Chapter 149 – Assassination Family Raven 2 (8)
I visited the Imperial Bank in Spada.
Since a large building was needed, there were quite a few merchants and travelers, and we were able to meet the person in charge after waiting in line for quite some time.
“Hello, customer. What brings you here?”
The female employee who was sitting looked at us and smiled brightly and asked.
“I’m here to change gold into silver.”
After saying that, I came to the bank and took out only 2 gold as I talked to Princess Rosette.
“Is it okay to receive a fee of 2 silver if I completely convert gold to silver?”
“2 silver per gold?”
“Yes. It’s 2 silver per gold.”
It’s better to spend 4 silver than not being able to use it because it’s gold.
When I handed over the gold, the person in charge began checking to see if it was counterfeit money.
When I put a gold coin in the magic tool and injected mana, I read the gold by spinning it around.
I know that there is a magic pattern in which gold reacts to that magic tool, but I don’t know much about magic, so I’m thinking that’s the case.
The person in charge confirmed that it was not counterfeit money and asked us.
“How can I change it?”
“I will receive 18 10 silvers and the remaining 16 silvers as 1 silver.”
“Yes, I understand. Please wait a moment.”
When the person in charge walked to the back holding the gold, Princess Rosette spoke to me.
“Do you have anything in savings, Xian?”
“No. Searching for your ID card itself is a problem.”
Someone from the Raven family comes to the bank and asks for money? All they can say is that someone live in that area will soon die.
I understand that the Crow family, which can be considered subordinates, is in a similar situation and pays activity fees quarterly.
“Yes, the problem for us was finding it.”
And this is the princess, and just walking around alone without a proper escort causes problems.
‘If you think about it, I damaged Princess Rosette’s virginity, so there’s no way there won’t be a problem, right?’
The beginning of the act itself was because the princess used brainwashing magic on me, but she did it anyway
After I became possessed, Cyan Raven got a lot messed up.
When Princess Rosette, whom I had committed in a fit of anger, was feeling the weight of her status, her bank employee brought two types of coin purses.
“There are 18 10 silver pieces here and 16 1 silver pieces here. Please check.”
I handed over the coin purse containing 10 silver pieces to Princess Rosette and quickly counted 1 silver piece.
“There are 16 pieces of silver in one.”
“10 silver is also equal to 18.”
“Yes. Thank you for using Imperial Bank.”
After finishing our business, we split the money and put it in our bags before leaving the bank.
Since it was enough to carry just 6 silver, we each put only 3 silver in our pockets and left the bank.
“If I go to the restaurant now, there will be a lot of people. But since it’s lunchtime, shall we go have lunch?”
“Yes. It would be nice to hear information about Bergen.”
I entered a nice-looking restaurant near the bank.
It was crowded, but there was a free space, so I was able to sit with Princess Rosette.
The waiter quickly cleaned up the space where other people had eaten and left, giving us the menu and waiting with a smile.
When I looked at the menu, I was relieved to see that the price seemed more reasonable than I expected.
“Two lunch specials.”
“Yes. Two lunch specials, prepaid.”
After giving 1 silver to the waiter and receiving 70 coopers in return, we listened to the stories around us until our food arrived.
And there was a table where the Raven family’s story was told, so I listened intently to the story there.
“They say the Raven family is ruined. Is it true?”
“They said so.”
“Bad guys will run amok. In the past, I was afraid for my own life, so I kept the line.”
“Even if the Raven family disappears, you still have one life, right? You will restrain yourself.”
“If you include the subordinates they have, the number becomes enormous. Do they travel alone?”
“That’s definitely true. However, entrusting it to another assassination group is… Expensive, isn’t it?”
“And assassins are almost gone in the Empire, so should they go to the Kingdom? Ugh.”
“But you haven’t done anything particularly bad, so why?”
“If you’re preparing in advance, I’ll report it to the assassin group in some kingdom.”
“You were going to be dragged away that night?”
There certainly seemed to be people who thought the Raven family suppressed major crimes.
While I was listening to that story, the waiter brought lunch, and when I was trying to concentrate on eating rather than listening to other people’s stories, Princess Rosette said to me.
“I think Bergen is from the gambling house in the back alley.”
“Is that so?”
“It appears that he is the head of a group rather than an individual, but the story being heard is a bit unusual. I think we need to confirm whether it is because he was scared because of the rumor or if it is true.”
“I think I’ll need to talk to Spada’s intelligence agent.”
“What did Xian hear?”
“I heard a story about the Raven family. They act as a deterrent. That’s what they say.”
“Everyone in the empire who hasn’t committed a crime probably thinks that.”
After saying that, Princess Rosette used a knife to cut off her meat, and I also started eating.
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After finishing our meal, we walked around Spada again and collected information.
Rather than calling him Burgun, it seemed more appropriate to call him a gang of Burguns, but he cleverly threw away his life and deliberately did not do anything worthy of revenge.
Should we say this is the limit of the Raven family’s deterrence power? The ‘request fee’ is cheap but very expensive.
“As expected, something is strange…”
However, as I walked around Spada, I felt something a little uneasy.
Should I say that it feels sticky in some areas, but not the entire city?
Even using presence detection didn’t really help because there were too many people around.
“Xian, what’s wrong?”
“It just doesn’t feel that good.”
“I understand that a skilled warrior’s intuition is an important area. Do you feel anything?”
“I’ll have to check it out.”
I came to the center of Sparda and used the presence detection boost.
I felt like a wave that could even detect heat was spreading and then suddenly cut off.
‘As expected, there is a problem with Spada.’
Once again, I used the presence detection boost and checked the direction in which the wave broke first.
“Rosette, let’s go over there.”
“Yes. Sian, did you find out something?”
“I’m not sure, but it seems like there’s something.”
As I was walking towards the direction where the wavelength was cut off, a quest that I had not seen in a long time appeared.
『Quest』
〈Kill the demon XXXX.〉
-Upon completion: Enhanced Shadow Mastery (E+2)
‘Devil?’
I slowed down while reading the quest window.
A quest to kill an unknown demon. If you think about it, Cyan Raven received a quest that she didn’t have to do right away, even the last Hobgoblin killing quest.
Unlike Lee Sian, who receives a quest tailored to an unavoidable situation, it is a quest for which there is time to prepare, but he is a devil.
As I walked in the direction where the wavelength was cut off, I was able to arrive at the entrance to the alley guarded by guards.
Is it separated from the inside? At first glance, the streets and buildings beyond the alley looked a little dirty, unlike other parts of Spada.
If you want to be sure, you can use Presence Detection Boost again here, but I stopped.
If the thing that cuts off the presence detection boost is a demon, and it reacts violently when used up close, it becomes annoying if you have to fight during the day.
I think it would be better to at least use the time that suits me, such as at night.
Since we have confirmed that there is something in this area northeast of the center of Sparda, I think this is sufficient for reconnaissance.
“Xian, are you here?”
“There seems to be something around here.”
“The overall atmosphere of this place is not good. Shall we go back first?”
“Yes. It would be better to wait for an intelligence agent who knows Sparda well.”
So we headed back to the Crow family’s safe house next to the big bar.
I tried using presence detection before entering, but this time there was someone inside.
Judging from their movements, it looks like they are cleaning out the safe house?
When I knocked on the door, the man who was sweeping the floor hurriedly got up and ran to the door.
“Are you Xian?”
“No password required?”
When I asked him outright, I told him about the white dove, but he just opened the door.
“You’ve already left a trace. What’s the password? Come in.”
The person who greeted us inside was a neat-looking man. A man with black hair, a characteristic of the Raven and Crow families, looked at us and smiled kindly.
Captivated by that smile, Princess Rosette and I entered the safe house without thinking much.
When I visited before lunch, it was cleaned up, but there was a lot of dust, so I couldn’t feel any traces of people, but after shaking off the dust, it got better.
“Are you Lady Xian and Princess Rosette?”
“That’s right. Can I hear your name?”
“Ah. My name is Georun Crow. You can call me Geo.”
A man who identified himself as Georun Crow bowed his head and spoke to us.
“It was a little dusty. Is this place not often used?”
“Yes. It’s been a while since I was dispatched to Spada as an intelligence agent, so I’ve found a suitable identity and have been living outside. Still, I’m updating the information every day, and I believe you’ve checked it.”
Georun Crow told us as he looked at the bookshelf, and it seemed like not only had we entered the safe house and scheduled an appointment, but we also found traces of the bookshelf being tampered with.
“Currently, we are unable to communicate properly due to internal reorganization within the family, but please continue to do so in the future.”
“Please do me a favor. It’s something I have to do.”
When Princess Rosette made a request, Georun Crow waved his hand and said.
“But what brought you two to Spada?”
“I came because I wanted to find out about Bergen, but something else in Sparda is at stake. I want to know about the northeastern part of Sparda. Do you have any information?”
“Are you talking about the northeastern slums? That’s where the guys, including Bergen’s gang, have settled down.”
It seemed like the devil was using people who didn’t make much of a difference as victims.
