Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"Thank you -"

Leaving the magic store with the owner's voice on his back.

… There is no magic wand suitable for the condition that it is suitable for caning and has excellent endurance during magic activation.

I was wondering if I could get a cane about as soon as I head to Termwilds... Battlemage itself seems like a rare species in the first place and I don't even have a peer. There seems to be nothing to satisfy my demand as a matter of course.

I wonder if I could fish the crate more on the lower level, or collect the material myself and request production.

I found a coat for the magician instead. The coat, not the robe, is not what I want, but it seems to be a substitute for knitting with thread spun from the cocoon of Renawarm, so things are good.

Additional magic allows temporary enhancement and the price is 400 kiligs. It would be enough performance in terms of price.

Quickly weave the coat and exit the store.

I thought I'd go around the city a little more, but a tremor came from the ground that slapped me on the soles of my feet. It's a signal from Cadkeus, who let him lurk in the shadows.

... an example beast man. I don't know where he was tracking me from, but I guess he also reacted suspiciously when he came out of the store. Looks like we got caught up in Cadkeus' vigilance net.

I don't do anything to patronize my gaze, I walk out of here pretending not to notice.

Close your left eye and use it to link demons and senses - vision.

Give me the front view with your right eye. It's a condition where you're looking behind your back through Cadkeus' senses with your left eye.

In the crowd, I see a person in a hood, tending to lean over in a slightly remote position.

Let's just create a hard-to-escape situation.

Pretend to walk through the city appropriately - directing it to the old streets, the same as in Jingjiu's memory.

Turn the corner that leads to the alley and activate the magic circulation at a time when the sight from the other side is out. Kick the wall from the wall and jump all the way up to the top of the building at once.

The opponent, who has followed me to the corner, solidifies under my eyes for a moment, then runs to the back of the alley in a slight panic about suddenly losing sight of me.

"- Well,"

Now I'm chasing the guy I've been tailing.

But it doesn't make it sneaky or sneaky. Because it's a trail ahead.

In the BFO era, I had a home in Term Wills, and I know everything around here. Sometimes I liked the details of the city and walked around.

Close to the centre, the old city is particularly familiar.

Saying from the composition and structure that we're diverting part of the labyrinth, we won't be able to replace it over the future.

The trackers - surrounded by buildings and empty spaces with no exits - were circling their sights everywhere wondering where I had disappeared. Look up at the high walls or check for gaps that can pass between the building and the building.

"Who are you looking for?

And, as he hung his voice on his back, the beast man looked back as if he had been bounced.

"... a little lost."

It's a woman's voice.

The response was to look at the other way out and decide, but suddenly it doesn't seem to hit me. Then let's make this one a little more peaceful. I won't let you get away with it.

"Really? You were lost in the back of my house last night."

I found myself breathtaking in the back of the hood.

"After all, aren't you looking for someone?

"... why"

Why not?

How did you notice the tail? Or how did you get around behind it? Or how do you know what happened yesterday, I wonder?

"A magician is something that has a lot to offer. Can you show me your face first?"

With that said, the beast man shrugged his shoulders small. There is some kind of air that I have given up. Remove the hood and the woman's face will be exposed from under it. Big triangular ears moved pimply.

"I'm not a suspicious person - though I can't say. I'm not going to hurt you."

"If you're satisfied with your purpose, I believe you are."

It doesn't feel like you were spying on my house. You can trust me to some extent.

"I'm Sheila. I'm looking for friends who no longer know where they are."

"So - how did you get to me?

Sheila narrows her slit eyes and tells me.

"Snake Bites"

... that way? Though I thought it was the Count's tangle.

Missing friends, huh? Though I speculated Snakebyte might be involved in the kidnapping.

Push the poker face through as much as you can into the exploration that the other side has put in. Sheila opened her mouth even more as she stared at each other silently.

"After listening, I got to the point where you caught Snakebyte. I also heard you were rubbing with the Earl Cardiff family. If I pack it in your place, Cardiff's private soldiers might show up."

Yeah?... what? Are you trying to tell me that Snakebyte and Cardiff have a connection?

If you knew about me and were wandering around, you'd have heard about one thing with Cardiff.

It is possible that I have listed both in order to attract my interest and curl up smoke. It's hard to get the snake-byte information that should be stopped by the Adventurer Alliance... at least you should see that you got to me with your destiny.

"Will you listen to me? Maybe we can work together."

Sheila tilts her neck without changing her expression.

If you are unable to act secretly, do you want to make contact and take sides? Well, that's a reasonable point.

"If you just ask. There's something I can't answer."

The Snake Bites have been asked by the Adventurer Alliance to stop and receive money.

He thinks it's a contract more than he received the money. That part is made up of credibility, so it's not something I can belabella talk about to the extent that I'm "interested" in it.

"Only scratch the facts and talk. I understand that my friend was involved in a request for labyrinth mapping to talk to Snakebyte in the Adventurer Guild. And the family of the Earl of Cardiff was in and out of the building where Snakebytes were in and out"

"... I mean, Cardiff or - that associate of yours is guiding Snakebyte and tangled up with a missing friend," he said?

The Count Cardiff family was in trouble with the money, and it's not surprising how Talcott filled a hole he couldn't fill in on the brink - even if he was cornered and had his hands on something illegal.

"That's what I see. But I don't have enough information"

"What about the Adventurer Alliance?

Sheila shakes her head to the side.

"I was paid in advance. I knew the Adventurer Guild wanted to lay low for snake-byte information, and I'd be in trouble if they were suspicious and questioned by magic."

"Why is that?

Sheila closes her eyes. I have the impression that I'm not sure if I should talk.

Eventually she opened her eyes and spoke clearly.

"Because I'm a member of the Bandit Alliance."

"... er. You think the magic interrogation's gonna get you in trouble when it finds out?

I snort when I ask back.

Even if we can disclose information as an inside story here, how can we not be questioned by magic?

Stealing doesn't kill you. Train your skills every day.

… there is such a fine code. It also looks like a fornicator, but never on the side of justice, etc. The upper management is probably the closest thing to a Nintendo Yakuza.

Or I hate bandits. I know the difference between bandits, bandits and robbers and sheafs and scouts... I'm not going to.

The lower end of the bandit guild should also be among the adventurers, acting as a scout or something.

Others didn't need to know that they were members of the code. I know that with my game knowledge, but there's no way I know the code even though I'm an outsider. So I also needed to pick a word to ask Sheila back.

I mean, just talking to me doesn't mean Sheila's taking a lot of risks.

"What about talking to the upper management of the Bandit Guild?

According to information obtained from the BFO quest... there must have been a member of the Bandit Guild who ran a slave trade as the face of the table. I wonder if there may still be connections around there.

If you ask me what I will do with kidnapping...... I can think of first selling it away under the magic of a slave in disguise as a criminal slave. That is certainly not the act of selling fights to bandit guilds.

Slavery is roughly of two kinds.

First of all, like a naive servant, he becomes a slave to the debt cat, a debt slave. It is also possible to buy yourself back with the money you have earned, so that you can gain freedom.

On the other hand, whoever commits a felony and falls into slavery will never be free from the magic of a slave.

The magic of this slave is the crook who can bind the words, actions, and actions of the called.

In other words, if you kidnap him and disguise him as a criminal slave... it will be harder for the victim himself to sue him for his innocence. You just have to sell it out across the ocean.

"In the upper echelons there are those who run slave traders as the face of the table. I don't know if I can trust you, and even though I don't know if Snakebyte is really involved, I can't just talk up there with speculation. I need to take some backing myself."

In other words, is there any information leaking about the black turning stone?

You don't know the M.O. You're not sure about Snakebyte's connection to the missing persons case.

So you waited for Cardiff's breath-taking real-life unit and tried to trace them back and search for your friend's whereabouts?

"I see...... I understand that we might be able to work together."

"Then."

"Apart from that and this. Because it's a credit issue between me and the Adventurer Alliance. I can't give you information."

Sheila frowned and dropped her shoulder. Disappointed, it says on his face.

"But - nothing wrong with me going to the Adventurers Guild and offering to cooperate in the investigation and provide information. If that's all right."

To the words that follow, she opens her eyes and looks up. Sure, because it's a good story for me, too.

If Cardiff is going to get rid of this, I have nothing to say.

Fortunately, Beline has some credit from the Adventurer Alliance.

Whether Cardiff is really involved in the case - if we go to the guild, the percentage will be easy to find out.