episode_0075

“So what is the situation with lidocaine?”

Just like before, I had my eyes focused on the news on TV and my ears were open to Lund and Silas.

“It’s not a good situation.”

“….”

Silas didn’t know much about this, so she just kept her mouth shut and her eyes shining.

Meanwhile, Lund seemed to have a twinkle in his eye as he still hadn’t dealt with the second tribe leader.

“Only the tribes we harpooned… Now there are four, right?”

In addition to the second tribe, three more tribes came out and faced difficulties because of the Blue Heart Office.

Of course, Lund said that strictly speaking, the tribe he and I destroyed was limited to the second tribe.

“Hey, it doesn’t matter. But… then how many tribes are there now?”

“The second tribe suffered great damage, but it did not disappear. Currently, there are ten branches in the Lidocaine Association.”

The sixth tribe where Eslok was located and the twelfth tribe that disappeared.

“…Huh? Wasn’t the original seventh tribe also ruined?”

“No. The tribe leader, Sangsangdi, died, but there was someone to replace him.”

“Who is that?”

I also learned for the first time that the name of the guy I fought with when I was trying to collect Eslok’s slush fund was Gagsangdi.

Meanwhile, Lund mentioned the bad relationship between Gasamdi and Eslok.

As Eslok stepped through various tribes, he rose to the position of the sixth tribe, and Gagasadi and the current leader of the sixth tribe are also one of the victims.

“Hmm… So the current leader of the tribe stayed back when Sansangdi was the leader of the tribe?”

“To be precise, I couldn’t move forward.”

A situation where the physical condition is such that it is difficult to come to the front.

However, it seemed like his condition had improved since Gamsangdi died.

It’s common for someone’s death to become someone else’s trigger, but it was disturbing to see it happen among the enemies I was dealing with.

“Then I guess it is highly likely that the sixth tribe will come along the next time they attack?”

Lund nodded repeatedly to what I said.

“But it will be okay for now.”

“Because they have to repair the damage?”

“The number of tribes that my colleagues and I have processed exceeds two digits… but it has been a long time since so many tribes disappeared in a short period of time.”

Looking at it this way, it seemed understandable that Lund was disappointed that he could not finish the second chapter of the tribe.

It was said that it might have been possible to further expand the criminal case with the death of the branch leader.

“….”

While Lund and I were talking, Silas was watching TV in silence.

“Sila, I’m sorry! We just kept talking about what we both knew, right?!”

“You just need to know!”

When I suddenly hugged Silas and pressed our faces against each other, she coolly let me go.

Lund, who looked like a wolf from the side, smiled.

“Then can I do a little more along the way?”

“Chris!”

Sheila quickly shouted, but I was able to appease her anger by touching her back and stomach.

“Lund. Isn’t there an office that we didn’t come to until the end during our last meeting?”

“You mean the Keherne office?”

“Ah, yes. It was that kind of name. Any news from there?”

“I don’t know either.”

“…is that it?”

“Because they did not cooperate with this lab either.”

***

I wondered if there was some internal situation going on.

“Are we so good at dealing with lidocaine that we don’t feel the need to get involved?”

“…No. That’s probably not true.”

Afterwards, Lund said that Sylvia, the director of our Blue Heart Office, would look into that office, so let’s move on.

“Well, that’s right. Sylvia will take care of it well.”

“Nyaooong!”

As soon as I finished speaking, Silas let out a cat-like meow.

“Okay, okay.”

I, still in my pajamas, got up.

Lund and Scylla followed me, and they looked like wolves and cats, so they were definitely pets.

‘Ah, these days, they say companion animals instead of pets? But my pet is a bit different.’

Thinking something strange, I opened the refrigerator with a clatter.

Two packs of vampire blood for me and Lund to drink.

And even cat food for Scylla that was standing next to the refrigerator.

“Sila, is this enough?”

Since Sheila became an employee of our office, it has been a frequent occurrence for her to visit this house.

We are fully prepared to welcome Scylla so that the Silver Side cat mom does not have to worry!

“Please give me more!”

After pouring more food into the food bowl than usual, we headed back in front of the TV.

‘If Sylvia sees this, she’ll say she’s really saggy.’

“Huhhh.”

She sat down on the sofa, sounding like a grandmother.

Lund suddenly returned to his normal self as he sat down next to me.

“You only return to your true form when you drink blood.”

“That’s because you can’t drink blood in the form of a wolf.”

…Is that so? I think it would be cute to drink blood in the form of a wolf.

While Lund and I drank the blood in the pack, Sila equally savored the food in the bowl.

“Of course, blood is best eaten cold.”

“But isn’t this too cold?”

“That’s because it was in the refrigerator!”

To Lund, who said the obvious, I shouted as if it were obvious.

“How about storing the blood pack separately at an appropriate temperature?”

“? That’s a bit annoying.”

Immediately after, Lund’s honey balm hit my head.

“Eck!”

“Don’t be stupid and say you can’t be bothered to eat.”

“No, there’s no need to hit me. Right, Scylla?!”

Silas nodded with her face buried in the food bowl.

Lund and I just laughed when we saw Scylla like that.

I’m sure I’ve filled my stomach, but the same content will be repeated on TV news.

I stretched out on the sofa again and tried to close my eyes.

“Wake up.”

“Chris!”

But Lund and Silas would not allow me to sleep.

“Ugh.”

That look is cute, but I’m sleepy right now!”

“Ah!”

But at that moment, the presence of the general who had been entrusted to the research institute passed through my mind.

“Lund, is there any news from the lab?”

“There was news that the research center was operating normally again.”

“Ah, is the reconstruction already finished? It’s fast….”

“Your face doesn’t seem to suggest that you’re fast at all.”

“Experimenting with the general and other water generals. I hope it ends quickly.”

“If I do that experiment, can I make the hand drawing longer?”

Scylla said, wagging her tail.

“Huh? no. Because in that research institute, only water generals work. Silas doesn’t care.”

The number of cat owners is quite high thanks to the abundance of cat moms in the city.

“Why? Do you want to become a prisoner too?”

“Yes!”

“Then you can’t stay the way you are now, right?”

In response to Lund’s question, Silas looked like she was thinking for a moment.

“It’s okay!”

I thought she would be a little worried, but Silas’ reaction was unexpected.

And it seems the same was true for Lund.

I repeated the same routine for several days afterward.

After playing with Lund and Silas, Silvia and her friends return home after finishing their bar management and office work, leading a peaceful daily life.

Then, after confirming that Ilseong’s anger in the Ildong office had gradually subsided.

The very next day, I came down to the bar on the first floor and showed up.

“Just four people today.”

***

As I said, there are a total of four bartenders working diligently in the captain’s office taking customers’ orders.

They were Martin, Johnny, Lina and Lillian.

I wondered where Eslok was, but he was taking orders from customers in the form of a giant mole.

“Lillian!”

“Yes, Chris.”

The other bartender seemed busy, and he had something to check with Lillian.

“How is Laia’s condition?”

“…I guess I still haven’t given up.”

“Really? Well, it’s probably weirder to conform so easily.”

It was a natural reaction since I suddenly became a member of the enemy’s former enemy.

The lord he trusted and followed his entire life became his enemy, and his lord’s enemy became his lord.

“But you don’t do anything useless, right?”

“Yes, if a problem arises, we will handle it between him and I.”

“Um, okay. Still, I hope it doesn’t go to the point where it’s handled because it’s part of my family.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Come to think of it, Eslok and Lillian were not yet part of my family.

‘Actually, even though I’m not part of the family, I already feel like one?’

Maybe it was because he was indebted to me, but the way he treated me made me feel like he was worse than a member of my household.

Well, even if I say they are my descendants, it’s Ray, the general, and Leia, so there’s nothing I can do about it?

“What is it, sister? When did you come down?”

“Just now!”

As soon as Johnny noticed me, Lund and Sheila, who had come down right away with me, appeared.

Lillian also showed respect to Lund, and Lund did not show any objection to this attitude.

“So, did you hear the news?”

“No!”

I was confident that no matter what news Johnny said, I wouldn’t know as I stayed home.

“Adem and Astoby. Those guys.”

“Why two people?”

Oh, this is something I didn’t expect at all. When those two were mentioned together, I felt something uneasy.

‘Could it be that Adem was beaten to death while trying to run away even though Astoby was watching?!’

“I think we’ll both leave the office.”

“Huh?”

The words “whatever you want” came up to my throat, but I decided to listen to the story first.

“I don’t know about Adem, but why Astoby?”

Well, Adem tried to run away. I could understand because I kept seeing signs like that.

But Astoby… I wondered what on earth had happened.

“I’m not sure either. According to the director…”

It seemed that Johnny had come to call Sylvia by the title of Major General.

Afterwards, Johnny said that he would briefly leave the Blue Heart Office to help Astoby’s acquaintances, orcs in other regions.

“Really?”

After hearing it, it was a reason that I couldn’t stop.

Considering the average level of Maguspol’s solver, Astoby’s reasons could have been false, but he decided not to think about that possibility.

“Where are Astobi’s acquaintances?”

“South of the city.”

Afterwards, Johnny said he thought Adem was planning to follow Astoby to the south of the city.

“To Adem?”

“It looks like the Lidocaine Association are scary. They might catch you just because you belong to our office… so you’re probably trying to go all the way to the southern part of the city.”

I wondered if he would accompany me on the way anyway.

It would be reassuring if Astoby became a companion rather than a watcher.

“Johnny, when are you both leaving?”

“Not yet, but I will leave soon.”

It’s been a while since I took out my Mimic wallet.

The guy in my hand didn’t seem to have any intention of opening his mouth easily, no matter how long it had been.

“Hey, don’t you open it quickly?!”

Even when I thrust my vicious right hand at him, he seemed to have developed some tolerance and did not open his mouth easily.

Just as I was trying to set an example! Only then did the wallet open, and I put one arm deep into the wallet.

“Ah, here it is.”

What was held in my hand and placed in Johnny’s hand were two gold bars.

“What, why are there gold bars all of a sudden?”

“Give one to Adem and Astoby.”

***

Johnny asked if there was a need to give it to Adem, even though he didn’t know Astobi.

“Yeah, but you have to go to the southern part of the city and have some money so you don’t hand over our information for a small amount of money.”

“If you are likely to hand over information anyway, I recommend dealing with it.”

“Uh-huh, Lund. Then you can’t use it!”

Lund, who was next to me, came up with a realistic plan, but it was a plan that ignored the friendship and romance between the solvers of our Blue Heart Office.

“Then let us attach a separate watcher.”

“Uh… maybe that would be okay?”

Of course, it would be OK if Lund and the Tetracaine Association would take the trouble to do so on my behalf.

“Okay, I will deliver this gold bar to you tomorrow.”

“Thank you, Johnny.”

If possible, I wanted to meet in person and see him off, but my situation in general, including strategic holding, did not allow me to move freely.

“….”

The atmosphere was somewhat warm, but despite that, silence suddenly fell between the group.

‘Oh, I suddenly feel a bit cold.’

It feels like there’s someone behind me.

I turned my head to see if that was the case, but that wasn’t the case.

But even after confirming that fact, instead of feeling reassured, I continued to feel uneasy.

Let’s take a quick look around… We see a group of customers who are blatantly suspicious.

“Johnny….”

“Huh?”

“That’s Frank, right? That vampire hunter.”

“Oh, that’s right.”

Frank and a group of other vampire hunters disguise themselves as ordinary customers.

The disguise was so poor that I could see right through it. It was surprising that I hadn’t noticed until now.

“….”

Meanwhile, Frank, probably aware that I was aware of his presence, stood up.

“Lund, can you take Sila and go somewhere else for a moment?”

“What’s going on?”

At first, Lund did not comply with my sudden request, but after I asked him two or three times, he walked away from me with Scylla on his back.

“Can I talk to you for a moment?”

Frank naturally seemed to have a lot to say to me. A lot of that too!