It was thunderous rain.

The pounding rain of cobblestones makes a white splash.

Hikaru, who has come out without a coat, comes to the desired Count Morgustadt's Separate Mansion, even though he is frightened.

(25 min)

I also thought about going in through the back door, but the key wasn't open. I lost 5 minutes in vain because of that.

Decide to board dignified from the front.

The front entrance has people in and out for night security. That's why the key isn't on.

Gently grip the hem under the house and cut the water.

Open the door.

"- The other day, it was a great deal of money."

"- Was it the day I was off?"

Bad between.

Two servants wanted to go through.

But... passed.

Hikaru came in, but the two servants who wanted to go through didn't notice at all.

I don't believe it.

I can't believe they don't notice you coming in so grand.

Hikaru noticed that the three skills he had acquired, the skills that go hand in hand with "hiding", seem to exert more power than he could have imagined.

This seemed to be possible on/off, and it seemed odd to say - in a mood - that "secret" is activated when there is one.

A strange feeling that makes your body thinner.

I guess there are no constant night lights or anything like that, it's dark in the mansion.

I have the skills, but still, for once, I pick the shadow and move on. Climb the stairs to the third floor.

…………

A man who looks like a night guard walks over here in pairs.

He's hanging a sword on his hip, an abbreviated knight.

Count Morgustadt is a powerful nobleman in the country, so he could use a knight instead of a guard.

"Mmm."

"What's up?"

One knight, stops.

"... something is uncomfortable"

"What? I don't know."

"Could be an intruder"

Another knight reaches for his lower back sword.

"... no, but he's nowhere to be found?

"That's right..."

One of the knights leans back and touches the floor.

"... you're soaking wet"

"That's right. It's raining outside."

"Did someone come back through the rain?

"I would have used people for the Alchemist Guild to investigate the example of 'daughter'"

"Oh... with that said, you did"

The knight who was succumbing rises with a face like a scabbard of bitters.

"Let's go."

"Mmm, okay?

"It seemed like it was my fault.... than that, I don't even feel like that Count being angry and decently guarded"

"Well, don't say that -"

You two walk away.

"... Phew..."

Hikaru, standing in the shadow of the pillar, exhaled for a long time.

I thought I'd find out.

But Mr. "Hidden" seems to have done a pretty good job. "Perceptual blockade" was correct. The knight earlier had a tendency to rely on smell, air and experience. Definitely not a detective skill.

Plus there was one lucky one.

The knight, who told him to throw up, turned his back when he said "Count".

I mean, there's the Count's room over there.

(15 min)

I also have time.

In fact, I was heartily surprised to hear "20 minutes" earlier. I even thought I'd hear this voice because I was in the middle of a knight approaching me.

"... let's go"

Walk out.

The knights don't even look back.

As the light they hold drifts away, their surroundings are surrounded by darkness.

For once, a window for lighting is attached to the top, and the hallway becomes somewhat brighter when lightning runs.

I wish I had skills such as "dark vision" but in any case the remaining points are 0.

Some parts were fortunate to be dark.

It is easy to see the faint light leaking through the door.

Only one room, the lights were leaking.

Clear your ears in front of the door.

It's hard to hear the rain in the way - but.

"- Hmm? Those idiot barons... you're making a fool of yourself..."

I heard a man.

Of an old man.

Count Morgustadt, in Roland's memory, is a man with total gray hair.

Target is here.

Hikaru's hand, who reached for the door, is shaking.

"-"

Gyu, grip. It's okay. It's okay. I can do it.

I have the heart to come this far and be afraid to notice.

You're gonna do it, aren't you?

You're gonna kill him and you're gonna survive, right?

Tell yourself.

I'm getting calmer and calmer when I'm holding my hand.

There was also sympathy for Roland. I was also interested in the new world. The lust for knowledge nodded.

But at the end of the day, it was - "death" in a previous life - that moved Hikaru into "murder" behavior.

People die easily.

Besides, this world is not like modern Japan.

You can't live without killing me, that's the world too.

(10 min)

When Roland's count was heard, Hikaru opened the door.

Count Morgustadt had his body pointed at the entrance to the room.

I was sitting at the desk and reading something in the light of the lamp.

"Hmm?"

Throw your gaze at the door.

It's like the door's open now.

"Who. You're a security knight?

Or butler - but at this hour, I never come without calling from here. Not to mention there's no way you don't knock.

The door is closed.

"... are you out of your mind"

Drop your gaze at hand.

What's written on the plant paper are a number of reports.

When I dropped my eyes on the last one,

"Hmm, success?"

It's a document in which a covert language is used. On the surface, it can only be read as "quenching a fire in the territory," but the fact of the matter is - it was about killing Viscount Zarasha's son.

"... surprises me. I didn't know you were in Pond..."

Viscount Zarasha's son that he was in this town.

Maybe he came here to kill himself. I was lucky to be able to confirm my whereabouts first and to be pointing my hand at them.

"Damn, parents and children are abominable. But the Zarasha family is over. And then my time..."

- You're not.

Unexpectedly, I felt I heard such a voice, and Count Morgustadt was bewildered.

But there's no sign of another human being indoors.

"Who!?"

Open the desk drawer and reach for the bell inside.

This is an item that the guards will be informed of anywhere in the mansion once it rings.

"Ohhhhhhhh!?"

But the hand that touched the bell stopped on the drawer.

He was stabbed in the palm of his hand from above.

"Oh, oh, before...!?"

Fear strikes with pain.

Straight next to him, there was someone who wasn't supposed to be there.

"Roland-Nu-Zarasha...... well, its understudy. I'll get your life."

"Hey, why..."

"Die."

Blood drips from the pulled out short knife.

Then, the more unnaturally, the blade slipped into the flesh.

But without hesitation, the boy stuck a blade in Count Morgustadt's heart.

"- Gu Bu."

Guru, twisting the stabbed blade, Count Morgustadt threw up blood and fell on the spot...

"Ha, ha..."

Count Morgustadt's body is rolling in front of Hikaru.

My body is hot. I felt like I wanted to run out and raise my voice right now.

For a moment, just for a moment, Hikaru's body did not move.

Because Roland tried to get his body back from Hikaru.

With about 10 minutes left, Roland tried to kill the Count "on his own" by sealing Hikaru's will.

(... who's you)

Roland's voice like a shudder.

"I won't let you do it.... when I did it, I decided."

I decided to live.

If that condition was "murder," it had to be done.

Out of the blue, I had a calm self.

(... thanks)

The warmest I've ever heard, I heard Roland.

It was like a sincere regret, but a satisfied voice.

(... I'm gone. No money, no honor, but because that body is yours...)

I feel Roland's soul disappear from my body.

(... yours, what's your name?

Hikaru, he replied.

(... thank you, Hikaru... my, our Zarasha family benefactor... I pray all the time, that your... future is bright...)

The last Roland shard disappeared.

"... disappeared"

I made good on my promise, I had little sense of accomplishment.

The bitter sentiment of killing people overwhelmingly occupied my mind.

I felt like sitting on the spot.

"Did you kill him?

!?

That's when I noticed the door to the room was open.

It was the girl who stood.

Blue eyes on silver hair, clear white skin.

Human separated - she was a beautiful girl.

Did they see you? No, they noticed.

What shall we do?

In this situation, I can't escape.

"... the call rang. The knight is coming."

!!

Hikaru hadn't noticed, but when he pulled the knife out of Count Morgustadt's hand, his fingertips were touching the bell.

Bell was rolling and making a small noise in the drawer.

I can hear footsteps approaching this room.

What to do, what to do, what to do.

Will you be able to escape with "secret"...

Then the girl pointed softly.

"On the balcony, there's a rope. I can go down from there to the ground floor."

――――

Is it true? No, why would this kid tell me that?

"Hurry."

I can't afford to be lost.

Hikaru dashed.

When I opened the door to the balcony, did the thunderclouds leave, and the strong winds were blowing, but the rain had stopped.

Sure, there's a rope. Could be for emergency escape.

Put it down outside. Tell them and start going down.

I can't get down well because my hands are shaking.

Beyond closed doors, I hear noisy voices.

"- Miss Lavia, why are you here -"

What does it have to do with the Count ringing the bell?

"- Oh, hey, this! The Count is down!! -"

Makes a lot of noise.

"Assassination."

Along with the conclusion that, when the balcony door was opened - the rope that was lowered was just hanging out and shaking.

"Exactly, if we get this far... you'll be fine..."

It was exhausting.

I couldn't go back to a luxury hotel.

There are two reasons. One thing is, there's nothing in the hotel anymore. The golden-eyed one had been taken away by the assassin. To make the crime look like a robbery. So I don't have the benefit of going back to the hotel.

The other one - the face.

"... this is my body"

Is it about 4: 00 at dawn?

Now after 4 o'clock in the early summer it brightens up white.

A face reflected in a puddle.

Dark brown hair, dark brown eyes.

There is little shadow of Roland - he was becoming the face of Hikaru in his previous life.

It is twitching and turning from brown to black.

My soul is getting acquainted with my body.

"... Nevertheless, you're tired"

Hikaru was in a sparsely populated place throughout the city.

It was a cemetery.

Hikaru closed his eyes by bringing his body to the giant tree that was growing on the cemetery grounds.

- With that said... that girl. How could you let me get away with this?

First sleep in another world.

I didn't dream.