When I took my godchildren into the village, I first visited the village chief's house.
Knock on the door of the village chief's house and tell him you're from the Guild of the Brave.
The old village chief, who showed up with the door open, tilted his neck as he saw us.
"... Excuse me, but not with the Demon King Hunter?
She seemed surprised.
Well, by the looks of it, it's a young creation with a trio of beautiful young girls, so there's no reason to wonder.
It's the usual pattern.
I somehow earn the credit from the village chief by showing references, brave cards, etc. from the Brave Alliance.
"I'm sorry about this. Please come inside."
That's what the village chief said, led us inside the house and listened to us in the reception room.
I turn to the village chief and ask him to go straight in.
"Village chief. I wonder if a brave man named Cecilia has come to this village, do you have any idea where he is now?
Then the village chief answered as he rode himself out a little.
"Oh, is that still the case? Surely Mr. Cecilia would have come to the village about a week ago to investigate the disappearance of the village. Just..."
"Just?"
"Yes, Mr. Cecilia came to visit the village after noon and it was about midnight that day. She came to visit this house and said: 'I may not show up for a while, but I hope you don't worry, the case will always be solved. I don't want you to contact the Guild of the Brave, either'. I haven't seen Cecilia since, and I asked the villagers, and they haven't seen her since that day."
... hmm?
What the hell.
Cecilia hinted at her own disappearance?
Besides, don't even contact the Guild of the Brave?
"Uh... did Mr. Cecilia say anything else?
"No...... But the letter of introduction from the Guild of the Brave also stated that he was a particularly brave man, and I felt that I was feeling solid talking to him, so it was up to me to trust him and leave it to him. It's just been a week since then, so I was wondering if it was time to contact the Guild of the Brave, depending on you guys being here."
"Really..."
By the way, around the time the village chief said, "It feels good to have spoken," the godchildren raised their voice, "eh," but the conversation is going to be confusing, so I instruct the three of them to be quiet.
Yeah, see, Cecilia, if a boy and a girl don't get involved and run wild, you're a very solid brave man...
Some of the brave men who do Demon King hunters seem like a chimp collapse like their brothers in the meantime, so there's a sad reality that they're usually just as good an impression as they can take for granted.
Well, aside from that.
I just got in trouble.
I don't know what Cecilia meant by saying that, but this has crushed the clue that leads to Cecilia.
And then...
"So, village chief, can you tell me more about the disappearance in the first place?"
All we have to do is follow the investigative path that Cecilia would have followed, in the same way.
It could be a long way around, but hurry up and get around.
The village chief replied, "Okay," thinking a little bit, then went on like this.
"The first person who went missing was the only daughter of a certain house living in this village. One morning her parents woke up and said her daughter was gone from the house... But if that's all, I still thought it might be a runaway or something. And then over the next few days, there were successive disappearances of young daughters and children in the village."
"I see...... So ask the Guild of the Brave. And Cecilia was sent."
"Sir Left."
Regardless if it is true that only the first case, if there were to have been more than one similar disappearance, it would be susceptible to doubt the casework.
In addition to that, Cecilia's own disappearance, who came to investigate.
What bothers me, however, are the words Cecilia left over from her visit to the village chief's house before she disappeared.
"Don't worry if you disappear." "Don't contact the Brave Alliance."
I have no idea why Cecilia left those words behind.
If we collate the information we have obtained so far, it seems natural to assume that Cecilia herself is helping to cover up the case.
But that doesn't match the statue of Cecilia I know.
Even such a bad brave man shouldn't be the kind to dye his hands at such criminal activity.
Were you even gripped by something weak to say even the true culprit?
Or...
No.
Too little information to narrow down the truth at this stage.
And when I was thinking like that, the hem of my clothes was pulled off when it sucked.
I turned around and Mayfa was staring at me with shaky eyes.
"... brother.... Cecilia, your sister, no.... Your sister is a pervert, but she's not the kind of person who takes part in the evil of exposing a child for her own sake.... your sister is a bad person but a good one with good roots"
Mayfa, whose head spins fast, must have noticed that Cecilia would be suspicious if she poked the information so far - and had to decide that she was in some way involved in the case.
But Mayfa has slept with Cecilia many times and knows her personality very well.
And just like Mayfa, Rio and Iris, who leaned in with Cecilia, were also staring at me.
"Brother, I don't think I would do that, neither would Sister Cecilia"
"Me too, Doctor. Mr. Cecilia is a bad person, but he's not a bad person."
Look at the sincere eyes of the three of you, I laugh all the time.
Cecilia, whoever you ask, "I'm a no good person," it makes me laugh, but everyone's views were in agreement, even in that I'm not a bad guy in the root part.
I'll take Mayfa, Rio, and Iris' heads, one at a time.
Each sounded "fuzzy," "waffy," "kizzy," etc., while sounding comfortable.
Lovely.
"I know. I don't think Mr. Cecilia has done anything wrong, either. He's not like that."
When I told them that, the three of them glistened with joy.
Very cute.
"... but brother, when you do, it's a mystery that your sister Cecilia told the village chief.... you know what that is?
Mayfa talks about the same questions I had.
That's right.
I end up back there.
I don't have enough information yet.
Even so, how did you get that information......
"By the way, village chief, how many daughters and boys in the village will you be that you disappeared?
When I hear that, the village chief nods and answers.
"There are four people missing, except for Mr. Cecilia. At the stage when the fourth disappeared person came out, I made a stern attempt on everyone in the village to never walk in the middle of the night. After that, there must have been no missing persons."
"Really..."
... hmm?
I felt something caught in the words of the village chief.
"... uh, village chief. Don't walk in the middle of the night. Are you absolutely fine in the morning, during the day, or in the evening?
"... oh, yes. I don't know if it's ever going to happen, because it was midnight when all four disappeared. And it all seemed like a case of walking out of the house."
"I see..."
The disappearances are all occurring in the middle of the night.
If that also banned me from walking in the middle of the night, the damage was gone.
This seems to me to be useful information as a clue to pursuing the case.
"By the way, Mr. Cecilia...?
"Oh, Mr. Cecilia seems to have been walking out in the middle of the night to investigate. It was also in the middle of the night when he visited us and said something earlier."
... Hmm.
I look out the open wooden window from the reception room of the village chief's house.
The sky was covered with more and more clouds, and the slightly glimpsing sunset was still about to set in the western mountains.
"If you don't get into a tiger hole, you have to get a tiger child, or... give it a try"
I was crushing like that.