episode_0034

In the late afternoon, the sky became slightly yellow due to the evening glow.

Illisha and Elisias were busy separately with the work to collect the materials I requested, and I was given free time to work alone during that time.

“If you have the funds you need…solve this”

I put my hand in my pants pocket and fiddled with the gold coin that Elisias gave me.

Before leaving on a mission with Illysia, I managed to stop Elisias from giving me dozens of gold coins from his money bag, saying they were support funds.

“There is no contact from Laboil…First…what should I prepare first…”

Although I received information every day at the time promised with La Boille, the note did not contain any important information.

“They say no news is good news…”

Preparing for my future plans made me feel a little dizzy, so I walked around the streets alone to change my mind.

Even though you have discovered the source of the poison, you should not act hastily.

As LaBoille said, if the head Kai who leads the place is DH, you have to be more careful.

“Hmm…”

Biting my nails, I set out on the road in a narrow crawl.

The opponent is the person who released the medicine into the Kazas Eggbox and operates while completely hiding his identity.

Even if Kazas Alham’s security isn’t good, the fact that he released a banned medicine into the city means that he must be quite intelligent and is very suspicious and wary.

“As expected, we need a little more certain information…”

If we make poor preparations and attack the source of the poison, we may end up in trouble.

Even if you successfully eliminate the source, what if the guy quickly covers his tracks?

“It’s terrible…”

The underlying events will not be resolved and he will definitely plan revenge later.

I kicked a stone on the street, annoyed by the situation that wasn’t going well, or clucking my tongue.

“You can’t just wait for news from La Boille…”

So I thought about it a little bit.

“How about hiring a real information merchant?”

A job that provides the information the employee wants as long as he/she pays [information]

They have wide feet, are good at keeping up with the news going on in the world, and can literally be seen as the world’s news sources because they keep pace with the rapidly changing times.

The information they possess as they move in line with the rapidly changing times is like news worth a fortune, so unless money is at stake, information merchants act secretly and cautiously.

“The problem is how to meet the information merchant…”

It is not easy to obtain information.

Because it is secret and secretive, it is easy to impersonate it, so there are many fakes hiding among them.

In the first place, even in the prologue story, it is difficult to meet a real intelligence merchant, so Elisias is deceived by impersonators.

“Ouch”

As I was walking down the street, looking at the ground without looking ahead, I ended up bumping into a passerby in front of me. The passerby shrugged his shoulders and glared at me.

“Hey, look straight at the road”

The passerby, who was very irritated, bared his sharp fangs and spat.

“Oh, sorry…”

As I bowed my head and apologized, I ended up getting the correct answer from the face of a passerby.

“Perhaps…a prisoner…”

“What… So what are you complaining about?”

I quickly turned my head here and there and waved at the passerby, who was a beastman with a wary expression, showing his sharp claws and teeth.

“Hmph, then get away from me! Because I’m busy”

Hair that looks thicker and a little rougher than that of regular humans, and a fluffy-looking tail sticking out from below the hip bone.

The passerby, a beast with prickly animal ears, clicked his tongue, pushed me away, and walked out.

“That’s right…among the prisoners, there was an information merchant!”

I was so happy to see the beast passing by that I quietly screamed to myself.

The beast race that I encountered when heading to Elysias’s quarters after coming to this world.

I had forgotten that this game’s third heroine was among the beastman race.

“The name is clear…”

Asha Grias must have been that kind of name.

According to the original game story, this is a character that Elisias meets after completing the debt repayment event and finally finding a normal information merchant.

“But…a little bit but…”

The reason why I react negatively is not because Asha is a harmful person.

Since he knows a lot, the quality of the information is also excellent, and thanks to his characteristics as a cat beast, he shows an excellent performance in events such as infiltration.

“Mr. Life is not hell, it’s paradise! Isn’t it easy?”

Nothing will change if I keep thinking about it, so I quickly walked down the alley.

The reason I have a rejection reaction is because she is also a character who is later excluded from Elisias’ party.

Unlike Illisha, Asha’s reason is clearly revealed, and the reason is that she was poor and in debt.

Asha leaves the party to repay the debt.

I need someone who can continuously obtain information, not just this information.

Based on what has happened so far, there is definitely information that I do not know.

From the information that Uncle Guile was married to the past story of Ilicia and LaBoille, I only knew the game’s system, story, and events, but did not know the details.

If you try to solve everything on your own, you will definitely end up blocked by the wall of information limitations.

In any case, it meant that I had to rescue Asha in the end in order to find out information I didn’t know.

“Aaaagh!!!”

I already had a lot of work to do, but my head became more and more complicated, so I screamed and ran deep into the alley.

“Whoa…there are so many worlds to save…”

As night fell, this alley, where sunlight did not enter due to the tall buildings, was quickly engulfed in darkness more quickly than other places.

“Obviously…I know you live around here…”

The place I arrived at was full of abandoned houses that looked like they would collapse if a strong wind blew, just like the redevelopment area of the world I lived in.

The surrounding abandoned houses, which seemed to be haunted, gave off an eerie atmosphere, and there was only silence in the area, as if no one lived there.

―Wheeing

A strong wind and doors made of wooden planks fill this alley with a clanking noise.

“Holy shit! How far have you gone!”

“How long do you think you can run away? As long as you repay the money properly, there will be no problem!”

As I look around, I hear angry voices from men in the distance.

I quickly turned the corner of the alley and hid in an empty abandoned house.

It was the best place to hide among the old bookshelves and tables that seemed ready to fall down, the broken window at the entrance, and the roughly stacked furniture and wooden materials.

I held my breath and looked at the light of the torch flickering through the cracks in the broken window.

“Tsk…are you already being chased…”

I listened to the men sighing and muttering something.

“Did you check that?”

“No…it looks like he ran away quickly so I can’t just say he’s a prisoner!”

The man who was wiping his face spat out as if he was angry.

“Damn… If I don’t collect the money this time, my brother will be very upset…”

Fortunately, the Asha I was looking for seemed to have run away.

It’s a pity that I couldn’t meet Asha today, but I have no choice but to look forward to next time.

When those ugly-looking men go back, I’ll have to go back to my dorm, get some rest, and check to see if there’s any message LaBoille left behind.

“First, look for the alley opposite there…”

“I understand…”

As the men dispersed, I breathed a sigh of relief, opened some distance from the window, and turned my head.

“…Wow!”

I obviously didn’t feel like I was being recognized at all, but when I turned my head, I saw a person with his face covered by a hood in rags, sticking his head out and looking at me as if I was curious.

“Huh?”

When I was startled, the unknown person was also startled and let out a short scream.

“Who are you!?”

The man must have sensed our noisy presence and starts yelling as he tries to walk towards the abandoned house where I am staying.

I was startled and quickly took out the sling gun from my pocket.

After picking up any small stone nearby, he loaded it, aimed through the crack in the broken window toward the abandoned house in the opposite direction of the man, and fired.

-Clink!

“Hey! Over there! There was a sound from over there!”

The man must have successfully pulled out the aggro, but he took the opposite steps he had taken to enter this abandoned house, and only then did I lower my head in relief.

“Ha… I was so scared I thought I was going to die, right?”

“…”

I tried jokingly talking to him first, but there was no answer.

Judging from what those men said, this person must be the Asha I am looking for.

“Oppa… are you being chased by those people?”

The men also seemed to have given up on their search and returned, and as the atmosphere became quiet for a while, Asha spoke first in a kind voice.

I couldn’t hide my excitement as I was delighted to be treated by an older person for the first time since coming to this world.

“Ah~ I am a person who is looking for someone rather than being chased”

“Looking for…No?”

Asha approached me with a soft and calm voice.

Asha, who appeared in the moonlight shining through the window, carefully lifted the hood that was covering her face.

It had a very innocent-looking face that did not fit in with this harsh world, but the blonde hair and sapphire-blue eyes matched it well enough to be beautiful.

The back braided hair was tied with small black ribbons on both sides to make it even more cute, and the upright cat ears that doubled the cuteness had a huge impact.

“Asha…right?”

Asha took a step back in surprise and lowered her yellow tail with a white tip straight down as if she was wary of me.

“Oppa…are you here to get money from me…?”

I shook my head as I looked at Asha with a very nervous look on her face.

“Should I say that he is someone who came to help you?”