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A few minutes after leaving the firm.
As I walked down the street, I turned around and asked.
"... for something?"
There is no reply.
But my feeling was that I was definitely being followed by someone.
"I know you're there"
So I picked up pebbles from the ground and threw them into a nearby shade.
Then ... A man came out of the shadows.
"I was surprised. I thought I was going to die if I could send an amateur who had not been trained in intelligence ... but I'm not a professional."
The man tells so without any signs of going bad.
It seems unlikely to be hostile.
The man then puts his hand in his pocket and presents a piece of paper.
"I'm not hostile. Rather the other way around ... I'm Alpha. I've been asked by Count Meigis to help you."
It was an order that he gave.
The order tells me to help my infiltration.
Probably authentic because of the sign of Count Meigis.
"Why did you sneak after trying me?"
"Oh, I didn't think I would find it so quickly ... I was trying to make it easier to find and try to find out when."
It looks like Earl Meigis tried to increase survival by testing with Alpha instead of retaining me.
If I weren't good enough, I would have wanted Alpha to stay with me to prevent wasted life.
Well, it was too easy for testing.
"... Then, it's better to turn off the magical power. It seems that I was taking measures against visual and auditory detection, but it is magical and balky."
"It's an interesting joke to detect the magic of humans. If you can do that, stealth is going up."
I use Magic Search occasionally when walking around town.
Therefore, it is more difficult to keep track of your magical power without ignoring it.
However, there seems to be no idea in this covertness to take measures to detect magic.
Probably being sent in the current situation would be "a good stealth" by the standards of the world ... but if you don't know how to detect magic, no stealth has survived from Cardinal Georgis. Don't be convinced.
"So what are you going to do now?"
As I walk through the territory, I ask Alpha.
He seems to be helping me ... but at this level, unfortunately, it's useless in undercover investigations.
But ... may be useful on the way.
I'm not familiar with the common sense of this world, so I'm not good at collecting ordinary information.
Aside from the guard zone, it could be used in front of Cardinal Georgis.
"That's right ... I want you to follow me if you like."
"... I'll do the actual infiltration by myself?"
"I don't disagree about that .... I was honest, I didn't intend to notice anything at all until the last time .... Even if I can find that person with me now, I'll just be in good shape That's it. "
Alfa began walking behind me.
It's like a chore.
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A few hours later.
As I walked on the path to Cardinal Georgis, I was hearing about the information I was looking into.
"What kind of slave is being sent to Cardinal Georgis?"
There are several types of slaves in this world.
There are two main types, "Debt Slaves" who were enslaved because they could not return their debts and "Criminal Slaves" who were guilty and enslaved. Among them, the amount of debt and the weight of the crime It seems that the treatment is different depending on.
Even such seemingly useless information can be useful in unexpected ways.
If you want to hear that information, stealth is the best.
"It depends on the time. In the beginning there were cheap debt slaves to severe criminal slaves, but recently only criminal slaves."
"Is it because of the mortality?"
"Oh, because the 'mortality' of slaves sent to the mines there was abnormal. There should be only super heavy criminals who chose slaves for death penalty or slaves .... Well, at least about three people You're the killing guys. ''
Indeed ... Are thugs sent to places with high mortality rates?
It's pretty good.
"Even if such a slave is killed, it will be a crime."
"Oh, killing any criminal slave is a crime .... Instead of becoming a slave, life is guaranteed as long as you obey orders. A slave is such a contract."
So that's it.
Apparently, Cardinal Georgis is unlikely to be acquitted because the sacrificed is a heavy criminal.
I've heard that killing slaves is a crime ... but it's important to check that information.
If you ignore the confirmation and the Cardinal is acquitted after taking the picture, you will not see it.
If the sacrifice is a heavy criminal, it seems that he can shoot without hesitation.
As we talked, we headed for Cardinal Georgis.