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"Are you sure it was a robbery that you stole?

I don't know.

I got a bad tooth cut answer back that didn't sound like Melissa.

"In the middle of being transported to this room, there seems to be more than one missing item besides our winning Rydihea leaf."

Because of this, a little panic seems to be happening at the place of delivery of the goods by the nobility who should have won the bid.

If you leave it like this, it becomes Rio's responsibility.

In the meantime, we have to make sure that the goods are not stolen.

"Illis, expand [labyrinth junction] as widely as possible"

"Yeah."

Iris develops [labyrinth junction] around himself in a 100-meter radius.

The deployed [Labyrinth Junction] has the power to nullify the effect of the skill using the [Transformation] skill to sneak in, and when he escapes and touches the Junction, the Transformation is released.

"... was there"

Ten seconds later, the response of Lydyhea's leaves appears where there should have been nothing on the map.

According to Marie, that was a warehouse that was used for spares, which was also used yesterday at the auction because of some large armor, etc., but no one should be using it today because it is not big enough to use spare warehouses.

The thief, who was definitely trying to escape by moving an unpopular spot, was hooked.

But the reaction disappeared without leaving the warehouse.

"... what do you mean?

"I don't know how, but they found a way out of our map."

Rio and the others are also tilting their necks about the method.

But it became certain that someone had stolen Lydyhea's leaves within the conjuncture.

Given the circumstances, it is most likely the thief who escaped from the dungeon of Imperial Castle.

"... Iris, summon me over there"

Sylvia squeaked bossy as she watched the situation.

When I felt a chill in that voice and turned around, the expression was as faceless as it had frozen.

"Duh, what's going on, Sylvia?

Mr. Cattleya, who saw Sylvia's expression, asks in horror.

"We don't know exactly who the killer is yet, but it doesn't change that he stole the goods we needed. I'll catch you with our hands."

"Okay."

Sylvia disappears fleshly when she hears the voice of the acknowledging Illis.

I went down to Illis, whom I summoned beside myself with a [family summons].

"He's my escort for once..."

I was left alone in the VIP room.

Nevertheless, I do not imitate chasing. Check the auction items that will be available in the afternoon while sitting on the couch. There are plenty of other magic tools that I have confirmed should be won at the time of the party.

Make them act the way they want to.

"Are you sure?

"I have no problem with my escort. I wouldn't have to have about one Sylvia in this room. But the problem is, there's no one left to make me tea."

"That's about it, I'll do it."

Mr. Cattleya brews tea using the tea set that Silvia left behind for her graceful work like a noble maid. Wasn't the con man in Marie? Who's making tea? Working as a con artist, she was familiar with a variety of skills.

"We're busy over here, so if you're a thief, let's leave it to them."

"I don't think it's a problem for us to help out in a way that doesn't find out, like providing maps, but we just have to leave it to the nobles who annoy us to say that we're going to give them a hand in capturing"

There are still some imperial aristocrats who accuse Rio of something he doesn't stand out for because of 'the rise of former adventurers'.

Our cooperation was also essential to avoid such accusations.

"What's the situation?

The view in front of you changes in an instant and quickly changes from a luxurious VIP room to a deserted hallway.

That didn't bother me at all because of the blood on my head, which usually takes a little while to get my eyes used to my suddenly changed vision.

It's better to check with Melissa than that.

"Currently, the thief is leaving the warehouse and moving down the corridor."

Looks like some Melissa has already established that the killer who stole Lydyhea's leaves was a thief in the meantime.

If you look at the map, it doesn't react like that.

I'll even look at Ira and Iris, but he was shaking his head. Looks like they haven't found it.

"I'm coming."

Melissa walks away without hesitation.

I think I'm angry that they stole the Leaf of Rydihea, which I finally got hers too.

"How did you find me?

"First of all, it's what the thieves are transforming into, but it's Gus."

"Gus?"

How powerful a skill [transformation], though, can a human be transformed into a gas?

Even when I was trying to catch him in Imperial Castle, he was turning into a rat and other human beings and trying to escape. If you can transform into a gas, I feel more certain that you would have escaped by transforming into a gas from the beginning.

"I don't know if I can now transform into a gas, or if something happened and I couldn't transform then. Still, it's definitely gas now."

Melissa, who was walking, leaves the auction venue.

Part of it was spread out to the outside because we didn't know where the thieves were because we were letting [the labyrinth junction] expand fairly widely.

"... be there"

My reckoning tells.

There's something in the space where there's not supposed to be anything in front of you... there is.

"Apparently, the existence of the junction can be sensed beyond, and it's going from right to left, although it left the auction venue for now without being able to go outside."

……

Signs of upset come through.

I don't know the exact location of the thief, but Melissa seems to know the exact location of the target.

"First of all, what I noticed was that I couldn't see the Leaf Reaction at all."

If you're just transforming and sneaking it into your nostalgia, your reaction won't go away.

I'm pretty sure that's because I'm also checking at the party venue.

But today the reaction of the stolen Lydyhea leaves had disappeared, and the reaction had come back to life at the moment I thought the transformation had been lifted.

A few seconds later, Melissa thought about the possibility that the reaction would disappear.

"You can now transform, including stolen goods"

Skills are strengthened in some way.

Realizing that fact, Melissa abandoned the possibility that the subjects she could immediately transform were 'organisms' and 'individuals'.

A being who can steal without anyone ever finding him in time.

"Gas never in sight. That's what transformed him."

"Well, now you know where that thing is."

"It's easy. Within a hundred meters radius, we had a wind created by magic."

As a result, they had an unusual gas drifting all over the place.

When Melissa raises her hand, she gathers and goes as the wind swirls.

"I'm going to shoot the wind in there now. I don't know how effective it is in gaseous conditions, but aren't you going to be safe?

As Melissa, I don't really want to shoot in.

Because if you want to capture a thief, you're in trouble in case you let him die.

"... okay"

I hear voices from places where there is nothing.

The next moment, a man appears where Melissa was pointing her hand.

"This is unexpected"

I frown unexpectedly at the thief who showed up.

Even though they were captured a while ago and didn't seem to have anything, I tried [appraisal] to see if the thief possessed any magic tools that we didn't know about, and there was a reaction to the thief himself.

The reason is also simple.

Behind the name obtained after the appraisal was [in possession].

"I'm in possession, so I could use a stronger skill than before?

I'll put my predictions to the mouth, but I feel like something's different.

"Would you like to return our winning Rydihia leaves?"

"That's not why. This leaf can be sold high to the Imperial aristocrats"

Indeed, as far as the auction is concerned, it can definitely be sold at a high price.

It seems that the purpose of selling the Leaf of Lydihea at a high price was to steal other products.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to let you get away with this, so let me crush you."

The thief's body flourishes and turns into a monster like no demon has ever seen before.