When I got home from work that day, Adley, standing in front of the mansion door, rushed over here as if she was waiting.
"Dear Richter! Welcome home!
"Oh, Adley? So, how was your day? Did you get any information?
I ask that to Adley, who welcomed me, while remaining as calm as possible.
A week has passed since Ceres escaped.
I searched the whole city that day when I saw a room with a shell. But in the end, I couldn't find Ceres. Besides, even the means of escape cannot be traced, so it continues to this day.
If you think in common sense, it's impossible for Ceres to escape alone. So I think there was probably cooperation by someone. And it also has an approximate eye-catcher of a collaborator… I'm sure he won't break his mouth no matter how much he asks.
─ ─ You did it, Nate. But I will never give up. I will definitely try to take Ceres back from you.
"Yeah, that's... and I asked the grocery store general. As a result, it turns out Nate has been on vacation for about a week now...... She didn't tell me where she was going in particular, but just left out saying," I'm going on a trip for a while. "
"Right...... Just about the same time Ceres disappeared. I still have something to do with it..."
When I finished listening to Adley, I scratched my head sneezing with my right hand to distract my boiling hatred.
I'm pretty sure Nate is involved in Ceres' escape. The question is, how did you take the contract ring off?
For once, I know that there is a way to forcibly terminate the contract of servitude. However, the necessary magic equipment for this purpose cannot be obtained without the permission of the management facility. He won't lend it that easy where Nate, Lean, asked him to "lend it to me," even though he doesn't have any particular need.
"Um, Master Richt. Sounds like a good offer, but shouldn't you take some time off...? Since Master Ceres went missing, he hasn't had much sleep..."
"... Huh! Can you stay swallowed in this situation! Ceres is gone!?"
"Shh, excuse me..."
Adley, surprised at me for suddenly vandalizing her voice, shrinks herself like she was frightened. I'm sure it was unexpected because I had never yelled at him before.
Seeing Adley react like that, I realized I had unconsciously hit eight, and I stunned my mouth as a hag.
"The... I know how you feel. But if you stay like this, you'll fall down one day. I'm just worried about Richter..."
……
"Besides, it wasn't decided that Nate was the killer yet..."
"If it wasn't him, who else would there be?
"It's..."
That's it, Adley mouthcages. After a brief silence, I opened my mouth to dispel the awkwardness.
"It hits the wind a little at night. Oh, and... it's late at night, so I don't mind sleeping first today."
"... Yes, I did. Take care."
That's what Adley said, he graciously went back to the mansion.
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─ ─ Ceres... where the hell are you...?
Perhaps Ceres is no longer in this town.
So even though I have to move on to my next action quickly, my head doesn't work well because I don't want to believe the fact that 'Ceres abandoned himself'.
Second, I remember one day in my previous life. In my childhood, Chizuru and I used to play hide-and-seek outside.
If I had become a ghost, I would have found Chizuru almost immediately, but I couldn't find her just once, no matter how much I looked for her.
I couldn't find it in the evening, so I searched around for Thousand Cranes crying.
In the end, Chizuru was just hiding somewhere he was not usually likely to hide. It seems that Chizuru, tired of waiting, fell asleep there, and, driven by the anxiety of "I guess I'll never see you again," he searched everywhere desperately, without even knowing my mind. "Wang, ooh. You finally found me," she smiled innocently as she said what a swallowing thing, happily hugging me all the time.
It's like that time. My heart is about to be crushed by the anxiety and anxiety I can't help it.
One day, I was ready for a day like this. But... I'm scared. I'm helpless and scared. I can't wait to be scared and scared to leave Ceres like this.
After wandering the city for about an hour thinking about it, I turned my heels back to gradually return to the mansion.
"Am I abandoned by you? You're the only one who's ever gonna abandon me... even though I believed that."
─ ─ "Don't betray yourself" while keeping all that terrible treatment against her? Aren't the bugs too good for you?
As soon as I spoke to myself, I thought I heard Nate from nowhere. Although I rushed to look around, I couldn't confirm Nate's appearance. Probably a kind of phantom.
As Adley pointed out, I haven't slept much in the past week. It is not strange to hear an illusion due to extreme fatigue.
"Why what...? I've always done everything in my power to protect you. I'm the only one who can protect you. I understand you better than anyone, and I love you more than anyone else. Yet... why do you choose him again?
I look up to the night sky to ask Ceres, and again zero to myself.
As he climbed the hill in a fluttering, unwavering foothold, he accidentally felt signs of people behind his back. I don't know if they will one day. But there doesn't seem to be any doubt that someone is following them.
"... who?
When I never looked back at my intentions, there was a man there who looked familiar.
It's Krisfel. It's hard to see his face under this slight moonlight, but he was so convinced by the invincible grin he immediately floated.
"Good evening, Richt."
"Are you...! Why are you here...?
"Oh, I'm sorry I seem to surprise you. Actually, I was on my way to the mansion to visit you. Then I see your hindsight just in front of me. I was just about to speak up."
"Really..."
That's right, I'll reply and turn to him first. What the hell is this guy doing here at this hour?
I said "I want time" before, so did I come to cut the paralysis and remind you?
"So, what can I do for you? If you mean the example promise, I would have told you 'please give me some time'..."
"That's exactly what I wanted to hear about that promise. Let me just say... actually, you're going to write off that promise, aren't you?
"Become..."
"As far as that reaction is concerned, my reading seems to have hit me. You were going to kill me socially and not make that promise, weren't you?
……
That's what they ask, and they look away unintentionally.
But it doesn't seem like it's all a prospect. Although it was somewhat obvious, he didn't even think I was planning his assassination.
"Ha... what a ridiculous thing. Whatever it takes to drag you out of your current position… it's impossible."
"Well, what do you think? Though I think it's possible to bury me in the dark with a cutter like you."
……
"Well, that's why... I let you get ahead of me"
"Leading the way...? What the hell do you mean...?
"Of course it's about your sister."
"... Huh!
When I heard the words, I crammed into Krisfel.
"My sister... where did you do Ceres!?"
"To be exact, I didn't directly help her escape."
…… I didn't think you could use it to get Nate out. "
"Your answer. Boulder, that's a good guess. You are."
When Krisfel said so, she clapped her praises flauntingly.
"─ If you want to know where Ceres is, help me out. This is the barter for a second deal."
Crisfel coldly said that to me as I stood up.