The Undetectable Strongest Job: Rule Breaker

It's close to the harbor, an intermediate level inn. Hikaru, who sensed with "magic detection" that Gorgia had appeared in the harbor, has been out since earlier and is not here.

Lavia and Paula stayed in the room. Since the raid, I had tried not to go outside as long as possible and Paula's cold was prolonged, so it was just right as a rest period.

"Ah."

Late afternoon, when I was enjoying my after-dinner tea. Paula lowered her voice.

"Lavia, Koo is going to wake up!

"Huh."

A koo, thought to remain asleep forever, roars' Yeah 'on a blanket laid in a basket.

Pa, pa.

Blink your eyes and the koo opens your eyes--.

"Koo, are you okay?

'Oh, uh... yeah, where am I...?

"Um, an inn a long way from where I was before, I guess? Koo, remember? I swallowed the whole thing after I said" eat dragonstone, "and I slept like that. Ever. For days and days."

"Yeah...... kind of oila, I've been dreaming for a long time"

Since Koo's voice was ragged, Lavia puts water in the dish from the water drain and offers it to Koo. Kou stuck his face in it and drank it up, sneezing.

"Koo. Is your body okay? Want something to eat?"

To Lavia's inquiry,

'I'm hungry, but I don't know...'

Sunshine and Koo use their noses. Like sniffing off some smell —— like looking for traces of something that was about to disappear.

"What about Hikaru? Where's Hikaru?

"Going out for a bit. I know I'll be back in a while, but what's wrong?

'Yeah...... kind of smells bad. The smell of the wicked...'

It was the face that was so far, so deceitful, so full of chopped wings that was missing somewhere.

'I was dreaming. It's a dream of the dragons. "

It was like twinkling, telling myself, the way I said it.

"I have to go (...)"

—— Um, this guy's a pretty troublesome negotiation.

That was Hikaru's feeling.

Hikaru is located in the palace of Patricia's chief. Same place that Gorgia was put through last time.

No one notices Hikaru hiding himself in "secrecy," with Patricia and Gorgia relative indoors.

"Dew-Roak Island sovereignty already rests with us dreammakers."

"Ha. Take the island at will and use it as a bargaining material. People living on a continent of doom (...) are savage."

"... say anything. If you don't swallow the terms, the island won't come back. I hear that many people have families on the continent. Wouldn't that be one of those grievances?

This time, Gorgia was also taking a confession, and that was the clerk, Deena. Though the conversation is proceeding with caution, such as a few ear punches in the middle of the discussion, it was a rather forceful negotiation for the split that appeared with a sleazy face.

The content of the negotiations is simple.

"Let's halve the sovereignty of Dew-Roch Island," Gorgia suggests, demanding, in return, "the secondment of the Recovery Wizard".

If Patricia, on the other hand, shows her weakness here, she gets slapped in the country saying "it's not in the bowl of the Führer" because even she's losing a naval battle. "Full return of Dew-Roch Island" is natural. On top of that, we have to make Gorgia give in and win some sort of "compensation".

"We hey, it's fine that we took the time to negotiate this. But how about you come from a distant continent? Isn't there a situation you should go home as soon as possible?

Patricia stinks that she knows what's going on. Gorgia looked bitter, but I guess that's within the assumption.

"It was you, Lord Patricia, who called back the borrowed Recovery Wizard on your own. Besides, you destroyed one warship! Even though this one treats you friendly!

"Destroy a warship? I don't know."

"Stupid! A man named Silverface kidnapped this Deena and further destroyed the warship. We're lucky the dead didn't show up, but the financial damage is enormous. And I say close your eyes."

Hikaru was a little surprised when he sank one of the warships and no one died. A few -- dozens thought they might die, that they might be going to kill (...). I was also ready for that.

But the Dreammaker military seems to be more skilled than Hikaru thought.

"Ha ha. That's funny. The one you kidnapped... uh, was it Deena? Dina came with Lord Gorgia this time. Why are you with me when I've been kidnapped?

"Because Silver Face brought you"

"Then you wouldn't call it kidnapping. I can't believe you kidnapped him when you put him back where he belonged."

"So!"

"By and large, if only one of us had destroyed a warship, we would have won the battle by sending in one Silver Face. Can I?

"Gu......"

No, no, don't send it in on your own. My arm hurts so bad when I do that.

"As much as I'd rather you be thankful because this is how you're setting up a negotiating place without doing it. --Ha-ha-ha!

"Gugu..."

When Patricia gets on track and laughs high, Gorgia growls red in her face.

It was Patricia receiving reports from the Knight Backpack, but she thinks the truth is that "Silverface destroyed one warship on his own" and so on is eyebrow spit. It's true that the warship sank, but it's all that warship, so it should be using tons of magic props. If that was unlucky enough to be a "rampage," it could be sinking enough —— I was thinking it would just be a matter of timing.

It's a perfectly convenient mistake for Hikaru. Hikaru doesn't need to stand out. I want you to get me wrong more and more.

"Then what does General Patricia want from us?

"The complete return of Dew-Roch Island is natural. I want to get one of your warships on top of that."

"What!?"

For Patricia, more than gold, more than gems, it was precisely the warships that I wanted so much that I could get my hands out of my throat. If the warship of the losing opponent gets it, it can all be taken apart and studied to make the technology into something.

When that happens, the Navy of Vileocean will be even stronger. The glory of "the strongest Führer in history" would also remain what he wanted —— that's what Patricia had in mind.

"If you can do that, hey, can I send an arm-written recovery wizard to a continent of doom (...)?

It always smells of contempt when this human being as well as Patricia says "continent of doom" rather than "continent of grand dreams".

(Uh uh... this guy, you're not punishing him)

Hikaru laid his hands on his hips and looked up to heaven.

(Lost (...))

Gorgia has already deceived Patricia once to get a healing wizard. There's no way he's going to come to a negotiation with his emotions stripped out like that. Even more so because they are escorted to the side.

The moment Patricia uttered the terms, Gorgia's mouth was nimble.

"Then we have a negotiation. Your wish is a warship for the complete return of Dew-Roch Island. This one wants an Army Recovery Wizard. Let me actually see to what extent the Recovery Wizard's level is. Instead, you can choose which warship you want to hand over."

"Huh —— huh?

All of a sudden, Patricia gets it right because it's what Gorgia went on about with her neat face.

I didn't think it would be that easy to turn over a warship.

Patricia understands the importance of the ship more than anyone else because she is so much the head of the Marine (...) State Villeocean. It can't be classified information, letting go of a warship that is a hunk of top-secret technology.

So Patricia's bargaining skills weren't that bad.

I just —— I was misreading.

How long before the Gorgians craved a healing wizard.

They threw in a lot of people and materials to cross the sea where sea monsters roam and come "just" to get a healing wizard. It wouldn't even be fart enough to lose one warship here.

"I would like to add one more condition"

and that's where Hikaru showed up, so everyone who was on the spot gave it a little bit. The knights hitting the guard pulled out their swords, but when they realized it was Silverface who spoke out, they turned out rather abominably hostile.

Hikaru wants to say that you can safely lower your sword there. Well, I know you hate me a lot.

"... Mr. Silverface"

Deena looks blue and stares at Hikaru, but next to her, Gorgia opens her mouth vigilantly.

"No, I'm not allowed to add conditions. This is a negotiation between Dreammaker and Villeosean. You have nothing to do with this."

"Whoa. What are you telling me? You got your hands on my (...) fellow healing wizards."

"Though you would have grabbed Deena and sunk the ship!

"I gave Deena knowledge. It's the magic tricks and magic you wanted to know. My people were targeted because of it. I've been avenged."

…………

Deena gets naggy with an ever-bluer face.

"There was a peaceful way to do it if you wanted to cooperate from the start. Doesn't he? It was you and the others who smashed it -- they took Dew-Roch Island to give you a break."

"It's..."

Seeing as Gorgia says, Patricia perceives her misunderstanding. Indeed, this Silver Face sank a warship "alone". And I have information that I haven't grabbed.

"Hey. Then there could be additional conditions due to Silverface's personal circumstances (...)? I agree."

I'm not just looking at Patricia with my fingers around. By pinching his mouth and getting the story flowing, he smells that "Silver Face is only a person on the Villeosean side" and that "the conditions are different from Villeosean's public view, but if anything, he bites one".

Shiatsu, Hikaru wrapped his inner tongue around it.

So, what's the deal?

Encouraged by Patricia, Hikaru opened his mouth.

"Not a lot of conditions--"