Chapter 34
“I couldn’t possibly, thinking about my rudeness towards you earlier’.”
“...... .”
“The informant group’s top priority is the trust between them and the custors. If I were to erase your mories, then I’ll have to erase everything, including you sending us a request, but I do not wish for that.”
I frowned when he said ‘erase your mories’.
I almost had to attend parties to pretend to find him. Thank goodness that didn’t happen.
“So. What is it that you want to tell ?”
“Please keep what you saw today in that space as a secret.”
“...... .”
“In return, I will provide you with anything you want to know about that person you are seeking if I can.”
I was surprised at his offering.
Just what’s so important about that place that he goes this far?
“What is so important about the kids in there? Are they like, the descendants of the traitors?”
“They are the rescued imprisoned and abused orphans of the semi-magic organization.”
“Semi-magic organization......?”
‘Were there such an abstract setting to this ga?’
I wet through my mories but couldn’t rember anything like that.
Vinter explained in a sowhat bitter tone.
“At around the ti when the magic started being comrcialized, people who pretense of being faithful Christians started to strongly suppress the sorcerers. Saying that it was secretly dark magic that went against and ssed up the doctrine.”
“...... .”
“The royals’ culture is also linked with the divine ssages from the god so the way people treat on the sorcerers is getting harsh these days.”
Vinter paused for a mont then continued.
“There are so heathen groups announcing a false statent that: only when the ti cos to when all the existences which cast those kinds of magic will the true emperor that the god chooses will be born.”
“...... .”
“The lady probably knows that the remnants from the Reila’s new country, which lost in the war that was lead by the crowned prince not too long ago, are making many troubles these days, right?”
“Of course.”
Nope. Not at all.
But even so, I nodded my head, pretending that I knew it all.
“It is such a false statent that nobody would agree to, but surprisingly, there are many nobles who thinks the sa.”
“The nobles......? Why are they doing that kind of thing?”
“Usually they are the nobles who operate a business with magical tools. Sure, they use the sorcerers to produce magical tools, but they do need to erase their existence if they wanted to monopolize all the markets that use magic.”
While playing the ga, I didn’t understand why Vinter hid the fact that he was a sorcerer.
‘I just thought it was ‘just because’...... .’
I didn’t know there was this kind of reason behind it.
I thought it was just so simple story setting but the crowned prince’s along with Vinter’s background held the reason behind everything about them.
The more I stayed in this world, the more I ca to compare this to the ga.
“I plead to you, lady.”
Vinter bowed his head as he pleaded again.
“The children’s life depends on this.”
The [Interest 6%] above his head shined as he worried about the children.
I realized imdiately.
That Vinter’s interest will rise or fall depending on how I answer him here.
I opened my mouth to say that I will keep it a secret.
‘But wait...... .’
I felt like sothing was out of place.
‘How is the interest related to this?’
Everything happened so suddenly today. Especially the hidden quest.
‘Requesting sothing to the White Rabbit informant group wasn’t sothing that happened in the ga in the first place...... .’
Then a light sparked in my eyes. It was because I’ve found a big error in my thinking.
The story setting I knew so well was when the ga was set as a normal mode.
‘......I don’t know Vinter in the hard mode.’
Vinter was decent and a person with good nature in the ga. He would help out poor people and would take care of the orphans.
[The sorcerer who was walking in the slums to help people there, ets the real gong-nyuh who was adopted and was being raised by one poor commoner.
The kind heroine, who was able to co back to the mansion with the sorcerer’s help, started to donate her things generously and take care of the unfortunate children along with him.]
A question ca into my mind while thinking of the story setting.
‘But why did kind and good-natured Vinter bring the heroine to Penelope’s coming-of-age ceremony?’
The ti where the fake gong-nyuh gets the most attention.
No matter how much I try to think of so other reasons, nothing ca up in my mind except that he may have wanted to piss Penelope off.
“......lady?”
Vinter called when no answer ca back from . Sothing was strange.
The hidden quest that appeared out of nowhere. The downfall of Vinter’s interest.
I, who didn’t know too well about the hard mode storyline, have been twisting the story from how it was supposed to flow while trying to avoide my death.
‘......But what if all of my actions were one of the route included in the hard mode, only that I didn’t notice?’
I held onto my quivering hands and turned on the ‘choices’ that has been off for a while now.
‘......Choices ON.’
I needed to check, now.
A white box imdiately appeared in front of .
Would you like to [ON] the choices?
[Yes. / No.]
I clicked on [Yes.]. Then the choices appeared in front of .
1. Why do I have to?
2. I wonder...... I don’t think that’s a good deal. Don’t you have so rare gems?
3. And what if I go on, telling everyone about the kids here? Then what are you going to do?
‘Ah...... .’
I sighed ntally. Why are my bad feelings always right?
These sorts of situation were everywhere in Penelope’s life. She was the one who was hated by all the capture targets in normal mode, too.
I chose one of the three with my shaking hands.
“......And what if I go on, telling everyone about the kids here? Then what are you going to do?”
It’s been a long ti since my mouth moved on its own.
As soon as my sentence ended, the eyes visible through the holes on the mask stiffened.
The aura coming from him was now totally different from before.
“Then even your trival noble rank will be at risk, dear custor.”
He whispered in a shrewd tone about by identity.
It wasn’t him asking for a favor just because he had his head shook. It was a warning.
‘So he knows.’
No wonder. There’s no way he wouldn’t know who I am as long as I told him that I got the white rabbit from him.
Penelope in the normal mode thoughtlessly babbled about everything despite Vinter’s warning.
‘Choices OFF.’
I turned the choices off and spoke, this ti, with my wills.
“......I’ll make sure to watch my mouth.”
His deathly aura disappeared after hearing my answer. And.
[Interest 8%]
The decreased interest rose to close to where it was before.
I felt so miserable to feel relieved about this.
I stood up from the spot.
“Are we finished with the conversation? I need to get going now. It’s gettig too late.”
I was too tired on doing a masquerade party on my own.
I wouldn’t have co with a mask on if I knew this was going to happen.
Vinter stood up, following after , and looked at curiously.
“What about the information about the person that lady is finding...... .”
“I don’t need it anymore.”
I raised my hand to stop his sentence. I coldly spoke, already done deciding in such a short ti.
“I know who it is thanks to the other informant.”
He flinched and stiffened. It was probably an unexpected blow to him.
But that wasn’t refreshing to .
He was fairly normal comparing him to the other capture targets, but my plan to raise his interest in case sothing goes wrong was a fail.
It was because of that damn system that I was forced to know his secret and because of that, everything got twisted.
And at that, Vinter was going to find the normal mode heroine soon.
A lovely lady who he ets every once a week at a ghetto (sowhat like a slum) and the crazy bitch from the duke family who has his weakness.
Now I couldn’t even aim for Vinter’s ‘kindness’ that I’ve had hopes on.
‘I’d rather go for capturing other capture targets who has yet to et the heroine and won’t for a longer ti.’
I gave up to care about how he sees now. I coldly ignored the [Interest 8%] as I walked passed him.
“Ah.”
Then I rembered sothing.
“You guys offer an information in return for keeping sothing a secret, if I am correct.”
Then I walked back to the spot I was at a mont ago and took sothing out of the pocket of the robe.
“I don’t need any information but instead, give these to that person. Since the reason for coming here was to add a request.”
I set the white handkerchief and the old-fashioned velvet box by the teapot.
“What ssage should I deliver these with?”
“Reciprocate, is all he needs to understand.”
The ultramarine blue eyes slightly widened.
At that mont.
[Interest 13%]
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-CatLovesTowels -Lizette ^^
COMNTS (On raw):
– So, Normal Mode was after the hard mode. So if you reach the ending in hard mode and proceed, the story of normal mode can change.
– The ga is crazy... In the end, hard mode was not based on raising interest, but based on quests to provide the reason to why the characters would hate Penelope. So the sacrifice to lead the normal mode heroine to her happy ending is Penelope... The heck?!
– What if the hard mode does not to provide a reason to hate penelope? Maybe it is hard mode that allows users to change the future after seeing the normal mode? So if you unlock the hard mode endings, you can see the hidden ending. If the heroine resist with the interests high, the hidden ending will be opened after you see the routes.
– So that’s why the normal mode heroine started with everyone’s interest towards her at ‘30%’
– Comnters: Conan
: Welp what’s going on???
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