The Main Characters That Only I Know Chapter 315

# The main characters only I know episode 316

First of all, I want to confirm who the traitor is.

These were the words Lean uttered as soon as he saw Yoohyeon.

Yuhyeon and Lean teamed up again and headed to the ice cliff.

Thinking means thinking, and on the surface, the work of the search party could not be stopped.

It’s been five days since the two men began hiding around the ice cliff to find traces of the traitor.

Yuhyeon opened her mouth as she looked at the snow that was still falling without stopping today.

“So have you made your decision?”

“… … yet.”

“yet? Ahjiik? “It’s already been a few days since then, right?”

“Five days have passed.”

“But you haven’t done it yet?”

“Don’t rush it. “I was already planning to come to a conclusion soon.”

Over the past five days, the two have been to this location three times, and this was their fourth visit.

Every time the two came here, they just wandered around the area and did not go into the inside of the canyon like before.

It was because I thought that an unknown traitor might appear in this area again.

If they see the entrance open, a traitor might be hiding.

“What about Emperor Fritzen?”

“How are you sleeping? It’s the same as usual. “It moves as it pleases and moves around as it pleases.”

“I heard that Fritzen wandered around here the most. “They say they were in charge of exploring this area.”

“It did.”

“Could the emperor be the culprit?”

“I can not know. But it is also true that the probability of that happening is high.”

Yoohyeon looked around. There was no one walking around here except two people.

“They say Fritzen has been making suspicious moves for a long time. Why didn’t you stop him?”

“If I had tried to stop it, it would have resisted even more violently. “I didn’t feel the need to do that.”

“You didn’t feel it?”

“There was no benefit in stopping it. Rather, it would have been better if the sun had set. But I didn’t just leave it alone. I ordered a few quick-footed, heavy-mouthed people to investigate the traces of the Fritzen faction. “To monitor their every move.”

“Who was that?”

“Rahiyan.”

“This is the man who was your right-hand man.”

“Right arm… … It’s okay to say that. It’s not like I call it that name on my own in the first place. Rather, if Rahiyan had done it himself, he would have done it himself.”

Rahiyan also knows Yoohyeon because they have been talking to him for the past few days.

He was a cool-headed, rational man who took pride in being an explorer.

He even argued that a great Garde warrior should not avoid fighting, but should fight honorably even to the moment of death.

As he possesses a spirit of sacrifice, there could not have been anyone better suited to secretly investigate Fritzen.

“Still, I thought I would catch it by lurking a few times for five days, but I’m still in vain.”

The reason they spent time near the hidden entrance under the pretext of exploring was to find any traces of a possible traitor.

Simply having traces of someone staying at the exit of the canyon was insufficient evidence.

Because there was absolutely no way to be sure who exactly was coming. There was no way the owner’s name could have been written on the burnt traces of the rune stone.

So, even if there was suspicion that Fritchen was a traitor, they could not point out him as the culprit in front of everyone.

“You said that the search party headquarters keeps records of who went where and when?”

“okay. The route traveled by the search party for 32 years is written in detail. “I organized it and put it on a map.”

“What is the possibility of using that to prove Fritzen’s betrayal? “If you check Fritzen’s movements, you will easily be able to tell that it is around here.”

“I’ve thought about it, but it’s not enough. “Fritzen’s position is solid, but we can’t push him out just by wandering nearby.”

There was no decisive blow.

The two agonized over it for a while.

It would have been easier to just slap his head and call him a traitor, but in reality, that wasn’t the case.

Even if I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with a proper answer, so I camped nearby and waited.

“First of all, it seems like today is a waste of time.”

“I guess so. “It’s even more suspicious to come out on a day like this.”

There is a festival in Gardian today.

Memorial service. It was a day when an annual event was held once a year to comfort the dead and encourage the survivors.

On this day, the explorers took a break from the day’s exploration and drank food and alcohol to rest their tired bodies. To put it simply, it was a day of playing and eating.

Lean, who could be said to be the leader of the Gardians, could not miss the memorial service, so he could not stay here for a long time.

“Can’t I just leave?”

“There are people waiting for you besides me.”

Lean chuckled, saying this was unusual.

“Until now, I was called a witch and ostracized, but this is the first time I’ve been recognized.”

“For some reason, you seem the happiest.”

“… … I can’t deny that. Still, it’s better than someone who looks like her and gets criticized by her.”

“Rather than that, if it were a memorial service… … “Did it happen after the curse of frozen ground occurred?”

“no. The memorial service did not come about after the curse of frozen land began. Long before that, the Gard held an annual festival to honor the souls of the dead. The world was peaceful before the curse of frozen land spread, but it wasn’t that long ago that peace was achieved. Rather, before that, wars were more severe, and conflicts and plunder between tribes were in full swing. “There was a memorial service back then too.”

“It’s been a long tradition.”

“okay. “After the era of peace arrived, it changed from a solemn atmosphere to a festival of fun and enjoyment.”

Lean looked into the distance with a vague gaze.

“Long before the curse of frozen land spread, I had just been selected as a candidate and was undergoing training. “I once attended a memorial service led by Keira’s hand.”

Did you catch the mood?

Despite the sudden conversation about old times, Yoohyeon silently listened to Lean.

“All candidates receive training in remote areas where people do not travel. As a result, I couldn’t set foot in places like big cities or kingdoms. So she couldn’t help but feel a little frustrated, and perhaps because she was worried about me, she brought me to a nearby ethnic minority village.”

It was a shabby festival that could not be compared to that of the Empire.

However, Lean was not dissatisfied with that.

“I didn’t know how to fight yet and I didn’t know anything, so it felt good to just be able to participate in the festival. But what was even better was being able to walk around all day long, holding her hand.”

At night, a large bonfire was lit in the center of the village.

The Gardians danced in circles around it.

“I didn’t like fighting, but I liked playing and having fun. So I offered Kay La her hand and invited her to dance with me. “For the first time, Keira’s eyes widened in surprise at my suggestion.”

Eventually, she said, she smiled softly and shook her head.

“He said he didn’t know how to dance. It’s funny. “She has enough sword skills to raise a great warrior, and can use rune magic more powerful than anyone else, but she cannot dance, which even the villagers can do.”

Leanne found it both funny and sad, so in the end he had no choice but to give up dancing and squat next to her, hugging his knees.

Leanne still remembered that time.

A beautiful night sky filled with starlight and a large bonfire that seemed to burn the sky.

Even her warmth felt closer than that.

“What was so disappointing about me at that time? I said that I would definitely dance later if I had the chance. “I told him that if he didn’t know, I would teach him and that it would be fun to learn.”

“What did Keira say?”

“He said it was good and that he would look forward to it.”

Even in the past, when I was selected as a candidate and was full of difficult and painful events, it was a memory that I would call one of the few memories.

However, the promise at that time was not fulfilled.

Because there is no Keira anymore.

“Even so, the memorial service is ultimately an important day for me. So it didn’t fall out. “For the past 32 years, I have argued more than anyone else that the memorial service should be continued.”

“I see.”

The conversation between the two ended there.

For a while, the two waited to see if any traitor would show up, but they didn’t.

‘Is this the end of today? Was it funny to think that a traitor would come here on the day of the memorial service in the first place?’

I don’t know how much time is left.

However, we couldn’t just blindly suggest defeating Georn. Since there is a traitor inside, you don’t know what he will do at a critical moment.

Just as they were about to leave the scene today, leaving their regrets behind, the two noticed a black shadow swaying beyond the curtain of the snowstorm.

“… … ! “That can’t be right.”

“Shh. Don’t jump to conclusions. It could be a frost giant.”

The two people lowered their bodies closely and watched the unidentified shadow closely.

At first I thought it was a frost giant. But that thought soon changed.

‘The stride is constant and the direction is fixed.’

Frost giants move arbitrarily. They had no sense and existed only to kill people, so they never moved regularly.

But that shadow was clearly coming straight towards this place where the entrance was hidden.

In other words, that shadow was not a frost giant.

Yuhyeon and Lean exchanged glances and nodded at the same time.

I finally caught the tail.

Tails slowly approached this direction, unaware that there were two people lurking here.

No, not slowly. His movements were extremely cautious, as if he was carefully examining something.

‘Do you by any chance doubt our existence?’

Or is there something else?

It was difficult to distinguish the face of the tail that was approaching because of the snowstorm. All you can see is that he has a one-handed ax tied to his waist, and a deep helmet with horns on his head.

It was clear that it was a human and not a frost giant. He was also an explorer.

The tail that was approaching suddenly stopped in place.

‘They noticed something over there!’

‘Know!’

At that moment, Lean moved.

Lean suddenly jumped out of the snow field and swung his sword with the intention of subduing his opponent.

Kaang!

“hmm?”

However, the opponent immediately pulled out his ax and parried Lean’s slash. Lean was slightly surprised by that appearance. He reacted by saying that although it was a blow he had thrown out with all his strength, he never thought he would receive it.

After seeing Lean and Yuhyeon standing up behind him, Tails swung his ax wide.

The snow on the ground turned over and headed towards Yuhyeon and Lean like a huge wave.

When Lean swung his sword and cut through the snow waves, Tails was running away without even looking back.

“You can’t miss it!”

“I know!”

Lean answered like that, but there was no way he could easily chase his tail in the increasingly harsh snowstorm.

The guy I thought was Tails was no ordinary Garde warrior. He boasted strength that was second to none among warriors, and was at a level that could be called at least a high-level warrior.

A high-level warrior is comparable to a high-level collector on Earth.

Not only was he strong, but his senses were so sharp as a ghost that he tried to get out of the way before he was caught.

Yuhyeon and Lean had no choice but to follow the tail as best they could, looking at the traces it left in the snow.

however.

‘Trace, two?’

What I thought was one trace turned out to be two overlapping.

And before we knew it, the two traces diverged in different directions.

‘It’s not the footprints when I came. Does the fact that the heading direction is constant mean that there is not just one person?’

Yuhyeon and Lean looked at the footprints and their faces hardened.

I thought there was only one traitor, but this shows that there are at least two. And maybe it was more than that.

The risk was too great to follow along like this.

“Let’s go back first.”

“… … “I should do that.”

The blizzard became more violent, as if mocking them. The world looked so white that it was difficult to see even an inch ahead.

Yoohyeon and Lean returned to the place where they once had a conflict with the guy.

“for a moment. “Look at this.”

“This?”

Yoohyeon picked up an object that had fallen on the floor. It was a piece of metal.

A little while ago, when Lean threw out his sword, part of the blade of the ax was cut off while he was attacking it with the axe.

“With this, we can compare the weapons and find out who this guy is.”

“What if you threw away your weapon?”

“Among explorers, if you change or throw away your weapon, it becomes noticeable right away. “The number of weapons is limited, and warriors love to use their weapons.”

“There were two traces. Could it be that there are more people?”

“… … “I thought it wasn’t just one person, but if he’s that skilled and there are multiple people, there’s only one thing to doubt.”

“Frichen. “After all, he was a traitor.”

We finally got a clear clue. The two quickly returned to Gardian.

They didn’t know what the traitors who thought they had been discovered would arrive before them and do what they would do.

“what? “Are you two here now?”

When they returned to Gardian, Ringuug was the first to spot the two and welcomed them warmly.

“But Mr. Lahiyan just came back from wandering around the area looking for you two. I thought she might have gone far away, but she came right away. The memorial service is about to start, so you need to get ready quickly. “Is it because the main character is missing?”

“no. That’s not what’s important now. What about Fritzen? “Have you seen Fritzen?”

“Emperor Fritzen? uh? Come to think of it, I heard he went out today with his men. “I heard he will be back before the memorial service starts.”

“… … okay?”

Indeed, is this timing a coincidence?

Yoohyeon and Lean were even more confident.

“Lean. “I will first go to the expedition headquarters to check if anyone entered or left today.”

“okay. First, I gather explorers. “Because I don’t know what will happen.”

I was almost 80% sure that Fritzen was the culprit, but I wasn’t 100% sure yet.

Yuhyeon planned to stop by the headquarters and check whether any of the investigators went outside today.

If all the traitors were from Fritchen’s faction, Ganja could also be hiding among the investigators.

“What’s going on?”

Rayhaan, who was drying the freshly melted snow in the square, asked as if she had noticed Yuhyeon moving in a hurry.

“Ah, Mr. Rahiyan. So now… … I’m a little busy… … .”

“… … Something happened. Still, I just saw Lean gathering other explorers. “It’s important, right?”

“that’s right.”

“Then let me help you. “His work is also my work.”

It was even more reassuring if Rahiyan, who could be considered Lean’s right hand man, stepped forward.

Yuhyeon headed to the search party headquarters with Rahiyan.

* * *

Ringwug received an order that was close to Lean’s request. The request was to gather the explorers preparing for the festival in one place.

Lean seemed too busy to ask why, but Ringuug decided to follow.

As I was walking around like that, I saw a group of people rushing from the entrance of the castle wall.

Standing at the forefront was Fritzen, with pure white mane-like hair and beard.

As I was watching Fritzen, wondering where he was going, he spotted Ringwug and approached him at incredible speed.

“Ringwug seeker. Right?”

“Uh, uh. yes. By the way.”

“Lean and Keira. “Did you see it?”

“yes yes?”

“Lean and Keira. “Where are you two now?”

“Why are you suddenly asking that?”

Ringuug was wary of Fritchen’s actions, asking about Lean and Keira’s whereabouts out of nowhere.

As he slowly stepped back, Fritzen’s face contorted even more frighteningly.

“Hurry up and say it. “Because I don’t have time for that.”

* * *

When we arrived at the headquarters, it was empty inside.

Everyone, including those who had to work inside, had gathered in the city square to prepare for the memorial service.

Yoohyeon thought it went well. Because there is no need to waste time with pointless explanations.

I headed straight to the navigation record room. There were countless pieces of parchment scattered indiscriminately.

Rahiyan asked, leaning back near the door.

“So, what are you looking for?”

“I’m checking the external access log today. Let’s see, here’s this week’s summary.”

“I don’t know that anyone went outside today.”

“Fritzen and his gang are not like that.”

Still, I needed to check if there was anyone else out there.

Yuhyeon’s eyes quickly scanned the parchment.

“Frichen? “What did he do?”

“I discovered their suspicious activities.”

“Suspicious activity?”

“yes. “Fritzen said he led a group outside today, and one of them approached the area where the search had already been completed.”

“Area that has been explored? “It’s confusing because there are so many places like that.”

“You know the mountain range that runs across the North Continent? It’s now an ice cliff. I found traces nearby. No, it’s not a trace, it’s evidence. “At least two people.”

“2 people? “Are you sure there are two people?”

“Why are you asking me like that earlier… … .”

Yuhyeon was about to speak, but stopped without realizing it.

-Well, Mr. Lahiyan just came back from wandering around the area looking for you two.

When I returned, I remembered what Ringwug had said right away.

Yuhyeon tensed her body and rolled her eyes.

‘wait for a sec. ‘Why was I missing this?’

When I first thought I had caught the tail, there was something strange about its behavior.

The guy moved cautiously and quietly. If he was coming to check the entrance, there was no need for him to take such action.

The action was like chasing something else.

And, the two traces connected.

If the.

What if what you thought was a tail wasn’t actually a tail?

What if another trace that was thought to be Tails’ comrade was actually the person Tails was chasing?

Lean said. They said they sent someone to secretly monitor Fritzen to see if he was doing anything suspicious.

That is to say in other words.

It was said that the watcher was the person who wandered around the ice cliffs the most after Fritzen and his party.

“Suddenly my hand stopped. Why do you do that? “Did you find anything?”

That person was right behind Yuhyeon right now.

fantasy,