When the girl who also looked like a boy somewhere told me to "hit my master," Hikaru thought -- "Oh, this guy is stupid," he said.

"Then you're not stupid!

"Whoa, was it in your mouth? —— No, you're an idiot, right? I missed you on purpose. It's third-rate to just disappear somewhere. It's second-rate to tail after me. It's out of the question to do a favor."

"Ugh, but I can't help but think of one. —— And first-rate, by the way?

"Think for yourself."

"Terrible!"

What's terrible about it? You could be thanked for saving your life.

Incidentally, Hikaru's criterion of "Top 3 Responses in this Situation" is judged in terms of "whether or not you can fulfil the mission that you are originally asked to perform".

As a spy, "I've been missed and run away" is just a mission failure. Third class.

I don't mind following Hikaru and trying to get information, but this is second-rate. Because you weren't at all aware that Hikaru has been following you, but you can't possibly tail Hikaru.

First class, then -- "pulling out information to the brink". In that respect, I am not wrong to have tried to postpone the conversation. But "do me a favor," and what I'm really trying to ask for was also a good point out of the question.

"Oh, please. I thought there was no one in this world who could beat that master up. But you could do it."

"What kind of master..."

"Well done. You listened!

"That's not what I meant. I'm frightened."

"My master can't see it anyway! He's a genius who disappears!

————

"I can't see it while it blinks a little bit -- YEAH!?"

Hikaru didn't think, he was grabbing the girl Alice's arm.

"That sounds like an interesting story. —— Let's hear more."

Listening to Alice —— Hikaru had one hypothesis with the "master". Or perhaps clams. But you don't have to tell Alice that.

He says the master is a man who calls himself Kakai. Speaking of why Alice told Hikaru such information in a rash —— she had realized that Hikaru was not a person of the enemy country, Pawnsonia. The same goes for the fact that Hikaru missed me, but it also depends on the "profession" she has.

The five-letter God named "Mortal Soul Color Discerning God: Soul Leader" is a pretty rare "vocation". This leads to fragmented information, such as what feelings the other person has about him or someone who is trustworthy.

On the contrary, Hikaru -- he couldn't read it, and Alice felt horrible. This affects Alice's "covert" skills because Alice's "master" can't read emotions either, but Alice doesn't know that much.

At last, Hikaru believed Alice's story after showing it to that "profession" stated on the soul card. It was a card issued in the Empire of Quimbrand.

(It is inevitable which way Pawn Sonia will go into civil unrest. If we succeed, the coup will come true bloodless. And then it's the nobles' business)

Depending on the whereabouts of the civil unrest, the Secret Service that was followed as a chaser to Lavia should also be spared.

Hikaru thought to take a look at Alice's "master" for now because it's an achievable purpose whenever you just hit the king with one shot.

(I wonder how people of the same type as me behave)

Hikaru thinks there is still room for research on how this "secret" should be used. So I want to refer to my ancestors.

"Then take me with you to the master."

"Huh!? Are you really coming?!?"

"Oh. You fail in your mission and your master pisses you off. It squeezes tightly, too. You mean to use me to avoid that, right? Then we can have a little revenge."

"Ugh! Did you see that far..."

Alice would be the strength there as a hidden secret, but she was an asshole. I hope that's easier to handle as a hical.

"Um, what should I call your name?"

"Silver face. Let's go."

"Ah, yes! Mr. Silfe!"

"Don't abbreviate it weird."

"Mr. Silsil......"

"I'm gonna kick it."

"Ouch!? Don't say it while kicking!

Here's Alice's plan.

Hikaru to the rendezvous point reporting to the master. Report mission failure there. Perhaps the master will be furious —— having Hikaru raid him just before or shortly after that.

Hikaru didn't kill his master, and Alice said she just had to hit him with two shots a shot, three shots and four.

(You resent me too much)

It feels "thorough into the grudge bone marrow" enough for Hikaru to pull it off a bit. No, well, just don't kill me...? It bothers me though.

Alice's rendezvous point was in front of a large rock in the back of the mountain. He'll only know about local hunters in places like the only one that goes through the beast path.

(Does the Empire of Quimbrand grasp the geography so far)

Hikaru has come this far with care, but I am somewhat worried that he will be able to return to the city in this darkness. Alice said we should go down the nearby river, but it was so behind the mountain.

Alice, who broke up with Hikaru, turns to the Great Rock. I guess it's weird to report a failure, even though I know I will.

Hikaru has already activated "Hidden". There was just a big rock with no one in the naked eye, but Hikaru's "Magic Detection" had another reaction —— that of a person named Kakai. I guess they're activating "covert" over there, too.

"... Alice, it's a long way back."

"Hih!? And Master!? Did you already need it"

"I had to wait for your information. So, what happened to the end? Did Gafrasti-Nu-Valves still ooze?"

"Ah, yes. That's what I'm here for... I quickly found out I was sneaking in the attic."

"You found out!? What do you mean? You, no way-- you didn't erase the signs properly, just like I said?

"Yes, no! Turned it off! If you can't turn it off, you can't even go to the attic! There was a Gafrasti-Nu-Barbs, Grugshrut Borderline Uncle, who had been asked beforehand. And there was Gafrasty's girlfriend, and a gutty bee with her blonde hair cut in."

Don't gut me, Hikaru penetrates inside. The hikaru approaches from the blind spot of the "master".

"My girlfriend —— I'm a woman, and Gachimuchi noticed right away. So I can't hear you at all..."

"Wait a minute. That gutty... tell me some more about a man of good stature"

"Huh? Yeah. Fine."

Alice explains what Lawrence looks like. There should have been little time to observe, and Alice had often observed that from the small gap in the attic, she should have just seen the dim indoors.

"Dude... I guess that's Lawrence-Di-Falcon. Rather live well to this point --"

Needless to say, he was the "master" who spotted that the person in the room was Lawrence, the Knights Commander, but the next moment,

"Who is it!!"

I pulled the dagger out of my waist and set it up.

There stood -- a boy in a silver mask, who unlocked the "secret".

"You're putting together Quinn Brand's secret?

It was enough. In this short time, Hikaru was able to confirm the "Master" soul board.

Here's what it said there.

[Soulboard] Unken-Phi-Balzac

Age 211 Level 51

47 (using 74)

[Vitality]

[Natural Resilience] 2

[Stamina] 5

[Immunity]

[Magic Resistance] 1

[Sensory acuteness]

[Olfactory sensation] 1

[Taste] 2

[Magic]

[Magic Power] 6

[Muscle Strength]

[Muscle Strength] 9

[Armed Proficiency]

[Little Sword] 6

[Bow] 3

[Throw] 4

[Armor] 2

[Agility]

[Hidden]

[Life Blocking] 2

[Magic Block] 2

[Perceptual blockade] 2

[Population blockade] 1

[Dexterity]

[Dexterity] 3

[Tool Mastery]

Pharmaceutical apparatus 2

[Mental Strength]

[Strength of Mind] 3

[Intuition]

[Intuition] 4

[Detection]

[Life Detection] 1

Yeah--the "master" thing. Kaikai is

"What is Pond's Adventurer Alliance Master doing?

It was that Unken who taught Hikaru how to dismantle the monster.

By the way, it was Hikaru's "As Expected" —— when Alice asked me about the "Master," and all I could think of was "Unken" when I became a master of secrecy.