“That woman... is literally a ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) crazy woman.”
The head of the Gwynne family opened his mouth after about three minutes of cold, heavy silence.
I stopped tapping my fingers on the desk and glared at the head of the Gwynne family.
“Do you think I ca here to hear that kind of story?”
“No, no! She is really, really a completely crazy woman. Listen.”
The head of the Gwynne family was greatly surprised by my cold words and shook his handcuffed hands.
“Once... I invited that woman to our family’s courtyard to give her a job. I asked her to assassinate the officers and subordinates who were interfering with our ‘business’.”
The head of the Gwynne family’s voice trembled with fear. His face showed that he had never imagined that the day would co when he would confess his cris.
I was not surprised by his evil deeds for the first ti.
Because the people in front of are dirty, ugly, and shaless.
“......Do you know what that crazy woman said while she was quietly listening to my story?”
She seed unsure if it was okay for her to say sothing like that.
I asked him what else he had to hide since he had already confessed to trying to assassinate a high-ranking military officer.
He slowly opened his mouth.
“If the imperial family and their soldiers keep interfering with your business, wouldn’t it be faster to just kill the emperor......”
“.......”
I furrowed my eyebrows and glared at the head of the Guiner family.
I couldn’t believe what I had just heard.
Right now, the continent and the demons are in the middle of a war. And the mont the demons win this war, a great disaster will strike the continent. The continent’s 1.2 billion people will all be destroyed, and nothing will be left on this land.
... ... In this situation, you thought of assassinating the emperor of the Allied Empire that was waging war against the demons?
“It wasn’t my idea! Isn’t that a natural thing?! No matter how evil you’ve done, since you’ve been given a title, you know good. But assassinating the emperor? You don’t think I’m that stupid, do you, General......?”
Then the man loudly defended himself, saying that he had never thought of such a thing.
The head of the Gwynne family looked desperate. For whatever reason, it was a serious cri to even ntion the assassination of the emperor.
“At this mont, no matter what you say, I won’t punish you, so calm down.”
I raised my palm and cald the head of the Gwynne family.
“I know you’re greedy and horrible people, but I don’t think you’re stupid enough to seriously think about assassinating the emperor. You don’t even seem like people with that kind of guts.”
The head of the Guine family and the other mbers who heard my story simultaneously let out a sigh.
“......It was our first eting. We had absolutely no, really no, trust relationship. She didn’t trust , and I didn’t trust her either.”
The head of the family continued to talk, as if he was still in awe of that day. Perhaps the tension had subsided, as cold sweat ran down his chin and dripped onto the rusty desk.
“Usually, such foolish people don’t survive long in this world. And yet, that woman dominates this world.”
“It seems that her skills cover up all her nonsense.”
“That’s exactly what you said. It seems like we’re seeing ‘Delta’, who is the best of the best in terms of skills and is currently active as a general, working in this world.”
The head of the family paused for a mont, shook his head, and continued.
“......No, I feel a bit sorry for him when I compare him to Delta. He was a person who deserved the word ‘pro’. He was cool-headed and always calm.”
“I know he was very skilled, and I also know he was crazy. Now, let tell you sothing I don’t know. When did she first appear in this arena? Do you know anything about her background?”
The head of the Gwynne family cautiously turned his gaze to his eldest son. It seed that it was the job of this or that person to investigate and gather information about soone.
“......That girl appeared in this arena about two years ago.”
Sweeping his long hair down to the clown’s head, the eldest son of the Gwynne family cautiously began to speak.
“She made a splendid debut by annihilating all the people of the Southern Count’s family and burning down their house and property. Other than that......no matter how much I searched, there was no information about her origin or background.”
“......It’s not that I don’t know, it’s that she doesn’t exist?”
I slamd my finger on the desk again, catching the eldest son’s words.
It was an unspoken pressure to stop beating around the bush and tell him everything I knew straight away.
“The information has been completely erased. With that level of skill, rumors would have spread in so way since childhood, but records from before the age of fourteen have completely disappeared.”
“Let guess.”
“......I think it’s a dog that soone tried to ta.”
The eldest son let out a trembling sigh and cautiously expressed his thoughts.
“A dog?”
The expression was quite jarring.
“......Among the nobles, there are many cases where they take in orphans starving to death on the streets and raise them as their direct assassins. They brainwash them, train them, dispose of the ones without skills, and call those who survive like that dogs. It’s a direct and effective expression.”
“The owner?”
“I don’t know, but if the dog you raised is out on the street... isn’t it because the owner has so kind of problem?”
“Hmm.”
I tapped my fingers on the desk and paused for a mont.
The cold wind began to faintly shake my collar through the hole in the broken wall.
The people of Guiner’s house all bowed their heads and watched intently.
“......Well, that’s so useful information. I’ll add so special seasoning. It’ll be warm tonight.”
Soon, I got up from my seat and knocked lightly on the door of the interview room. The old steel made a loud noise even with a few light gestures.
If you are reading this translation anywhere other than Novelight or SilkRoadTL, it has been stolen.
“......Really, really?!”
The Guiner’s house raised its head that had been bowed down and asked with bloodshot eyes.
... ... A human called the count who was so popular in the capital city is so happy about warm soup and bread.
How funny.
“If you want to eat warm food again, keep thinking about it. Whose dog was that woman?”
Soon after, the prison guard opened the tightly closed door of the visiting room.
The old hinges scread, as if asking to be killed.
Thump!
The thick iron door closed, and I was guided back down the dark and damp hallway.
“Oh, I’m sorry about earlier.”
Before leaving the dirty hallway, I apologized to the guard who opened the door.
The guard, whose face was blue, stared blankly at my face with wide eyes.
“Yes, oh, yes?! No! I didn’t notice!”
He blinked for a mont, then stood stiffly at attention and shouted at the hallway to leave.
“......Your na?”
“My na is Jas McGill!”
“I’m sorry, McGill. I’ll send you a small gift later, so don’t refuse. It wasn’t because of McGill.”
“Oh, yes... That! Thank you!”
I left the dark and damp prison, leaving McGill’s thanks behind.
Soon, the bright moon caressed my cheek.
The cool autumn night air removed the sticky air that had clung to my neck.
Only then did the senses that had been so tense slowly ease.
“......General.”
As I stood there at the entrance of the prison, looking at the moon for a while, a familiar voice ca to my ear.
I lowered my head and looked around to find the source of the voice.
I saw an old servant wearing large, rustic accessories all over his body slowly walking out of the shadows in the distance.
... ... It was a pretty convincing disguise.
I let out a sigh of admiration, but a smile ford on my lips.
Where was that serious man who usually looked serious? A rich rchant who couldn’t even do anything was standing in front of .
“Hehe, how’s your silk business going?”
I asked the old servant in a casual tone. I didn’t say that because I was particularly conscious of anyone’s gaze.
I was just being playful.
How could I keep my mouth shut when I saw soone who usually wore neat suits wearing a tacky and burdenso pearl necklace around his neck?
“No one is watching. You don’t have to act.”
But this serious old man was seriously responding to my light joke?
“Oh, yes...... I see.”
... ... My excitent suddenly died down, so I answered in an embarrassed tone.
What the heck, there’s no one around who’d take a joke.
“So, what’s going on?”
I soothed my cold heart and asked the old servant.
“The brokers I had contact with disappeared.”
“......Huh?”
What is this all of a sudden?
“It seems like a woman nad Zion has done sothing. Most of the traders I had been talking to have disappeared, and so were found dead. When ominous rumors started to spread, the other workers also quickly fled out of the capital.”
“.......”
I couldn’t help but squint my eyes and let out a deep sigh.
Zion was truly a Dorai beyond my imagination.
To think that she would wipe out all the competing traders in the capital just to get one job.
I wanted to ask her directly if it was necessary to do such a botherso thing to get this job.
Why don’t you just take on another job?
She said her skills were the best in the business, and there must be many custors looking for her on this continent.
“Why on earth are you doing this to .......”
I don't miss my prey once I've set my sights on it, is that so?
I don't know what I did wrong to Zion, but please leave alone.
I want to work with normal, controllable criminals.
Not a crazy woman who jokes about the assassination of the emperor.
“If you think positively, the security in the capital has improved a lot. All the famous criminals are dead.”
The old servant spoke with a calm expression. He seed to want to say sothing like, ‘Everything has a dark side and a bright side.’ ... ... .
“......That’s fortunate.”
It was a story that didn’t make any sense to right now.
Reviews
All reviews (0)