Finding the Hidden Girl – 2
The screen disappeared, but neither I nor Trail made a groan.
I consciously stretched to release the heavy mood.
The whole body screams and screams.
Come to think of it, I’ve been staring at the screen without changing my posture for a full 33 hours.
[Your beggar-like tenacity is always admirable.]
‘Thank you.’
[Today, I only listen to the words I want to hear.]
Trail lets out a sigh.
[By the way, that kind of skill… No, can I call it a skill?]
‘no. The skills of assassins are called magic. Skills for mercenaries, magic for paladins, and magic for wizards.’
[Well. Anyway, there must be such a magic trick.]
‘The real surprise isn’t there.’
[ok?]
‘Before the return, the offense never performed that magic in front of us.’
It doesn’t sound like much, but it’s really big.
It means that he hid this secret weapon even in his battle with the Demon King.
[Isn’t it because I thought I could win without shadow magic? In fact, you pushed the Demon King of Lies to death. Of course, it turned out that it was an illusion.]
‘What are you doing in the final battle to hide your secret means? After all, this is the last battle.’
[Ummm.]
‘Maybe Offense didn’t actually believe in Caled.’
The trail breathes a light breeze.
No, if you look at the circumstances, it’s roughly like that, right?
If Kayle doesn’t keep his promise, isn’t he trying to force him to keep his promise by using this trump card?
[But I told you that you truly believe in and follow Kayle?]
‘It was a lie. In fact, it was difficult to read the emotions from his bare face. He’s a guy who doesn’t have the information shown on his original expression.’
[Huh. If that guess is true, then Offense isn’t normal either.]
‘None of our party members was normal. They were all geeks.’
……
perhaps.
This is really possible, but the other heroic party members may have been suspicious of Kayld in the depths of their hearts.
I didn’t realize it myself.
‘If so…’
I decided to put this assumption aside for now.
‘Anyway, are you going to go down? You should also discuss it with Neryl and Xenia.’
I went downstairs.
As if they had been to any market, the two were entering the inn with a sack in both hands.
“Are you a tea ghost, Neril? I just bought a few packs.”
“Better than you who bought a whole lot of beef, lamb, chicken, and pork.”
“what. why. If our trip goes on for a long time, of course we need meat.”
“I need tea too. And will you come down a little?”
“I’m not attached to anything.”
“About 100 meters.”
huh.
You two have been shopping side by side?
Before the return, Kayle had unraveled the story of the two, but that meant that they were barely able to belong to one party, not that they had gotten along.
Even now, it’s the same, but it’s far from the feeling that if you catch the real Demon King before returning, you’re dead by my hands.
“You two are pretty close.”
“Shut up.”
“Shut up.”
Yep.
“Anyway, sit here. The operation has been nailed down.”
“for a moment. Before that, I have one thing to point out.”
“Listen.”
Neryl had a very serious expression on her face, so I nodded my head with a smirk.
“I don’t think this idiot has bought too much meat to fit in the wagon.”
“Who is stupid?”
“Let’s get rid of Xenia or let this guy lose his appetite. The former might be more realistic.”
“Mine has a lot of volume and weight, but Neril costs a lot of money, right? Considering our financial situation, I think it would be better for Mr. Neril to leave.”
no. Is that the problem now?
I quickly cleared things up.
First of all, I took a bag of money from the depths of the bag I always carry, and scattered some on the table.
👌👌👌👌
“……? uh? goldfinch?”
“This is the money I collected while rolling as an elite mercenary. Don’t worry, there will be no financial problems until the end of this trip.”
“Oh, neep.”
“And if meat is a problem, let’s buy our own carriage right now. A big, sturdy guy with a cargo compartment. Anyway, I was thinking of purchasing it if the number of party members continued to increase. Neril, are you too?”
“Uh huh.”
“ruler. Now you two shake hands.”
The last words were honestly added as a joke, but the two really held hands as if possessed by something.
Shall we do a little more?
“Now do it.”
“……”
“……”
The two of them looked at me coldly as if they had come to their senses.
I’m sorry.
We looked for the driver first.
To be precise, a member of the assassination guild wearing a mask called Mabur.
This is the guy Offense mentioned during his conversation with Ariena.
Of course, the coachman is a fake job to collect information as an assassination guild member, but it will still be officially registered somewhere in the transport guild.
After a full day of scouring, I was able to find a prime suspect.
Above the driver’s head were these pigtails.
– Setlia Rice.
Ariena’s nanny’s name.
‘great. Tell me the secret between that coachman and Setlia.’
[Are you lost? You should know the driver’s name.]
‘It doesn’t pass.’
[It’s ridiculous that I thought it would pass.]
I can’t.
We roughly set our destination as a neighboring estate and picked a carriage and a driver.
He seemed to be startled when he saw our faces.
But I didn’t think mine would have been sold, so he picked us up with a languid smile.
He said before closing the wagon door.
“ruler. So I hope you have a good trip. I will be leaving soon.”
“ah. Before that, Mr.
“yes?”
“Let’s ride together for a moment.”
“……”
“Take it.”
I grabbed him by the collar and threw him into the wagon.
widely.
When Xenia closed the door, the coachman had already taken out a dagger from his bosom as if he had grasped the situation.
“Sheesh. Did you hear it?”
“Is the offense going well?”
“You guys. It looked like they would come in to find the young girl at any moment. Do you have time to hang out here?”
“I am looking for it now. from you.”
“haha. Do you think I’ll blow it up? It’s not funny. I am the first assassin of this guild.”
Neryl looked at me.
can i do it seems to be asking
I nodded my head lightly.
“It’s good that you guys just give up and just leave here. You can’t stop this war. Is it possible to kick that young girl out in the first place…?”
His words slowed down and squashed little by little, and at some point his whole body hardened.
I see Neryl taking his prisoner.
“I cast two spells. Paint and float. The latter is to harden the body so that it cannot resist, and the former is magic that increases pain fivefold.”
“Thank you. I was so bad at torture, I was worried about how to open my mouth.”
“under.”
Neryl agreed with my sincerity with a short smile.
I scratched my head and turned my gaze to Xenia.
“I think I will show a bad side in front of the paladin. Are you okay?”
“I gave up on that one evening when I decided to go with you.”
“Uh, um. Thank you.”
“Whew. Still, I have to do my part. If you think your body will hurt too much while tortured, I will treat you. Even if you torture me again, can you stop me from treating you?”
……
Do you know what’s even crueler?
I quickly pulled out the dagger he was holding.
And he said, waving it back and forth in front of him.
“ruler. Move your eyes according to this dagger. If you move to the left, you do not have the heart to answer yet, if you move to the right, you have the will to answer. If you stay in the middle, I will just torture you.”
“……”
“First of all. What is your name?”
The boy’s eyes moved to the right.
lesser evil.
I put a dagger in his right knee.
And he twisted it left and right.
“What is your name?”
His eyes move to the right once more.
This time I put the dagger in his left knee.
“……!”
“What is your name?”
“……”
His eyes moved to the right once more.
“It’s pretty toxic.”
“Made. Wait a minute.”
“ok?”
Looking back, Neryl and Xenia were smiling awkwardly.
“Isn’t that what the right one was going to answer?”
“……”
oh
sorry.
The coachman’s name was Hans Duck.
I saw the secret of Hans and Setlia with my omniscient eyes.
And thanks to that, I was able to figure out where I was trapped in Setlia.
Of course, he couldn’t keep his eyes open, so he threatened the coachman to convince Neryl and Xenia.
“Tell me where you hid Mr. Setlia.”
Neryl tilts her head.
“Who is Setlia?”
“Nanny Ariena.”
“Do you know each other personally?”
“Is that possible?”
“But how do you know the nanny’s name? Don’t tell me it’s a secret.”
“rain……”
You’re one step late.
I just shrugged.
Then, Neryl and Xenia sighed peacefully.
“Then I will change the question. Why are you looking for that nanny who has nothing to do with this?”
“I owe you young-ae. It seems that Young-ae takes good care of the nanny. If I save the nanny, I will be many times more grateful than if I saved only myself.”
“Aha. Do you want to increase your reputation by doing that?”
“There is, too.”
I blurted out my words.
Looking back on Ariena’s conversation with Offense, it seemed that she was ready to drive her father out.
If Ariena sits on the lord’s seat, and if I grant her a favor that can’t be repaid, it will surely be of great help someday.
I told Hans.
“therefore? Where’s Setlia?”
In a cold sweat, Hans pointed out the location of the nanny.
Neryl said she wasn’t interested, and Xenia sighed in relief as if she was happy.
It’s quite interesting to see the difference in personality between the two even in these small details.
I opened my mouth again.
“Okay, next time…”
“for a moment. I do not know either!”
“ok?”
“I don’t know where and how Offense hid Ariena! He sent everyone out to be alone with Ariena. And when the story was over, the young girl disappeared out of nowhere.”
Seeing through Omniscient’s eyes, I knew that Hans’s cry was true, but of course it didn’t work for Neryl and Xenia.
Neryl puts her hands together.
“Should have done it tenfold.”
“Okay. please believe me Trust me!”
I nodded meekly.
“Believe.”
“Believe… yes? Do you believe?”
“Why did you respond when you asked me to believe you first? Anyway, go to bed now.”
tuk.
I lightly slapped him on the neck.
What a first-class assassin, without any resistance, just stretched out.
Xenia asked with a somewhat bewildered face.
“Do you really believe what this man said?”
“Because faith is the most important virtue for a paladin.”
“No, that’s the line I have to say!”
“The offense hid Ariena in the shadows.”
stand tall.
Neril and Xenia’s bodies stopped at the same time.
I outlined what I saw in the eyes of the battery.
They both wondered how I knew about it at first, but by the end of the story they couldn’t afford to pay any attention to ‘such trivial’ things.
Neryl clicks his tongue.
“Hiding in the shadows. There is none of that in any magic I know.”
“The original assassin’s magic is a bit bizarre. Of course, shadow magic is a bit more serious than that.”
“Anyway, it’s not magic, so I don’t think I can find it. Now what?”
I was deep in thought.
A plausible assumption comes to mind.
“He hid Ariena in ‘shadow’, not ‘darkness’. Isn’t the magic of offense supposed to recognize darkness and shadows separately?”
“yes?”
“lets think. Offense is called a bright death. They always commit murder in the middle of the day.”
“Yes.”
“It was not a performance. He had a lot of shadows and was easy to move in broad daylight. In other words, at midnight, the range of activity decreases. As an assassin, you are terribly contradictory.”
“……”
“In other words, tonight will be an opportunity for us.”
Xenia crosses her arms and mutters.
“Just because it’s night doesn’t mean there are no shadows.”
“From today on, it’s the same night.”
“It’s not just the moonlight that creates shadows. Right now, the lord’s house or fortress walls are full of torches, and the people of the lord’s houses are probably lit with lanterns or candles. Shadows can be made anywhere.”
I looked at Neryl as if you were going to answer Xenia’s words.
Neryl asks sternly.
“What. why.”
“Can you bring darkness to this estate? Perfect darkness without a single shadow.”
“There is no magic that is so convenient.”
Hmm. Well.
There were too many things I had seen before the return to nod my head as if I didn’t know.
“I think that magic is possible.”
Neryl tilted her head.
Then, soon after, I opened my eyes.
“The magic? …… oh!”
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