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Back in the room, Silvi told Alice to contact Arthur immediately.
"Please, Alice. I want to stop Gemini from assassinating him!
"Hey... what do you mean"
Silvi told Alice the details as quickly as she could, with the face that she didn't know what it meant. Because I didn't feel the need to keep it a secret from Alice, and I thought if I could get some help, I'd be grateful.
"... I see. Gemini gave me a tip for someone to assassinate tonight.... not normally suspicious?
Alice's doubts were particularly so, but Silvi shook her head to the side.
"Gemini doesn't lie about such boring things. You know that because Alice was playing games."
"That's true, though. I thought Gemini was going to say something that would disturb my request."
"... because I have no idea when I think of it. I decide to believe."
For a moment, my feelings shook at Alice's words, but Silvi shook it off.
Gemini thinks of Silvi as a friend. That he can't be lying.
"Anyway, I want to teach Arthur. Please, get in touch with him."
"Yes, sir. All right. Well, I'm gonna go check in on Arthur's room."
"Please."
Send Alice out with a hard look.
I can't wait until Arthur visits Sylvie's room at night. We have a lot to tell, and we should hurry as much as possible.
After a while Alice brought Arthur back to her room. They just bowled in front of Arthur's room with the two of them back at the castle. I was very lucky.
Arthur, who heard from Silvi that there was an urgent matter, waved the rest of the job to Diedrich and he headed with Alice to Silvi's room.
So to the story heard, Arthur opened his eyes quackly.
"What? Have you seen Gemini?
"Yeah, yeah. Just now. In the garden."
To Arthur's sword curtain, Silvi, who thought he would be angry, was a dear man and waited for the shanty to come down.
They told me not to be alone as much as possible, but it's a quick result of being alone.
I didn't just go home through the garden, but it was right after they cautioned me to be careful, so I should have been able to get enough of someone to get soldiers.
"I'm sorry. I'll get an escort tomorrow, and it's just a short distance away, so it's my mistake not to ask for an escort."
No way, I didn't expect you to come for that kind of gap time, but that's something I can't help but say. Because it was me who was bad, I was also trying to accept that I would be angry.
"... sorry. I didn't mean to, but as a result, I met Gemini."
"Why didn't you call someone? Gemini is a killer. You weren't weird when they killed you."
"Yeah, right."
Arthur pointed me out, and for the first time, Silvi realized he hadn't considered the possibility of calling his soldiers until now. But Arthur is right. Call me out loud, someone would have come for about one. How could I not have noticed? I didn't know it myself.
"I'm sorry. I didn't even think about it at all..."
"I hear you were friends with Gemini. That's why there's no way we can confront each other defenselessly."
"Exactly."
Reflecting deeply, Sylvie spun words of apology. Nevertheless, I just apologize and I won't go on talking.
Silvi taught Arthur not to leak word for word what Gemini had told him.
And, of course, today, that he's trying to kill someone.
And he tells me he's got a tip somehow, and he tells me more about it. I was just finishing up talking about it all, and Arthur hugged Silvi.
"Ah..."
"Terrible imitation, Golden Wheel."
"... sorry"
Realizing Arthur's body was trembling, Silvi honestly apologized.
I'm sorry I worried about Arthur. Still, say what you think.
"I didn't want to pretend I didn't know Gemini was going to kill people. Given my own safety, I don't think I should have asked you anything extra. But I didn't want to hate myself...!
I've always pretended not to know. That's because she didn't remember her previous life, and since she did, she wasn't supposed to know Gemini's profession.
But after we find out who he is and who he is, we can't do what we didn't see.
"I knew someone was going to die, and I couldn't ignore it. So I just wanted a hint. Then I can be of some help to you. Even Gemini's work could be finished with an attempt. If that's what you think..."
"Okay. Enough. - I'm sorry I was angry. Well done."
"Huh!"
Pong and I were slapped to work my back, tears decimated. Arthur continues to be gentle with Silvi's back.
"I'm fine. Leave the rest to me. I will never waste the information you get from putting your body up."
"Yeah......"
"He's a man who's staying in the castle right now and holds quite the title. Aim at night. If you squeeze it that far, it's easy to make soldiers pack it too. Silvi, you're in good hands. Well done."
"... Arthur, please. Protect him."
Gemini is just doing the job he was asked to do. I knew that, but that's why I knew someone was going to die, and there's no way I could let it go. When Silvi asked Arthur in tears, he snorted firmly.
"Okay. Let's do the best I can. Silvi, you stay with me tonight. Even if Gemini isn't after you, I'm anxious to leave you alone tonight."
"Yeah......"
I can't sleep tonight anyway. Silvi, who had guessed it, shook his head vertically at Arthur's instructions. I can feel safer for both of us than waiting alone. And only Arthur, the royal family, can use magic in the castle. That's all I can say, I can assure you it's best to be with him.
"Arthur......"
Embracing her fiancée, who had rubbed her cheeks against her chest, Arthur was renewing his desire to convene an extraordinary meeting.
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That night, Silvi was in the room with Arthur. It's time to go to sleep. Alice also went down earlier to say hello to her bedtime, and there really are only two of them. Usually during the time we're hugging each other. And yet it was happening because I heard Gemini's murder notice.
I know someone's after me, and there's no way I can sleep.
Not even dressed for the night, Silvi was leaning against Arthur on the couch. The hand was connected to him and could only dispel a little anxiety.
"... I wonder who will be targeted"
I don't want to talk about it, but I start talking about it on my own because I'm only thinking about it.
"I don't know. However, all relevant personnel were guarded. At least they won't kill you all of a sudden."
"Yeah......"
We just have to protect all the people who fit the criteria more than we know who the aim is. Arthur apparently tried to lump all the people in question into one room at first, but was rejected by almost everyone and gave up. This time the target is all high nobility. Everyone has absolute confidence in themselves. If the assassins were after themselves, they wouldn't accept Arthur's offer. I managed to make him only attach escorts, but I have trouble getting out at a time like this when the arrogance characteristic of a high nobility is.
"If my house captures an assassin who's making a scene in the world, I'll take a leap of footlight, or something. Normally, we don't know they're after us until we're assassinated, but this time, thanks to you, we were able to get information in advance."
"But some people didn't trust me, did they?
"... oh"
It's a real shame, but some of them said Gemini might be after them, but they didn't even fit in. I don't remember being targeted by such a person. He laughed with his nose that he would be a nobleman other than himself and did not accept an escort. Of course, there's no way Arthur's going to leave, and they're not aware of it, and they're staring at it.
"I heard it directly from Gemini, I don't know what to say, it's normal for no one to believe it. Arthur believed me."
"I see you actually talking to Gemini. Besides, you don't seem to believe what they say when they decide to spend the rest of their lives together, and I think even if they get married, they're supposed to make it. What do you think?
"Yeah, well... maybe so"
If you don't seem to have the courage to take what you reveal seriously, I'm anxious to be able to live with you in the future. The distrust that the same may continue to happen will solicit and explode somewhere.
I know that.
So she was sincerely grateful to Arthur for honestly believing what Silvi said.
"Thank you. I'm glad Arthur believed me"
No matter who else makes a fool of themselves, Sylvie can fight if Arthur will believe me. That's all I have to say that someone I like will believe me.
"... but it's really best that nothing happens"
"Right."
With that said, I knew I wouldn't be able to.
'Cause they're Gemini. There's no way you're going to miss someone like Gemini. And chained, I remembered that Arthur was not a Gemini either, but had been targeted by assassins.
"Speaking of which, the assassins who targeted you, they all did themselves harm, didn't they? After that, did you find out where they were hired from?
I was just afraid of the possibility that Arthur was still being targeted, but Arthur turned into a bitter face.
"We're continuing our investigation, but we haven't solved it. Though I have never been attacked since then. Speaking of only one thing I've figured out, apparently, is that they weren't part of some organization. All alone, they were undertaking jobs, just freelance killers. It's strange to hire ten of them."
"Freelance killer...... and yet, you committed suicide? Isn't that strange?"
The captured assassins will harm themselves, presumably because they fear being killed by a doomsday who belongs to their organization. Naturally, no such thing is dispatched to a freelance assassin.
We have to start over. An imitation that would deliberately harm itself with a single failure should have been without much extra time.
Arthur also nods at Silvi's opinion.
"Exactly. We assumed that they were all self-inflicted assassins belonging to the same organization. But actually, no. It's too weak to say why they hurt themselves, because they don't spit on the client's information."
"Right."
"Assassins who work freely gain the strength of not being tied to an organization instead of not benefiting from belonging to it. Your own life and death is one of them. Some may have harmed themselves from their own pride, but it's hard to imagine everyone dying..."
"Why all freelance assassins chose to harm themselves..."
"And don't hesitate."
"Normally, I belong to an organization, and I'm afraid of coming backwards, so that's it. Could their client have been more scared than the doomsday? But if you're such a person, you'll get your own hands on it..."
Hard. The more I think about it, the less I know.
Twisting his neck, Arthur said.
"This one hasn't moved since, and he hasn't had a bare look like I'm being targeted. The investigation will continue, but there will be no need to hurry. Tonight is better than that."
"Oh, yeah."
The priority is definitely Gemini tonight. As I was regaining my feelings again, I heard a bumpy run down the hallway. The sound stops in front of Silvi's room. I heard a knock right away.
"Your Highness! Are you there?"
"Get in."
When Arthur raised his voice sharply, four soldiers, opened the door and came in. I can tell from the uniform I'm wearing that I'm a soldier belonging to the Kingsguard Knights. When I saw Arthur, they all knelt down.
"Your Highness, I just got word that Duke Claude Slain has been raided by Gemini!!"
"What?"
(What, Claude?
It was not the voice that spoke, but Silvi was stunned and stared unexpectedly at the soldier who came to report. Soldiers continue to report quickly.
"Sounds like the Duke of Slain attacked me as he headed to his bedroom to see when he jerked off his escort. The Duke responded with a weapon he had stashed aggressively. Soldiers called and successfully repelled. Gemini has withdrawn. However, the Duke himself seems to have suffered a shallow wound."
"Right....... Silvi. I'm going to Claude's. The other guy is the other guy. Besides, Gemini left. If you're waiting in your room, it's..."
"I'm coming."
I knew Arthur was taking care of me and saying it, but I had no choice not to go to Sylvie. Gemini might have said something, and that doesn't necessarily mean Silvi. Whatever it is, this time the escort was frightened because Silvi snitched on Arthur.
(I don't like it if they say anything extra)
Even if it isn't, Claude has his eyes on a strange breeze. I'm also worried about Claude's injuries, but if he had planted a weird misconception from Gemini, Silvi couldn't help but check with his own eyes.
"Please, Arthur"
When I asked desperately, Arthur nodded at me, even though I didn't feel comfortable.
"Okay. You are a credit to this time. I have a right to know. And to be honest, I'm worried about getting you off my side."
"Thanks"
"Thank you is good. Let's go."
"Yes."
"You guys, show me around."
"Yes!"
Arthur commands me, and the soldiers rise and lead. I guess I'm in a hurry. It was obvious but a little early. I'm not going to complain about that. Because I'm the one who said I wanted to follow.
Silvi moved his legs silently and followed the soldiers and Arthur.