Arcadia’s Labyrinth

- Fountain Square, usually used by lovers, parents and children, and tourists as a place to relax.

It was now surrounded by a kind of different atmosphere.

All the people stare at a point making sure to surround the fountain, not leaving the scene with a uniformly anxious face.

Ahead is a fat, middle-aged man with white eyes peeled off and passed out...... mistakenly seen as a pig.

At a glance I could see the look of a nobleman or a millionaire, with anxiety and fear in the faces of the audience surrounding it, an irresistible curiosity seemed clear.

I smile faintly when I see it. [M]

Well...... honestly, I know how you feel.

I wouldn't miss such an interesting spectacle in their shoes. [M]

That's why I chose this popular fountain square.

When I laughed inside, I raised my voice to the people who surrounded me.

"Guys, listen up! My name is Alcaine! I'm doing an adventurer!

The audience frowned at the sudden introduction.

"And the name of this chunk of meat rolling at my feet is Gedron! It's what we do as tax collectors in this city!

As I kept pointing at my feet, the crowd's stiffness grew even stronger.

Some of them, I guess, knew about Gedron, and they were whispering with their neighbors, sparkling their eyes with runs about what was going to happen.

"That was earlier! An inn was raided by this Gedron and his surrounding policemen! The guilty plea is a crime that has stirred up criminals looking to assassinate Gedron!

- Assassination?

- You're a tax collector... Well, it's a job to buy grudges.

- Heh, gedron guy, that feels good. I wish they'd killed me just like that.

- That means he's the assassin? But it doesn't look like it. That official is alive.

- Oh, come on, you're getting interesting.

I deepened my confidence in my hypothesis at the temptation I heard from here and there.

After all, no one is in itself questioning the fact that there was a plan for “assassination”. Even with some thought, the convincing sentiment that "tax collectors are resented to death” abridges it.

Then deny it first.

"Of course, it's a truly rootless wrongful crime! But that has nothing to do with this man! Because for him, attacking the inn was an end in itself!

In my words, the audience seemed to have attracted a stronger interest, even though they were confused.

Until denying the assassination, they would have been as expected, too. If that's all you complained about, I'm sure you wouldn't have believed me.

Therefore, overwrite it with a stronger scandal.

"This man was always after the mother and daughter of the family who ran the inn! The suspicion of tax evasion, which was unlikely, kept rolling up the gold, eating and drinking without money, and inviting me to become my own woman if I wanted you to stop harassing me!

And that's as bleak a story as people prefer. Because humans love to talk about other people's misfortunes.

Corrupt officials were using their power to harass ordinary people repeatedly. Besides, that's to get a woman, and if it's to be a beautiful mother and daughter to run the inn...

The results were told by their eyes shining brighter than earlier.

"But my wife and daughter never rode that invitation, and I finally cut this man's paralysis and went out to exercise my strength! He raided the Inn saying he had made up an unlikely assassination plot and sheltered a non-existent assassin! That's the truth about the house raid by Gedron!

- That's a story.

- Check out what that pig looks like. You feel like a corrupt official to look at.

- But, is this true? There's a chance he's trying to mislead his sins, right?

The reaction of the people I've heard so far was I just said half-heartedly. No, as much as the percentage of people who believe me?

That would also help Gedron's appearance and distrust of the tax collector.

The proportion of impressions that appearance gives is quite large.

A lot of people suspect...... but at least it was certain that everyone on this occasion was interested.

Then all you have to do is make this story "true” in them.

"Anything that finds out about this Gedron will know very well that this is not a lie. Because this man has done the same thing over and over again! Some of them continue to refuse until the end, and some families have been attacked by unidentified thieves! Of course, the killer has not been caught. The reason for this is... you can all imagine!

What I called upon were those who knew the Gedrons mixed up in the audience.

As I expected, they spoke to me on their own, just a little irritating.

- Me, I know. Guy named Gedron winds up money all the time going around the store in charge of the district.

- I've seen it before. My favorite store was also crushed by his harassment.

- That the thief attacked us, maybe from my neighbor's house. There were rumors that he was indeed being harassed by Gedron, and the killer wasn't caught. He didn't seem to have investigated much of the policing either. More importantly, we're talking about finding your husband's body, but your wife and daughter haven't even found it.

- Does that mean that that pig man...!?

- Bad chest shit. That pig...... I can't forgive you.

“Rumor stories" propagating in no time... I laughed inside out that I was stirring up more emotions on the ground than I thought.

"I am not part of the inn or the victim so far. I'm just a guest at the inn. But I know how sincerely the inn kept facing the guests and continuing the inn. When I returned to the Inn, Gedron was pushing down the Inn's lady and trying to cage her hands! Why was it necessary for tax officials to push down the Innkeeper dame, who was supposedly sheltering the assassin!

- You're right. In the first place, it's weird that Teng himself went to the inn to shelter the assassin.

- Sure, you're not going anywhere like that because you're usually afraid to get killed.

- So you knew there wasn't really an assassin there?

- Assuming there was an assassin, that doesn't have anything to do with trying to offend Inn's wife.

Now, the eyes that look at me in the audience have no doubts.

This is not because I had the talent of a fan agitator asleep... but because there was a huge mixture of Gedron acquaintances here.

Windsor effect. People tend to believe “rumor stories” from third parties more easily than stories from parties. The truth of what I (the party) tell was filtered through the “rumours” of third parties mixed up in the audience and penetrated into them as more pure “truths”.

Now it was true that among them, Gedron was a villain who attacked people for wrongfully targeting women, and I was a bona fide adventurer who resisted it.

"Gedron and his surrounding policemen have tried to capture me as an assassin. I had to faint him like this, but I'm not an assassin! This is how you keep him alive, is proof of that!

- If he's a Gedron, he's gonna do it. Here it is.

- Surely, if you were really looking to assassinate me, you wouldn't do anything so conspicuous.

- Instead, from now on, that pig isn't supposed to be killed. I forgive.

And they have no reason to know... but those who know Gedron mixed up in this place, this was the Sacrament I prepared.

On my way here, I dared to stand out and walk Gedron. [M] Those who resent Gedron, who saw it, followed me this far.

And as I thought, they raised their voices in support of my testimony.

With the voices of those Sacraments, the audience felt the pressure in tune without even realizing it, and illusioned as if the emotions around them were their true intentions.

As a result, they began to take concerted action: to raise their voice of anger towards Gedron, just like the Sacraments around them.

No longer was the evaluation of gedron in this setting immobilized. They will be spreading this story everywhere from now on.

"From now on, I will be sinned and wiped out by Gedron and his flavor. No longer, it doesn't matter. But... but before I do, I don't want to be the only one who's going to get hurt by this man! That's why I'm here now!

- This is our responsibility until now to pretend not to look at this pig's vices. Thanks, we'll take care of the rest!

- That's right! Let's get a plea out to the governor's office! In the first place, there's a problem with the administration leaving such easily understandable corrupt officials behind!

- Can you leave these pigs alone in the wild! I can help you, too!

- I just need to spread this story to as many people as I can!

The first people to raise their voices were Sakura, who, among other things, were passionate about me. Then, the audience, which had nothing to do with it, took concerted action on it, and one by one, a stream of Gedron acquittals was created.

I looked over at it and looked down at my chest.

Did you manage?

The knowledge and experience of Goi Love is nothing but poisonous or medicinal except basic game knowledge, but occasionally there was a mixture of these glowing things.

He seemed unable to take advantage of it, but in this phase those knowledge turned out to be really beneficial to me.

Anyway, this would have made it difficult for Gedron to gauge the reversal of the case.

It must have been impossible for the police force to “die ill” me in prison.

If we do that, the necks of all the policemen will finally fly.

From the administration, you won't be able to acquit me, but at least you won't leave the Gedron and the police force behind, which caused all this noise.

The problem is my own safety... but I no longer had to thank His Highness there.

"- What are you fussing about! You guys, scatter! Scatter!"

and that's when hysterical rage echoed around me.

Finally, the police force is here.

They scratched the crowd and poked their swords at me as they came to me.

"Adventurer Alcaine! You're under arrest for assault by a tax officer! If you want to resist, I won't guarantee your life! Release the tax collector and let go of the weapon!

Besides, when I threw my weapon - a short sword of cheap goods - onto the ground, I walked a few steps away from Gedron.

As soon as they get me down on the ground.

I shrugged in my heart as the audience made sure I saw the policemen with cold or angry eyes.

- Elise, Leliana, I asked for the rest.

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- Where Alcaine is giving a speech in Fountain Square.

Leriana was running for the Governor's Office in the administrative district.

There is no chase so far that was of concern. Perhaps that is also true of Elise, who is acting differently.

Thanks to Alcaine... for the attention she's getting so well.

Leriana ran through the back streets avoiding the eyes as she guided Alcaine, who was playing a role.

The examination, which separates the administrative district from the other, is carried out over the wall, and Leriana reaches the Governor's Office.

As Leriana approached the gates of the castle, they were strongly inhibited by the labyrinth Saints of the gatekeepers.

"Who is it! Stop there, name your name!

"Atashi's name is Leriana! I'm doing an adventurer!

"!? Just an adventurer. What are you doing here!

"I came to ask His Highness Chris, the guarantor, to talk to me because I was in trouble!

"Hey...? Stupid. There's no way His Highness is going to see you or anything like that. You think that's a guarantor, too? You gotta think more about lying and throw up! Now, get lost!

At a time when Leriana tried to devour the Knights.

Another Knights man standing next to him hung still.

"No, wait! Only... Was there any rumor a while ago that Your Highness became the guarantor of the adventurer?

"What?... No, speaking of which, we need to talk about that"

"... shouldn't we just ask for the requirements for once?

"Mmm... okay, little girl. I'll just take over later. Say it."

"Sorry, but it's an urgent requirement! As soon as possible, I want to see you and tell you immediately!

To Leriana's demands, the Knights make their voices absurd.

"Come on! There's more to it than that! I'll give you a message later. Be satisfied."

"But...!

"In the first place -!"

A Knights member told Leliana to throw up, trying to eat down too.

"- Your Highness is out on a labyrinth expedition now! He won't be back for the next month! If you find out, just lose it!