Life in Another World as a Maid Mage
30. Conclusion of a case (2)
Another bundle of documents was placed in front of Alec, who was forced to resist. It was in the newspaper at the top. Tris Times. The date is three years ago. Articles in the corners of society are marked with red ink. Is the treatment not big or small?
"Forced investigation into the luxury brothel" The Dream of the Golden Sparrow "… Protects a large number of immigrant women who were arrested, imprisoned and forced into prostitution by managers, employees and some customers. The owner is unknown."
Alec reads silently. I think I heard the keywords in the article very recently.
- A whorehouse. Immigrant woman. Forced...
The discomfort in your chest is never your fault.
As Zach watched silently, he put the Tris Times aside and took care of the rest of the paperwork. A copy of the details of the incident. It is something that would be classified as confidential. I guess I got it using the power of my parents, who rarely use it.
Unlike newspaper articles that summarized only some general points, Alec felt ill and moaned as he looked through the details of the incident - the statements of the arrested managers and employees, the testimonies of the protected women, and the documents leading up to the treatment record.
I realized that the newspaper article was strangely concise because the facts were so cruel and gloomy that many facts were lying down. The detained regular guests also included several well-known nobles, such as high-ranking officials and cavalry officers. At a delicate time when many operatives were infiltrating for the dissolution of the Empire, there may have been circumstances in which we did not want the disturbance of powerful nobles to come to our attention.
And I feel a sense of sight in some of the things that are scattered in the documents.
- Tragic wounds on the victims' bodies. Some of the marks appeared to be baked, while others were thought to have been affixed by some kind of beast.
And during the treatment, I said, "Don't look! The women were terribly frightened.
Don't abandon me. Don't kill me. Don't tell anyone.
There were many cases where I had to use sedatives because I was disturbed like that.
It's the same as Cili.
Alec took a big deep breath when he closed the door for the first time. Then I turn to the paperwork again.
"The Dream of the Golden Sparrow" was a membership-based luxury club that allowed high-class gentlemen to compete with high-class prostitutes who were educated as ladies. But the reality is that young, immature daughters and immigrant women who are not bright in the language and common sense of the kingdom were tricked into captivity and forced into prostitution. In addition, prostitution is a fertile "play" that satisfies the abusive preference of "gentlemen".
After injuring the bodies of the women, they brought out the history of persecution of the previous century and threatened it. Their salaries were hardly handed over to them as expenses and fines. They were chased away so that there was no place to go mentally or economically, and they were tailored to the "goods" of a tough business.
Few women are said to have been sacrificed because of "play". Initially, four bodies were identified. However, based on testimonies from managers and employees, five bodies were later discovered from different locations. Nine victims in all.
Originally, the "Dream of the Golden Sparrow" was a legal whorehouse where the authorities received business notices. A playground for gentlemen to enjoy a temporary encounter with well-disciplined ladies and open daughters.
At one point, however, the influenza pandemic occurred in the brothel, and prostitutes and prospective apprentice daughters, who were popular and not worthy of treatment, died one after the other, and many regular customers fell into a management difficulty because their legs retreated far away. The manager in trouble with the cash flow will sell out the shop for each remaining whore, and from the time the woman entrusted with the operation of the shop is settled by the manager, the brothel will engage in a forbidden business.
Looks like the same luxury whorehouse as before. Many regular customers are healthy customers who play legally in front of the business. But the fact is, it was a horrible murder club where it was even acceptable to take a whore's life.
Employees feared being tried for participating in murder with dazzling rewards, and the men who became members of the "business behind the scenes" not only jeopardized their position when things became brighter, but also did not want to lose a place where they could satisfy their aberrant habits - shutting their mouths hard for their own sake, with the result that the evil of the "Golden Sparrow Dream" had not leaked out for almost two years. Unfortunately, some of the cavalry members included knights from advanced aristocracy, and the on-site inspection schedule was one of the reasons for the delay in discovering the leakage from the cavalry.
This led to a mandatory investigation because of anonymous whistleblowing by the parties involved. It seems that he couldn't bear the seriousness of the matter and the torment of his conscience.
And then...
Originally, the Knights pursued a forced investigation very quickly from the accusation, leaving the identity of the mastermind, the manager, unaware of where the suspect should be completely destroyed after thorough investigation and consolidation of evidence. Because I decided that if I hadn't bowed my hand any more, I'd just have to mischievously increase the casualties. It was so vicious and brutal. It is not unusual for there to be four dead and five missing in less than two years.
But after all, even if we arrested all the suspects except the manager, the key manager still didn't know who he was. The man who entered and exited the store as a customer could have faked his name as well as his appearance. On the contrary, he stopped showing up in the shop before and after the accusation, making the investigation difficult.
The only manager woman who was deeply involved with the manager was closely investigated, but no useful testimony was obtained from the woman. The woman was a former whore of the "Dream of the Golden Sparrow", who was begged by the owner's man. She was the "anonymous whistleblower" who was bought by the store and left by the manager. He was saddened by his lover's bad behavior and decided to accuse him, but the man perceived the danger from the woman's attitude and dazzled himself with the money.
Instead of getting caught, she burst into tears knowing that she was faking herself.
"... the manager's woman came close to accusing me. It's Shiori."
After reading most of the documents, Zach murmured.
The food on the table was already cold. I didn't want to put my hands on it anymore. Alec saw Zack without trying to hide his mental fatigue after drinking a perfectly warm ale to push away his discomfort. I look ahead at what's going on.
"Theoli was called to the whorehouse lady. She must have been caught in the eye because she was an unusual oriental woman. Apparently he was a well-dressed gentleman, but Shiori must have thought he was suspicious, and he never had a chance to talk to me." Hospitality in a membership-based club for upscale gentlemen. "
Zach sipped the ale and went on.
"The manager's lady, too, seems to have reached the limit of patience when the man told me to be ready to hire an Oriental lady. Unusual Oriental women don't know what they're going to do if they're going to be used as guests. They accuse the Knights."
I can't stand the punishment of my conscience. To stop my lover from doing evil.
Some people may feel sorry for a woman if they just ask. But there were two years before the accusation, during which nine women died. Nine people are dead. There are dozens of women who have survived but suffered wounds that do not disappear both physically and mentally. The role played by this woman as manager was huge, and the severe punishment seemed inevitable given the situation that she had to obey.
At the end of the record, it's called "life imprisonment."
And the last paperwork. The main culprit of the incident, the manager who escaped without knowing who he was.
--Langwald Lumbek. Found in mortal form.
"... was he the owner?"
I heard that he did participate in [Akeshi] for gold, but it still does not link to the image of the owner of the luxury brothel who was engaged in a strange hunting business.
I saw Runwald behind my head. A senior magician who became a union master a few years ago. Although he was a fine man in the gold account on a few pages, he remembered that his administrative processing ability was high and his reputation as a master was not bad. But to be honest, I don't know what humanity was like. He was a man who had hardened himself in well-tailored costumes unique to adventurers, as if he were from a high-profile house. I didn't feel uncomfortable living in the city well with the nobility and softness of the waist, but that's all.
But...
Yeah, that's right.
This technique is very similar to the one in the "Dream of the Golden Sparrow". You hurt a woman for the money, and you make her a doll.
"The whorehouse lady approached Theoli. Is that his guide?"
Ah.
"Did you run away from the Knights, and stay in the Master's seat until you hit Theori again?"
"... ahh"
[Dawn] slowly slaughtered the heart of Shiori in hiding, and behind it, he put his hand on his client to cut off the contact between those close to him and Shiori, and isolated them. The result is that case.
"He finally threw out his tail about [Dawn]. I made a mistake trying to exploit my limits before selling cilantro to people."
I knew after I was protected, my scratchy limbs and limbs. And, like Brovito, he was disturbed and cried during the treatment. Speak the same words as the women in "The Dream of the Golden Sparrow."
I noticed it. This case involves someone involved in the luxury whorehouse incident. There's a runaway manager.
"... originally I was involved in the investigation of this whorehouse. Chris asked me personally."
Chris - Christopher is a frontier ruler of the region. Zach's old friend. Alec has been face-to-face several times.
The guests included the next leader of the Marquis, who produced excellent civilian personnel for generations, as well as diplomats from allies - countries that collaborated in the dissolution of the Empire. When they called it a retreat or an inspection, they said they were excited about the "play" in the brothel. Some of the imprisoned women appear to have been taken to this alliance under the guise of petitions. Certainly, this is a little heavy on the boulder, no matter how much the Border Uncle family. I must have borrowed the help of the Fauchers and the royal family. It appears that he also had a confidential deal with his allies on this matter. Olivier and Edvard also had quite a headache, didn't they?
"So, what's Randall's 'death by death'?"
Records say he was found dead in a forest near Tris. The date and time of discovery was a year and a half ago. A few weeks after the [Dawn] incident. After being attacked by a bandit during his night journey, the Beast seems to have disposed of his body as devoured by him.
Zach and his gaze are tangled. Usually, my clear blue eyes looked strangely mellow and cloudy. Complex eyes that mix not only ferocity - but also the colors of self-ridicule and self-blame.
"That's why I told you earlier. I have to be nice enough to keep quiet with the woman I love."
Zach laughed.
"It's me. I killed him."