episode_0220

I explained the situation to Talpon and asked him to track the location, and preparations were roughly completed.

Now there’s only one thing left.

It’s about persuading one person.

“…”

-gulp.

Standing in front of Harnier’s room, I swallowed my saliva.

What on earth is causing all this tension?

All I had to do was simply explain that I had a reason to leave, but strangely enough, the tension rose sharply.

“Keuung. If Karsein had a normal constitution, this wouldn’t have happened.”

After collapsing alone due to Dipeshan Syndrome.

I ended up making a promise(?) that wasn’t a promise after hearing a lot of nagging from my fiancé, who was very upset.

-sleep. Let’s quickly engrave it into the oath jewel.

-Oh, no… There is no need to include that clause in the jewel. Something like this is just… Ugh!

-How many times have I seen Pickpick fall down? What? I hope it gets approved quickly!

Even now, when I think about that, I feel like I’m being restricted(?) by something I’ve never seen before in a game.

Harnier had asked me to add one clause to the Oath Jewel.

This means that in the future, when I have to move alone, if I go out alone without her permission, I will have the added right to use the Oath Gem to pay the price.

…Thanks to this, even if it is something related to territory, you have to get permission.

Directly to none other than his fiancee.

Ugh. Lamenting like this doesn’t mean anything will change. I have to go in and try to persuade him.

Putting all complicated thoughts aside, I was raising my hand to knock on Harnier’s door.

“What are you doing there? Carcein?”

…huh?

Harnier came out of the room next door.

‘No, it’s not the room right next door.’

That’s my room.

Why is this…?

‘ah. right.’

Only then did I come to my senses.

Harnier said he would watch my condition with wide eyes from that day on and would not use this room.

Harnier narrowed his eyes and asked me.

“It looks like you came to ask me a favor so important that I forgot that I wasn’t even using that room?”

wow.

…You have such a good sense of touch.

Immediately Plan A disappeared.

I nodded and answered.

“No. It’s not that terribly important. Still, it is only at the level that you need to state it in advance to avoid misunderstanding.”

“Words and actions are different. Carcein.”

“It may be something to worry about, right? I’m a human too.”

Now that this has happened, Plan A has failed. You need to persuade them to change to Plan B.

To do that, you have to add different words here and there so that you don’t get rejected right away. If you suspect that you are doing something that will ruin your body, it is no different from a real accident!

Moreover, if Harnier follows you while you’re trying to infiltrate, it’s sure to be a real mess.

It’s not important. It’s just a level that needs to be announced in advance. So it’s not that dangerous.

Of course, this was the kind of thing that was worth talking about.

“I have to visit Duke Vagrand’s house for a while. It’s not a big deal, it’s just something to show your face. I heard that there is something to talk about only when we meet as a family.”

Mmmmm. In my opinion, it is a neat factor to go out.

An appointment was made at the Bagland duchy.

This is something that should be done only with family members, so you should not go to Harnier together.

For that reason, I need time to go out alone!

How smooth is this development?

As a result of spending an hour racking my brain just to come up with it, it was absolutely perfect.

Except there really is no such schedule!

“…So, you came to ask me for permission? Because I need time to handle my schedule alone.”

“That’s right.”

They won’t give you permission right away.

If you have any doubts, you will need some persuasive evidence.

If that’s the case, bring Camilla, who you already kissed.

Just in case, I asked Tasha, who sent me a letter, for help.

“Okay.”

“I guess so..”

…Eh?

Didn’t you just say you found out?

“Puhup. Did you think I would say no?”

what. You didn’t hear me wrong.

I guess you just got permission.

“That clause in the Oath Jewel was not put in to suppress your schedule. I added this clause because I was worried when I saw him acting carelessly every time.”

“…”

“Anyway, you’re going to spend a day at the Duke’s house, right?”

“Uh… Yes. That’s right.”

“It’s a coincidence, but I actually have some work to do tomorrow. That’s why I was just looking for you.”

aha. I see.

When I wondered why he came out of my room, I realized he was waiting for me to come.

Rather, it worked out well.

“Then, let’s meet at Chatelaine in a day.”

“Yes. But, I have some work to do before I go, right?”

“Yes?”

Okay.

Harnier held my hand.

I wondered why she suddenly grabbed my hand, but then I felt warm mana coming from her hand.

Little by little, my heavy body begins to relax.

‘I see. Because Dipeshan Syndrome may occur, the mana was delivered in advance.’

A guy like me. How many of these do you miss?

“You too, be careful.”

“Yes. I will.”

Luckily, Harnier’s schedule overlapped, and I got permission very smoothly.

But… I feel like I’m missing something more.

Maybe it’s my mood?

.

.

.

The lie that I had been to the duke’s house worked well, and in the meantime, Talpon traced the location of their base through the scent of the trap I had set and returned.

After that, a dark night fog spreads around us.

The time passed midnight and greeted dawn.

It was the perfect time to sneak in and out of somewhere.

There was no need to carry that much.

A sword to protect my body.

That was enough.

***

A deepening perspective.

A spiky-haired man holding a spear opens his mouth and yawns.

“Uaaam.”

“Yumma.”

A colleague nudged his side as if noticing him yawning.

“Ah, well. You can go to sleep and close your eyes.”

“cub. After falling out. Don’t you know that if you get caught by higher-ups, everything could go flying?”

The man who stabbed me in the side pointed towards the entrance of the building with a wink.

“Today is really important. I told you not to let a single ant come in.”

Literally today they were in charge of important security.

If a problem arises in this place where many customers come wearing masks, they will be killed.

“Tsk. Even so, nothing much will happen. The people who come here are already determined anyway, right?”

“…Well, yes, but.”

“You can flutter a little bit, dude. I’ve been doing this for a long time, so I’ve learned that nothing much will happen.”

“Are you sure about that?”

“That’s right. Don’t stand guard too tightly, just keep an eye on it and act roughly. Because other guys are probably doing the same.”

The spiky-haired soldier chuckles and yawns again, closing his eyes.

The fact that he fell asleep with his back pressed against his back seemed like he was confident that nothing would happen.

Before long, my co-worker, who was watching, also noticed.

-Sssseu.

Someone takes advantage of this gap and escapes from the bushes.

It was Karssein who came fully prepared to this dark place.

‘Here you go.’

There was no way Talpon could have missed that strong smell.

As we followed those who had stepped on the trap, our base was soon revealed.

‘Was it also the Wagluo faction?’

In fact, it is almost impossible to pinpoint who the culprit is.

Chattren is a place visited by all kinds of nobles, and although the road has been blocked through a closure order, in the past, not only all kinds of merchants but also everyone passing through the street could be suspected.

However, there were enough elements to determine the scope.

Karssein blocked accessibility at the source by ordering a closure within the territory, and took advantage of the fact that even though there were still many traders, the trading location was fixed.

And, crucially, those who followed the wrong path of evangelism stepped into the trap and revealed what kind of people they were.

Based on the information gathered, Shatren’s main enemy was the Waglu faction.

“Haha. Did you come too?”

“You are saying the obvious. Elderly.”

“Welcome. Let’s go in together.”

The nobles recognize each other and greet each other.

Soldiers patrolling around a large building. Of course, the security is so lax that it would not be difficult to sneak in through the gap.

but.

‘Not even maids or servants are accompanying me.’

It would have been impossible for Talpon, a Westerner, to enter the building while only nobles came and went.

First of all, Karssein decided to spend some time here to get information.

It was necessary to look at the streets and find a suitable way out, and even though it was a weak security unit, it was necessary to check how the organization was structured.

A typical aristocratic mansion.

Widely spread security distribution.

There must be a banquet for nobles taking place inside.

Karssein guessed as much.

However, obtaining information only ends there.

I immediately ran into a problem.

‘Shit. ‘This is a disaster.’

No matter what the streets are like, there is only one entrance to the main building.

The reason Talpon reached its true limit was because there was no way to enter it.

Not only that, but the people entering that entrance are all covered with masks.

There is no way to find out who went in and who came out, where they came from, and for what purpose they came here.

The only information is their identity, visible through their clothes. The only thing that happened was that all those who entered were nobles.

There is nothing to see around here.

I have to somehow get into that building, so I have to find a way.

What do we do? Carcein’s mind began to become complicated.

Nobles may be able to come and go as members of the Duke of Bagland, but the people who sprayed fertilizer on Chatelaine are staying there. There is no way you can go in easily.

“Please show your pass.”

To make matters worse, it’s an entrance pass.

My mind begins to become more complicated due to the presence of a pass that I cannot enter without.

Right then.

I thought I would have to manipulate the pass to make one, so I looked in that direction, and a familiar object caught my eye.

“Here it is.”

When the soldier asks to show his pass, the nobleman gives him something.

That…

“Confirmed. Let’s go in.”

-Tap. Step by step.

okay. Is this right?

No matter how you look at it, is this it?

■Owned Items■

◆Light blue button

[It is a button with a picture of two horses on a light blue background. ]

The button I got after properly screwing up the woman who sent Harnier a malicious gift. This was being used as a pass.

‘okay. Come to think of it… I heard that at the conference hall too.’

-They’re a little late this time, right?

-That’s right. It’s time to come by now.

-I don’t even receive letters. There’s no news. What on earth is this? If this continues, only fertilizer will be piled up on the black market for their use!

-it’s okay. It might come today. Oh, don’t forget to bring that light blue horse button?

-of course.

The conversation I overheard in the conference room was about this black market.

If so, this place was not simply a place where nobles came and went to enjoy a banquet, but a place where they bought and sold something.

Talpon led him here, so this place must contain the fertilizer.

The evidence is sufficient.

“You did check the pass, but you didn’t take it with you or check in detail the names or seals of those nobles, right?”

So this is a secretly distributed pass?

When he realized that the way in was not that difficult, Karssein grinned.

“The only thing left is my clothes.”

Karssein turns his gaze to the street where nobles come and go.

You can just get clothes and a mask there.

All you need to do is knock out one person and tie them tightly to a rope.

***

“Please show your pass.”

“here.”

“Confirmed. Let’s go in.”

The security guard bluntly let me in, as if repeating the scene he had seen earlier.

‘Something is strange. That person.’

While taking a quick glance behind me.

I realized that it was not the time.

-Tiring!

▶The risk level of the field is prohibited.◀

▶You have entered a very high-risk location!◀

▶Due to sufficient stats, the risk is offset and decreases.◀

[Field Risk Level: Danger]

‘Well, not when I’m thinking about things like that.’

We need to quickly secure evidence and get out.

Among the guys here, there must be someone who asked you to spread fertilizer that turns the soil of Shatrene into a magical beast. I had to have evidence in my possession to confirm the culprit.

Moving along the hallway.

I secretly opened and moved around here and there.

This was not a normal place, with unidentifiable mushrooms, herbs that looked dangerous at first glance, and medicine bottles surrounded by questions.

And occasionally, nobles drooling heavily after taking a lot of medicine caught my eye.

While taking a closer look at the internal structure of the building.

– Shuung.

“…!”

The artifact Talpon gave me reacted in front of a room.

“Here. Where was that fertilizer hidden?”

Just one, no more.

If you take just one thing, this chapter is clear.

Squeak.

-Tiring!

▶Warning! Player stepped on a trap!◀

Weeenn-

─An intruder has arrived!

─Get him in!

“Oh my god!”

I let my guard down. I should have guessed that there would be hidden traps in places like this!

“The sound of footsteps… is it thirty, or forty?”

It’s impossible to deal with that many people in a place like this. Considering that there were even people with magical powers mixed in, I had to avoid them.

-Tiring!

▶Episode

▶Go to the location indicated on the minimap!◀

that’s right. There was this.

Taking a sigh of relief from the perk that would be activated in case of danger, I moved to the location marked on the mini-map.

Is this here? It is clear that the purple dot is located.

Just when I was about to open the door.

The door opened first and pulled me in.

“…!”

“Shh!”

what.

Harnier, why are you here…?