The Undetectable Strongest Job: Rule Breaker

The college has a research building the same size as a lecture building.

Katie's lab was on that second floor.

When Hikaru arrived, Kotobi's humane research assistant sent him inside.

The lab itself should be large, but the workbenches and bookcases are compressed because of the narrow location and the line of magic tools. Dry bird feet, blue flowers, some unclear crystals, magic formations painted on parchment -- clutter that I can't imagine from a crisp and tidy Katie.

"Oh, I'm sorry to bother you. Guys, take your seats off for a second."

Katie said, standing by her - naturally we were going to attend this interview ourselves - the research assistants looked surprised.

Then I see Hikaru in a lot of ways.

"But, Doctor. We're assistants. If you're involved in research, you know you need to hear it."

"Talking to Hikaru is not research. It's a private matter. So take your seats off."

Private, the research assistants who deepen their surprises when they hear it, but I guess they have to back off when they say so the other way around. When he scowled at Hikaru, he left as he was.

"Is that okay?

When Hikaru hears after making sure they've all left,

"Oh, I'm sorry about the bumps. Don't be offended. I'm a very enthusiastic and thoughtful assistant, but I'm just a little too enthusiastic."

Oh, the way you peeled out your emotions, rather than being research enthusiastic.

(Aren't you obsessed with this instructor?

And Hikaru thought.

"By the way —— they seem to be listening right outside the door, okay?

Hikaru's "Magic Detection" clearly shows his assistants snapping against the wall.

with a gentle crease between her eyebrows. Katie groaned,

"Sure, it was around here."

A cluttered workbench was fished and a treasured hippo was removed at both ends.

"Grab one."

"What is it, this?

"It's a sound insulating magic guide. There is no sound leaking around. Well, I can't even hear it coming from the outside."

"Heh..."

Impressed by the fact that some of these magic devices were available, Hikaru grabbed one end of the treasure ball.

I am attacked by a strange feeling like a membrane strained around me.

"Well, Hikaru. Are you a student here? I've never seen him before."

"I enrolled about a month ago."

"Do you want to be a magic conductor?

"No... I just wanted to ask my teacher a few questions"

"You mean my brother, Kelbeck?

"Huh... brother?

"What. Didn't you know he was my brother?

KELBECK -- "Head of the Bandit Guild" and a lecturer at the Academy are brothers and sisters?

"I didn't know. I thought the vibe was a little similar."

"-- What if you met your brother?

"Yes. To be honest, I had no idea what Mr. Kelbeck's background was."

"Really... can you tell me about my brother?

"Fine. Why don't you tell me what I want to hear instead?"

"I want to hear about what"

"About the Sacred Devil"

Tingling, and Katie's eyebrows moved.

"Fine."

Then Hikaru told us what he knew about Cerbec.

Nor was Cerbec supposed to be particularly hiding what was lurking in Pond's basement - although of course it wasn't a hustle and bustle - so I decided to tell him everything.

Katie didn't even know Cerbec was in the Kingdom of Pawnsonia.

"Right..." Bandit Guild. "If you say he's my brother, he is."

"Why did Mr. Kelbeck leave the Union of Foresties?

"We had a rough fight."

Kelbeck also gained fame in Kotobi as a magic conductor. But some were naturally jealous of the talent.

The leg pulls that followed —— Kelbeck, disgusted by all that, left Kotobi.

"But I'm relieved to hear you. My brother would do well anywhere."

He said, "You know, he was doing some pretty dangerous stuff."

"Develop unknown demonic conductors and make them smell like they belong to you. So I actually use it to show it —— to boast about the unexpectedness of its use and the complexity of its structure. It's my brother's way. That's how you sell yourself into all sorts of people."

"... you have a good personality"

"Hehe. Funny guy, isn't he?

She was pale Katie, but the look she laughed at was full of femininity around her age.

(Doesn't look like that tough Kelbeck sister... but it looks somewhere similar)

"Thank you for sharing your brother's story. Well, the next thing you know. Why would you be interested in The Sacred Devil? If you don't mind, let me know."

"Pure intellectual curiosity, then no?

"Not so many people know about 'The Sacred Devil', and they say it's 'Unfeasible' and 'Fairytale Picture Aerial' in the first place? It's about me who's doing a decent research on 'The Sacred Devil', and even then many laugh recklessly"

"But there must have been traces of the 'Holy Demon' on the artifact that was excavated from Tubra, right?

"There was... more than that, there's the phrase 'Holy Demon' in some of the murals, and that's just how I explain how to use the artifact. It seems that weapons and weapons still have the power of the time, but they have been given to the government of the United Nations and are kept in strict custody"

"Isn't the teacher studying the physical nature of those weapons?"

"There's no way I'm going to let a scholar touch me. Instead, nobody touches it. Now I said 'storage' but it would be close to 'sealing'. I wonder if the day will come when the seal will be unsealed when around Pawnsonia attacked"

"Not so much."

As a result of the loss of technology and knowledge, "Holy Demon" now seems unlikely in this world.

Hikaru thinks.

(I think this guy is a trustworthy person. He seems to be honest with me when he first met me. Of course, I don't know what you're thinking at the bottom of your belly-- you can't even get information if you don't show me what this one shows.)

I made up my mind.

I want to entrust it to this man.

"... Doctor, I'd like to ask you nothing else"

"Oh, what?

"Perhaps I have a weapon using the Holy Demon."

"What?

The "what?" was close to the meaning of "I would be mistaken anyway".

Well, listen, Hikaru moved on.

"This is it."

Hikaru put it on the workbench when he took out the Revolver. Katie's brow said, "Yeah?" and go up.

"It's a revolver that ejects magic by pulling a trigger. There are six bullets, containing four types of Spirit Magic Fire, Wind, Water, Soil, and two types: Holy and Evil. Oh, I'm only guessing about evil. It was an extremely powerful magic, so I thought" Holy Demon "might be used."

"Hey, wait a minute...... Hikaru. Where'd you get this?

"It's a Pawnsonian dungeon: The Underground of the Ancient Divine People."

"It's a high-difficulty dungeon! Are you sure this is a weapon that uses' Holy Demon '?!?"

"That's what you said."

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You finally believe me, open your mouth pompously, look at Revolver, and then look at Hikaru.

"Hikaru......"

said Katie in a blurred voice.

"Who knows about this weapon?

"Just me and my partner."

"Never leak anything else."

"From the beginning, he said it was useless to say anything else --"

"Oh, yeah, I did! That's what you said! I'm sorry —— I have a lot of 'Holy Demon' items coming in to me. And all of that was a fake thing."

"All of it?

"All of it. No, look at one. That's everything. Looks like only one exception was brought in today"

"Well, after looking into it, it may have nothing to do with 'The Sacred Devil'. Can you look into this weapon?

"Of course! All right, me?

"I don't mind. I don't know anything about magic tools —— there's a little bit about magic."

"The magic tricks and magic are pretty much the same."

"Really? But I think it's biased as knowledge."

That knowledge is Roland's remaining knowledge inside Hikaru. Specializes only in the art of crossing the world.

"Doctor, there are two conditions."

"... I guess so. Such a rare weapon. I thought you'd never show me for free."

"Uh, no, that's not what I meant. One is not to publish the results of the research. Me and my partner —— by the name of Lavia —— will only be able to publish it to a third party if she and the three teachers agree."

"Hmm... you don't seem to want to spread this research very much"

"You might be in danger."

In Hikaru, I was concerned about the doomed Ancient Poern Senior Dynasty.

That underground king's capital where the giants were sent.

Whose, whose, what kind of reverse scale did you touch?

Until we figure that out, we'd better lay low about getting involved in that dynasty, about the "Holy Demon".

"Okay, I don't mind. What's the other condition?

"I want you to study the bullet and the Revolver separately. This means as anti-theft because Revolver and bullets make sense for the first time on the set. Not that I doubt the teacher--"

"Of course! I guess that's natural. As far as I'm concerned, I was only going to study it under your watch."

"No... because that's just troublesome"

Research will take quite some time. All that time, it's a waste of time to have to watch it on the side.

"In the meantime, I'll give you the bullet first. This is six bullets, and five of these have been ejected, so it's carrappo inside --"

"Wait a minute! ejected!? You shot him!?"

"Yes."

"How could that be... a waste!

"I can't replace you with life."

To Hikaru's words, Katie's expression, which was exciting, cools softly.

"Right...... right. You're an adventurer."

"Yes."

"Our researchers are conducting research based on the fruits obtained by adventurers. It's a relic, it's a catalyst. Life is definitely the most important thing. I'm sorry. I was rude."

"It's not enough to apologize. The empty pods all look the same, but I'll give you two just in case."

"Thanks"

With both hands, Katie, who was received with respect to being given even a gem,

"... Well, Hikaru. Tell me a lot before you do your research. I want to know what kind of magic it was, the shape and size of the ejection, and everything I know about it."

Katie, who prepares pens and vegetable paper, was sparkling her eyes.

Hikaru laughs bitterly that you're a root researcher.

"So is magic...... I don't know if it helps, but you should also talk about the area where you discovered Revolver"

"Wow. You got something interesting to tell me?

"There was a thing called 'Holy Demon Ball' next to Livolver, and it seemed like a chunk of pure energy"

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Katie, then silenced for about 10 seconds plenty,

"You mean you found the 'Holy Demon'!?"

I shouted out loud.

Fortunately, that voice did not leak outside thanks to the sound insulating magic conductor.