Chapter 33 – 3. Saxony’s Great Leader (3)
“Hello! Where is Adele now?”
“Yes? Ah, I saw you filling out the outing log after work earlier…….”
All the employees residing in the residence were candidates for my concubine arranged by Beatrix. Of course, their going out is often strictly controlled to prevent them from coming in knowing that and secretly leaving their lover outside.
It’s not that you can’t go out at all, but at least you have to accurately record the whereabouts. You don’t know when and where the guards’ surveillance will extend, so if it’s a one-time affair, you can’t come.
“Where did you put the record book?”
“I’ll be on the porch over there.”
I left the bewildered Helga and kicked out. Entering the front door, I browsed the employee’s outing records, which were kept next to the shoe cabinet and in the area where the guest book was placed.
“Adele Schneider. 7:39 pm I went out for a meeting with an acquaintance. The destination is Beckenbauer 3rd Avenue…….”
3rd Beckenbauer? It is an entertainment district in contact with Saxony.
No matter how much it is, it’s not as despised as a street that shouldn’t be there, so it’s classified as a slightly decent place, but it’s still a taste of the decadent street, so it’s sure to be overflowing with private gambling houses and touts.
Damn it, I don’t feel good.
What would be the reason for decent Adele to stop by such a place? It must be to cross over to Saxony after looking at the liver.
“I will turn around.”
Beatrix would not let an infiltrator go. I will set an example for other employees and make them unable to see with their eyes open.
It reminds me of a picture I saw in a previous life of a previous life. The grilled skewers, which I enjoyed eating just a moment ago, seem to come up from the inside.
Damn, you can’t make Adele like that. I can’t let it go like that. We have to stop it!
“Calm down. Let’s think first. From thought…….”
Otto said that there is a corner to guess. Judging from the whereabouts that Adele wrote in the register, it would be one of the organizations whose sphere was from Beckenbauer to Saxony.
No, let’s forget about that bloody and disturbing organization for a moment. The important thing is why Otto circulated around Adele as an alchemist. I had the chance to enter her room by chance, and with Helga’s comments, I was able to associate the fact that it was Adele Schneider…….
“Uh?”
Wait a minute, it really is. How did Otto know Adele was an alchemist?
Was she correct in referring to Adele in the first place?
The shadow of the death is obviously a metaphorical expression that the shadow of death has been cast on the subject mentioned above.
What about an alchemist? Is Adele Schneider Really an Alchemist?
Then, how did Otto pass the code, thinking that I would be able to figure it out?
…… It makes no sense!
It is true that we are mindful of the possibility that this kind of communication could be misleading, but this is too presumptuous. I’m pretty sure my interpretation is wrong. You misunderstood something.
“Hello!”
“Ah, yes!”
Following Adele’s record in the middle of the blank page in the thick logbook, I tore it up and crumpled it into my pocket. Then I hurriedly returned to the terrace and asked a question to Helga, who was bewildered by my sudden action, and waited for an answer.
“You called Adele an alchemist. Helga was the first.”
“Uh, as far as I know, yes.”
“Why did you start calling me that?”
“I once went into her room. I don’t know if you’ve been there, but Adele’s room is just full of reagents and lab tools. She asked if she was interested in alchemy. That’s why she started calling her alchemist playfully after that.”
It started out as a simple nickname. It was called in a light teasing tone between close friends.
“As you know, Adele doesn’t show emotion. But she was Ms. Alchemist, she was so cute and her eyes went round when she was first called. Of course, she never showed up like that after that…….”
“It was such an impressive response that she wanted to see it again, so she called out to me, so it stuck to her lips.”
Now I get it Adele Schneider was a real alchemist. Perhaps, like our black orchestra, they were called alchemists or alchemists in my organization. If that’s the case, her reaction to Helga’s story also explains her reaction.
Then Otto didn’t know who Adele was. While I was trying to find out where I was going, I identified a disquieting organization, and only obtained information about an informant in the official residence called an alchemist.
―No way did she think that the girl she believed in would be her traitor!
Fuck! It’s just a phrase that refined the expression of an insider to a traitor, but I had a lot of thoughts. Coincidentally, due to circumstances, I assumed that Otto was pointing at Adele. What’s even more absurd is that Adele, who was pointed out because of that mistake, was the real snitch.
The title of alchemist, her reaction as told by Helga, and even what is written on the outing log here. It’s not enough that everything is falling apart, going out to Beckenbauer 3rd Avenue late at night like this?
It’s nothing more to see.
Otto got a clue from me, so he didn’t hesitate and responded gradually. Because the situation suddenly changed.
Adele knows about our secrets. There is a high probability that Feininger and his subordinates are also being read by Saxon’s organization. Normally, it would be impossible for a mere criminal organization to approach the truth about the eagle owl, but it is an idiot to not reach it if it is well organized like this.
“Oh, I think this is totally fucked up…….”
It’s already been an hour since Adele went out. It’s not the time to be like this.
“Hello.”
“Yes?”
“I’m sorry.”
Even if you search the whole of Beckenbauer 3rd Avenue and Saxony Street, you have to follow her tracks.
“What, what?”
“The feast is over.”
The time to roll has come.
* * *
Armament is needed
The key to the annex of the official residence is in Beatrix’s bedroom. Having asked Helga to wake her Elisabeth, I went straight to the third floor. In the large Führer’s bedroom, a photo of me and her together decorated one wall, and behind it was a safe where Beatrix kept important things.
– Are you curious about what’s inside?
– Be, Beatrix.
You probably wouldn’t even dream that I knew this safe. A lock that properly mixes mechanical and magic deserves to be called the safe of the country’s supreme leader, but unfortunately I already know how to open this safe.
– What did you do to hide like a rat?
― Wrong, this…….
– It became an excuse. All that’s in that safe are a few keys.
Bring your palm to the place where the round magic circle is drawn and infuse magic power. In the meantime, enter an eight-digit password into the machine that comes to mind, press the button according to the prescribed procedure, and introduce yourself to the gargoyle that appears on the wall.
“The great Bernhard’s Führer, Beatrix Adler’s fiancée, and the eastern prince Seo Jeong-woo request the opening of the safe.”
The vault opens, and the gargoyle returns to the wall.
– A key?
― If you are curious, enter the date you came here.
― Is that the password for this safe?
―Since I met you, that has always been my password.
In the process, the Führer’s bedroom suffers from tremendous vibrations. But don’t worry. Beatrix solved the problem by distorting space itself.
Here, while this secret safe is opened, the Fuhrer’s bedroom is magically isolated.
― You can also open it, so if you need anything, look for it.
― Do you mean that you allow sharing?
– Better than sneaking in in the middle of the night.
As she once said, all she has in her safe is a bunch of keys. In my previous life, there were times when there were junk things with unknown uses, but all I heard in the safe on March 15, 1942 was a pile of keys.
―But Jungwoo, keep in mind that abuse is prohibited.
– Abuse?
―The moment you understand the meaning of the objects in it, you will understand what I mean.
Beatrix had told me not to use this keychain carelessly until I could take care of it. And unfortunately, I still don’t even know where these keys are used other than the annex.
“I’m sorry, but I need to borrow some.”
He took out the key and closed the safe door. After leaving the bedroom, I walked down the hallway and went down the stairs in the middle. So, by the time I reached the first floor, I was able to face Helga, who had gone downstairs to wake Elizabeth.
“Jeongwoo, Miss Mittemeyer must be very tired. I keep knocking, but there is no answer.”
“Is that so.”
Well, it’s not that I don’t understand. That’s why I suffered so badly.
“All right. It was a lot of work.”
Suffering from conflict for a moment, I bit my lip and made a decision. I cooked hard, but I got up without eating much, said I was sorry, and hurried my steps toward the annex.
“Where are you going in such a hurry?”
“…… A place you shouldn’t be.”
Seeing my extremely hard expression, Helga followed me to the front door and asked, but I firmly restrained myself and answered that. Even if Amman is clean and organized, the annex is a vicious place. She was not a place where a tender and lovely woman like her could step into her carelessly.
―I know the whereabouts of Miss Schultz.
Feininger said he knew the whereabouts of the dismembered woman, Leona Schultz. If she later became the third Great Eagle Owl, she would surely be a great help to the alliance Otto and I were trying to form.
That’s not all. We will be able to summon all the power that we had to give up because of our lack of freedom like now. Maybe even an orchestra that is on the verge of disintegration after losing its pivot can be reorganized.
Either way, the challenges at hand are clear.
We need help from Feininger and his army intelligence. If I could save my family as they asked, I would be a few steps closer to Beatrix’s death.
―And let me also tell you that one of the official residence’s employees is in cahoots with some disquieting organization.
Damn, I never thought I’d get entangled like this.
In any case, the only clue I have now is that Adele is an infiltrator of a disquieting organization. Her subsequent disposition will depend on what happens in the future, but if she is deeply involved in her organization and also involved in the abduction of Feininger and her family, she can never let go.
Maybe I should end it with my own hands…….
―Just as you tried to help me, I meant to help you.
No, let’s trust her. The Adele Schneider I saw was a woman who was far from such a group of wicked people. Moreover, she still has no evidence that she is loyal to that rebellious organization.
Common sense suggests that she is being threatened. The salary of the employees at the official residence is not low, and what else is the reason to play tug-of-war with the organization at the risk of being imprisoned at any time?
― Originally, it was planned to find out and kill them as soon as they returned.
―If you love it, I won’t harm it. But before that, you’ll have to find out for yourself.
Beatrix and I decided to play a game. Now that Adele has figured out that the troublemaker has grown up, it’s only a matter of time before she is saved from the Queen’s clutches.
First of all, let’s find her.
Let’s find out and ask her all about it.
Disposition is next.
Can’t you just think of it as paying off your debt? I was greatly indebted to Adele in her previous life. She even made her lose her life.
Now is the time to right that wrong.
“…… Adele, don’t let me hurt you.”
Arriving at the front door of the detached building, I immediately took out the keychain I was holding in my hand. To get in and out of this place, he took out the bronze key he needed and put it in the hole, and went straight to the stairs leading to the basement without looking anywhere else.
To be honest, visiting a bloody torture chamber in the middle of the night didn’t feel very good. Watching the neat wallpaper and flooring turn into a bumpy stone mass gave me a rather eerie feeling.
But can it be That’s what it’s like to walk alone in the dark. I groped for the wall and headed for the abyss. Rolfe had died just two days ago, and when I reached the place where my comrades had been massacred in my previous life, I looked through the many weapons and tools hanging on the walls.
“Anyway, damn it…….”
A knife, a saw, and a spear.
No need for anything cumbersome. A blade like that might be good for maximizing fear, but it’s useless to me.
Yes, this one is enough for me.
“It’s like shit, so I can’t eat it.”
All you need is a killing shotgun and the belt that comes with it…… !
