Chapter 507 – Start the Kuromaku investigation
Speaking of which, there was a quiver magic tool that makes magical arrows in the demon country, so I was thinking to make an arrow using stone making magic tools, but then I learn that the cost of magic power consud jumped considerably when you try to make a shape.
Nerune also says [But it’s not sothing Master can’t replicate, right?], true, but in my case, it was faster and stronger to attack directly using [Stone Bolt].
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“Ichika reports that the person who made this is [Nayutashisidou].... this na sounds familiar.”
“Nayuta? ah, maybe it’s the girl who used to work at our inn?”
“I think it’s very likely. It’s Shishido. And it’s related to magic tool.”
When I looked at it carefully, I saw that there was indeed a small engraving on it. Judging by Shishido’s surna, it seems to be Leona’s grandkid, and it’s sothing that people who understand the significance of the na would imdiately acknowledge.
I rember that Nayuta used to make magic tools and sold them to . I think she once confronted with a magic tool that looked like a gun made by her. It was a long ti ago, and I was already starting to forget it. Her sister, Setsuna, is a battle junkie, and she and Niku used to have mock battles.
However, Nayuta was a dog-eared beast. She’s a spy for Wakoku Country, but in the Holy Kingdom, the fact that’s she’s a beastman will beco a liability.
Even Toy is using a body of a human assassin, Naana, plus she also disguises herself as a maid. If she had remained in her beastman body, she would have had to wear a slave collar. That’s how low the position of beastn in that Kingdom.
“It also possible that Nayuta has been captured and enslaved... this actually didn’t matter that much, but didn’t we already tag her?”
“Tag? Oh, right, we can use it to establish contact and gather information.”
“You’re quick to catch on. Yes, I was thinking about that.”
If she’s been captured, she’ll know what’s going on inside, and even if she’s not, she might be able to sell us so information if we managed to establish contact with her.
It’s more convenient for her to be a slave. We can get a lot of information in exchange for the help we will offer to her, or we could just buy her, we can extract all the information we want and even get information about Wakoku.
“So, Rokuko. Did we tag Nayuta?”
“I’m sure I did because I used to tag everyone who ca to this village. Especially when it cos to soone connected to Leona.”
“Oh, I see. Good job, Rokuko.”
“Ehehe.”
I gave her a pat on the head; she seems so happy with that.
So this ti, I decided to focus the investigation around this Nayuta Shishido as our starting point.
The town of Kuromaku.
Narikin opened the dungeon nu at the inn and checked the map.
A map of the town appeared on the screen. According to what he had heard from his Master, there was a beastman’s girl nad Nayuta Shishidou in this town. He also said that the person is tagged, so Narikin should be able to recognize her sign imdiately.
... But apparently, there are several people in this town who have been tagged.
“Um? This is a little different from what Master had told . There’s 5 sign, you know?
“We can’t see the na. That’s why it’s hard to tell which ones are the ones we’re after ...What this is an?”
–Rokufa, who was looking at the map with , glanced at Naana.
“I can’t see the “map” to begin with, but I’m guessing it’s either spy who’ve been to the village of Gollen or adventurers or rchants who’ve stopped by. At the very least, I’m pretty sure they had a contact with Lord Kehma or at the very least has visited the village.”
“I see. It is not only Nayutashi Shidou who ca to the village.”
“...... Shishido, ah, Nayuta is supposed to be her na, right?
“Hmm? Yeah, I guess so.”
“Nayuta, Nayuta... Yes, I rember now. That person is my sister. She’s a dog-beastman, right?”
Narikin only rembered that Naana(Toy) as a human, but Toy was originally a dog-beastman. He doesn’t know because he never saw Naana(Toy) in that form.
“Well, if she’s Naana’s sister, wait, that’s wrong, if she’s Toy’s sister like you ntioned, your other sister might be with her too, do you have any clue?”
“Another one? Is it another Toy? Or soone else?”
“Master says her na is Setsuna.”
“Oh, yeah, that one. I heard there’s one with that na.”
Naana recalled her two sisters nad Setsuna and Nayuta. When she shared this information with them, she knows it was that they were being cursed and played with by Leona. Envy sported from her Toy’s heart.
But she has been instructed by Leona to actively cooperate, so she will tell Narikin every detail about her sister without any concealnt.
“... that’s about all, the information I know is probably outdated, but I’m sure I’ll be able to identify her when I et her.”
“is that so? you know her face?”
“... I don’t know what they look like, but if I get close enough, I can tell by the sll. It’s not about literal sll, more like in soul sense, so it’s not a problem with this body.”
Either way, it’s a special characteristic of the lineage of chaos gods.
“For now, why don’t you just tell where it is, and I’ll go check it out? Should—”
“Hmm. it certainly easier if you know the face. Well, can’t I just leave this matter to you?”
“... it is fine, but you’re not going to let go in there alone and unsupervised, are you?”
“Oh, I almost forgot. You can take Tran with you if you want. If Tran is watching, Master will be able to check on you later.”
“As I said before... a little bird won’t be able to hold back, you know?”
“But Naana won’t run away, will she?”
“Well, I won’t run away.”
“It’s all good then. Right, Rokufa?”
“Yes, I agree. I’m counting on you, Naana.”
“Ugh...”
...This couple is still too good-natured and careless. They must have taken it from their creator, Kehma and Rokuko. But it’s not a problem. I’ll cooperate as much as I can.
“I’ll show you the map, and you can go check it out... look, there are five candidates.”
“Leave it to . I’ll do a little research on the other candidate as well.”
“Naana is very reliable! I’d like to learn from her.”
“...Why did you even show a map to an outsider like ...ah, so this is how the dungeon function works, huh?”
Narikin put a mark in the candidate locations on the map then he had set to display. There are five tagged targets, but there is one particular place that has a set of two tags, so if the sisters are together, this is probably the place.
“You are a trustful one, letting do what I want after having check out the escape routes on the town map.”
“Is that so? It made happy knowing I’m one step closer to be like Master.”
“That’s not a complint.”
With a sigh of exasperation, Naana went out of the room to gather information.
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