Who is he?
While returning to his own base and continuing his magic research, Argus switches consciousness along the way.
Unknown knowledge of the ritual of demonization that I didn't even know about, a blank background that I just think suddenly appeared five years ago, no matter how much I investigated, and the power of that Holy Knight that doesn't look like a child......
Everything is surrounded by unknowns and mysteries.
Where did he come from, how did he acquire that power and how did he get to know that knowledge?
My interest as a single researcher boils down, but that's not the problem this guy's thinking about right now.
Just in terms of whether that man named Kenji Galhart is useful or useless.
It's not about being competent or incompetent as an adventurer.
Assuming your handkerchief or assistant, ease of movement becomes important first.
Because there is no more detrimental than those who are difficult to move in the long run, and it is better not to have such an assistant.
Because for a wise man, a pawn is a puppet that moves with an understanding of character and nature, a machine in what we call modern times.
Therefore, the quality you want from a pawn is not your ability, but how you can understand and act on your instructions.
This came more from the idea of prioritizing results and benefits over process than from the arrogance of Argus the Wise.
This is not the case, for example, if you were a collaborator, the conversation would change, and now you would have to weigh in on the strength of the person.
The collaborators are not pawns.
Because we are on a par with ourselves, but therefore we move independently of each other and make things of our own will, resulting in profits.
Thus, a man named Argus the Wise is always judging the value of things.
This far is the real deal.
But at the same time, I thought he wouldn't let me carry things that well.
In light of the various pieces of information available on the matter, the conclusion reached about Kenji Galhart is' extremely useful collaborators'.
For this man, Kenji's unknown history means that he has no extra clue, and if he is successfully drawn to his side, he can act as he pleases to each other without being tied to other influential organizations or forces.
In fact, my knowledge of the ritual of demonization has made great strides in my research, and if I can pull out the information I will still be hiding, it will lead to further leaps forward.
I believe that research will go on for roughly a decade, even with this knowledge alone.
That mysterious sensing ability I showed you at the Demonic Mansion is also useful.
That power can only be gained by the superior as a race like High Elves and High Dwarves, super rare inherent abilities.
As much as there is work to be accomplished just because there is that power.
The only problem is that if you force yourself to try to draw them to your side, they won't feel right this way, and they'll quickly leave you, coupled with that smug, light foothold.
Argus doesn't want anything hostile.
It assumed only a vision as a mutually beneficial, reciprocal cooperative relationship.
And it's at the core of who he is that finally matters when you think about it that much.
Its existence is too mysterious to know at all what Kenji wants and moves for since we met.
If we don't know what we want or what we want, we're not linked to mutually beneficial cooperative relationships.
This one doesn't necessarily feel that way, even if it benefits you.
I gave him the map and the invitation, but the wise man was somewhat concerned about whether he would eat it or not.
But it's still somewhat, and if it doesn't eat, it just hits another hand with it, I think.
Then when I thought that far, an armed swordsman appeared under Argus.
The outfit is ruffled and not wearing a single piece of armor, but the number of swords raised on the hips rises to six.
Three on the right hip and three on the left hip.
It's incomprehensible what the hell you possess so many weapons for, but it seems to make sense to a swordsman, and Argus, who would know their qualities, doesn't look particularly strange either.
"Hey Argus, how'd it go with the Demon Clan?
"Chip, you or your brain muscle. I've already cleaned up the case. One of my fellow researchers had been killed by the hands of a demon clan, but they wouldn't have a problem with it because they made me pay for it."
This armed man had been told beforehand by Argus himself that the demons were causing problems, and that the target demons were hiding dozens of their compatriots.
I am stunned to hear that I have rubbed out such a large majority with my face.
"Whoa, I knew Sage wasn't Oooh. Clean up those demons who are good at hiding, like one hassle. Just in case it's hostile, I think I'm gonna get a little pissed off. How about a mock fight with me?
"There's a contradiction between what you're saying and what you're doing, brain muscle. Fools come back out once they're dead."
"Ahhh! I can't get along!
The vegan rejected swordsman exhales and drops his shoulder, for Christ's sake.
And for these two, after finishing the usual farce, I finally get to the point.
"So, how did you really solve this? After all you've done, you weren't sure which one was the Demon Clan. That sage (...) You didn't get Argus, did you? If that solves the problem once and for all in this short period of time, then, hey... doesn't that mean there's been some kind of intervention that could go beyond your assumptions?
The swordsman sharpens his eyes and asks so.
He is often said to be a brain muscle because of his character, but he is never stupid.
Although it is often with intuition that we move, it is not once or twice that we touch the core in this important setting.
"... chip, he's still a good guy in a weird place. But there is still no problem. Even if some of them are beyond my control in the future, I can still handle them now.... Not now."
"Right. Then I mean, before it gets out of hand, we'll have a cooperative relationship right now. What?
"... yes"
"Okay, that's all I need to hear. You interrupted."
That's all the swordsman tells him, he leaves as convinced.
And Argus, the wise man who watched it on the sidelines, also sighs in a heartbreaking manner.
"Kensei, you've noticed his usefulness because of how I look. Fuck you."
This is why I'm indulging in my own research again, even as my well-researched brain muscles spit out poison as it is a real pain in the ass.
Though immersed in it that way, the wise man does. But......, I think.
─ ─ ─ ─ Maybe he's just a human being, something like that that can't be measured to the extent of me.
─ ─ ─ Besides, really, maybe it's like saving everything I couldn't save.
Though such a possibility came to mind, it gave thought to certain past (...) events.