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“This is the only place we can talk quietly. sorry.”
The place where Paul was guided was the tavern’s warehouse.
“it’s okay. That’s enough.”
“yes. then.”
As Vivian waved her hand, Paul backed out of the warehouse.
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Vivian leaned her back against the pillar and looked at Ethan.“How did you know I would come here?”
The eyes of suspicion were cold.
Ethan shrugged.
It was thanks to Fenrir that he originally discovered this tavern.
I also learned that Vivian, the daughter of the regent, came and went here.
But at that time, Ethan was moving while hiding his identity.
Ethan had no intention of telling Vivian about it.
He decided to just walk around.
“Pars-sama’s eyes are everywhere.”
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Vivian’s expression hardened at those words.Meanwhile, Ethan was screaming inside.
Even spitting it out of my mouth, I got goosebumps.
It was to the extent that I felt like a guy who casually used these words on a daily basis.
However, it is rare for a priest to refute the mention of God.
So it was a good excuse to use.
“Yeah, that’s right.”
In fact, Vivian couldn’t dig into it any more.
Ethan hurriedly got to the point.
“I am here to ask you something.”
“Please?”
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Vivian’s tone of voice was still wary.And Ethan knew the words to distract her.
“It has to do with the Dark Followers.”
“… … !”
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Vivian’s eyes widened.‘I asked for the bait.’
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Vivian has a vengeance for the dark follower who killed her mother.There could be no better bait to lure her out.
“I’m not a citizen of the Empire, but as a priest of the Pars Church, I couldn’t stand by their secret drugs. Even if the investigation is ongoing, you might get out like a loach again.”
“… What is a request?”
Ethan smiled inwardly and shared his plan.
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Vivian’s eyes, as they silently listened to his words, grew more and more lively.* * *
A few days have passed since then.
It was the day of the large-scale arrest operation that Olivia Allen was talking about.
Near midnight, Blake circled Allen’s mansion.
He asked the mercenary standing on the alert.
“Were there any suspicious signs?”
“Oh, how many times do you ask? No one came, let alone a rat!”
As of today, it was already the tenth question.
The mercenary standing on the alert responded with annoyance.
“Good luck. Then keep it that way.”
With those words, Blake turned around.
The other mercenary murmured as he looked at his back.
“Hey, it’s that friend, not the intruder, that makes me feel more alert.”
“Who is it? It was a mansion security request, so I came to know how to eat it raw. Sheesh.”
“Still, I have a lot to learn from working. To be honest, there’s something a little weird about it, isn’t it? But I couldn’t ignore his skills.”
“It is. Even if you look like that, you’re a disciple of that Kayden Hanson.”
The way Blake patrolled the mansion was very thorough.
It almost felt morbid.
Several mercenaries complained about it.
But in front of Blake’s fame, he had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
A disciple of the Seven Heroes, Kayden Hanson, and heir to the old geukdo.
There was no one who could disrespect him like that.
Moreover, the prestige he had built up as a mercenary was never easy.
“Shit. If it had been a nerd who only depended on his reputation, he would have knocked him out at once!”
“Well, in this world, someone’s disciple doesn’t work. But that’s not the kind of skill I can try, so I have to keep my mouth shut.”
The mercenaries were originally accustomed to the world of the weak and strong.
Because of this, they easily accepted the orders of the strong Blake.
Meanwhile, after patrolling, Blake tried to go to the top floor of the mansion.
It was to guard the outside from a high place.
It was then that something strange was observed.
“Well? What is that?”
Gray smoke was rising in the distance.
Blake raised his eyes.
A bright light appeared on the dark road of Velium.
The light did not stay in one place, but was gradually moving in this direction.
“It’s definitely not a fire… … . Is it a torch?”
It was late at night.
The suspicious light felt on the street where people would have vanished immediately aroused our alertness.
Blake rested his palms on the floor.
“… … !”
A slight vibration was detected.
It was a feeling that ordinary people would not feel.
However, Blake had an excellent sense of humor, which he had trained to the extreme.
“It’s an attack.”
Blake looked towards the flickering light with his low, sunken eyes.
‘What happened to Ethan?’
Ethan, who was on the lookout outside the mansion, caught his attention.
‘Um, Ethan’s skills and talents are definitely great. But I’m still young, so I don’t have much experience in combat, so I’m afraid that I’m afraid of killing a priest.’
First of all, there was no communication from Ethan.
If you have the skills you recognize, you should have noticed this approach as well.
Blake shook his head.
‘no. Ethan is the most reliable friend of all. If I don’t believe him, who will believe him?’
Blake recalled his master’s teachings again.
Then his strong faith in Ethan was revived.
“okay. The reason Ethan isn’t calling must be because there are unavoidable circumstances! I have to do my job.”
Blake made up his mind like that.
From now on, I had to prepare to deal with the raiders who would come to the client’s mansion.
Blake slowly made his way to the mansion.
That was then.
“… … ?!”
I felt a terrifying feeling that my whole body was tingling.
“Who are you?”
Blake involuntarily turned back with a glare in his eyes.
His two eyes widened.
“Hey, you!”
There was a woman floating in the air.
In the woman’s hand was a magic ball of light.
The woman’s hair, which was exposed in the bead of light, was as red as burning.
“It was good to follow you too. Did you get caught up in something interesting this time too?”
The witch Scarlett looked down at Blake and smiled.
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creepy.
I had goosebumps all over my body.
Ethan hurriedly turned his head to the place where Allen’s mansion was.
“… … .”
It was a dark night, but the mansion was surrounded by bright lights.
It was because of the torches of the mercenaries standing on the alert.
Ethan narrowed his brow and stared at it for a while.
“Priest Ethan?”
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Vivian, who was beside him, called him.“Is there any problem?”
“it’s nothing.”
Ethan suddenly came to his senses and shook his head.
‘Something is strange.’
Obviously things were going well.
However, Ethan was enveloped in a certain ominous feeling.
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Vivian looked at Ethan, who was pensive, and opened his mouth.“I, Priest. If Mrs. Allen’s mansion is going to be raided, doesn’t it make sense to be there? But why are you here?”
“quietly.”
Ethan raised his index finger and blinked.
It meant to be conscious of the soldiers around you.
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Vivian kept her mouth shut.Whoops!
Where they are now is the side gate of the castle.
In the middle of the night, guards stood guard to control access to Velium.
Normally, access is strictly controlled at this time.
However, the capital, Velium, was safer than the outlying cities, so authorized personnel were allowed to enter.
Nobles and merchants with high stature could use this to go out of the castle even late at night.
Ethan lowered his voice.
“It doesn’t matter who they attack. It’s important to know why you’re attacking.”
It was a sensible thing to say.
The scale was too large to be a simple act of brute force in a cornered situation.
“Are you saying that this wasn’t something you did against Ms. Allen?”
“yes. Their original purpose must be to wreak havoc on Velium. Olivia Allen was targeted because of that grudge.”
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Vivian pondered Ethan’s words.‘Is the purpose of causing chaos? no way… … .’
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Vivian pondered, finally realized, and said, ‘Ah!’ made a sound“Are you trying to sneak out of Velium?”
Ethan nodded his head.
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Vivian’s face grew serious.The nobles under the recent investigation were strictly controlled by their father’s orders, so they could not freely go to and from the castle.
‘But what if there is a raid in the middle of the capital?’
He would have been able to escape from this place by taking advantage of the chaos.
“When I asked why you called me, it was because of that. Because I know their faces.”
“Maybe I was wrong?”
Ethan asked with a smile.
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Vivian remained silent.Because it wasn’t wrong.
It was none other than her father who was leading the investigation.
Even if the investigation was kept secret, it was not difficult for her to obtain information from the mansion.
It was a great opportunity for Vivian, who was desperate to catch the Dark Followers.
She actively gathered information without her father’s knowledge.
Among the information Vivian had been keeping an eye on was a list of nobles suspected of being a dark follower.
‘Did you call me to see if there were nobles among those who were trying to get out of the castle?’
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Vivian was surprised at the conclusion finally reached.She looked at Ethan in disbelief.
‘Is this person a priest?’
A priest who was good at scheming and intrigue, I had never heard of it.
Even though he was a saint candidate, he was more suited to being a strategist.
‘Besides, I already knew I wouldn’t be able to turn down his request.’
It felt as if everything had been fitted onto an elaborately woven plate.
‘Rumors tend to be exaggerated, but this does not apply to this priest.’
I heard that she came to Velium from Newvel City, protecting the princess from the dark follower.
The ability to overcome the difficulties I faced at that time was more than I had imagined.
“no. You know me so well that it makes me uncomfortable.”
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Vivian frowned.But Ethan didn’t care.
“Anyway, I’ll only go to Olivia Allen’s mansion after I’ve done my business here.”
“Do you have any important business?”
Ethan answered with a serious face like never before.
“yes. Now that we’ve caught those who organized this raid, we’re going to demand a reward worthy of it. The raiders are just minions, and those trying to get out of Velium are actually the heads.”
Ethan’s eyes twinkled with anticipation of the money that would soon roll in.
But Vivian interpreted those eyes differently.
“Priest Ethan is truly amazing. You said that you ran a treatment center with a gift that was brought to you a while ago, and that seems to be the case this time as well.”
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Vivian smiled bitterly.‘It’s completely different from me, who has fallen for personal revenge.’
It was clear that Ethan was raising so much money purely because of his faith.
He would be ashamed of himself if he was in front of a person who pursued a big purpose.
But Vivian never gave up on revenge.
On the other hand, Ethan frowned at Vivian’s absurd remarks.
‘What kind of bullshit is this?’
Ethan was going to keep his money this time.
“I don’t know what I misunderstood, but I… … .”
“The priest is always like that. He was like that when he saved the children last time.”
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Vivian intercepted Ethan’s words.Even when he rescued a child from being harmed by Baron Sheerland, Ethan was reluctant to reveal his name.
“It’s not dignified to reveal too much good deeds, but I don’t think it’s good to hide too much. The priest must take care of his share.”
Ethan was taken aback by Vivian’s words.
So you’re not going to Allen’s mansion to get your share?
“No, until the end of what people say… … .”
But Ethan couldn’t finish his speech.
Because the target appeared in front of you.