EP. 41 -Butler is rumored
While the young lady was enjoying shopping as usual at the main store of the Libra Shokai, which is the largest in the kingdom, I was guided to the chairman's Selpan.
“That's why I was able to do what I was asking for.”
“Yes, this will be here.”
If you cut out the story as the item you ordered was completed, the cellpan sitting on the sofa on the face of the desk smiled and gave instructions to a subordinate man behind him.
In response to that instruction, the man slowly puts the product he brought on the desk.
If you remove the cloth on the product, there are several earrings that use the same crystal as one crystal ball that is as large as the hand.
“I will confirm… Ains”
“Excuse me”
When I pick up one of the lined up earrings and give it to Ains, which was ahead, I pick up the crystal ball.
When the surface of the crystal ball was traced with the fingertips, the magic tools were launched in response to the movements set in advance.
In front of me, the crystal emits a little light, and the blurred image gradually became clearer, and eventually the crystal reflected the back of a man sitting on the sofa.
Needless to say, this is me.
This reflects the sight of Ains's earrings.
“I see, I've definitely confirmed it.”
This crystal is a magical tool that can be handled from the unreasonable store that had been trying to look into the young lady's skin before, so that even me who has no magic can handle it.
In the kingdom, there were no technicians who could handle magic tools, so we asked the Imperial Mage engineer through the Libra Shokai.
The distance that can be communicated from the size of the crystal is not so long, but it is not a problem because there is a means of contact.
“It seems that you were satisfied, and above all, please see the next item.”
The next one was a simple bracelet -shaped magic.
I bought it here before, I can't make a mistake.
It is the same magical device that is fitted in my left arm.
In the first place, there was no precedent for strengthening the body, so the last time I made it was a prototype, which seems to be an improved type this time.
“…?”
I try to start it, but I even remember the obvious difference.
I don't feel the pain that the whole body that had been attacked just by booting before was torn.
It is not exactly exactly what it is, but it is still a difference in cloud mud compared to before.
“As expected, Crow -sama seems to have noticed that it is that situation, right?”
“What is this? This is not a story of improvement.”
It can be seen that not only the load has decreased, but also the strength of reinforcement transmitted throughout the body is increasing.
If you go this far, it's a completely different thing rather than improving it.
Serpan, who looks at me, is so happy that he can't hide his face.
“Eh, yeah, as I mentioned earlier, it was not the engineer who made a contract at the Society that made this item.”
“What?”
“Actually, a technician who is interested in the magic tools of the body enhancement that the last crow ordered was definitely want to make it… Oh, don't look like that. It's okay, let's guarantee his arms.
This man is a merchant of the ground up, though he turns his suspicious gaze unintentionally.
Because this man says that, there is no way to sell bad products.
If so, I'm going to hit it here.
“Huh, it was a big one in the empire.”
“No, that's not the case, because it was the first mage of the empire that made these magic tools!”
“Nana…!”
It was a big thing that exceeded my expectations.
Speaking of the leading mage, both name and reality are the top of the empire's magic technology development.
Although it is an important person in other countries, the information has not come in, but the current mage is a genius who is said to have earned the Imperial Magic Technology Level of the Empire for a few years in a few years of being young.
You can see that such a big game has such a chore, or that his cheeks are inadvertently cramped.
“It's a crow, you'll always surpass our expectations lightly. I didn't think I could have a connection with the leading mage.
I didn't care about me, and I usually turn up a cool cellpan as if I was excited.
I thought the tension was high today, but is this the cause?
He turns his amazing gaze.
“… I'm sorry, I've forgotten my excitement. If so, please click here.”
After a while, I finally noticed my cold gaze, and the calm cellpan gave out a newly removed paper bag on the table.
“I don't intend to receive a bribe.”
“That's not the case. This time, our conjunction with the Empire's leading engineer has promised further development. This is a thank you.”
“Law…?”
“We are trying to make a fair transaction, so it's not good to be able to make a profit alone. Of course, we will continue to draw more convenience for Crows in the future.”
“I see, let's get it.”
Honestly, I'm not interested in this man, but it's only troublesome to declare here.
If this man is satisfied just by receiving it, it would be better to receive it for the future young lady.
I think so, pick up the paper bag placed on the desk.
Apparently, the contents seem to be multiple hard things because of the sound of something hitting in the bag.
“…What is this?”
I opened the mouth of the bag and checked the contents, but I was confused by what was there.
It is not the question of what the contents are, but the question of why to give such a thing.
“I wonder if Crow likes such things, but did you like it?”
Selpan smiles as usual and looks at the Ains behind me… For the time being, I knew that the man in front of me was making a big mistake.
Certainly, I always buy contraceptives at this business meeting, so I think that Ains is such a relationship.
Naturally, it is not expected that it is used to attack the Lord's sleep.
I'm still doing it calmly, but I'm doing something ridiculous.
“… Yes, let's use it.”
“It seems that you were satisfied and above all.”
It's bad for Ains, but I decided to leave this man's misunderstanding.
I can't help but say the truth, it can't be helped.
Later, I wrote up in one corner of my head about taking the mood of Ains, and I stood up when I put on a paper bag.
“Is there anything else? I'm sorry for this”
“Yes, please use our business again when you enter.”
When I confirmed that there were no other products I received, I left the room to join the young lady, being seen off by the cellpan that bowed my head.
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Basically, it is a slum that refuses to engage with the front side, but the only exception is that only the entertainment district in the surface of the surface can be freely entered and exit.
A beautifully dressed prostitute stands on the street corner to pull the customer, and one carriage passes through the strong man around and guards a sharp gaze.
Eventually, the carriage stops in front of the casino, the largest building in the entertainment district, and a man in a high -quality suit comes down from among them.
“No, he's annoying to call unilaterally even though he has an errand, right?”
The man who got off the carriage, Selpan, the chairman of the Libra Shokai, will be led by the escort and enter the building.
Many people, from the poor to the millionaires, have dreamed of getting rich in the luxurious decorations and glittering buildings.
While passing through the whirlpool -swirled casinos, the cellpan was guided to a room where only some VIPs at the back of the casino were allowed to enter.
A huge round table table was placed in the room, where one man was sitting.
At first glance, he's a young man who doesn't look like this.
But he is the person who called the cellpan, and one of the three major organizations that ruled the slum, Ralph.
“It's late, it's already enough to make a schedule.”
“This is sorry. There was an important business negotiation that could not be removed. Unlike that, the schedule is filled up to three months, so it is troublesome to be called suddenly.”
“Kut…”
Ralph can only clench his teeth silently to the hate of cellpan.
Regardless of the previous Wild Fang, they are only equal.
No, rather, Ralph's side is even seen below as a fallen tissue.
That's why the cellpan is also delayed on purpose, and it is probably the case that has not yet come.
“I'm disturbing!”
When the cellpan is also in the seat and waiting for the remaining person, the outside becomes noisy.
As soon as Ralph lifted his waist, a woman suddenly appeared, kicking the door.
The woman, who is generously showing her outstanding proportions in an incredible dress with a clear body line, will be able to stay in the room as she shows off her white legs that extend from the clothes slits.
“Regina! You have a waiting person!?”
“It's a fine man, this one, so I went out because you told me it.
Regina, the leader of the “Behive”, Who is summarizing the prostitutes in the slums, listens to Ralph's protests while blowing the kisel held in their mouth.
In the past, she has taken many guys as the best prostitute in slums, and she doesn't look itchy, such as the bluish kid's idiot.
Because I knew it, Ralph had no choice but to pull down calmly.
“Hey, it's unusual. Did you come too?”
“Well, he says that it's an important discussion in this slum. I also have to participate as the leader of” Uroboros “.”
Regina's interest moves from an immature leader of a fallen organization to another leader who rarely appears on the table.
Selpan, who opened his eyes at the end of his gaze, looked at Ralph, not as the chairman of Leura Shokai, the largest in the kingdom, but as a leader in the slum's business in slum.
Woman's “Be Hive”
Gold “Uroboros”
Power “Wild Fang”
The current slums are managed and operated under these three major tissues.
Basically, they were in interference with each other's own dominance in each other's territory, and it was the first time since the head of the three major organizations had met together.
“Don't say the requirements quickly. I'm not free.”
Regina, who sits on a chair, encourages the ralph who gathered themselves to start the meeting while spitting white smoke.
Everyone who was there was that he wanted to come to the end, but no one gave the queen, the oldest stock in slum.
“Oh, it's nothing but the kidnapping case that has recently occurred in this slum.”
“I'm also investigating it, because some of my children are also damaged.”
“We are also very annoying because we have been deprived of the human resources who have been watching.”
Ralph snips his eyebrows in the smoke toward himself, but stands up in accordance with his opinion and talks about the agenda.
The other two have reported damage to the kidnapper that Ralph has recently baked.
As expected, they seem to be active throughout the slums.
“Isn't it the work of you anyway? The handling of slaves would be a good thing.”
Regina turns her eyes on the cellpan.
Certainly, Celpan's Uroboros deals with all kinds of products that cannot be given in a table as a creed to prepare anything as long as they are piled up.
Of course, slaves are also included.
In that sense, it is the most suspicious of this.
“I'm sorry. If we do, it's not this kind of choice, we'll do it better.”
“Well, that's right.”
But cellpan is not stupid.
At least the incompetence of making enemies in such a way, but can control both the front and back business.
Because we know that, neither Ralph nor Regina will pursue the Selpan without particularly pursuing.
“As you know, these kidnaps are doing our own territory, and recently they have extended their hands to the front side.”
“Certainly, the information that the noble child is missing is also here.”
Selpan nods to supplement Ralph information.
Ralph did not know the information up to that point, but considering the purpose of the kidnapper, it was quite possible.
I was surprised at the skill of the cellpan who got the information, but I was not surprised at the information itself.
“I hate to get around. Don't get into the main subject.”
“Oh, so what I want to propose this time is that we want to temporarily cooperate between us and your organization to solve this case.”
“…”
Ralph, who thought that Regina was in good time, cut out the purpose of gathering the top of the three major organizations this time.
It is to have a cooperative relationship with these three major organizations and sweep this slum at once.
The two who have been suggested are silent in the content, but they will continue to continue with their gaze.
“The problem is already only for slums. If there is any more damage, the front side will also intervene here. In that case, the whole slum will be more damage. In order to avoid that, this three organizations should temporarily cooperate and catch the culprit!”
Yes, it is not the case that the damage is already spreading on the front side.
If you leave the situation as it is, it is possible that the Kingdom Knights will decide to be the culprit and attack.
Rather, that's the aim of both the criminal.
It is unknown whether to escape or take further action by taking the turmoil, but he is not intended to be danced in their palms.
“I see, I understand what I want to say. Certainly, there is information that the Kingdom Knights have recently been seriously embarking on the investigation.
“Well, that's right. Certainly, I can't put the trash I like in the garden of me as it is.”
The reaction is not bad, whether they both understood Ralph's perception.
Honestly, they are a person with a strong habit because they are collecting their tissue in a slum, but Ralph strokes his chest because he seems to be able to persuade him.
If the three major slums worked together, this problem would be immediately converged.
“Then…!”
“But there is no way to work with you.”
“Ne!?”
However, such pale expectations were broken by Regina's words.
Ralph has no choice but to be confused as long as it was a good feeling.
And this is a slum crisis, I don't know why.
“Yes, we will refuse that proposal.”
If he turns his eyes on the cellpan, he also shakes his head and shows his willingness to reject.
Even if there is some loss, if this problem is clearly left unattended, his organization will be severely damaged.
He shouldn't know that.
“Why! It's a crisis for the whole slum!?”
“It's noisy. I know this is about that.”
“In that case!”
“But working with you more than that problem is just a risk for us.”
Ralph hits his fist into the desk and tries to persuade him again, but both of them have the same intention to reject.
Although it is a risk, is there a risk beyond this problem?
“Why! Because I'm immature and not worth trusting?”
“It's wrong”
At first I wondered if I was a young leader and would not be worthwhile to be credible.
Ralph, who has been raising only with combat abilities, is still younger and less experience than they, so he is still licked.
I thought it was the cause, but Selpan denied the word.
“Why?”
“That's because you're a” Traitor “.”
“…!”
There is only one thing that Ralph, a traitor, hears the words.
“Ten years ago, I wouldn't let you say what kind of hand you used to be a Wild Fang leader at that time?”
“But that…”
Certainly, ten years ago, Ralph betrayed his organization.
And to sell it to Wildfang, the largest organization at the time.
He has betrayed the “Lord” With his former colleagues to become a stepping stone to return to the aristocratic society.
However, this slum is a daily occurrence.
It would be strange to be told that you couldn't work with this level.
“Yeah, it's a problem. Even if you betray the Lord who saved yourself and sell it to an hostile organization, that's a bad thing. This is such a place.”
“But in your case the opponent was too bad. There are still” He “Followers in this slum, and maybe inside our organization.”
That's the biggest miscalculation for Ralph.
The adults who were at the time of the slums at the time, who were at the bottom of the slums, and those who slaughtered the strongest aristocracy, the strongest symbol of them, were truly saviors.
It was the same as Wildfang, who had dominated the slum at the time, and was eliminated.
Rather, the feat that he did at the end made his religion deeper.
“In other words, that's what it is. If the me is still working with you, the” They “May collapse from the inside with the opposition to it. This is why I can't work with you.”
Neither Selpan nor Regina are the same leaders, but even if they do it, they are not allowed to be a fanatic.
Ten years since then, the number of new members who have joined as both of them are expanded as the three major organizations are countless.
The candidates are all of the people of the age of the child at the time, and it would be almost impossible to identify in this slum, where children are born like weeds.
“Fucking, will he get in the way after he died?”
“Well, I can't do my cooperation, but I'll do the investigation here too, so I'll do something to let me know if I know what.”
“The story is over, and I'm rude with this.”
As long as the story is over, the two set up, leave the ralph left unattended and leave the room.
The remaining Ralph suffered from helplessness and had no choice but to be stunned for a while.
“… So, how is it actually?”
After confirming that the door closes behind, Regina cuts out the topic that I couldn't talk to the cellpan next door.
“How is it?”
“Don't be ecstatic. Do you know? That” Boy “Is still alive.”
Ralph seemed to consider him as a ghost of the past that he died, but Regina does not think so.
Rather, he thinks he is still alive somewhere.
“He should have died in a trump card with Wild Fang's trump card?”
“But the corpse has not been found… Is that so?”
“Isn't it just burning out and no corpse remained?”
Yes, if you think about it, it's exactly what Selpan says.
Finally, the area where “He” Seemed to have fought was a hell burned by burning flames at the time.
“He”, Who is said to have no magical power, cannot survive.
Some people suspect survival because they have not found a corpse, but it is the external magician who produced flames.
It would be natural to think that it was burned out.
Up to this point, if you are a slum who knows the time, you know it naturally.
Everyone concluded that he was dead and forgot in the past.
“So why did they dazzle at once five years ago? Is it the same for you anyway?”
But they had other information.
The girls under “He” Who fled to various places because of the loss of the Lord.
Invite them into their own organizations, and know the truth that they know only because they are hidden.
“In other words, you survived the incident a decade ago and took them with them?”
“I can only think so? Those kids don't ask anyone's orders. Other than that, the only thing I recognized.”
While talking, Regina reminds me of a girl who used to work under her.
Where and what is the gray -haired girl, who had no name and called himself with the number that he once received from the Lord?
“Well, how about? I don't know.”
“Huh… I thought so.”
Regina sighs as if she was amazed.
Selpan is a genuine merchant who treats anything as a product.
Naturally, information is nothing but valuable products for him.
Regina didn't even think that he could get it for free.
“You can prepare anything if you pay for you?”
“Well, we will prepare anything if you can pay the fee, from the kind of phantom beast to the kingdom nobleman's daughter, and eventually the new magical weapon of the empire,?”
It's a stunning lineup, but this man's talent as a merchant is real.
As long as you pay, you will prepare all kinds of products.
“If you ask me to sell information about that boy, how much would you sell?”
So, this man may know the place of that boy.
And perhaps her whereabouts, who should be nearby.
“If so… If you can prepare about 5,000 white gold coins, we will provide information that I know.”
“How many years is the national budget of the kingdom… And it doesn't make sense if you don't know anything.”
Regina drops her shoulders in the answer of Selpan.
I knew, but I don't seem to sell this information alone.
Of course, if you sell information to the person in your own way, you may come to crush the whole organization in retaliation.
It was the terrible part of “He” That he couldn't say that, and it was a natural decision as a merchant who wanted to avoid risk.
“Do you want to buy?”
“Who will buy it!”
Nevertheless, Regina beat the cellpan's hand, who would hate charging a fee, as a business possibility.
“Where and what is that boy doing now…”
Before the two who leave the casino get on the carriage, Regina looks up at the sky while blowing the kisel.
The sky, which is slightly visible from the gap in the building, is cloudy as if it captures them today.
“Well, maybe you're serving some nobles?”
“Huh! That boy who was more resentful of the nobles than anyone else, wouldn't do that?”
Selpan answers what he thought of what he thought, but she laughed with her nose.
I don't know what kind of grudge I had, but “He” Relentlessly killed and killed the nobles, which were the trump cards of each power, killed them.
That's why he was afraid of all the residents of the slums, and was finally crushed by Wildfang, the largest faction at the time.
That's why it's impossible.
“Yes, right…”
Hearing the words, Selpan had a unusual and subtle expression.
