Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

(xxvii) The identity of the assailant

The cat (Mao Mao) stares at the sparrow (Chué) in the form of a mage with a half-eye.

"For now, please don't make that dressed up weird move. I'm confused."

How can I be such a different person?

"However, even though you did this disguise with great confidence, have you noticed it? Hmm?"

“I would never have noticed without this embroidery.”

Cats and cats show the embroidery on their sleeves. Rather, it seemed like a provocation that the sparrow embroidery had not yet been noticed.

The sparrow told me that she would soon go to help the cats by hinting at the identity of the maiden mage. There must have been some sparrow allies in the town, and they were exchanging information using a dagger.

"Are you familiar with a person called Master (Sensei)?"

I see.

The cat exhales. The reason is that the sparrow so much taught the cat a scripture sentence. I wish you'd told me from the beginning.

Anyway, I can't help complaining about it now.

Sparrow-san has a lot to explain to me, right?

I see. I don't know where to start.

That way, the sparrow unwinds its curly hair. His sharp eyes returned to his familiar, attached face somehow. When the sparrow rubbed its skin with its fingers, the white mass peeled off. In addition to creating a dark complexion with cosmetics, it seems to be changing the shape of the face with a special adhesive.

"First, can you tell me about your relationship?"

The cat and the cat alternate between the sparrow and the sparrow.

"At first, Mr. Sparrow was told to be a scoundrel. At least you said you shouldn't get along too well.”

"Yes, but I'm not lying." Were there bandits who attacked me and Cat? That's your former subordinate, Tsubaki-san.

"This is the broken door that was originally bought by the bureau." They were too trustworthy to escort us out. Those who resented us were bandits in our territory, and they got caught up in that bear man. "

(Can't you put a subordinate in the Nagomi station that you can't trust?)

Is it true that the little fathers left the cats alone after teaching them about the situation? I did divide my work, but I thought it was more honest.

Well then, is there a reason why we made mixed sake?

"No, that, uh, was for personal consumption, but there were no containers...... If I packed it in an empty bottle that seemed just right, I accidentally put it into the transport package......"

Tsk tsk tsk tsk. The truth seems to have never bothered anyone.

Because this is the way, I thought it was better for the cat to stay away from the cat.

The maid who had completely removed her makeup certainly had the face of a sparrow.

Oh, I see.

It seemed that the cat and the cat were still hiding, but I decided to convince them for the time being.

"I don't know what kind of relationship between you and Sparrow, but can you explain why you were there?"

"Yes. It was hard after I took Cat-san out of the main house." The most troublesome thing about finding the insider who attacked you, explaining the moon to you, and deceiving others is the military master. I understand, do you understand this struggle? "

I don't know how you fooled me, but it seemed like it was tough.

"I finished everything except the insider, and then I took the cat and the cat with me." If only you could think that the West End was still in danger and at the same time had no choice but to make sure that you were not suspected of kidnapping VIPs on the moon. "

That's right.

That's probably why the sparrow disguised itself so firmly that the cat can't even tell.

"Surrender the dignitaries to Rikoku." Meanwhile, the cats were going to stay in the town before that, this town, and return to Xidu City after clearing up the charges of kidnapping. ”

But there was a bear man, wasn't there?

"Yes, it's the biggest miscalculation." I had a bad feeling about it, but I didn't know it was going in there. Speaking of which, I think who is chasing Xiaohong (Xiaohong) and the foreign dignitaries by mistake? "

In board games, I couldn't predict the movement of a pawn as much as an amateur. I guess the bear man didn't really know what kind of move he was going to make.

"When that happened, I had no choice but to change my plans." I can't keep escorting Cat. Therefore, I left the town after confirming that I could protect the life of the cat. "

"... you confirmed that I had made contact with the old master and left?"

Yes.

The cat and the cat wanted to shout "this bastard", but they managed to squeeze it into their stomachs. A sparrow also has a sparrow's position.

“I checked the situation in the city and tried to get in touch with a few of my allies, but the bandits didn't know about it. Before I came back, the carriage was found by the bandits, so I made sure that I couldn't escape anymore, so I changed my plan."

“So I was given protection as a member of the same religion?”

"Yes, because the old teacher has never touched anyone of his religion." We don't choose to protect them at the same time. ”

(Do you choose any means to protect it?)

Therefore, the pagans abandoned, and the cat and cat became dazzled, but they could not say anything because it was the side that actually saved their lives.

"Tsubaki-san hasn't arrived in this town yet." You should not be known to be pitched against a bear man, or to have important people from the Ritz-Carlton nearby. I have told you that I will avoid this town and proceed to the next location, and I have given the highest priority to the handing over of our VIPs. Even if I return poorly alone, there will be no force to suppress that number. You cannot leverage force from the Moon under any circumstances. So after the handing over of the dignitaries, I brought Mr. Tsubaki and the people from the bureau with me. "

So, you hinted that I was going to pick you up through an informant?

"Yes, I didn't even notice it, either of them was fine, but that's right, Cat." It's a lot easier because you poisoned the bandits. ”

Sparrows are not very happy to praise. It's a job that a pharmacist shouldn't have done.

"The bandits have a lot of taste and deafness, which is helpful"

The taste of the poisoned potato tingles. Some of you will notice the misleading seasoning. Some people with mild symptoms thought the taste of taro was strange and didn't take much to their mouths.

"...... Are you sure you want to double-check?"

"To the extent possible,"

“I heard you handed over the VIPs, but who did you hand them over to?”

The sparrow narrows its eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who makes you mad."

To put it vaguely, it seems that we can ensure the safety of our VIPs.

“What's the second thing?”

"...... I'm talking about who attacked you."

Cat, you seem to be aware of this.

Sparrows are troublesome because they say sharp things. Even if I noticed it, it is the cat that doesn't speak.

There were doubts about cats and cats. Why did Xiaohong come to call the cat? How did you know about the secret passage?

So I asked Xiao Hong secretly.

Why did you know that there was a Master Chang 'e in that place?

And that reply...

"My uncle told me."

An uncle is a relative's uncle.

"Uncle Hulan told me."

A tiger wolf, a low-waisted jade-jacketed trio. Only one of the four brothers is old.

"... what was the intention of Master Tiger Wolf?"

The cat had no choice but to talk to the cat because he didn't want to talk.

Yes, there's nothing wrong with succession battles.

In contrast to the casual tone of the sparrow, Tan Tan had a complicated face.