Chapter 73 – The Magic City and the Great Detective
Euphthesia stings at the words of such a holy day. She quickly corrected her expression and began her explanation.
“Ah! Well… Actually, it takes about 5 minutes to warm up…”
“Hmm.. What happens after 5 minutes?”
“If you start the ring and keep thinking about the place you want to go, a portal will open in front of your eyes! When the portal opens there, you can enter and exit for 3 minutes!”
“Ohh…”
Seong-il’s eyes change with greed at her words. Then he asked Seongil.
“…If you hand it over to me, I might release you. But, as you said, you’re handing me something that seems like your most important escape item? That doesn’t make sense…?”
Euphthesia explains with a confident expression on the words of such a holy day.
“That! There are two of them! These are the items I robbed from the ancient ruins. Upon investigation, it turned out that they were made as a pair to protect the safety of the king and queen of the ancient kingdom of magic!! There is only one left!!”
“Ohh…”
“How is it? Isn’t it okay? This item is not something you can have because you want it! It’s magic that has been power-saving after the ancient magic empire was destroyed… This is the last teleportation ring left in the world?”
“Hmm…”
“Think carefully! Detective! The rest of the items I can’t give you because I have to live on my own, but I can’t give you more. If I think of this one ring as the price of my life, it’s fine! How can I not…?”
“Okay. Consider it.”
“Thank you!! Detective!”
“But.”
“…?”
Seong-il seems to accept Euftesia’s proposal but cuts off his words. As she wondered, her surname began to follow her.
“You might be lying, so I need to make sure I know the power of the ring. Is it usable here? I also need to tell you how to use it and precautions.”
“As much as you like! Detective!”
Seong-il raised her upper body from her lap and asked for her explanation.
She really seriously told me how to use her, but in order to prepare for her tricks, such as an unexpected explosion, Seong-il hugged Euphthesia and tried using her ring.
Jumulluck Jumulluck
“Huh…?”
Euphthesia baffled by the sight of her sex day suddenly massaging her own voluptuous breasts.
Ignoring her embarrassment, Seong-il shamelessly urged her to continue his explanation.
“Why? It doesn’t wear out just by touching it. Don’t worry about it and continue explaining.”
“Ah yes…”
Euphthesia, who looks bemused at her impudent attitude on her holy day.
She sighed briefly and continued her explanation.
“First, think of a place you want to go to. If possible, a place where there are no other people…”
“Okay.”
Seong-il quietly thinks of her own room on the second floor of the detective office. After a while, the light emitted from the ring became stronger and the round portal gate opened.
“And…”
Seong-il admires the performance of the portal. Seeing him like that, Euphthesia replied to him with a triumphant expression.
“How about it? Really? Would you like to shout ‘Seal’ now?”
“Huh? Okay. Sealed.”
The gate then closes in an instant. In that situation, her Seongil frowned and questioned her.
“What? Why did you suddenly close the portal without explanation?”
“That’s it. How do I know the detective covets my belongings and drags me over there to kill me, don’t I?”
“Hmm…”
“If you’re going to die anyway, wouldn’t it be right to hold the detective here so that you can negotiate?
“Okay. I’ll let you understand. And I’ll believe the thing is real. Anyway, what are the constraints I mentioned earlier?”
“It’s nothing special. Five minutes of focus time and a month’s charging time per use. Just two things.”
“Right…”
At the words of such a holy day, Euphthesia took a deep breath and said to him,
“How about it? Wouldn’t this be a good deal? If you hand me over to the Metropolitan Police Department. I’ll tell you all about my magical items! Then you’ll miss your chance to get a great artifact!!”
“…Don’t you think I’m going to kill you and steal you here?”
“What will the Metropolitan Police Department think if they kill me, who is not stupid and is tied to a rope and held down unscathed?”
“Hmm…”
“They only look stupid because of the rules that come with being a civil servant, but they’re not real idiots. In particular, if there’s a huge benefit like an artifact, they’ll squeeze the teacher like crazy?
‘Certainly it may be. Even if I try to hide the items in my inventory, customs fees will be enormous if they are artifact-level… It might take a while…’
When her thoughts were finished, Seong-il opened her mouth and spoke to her.
“Okay. I accept. But there are two more conditions.”
“…What is it? The proposal you’ve already made is incredible, isn’t it?”
“I’m not asking for anything.”
“?”
Puzzled Euphthesia. Seong-il responded with a smile at her attitude.
“Just give up the jewels.”
“Ah…”
“And play the failure to steal the jewel because of me and my partner.”
“I beg your pardon?!”
“The main purpose of our being detectives is for fame and fame. I’ll let you go if you’ll raise our reputation with a play.”
“…Are you kidding me? You want me to be your clown and give up your gains?”
“You have a lot of money. To be honest, how about giving up that sapphire? The item will be big and unique, so the value of stolen property will decrease. Isn’t it?”
“Ha… That’s ridiculous. Let’s say I agree. Are there any guarantees that I’ll keep my promise to the detective? Maybe I’ll make a false promise to get out of the situation?”
“No. You wouldn’t? You never lied while stealing. You’re a thief with your own rules. It’s more likely that you live for your own aesthetic rather than money. Girl?”
“…”
“How about it? As I said before, the sapphire is not very attractive as a stolen item. Just give it up.”
To the words of such a holy day, Euphthesia sighed and answered her holy day.
“It’s not about money that I’m trying to steal the ‘Eye of Delon’.”
‘Come!!!!’
In fact, Seong-il already knew the reason why Euftesia was trying to steal the ‘Eye of Delon’ through gameplay.
When a special light shines on the ‘Eye of Delon’, a hidden secret map pops out.
Somehow she found out information about the secret location. She tried to steal the ‘Eye of Delon’ to satisfy her overflowing curiosity.
‘I know your purpose?’
Seong-il succeeds in bringing out the purpose of Euptesia through skillful speech. As soon as her words came out, he answered, interrupting her as if he had waited.
“Ah. Did you try to steal it because of the map and password hidden in the ‘Eye of Delon’?”
“!!!!”
I thought it was information that only she knew in the world, but when the secret information about Delon’s eyes popped out of the mouth of an unexpected person, she looked at her holy day with a look of astonishment.
“Why? Why did you think only you would know that?”
“That… How…?”
“Looking at it this way, my partner and I are close friends with the eldest daughter of the Aback family. We also have regular meetings together.”
“…”
“That’s why I became interested in the item you were trying to steal, so I asked her to show it to her, and she gladly showed it to me?”
“…”
“While looking around, I opened the ‘magic ultraviolet light exploration’ method written in 『Detective Moriarty’s Crimson Research』, Which is popular these days, and exposed the jewel to the light, and a map and a code appeared there. That’s how I found out.”
“…God, then I was fooling around? I was fooling around to steal information that everyone knows…”
“No. I’m the only one who knows that information.”
“?!”
Looking at her Seongil’s face, Euphthesia panicked.
“Am I stupid? Share that information with others. During the ‘exploration of magic ultraviolet light’, only Lady Aback and my colleagues were around, so while they were distracted by chatter, I quickly recorded the map and password with a magic tool. I put it down. I’m going to eat it all by myself.”
“!!!!”
“Why? Isn’t that obvious? You thought I was an apostle of justice? No way?”
“Hmm…”
Euphthesia makes a strange expression while looking at her holy day. Then she suddenly answered her seongil.
“Do you want to work with me, detective?”
“…What?”
“Honestly, the insight that surprised me by anticipating my movement earlier, and the power to subdue me by beating me, the detective seems to be quite capable. How about partnering with me?”
“…”
“Then I’ll fulfill all your demands, detective.
‘Well… You don’t know what’s inside, so you’re saying that…’
In fact, the secret room contained in the crystal can be visited in the second playthrough.
If you follow the record hidden in the crystal and enter the secret room, there are large artifacts called magical ‘record crystals’.
That’s what it’s for!!!!!
It is for H-scene recall (..). A flashback room for the very purpose of providing users with an easy way to revisit past H-scenes (..)
‘I don’t know how great that jewel is, but it’s nothing more and nothing less than a recorder for memories…’
Seong-il laughed involuntarily.
Perhaps misunderstanding that his laughter was an expression of rejection, Euphthesia began to persuade Seong-il with a desperate tone.
“Let’s hold hands! We!! Even if you see me like this, I’m pretty good at detecting and canceling magic traps and fighting, so it would be safer to rob a secret room with me!”
“Hmm..?”
“If you try to eat such a big secret alone, your stomach will explode! Let’s shake hands together! Let’s..!!”
‘He’s talking nonsense… No. It would be nice if it came out like this.’
“Okay. Instead, I’ll have to listen to the two conditions I mentioned earlier.”
“Of course! What can I do for you? Of course you can’t get caught by the police.”
“…Do you know what I’m going to propose and agree to it?”
“Eh… I’ll call the detective’s name a few times after the play unfolds in front of the jewelry! Let’s see!! Isn’t it okay?”
“…Well, that’s roughly correct. Don’t call me by name, but there’s a cute-looking girl with blonde hair in a bun called Charlotte in the jewelry store, right? Look at her and recite your lines.”
“Ah”
“”Hehe! Detective Charlotte Moriarty! Your interruption!! I will never forget! Let’s see!!”
“It’s easy! I’ll do it! Just work together!!”
“…Wouldn’t you like to listen to the rest and agree…?”
Seong-il speaks with a very tired expression. To his words, Euphthesia nodded her head in response.
“Tell me!”
“Let’s get naked and enjoy the night with me once in a while.”
“?!?!?!?!?!”
Euphthesia makes an absurd expression at the sudden sex proposal.
“I beg your pardon?”
“Literally, well. You’re disguised right now, but you look like a beauty… I like women. I’ll be your partner as long as I can sleep with a woman as beautiful as you.”
“…”
“If you don’t like it, don’t.”
“If I refuse, will you turn me over to the Metropolitan Police Department?”
“No. I’ll just let you go. In return for the ring. No jewels in exchange? If you break your promise and rob the jewel, I’ll reveal the secret hidden in the jewel to the whole world.”
“Wow… Vicious…”
“Shut up! Thief. Does the word evil come out of your mouth?”
In the end, Euptesia closes her mouth to Seongil’s words and ponders for a long time. After finishing her troubles, she answered Seong-il.
“Okay. I’ll accept it. Instead, I also have an additional condition.”
“…What?”
“Find out how many times a month we’ll do it. And, give me some of that potion. It looks good.”
‘Huh…? I was just going to let go of a foot or two, but you say you’ll be my steady bed partner? Honey!!!’
Seong-il is excited about her counter-proposal. He answered her, hiding her delight as best she could.
“Really? Then how many times a month are you thinking about?”
“Um… How about once a week?”
“A total of 4 times a month?”
“Yes…”
“Can we do it 5 times? I want to do it the day I want.”
“Aww…Don’t do that, let’s do it neatly once a week. We…”
I thought of Seong-il at her charming tone.
‘It doesn’t work. Well, I’m already very satisfied with what I can do consistently, so what…’
“Okay! Let’s do that. We’ll set the date later.”
After saying that, Seong-il opened her inventory, hid her ring and club, and released her.
“What the hell… What’s that magic?”
“Don’t think you’re the only one who knows the ancient secret. This is my net worth, so I won’t tell you until later I can really trust you.”
“Hmm… In that case. Ah! Give me that potion beforehand! It looks good!”
