Early in the morning, the average person is still in his sleep, but the merchant is already starting to move.
In such a peculiar rush of early mornings, I march through the city.
I know the general location of the destination.
"Mr. Reyes, they don't usually wear escorts."
Hall, the first destination. Go to that place where the other meeting took place, show the guild card to the gatekeeper and get permission to enter.
The management of this Hall is under the jurisdiction of the Alliance. That's why it's possible for me to get in too.
Then we pick up the keys and head to the room where the meeting took place.
In the dim room, head to the only window with natural light, open the curtains and look outside.
And check the building at the end of that gaze.
"I knew it."
At that time, a man called Takiya was definitely looking out for me, but that didn't seem to be for Mr. Reyes, it seemed to me that one way or another.
No, further behind that, if I may say more, this window.
And at the end of the window, there is one building about the same height as this hall, and further behind it, there is a tower like a sight.
I sit in Mr. Reyes' seat and look at the window.
Then, from that position, it was not possible to ascertain the top of the gaze and where the person stood.
"Well, let's see what that building is."
I switched sword abilities, carried them on my back and left the hall behind.
From the results, that building was a material storage area.
Asked who was managing it, he was still a breathtaking merchant in Takiya.
Exactly, it won't be a good idea to get in here wielding power, but just in case, I'm going to ask the guild to investigate the people in and out of the last few days.
Probably a sniper or an equivalent hostility.
But abolishing her is synonymous with turning the whole city against the enemy.
Then it's just a warning... but then, shooting me would have worked just as well.
As a warning to her, snipe the escort. Yeah, it should work well enough.
But without it...
"Did you know me?
It's not that hard to connect me with who I am now.
I get a lot of impressions involved because of my eyes and mask, but still the same outfit and hairstyle.
If we meet face-to-face quite a few times, we can spot it right away.
But I only came to this city once yesterday.
If you do, you'll be limited to people who know who I am beforehand.
"Are you from the guild in this city that you're supposed to be contacting?
Mr. Oink, what's going on at the end of your organization?
Depending on what happens, we can't spare the shipment, can we?
"Why didn't you shoot me then? No, it could have turned out to be futile, but it must have been a warning."
"Oh, I couldn't shoot him... he's that... out of standard"
"I know very well that I was there. But that's exactly the distance, right? Even if you can't be fatally injured, enough..."
I see, did you hire people from the guild?
Then it is not decided that the guild leader is black.
But if I weren't here, you'd be sniping at her.
I don't think the people in this city will do it.
Oh, hi, I'm currently sneaking into Takia's office.
This is what the ability composition of the sword looks like.
"Conscientious."
"Five Senses Enhancement"
"Sonar"
"Signal Detection"
"Double Ability Effect"
Sneaking in wasn't so difficult in itself thanks to the ability.
This is just the office.
There was no such thing as a rough fight, and there was no such thing as strict security.
And this time he is also very active in "Five Senses Enhancement" and "Conscientious Mind".
I always use it for things like eavesdropping, but this is five senses enhancement, not hearing.
Reinforce your sense of 'five' again.
It's got a good number in it.
No, I'm surprised, if you think it's five human senses, it seems there's more.
It's commonly known as the sixth sense.
I even feel the feeling of being close to it enhanced.
I'm just listening to you like this right now, and you even know exactly what's going on behind the conversation.
Isn't this forbidden in a way?
Or the problem is that this kind of reasoning goes through.
"It's also passed down to the guild of my city... that we shouldn't defy that guy"
"... that much?
(Users enough to be notified to all guilds... then my job is done)
Work hey...... I saw someone on the back even more.
Good with outside entrants, good with this one, saying there's someone outside the city.
... Well, I'm sure it's the former lord who's been hanging around this city or something.
Do we have to ask Mr. Reyes about the situation around here this evening?
"Will you be free then?"
Leave it as a souvenir for a little while.
This is the email function I used in the game days, but for some reason in this world, I can only leave it in the form of a letter, and the function of sending it to the other person is gone.
No, I can choose to send, but it just disappears and ends. There will be no way to reach anyone.
I tried sending it to Oink once now, but I didn't hear back from you.
That's why I gently plug the very, very materialized letter into the gap between the doors before leaving the office behind.
But it's an e-mail... if I could send it to Shun and Dahlia, I'd be quick to talk.
This grief that pressing the receive button won't even update your email list.
Well, there's no one to send it to in the first place.
Is that it, like infrared communication, that you can't do without your opponent around?
Once back at the inn, Rhue was having a late breakfast in the dining room.
Speaking of which, I don't think I was eating either, so I order the same thing in my seat.
Kai-kun, where have you been?
"Oh, to take a little walk early in the morning"
Freshly baked toast carried and a cheese-scented potage.
When you start eating with a little bit of bread chipped on, Rhue starts imitating it too.
"I know it's bad, but I'm being called straight to Mr. Reyes today. Probably, but I think you'll find out a lot today."
"Oh well. Kai-kun, I'm saved by you."
In a casual breeze, she talks with a potage on her mouth.
"I've spent a year being annoyed by the fear that they'd do it every night and that you'd one day be gone. It was a lot harder than spending hundreds of years alone."
"... I'm sorry I didn't notice"
"I'm not asking you to apologize, I was hiding it, too. Besides, I was saved as a result. I was released from the curse."
"You're welcome.... What's the matter with you all of a sudden?"
A little, she's got a different vibe than usual, I'll just get up a little bit too.
"Mr. Reyes, I think he's probably similar to me. I don't know, I don't know, but when I first met him, I felt something really warm that I kind of missed."
"And Lue?
"Is that Kai-kun? Actually, I felt the same way when I first met Kai-kun. I don't know if I've ever seen him before, but I can't tell you how it feels."
I felt that, too.
I remember feeling like I knew why, even though I didn't even see my face in a robe then.
... well, is that what I felt when I met Mr. Reyes?
"But, you know, I don't think she's tied to anything."
"That's for sure. But in fact, she's not going to leave this continent."
"That's probably..."
She puts her breath down and then says clearly.
"I'm waiting for someone. I'm sure I don't know who I am, but someone who might change me."
Evening.
I'm going to her waiting room alone.
No one is going to speak to me all day, even if I'm going through the colorful streets.
Not so much, I'm stuck right now.
And I'm worried.
Probably for sure, she's the Lace I know.
I'm nostalgic for those glasses with that appraisal power, but that's a last resort.
Please, out of her mouth, let me hear everything.
"Good evening. Mr. Reyes called me in today, but is it still too early for business hours?
"Ah... Mr. Caivon. Mother is waiting for you in the back private room... Um..."
It was that elf's daughter who greeted her on the dim doorstep before she opened again.
Tell me with a different, more serious complexion than usual.
"I'm an elf. So longer than anyone else, I was at Mother's side. That's why I know something."
Elves are long lived. Even if you're not a Genesis person, you can survive for hundreds of years.
"Mother, stay in the back all the time. Not the mansion, but in the back of my mind. There were a lot of guys once trying to get her. But no one could shine light deep inside it."
"... Was it"
"Mr. Cayvon, please, Mother."
Yeah, I left it at the end, and she backs off.
Perhaps it was besides me who got to this place in the past.
But still, no one was able to get her out.
I went to the deepest part of the mansion to regain my temper and be escorted away by her.