Chapter 276 – Why Is the Captain of the Guard Sighing?
After answering Trisian’s question appropriately without much thought, he felt something strange and kept his mouth shut for a while.
It is true that the Black Moon has carried out kidnappings near the West Way.
However, the Black Moon declared that he would stop kidnapping.
Even after the declaration, disappearance cases occurred.
The identity of the missing person is Drake.
Drake came around here recently.
Therefore, when the black moon abducted people, it did not exist.
What does the list of facts prove?
This disappearance is not something that has happened in the past.
In other words, all disappearances in the past are the work of the Black Moon… ?
As Trisian questioned, did all the disappearances in the vicinity of the Westway result in the Black Moon’s doing?
I tilted my head, wondering if that was too much speculation.
It’s like the crow’s paradox. Elixir is too severe.
“Hmm… Is not it… ?”
“Why do you think not?”
“‘The Black Moon of the Past’ was a very large criminal organization. I also kidnapped a lot of people. But if you ask if all the disappearances around the city were the work of the Black Moon, that would be speculation…”
“Why do you think so?”
Trisian was oddly persistent in my answer. Normally, I would have been annoyed, but since it was Trisian’s question, I answered with sincere consideration.
“Just because people disappear from the forest, it’s speculation that it’s all the work of the Black Moon. It could be that he fell into a pit somewhere and never came back, or he could have been attacked by a wolf or some other beast and died.”
“… When I handed Johannes, the traitor of the Black Moon, to me in the past, I handed him the ledger as well. Do you remember?”
“Oh, of course.”
I remember it.
It recorded where and how much the black moon secretly distributed drugs and kidnapped people, and how much black money it earned.
And it was a criminal ledger that recorded everything from when and how much money was handed over to certain officers of the guards by using the black money as a bribe.
The contents of the ledger were manipulated by Natalya and Germi to blame Johannes and his family for all the crimes committed by the Black Moon. By doing so, they succeeded in laundering the huge tissue called the Black Moon.
With the ledger handed over to me, Trisian was able to punish the traitors within the guards and be recognized for his contributions, allowing him to sit in the position of captain of the guards.
It was something that played a very important role. So I can’t forget
“The list of people who actually went missing and the list of victims of the Black Moon’s abduction didn’t match.”
“Not correct… ?”
“There were actually more people missing than the Black Moon kidnapped.”
“Then I’m pretty sure I just said that. ‘I got lost in the woods’ or ‘I was attacked by a monster or wild beast.’ There are many monsters in this forest that can kill people.”
“Is there a possibility that the ledger you gave me is not enough?”
“There is no such thing. What is written in the ledger is the truth without addition or subtraction. You can tell that there is no contradiction in the contents, since you have read it yourself, right?”
The contents of the ledgers were made by Johannes, and although he did some manipulation, he did not change the numbers.
Trissian also closed his eyes, admitting to it.
“Then, what is the possibility that there are other organizations besides you?”
“Impossible. The Black Moon is an organization that governs not only the West Way, but also the western part of the kingdom. Do you think you would have left another criminal organization alone where the Black Moon is?”
Illegal businesses have little scalability. If there are other tissues, the rice bowl becomes too small. There is no reason not to use your strength and subdue other organizations and monopolize brothels and drug and human trafficking.
In other words, there was no group other than the Black Moon that could carry out an abduction.
“Then… Hmm…”
Trissian seemed dissatisfied with my words and bit her lower lip slightly.
Her attitude is strangely insistent.
“What is the problem? The disappearance case has been solved. The disappearance that happened this time is Drake’s work, and most of the previous disappearances are unfortunate accidents if it’s not the work of the Black Moon.”
“Hmm…”
At my answer, Trisian let out a gasp. She doesn’t look good.
Why? Shouldn’t we be happy that we know the truth about the disappearance case and that it has been resolved in an appropriate way?
But why is Trisian making such a sad face? Does she look like she’s uncomfortable with something?
In the first place, I want to seduce her Trician, but I don’t know too much about her.
Without her information, it’s hard for her to build her crush on her.
But she doesn’t tell me about her own information.
So think. She reviews her information about her.
At first, she was hostile towards the Black Moon. And, of course, she was hostile toward me, the son-in-law of Hergel, the head of the Black Moon.
She thinks that she has made the impression of being hostile to the point of liking it now.
But what was the reason she was hostile to the black moon?
Causal rate. Everything has a cause. There must have been a reason why she became hostile to the Black Moon.
The first thing that comes to mind is a sense of duty according to the job.
But then she shook her head.
That she’s a member of the guards and she’s hostile to the Black Moon because it’s a criminal organization isn’t a sufficient explanation.
Every human action has a trigger.
The reason people have jobs is to make money.
Yes, the job of being a security guard is for earning money after all. That’s why she, her former guard captain, and other executives took bribes from the Black Moon.
There can be no one in the world who values a floating moral concept such as work ethic more than money.
But Trisian did not accept the Black Moon’s bribe.
Considering her lineage, it is unlikely that she would ever get into trouble over money.
So, she must not have taken the bribe.
If it’s not a sense of mission, the second thing that comes to mind is a righteous personality.
What if it was her sense of justice that kept her hostile to the Black Moon despite pressure from her other officers and her former chief of guards?
Trisian has an uncompromising personality, and she reacted sensitively to the disappearance of the villagers.
But that is because, to her, the people of her estate are the private property of a lord, not because she feels pity for their death.
She’s just a machine-like woman who does her job bluntly.
Was Trician really a righteous person in the first place?
What concept is she just? Justice? Right mind? What is right?
Right or right? Who decides what is right and wrong?
In a village where people with only one eye live, having two eyes is abnormal.
Trisian was hostile to the black moon because of a concept like a good-looking, bright apricot like justice?
The definition of justice is ambiguous to people who would never do such a thing if it were me. This hypothesis is repealed.
Third. Personal grudge.
This is plausible.
No, it’s not at a plausible level, but it’s the most convincing thing I’ve ever thought of.
There is no other driving force in the world that makes people move as surely as resentment.
If so, think of the reason for the grudge. Why does she have a grudge against the Black Moon?
The Black Moon is a criminal organization. I would have done as many things as I wanted to live here and there.
For example, kidnapping someone who was close to Trician.
…
Even after saying it yourself, you nod your head.
Yeah, if someone close to her went missing, that would explain the animosity Trician had towards the Black Moon.
Good. I think I know roughly where Trisian’s hostility towards the Black Moon came from.
Then why is she obsessed with and clinging to the ‘disappearance case’?
He repeated what Trisian had said.
Inconsistent lists of missing persons and lists of abductees on ledgers.
Excessive obsession with the disappearance case that has been happening for a long time.
Ah, I think I know roughly. The puzzle pieces fit so neatly.
All that remains is whether my guess is right or wrong. All you have to do is check the wrong answer.
“Miss Trisian. Did someone you know go missing in the past?”
“… Um, where did you hear that?”
To my question Trissian responded bluntly with her arms crossed.
“I did a little thinking. Mr. Trisian was quite hostile towards the Black Moon in the past, and now he is directly moving to investigate the disappearance even though he is in the position of chief of the guard. Besides, she is overly obsessed with the disappearance, whether or not it happened in the past.”
“… Hmm. Did you guess that far with just that information?”
“Yes. That Hanseong is able to make such an inference with only this amount of information. How are you?”
She smiled confidently.
Come on tell me the truth I will break down that iron wall of yours and peel it off to taste and savor your inner flesh.
