Chapter 304 – Shadow of the Holy Land (3)
Again a few days after that.
Our Veronica finally succeeded in learning the 〈 space movement 〉 magic after research.
“My dear! Let’s go! I don’t want to be here anymore!”
Adelaide probably helped, but Veronica didn’t have to help, so she seemed to want the female bicorn Gordon Ramsay to be gone.
If you see me holding me and crying sadly, I’m sure it is.
【Mr. Adelaide, Elka. How are you.】
【Yes. It was an honor to be able to assist you.]
【Come on, goodbye!】
Adelaide bows down and Fairy Ann hides behind Elka and waves.
While he was staying here, he couldn’t even see his nose, but when we said we were leaving, he showed his face. It must have been avoiding me.
Frank smiled and said.
[All three of you are healthy. I hope to see you again.]
【Thank you. Since your wife says so, you should save the rest of your life.]
【What is this guy who doesn’t seem to die…】
After Veronica’s muttered words, we climbed to the top of the magic circle.
If you ride this, it seems that you can move 〈 〉 to the border of Romania that Veronica has been to.
It’s not that I don’t believe Veronica, but given that she’s watching Adelaide, she’s not dangerous.
“Everyone get ready. You will feel dizzy.”
Veronica warned that Sleipnir-level quality was impossible.
We greeted the three residents of the Holy Land as we watched the light pour out, and about three seconds later we were in an unfamiliar forest.
I didn’t have dizziness, but I was able to endure it well enough.
It was about getting on and off the express bus for a long time.
“——Good! Success! Succeded!”
– Jump! Jump!
Veronica jumps for joy. Do bicorns have a racial trait of jumping in place when excited?
It’s a little funny that Veronica is most pleased with the subject of her casting her magic, but we still manage to get close to the city without any stragglers or ill health.
Lalilura looked around the forest and picked a flower.
“By the way, sister? Is there a reason she didn’t go right into the city?”
“If you do, you will be smuggled out? As with the entry procedures, it is not possible without entry and exit records in the city.”
“Ahang♡”
When Fran explained that, Lari Lura slapped her palm.
In any country, smuggling is a felony. In order to find Tyrsi, you have to investigate in the sun, but can you leave a criminal aftertaste?
That’s how we entered the border and crossed the big gate.
“Pass by.”
It was a pretty tough checkpoint, as befits a major city in the Empire, but apart from the vicorn that transformed into a cat, there was nothing we could get stabbed at. We easily pass through and enter the city.
Cat Veronica sighed in my arms.
“It’s pet registration again.”
“Sorry. Making your ID is a bit difficult.”
In order to create a fake ID, someone with power at the level of the lord must manipulate it as a territorial citizen.
Of course, it’s hard to ask such a favor in our home town, Sargadis. If you don’t do it right, you could be taken by Lord Hennessis.
“Ugh. That’s what I’m talking about, dear.”
Said Veronica, wagging her tail.
“Adelaide told me that this would be useful since the curse has been lifted, but in fact, it doesn’t seem like I don’t have a way to get an ID right away.”
“What? Really? How would you like it?”
She asked as if surprised, even Dana, who had heard the story in one ear. Then Veronica hesitated for a moment.
“That… They say you have to transform into an elf.”
“… Elf?”
“That, yes. It is said that the Elves also established a nation in Kitai, but unlike the Dwarves, who are mostly born in Nidavellir or their home city, there are many who are born and raised in the forest. That’s why the country has a procedure for naturalization.”
“Ah, that’s it.”
Elf, a longevity race. Like the hermits in the martial arts area, there may be cases where they escape from the forest after a few decades.
If such people appeal to their competence, will they be accepted as citizens? It was understandable.
Veronica hastily picked up her excuse and served.
“These are the laws of Romania. Ha, but that’s not a very good idea, is it? If I get my ID this way, I’ll always have to take on the form of an elf in front of others, and if I do, it’s clear that my master will be displeased.”
“Yes? No, not really.”
I shook my head. I’m in a position where I can’t get my wife an ID because I’m not enough, so I can’t push my stubbornness here.
“I have a lot of prejudice against elves, but I don’t hate it when you change like an elf. Isn’t that obvious?”
If people are fine and nice but hate that they look like elves, that’s racism.
Think about it. ‘What the puck?! My girl has become a Negro! Break up, fucking!’
“Just because our Veronica loses her horns and her ears get longer, doesn’t this pretty face or personality change? Let’s think of it as one of the methods for now.”
“… After, after. Right? I believed that even if my appearance changed a little, my master would not hate me!”
“Yes, yes. Don’t be like that Alright, so quickly install the magic circle again. I have to move.”
We went into the forest and set up the disposable magic circle again.
Since it is a magic circle that disappears after use, there is no need to worry about it.
Paah-!
After choosing a location, move 〈 space again 〉.
Our destination this time was near the big city of Romania, where Lady Hennesses had asked us to go. Said Veronica, lowering her blazing bough.
“It is arrival. From here to Lucregens is enough in two to three hours.”
“Oh really? It’s so fast!”
Is it because it is the forest of my home country? Lalilura acted as if soaked in emotions for a moment, then she quickly brushed off her private feelings and took the lead.
“Then, today’s guide is mine☆! Let’s go!”
“Yes, yes.”
As we moved along the spirited Ralilura, we were able to arrive right away, as Veronica said.
“Five? It’s pretty roomy.”
Seeing the scenery inside the city, I was quite impressed.
Indeed, it was a luxury worthy of a historic country. The colors are unified from the roof of the building, and the road is wide. I often see high-rise buildings, but they weren’t so crowded that I didn’t want to see them.
But not all sections feel that way.
Contrary to the name of the sacred city, there were many buildings with a decadent feel in some parts of the district.
On the left is the headquarters of the large church.
On the right… Is it a casino?
It felt like the atmosphere of the city was divided into two extremes, left and right.
“Whoa~♡ How are you? What is the big city that our country is proud of?”
Larry Lura laughed, revealing her patriotism for some reason. In the city on the right, I found a few buildings that gave off a circus vibe and laughed.
As if satisfied with my laugh, Lalilura opened her arms.
“Welcome! To Lucregens, the city of faith and pleasure, decadence and pilgrimage!”
***
Lucregens is the place where Tyrsi left his last footprint.
Of course, this is where we first arrived.
If it was a normal exploration method, you would have to find out where Tyrsi first arrived by selling his feet, but there was already someone who took over that role.
“Nice to meet you.”
A middle-aged man with the look and fashion of a detective bowed his head slightly to me. I, who was sitting at a table in the bar waiting for him, responded with a nod.
─Charlang. I shake the glass I ordered in moderation.
“It was a nice store. Are you a regular?”
“The only advantage is that the store owner has a heavy mouth. Of course, it can be a good relationship with the store owner, who is light-hearted.”
A smiling middle-aged detective making coins with his fingers. If it’s a bar with a lot of customers, you can pay a little extra money and listen to what the customers say. Like his dandy face, he feels like a veteran.
‘Well, that’s why Lady Hennesses must have trusted her and entrusted the investigation.’
Just by looking at how fluent Britannia is, that’s the case.
─Click.
Detective Ah-jae sat down at the table and ordered a drink, and as soon as the drink arrived, he put his hand in her arms. I sensed the movement of mana around the table.
“〈 Silence〉 Magic?”
“One of the tools of the trade. A detective and a thief are one and the same.”
If you think about francs, you were right a hundred times. I took out Lady Hennessis’ entire letter.
“The young lady said that you can trust her because she has skills. I got it.”
“Thank you. Hmm. It says that the explanation is left to me.”
“Because there is a high risk of information leakage through letters.”
“A wise move.”
The detective, like a thief, immediately discovered whether the letter was forged or not, and opened his mouth.
“Now then, where should I begin… Did you know that Miss Tyrsi, the target, is the eldest daughter of a fallen noble?”
“At least briefly.”
“Let’s start by telling the details. I believe you know something about the Romanian power structure. Miss Tyrsi’s grandfather was a member of the Senate, the pinnacle of which.”
I opened my eyes sharply at those words.
Senator of the Senate.
Among the aristocrats, they are the highest rank of power in Romania.
Even if it is worse than the emperor, it is said that ordinary aristocrats have extreme power that they cannot even dare to dare.
‘The Senate itself is the emperor’s assistant and advisor, but it’s true that it’s an institution with high power even among the aristocratic class.’
To put it simply, the ones who can enter the Senate are those of high rank among the nobility.
And the senators are the people chosen as representatives among the aristocracy, but the power they have is not congressmen, but more than any dictatorial president.
‘No, should I say the opposite.’
It was right to say that a senator would not be able to get a seat without that kind of support, territory, and base. Of course, the same senators are also in check, so I can’t say absolute power.
Still, fuck it, I didn’t think that the people from Tyrsi were so celestial.
─Charlang. Ajae, a detective with a glass of wine, said.
“Do you know the senate collapse 10 years ago?”
“Yes. Was it a case where 3 senators with only 8 members were assassinated?”
“It must be famous abroad. Well, there was a big commotion.”
Laughing bitterly, he stopped talking and quenched his throat with a drink.
“Whoa… The Senate Council cannot function without at least 5 members present. If there are less than four people, coordination of opinions is meaningless, and the relics of ancient civilizations in the meeting room cannot be used.”
“It’s a famous story even among the people.”
An ancient relic of the Senate. I also heard and saw.
Of course, it’s a military secret, so we don’t know what the relic is.
“It is. But at that time, three senators lost their lives and one was in the hospital today and tomorrow. The central power of the Senate is not functioning… It was good for His Majesty to take up the purge sword.”
Having said that, the detective burst out laughing.
“Of course I have no sympathy for the matter. Do you understand?”
“Neither do I.”
I’m guessing you shouldn’t think about what to do with your back. Well, I also have no intention of engaging in a political fight with this old man.
“But then, Tirshi’s grandfather…”
“You were unharmed at the time of the purge. But a few years after that, he is said to have been accused of being behind the scenes of the collapse of the Senate.”
… No what the fuck
‘Isn’t that almost treason to the state?’
Of course, the emperor would have created a chance to increase his power, but the collapse of the Senate 10 years ago in Romania was an event that triggered the IMF barley hill in another world.
If a noble had committed such an incident, her granddaughter, Tircy, would never have been able to guard my neck. I half-opened my eyes.
“Who were you?”
“You were framed.”
It’s going back like a fucking country. Very.
I heard that the emperor danced a forsythia dance of joy while watching the core forces of the senate get cut in half.
“But if it was a false accusation, why wasn’t it reinstated? Even if your grandfather died before your honor was restored, you can still regain your nobility——Ah, that’s right.”
“I was going to explain it to you, but you seem to understand it first.”
“Yes. Well, there is no way that a person with that kind of power wouldn’t have had a single corruption.”
If you grab each one and shake it off, something will come out. Unless you’re a really insanely innocent person, if you go in with a warrant and overthrow it, there must be something to blame.
How could he have had no real interest in bribery or land speculation?
Rather, if it had not been at all, it would not have been able to stand at the top of the Senate’s Wonjungamtu (院中暗鬪).
If a public institution pushes and overturns power, whether it is false or not, there is no way for the fallen family to revive. Without power or money, only sin remains, so how can we survive?
‘No, maybe that false accusation is the emperor…’
Shit, quit.
I became an on-site archaeologist to avoid such sensitive matters. How am I supposed to know and deal with the truth of the political battles waged by the great emperor?
Let’s pay attention, attention.
“I roughly knew. But what does this have to do with finding Tirshi’s whereabouts?”
“There or not. A man does not move without a motive.”
“… Motive.”
Those words reminded me of Tirshi’s actions.
This is what I was thinking about when I was fighting the ogre the other day. Tyrsi was a woman who was obsessed with getting promoted in the mage guild and wanted her place as a nobleman back.
Rarely did she speak directly. But it must be.
Tyrsi did that in all of her quests I encountered.
Reconnaissance of the sewer, suspension of thesis review, recovery of the stolen thesis, warlock subjugation, promotion request——everything else.
After her downfall, Tyrsi’s life was all focused on her return to nobility.
“I have not been able to find out where Miss Tyrsi is or what she is doing, but I have been able to ascertain why she set foot on her home soil again.”
As she said that to the middle-aged detective, she took out a letter from her bosom.
“She wants to get back what she’s lost, and she’s back in the Empire.”
