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You're finally here.

Three hours after it was exterminated in the groundwater vault.

I feel a sign of someone approaching with a hasty footsteps.Soldiers from the Commercial Guild who rushed under Gates' direction.

"Thank you."

Soldiers who arrived at the Magic Stone storage area spoke in a callous manner.

There is a sense that regular soldiers hired by the Commercial Alliance are better off, even if they are A-ranked adventurers.

I don't want to collide with them either, so I'll let their attitude go.

"This is where the missing magic stones are stored."

"You got it."

"Adventurers have an adventurer's way.This time, it was just the right one. "

Even with a larger number of soldiers, it is not easy to find because it is deep underground.

It is impossible to find it without a clear purpose, and it is impossible to get lost without a useful person.

"Everyone working here is in custody.After this, I can hand it over to you. "

"Captain...."

What's wrong?

These are the Alfords.

"What...?!"

The Orford family.

It is said that there are hundreds of members of a criminal organization who take on the brutality of the underworld business in legends.Strong people are comparable to B rank in terms of adventurers, and executive classes are said to have equivalent strength to A rank.

It was powerful, but it wasn't enough to take on outsiders.

Soldiers focused on a spiral tattoo engraved on the neck of a man who passed out and fell.

A member's unclear tissue, but the member's neck has the same tattoo.It was evidence of being a partner, and even if I tried to imitate it, the executives would find out, so I couldn't go undercover.

For the soldiers, they are indestructible enemies.

"Besides, this is an executive...."

"If the Orford family is concerned, take them with care.Then hurry up and prepare to bring out the Magic Stone! "

Yes!

There was nothing to be hurt in this battle, but if a large amount of stored magic stones burst underground, it could be catastrophic for the city.

We had to get him out of here as soon as possible.

Soldiers move at the instruction of the captain.

Well then, I can go home now.

My role is to put the members of the Orford family back to sleep when they wake up from a Stun.I was watching, but nobody woke up.

"Ah... speaking of which, were you alone?"

"I fought with two of my friends, but I sent them home first."

"What...?"

It is difficult to keep an eye on this number alone.

I left my friends first and the leader was suspicious of staying on guard.

"All my people are women.How long will you keep it in this place? "

That's true, too.

The Magic Stone storage area is not as bad as where the smelly underground waterways were.

Still, it's not the place to keep a woman forever.

I don't suppose there was anything.

"Yeah, I was just worried about the smell on my clothes."

All right, get out of my way.

There's nothing suspicious about me from a soldier's point of view.

The fact that Isla and Noel did not encounter each other on the way back meant that they left through a different route.

Soldiers are concerned about seizing evidence.

Has anything been removed that would be disadvantageous to me or my employer?If they had arrived first, they would not have tolerated injustice, but it is possible that something has been done because the adventurers have arrived first.

"It's okay, I haven't brought anything home.I still work for a decent Gates Gibson. "

Well, that's reassuring.

If it was Gates, the soldiers knew.



A small house owned by the Gibson family.

This is the mansion that my employer is using when he wants to relax after being chased by work, and nobody usually uses it.

It was convenient because it was such a place.

"Welcome back. How was it?"

"There's nothing suspicious about the soldiers."

"Well, I stunned them all, so no one will testify.But that's until it happens. "

Melissa's right.

Time is limited.

"Uu....."

"Ah, I think I woke up."

In the center of the large room, the old man was restrained in a chair.

"Sorry, I didn't realize he was here."

"I can't help it. I still can't believe I betrayed you."

But he hasn't seen me since I saw him last night.I didn't pursue it because I often acted alone thinking about the Chamber of Commerce.

However, if we capture this decisive moment, we cannot pursue it.

"Let me explain, Bordeaux."

"Ahh... I remember."

It was Bordeaux who was still in custody, a close associate of Gates.

I found a face I knew while I was gathering the men who had fainted, asked Isla and Noel to instruct me not to run into the soldiers who were supposed to be on their way to the storage, and asked them to take him home.

Was it painful for the old man to faint? There was no indication that it would happen easily even with the medicine. I woke up when I joined him.

"Did I fail?"

"What is this!?"

Gates pokes his paperwork at Bordeaux.

It was behind the Magic Stone Storage, evidence that funds were diverted from the Gibson Chamber of Commerce to mislead the Radolsian Chamber of Commerce.

"If this material is correct, our funds are being used by a disguise operation to mislead the stock of Magic Stones... what do you want!?"

Personally, I was concerned about Bordeaux's purpose.

There was no return to Bordeaux personally, but only increased labor and sin for embezzling the Chamber's money.

……

But Bordeaux, who is not willing to answer, speaks nothing.

"What would have happened if this had been in the hands of the Commercial Alliance!"

"Now... the Gibson family will take a fatal toll."

It was an investigation that was prepared to do damage to itself.

However, depending on how they were found, they were about to cause fatal damage.

"Do the Orfords know about you?"

"I was the organizer of that meeting, so I know that I was raising funds, etc.But I don't even know if you know who I am. "

If it's a big criminal organization, it has its own intelligence network.

Some of the men who passed out pretended not to know, but may have even known Bordeaux personality.

Should I have cleaned them all up?

"No...."

If we do that, Gates, our client, will be responsible.

I realized Bordeaux existed only after I called the soldiers, and they thought it was a seal on my mouth.

"Anyway, I will exercise my right of silence."

"Do you think it will work in this situation?"

If you are caught by a public authority, such as a commercial guild, your right to remain silent can be exercised legitimately.

However, if an individual is caught, information that ignores the law will be disclosed.

"No"

Bordeaux himself has seen similar situations, so he knows his hopes are in vain.

"If you're sure and quick, I'll take care of it for a different price."

Suggest to Gates.

"By the way, that's the way Bordeaux..."

First of all, he's not safe.

The most reliable way to extract information is through the dependency of the Immortal Emperor (Undead Emperor) after his death.

You will be able to ask information without refusing to answer any of these questions.However, he must be dead in order to be a family member, so he is definitely dead after the interrogation.

I don't want to take the initiative because it's not an ethical way to recommend it.

I'll do it if I have to.

"No, I didn't say that to him...."

It seems to Gates that Bordeaux is equal to his parents.

Even if he was a traitor, he didn't have the courage to plead guilty.

"Well, then, it's good that the request you've accepted is now complete.Let's say he's a service.I've already committed a mistake that they will find us too. "

No matter what you do to Bordeaux, Gates is free.

And you have no right to complain to us just because you're hired.