Easy raid (1)
A corner bar in Findel.
When I went inside, there was only the owner and one guest.
The guest was wearing an iron mask as always, and cigarette smoke was coming out of the hole.
“Gallera, you managed to come.”
When I waved my hand lightly and said hello, Galera, the guild leader of the Golden Bird Guild, took out a cigarette from her iron mask and rubbed it into an ashtray.
“Whose order are you not following?”
“I would have said it was a request, not an order.”
“That’s it, boss.”
Galera said that in a brusque tone, but she didn’t mean to rebel.
Perhaps thanks to a cooperative relationship that lasted for nearly a year under the guise of obedience, he now treats me quite comfortably.
I am also suitable for this kind of relationship.
Calling her boss was one of the things she didn’t like, wondering if it would be bad if Rize heard it.
“Are you very busy?”
“It is to the point where my goal is split in carrying out what the boss said. Please cut back a little while the words come out.”
“no.”
“Sheesh.”
What kind of nonsense are you talking about when you have all the benefits you can get thanks to this? No, I understand why it is.
As the body grew rapidly, the work to be done also increased rapidly.
To point out the current Golden Bird Guild’s problem was the lack of talent.
So I’m trying to give Galera a solution.
“In that sense, come on.”
“… … What else is this?”
Galera asked again, looking at the old paper on the table, and I nodded my head to check it myself.
Galera, who showed a dissatisfied expression behind the iron mask, picked up the paper with thick hands and unfolded it, soon revealing a displeased expression.
It was a treasure map obtained from Tug earlier.
It was so disastrous that the picture was so messed up that it was difficult to recognize it properly.
“Are you trying to find a treasure that isn’t even funny to me? If it keeps coming out like this, let’s bet the boss and play again.”
“uh? really?”
“No, that’s what it says.”
Galera, who was reflexively irritable, grumbled and put her cigarette back in her mouth when I asked back with a smile.
After laughing at Galera, I put another piece of paper on the table.
It was a neatly drawn chart, as if it had been drawn directly from the sky. Of course, I drew it separately.
“You can go to this location. Should I even explain how to find the treasure?”
“No, if you have something like this, go directly. Did you really have to call Findel just because of this?”
“How many treasures do you think might be buried here?”
“… … .”
Galera, who had been complaining, fell silent at my words for a moment.
As if he had realized something, he let his cigarette burn and slowly tapped his fingers on the table to gather his thoughts.
“Right. With this, people… … . No, simply hiring would not have called me. Does that mean you’re going to give me more work?”
“That’s how it is. But in the long run, it will be comfortable.”
“Let’s hear what’s going on.”
“I’m building an orphanage.”
At my words, Galera blinked sluggishly behind her iron mask, took out her cigarette, and put it out in the ashtray once again.
“Are you crazy?”
There’s nothing I can’t say to the boss.
I smiled and poured a drink into my glass as if asking me to say something more, and Galera tapped the table with her fist as if she was going to say everything at this point and poured out her words.
“At first, they said that all you had to do was ask for information, but they told you to take over the area, expand it on your own, and ask you to look after the upper ranks, and not just sell information by creating branches here and there, but build post offices. Do you know how many businesses have been started because of the boss right now?”
“You know everything went well, right?”
“It’s a problem because it works too well, damn it.”
Galera shook her head as if the thought made her sick.
After saying that, he continued to growl as if he was even more angry.
“But this time, he ordered a treasure hunt out of the blue, and to build an orphanage with the treasure he found there? It seems to me that he just wants to run the guild as he pleases.”
“There are two reasons why I want to create an orphanage. First of all, isn’t there a shortage of people because the size of the guild continues to grow?”
“It’s all boss work. If you talk about the boss to those who are doing the paperwork inside, they will die of joy.”
“As for the number of people we can fill right now, it’s best to recruit people from the guild we broke or from other guilds.”
“… … What do you want to say?”
Galera, who had always been sarcastic at me, noticed belatedly that I wasn’t saying this in vain, and returned her voice.
I met Galera’s eyes and smiled.
“Don’t you want to have a real ‘four people’ instead of those guys?”
“Huh, are you saying that I should take the orphans and raise them as guild members?”
After nodding once to Galera, who said that as if she were shocked, she poured the alcohol into her mouth.
what? why did you do this
I frowned a little as I felt the bitter taste of alcohol burning my throat before opening my mouth again.
“Even if they are orphans, there are definitely jade stones among them. If we could find them and raise them as guild members, there would be nothing better than that.”
“Then what about the other children? Are you going to say that there is no value other than boulders?”
“They also have an important role to play. Let them work at a business created by the guild, or introduce them to a business that suits their aptitude. They are the source of information everywhere.”
“Then, wouldn’t it be better to train professionals as informants in the first place rather than giving them a job?”
Galera now put aside her dissent and began to consider which side would benefit the guild.
It was a plan that could give Galera what she wanted.
“It is a world where the waiter at an inn full of cheap beer learns more important information than the owner of a restaurant that originally handles high-end wine. Besides, it is better to leave the choice of the future to the children.”
“A future choice?”
“Some children want to live a normal life. As you said, if there is a child among them who wants to become an informant, all you have to do is receive support and educate them.”
“Well, you like children. Aside from the reason, it will take three years at least to reach an age where you can work properly.
It certainly took a lot of time for children to grow up and educate themselves.
Until then, it was said that it would still have no choice but to suffer from a shortage of manpower.
I smiled at him and raised my hand with my index and middle fingers spread out.
“That’s the second reason.”
Galera kept her mouth shut for a moment, seemingly thinking about it, but waited patiently for my words to follow, as if she didn’t come up with a very good answer.
“Even though the Golden Bird Guild belongs to the underworld, it is very clean in that it is an information guild. yes?”
“Well, yes.”
The reason the Golden Bird Guild was founded in the first place was to find the Mad Fire Knight.
There was no reason to gain notoriety, so it could be said to be a model of a guild that grew step by step.
Thanks to that, there were some guild members who had been together for quite a long time.
“There must be some married people among the guild members. How would they react if they found out about the orphanage support?”
“… … !”
Galera opened her eyes as if she knew right away, and while I waited for him to organize his thoughts, I added an explanation.
“If you take care of unfortunate children, and even take care of their education and jobs, you can’t help but be attracted to them. Besides, if you have a child, you can think of raising your child as a guild member. I also see it as an opportunity to strengthen my organizational skills.”
Having finished all the stories I was trying to say overall, I refilled my glass and sipped little by little.
Galera tapped the table with her fingers and was lost in thought.
“It seems like I can’t escape the boss’s tongue for the rest of my life. great. We will do that.”
“Good idea. You’ve never been harmed by listening to me. Trust me this time.”
“I have a suggestion for you to take responsibility for.”
“Help me find the treasure? I even gave you such a detailed map, but I don’t know what else to do.”
The place where the treasure was located was a place I had accidentally found in my previous life.
The hidden depth was not too deep, so even a small number of people would be able to enjoy the treasure hunt.
By the way, did you think that you would attract me when you laid the plate this far?
But Galera had a completely different story.
“Will you be in charge of educating the children?”
“No, never.”
Galera frowned coldly at my firm answer, and I waved my hand and briefly explained the situation.
“I’m still in charge of educating five people, but they don’t pay attention to that.”
“You mean those kids outside Findel?”
It was an inadvertent statement, but I was a little surprised that Galera already figured it out.
No, I asked him to find out if he could find out about me, but I didn’t expect him to have any intention of hiding the fact that he was monitoring the surroundings.
“I couldn’t get close to it, so I couldn’t find out any information about what it was doing, but at least I know that the kids there are not normal.”
Galera made a sharp point, then crossed her arms and looked at me with a crooked posture.
“What are you going to do with them?”
Galera’s voice seemed very dissatisfied, probably because it was something that could not be found out no matter how much research was done.
I paused for a while, then answered with a smile.
“To destroy the Dark Truth Church.”
“… … her?”
“I’ll be removing one branch soon, so from now on, I’ll investigate information on that side as well.”
“Boss, are you kidding? uh? kidding right? Hey, you bastard! Aren’t you doing enough?!”
I decided to give Galera a load of extra work because she seemed to be overly energetic today.
* * *
These days, no, it’s a bit old to say these days.
Hazel’s reaction isn’t what it used to be.
“What are you doing?”
“… … Oh, hey, um, are you here?”
It was unusual to be called by name.
It wasn’t that I couldn’t figure out why he was doing that, but it seemed that he had become more emotional than in his previous life.
Is it because you take care of the kids?
Hazel put on an awkward expression and stroked her chin a few times before speaking with difficulty.
“Perhaps, that… … .”
Then he swallowed again.
Needless to say, since I handed over the ring, there have been more cases of him sitting outside like that, blankly.
In addition, when I went there, I tried to make friends awkwardly, and I often stopped trying to say something.
If you’re going to say it anyway, say it coolly. Why are you doing that?
Knowing the details, I was just frustrated. Even if I asked him directly, it was clear that he would run away.
So I decided to just quickly turn the story around.
“Are you ready?”
“Big, well, I did it roughly.”
“It’s about the safety of the kids, so we can’t do it lightly, can we?”
“That’s what it says, tsk.”
Fortunately, Hazel, who returned as usual, clicked her tongue briefly and entered the house, and I followed suit.
“mister!”
“Hello, mister!”
As soon as I entered, I responded to the children who greeted me in various ways and looked at the clothes they were wearing.
The children were wearing matching clothes, all black and made of a material that stuck to the body, and there was also a bag at the waist that could hold small tools.
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Needless to say, it was the night suit worn by assassins.
I had it adjusted a while ago, and it suits me very well.
Perhaps realizing that I was examining my clothes, Claire smiled and spun around in place.
“Does this suit you? I thought it would be bad because it was completely black, but when I put it on, it was different. how is it? Are you okay?”
“Yeah, they all look good together.”
It’s not like it’s not, but wearing it like that made me feel like a really skilled assassin. It could be said that he had a good posture.
“Then, shall we check the strategy one more time today?”
The children who had been laughing hardened their expressions immediately at my words, and their colored eyes glistened coldly.