Chapter 343 – Immortal Elixir (4)
“… You mean here?”
This was another unexpected proposal.
I beat the abacus in my head at the speed of light and calculated the gains and losses.
Watching the elixir not to be stolen, or dealing with those who tell you to sell it to them before putting it up for auction.
Either way, it was cumbersome and annoying.
In that sense, the Hermaion Guild is a decent choice. A business of this size would be difficult to touch, even as the lord of Lenapolis.
While I calculated that in my head, my mouth moved as I enlisted.
“If you add the friends you made here, you get six people?”
“Ah haha! If it’s the benefactor’s party, accept even 10 times that amount!”
Selena laughs heartily. Well, it’s bigger than a college dorm, so maybe 6 people should be fine.
I smiled and nodded my head.
“Then I would like to ask you a favor.”
“Yeah! To be able to give a room to a benefactor is a family honor! Where is the inn? I will send someone!”
“Oh, please take the letter I wrote too.”
Otherwise, other wives might be suspicious.
– With daughters and daughters.
Nodding to my words, Selena rang her handbell.
Soon after, the maid showed up and left for the inn after receiving my letter, and Selena took another item from her butler and started explaining.
“The auction starts in a few days and is held over five days. Please assume that you will be staying at the mansion for about a week.”
She said as she turned over the paper with her vote written on it.
“Looking at the current entry list, Elixir will probably appear at the climax of Day 4. There aren’t many products that can compare to an elixir that comes and goes with multiple gold coins.”
“Until then, I hope there is no separation. We’re sorry if we cause trouble for you, right?”
“Sorry to say! If something really happens, it doesn’t matter as I can pay off the debt of my life!”
The calculations are thorough for being disappointed, yes. As I burst out laughing, Selena covered her mouth and giggled as if satisfied.
“Then Dismuke! Please guide Mr. Nord and his wife to the annex! May you both feel at home and rest in peace!”
“Yeah. I will only be indebted to you for a few days.”
So we were sent to the annex before the other party.
There were several rooms in the building, but it seemed like you could use them however you wanted, whether it was for one person or one. The rich have a different mindset.
“Huh, fuck. It’s too hard to stay still without talking.”
Dana, who had entered the room I entered, collapsed on the big bed. I giggled as I kneaded her ass, which had risen like a backstroke.
“Thank you. Still, since noona stayed by her side, other people said, ‘Ah! Seeing that such a beautiful woman acts like a wise mother and wife, isn’t she looking at me favorably, saying, ‘This bastard has something too!’?”
“… Anyway, the bastard speaks well. It would have sounded a lot better if you hadn’t touched my butt.”
“Write. Isn’t that all this husband’s consideration? I refrained from saying it seriously because I fear my wife might have heart failure.”
“Fucking away the plague without a moment of rest, really.”
“If you don’t want to get sick, why don’t you act cute?”
He hugged the chattering Dana and kissed her. Thinking about this and that, I was a bit mentally exhausted too. While we wait for the party to come, we should do some healing while squatting.
I rolled over, hugging her slender body with no flesh to hold on to, and Dana, while feeling disgusted, quietly gasped for breath in my arms.
“… What are you going to do from now on? Originally, if someone attacked you, you were planning to dig out that bastard, right? Couldn’t there be a guy big enough to break into this fucking mansion without thinking?”
“Anyway, if you enter the auction, everyone will be able to see who the opponent is, but there is no point taking the risk already. Katherine is also being targeted, so it’s not bad to stay in a safe place.”
The question is whether the environment surrounding Tyrsi will change during her existence.
Of course, there were countermeasures in this regard as well. I massaged Dana while making various plans.
─Brurrr.
I deliberately avoided erogenous zones so as not to feel erotic, but the waiting time was a bit long.
“This is the first time I can relax in such a luxurious place. My sister would be jealous if she found out.”
Catherine, who had come with her wives, looked around her annex and expressed her feelings.
I said while helping Ralilura unpack.
“You say you should stay here, but will your sister be okay by herself?”
“If it wasn’t for that lousy tracking magic, I wouldn’t have been caught? You said that too. It is unlikely that the half-elf who attacked us reported the identity of the phantom thief. There will be no problem.”
It was clear from reading my memory that it wasn’t, but I decided to just say it was. It was a story that had nothing to explain on purpose.
“Oh yeah. I have something to ask you to investigate.”
“An investigation? As much as it is safe to be here, gathering information is also limited. It might be a little late…”
“Investigate first. It’s not a particularly difficult order.”
“… What, what do you mean?”
I shook Catherine’s hand to calm down.
“It looks like a young mistress of the Armalth family has come to this city? Find out where he is staying with his parents’ house. Wouldn’t it be difficult with just this?”
At my words, Catherine’s complexion brightened.
“Oh, of course! As for the location, I already figured it out! Being a celebrity, it was already caught in my investigation.”
“… Where are you?”
I felt a bit harsh, so I immediately asked a question.
The foreboding was not wrong. Catherine said calmly.
“A manor house!”
“… Ha, fuck.”
As soon as I heard her answer, a six-headed character jumped out.
‘No shit… Why do I have to stay there?’
I sighed, pressing my temples.
The young lady told me how long she had been haunted by a mad warlock, and that she was lodging at another madman’s house.
If Primor really wasn’t a direct descendant of the first Senate family, it might not be a big deal.
However, how can you not swear at someone you know for sticking your head into a tiger’s den?
“… Ha.”
I sighed and crossed my arms.
I can see why it happened that way. It’s a matter of common sense example.
If a person as famous as her visited a certain territory, it was polite to show his face to the lord who ruled the land. For the exact opposite reason of sending only female knights to Hermaion Mansion.
What if you don’t see the lord and just stay at an inn and then leave?
It would be on the same level as when Steve Jobs came to Samsung headquarters and left after eating and sleeping in the nightstand without meeting the management. All sorts of noises will come out.
If you’re unlucky, you’ll be suspicious that you’re doing something strange.
‘… No, that’s okay. Let’s think positively.’
I just had something I wanted to ask of Primor.
If she’s staying at Diavolo’s house, it’s a very suitable situation for what I’m about to ask. It is inevitable that it is already too late. Let’s just think the timing was good.
I looked out the window as the sun went down and said to Veronica.
“Sir, sir. Cooperate for a moment.”
***
That night.
A little too early for sleep, I jumped on Veronica’s back as a bird and soared into the night sky.
“Shwaaaaa (sex.)”
I myself was transformed into a black mamba. From a distance, it would be difficult to notice my presence, buried in Veronica’s fur.
Veronica, who was flapping her wings, sighed and then complained.
“My dear. Don’t just put it in your ear and cry. Can you speak human words?”
Complaining about not understanding the snake language. I hit Veronica on the back with my tail.
“Focus on flying. If I fall, will I leave you and go alone?”
“Stop talking nonsense. If I leave you alone, won’t something happen and come back? He begged me not to let Fran do anything dangerous.”
“Are you cowardly making facts so that there is nothing to say?”
We fly through the night sky chattering and arrive at the manor house.
I clicked my tongue when I saw its grand expanse.
The Hermaion guild leader’s mansion was also large, but this place was a little higher than that. It feels like real estate inflation is happening inside me. Germania and Romania, even if the land remains. All the buildings are so big, damn it.
I’m so fucking envious. How can a slipper with a fucking two-story house live in sorrow?
‘… Still, the alert state is the expected category.’
The soldiers inside the mansion were patrolling while moving thoroughly.
The Tustars Corridor, which he had climbed over the wall before, was incomparable.
It seems that the soldiers are cheering up and patrolling with FM. As the phantom thief twins said, it seemed unreasonable to dare to break through such a strict boundary.
‘There are many soldiers—especially in the annex on the right.’
If so, that is probably where Tyrsi is imprisoned.
I glared at the small annex with impressive simple exterior walls.
I was right in my judgment to be cautious. It was an annex lined with soldiers without obstacles. The ones who infiltrated there were seen last year even when they were transformed into animals.
Did you say it was the woo of Tachogyeongsa (打草驚蛇)?
If they were caught trying to infiltrate there, they wouldn’t be caught, and even if they escaped, they would have become more vigilant. I did well not to recklessly challenge myself.
“Veronica. Do you remember where the guest room is?”
“Of course. Being a bird doesn’t make her head stupid.”
Veronica responded and flapped her wings like her joke.
The phantom thief twins seem to have obtained a cross section to rob this mansion the other day, but at that time, they found out that there were a total of three rooms for guests. The location is different, but there is one on each floor.
We checked the room one by one, avoiding the eyes of the guards.
‘Soldiers are mainly deployed at the entrance of the annex and main building. No one is wary of the guest room.’
Is it because she really has no interest in her, that there are few watchers around her primor?
No, even if you deploy the sidekick, if the escort catches the eye, it’s a turn of events. Whether or not there was a kidnapping plan, he probably didn’t use anyone conspicuously.
─Food Duck.
That was when we peeked through the window of the third guest room.
After activating Odin’s Eye, I found familiar faces beyond the window where no alarm magic was applied. It was Primor and its escorts.
Primor was admonishing his kneeling female knight, with a feeble anger fading in his frowning eyes.
〈… Rias. Didn’t I tell you? I have no intention of treating my finger for the time being.”
At that time, Yeodo raised her hand and interrupted Primor, who was giving her face.
‘Madam, wait a moment. Is there an uninvited guest?〉
〈──Where is it?〉
Judging from the fact that they had their hands behind their backs, the female thieves must have been scolded as well, but the party immediately prepared for battle and guarded us. They were still fast-moving people.
─Clap.
The window wasn’t locked, so Veronica and I went into the room confidently.
I climbed off Veronica’s back and opened her mouth.
‘Excuse me for being late at night. You seem to be very busy, is it right to wait?”
Seeing the snake speak, Primor and the guards’ eyes became the size of fists.
The first to notice my true identity was the wizard.
〈… What is that voice?〉
I’ll name it properly. Every time I call myself, I feel like a dick.
Of course, it was the person who changed, but I was going to insist that from the beginning. I’ve been camouflaging the flow of mana inside my body to make it look like a familiar in the eyes of others, but unfortunately it seems that I haven’t checked that far.
Primor, who was bruising the escort, approached him with his face shining.
When I said it mischievously, Primor shook her head in surprise.
‘It can’t be! I didn’t expect to see you again this soon, in a place other than our family’s mansion… !〉
‘Oh, that was a joke. Don’t get excited I was mischievous. But is it okay if I shout like that here? Aren’t you in trouble when people come?>
At Hans’ words, the wizard activated some magic.
It seemed a little lower level than Veronica’s writing, but she seemed to think the same, and Veronica smiled slightly and began to pick the feathers on her wings. Almost like method acting.
“More than that, didn’t you come here because you had something to say? I’d be thrilled if you came here because you regretted saying goodbye to Eoyoung and Booyoung when we parted.〉
The female thief lowered her voice and asked. The primord, with her aristocratic pride, frowned at her attitude, but I was faster than she could open her mouth.
When he answered with a voice that made him feel the appearance of the grand agreement, Primor and the escorts laughed brightly.
‘That’s a ramp! It was a car that I didn’t even pass the meal because it was regrettable that I couldn’t repay you!〉
The other day they were very sharp, but looking at it now, they were a pretty friendly party too.
It was worth it. The people I encountered were people who were burning for revenge after their master and husband were murdered.
Now, he must have put down the burden of his heart and regained his composure.
Said Primor, placing her hand on his chest. The other escorts all had cheap faces.
I smiled bitterly and shook my snake’s head.
〈… Are you talking about the person who wrote the hood?〉
Primor seems to be reminiscent of Lalilura in disguise. I nodded.
Primor’s expression became serious at my imitation of innocence.
〈Lenapolis… Rumors about the ruler have not been very good since before. I heard that our escort has a strangely large number of soldiers near the annex and is on high alert. Could it have anything to do with it?〉
‘If you had noticed, it would have been quicker. I expect to find the woman my friend is looking for right there. I hope you can investigate the annex?”
Everyone’s heads turned to the female thief. She closed her eyes for a moment and thought, then she said.
‘Weren’t you able to handle bugs? If it’s indoors, there must be some energetic guys even in winter.〉
Aren’t cockroaches exterminated just because it’s winter?
There are bugs that can survive a cold wave! A dirt spoon who knows the cheap vinyl flooring that sticks to the soles of his feet also learns the vitality of insects. I learned that at my parents’ house.
Yeo enemy groaned and scratched his head.
〈… It seems impossible.〉
‘No, it’s not like I can’t even think about it…〉
She evaded her words, examining Primor’s complexion.
〈… There are items we want in this auction, so we looked at the list for a while. On the first day, a scarab brooch made in our hometown was submitted.〉
I was conscious of the snout trying to pretend to know, so I let it shut up.
If it was Yesugei, the great warrior of the central plains, it was normal to have no knowledge of the culture or archeology of Narmer-Nile. Let’s take it easy, take it easy.
〈It is a symbol of fertility, a good harvest, and the sun. With that, I could give my bugs warmth to withstand the cold and increase their dominance… I don’t have enough money to buy it.〉
‘I don’t pay. Would it be possible with just that?〉
How can you deal with expenses? When I answered right away, the Yeo enemy smiled hard and twisted the corner of her mouth.
〈… If so, I will pay the fee.〉
It was Primor who said so. Her escorts looked at her in amazement.
The escorts cast a shadow over her face, then nodded as if they were right. The paladin I don’t know must have been such a person.
〈──Sir Yesugei. I understand the situation.〉
Said Primor, placing his left hand without his ring finger on his chest.
