episode_0094

By the way, why do you say things like ‘kill me’?

In the end, isn’t the most important thing your life?

The reason ordinary people work is for money, and the reason they need that money is to survive.

Jobs such as knighthood, which are romanticized in various media, are actually about loyalty through money.

You have to risk your life to fight. I am also willing to risk my life to fight for Amelia. Because I like Amelia that much.

Isn’t it absurd to give up one’s life just for a mission, if not for such a special reason?

“When you say, “Kill me,” does that mean that if you fail this mission, a punishment worse than death awaits you?”

Amelia asked, tilting her head with an innocent expression as if she really knew nothing.

Of course, that’s acting. Amelia has never made that kind of expression even in front of me. She was at an age where the person inside her was bound to be far from pure, and even if you don’t consider such things, a seventeen-year-old in this era is no different from an adult.

The Crown Prince and the Crown Prince are at an age where they hear people say that they are the next Emperor and the King, so there is no difference between them and the Grand Duchess.

“… … .”

The woman, who seemed to be about the same age as us or maybe a year or two older, glared at the three of us with gritted teeth.

No, the gaze was mainly directed towards Amelia and me.

If you’ve been following us, you’d know that Amelia is the tallest of the three, but the reason she can’t look in your direction is probably because she’s that scary.

“If you don’t speak up, I might make you experience what will happen if you don’t finish the job properly.”

“… … Hehe.”

The woman laughed at Amelia’s threat.

“What do you know about us that makes you say that?”

“Isn’t this an information guild?”

The woman snorted at Amelia’s words. I’m not sure if it was just a bravado to avoid being caught, or if it was because she was truly a person from a different group.

“… … .”

Brother Harvey, who was quietly listening to the story with his hand on his chin, suddenly squatted down near the woman.

“Uh, what, what?”

The woman blushed when she suddenly saw her brother moving his face towards her.

… … What, wasn’t it because I was so scared that I couldn’t look away?

Well, he was handsome, but he was the male protagonist.

“Hey, wait a minute, where are your hands—Ouch, ouch!?”

When my brother grabbed her leg, the woman’s voice, which at first blushed and made a screaming sound, soon became a scream.

My brother’s hands were as big as he was tall. They were big enough to hold the thighs and calves of a woman of average height, one in each hand.

And my brother held the woman’s legs in the same way. He was holding the calf of the leg where the ankles were tied with his left hand and the thigh with his right hand, and was pushing the joints up in a direction where they should not be bent.

“Ahh! Wait, wait! It’s broken! It’s broken!”

As the woman screamed and struggled, my brother stopped holding her hand.

And then I looked up at Amelia.

“Shall we continue?”

“Uh… … .”

Amelia looked worried.

However, there is no need to see something terrible with your own eyes. Both Amelia and I have been in the middle of a battlefield since we were children, but we have never seen anyone being tortured.

Cutting someone with a sword is one thing, but seeing a broken bone sticking out of a leg is a completely different thing.

“… … Harvey, how much work can you do?”

When Amelia asked with a slightly serious expression, Brother Harvey moved the woman’s legs around as if she was playing with a doll.

The woman seemed to be rebelling in her own way, but regardless, her legs moved very smoothly.

“With this level of strength, it is possible to remove and replace the desired joint. If you borrow the power of a priest, you can even consider breaking it—”

“I’ll tell you!I’ll tell you!I’ll tell you!”

The woman was frightened by her brother’s words and cried out.

“… … .”

“… … Why are there Delkish people here? … I’ve never heard of such a thing… … .”

While we were momentarily speechless at such a clean transition, the woman sobbed and mumbled.

*

“Before that, if you could solve this… … That won’t work, right?”

The woman, whose calm demeanor changed in an instant, spoke with a slightly resigned expression.

It was a little annoying when she glared at us with that cruel expression, but she looked a little pitiful when she said that while lying on the floor. Moreover, because of the bruise on her forehead, she looked like a woman who had suffered some kind of dating violence.

Your fist is equal for both women and men.

I’ve never been hit, though.

“Harvey, perhaps… … .”

Amelia spoke to Brother Harvey as if she was truly sorry.

Since Harvey and I were brother and sister, it seemed difficult to treat them carelessly. Although he showed signs of being considerate in the novel, his attitude was more cautious now.

However, even if Amelia did not finish her sentence, it was not difficult to figure out what Amelia wanted to say, because the situation was clearly visible.

Brother Harvey grabbed the woman’s waist with his hands and lifted her up and made her sit on the sofa.

“… … .”

And the woman looked confused as to whether she should be happy that a handsome man like Brother Harvey held her waist, or whether she should be afraid of Brother Harvey’s terrifying power. Her face was stained red, but at the same time she had a terrified expression, which was very strange in many ways. It seemed.

“Being able to have an Auror means that you are a highly skilled assassin.”

Amelia said, looking at that woman with a bit of annoyance.

It was clearly a situation that should have been serious, but it seemed comical because the people gathered were all deviating from the norm in strange ways.

“H.”

And the woman who heard that question laughed.

“… … Harvey, is it possible to remove the shoulder joint as per the tag?”

“I have given first aid to a soldier who had a dislocated bone. I think it might work in reverse order. ”

“I’m sorry. I’m not an assassin. I didn’t come on an assassination mission. No, more than that, the place I work doesn’t accept requests for murder! It’s true! Please believe me! ”

The woman’s voice became faster as she spoke, perhaps because she felt Brother Harvey’s gaze staring at her.

“Do you know what kind of person this Young-ae Lee is?”

“… … Elsie’s Lady by author Delki Si-nam… … Isn’t it true?”

The woman was just going to end the sentence with ‘young lady’, but when she saw Amelia’s eyes narrow, she quickly added ‘nim’.

“Do you know why you’re sticking next to me?”

“… … I was pushed out as if I was exiled because I did not match the skills my family wanted… … Oh, it’s true! That’s what I heard! If it wasn’t so, I wouldn’t have been prying around after people in Delki City!”

“You were spying on Elsie?”

Amelia’s eyes blinked.

We both looked at each other for a moment, then turned our heads back to the woman in the ninja costume.

“Why on earth were you following Elsie?”

Amelia asked as if it was strange.

That was also natural.

If you go back back to its roots, author Delki City is from a family that even has royal bloodlines, but since it was located in a remote area, it was far away from the power struggles of the royal capital. The people of Delki City are not the type of people who are particularly interested in power. I did.

But is there any reason to follow my lead?

“… … .”

“Harvey?”

As the woman kept her mouth shut, Amelia called Brother Harvey again.

“Wait, wait a minute!”

When her brother’s hand came up to her shoulder, the woman made a sound that was almost like a scream and struggled to get away from her brother. Just a moment ago, her face was blushing.

Even so, my brother’s peaceful face was a little scary for me to see.

“Empire, it’s the Empire! The imperial family has asked the intelligence guild to investigate a person named Elsie Del Kish!”

“… … .”

The three of us were speechless for a moment at the woman’s words.

The Empire? Investigating my background?

why?

Although the Delkisi family is said to occupy an important position in the defense of the kingdom for a baron, it is not something the empire should worry about. In the first place, the border where the Delkisi barony is located and the border between the empire and the kingdom are in opposite directions.

If there is a war, the people of Yadel Kish will also participate… … There was no reason for war to break out right now.

“I’d like to hear that story in more detail. It’s okay, right?”

Amelia said that and stood up.

And then I started preparing the car.

“Oh, yes! Of course! Of course!”

And when the woman saw Brother Harvey’s hand on her shoulder, she was scared and cried out.

… … No, whenever I tell you to kill me.

Well, you might hate being sick more than dying, huh.