The Branded Female Fencer
Guilty Sword of Oath, Part 65 - Mascarade ④ -
Dora was in a hurry to get around the underground waterway. I don't know the directions or anything, but the dark land is as familiar to Dora as the streets she walks in the daytime. Relying on faintly felt signs and air flow, Dora travels through the groundwaterway.
Many signs were gathering in the underground waterway. Dora thinks Jake probably called for backup. It's Jake's behavior, which he sees without looking at, but change has been coming since the awareness of a knight began to budge. In the last Evil Spirit Crusade, Dora was experiencing Jake's change.
"Until a while ago, I was just a kid. Humans grow fast."
Dora had a delightful, sad, yet slightly frightening sensation. The boy, who was ordered to protect him, leaves his own hands at some point. Dora felt like this all the time when her son was nesting.
"I guess I should have had a family, too. Well, I don't feel like it anymore."
With that in mind, Dora grabbed the signs she was used to and turned to you. Now we have to get out of this underground waterway safely at all costs. Dora cared about the three Warcraft in the Dark Green Palace when she heard from Mascarade. But Dora didn't know that all three of them - Javawok, Rockroof and Reiki - were currently away from Arnelia. If he had known that such a warcraft was not in Arnelia and was not a threat to Dora, he might have taken a little safer measures.
Dora whispered for a moment, sneaking behind her goal, pressing her mouth so that she could not speak out loud before diving into her voice and talking.
"It's me, Mascarade."
Dora gently let go of the mascarade after doing the trick of not shouting. If the knights of Arnelia are already here, it's not strange to be accompanied by sensors.
Mascarade also guessed about the area, and after putting up a simple line, he dived into his voice and spoke.
"What's the end?
"Euwayne is dead. We're going to kill the unplanned."
"Unscheduled?
"It's Crudas, the third son of the Lazar family. I had no choice but to protect Jake."
Dora briefly explained her history. Mascalade is listening with a seemingly difficult look.
"... sure, that might be unavoidable"
"The aftertaste is bad."
"Until then, is it worth protecting that boy?
"Yes, that's why I was undercover. At least that's what Oranzeble and I stomped on."
"Now that Euwayne is dead, I'm going to continue Arnelia's latency, but should I secretly protect him?
"I'm glad you care. But if you haven't been ordered, you don't have to. Besides, you might not have to. That boy is just trying to protect himself now."
"Okay. Then you should be handling the escape route. Come here."
Mascalade tried to guide Dora as soon as possible. Ask for Mascarade's expression while Dora continues later.
"Have you dropped your drinks?
"Somewhat. I guess Euwayne was going to be fleeing to the dark clouds, but the trap I flickered through the underground waterways is something that affects people's behavior. He seemed to escape in necessity, and I wanted to make him realize that he was actually just going around the same place. Is it the only heartbreak you couldn't tell me in your ear that you died because I lured you in?
But it still doesn't fit the sleigh with Bradymaria's family. I'm really angry, even though I don't think I should go against it. "
"I have no choice. Sconner and Seeker are proud races. I can't help it if they're impatient. First, there can't be anyone who fits Brady Maria and Sleigh. He only thinks about whether he can obey or kill."
"You talk as if you knew about Sconner."
"That's right. I've known Sconner and Seeker for a long time. Whatever happened, the truth about history."
Dora's words stop Mascarade's legs.
"... So you also know why I'm doing this?
"I have an approximate idea. That's a tricky thing to do, I'll see."
"... no, I was comforted by that one word. Come here."
Mascarade continued to guide him while suppressing anything slightly sticking up to his chest. I'm not doing it because I want to be recognized by someone else, but there are still times when I'm honestly happy.
The location where Mascalade led Dora was one of the entrances to the groundwaterway. It is the entrance on the back street of Arnelia, so it is made in a very discreet place. When you unlock it there, it's not popular outside. The time was already midnight.
Mascalade snorted, letting Dora out. Dora, when you go outside and check the perimeter, you look back at the mascarade.
"You used to have a key."
"I just mocked one of the surrounding knights and replicated the key into a slightly borrowed gap. The keys are replaced once a month and the magic applied to the door is updated from time to time. It was pretty tough, wasn't it? I'll also give you the key to the main entrance exit on the west side, which I got under the same procedure. This is the path I was originally thinking about for my escape. With this, you'll be able to get inside the gate. I don't know the detailed procedure because there's still a lack of investigation from there, but you can handle it."
"At the end of the day it may help, but we'll figure it out if it's other than smashing through the front gate in a physical way. What are you gonna do?
"Let's think about some new escape route again. The lurking is still going to prolong, so I'll take my time thinking about it.
This is the next step, but in half an hour there will be a small fire (boya) out of the nearby liquor store. Some of the guards at the gate will be on their way to that fire extinguishing operation, so break the gate into that gap. It's really hand exploration before that. Take care. "
"Yeah, you're a master, too."
Dora and Mascalade left the scene with only a brief greeting, Dora hid herself as she slid into the darkness of the town, and Mascalade returned to the underground waterway again. Use the underground waterway to return to your home. The ground is already late at night, and the settlements of Seekers with restrictions on movement and work are already closed to entry and exit. How suspicious it would be to return from the table.
Mascalade had heartily praised the Arnelian Church for not putting its trust in the Seekers yet, but now it was just a pain in the ass. Because of this, we have to do this kind of crossing.
Mascalade hurriedly moved around the groundwaterway with a sigh. Even the shortest route would take nearly half an hour. Tomorrow morning as Amir serving Fenna is early. Mascalade hurried to see if he would get in the way of his job as it was.
Was there alarm at the behavior? Mascalade felt some sign of someone sneaking right behind him, poking his nostalgia dagger back out. There can't be any allies here. Then I thought I wouldn't mind killing him without having to confirm, but the opponent was a much better opponent in melee than Mascalade.
Mascarade's dagger was easily knocked down, and Mascarade was quickly restrained in the back.
Continued