Two days after Minerva was attacked at the forge of the Duke's mansion.
Aldiz is called by the Duke and is informed that the backfire of the raid has been revealed. The mastermind is noble. He was a marquis with the first prince of the prince and a younger daughter.
The name was an aristocratic, unfamiliar to him, but Ardis was firmly burned in his mind as an enemy who put his important students at risk. According to the Duke's story, Aldis himself seems to have been reprimanded as a hindrance to the assassination of her daughter.
`` If you are as good as you will be, you will not be late, but be careful just in case ''
After receiving the strength and grateful advice, Aldis frowns on the duke's scum. There is no real need to teach Ardis, who is merely a guide, the scourge of the assailant, even if he is on guard. The fact that the Duke, who knows it, bother revealing the existence of the Mastermind, obviously has the intention of involving Aldis in this matter.
Of course, Minerva is no longer stranger to Aldis. He is an important student who has taught swordplay for half a year, once every three days. So of course I felt resentment of the assailants and their mastermind.
"Because nobles have the means of retaliation, nobles."
With the Duke smiling so coldly, it was clear that she was going to do something about the Marquis. What Aldis should do is deal with the assailants who are the perpetrators.
Aldis, who has resigned from the Duke, instructs Rona to join to protect Minerva.
"Please follow Minerva for a while."
"Isn't it okay? What about Al?"
"Is it?"
Aldis laughs with just her mouth, as if she had decided.
"I'm going to come this time."
"Is that something more interesting?"
"I can't afford to be near Minerva, and can we expect meals and snacks all day long?"
"Mmm ..."
Rona thinks a little and then gives up as if she gave up.
"Yes, I see. I'll give it to Al this time. Leave me to Minerva."
"Oh, please. I can be rampaged with this."
The next day, Ardis told Minerva that he would suspend training for some time.
"Well, I'm fine! I'm not injured, and I've been off for three days, so I'm good enough!"
"Oh, that doesn't mean that."
Aldis adds words to Minerva, who seems to be misunderstanding.
"I just can't get enough time, it's not what Minerva is.
"Is it because of the teacher?-I understand that. I'll do my best to clear that challenge."
Aldis nodded to Minerva with a positive atmosphere, saying, "I'm sorry."
"Well, I'd like to keep Rona while I'm busy, can you ask?"
"Do you want Rona?"
"I don't care about that, because I've got permission from the Duke, but I'm afraid that the servants of Rosa are afraid of Rona, so I'll have to ask Minerva to take care of it."
"No problem at all! Leave the care of Rona until the teacher returns!"
Minerva leans forward and accepts a bite. Rona seems to like her very much.
"Yes, I'm saved. This is a thank you, get me."
Aldis, who was able to attach Rona to Minerva as expected, gave the student a sword with a length of about 70 cm in his hand.
"What? Short Sword ...?"
"Take it for self-defense. Because it has my magic, it's better than selling it around."
Although the expression of Aldis was modest, the main body was a gem made of heavy iron struck by one of the foremost blacksmiths, Schmeltz in the royal capital. Furthermore, it is a magic sword to which Aldis added protection magic. If the value goes to the market, 100 gold coins will be useless.
"Thank you!"
Minerva, who doesn't know that, is smiling with a great smile whether she is glad that she was given a sword purely by the teacher. To be honest, I don't think Aldis has a noble lady who has been given a sword to radiate her joy, but she didn't care.
If Rona protects you, you can rest assured that the next raid will come while Aldis is away. There is no such thing as being able to outwit this buddy.
Aldis asks Rona, "I'll ask you," and leaves the Duke's mansion.
Three days ago, the guards of the Duke's mansion were in the way and missed some of the assailants. Although it is unavoidable that he could not leave the situation in a situation, it is a bit disappointing result for Aldis.
"Well, don't worry about having your students reach out and think they're free."
Fearlessly speaking on the street where no one was listening, he lowered his three swords into his waist and stepped into the city.
He appears at several taverns, finds the person he wants, and approaches with a grin. The person with the smile was desperately trying to look away with a face as if he had bitten a worm.
"Yo, Cesare"
"……Thanks"
Of course he can't escape Aldis. For Cesare, an informant, Ardis is a guest no matter what he or she wants.
"... what is it?"
Probably, Aldis's expression seemed to be something that was not Roku. Cesare reluctantly asked for directions.
"I want to buy information"
"What information do you want?"
Cesare moves on to business with an abandoned face.
"Do you know that the duke's house was attacked by someone three days ago?"
"Well ... this is the edge of an information store."
Gagging For the raid on the Duke's House, a temporary decree has been set. Daytime It is too bad to say that a high-class noble mansion was attacked dignifiedly in the middle of the royal capital. This is true even for the Duke himself, and in terms of the security of the royal capital, the face of the royal family, the nation, and the army will be crushed.
Nevertheless, a massive explosion of magic stones has taken place to the extent that it allowed intruders at night. Shut No matter how concerned people spoke, the information of the turmoil ran from human mouth to mouth at a tremendous speed.
Of course, if you are an information store, you know it. After confirming that, Aldis told him straightforwardly.
"I want information on the assailants."
"If you say it sells, you sell it ... but what are you going to do when you hear it?"
No matter what you think, there will be signs of trouble. Cesare does not hide his disgusting face. Normally, there is no such question as to the situation of the partner between the information store and the customer, but it seems that the circumstances since the first meeting have stimulated Cesare's caution, and he is behind the scenes I started exploring the situation.
"I don't think it's just a little too much.
"I don't think you were attacked separately."
"I haven't been to the Duke family so far. I can't tell you more, but I get paid from the Duke to work."
"I know that."
"I don't need to say that, I put my hand on my important student. I'll have to get a certain tail back."
Cesare sighs big. As you can see from the picture, he also knows that Aldis teaches swordsmanship to Minerva as a guide.
Aldis and Cesare have been together for a long time. Although Cesare may be reluctant, he has exchanged enough words to understand that in this situation he is not the kind of character that makes Aldis quiet.
"I have to say, the opponent is a big organization. Even if the duke is behind, if you crush, you will have a tail afterwards? It's a different story from a demon opponent."
Aldis responds lightly to Cesare, who utters his words.
"OK, OK"
"What's okay ..."
Again sighing, Cesare reluctantly offered Aldis an information fee.
In addition to the story heard from the Duke, Aldis obtained information from Cesare in exchange for several gold coins.
Regardless of his personality, it is a top-notch information store recognized by Aldis. About the organization to which the assailant belongs, I was able to know necessary information such as the base and the number of members.
The organization, centered on the royal capital and extending to the city-state union and empire, seems to be well known in the back society. He seems to be assassinating, intelligence and sabotaging at the request of his employment, as well as trafficking and buying and selling illegal goods and, in some cases, robbery.
"There's no need to take extra care"
Appearance When Aldis said that, Cesare was frowning at his good face.
There is no decent organization to undertake assassination with gold, and Aldis decides to smash it thoroughly.
As he emerged from the bar, Aldis walked down the boulevard and made plans for the future.
"It's okay to hit the body first ... Is it tedious to be crushed and escaping to different parts of the world? Far away-first crushing the base in the empire, and then in the city federation If you crush ... "
Walk while checking the organization's base information obtained from Cesare with the memo at hand.
"Oh, there's a base in Tria too.
Aldis frowned on the name of the unfamiliar land, but immediately threw out his concerns, saying, `` Well, if you sneak in the middle of the night, you won't find a guard, '' and immediately abandoned it was not a big deal. .
Two days later. Someone at the corner of the favela in the Armenian Empire capital is ruining the organization's stronghold.
Several people who had left the base at the time of the assault evacuated and relocated to the Nagras city, where the organization's headquarters is located. Of course, they don't even know of the horrors that will strike them a few days later.