- The next morning.

"Ahhh!

With a sudden scream, Mother Julia jumps up and leaps out of the room.

I'll go after him too.

Mother was in front of a room when she caught up with the rest and still a bumpy foothold.

- Yes, the room that kept the example blackcrumbs locked away.

In front of the room stands the mother and the servant of the village chief's house.

When I try to peek inside,

"Don't look at Edgar!

… now or not "

My mother deflects her body and shows me inside.

Inside, two blackheads had fallen with zero blood from their mouths.

"If you remove the shackles for breakfast, suddenly..."

Says the blue-faced servant.

"... poison, I wonder. Maybe you planted it in your back teeth or something. Professional assassins do this a lot."

That's just the former adventurer, and my mother is calm.

Just in case, I'll [appraise] it.

"[Lanzac's] corpse. Cause of death: Poison (Tajikalis).

"[Elope's] corpse. Cause of death: Poison (Tajikalis).

"... Tajikalis?

My mother overheard me crush it by accident.

"Sure, it might be Tajikalis because of its immediate effect... Edgar, where do you know anything about poison?

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

"... I was wondering if there was a poison book?

My mother shakes her neck.

There, the village chief came.

As the village chief looked at the room, he bowed his head deeply to his mother.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know you'd let the missouri killer die..."

"It's the only way. If I didn't feed you anything, you'd be dead."

I called yesterday's [appraisal] results in the [database], listening to the two conversations without asking.

Lanzac.

Level 29

HP 35/54

MP 19/21

Skills

- Masterclass

[Disconnect] 2

- Generic

[Assassination moves] 7

[Knife Throwing] Five.

[Dagger moves] 5

[Sneaking] Five.

[Martial Arts] Four.

[Hand Back Sword Technique] 4

[Commander] 4

[Listening] Four.

[Bow moves] 3

[Sword moves] 3

[Jump] 2

[Farsighted] 2

[Dark Magic] 2

[Fire Magic] 2

Elope (belongs to the 5th squad of "Yata-glass")

Level 23

HP 21/44

MP13/13

Skills

- Generic

[Knife Throwing] Five.

[Martial Arts] Four.

[Assassination moves] Four.

[Dagger moves] 4

[Hand-backed sword moves] 3

[Sword moves] 3

[Listening] Three.

[Sneaky Foot] Three.

[Axe Throw] 2

[Jump] 1

[Farsighted] 1

[Dispensing] 1

"Yata-glass."

My father said it had something to do with Black Wolf's Fang.

You were talking about the recent influx from Sonorat, the end of the civil war, into Santa Mana.

Why are these people here?

The answer, I don't know, ended up getting dizzy.

Overnight last night, I looked back and realized it was important.

It's

- At least one guy, no one has to be there.

That is.

Let's look back at the case from the beginning.

First, the blackheads take you and the other children from Liberet Village.

Next, one of the black scumbags dressed as a traveler stops by the village and spreads rumors that the fairy is taking the children.

This is probably a fake job as planned.

But the blackheads did another, unplanned disguise.

The wood dust in the village of Liberetto was enchanted.

Perhaps the wood dust has gone black in the woods.

I don't know if you saw where they were holding the children, or if you found a safe house (cave) for the blackheads, but I saw a fatal scene for them anyway.

Or, killing wood dust can make a scene.

If a child is followed by a tree dust that should be familiar with the woods, then it's just missing, but it becomes increasingly case-friendly.

So one of my fellow blacksmiths magically drove me back to the wood dust and then made me claim that it was "the work of the fairy" all the time.

This camouflage operation was supposedly an unplanned incident.

but in preparation for such an incident, he would have placed one person in a safe house who could use the magic of guiding the spirit.

I don't see one of them.

The two black scumbags who harmed themselves (Lanzac and Elope) do not have the skills to be enchanted by the wood dust.

Melvi has confirmed that Lanzac's [Dark Magic] does not have such skills.

They say it takes quite advanced magic technology to induce the consciousness of higher animals like people.

Blackcrumb, who was on watch in the cave, also checked in [appraisal] before killing him, but his status was similar to or stopping by Elope's.

Also, a "traveler" stopped by the village, but the innkeeper checked it out and it turns out it wasn't two black scumbags who harmed themselves.

The possibility remains that it was a black scumbag watching in the cave, but the line that is the wizard = "traveller" also remains colorful.

So at least one.

Two if the wizard and the traveler are separate.

You're going to be letting the blackheads get away with this.

No, if we're going to talk tentatively, there might even be others left who didn't stop by the village and weren't in the cave then.

Then it hurts not to hear from the blackheads about the circumstances around it.

Should I have interrogated him?

No, whatever I ask, I would have removed the shackles.

I would have prevented suicide... not very much, but unlikely to say.

It's been an unintentional showdown, but without the blackheads, there's no reason for Mother Julia to stay here.

The latter was left to the village chief and the facial role, and her mother decided to head to the village of Trenadette (third (third) village).

Some of the released children were from the village of Trenadette, so they were to be sent at last.

The fairies, who had abandoned their children, returned to their fairy land in the morning, thanked by the villagers.

Melvi, anyway, says the other fairies can't stay away from fairy land for too long.

And a day of walking from the village of Liberet.

We arrived in the village of Trenadette by sundown.

My maid, Steph, says she's the daughter of the village chief.

The line headed to the village chief's house with Stef's guidance.

Along the way, the parents of the children they brought rushed to me and there was an act of hugging the children.

The children, too, were still scared, crying and clinging to their parents.

At the end of an inspiring reunion, I decided to ask him to hang out with me to the village chief's house for the time being for a report.

"This is, welcome, ma'am. They've rescued the children, too, and I won't thank them as much."

The village chief was a merchant-style man about forty years old.

I've never seen a real person before.

"- Dad!"

Stef says.

"Here, Steph. You will serve the Viscount of Culver. Give up your place."

"Ha..."

Embarrassed in a gentle tone, Stef looks a little swollen.

"Ma'am, is my Stephanie helping you?

"Yeah, of course it is. Edgar-kun's surveillance... wasn't it, he's doing well as a maid with Edgar-kun"

You just said surveillance!?

"Hmm... your boy's. It's an honor to be entrusted with a major role, Steph."

"Oh, hiccup! Oh, right!

Steph answers in advance.

You're just watching me as I read books and improve my skills, but when it comes to big roles, you're a big player.

"Whatever, you'll be tired today. We expect you to leave soon for the city of Phono, but please relax."

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Midnight...

Needless to say, I don't need to sleep.

Nevertheless, we can't practice magic in people's homes, so when it comes to what we can do, it's about maximum MP expansion.

Melvi is also asleep at night, so she has no one to talk to, just silently [physics magic] and repeats the usual routine of putting together what comes to mind and disarming it.

So I could also notice the whispers coming from the back of the house.

Clarifying his ears, it's apparently Stef and the village chief he's talking to.

I worked for "work" taking care not to listen because it wasn't stealing and listening to parent-child conversations, but from one moment on, it became clear that I heard a sudden leak.

I think I [appraise] myself.

Edgar Culver

Level 31

HP 63/63

MP2092/2092 (181 )

Skills

· Mythological

[Not easy to work] -

[Instant Interpreter] -

· Epic

[Appraisal] 9 (MAX)

[Database] -

- Masterclass

[Physical Magic] 8 (1 )

[Additional Magic] 3

[Magic control] 6

[Characterless activated] 6

[Magic Language] 1 (NEW!

- Generic

[Spear] Five.

[Flying Sword] 2

[Hand-backed sword moves] 4 (1 )

[Axe Throw] 2

[Knife Throwing] Two.

[Fire Magic] 7 (1 )

[Water Magic] 2

[Wind Magic] 6

[Earth Magic] 2

[Light Magic] 3 (1 )

9 (MAX)

[Magic manipulation] 9 (MAX)

[Concurrently activated] 9 (MAX)

[Magic sensing] 1 (NEW!

[Cryptographic Decryption] 2 (NEW!

[Listening] 1 (NEW!

"Protecting the Good God +1"

In the meantime, I wondered if I could use the [database] to display the rising width of my status, and I could do it when I tried.

Because it's convenient, I think I'll go with this in the future.

But, hey, you've been getting more skills lately, and your status display's getting messy.

Let's take a look at your spare time next time so that you can only get rid of the information you need.

Now, I know there are a few sticking points, but what matters now is the [listening ear] added at the end of the generic skill.

I was going to be careful not to ask, but you seemed to care about it the other way around.

For once, confirmation that the blackcrumbs had created the awareness that they had that kind of skill, which led to the acquisition of skills...... something could happen.

Besides, my mastery of [listening ears] has made the audio I hear much clearer.

I think I can just ON-OFF, but I don't know how to do it because it's right after I acquire skills.

I hear a conversation between Stef and the village chief.

"It was with your amulet, young man, but how about it? Anything unusual?

"... Rather, it's only unusual."

Stef was unusual and not a tribute.

No, is this the normal one?

"What do you mean?

"I haven't been born a year, but it's that size, isn't it?

"But you said it was because of the leveling.

Well, it's an anomaly in itself for such a young child to level up, but that family has a lot of geniuses.

Mr. Berhardt, Mr. Chester, Mr. David.

No, in the first place, I'm in the realm of genius enough from my wife, who was an A-rank adventurer, and my husband, who is a young, two-named soldier. "

"... even if I used magic in my first six months of life and can now normally read and write?

"What!

"I'm still supposed to be a baby, but I've been caged in the study for over half a day and eager to read the book, and especially the book on magic seems to memorize what's important.

For the other half of the day, go out into the courtyard and see what's fun, all the time, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. "

"All the time."

"Anyway, I've been doing things I don't really understand."

"Something I'm not sure about?

"One day, for about five minutes, I kept throwing firewood magically toward them. Ever."

"Firewood...?

"The next day with needles, the next day with tree branches. Afterwards, I'm sure it was a sword or a spear. I can't remember my consciousness from the middle of nowhere..."

"Sleeping."

"Ugh. Yeah, but it's the only way. It's five minutes!? All the time, all the time, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."

"That's fine."

"Anyway, I keep throwing stuff with a cool face. Father knows how spicy you have to watch that all the time by your side!?"

"Ugh... that sounds crazy"

"It looks like we're doing something in the middle of the night, so we have to be careful.

Master Julia is like that, so you probably set it up... but it's not normal. "

"Hey, watch your language"

"Huh. But I'm sure Julia and Alfred will think so.

The purpose of this trip to King's Capital is to report an incident at Fort Lanzrack, but I'm guessing it's also a big purpose to get Edgar Boy to see you at the Temple of the Circle. "

"Hum..."

Frequent silence.

"... Speaking of which, how did you end up with Boy? It's strange to leave your precious child with a freshman maid."

"That's because you said I was good."

"Hmm. How is that again?

"I didn't know then, but I figured it out later.

Boy, I think you like boobs. "

Oh, no!

"'Cause if I put you on my lap, you'd bury your head in my boobs on purpose"

"... are you okay, my daughter"

"What are you worried about? They're babies, aren't they?

Haha, and Steph laughs.

"Mm-hmm. Then you're in the color trick. - No, I'm sorry, you said you couldn't."

"So - KIMA - Sooo. I can do as much color tricks as I can - ooh!

"Then do it and see"

"Oh yeah...... uhm?

…………

Painfully silent came down to me, too, not on the spot.

"As, well, it's a joke. You and the young are too old to be apart."

"Yes, it is."

Afterwards my parents daughter's friendliness (?) The interaction continued.

Hi Steph's father - Trenadette's village chief wants to be a direct minister to Alfred's father.

Even so, it doesn't seem to be a solidification of the appetite for birth, but because I want to make it easier for my family.

Stef and I seem to be close.

"If you're about to do something to me, you can come home."

He used to say things like that.

... nothing.

◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆

And the next morning.

I spoke to Steph as he was preparing to leave.

"Hey, does Steph want a crush?

"Yeah...? Why, all of a sudden"

"No, you're not messing with me, are you?

"Oh, yeah...!? No way, no way... haha..."

"Good. I caught that. Nice to see you again, Steph."

Stef gripped back his right hand, which he offered to say so.

"- Yeah, right. I'll keep track of Steph's dad's desire to become a Shin (direct minister), okay?

To my words, Steph was sloppy and sweaty.