Guided by Jack-san, Hirashias manager, Malta-san and I went to the basent level where the vault was located. A look at the map, I noticed that the floor mustve been constructed with security in mind as the stairs and passageway were narrow. There also was no other way along the passage either. However, what laid outside the wall was not soil. I could see that there was an empty space around the wall. As if the basent floated inside a cavity underground. I had no idea how itd been done, though it mustve been magic.
Jackson stopped ahead of us once he noticed Id been staring at the wall.
Shaft-sama, did you notice sothing?
Yes, why is there a hollow space between the walls?
To be more exact, that space is filled with water. Its designed as a way to prevent anyone with earth mastery to easily infiltrate the magic vault from outside. This passageway is the only way to access the vault.
So, thats how it is
Speaking of cri prevention, one should also think about the use of magic
Then what about the old building I bought from the Marida Trading Company? It would be impossible for to build a similar system. And finding a similar type of building would not be easy. Or was I thinking too far ahead? Did I need to place so security asures?
Please wait in this room. I will bring out the core.
Jack-san led us into a small room with a simple desk and a few chairs. There were no wall adornnts or extra furniture. Malta-san sat in a chair in the rooms corner while I took the one in front of the table. I watched the movent of the dots on my radar. I could see Jack-san move further to the back with another dot, apparently the magical vaults guard.
Sotis, sotis I notice that Shaft-sama moves as if youre looking sowhere else. Do you happen to have a skill that allows you to see distant scenery or sothing like that?
How unusual Malta-san never asked about my power before. I thought he accepted that it was just a part of who I am. I guess I was too naive
I dont have such a thing. But I can see all the terrain around . As well as sense humans and non-human movent in my surroundings.
Ah.. So that was how you were also able to have a job as a map maker.
Its as you guessed.
No wonder Shaft-sama can conquer labyrinths on his own, and at such unprecedented speed as well.
Well, there are many other things in play, but Jack-san is coming back.
Pardon for keeping you waiting.
Jack-san returned while pushing a card that seed to be ant to transport goods. There was a black painted wooden box on top of it, which probably contained the core.
Please check it.
The black box was placed on the small desk and its lid was removed. Inside was a magic stone the size of a rugby ball that shone brilliantly. The sa magic stone that I brought back from the Wolf Fang Labyrinth.
Malta-san, would you please?
Will do.
First of all, I asked Malta-san to confirm whether the core was genuine or not. He took out the spectacle to appraise it and looked at the cores brilliance. anwhile, I pretended to watch on as I prepared a GPS tracking dart in my hand.
Without a doubt, it is the genuine item.
Malta-san turned to and confird it. Then, I picked up the core while I pretended to examine it closer as if to burn its brilliance into my eyes. Seeing this, Malta-san started to talk to Jack-san. Once the latter turned his eyes away, I casually stuck the GPS tracking dart to the back of the stone, injecting it with the micro tracker. I imdiately concealed it afterward and covertly confird the flashing red GPS tracker had been firmly attached to the core, then checked its position was registered on my radar.
By the way, the dart had no attack power, so I didnt have to worry about damaging the stone.
I put the stone back in a way the hid the flashing from view, then turned to hear Malta-san and Jack-sans conversation.
It is my pleasure. Hopefully, the auction today will garner a lot of money.
That is a foregone conclusion. Especially with His Majesty attending this year. It can be used for large-scale construction, and also for large magical tools such as large ships and magic elevators. With all the aristocrats participating this year, there is no doubt that itll sell for a good amount.
Jack-san left once again, while he brimd with excitent for the last day, to deposit the box back into the vault. Thats all I could do as a precaution. Afterward, we returned to the private room prepared for us while I wondered how Nekoyanagi would act.
As we waited in the private room while we enjoyed tea, an attendant ca to inform us that the auction would begin soon. I moved from the private room to the spectator area for sellers along with Malta-san. Hirashia was a two-story building similar in build to a theater with a stage and a podium on the first floor where the goods were auctioned. In the space where the bidders sat, there were many round tables that sat eight so they could enjoy the long auction as much as possible.
We got to sit in the seller-only spectator area on the second floor. It was a small private room with a top-down counter. Multiple seats of the sa design overlooked the first floor from left to right. The royal guest area, clearly for the Royal Family, was also on the sa floor.
According to Malta-san, his only daughter Minnea, would watch from the guest room along with two other students from the First Magic Academy.
The seats began to fill up. Malta-san then told about prestigious nobles, the chairman of a large trading company, and the noted rchants who ca to attend the auction. As I listened, I looked down to so of the groups I was familiar with the top clan of the Kurtrga Kingdom, Rafflesia. Like the Marida Trading Company, Yamigasa Company was one of the largest companies in the kingdom and the sponsor of said clan.
Then, there was the leader of the Sasanqua Clan which consisted of only won, Viscount Cypria Azanavour, Duke Barga and his third daughter Laptilica, ah, Count Themis of the Wizard Guild was also there.
I intended to look casual, but so of them seed to notice my gaze, thus, they stared back at Their gazes were a mix between anger, indifference, passing curiosity, and what appeared to be interested.
Oi, oi dont tell that the phantom thieves Nekoyanagi were among the people downstairs?
The light blip of the tracker blinked firmly on the map without moving. I dont think theyre going to steal it before the auction started. Perhaps theyll have sothing to do during the auction? In fact, I looked forward to what they planned to do.
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