Besides, I choke my throat unintentionally at Alice, who has a completely different look than before.
Alice grinned and loosened her cheeks.
"Well, sit down. I'll explain what I'm going to do."
Nod at Alice's words, remove the weapon, punish the vulva with dimensional storage (storage), and sit back on the other bed.
"By the way, don't worry, the couple who run this inn are collaborators"
Using exploration (search) for Alice's words and examining the condition of this inn, it can be seen that there are quite a few people upstairs.
Because of the Imperial Capital, the Inn is on three floors, with a dining room and a simple shower room on the ground floor and rooms from the second floor.
And it's weird.
There are about four rooms on each floor, but there are dozens of people on the third floor. It's too dense for a lodging.
- There's one thing I can think of.
"- Alice, is upstairs hiding someone...?
Alice's grin disappeared into my words only for a moment, and she smiled, as usual.
"... I knew it was Towya. The Kingdom of Generation needs to occupy and hide…"
"- You're Asian. Foresters to the Orcs # elves # are not the subject of discrimination in the Lunette Empire. But the kingdom of Generation is human supremacy."
"Exactly. They hide people who couldn't escape at several locations. Of course not everyone was helped, and there are a number of people who were caught and enslaved."
Alice, who is explaining, also held her fist and gave her a slightly regrettable look.
It can't be a normal merchant knowing all this information.
I was able to immediately find out who Alice was.
"Is Alice a spy or something...?
"Humph. That's a good guess. I am one of the detectives everywhere. But if it's Towya, you can be a real couple, okay?
"Leave that alone for the joke and move on"
He pointing his mouth at my words, out of sight, and then he goes on explaining it further.
The explanation lasted until dinner time.
We're having dinner in the dining room with Alice, but there's still no sign of the residents coming down the third floor.
There were a small number of guests who only ate, and we went on to eat in conversation with no other love.
I took a shower and then went back to my room and sat in bed facing Alice.
"Because time is limited. Going to move from the middle of the night."
"Right. I don't have a problem either."
Basically, whether it's late at night, I can move without a problem because of the level. I'm used to abandoned hunting, so it's possible to keep fighting even for a short break in a few days.
Alice said she would only take a little sleep, so I decided to sleep a little too.
"Hey, wake up. It's time to go."
I woke up in Alice's voice. I was already dressed, and for some reason I was wearing a black outfit, covering my face with a cloth.
"Morning. And I'm ready. Really sounds like a secret detective."
Get out of bed. I'll look for costumes from dimensional storage, too. I don't have clothes with me like a secret detective like Alice, but I'm trying to pick out some black outfits and get dressed -.
"Hey, what are you looking at?"
Alice stared as she felt her gaze and turned around as she tried to change her pants.
"No, no, we're a couple, so don't worry about it."
I smile and answer. Throw a black coat at Alice.
"Now hide it even on your face."
That said, I get dressed, take up the coat I threw and weave my feathers.
I don't have it to hide my face, so I wear a hood to hide my face.
"I wonder if that outfit would be a problem. It's time to go. I'll show you the way out of the back door."
When I go down to the ground floor, I go straight into the kitchen, open the back door and go outside.
How familiar is this guy with this inn? Well, I don't know because he said this is one of the bases.
He walked in a narrow alley, concerned for the eyes, and in about twenty minutes, stopped in front of a private house close to the castle.
Alice made a rhythmic knock and the door opened whether it was a signal or not, and a man in his forties or so turned up.
Keep your mouth shut and give us a signal to get in and we'll go inside the house.
The house is no different from a normal private house.
As the man followed him, he uttered only one word, and when he went to the deepest room, he moved the bed to the side, removing the floorboard.
"We're going down here."
Peeping inside, there is a vertical ladder, descending in sequence.
It's careless, but it's like a secret base and it's just a little exciting.
As they all went down, the man lit the lamp. Inside it was like a long cave, a passage that had long been dug forward.
When I opened the door in front of me, there were several men and women there. They are all human beings, and weapons are erected in one corner of the room.
We are prompted to sit in an empty chair surrounding a large table and remain seated.
The table had a map open.
"Let me skip introducing myself. Even if I introduce myself here, it's like a pseudonym."
The man who led me to this room in the basement laughs niggly.
"Oh, I don't mind that. It has nothing to do with the request."
A man pointed to a point on the map and started explaining.
"This underground passage leads to the castle. That's an emergency evacuation route. And we manage this house from generation to generation. For generations."
I know very well that the royal family of this country is admired. This is how I keep secrets for generations. For when something happens.
I might not use that for the rest of my life. Maybe this time it was intentional and I just didn't use it.
I don't know, but the people here live to protect this passage. I felt that way.
"As I explained, the evacuation route from the castle in case of an emergency means that if you follow the other way, you can enter the castle. No one's actually here yet."
"Why is that...?
If we had helped immediately, the royal family now under house arrest could have been helped.
"It should be said that even if we try to help the royal family alone, His Majesty with a strong sense of responsibility will always remain on the spot. As long as the inhabitants of this imperial capital are held hostage... So we wait for those who can help us, and we keep this secret passage."
"Sure...... So you were expecting me?
"I would have it. I'm sure he kept it from Master Gaulos."
I remember. The crest I keep from Gaulos is a dagger that's engraved.
I put the dagger I took out of dimensional storage on the table.
"That's it. For generations it is said that even the royal family obeys the instructions of those who bear the certificate. As a guide.
Did you entrust such an important thing to me, that Gaurus # old man #...
"And even if you go to help the royal family in large numbers, you will soon discover it. If you find out you entered and something happens to the royal family, there's nothing you can do. That's why the guide is chosen."
"And I'm the guide. I know all the way into the castle. There was a lot going on."
Alice came pinching her mouth.
You know the inside of the castle? Even though it's a secret detective's role, Alice, the merchant?
"Why did Alice go through the castle...?
"Um, that's kind of right now. I'll talk to you in a minute."
While questioning Alice clouding her words, she decides to move on.
"So what am I going to break into the castle...?
"I'd like to have that rescued today, but I'm ready here, too. I'm thinking ten days from now. Now with Lian's defeat, the inside of the enemy is rattling and unpredictable."
It's certainly better to decide fast. Whether you want to help or check for cheapness.
Alice and I sneak into the castle and help the royal family is my request.
I sigh without wondering how difficult it would be if it were rank.
But I'm not thinking of coming this far and saying no, and I should be the only one who can help. This castle without the brave will surely not lose. That's why I need to do it.
"Okay. In a final line ten days as planned. I'll make sure you come back at the same time as today."
"Oh, that's fine. You're the only one who can do that."
We checked the underground corridor, then we left the base behind. There was a soldier patrol, but he proceeded through the alley to hide himself and returned from the back entrance to the inn.
Return to your room, get dressed, and then head to bed with Alice.
"Ten days from now is the real deal. Guide me."
"Leave it to me! I'll walk through the city tomorrow afternoon, so I'll get some sleep."
Enter your own bed just a little further away, turn your back on Alice and meditate on your eyes.
I fell asleep either from weariness caused by nervousness or immediately.
I woke up in the light of the sun entering through the window.
When I looked at the next bed, Alice was already awake and was not in her room.
Wake up and stretch once before changing from bed to bed and between one person.
"Alice, where have you been..."
Closed the key to the room and as she went down to the dining room downstairs, Alice was elbowing at the counter and relaxing for a drink.
He waves gently when he notices me.
"Good morning, Towya. We haven't eaten yet, and we'll eat together."
Alice moved to the table with only her drink in her hand.
The dining room was in the morning, but there were no other guests.
Could there be no other guests? When exploration (search) is chanted unchanging, there are still many reactions upstairs.
After all, do you mean all the customers but us are subhuman?
As soon as the innkeeper comes out, I'll ask for breakfast and confirm my plans for today with Alice as it is.
"What do we do with today's plans? I'm also planning on going to the commercial guild during the day, but is there somewhere Towya wants to go?
To be honest, I also want to go to the Adventurer Guild. Though it is commissioned and operated by the state, it has some intention but is essentially independent. I also want to see what's going on.
"I guess I want to go to the Adventurers Guild. I want information on what's going on. Well, I'm not gonna take the request."
Alice's expression clouds just a little on the word Adventurer Guild.
"If you're going to the Adventurer Guild, keep it with me and the couple. But they're coming from another country without a manifest."
Sure it is. Originally, the Adventurer Guild was racially neutral, but this Lunette Empire was explained especially when it was in Lian as having a high subhuman ratio.
Now that we are occupied by the kingdom of Generation, there should be no subhuman adventurers. I think it's an overwhelming pawn shortage to bribe people alone.
If a free adventurer flutters from another country there, he may be caught for sure.
It may be more reassuring to have only been a direct request for escorts as a couple.
"- Okay. I'll keep it only in the middle of escort. Of course, I'm only going to say" couple "as a last resort."
"Then let's split up and act. He seems to be calm."
Meals are served in good time, and we move on with the chatter.
After finishing the meal, we went back to the room once and decided to act alone with each other.
I had asked for the place beforehand, so I left the inn and headed straight to the Adventurer's Guild.
I still saw a lot of scars that I could tell the wide road was after the army had gone on. The Adventurer Guild is about twenty minutes from the inn and was quickly found.
When I opened the door and went inside, people were neglected even though it was early in the morning. After all, all the sub-adventurers escaped, or perhaps the capture reduced people at once.
The building was basically built together, but that's what it should be called the Empire City, the number of reception counters and so on were more numerous and more widely built than any other city.
But a lot of counters had a lot of empty seats.
The gaze gathered for a moment, but scattered quickly as to whether they thought it was a young creation.
Well, normally if you look at me, you just look like a new adventurer...
Keep looking at the requisition board, but there are few requisition tables attached.
I approached the counter and spoke to the receptionist who seemed free.
"I came to Empire City with an escort from the Kingdom of Salandir, but now what?
Remove your guild card from your nostalgia and place it on the counter.
"Was it from another country? Now as you can see, I'm idle. High rank adventurers go out to war and don't go back as is, and so do the sub-adventurers in this war..."
The receptionist gives a sense of sadness.
But all of a sudden, as I read the contents of my guild card, I opened my eyes wide, and I rode out of the counter.