Episode 69
I checked each check one by one.
When I turned over five checks and looked at the last one, I was puzzled.
“I think you said 500,000 gold?”
The first five checks were each for 100,000 gold, but the last check was different.
“What is this 5 thousand gold?”
“That’s half of what I can afford right now.”
Was my speech too monotonous?
therefore.
“If it’s money you can afford, it’s your money, right? Why are you giving it to me?”
“I have a few questions for you. If you answer them, I will give you an additional 5,000 gold on top of the 5,000 you gave me.”
Oh, really.
Who would say he’s from the Information Guild?
“You won’t answer the sensitive question? If that’s okay, then let’s continue. If not, then it’s not too late, so take this back.”
Aveiro, who had a strange expression on his face, shook his head and said to me as I handed him the check.
“You don’t have to give a specific answer.”
“You decide for yourself the value of the information?”
“That’s what it is.”
He shrugged.
“Ask. What is it?”
“Fentanyl Mercenaries. Did you kill them all?”
The first thought that came to my mind when I heard that was, ‘Ah, this guy Abe is really an interesting guy.’
The question is not ‘Did they all die?’ but ‘Did they kill them?’
“Isn’t this too revealing from the beginning? Is there someone behind me, or did I kill the person myself? I think that’s what you want to hear, so I’ll just give you a straight answer.”
I glanced at the teacher and then looked back at Aveiro.
“I killed him. I erased his body so they wouldn’t find him.”
“……okay.”
Honestly, it was the Master who killed them, but let’s just take it easy.
see.
What information could Aveiro glean from this question?
Right now, two things come to mind.
First, we have confirmation that the Fentanyl mercenary group has been annihilated.
Second, there is some force capable of instantly wiping out the Fentanyl Mercenaries, at least in the person of Jack Valantier.
At that time, I was thinking like that.
“Are you by any chance involved in the struggle for the throne of the Tulcan Empire?”
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For a moment, I found myself licking my lips with my tongue.
This is way off topic.
Why is the Tulcan Empire suddenly appearing?
“What do those X gods have to do with me? But, I’m curious about this. The Tulcan Empire… … Okay. This time, I’ll ask the question in return.”
“……yes?”
He stretched out his hand and slowly pulled himself out of the pool.
The water splashes and soaks the floor.
I slowly raised my head.
Aveiro, who is about 180cm tall.
As I look up at him, my body begins to change little by little.
First, the five circles engraved on my heart began to rotate fiercely.
Phew-!
A huge wind blows, and the water in the pool bursts out in all directions in a gust.
Aveiro’s head, which had been in front of his nose, shot up, and Cell, who had been dipping his feet in the pool, fell backwards.
The Aveiro I figured out was a mana user with three circles on his heart.
Looking into the guy’s wide-open eyes, he continued speaking slowly.
“I like the way you tried to get information from me. I like the fact that you followed my orders to retrieve the bribe. I like everything about you, but the Tulcan Empire?”
I walked slowly.
Every time you take a step forward, Aveiro takes a step back, and every time you take two steps forward, Aveiro takes two steps back.
To be honest, I don’t really like to think.
But just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean you can’t use it.
This level of conversation is sufficient.
“Five thousand gold on top of five thousand gold. That’s not a small sum. I’d say you’ve pretty much collected everything you could. And judging by your expression, you seem to be in a state of urgency… … In that situation, the topic of the Tulcan Empire and the annihilation of the Fentanyl Mercenaries… … Isn’t that too blatant?”
Slowly, I started walking again.
“You must have noticed something, and realized that its weight was not trivial. You must have realized that what you had believed in and relied on was in fact not even willing to block the blowing wind and rain, and so… … .”
Aveiro, who was stepping back, falls backwards.
His eyes looking up at me.
My reflection in it was similar to usual.
One more thing.
It’s the eyes.
The gaze of the emperor, looking down on everyone except me, just as it had in my previous life.
Aveiro trembles at that gaze.
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“You seem to be looking for a new lifeline. Did you want to judge whether the person behind me will become your new lifeline? I know you are good at dealing with the world, but you are still delusional. I will tell you clearly. There is no one behind me.”
“… … .”
He reached out and slowly stroked Aveiro’s cheek.
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“Someone told me that you were going to die soon. But I don’t think I’ll kill you. I certainly don’t intend to kill you. You’ve done exactly what I told you to do. Why would I kill you like that? And you feel it too, don’t you?”
“… … .”
“What you’ve learned is something you absolutely shouldn’t know. And what you’ve learned, ‘they’ will soon learn. Which means you’ll be killed by someone before long. The more I think about it, the more interesting it gets. Speaking the name of the Tulcan Empire means you’ve discovered the true nature of the bugs within the kingdom. I see you’ve narrowed down the scope quite a bit. Judging from the fact that you stayed up all night looking for the bribe, you seem to have been more desperate than I thought. This is surprising. They’re not such sloppy guys, but they figured it out? They definitely have ability.”
I watched Aveiro swallow hard and then tapped his cheek.
As if he was proud of me.
“Should I save you?”
“……yes?”
I slowly squatted down in my seat and locked eyes with Aveiro.
“Can I have a new rope?”
His trembling body stopped vibrating, and his shaking eyes also stopped shaking.
“If you ask me to spare your life, I can spare it. If you die, I can make you a Death Knight and give you a chance to get revenge on the person who killed you.”
“Death… … Knight?”
“What matters is whether you are someone who can help me.”
“… … .”
“I invest in the future rather than the present.”
Was it yesterday? The teacher definitely told me.
I’m not destined to live an ordinary life.
I don’t deny it.
I don’t have that kind of fate, and I have no intention of living an ordinary life.
At least what I’m thinking about in my head and what’s going to happen next is far from ordinary.
Charlotte, Cell, Thanos. Those three are pieces of the future I will create.
And Aveiro before our eyes.
Could he really be a piece of the future I’m creating?
“Let me ask you, what can you do for me?”
“… … I have one question to ask.”
Aveiro, who had been lying in a ridiculous position, slowly corrects his posture.
“Who the hell are you?”
hmm.
“The moment you hear that, it’s like crossing a river from which there’s no return. Do you still want to hear it?”
“Yes, I would like to hear it.”
He chuckled.
“No, I won’t tell you.”
“… … .”
“I can’t say it with my own mouth because it’s embarrassing. See for yourself and judge.”
“You want me to… see for myself and judge?”
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As I slowly stand up from my seat, Aveiro also stands up from his seat.
“By the way, do you like fishing?”
Aveiro’s expression changes bizarrely.
“Fishing?”
“Oh, fishing. Not fishing in a stream, but real fishing.”
“… … .”
He smiled faintly.
I was already bored, but it seems like something a little fun is about to happen.
“Should we move for a bit?”
“Where… …?”
Where is it? Where is it?
Of course, the branch office.
* * *
Tolisso, who had arrived at work, received a call from Aveiro as soon as he arrived at the branch.
To be exact, I heard a guild member say, ‘The branch manager is calling. Go ahead.’ and I nodded as usual and headed to the office.
I thought as I climbed the stairs.
‘You seemed to be seriously thinking about something since last night… … Wait a minute, did the branch manager leave work yesterday?’
It seems like the branch manager didn’t leave work and stayed up all night.
Tolisso felt a little puzzled.
The branch manager is definitely a capable man.
Should I say that he is smart, has excellent thinking skills, and has excellent intuition?
To give you an idea, as far as Tolisso knows, in the past few years, branch manager Aveiro has never worked overtime.
Because the work was done so neatly that there was no need to do it.
But you’re working overtime?
‘It’s a little strange. Is there something serious going on?’
I arrived at the office and knocked.
dripping-
“Branch Manager. This is Tolisso. May I come in?”
There is no response.
I opened the door and went in, but there was no one in the office.
Is this a VIP room or an office?
Is this the sorrow of the end?
Pick Tolisso, who had just laughed, immediately headed to the VIP room, where he could be seen.
Aveiro, sitting at the top table, resting his chin on one hand, and Jack Valantier, across from him, with his eyes wide open and his hands shaking.
“What?? The Tulcan Empire? Oh my god. What did I… … do… … .”
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Then Jack Valantier starts tearing out his hair.
The doll sitting on her shoulder, and the little boy with short gray hair sitting next to her.
What the heck is going on?
“The Tulcan Empire… … This can’t be… … Please forget everything I said… … What on earth have I done… … .”
Tolisso was genuinely puzzled by this situation.
Then he shifted his gaze.
Aveiro with a cold expression.
He says.
“We are not a typical adventurer’s guild. We are an adventurer’s guild backed by the Tulcan Empire. Duke’s family? Royal family? It’s all meaningless.”
Jack Valantier raises his head.
Red, bloodshot eyes.
He was a 14-year-old child who was so scared that tears would flow out if you touched him lightly, and his body was trembling.
It was exactly at that level.
At least that’s what Tolisso thought.
“So tell me everything. Who exactly is behind this? How did you destroy the fentanyl assassination ring? Why are you after drug money of all people?”
“S… … The truth is, all of this was ordered by Duke Ascension and Duke Malone… … So… … This, I just did as I was told… … .”
