” I smirked.
‘what the······.’
I knew that Amyoung was a character with this kind of personality. Your life is more precious than anything else.
So, there is no hesitation in selling the client like this.
I thought it might not work, so I thought it might be because I decided to try and save my life right away.
But her proposal was not very appealing.
Because I didn’t really gain anything by putting pressure on Seintea. Nothing will help me in my next goal.
Now, more than anything else, I was very interested in her existence itself.
‘What should I do with this woman?’
It’s a spy crime, even if you lose your neck right away, you’ll be full, but I didn’t mean to kill you.
Because it was a waste to just execute such a talented person.
Few people on the continent were as fast-footed as her and capable of all kinds of talents, with excellent intelligence-gathering and tracking abilities, as much combat power as level 67, and so on.
‘He’s not a character who has ever played a role as a helper in the game story, but he’s never been a big villain either.’
Above all else, it was a time when an excellent source of information was needed.
So far, we have focused on finding mysteries, but now our future goal is related to the full-fledged main story.
Information investigation was necessary for future events and some important issues that my game knowledge could not solve.
The only problem is that she’s not the kind of person I can deal with.
If you let them go and collect information, they will run away and disappear.
‘The problem is that there is no way to catch it and deal with it.’
If you release them to collect information anywhere, they will run away and disappear. Or get hit in the back.
Those whose names or nicknames are widely spread across the continent are not for nothing.
She wasn’t the kind of person who could be pampered with insignificant threats or weakness.
Even now, they are coming out with a low posture as if they would lick their feet just by talking, but they must all be looking for a chance to survive somehow.
‘······ah.’
I was engulfed in trouble, and I burst out in exasperation.
That’s because it reminded me of one of the things she had. It would be extremely useful in the present situation.
“I have no intention of killing you.”
“······· Are you really? Thank you.”
The answer is yes, but her face did not brighten at all.
This is probably because the word ‘once’ is added before the word.
And that anxiety was exactly right.
“Stigma Ring.”
“······Yes?”
“An ancient relic you have. Of course you should have it now. Take it out.”
The corners of her eyes trembled.
But it was only for a moment, and soon he asked again with a look of not knowing what he was talking about.
“Stigma Ring…?…? Ancient Relic? I’m sorry, but what are you talking about?”
I thought it was great acting.
Is it this kind of reaction even when you put in your mouth the existence of an object that no one but yourself should know about?
I shook my head and continued.
“It’s no use, even if you catch me like that. How do you think I know this name?”
“No, I really have no idea what you’re talking about…”
“Ashel, if this woman doesn’t get anything out before I count to three, behead her.”
Ashel immediately drew her sword.
“one.”
I crossed my arms and spit out the count softly.
And before counting two, her mouth opened again. A confused look that I couldn’t understand at all.
“·······What is it? How do you even know about the artifacts I have?”
I shrugged.
“That doesn’t matter now. Hurry up and get it out.”
In the golden age of ancient magic, it is said that all kinds of magic currently practiced existed.
A stigma ring, an ancient relic that can leave an indelible magical stigma on anyone.
And the owner of the ring can locate the branded object no matter how far away it is.
I was able to remember the shadow’s use of the artifact’s power because it had been out of the game.
She hesitated with an even more determined expression on her face.
Aside from how I found out about the brand ring, she couldn’t have guessed why I had to take it out at this time.
“You’re getting tired of warnings. Are you just going to die like this?”
“············”.
But in the end, I almost cried and had no choice but to take the ring out of the robe’s arms.
I took the ring she took out and looked around.
It was an old silver ring that had stains, and a hexagonal pattern was engraved in the middle.
“ruler.”
When I handed it to Ashel, she accepted it with bewilderment.
I couldn’t activate the artifact’s ability because I didn’t have magical powers.
“Injecting magical power will activate the ability of the artifact. Give it a try.”
“Oh, yes.”
Ashel was puzzled as to why she had to do it herself, but without asking any further questions, she did what I said and injected magic into the ring.
Then, a purple light shone softly from the hexagonal pattern engraved on the ring.
I turned my gaze to Amyoung.
“Where are you going to shoot?”
“…a wrist.”
She stretched out one arm helplessly. It was a half-saved face.
Ashel took the ring of shimmering light and stamped it like a stamp on her wrist. Then, a purple hexagon pattern was engraved according to the pattern of the ring.
I took the ring from Ashel again and looked at it.
A thin, faint beam of light emanated from the ring, pointing exactly where she was.
‘great.’
I took the ring with satisfaction.
Now she was able to pinpoint where she was, no matter how far away.
In short, she was now unable to run away from me for the rest of her life.
The magic brand you just took will remain on her forever until you use it on another target.
I said to her, who was blankly looking down at the brand on her wrist.
“Don’t be too gloomy. I swear I won’t kill you if you do what you’re told. And I’ll give you back the ring.”
She replied in a sharp voice.
“·······Should I have a choice? What do you want?”
“It’s information gathering.”
The first thing I was thinking of doing was related to the terrorism in the capital of the Seintea Empire.
The mystery of possession that failed to preoccupy in Hallumenta before. A terrible disaster caused by the villain who obtained the mystery.
First of all, the unit of damage was the biggest disaster among future events I know, so I thought I’d investigate that first.
Anyway, this got me a very good informant.
***
At my request, she immediately departed for Saintea to investigate.
I feel like I’ve been making a lot of threats around here and there lately for some reason, but what can I do?
I was just trying my best for a peaceful future.
Time continued to pass.
Reef was officially knighted in the monarchy, and Lygon continued to grow explosively, reaching level 26. Ashel did not neglect her own training, while continuing to teach the two brothers and sisters diligently.
As usual, sitting in my room reading a book, I received a message from the Overlord Castle.
‘Is it leaving in three days?’
Now is the time to move to a neutral country for talks.
After I was ready, I got on the belt and prepared to fly to the overlord’s castle.
“You just have to stay in the castle and focus on your siblings’ guidance.”
Lee Gon’s growth was not that great, so I was going to leave Ashel without having to take him this time, but…
“········ I want you to take me too.”
I looked back at her, a little startled.
It was the first time she had asserted her will against my orders.
‘Is it because of the Saintea?’
This meeting was a place to discuss the conflict between the two neutral countries and directly face the royal family of Seintea.
I looked at her with my head bowed and said.
“Okay. Then we’ll accompany you.”
So I took Ashhel and headed to the cage where the belt dragon was.
He had already ordered the servants to wear all the saddles.
purr.
He stroked the neck of the man who was still poking his head and stroking him once, and climbed onto his back with Ashel.
He looked displeased with the other person riding with him, but he shook his body like a whimper a few times and didn’t make any more fuss.
“Then go away, my lord.”
“okay.”
As always, as I was greeted by the butler, I patted the tee-yong.
It flapped its wings with a powerful roar and soared into the sky.