episode_0186

Actually, there were a few problems with the plan I made.

This is because in the process of dragging the nerve vines, a long drag mark was left on the floor. This is natural because the nerve vines that grew tall were quite heavy.

But fortunately, I had fourteen wolves.

“… … A wolf sweeping a broom.”

Once you get to the forest, you can somehow hide the marks left on the ground, but before that, you have to erase the marks you left yourself.

So what I chose was to have the other wolves run after us with makeshift brooms made of tree branches attached to their tails.

The effect was quite convincing.

At least we won’t know what we’re ‘dragging’ with. Well, the broom marks will still remain.

“Phew, good.”

After running for a while and finally entering the forest, I quickly got off the wolf.

As I took off my mask, the cool night breeze enveloped my face.

“For now, let’s reorganize here.”

I pulled out the sword that was hanging on Gray’s waist.

The string hanging from the wolf’s back was cut, and the nerve vines were cut into pieces at appropriate intervals. These stems will soon grow roots when placed in the ground.

Since it has grown much thicker than normal—perhaps thicker than my waist—its basic size will be much larger than that of a normal neural vine, but the Magic Tower will be grateful.

If Count Hoover tried to take this as evidence, I was planning to ask the Lord of the Rainy Tower and Isabelle to stop it.

Of course, if the Count’s prestige is the same as before, he will not be able to protect me for sure, but Diane is with us right now. As long as she hides it somewhere, the Count’s prestige will be greatly reduced for a while. He will ‘get engaged’ to the royal family. That means you couldn’t protect your daughter.

And this is a bit of a story, but who in the world would believe the ‘purity of a woman who was kidnapped by someone’?

“I will help you.”

“Me too!”

Adele and Diane came right over to me and helped me. Thanks to this, I was able to finish tying the cut nerve tendrils onto the backs of the wolves with strings, a little faster than I expected.

In the meantime, Amelia removed the cloth we had put on the wolves’ feet. The wolves’ expressions brightened as the unfamiliar sock-like socks fell off their feet.

The shoes that were taken out were collected together with the horse makeup that had been placed on the wolf’s body. The idea was to burn them all at once in a place where a forest fire would not occur.

“You were a lot more cautious than I thought, Elsie.”

Amelia said that with a smile on her lips.

My heart almost flew high in the sky when I received Amelia’s praise, but I managed to grab my head and bring it down.

“Because the work is not over yet. Only by sending Diane and Adele to a safe place can the work be properly completed.”

At my words, Amelia nodded with a serious expression.

“I… … .”

Becky, who was watching us from the side, opened her mouth with an expression as if she had something to say, but quickly closed her mouth when Amelia turned her gaze and stared at us.

Yeah, well, Amelia’s deadpan expression is kind of scary.

If someone who didn’t know me well saw it, it would be scary.

“Let’s go back across the woods like this. Try as hard as possible not to be seen by people. Diane and Adele, unfortunately, you two can’t go right back to the royal road. There will definitely be witnesses.”

“I know.”

Adele nodded at Amelia’s words.

“Where are we going?”

“There is land prepared in advance… … .Oh, of course, I didn’t prepare it with your future in mind, but it’s land I prepared for my personal use.”

Was there such a land?

When I tilted my head, Amelia looked at me and smiled.

That smile seemed to have a very implicit meaning, but unfortunately for Amelia, I couldn’t quite understand the meaning of that smile.

After such a simple story, we bundled up all the cloth that had been removed from the wolves’ bodies, placed them on the back of the last wolf, and prepared to leave.

Up to this point, things had progressed so easily that I was a little discouraged, but—

“Krrrr… … .”

As soon as we got on the wolves’ backs, Gray’s face turned towards the direction we had come from.

Judging by the bloody sounds they make, it seems like there are people following us.

As he ran, he looked behind him from time to time, and he didn’t hear the sound of the horse’s hooves, but it doesn’t make sense to say that he came during the time we were talking. Of course, he must have followed closely, without any light, beyond our field of vision.

Well, it wouldn’t have been a big problem even if he had followed me right up close.

“Kuong—!”

I heard the howling sound of an animal, which can never be called cute, and the sound of something being hit.

“Kkuek!?”

And almost at the same time, I heard someone screaming. Perhaps because I was attacked unexpectedly, the screams were very terrifying.

Well, if you hit the sole of a bear’s paw, it would be enough to make a comical scream even if you weren’t suddenly surprised.

I roughly put on the mask I had taken off.

I got off Gray’s back again, drew my sword, and walked towards the sound.

“Guhuh… … .”

It was a sound made by a person. It was similar to the sound made by an animal, but it’s not like I can’t tell the difference.

As I passed between the trees and got closer to the direction from which I heard the sound, I saw a man who could not even struggle, pressed by the bear’s front paw.

It was the first man I saw.

We don’t know how old he is. It’s because he wore a mask, similar to us. Everyone put a thin cloth over his eyes to hide his unique eye color, but this person wasn’t like that, so we could tell that his eyes were blue. It was a fairly common color in the kingdom. .

A black mask and black outfit reminiscent of a ninja.

I walked closer and squatted down near the man’s head.

Then he stretched out his hand and took off the mask.

“Guild leader?”

Wow, what a surprise.

I was almost startled by Becky’s muttering as she followed me, seemingly hiding her presence. Fortunately, I was able to avoid being openly scared. Since I was wearing a mask, my expression was not seen, so I was able to avoid losing my face.

“… … Becky?”

“What are you doing here?”

“No, you are here—What is that outfit? A maid’s outfit?”

“… … The situation is not that good for talking.”

Becky glanced at me.

“… … .”

For a while, I looked down at the man called the guild leader. His face was that of a middle-aged man, something that is common in the kingdom. Honestly, if you are going to wear a ninja suit, it would be much more helpful to just walk around in normal clothes on the market floor. Well, these people are like this. It seems like people think there is some utility here.

“Whose instructions did you get to come here?”

I spoke in as deep a voice as possible.

“… … I’m sorry, but since he saw that the bear did not attack the young lady, it is highly likely that the guild leader also figured out her identity.”

Becky pointed out in a very businesslike tone.

“… … .”

As I looked up at Becky in silence,

“And with a silhouette like that, anyone would know that the lady is a woman.”

Becky pointed out that again.

No, by the way.

“… … Are you Lady Delkishi?”

I scratched my head over the mask and eventually took it off.

“Did you come here because Count Hoover sent you?”

“I—”

“If you would like to receive a massage from Gomgi, you can hide it.”

When I spoke in a lady’s tone, the guild leader’s face turned pale.

“You saw my face so I can’t testify—”

“No!No!I wouldn’t have done that if I had known that the person I was chasing was Youngjae!”

The guild leader spoke with a pale face.

When I looked up at the bear, the soles of my feet felt slightly weak. The guild leader took a deep breath as if he could finally breathe. Of course, that didn’t mean he could run away.

“I saw the guild being destroyed like that, so how could I carelessly touch Delkishi!”

“Anyway, it seems to be true that Count Hoover sent you here, right?’

The guild leader nodded vigorously.

I’m glad. Because he’s a person who knows that his life is precious.

I looked up at Becky’s face, and it was a completely cold, frozen face.

This is because the Intelligence Guild was unable to provide any help to Becky when their identity was revealed to us.

… … Of course, I was trying my best, but unfortunately the opponent was very bad.

“You know, we can’t release you until we can trust you. I’d like to keep you in custody at least until we can’t do anything to Diane and Adele, Earl of Hoover. That’s okay, right?”

“Whether it is possible.”

The guild leader answered tremblingly.

The transportation on the Iyang Peninsula is really bad.

If I had been quietly subdued within the league guild, I wouldn’t have anyone complaining and I would still be at peace… … I didn’t do it, but I still could have stayed safe.

I took out the extra string I brought with me.