episode_0221

-Thump thump thump!

The sound of soldiers’ footsteps echoes loudly.

There were quite a few sounds of people searching the rooms in the hallway, and then there was the sound of a pounding going straight into this room.

-Thump thump!

“Excuse me. Since an intruder is hiding and needs to be checked, you will need to open the door.”

Then Harnier shouted to the soldiers outside the door in a voice I had never seen before.

“Even if you’re crazy, you’re still crazy. Are you going to interrupt my sweet time for just that reason?”

A true noble has a different elegance.

I was filled with admiration inside.

“Ha, you only need to open it once. I’ll take a quick look and then leave!”

“A mere soldier would dare to open the door and enter the room where a noble noblewoman is staying. Ha.”

“Well, that is…”

“Close that ugly mouth and let it all go away. If I see you guys when this door opens, I’ll have to prepare for you instead of that intruder. My patience is not that deep.”

When I applied pressure again, the clumsy faces of the guards fidgeting behind the door were drawn.

At this level, I’ll just walk away.

That’s what I thought.

“Hey, you guys there.”

“Huh?”

“Get out of the way.”

…Out of the way?

There was a muttering sound outside, and then the door was struck.

-bang!

“…!”

“Well, what are you doing!”

“This is a warning. If you don’t open it, it will force you to open it and enter.”

Harnier urgently shouts again.

“The intruder you missed because of your incompetence is already bothering me, so you want me to open the door?”

“There is nothing we can do about it because an intruder came in. It would be difficult if there was even one loss.”

Still, it seemed like it couldn’t be passed over so easily.

‘The place to hide is…’

there is. As if they didn’t say this place was safe for no reason, you can see a small passage at the top.

I felt like if I could just hide and escape through that passage, I could finish it without causing a fuss. I don’t know where it leads, but… I guess I should run over there first.

-bang! bang!

“This is the end of the warning. Next we’ll break down the real door.”

There is no time.

We need to move quickly.

however…

When I tried to jump through the upper passage, Harnier suddenly pushed my body.

My body was laid down on a soft bed.

It’s not the time to be like this… What is it?

“…I’m sorry. Carcein.”

“What…?!”

“Joe, you just have to be patient!”

“Hold on… What does that mean…?!”

-Sure.

what. Suddenly my vision was blocked.

– Fighting. Tuk.

Then my clothes suddenly started to come off.

By the hand of Harnier.

“Harnier? What is this now…”

“Even though we said this, you didn’t open the door, so we have no choice but to be suspicious.”

“…!”

“…!”

-Quaang!

Before I even asked why. A loud roar sounds louder than before, accompanied by a gruff voice.

“I can’t delay any longer, so I’ll break in and go in. Please forgive my rudeness.”

-Quaang! bang!

The locked door slowly rattled and came close to collapsing, and was soon shattered.

And at that moment, the buttons on my clothes also flew.

“Interrupting my happy time. Are you ready?”

…what. I can’t see it because it’s covered by the curtain.

What kind of situation is this?

***

When Harnier asked them in a warning voice, the soldiers began to squirm.

“Uh, uhh…”

“Hmm. Hmm…”

Soldiers avoiding gaze.

That’s because it was an atmosphere where you shouldn’t have to make eye contact with that place.

A silhouette peeking through the lace curtain.

Buttons torn here and there and a rumbling sound rolling on the floor in the silence.

Shirt stripped bare.

Vision blocked by covering the eyes.

A man lying on a bed with his hands tightly tied.

And a woman wearing a mask riding on the man’s body.

The scene that unfolded in the messy room was…

What happened here gives rise to some understandable imagination among the soldiers.

‘It’s hot. I guess it’s because it’s a black market that sells everything.’

‘but. ‘Nothing is strange in this black market.’

‘They sell everything from drugs to slave training potions and hallucinogenic potions, so what’s the scene like that?’

‘When you see the man not moving, you feed him a bowl?’

‘If it’s a slave bought on the black market, it’s probably training a male slave, and if it’s a nobleman, it’s probably an affair or someone with a unique sexual fetish.’

You may think that the location is not appropriate, but in fact, this black market matches the scenery better than any other place.

Thus, the thoughts of the guards have one common direction.

‘…an intruder entered a place like this?’

In that scenery, there is no reason to even mention someone as an intruder.

okay. Here…

A noblewoman had purchased slaves and was training them here.

“Despite warnings, you still break down the door… I will personally inform your master of this fact.”

The guards’ shoulders tremble at the noblewoman’s frightening remarks.

Because of this, the eyes of the guards, filled with resentment, are drawn to one side.

‘We’re the only ones in trouble because of that kid, right?’

‘What if you clearly know what’s going on in this black market? intruder?’

‘If I get caught for trespassing into a nobleman’s room… fuck. ‘I don’t even want to think about the future.’

‘It’s better than that…’

It is a clear fact that you will be in trouble like this.

They begin to move with one heart and one will.

-grasp!

“Ugh?! What are you doing now…?”

“Sorry. Because this stupid bastard is the guard captain. I will report it to the Count separately and have him punished.”

“What? I can’t touch my boss now…!”

“Shut up you bastard!”

“I don’t understand the topic!”

“Ugh?! You, you…!”

Who is the boss and who is the subordinate?

A spectacular scene unfolded as if to be seen.

The man who was the captain of the guard faints after being beaten by a large number of guards who did not want to commit a crime.

The guards, who were in disbelief, hurriedly finished taking care of the situation and gave signals among themselves, nodding their heads.

“Sorry! This idiot acted on his own and ruined the fun time.”

“Please let us know if there is any punishment you would like.”

Anyway, just one person is enough to take the blame.

***

“Let’s go!”

The guards, who dragged the men who were the guard commanders, immediately bowed their heads and disappeared.

This would have completely eliminated any suspicion that an intruder was in this room.

In fact, the status window was like that too.

▶The trap effect disappears.◀

▶The chase is loose.◀

As I waited with bated breath for a moment, the sound of the chase team’s footsteps stopped even in my mana-reinforced ears, and I, who had kept my mouth tightly closed while only my ears were open, easily released the shackles on my hands and stood up.

Harnier was breathing a sigh of relief, as if it was an action that required quite a bit of courage on her part.

“It looks like my fiancée knows how to threaten quite well?”

“I almost got caught and got into big trouble. Is this the right time to play a prank like that?”

Still, I have to ask.

“…So, why were my eyes covered, why were my hands tied, and what was the situation?”

“Of course… wow!”

-Thrill!

A bullet-like gaze came from Harnier, who was sighing in relief.

Staring at me with fierce eyes, she glanced at my body, then immediately turned her head.

“Oh, clothes! Let’s get some clothes on first!”

“No… you tore it up…”

“There was nothing we could do because it was urgent! Now, here!”

She turned her head and handed me a new shirt.

I scratched and accepted the shirt.

“Why are you asking when you know everything?”

“Yes?”

“You know everything. Why did you do that?”

“…I don’t know?”

“Yes?”

“I’m asking because I really don’t know. Lying down like this, my shirt torn, my eyes covered and something standing on my stomach. I’m asking because I don’t know anything.”

“…”

When I asked that question after finishing putting on the shirt, Harnier pursed his lips and avoided eye contact again.

“Well, I’m being chased, so what should I do? I have to pretend that I’m doing something like that here with you…”

“You did something like that?”

“You… really.”

What on earth is that?

Do you want me to tell you that?

Then, Harnier blushed and seemed to be holding back, barely able to speak out.

“A grown man and woman… were locked in one room with the door locked. Well, then what do you think of?”

uh…?

“In addition, this is a black market where drug dealing and slave sales are carried out, and nobles who secretly come to satisfy their sexual desires, regardless of gender, bring in slaves… Ah, anyway! There was also an attempt to show such a scene.”

…note.

I have a vague idea of what you mean.

“So, do the intruders love us? I guess that’s what you mean by seeing them sharing and trying to resolve misunderstandings…?”

“…Yes! Look, you know everything! Did you do that on purpose?”

That’s right. When I saw it jumping like that, my understanding was correct.

But… really? There’s no need for that?

“Showing misunderstanding is one way, but couldn’t I just jump on top of him?”

“Yes?”

“If I don’t show up, it’s easy to explain what I’m doing alone in this room.”

In “…?”

“There is no misunderstanding that the intruder was hidden in the first place. It would be enough to just say that I was sleeping and they woke me up. It would have been much easier if I had chased away an intruder I had never seen before, asking if I was looking for one here.”

Dreaming. Dreaming.

Harnier’s purple eyes stare blankly at me.

It was a time of understanding.

“Well, then it would be better if you told me in advance?! There was no need to do such a shameful thing…!”

“No. That’s because you suddenly laid me down, right?”

In “…?”

“Even if I try to talk, you just put me down. Even tie your hands. What should I do when my eyes are covered? You were the one who told me to be quiet, saying it would be over soon.”

Harnier’s eyes begin to twitch again.

Looks like the time has come for me to be convinced again.

“Anyway, I couldn’t speak even if I tried. He showed off his luxury act by tearing off all the buttons on the clothes I was wearing… Wow!”

-Wow!

“That’s it. Don’t say anything here.”

“Ugh… No, why…? That’s true─”

“Don’t say anything!”

“Ugh!”

Today I got two palm prints on my back.

***

Since we couldn’t talk any more where there was a broken door, we moved on.

Harnier asked me as I was still rubbing my numb back.

“So, why are you here? Carcein.”

“That’s what I want to ask…”

-Tingling.

“Do you answer first? You lied to me. You said you were going to Duke Vagrand, why are you here?”

Eck. I have nothing to say about this.

I had no choice but to explain the situation so far.

He explained the problems that had occurred in Chatlaine, the circumstances that suggested it was an external act, and the reason why he had arrived here by tracking the location through the smell of Talpon.

“I see. Who would have guessed that the source of the fertilizer that ruined the Shatren Territory was here… Then you came here to capture the evidence. The purpose of the symposium will be to prove this.”

“That’s right.”

With this, the complex facts that need to be conveyed have been greatly reduced.

After all, she is a smart woman.

“You will be punished separately for committing such a dangerous act without warning.”

…ah.

It’s very difficult to be smart here too.

“Ha. If it was like this, you wouldn’t have bothered to hide it.”

“Yes?”

“I’m here too, gathering evidence to free myself from the Marquis Theresia… If this was going to be the case, I wonder if I could have come along…”

The purpose is overlapping.

‘I think the same thing.’

Of course, I never imagined it would happen like this.

-Tiring!

▶Episode XI. The source of the contamination is ongoing.◀

▶I entered the black market. From now on, we must find traces of the Waglu faction.◀

▶The more means of proof you have, the more options you have.◀

‘It’s proof.’

I thought I would gradually increase my rights through the Clue and Prove event in the territory, but it looks like I will have to solve the final problem in a similar way to this event.

Perhaps, in a Tsukur game, you would have had to collect clues found all over the place, receive sub-episodes here and there to clear them, or collect options by performing gimmicks in emergency missions.

I don’t think it will be easy.

I have never taken this route in the game, so there is no information at all.

but,

-Babababam. Bam bam bam. Bambambababam!

“This is a signal that the auction is starting. It looks like it’s starting to start slowly, so let’s move because we might get suspicious again if we stay here.”

Information providers exist.

The important thing that remains is to use my own head.

“I understand. Hurry up and go─”

-Tiring!

▶Episode XI. An emergency mission occurred during the Source of Pollution episode!◀

▶If you find traces of the ancient kingdom, you may receive a reward.◀

“Carcein?”

“Ah. yes. Let’s go.”

…Remnants of an ancient kingdom?