"Where are we?

Philia was lost after the gang's stronghold.

Already at dusk. The area is starting to get thin and dark.

If you're a normal kid, you're about to cry because you're scared or you miss your parents, but Phyllia didn't do that at all.

"Wow! It smells delicious."

There were many houses that started serving dinner, and they smelled delicious as it drifted. It never stops, it keeps going.

and then there was the shadow of a man standing forward.

"Lady, it's almost dark, isn't it?

"Who?

Of course, there is one Fourth General of the Reign Empire, Mere of the Dark General.

Unlike when she attacked Lucifer (although she was actually attacked), she was dressed as normal. Dressed in plain clothes, the hair is lowered. Regardless of the way I talked, all I could see was a good-looking town daughter around.

She's trying to kidnap Phyllia, a target.

(I don't want to be near that inn again...)

Just remembering makes my spine peel.

One of those things had made her quite cautious.

With such a lousy woman aside, the danger of the target had been greatly corrected upwards in the mea. He decided it was dangerous to confront them properly, and decided to target the children he would most easily combine with.

"I'm a resident right there. I saw the kid walking alone, and I was worried and I called him out. Because there's a lot of noise around here.... Where do we go?

"I don't know."

"Well, from now on, your sister's going to take you to your mom and dad"

The order was only about the target, and Meir had no intention of causing harm to the area. Still, if you're resisted, you have to go out into a little rough means. If you're going to follow me around a lot, I never went over it.

But Philia shook her head left and right.

"Philia, I can't follow you"

"... what do you do?

"Elsa was there. When it comes to one I don't know, no! What?"

It is a learned philia.

By the way, Elsa is about the girl who was in the dungeon with Philia.

"... I'll do that"

Meir decides on the inside that she has no choice but to force her into custody.

I commanded my men, and they had paid for it.

Too easy to stun a young girl in an instant, etc.

Meir was in natural motion, but by special gait he packed the distance and tried to tap the knife into the Philia's neck.

Pasi, and they paid my hand.

No, if I were to use a little more accurate phonetic sound, Boki, might be right.

"~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~!!!???"

My pinkie finger was bent in the wrong direction. I'm going to raise my voice unexpectedly to surprise and severe pain, but I can manage with the possession of an assassin.

Hey, hey, I don't know, this kid... Huh!?

Meir was only enlightened by the current offense. It's not Maghre or anything. That the toddler in front of her had perfectly cut off this movement, and that the power she had in that little body was comparable to that of the dragon.

"I knew it was a lousy one!

"Knock..."

Meir's decision was quick.

The operation gives up immediately and immediately tries to leave the scene.

But I got turned around!

"Fast!?

Mere was supposed to be one of the best of the Four generals if only for the speed of his legs, but Philia had far surpassed it.

"Hey, you're not kidding! Why are you such a monster?!?

"Blame me!

"Buho!?

Meir blows away after taking a Phyllia punch.

It was powerful enough that the consciousness was likely to be pruned in an instant.

Thus, for about five hundred meters, he dances through the universe and eventually falls to the ground with a cone -

"Whoa, you okay?

On the verge of crashing into the stone floor, Meir's body had been taken by someone.

"Ha, thank you.................. Huh!?

Meir looked up at the person she had helped and froze.

What a target he was.

But they don't know this is the assassin.

Meir disguised herself as calm, trying to thank her,

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That's my stalker."

"Fuh!?

A careless voice leaked out of Meir's mouth.

"You've been following me, haven't you? I know."

"Nah, what are you talking about? would love it if you put it down soon..."

Meir pretends not to know diligently, even as she scratches sloppy sweat on the inside.

"You're the Dark General of the Reign Empire, aren't you? Meir."

What, you totally found out!? And to the name!

"It's okay, it's okay. It's a common story that assassins fall in love with their targets."

"What the hell does that mean!?

"He said you don't have to be shy. Come on, let's die together!

"Ghaaaa! Let go of me! Let go of me!

It was a desperately rampaging Meir, but he was grabbed by tremendous force and couldn't escape.

Mere's head. The tragedy of the other day passed.

Getting fucked again huh......!?

"What are you doing? Find Philia quickly."

"Yikes."

and it was the elf girl who slapped that target's head with a cane.

In that slightly loose gap, Meir squeezes her full strength to escape. But it was sweet.

"Hahaha, I'm not letting you get away with this?

"No, no, no!

"So what are you doing!

Zugang, a level of beating sounds that shouldn't be.

And now it was time for Meir to succeed in escaping custody and jump into the alley as she dislodged.

"I don't like it anymore! I never want to deal with these people!

She was genuinely determined to retire her assassin, screaming into the sky.

◇ ◇ ◇

"Thank you?"

"Elsa wants you to come!

A delightful filia enjoying the adventures of the city has said that.

When I asked him for more details, he apparently helped the children who had been abducted by the gang.

... or Philia herself was kidnapped once.

"What are you doing..."

Ellen groans and sighs with her face.

"Philia, you can't if you follow someone you don't know again, can you?

"Yeah! I don't know, just do it right!

"Do so. - So, success or failure!?

That's why the next day, we decided to go with Philia to that girl's mansion called Elsa.

When it comes to the Edban family mansion, it seems to be as famous as most people know it is. I have [Detection/Polarity] skills, and I didn't have to ask for directions.

In fact, it was such a big mansion.

The gang that kidnapped this house's daughter must have demanded a lot of ransom.

The Edbans were originally exotic nobles, but when they fell and fled to this city, they entered the business path. And luckily, it was a huge success. Now here in the commercial city of Mercia, they've grown to be millionaires enough to get into ten fingers.

"Oh, you've come a long way"

It was a dandy old man who said he was the head of the Edban family who welcomed us. I guess the origins have something to do with it, but the atmosphere is more aristocratic than merchants.

Guided inside a large mansion.

... Quiet enough. I don't see a butler or a maid, like. Besides, even though this is the only luxurious mansion, I could barely see the kind of conditioning.

"The Edbans went bankrupt the other day after a huge business failure."

What, seriously.

"Ah, Elsa!

"Philia, you're here."

I thought Philia ran out of nowhere, there was a girl in a dress. Make Philia smile, but her worries are not hidden.

"Elsa, are you ready yet?

"Yes, no, it's okay"

I'm sure he's a smart kid and understands the situation in his own house.

"... I wish I could thank you for something, but it's actually pathetically bankrupt. This mansion has to be sold out soon."

The head of the Edban family says sorry.

"Even Elsa's ransom was such a situation that I couldn't pay properly..."

If it hadn't been for Phyllia, he said his daughter might have been sold off as a slave.

"What business, by the way?

"Actually, I run a casino."

Heh, that's an odd encounter. I've been taking care of the casino a lot lately, too. I'm disappointed you're making money.

With my "Lucky Pole" skills, I can't beat playing any game so far.

So much so that they suspected it was a squid, but no matter how much you looked into it, there's no evidence. 'Cause it's just luck, you can't leave.

I've only been paid about half the money I earned, but I need to make sure I charge you.

"It's been going well, but a hell of a gambler showed up..."

"I see."

He said, "Whatever game you play, you're never gonna lose."

"... hmm?

"I suspected Squid Sama at first, but no matter how much I investigate, it doesn't look like that"

……

"The more you hang on that gambler's hands, the more you earn a year's sales in just one day... so it looks like this. - What's going on?

Yes.

I don't care what you think.

It's me, the gambler.

I've been doing too much in good shape.

I'm sorry.