“bet?”
“I will solve one of the difficult problems that is bothering you. If you succeed, please do me a favor.”
“What are you asking for?”
“No matter what happens in the future, please don’t forget that we are family.”
“!!”
Ron frowned faintly.
“You don’t sound like a poet. I have never forgotten for a moment that we are family. “The reason we kicked Mariam out of central politics was because we didn’t want the succession fight to intensify further.”
Ron wasn’t lying.
At least for now.
“I’m asking you not to forget that feeling in the future as well.”
“hahahaha. i get it. You’ve really changed. He is special as an older brother. Instead, if you lose the bet, you join hands with me.”
“All right.”
“What difficult problem will you solve? “Let me show you the case list.”
For reference, Ron was a professor in the liberal arts department at Amethyst Academy, but that was only an honorary position and not his main job.
Ron’s real title is Chief Inspector.
It was an omnipotent position that oversaw and punished the corruption and wrongdoings of the capital’s nobility and local lords.
‘It’s not the Ecclesia family for nothing.’
The cases Ron was in charge of were listed on the tablet-type magic tool.
“What are the events on the right?”
“Those who have made mistakes but should turn a blind eye to them. “Because we can’t punish everyone.”
Ron pointed to the table on the left of the tablet magic tool.
“The colored ones here are difficult cases. “They need to be punished, but these are cases where it is difficult to secure evidence to arrest them.”
There were many different colors.
“What color is the most difficult?”
“It’s red. “This is a case where the inspection department gave up on punishment because it was virtually impossible to secure evidence.”
“Then, let’s deal with this case.”
Ron looked surprised when he saw the incident I pointed to.
“Red? “Didn’t you say it was impossible?”
“You reached out to me, but you don’t know anything about me.”
“what?”
“Nothing is impossible before my greatness. “It’s just a matter of how trivial it is.”
“!!”
‘Because it’s actually easy.’
-Suspicious case of tax evasion at the top of Paol.
It was something I knew.
One of the cases that the main characters deal with in a trivial way.
If you don’t know the whole story, solving it will be a piece of cake.
‘I want to enjoy the privilege of being a possessed person sometimes!’
“Please have a cup of tea. “I’ll figure it out before your tea time ends.”
* * *
At the end, the appearance of the Black Flame Dragon imitating the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was embarrassing, but it was not an exaggeration.
‘One night is enough.’
The Paol top was a top specialized in perfumery.
However, the manufacturing method of this perfume is completely kept secret.
In other words, it was impossible to confirm exactly what ingredients were included.
‘It’s a perfect product for tax evasion by arbitrarily inflating the cost.’
Thanks to this, I tended to compromise on taxes within a reasonable range.
They will accept it even if you inflate the cost to a certain extent, but instead ask you to pay more than a certain amount.
The Paol top also paid taxes according to that standard.
‘The problem is that the cost inflated seems excessive.’
Usually, it is inflated to about twice the actual cost.
However, there was suspicion that the top of the paul was inflated almost 10 times.
The bigger problem is,
‘Even though the cost is so inflated, we are still producing the highest quality perfume.’
Inflating the cost means using cheaper materials.
And yet it satisfies the tastes of picky aristocrats?
It couldn’t have been surprising.
So much so that it stinks.
‘If it is revealed what ingredients were used, the social world will be turned upside down. Well, it’s none of my business.’
The place I was heading to was, unexpectedly, a back alley in the capital.
A slum as infamous as the Free City.
I put on my hood and went in.
When a stranger appeared, I caught a glimpse of his murderous gaze.
‘Ugh. I guess it’s spookier than the Free City? ‘There is no force here that controls the slums like the Dragon Citadel.’
My heart trembled for a moment, but I kept my mind strong.
It would have been a relief to bring the family knight, but if that happened, the rumor would immediately spread throughout the slums.
‘I’m now a 2nd rank wizard too. ‘I can’t be defeated by the petty criminals in the slums!’
but,
“At first glance, he seems to be of noble status, but from which high-ranking family is he? How can you scream? “Can I find out if I cut off my finger first?”
I encountered a villain who could hardly be called a petty criminal.
Beheader.
He is wanted for slaughtering all his allies on the battlefield against the Seven Kingdoms.
As a knight who was once famous, his level is Lv. 5.
‘uh? Isn’t it possible to meet a guy like this?’
I felt embarrassed.
As I said before, I am now a level 2 wizard and am stronger than before.
Lv. Up to level 4, you can deal with it head-on.
At best? That’s not what I’m saying.
Lv. On the 4th level, he is treated as a talented person wherever he goes.
Lv. It was a high-ranking state called ‘Supreme’ on page 5. For no reason, the average level of academy junior professors is Lv. It wasn’t 5.
In other words, I wasn’t one to meet in a slum like this, so I was out of luck.
-bad… bloke!! bar! bar! I… I will protect you!!
Marie jumped out of the magic bag and tried to protect me, but she just radiated cuteness and was of no help at all.
I hurriedly put it back in my pocket, thinking it would only attract aggro.
‘Damn, should I run away?’
You will be able to run away.
The problem is that once I make a fuss, my goals become harder to achieve.
I’ll hide away.
‘What should I do?’
First, we decided to solve it through conversation.
In any case, he is an extra villain who will be punished by one of the unspecified protagonists, so there is no need for me to lose my sense of justice right now.
“There is a disgusting smell in the air. It’s disgusting for me to punish you myself, so get down on your knees and break your own hands. Then, I will spare your life right away.”
Of course, our Black Flame Dragon.
Now it doesn’t seem that surprising.
To make an excuse for the cutie Black Flame Dragon, I don’t think he would have become particularly nice regardless of whether I did this or that.
I saw that he was so excited and rushing at my words like a pervert.
“hahahaha! good. “I can’t wait to see how you scream!”
I had no choice but to give up and was on the verge of causing an uproar.
A magic message reached my ears.
‘suddenly?’
It was a completely unexpected message, but I obeyed obediently.
Faaah! I raised my hand and cast a binding spell on him.
“hehehe. It’s quite sophisticated, though. Do you think this low-level binding magic will work on me for a long time?”
That was correct.
My strengths were ridiculous sophistication and creativity, but simply competing with one another wasn’t enough.
Of course, it is a much stronger power compared to the same 2-star level, but compared to a high level, that is true.
“It won’t matter. “You’re going to die soon anyway.”
“hahahaha. “What nonsense?”
It was at the same time.
It let out a terrible scream.
“Huh?! Kwaaa))?
Jijijijijik.
The guy’s body melted.
A terrible sight.
The blood was bubbling up.
Through the red blood, the cloudy drug seemed to be contaminated.
As I turned my gaze, a familiar face waved at me with a humorous smile.
“Yep~ Sylphy is here, Professor♥”
It was Sylphine, the slaughter horse.
I made a confused face.
‘Why on earth is he here?’
To meet Silpine in the slums of the capital, not even in the Free City.
I wondered if she had followed me, but Silpine shook her head.
“Are you here for a hobby?”
“What do you mean?”
“The scoundrels in the free city slums are now buying themselves. It’s annoying to keep looking for me here and there to give me a commendation. “I came on an expedition to find green-faced villains.”
Well, it looks like our dark hero, Ms. Slaughter, is determined to protect the back alleys of the capital this time.
‘If you keep doing this, aren’t you going to wipe out all the villains in the back alleys of the entire empire?’
Sylphine’s eyes sparkled.
“I came with high expectations, but I was disappointed because nothing happened, and then I met the professor like this. “Is there something interesting happening?”
I thought about it and then nodded.
I thought it would be okay to join hands.
“It’s not a big deal.”
I said calmly.
Because it actually happened.
Considering the true nature of this world hidden behind its splendor, this is probably an insignificant incident.
“We plan to catch those who kidnap humans, turn them into corpses and use them as ingredients for products.”
* * *
Deep in the slums.
It hit the scene right away.
The culprits were warlocks.
I am not affiliated with Black Tower.
Because only high-ranking warlocks can join the Black Tower.
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They were little bug-like small things.
‘town.’
When I saw the ‘work site’ where materials were being made, I suppressed the feeling of nausea.
Although I am now at an age where I have experienced all kinds of incidents, it was an unbearably horrible sight.
The one good thing is that I didn’t have to do anything to deal with them.
Silpine took care of everything.
“No way, these guys were in the middle of the capital.”
Ron, who received my call, came over and clicked his tongue.
For reference, after seeing a lot of blood, Silpine left with a satisfied face before Ron came.
“Tax evasion wasn’t the problem. “You made perfume by processing human corpses.”
However, Ron tilted his head.
As if something was strange.
“How on earth has something like this not been discovered until now? Even though it is a slum, it is in the middle of the capital.”
I had my doubts about that too.
A free city and a capital are different.
“It may be one or two, but there are many victims. “Even in a slum, if there were this many missing people, there’s no way we wouldn’t have known about it.”
“Are you saying there might be someone bigger behind it?”
“Yes, the black tower. Or the other three evils.”
It was a reasonable suspicion.
However, for some reason, it didn’t seem like the three evils.
‘The three evils follow their own lines and rarely do anything wrong in the capital.’
I was lost in thought.
In the original scenario, the episode ended with the fall of Paol Sang-san and there was no back story, so I didn’t know there was a real dark side.
At that time, the investigator who came with Ron shouted.
“Here’s another ledger! “It seems like there are more people than Paol Sangsang who have received supplies from these guys!”
“Who is it?”
“that is… It’s secured with a magical password… . It is a security system where the ledger will burn if touched incorrectly, so it cannot be confirmed. “At this level, it won’t be easy even for a high-level wizard specializing in magic tools.”
Everyone had a hunch.
It is an important ledger.
Maybe I could find out the real reason behind this incident.
“I will check.”
This was the area where I was strongest.
The security was easily unlocked without any mistakes, and the letters were revealed.
But there was a problem.
“Lattice top? what? “Is there a merchant with this name in the capital?”
“… It’s not the top one in the capital.”
“Hmm? “Do you know?”
I swallowed my sleep and nodded.
“This is the merchant that was recently selected to deliver magic items to our Rubineth Academy.”
It was the upper branch of the duchy of Rafalte.
It was a story that would turn the empire upside down.