Chapter 1090 – Ep.1088 Smith, a Black Company in Another World
A black choker worn around the neck.
It was an answer that really made me think a lot.
“What else?”
“That’s all I saw.”
It is a calm tone without the slightest tremor.
I closed the distance between her and her face as she squatted down and looked up at her side. Her blue eyes were sparkling because they were bathed in moonlight.
They say the eyes are a mirror that reflects the soul.
‘It’s a plague.’
If that is true, then the girl who is looking at me right now must be a good person with a pure soul that can be counted on one hand. This is because her eyes, which were a little closer to jewels, were clear and transparent.
However, since she confessed that she uses drugs as her main source of income by sourcing drugs from the slums, she is probably a person who is far from good, no matter how she puts it.
“He must have been wearing a robe, but I looked closely.”
“No matter how deeply you press the lob, you cannot block all directions.”
“That’s true.”
Since I didn’t think she would show off if we were to confront her like this, I got up from her seat and pointed my finger at her.
“Take it out.”
Her tongue had to be cut out again, but Meleona, who was waiting for her, quietly came over and pulled her out of the floor, but her behavior was very careful, quite different from before.
“You have good insight.”
“… Thank you.”
When she patted her head to show that she had done well, Mel Leona was happy as if she had no such reward and returned to where she was standing.
“Her weight, which had been at full tilt as a trickster, became level.”
“I no longer have the means to prove what I am saying is true. “I will follow your will.”
“Even if I have to close down the business for a while?”
“If you order me to stop operating the upper level, I will do so.”
“There is no need for that. “I think you’ll have to be away for a long time.”
“If that’s the case, it’s okay. “The top runs even without me.”
“It’s nice because it’s cool. Giena?”
As I called her name, a breeze caressed my cheek. And I asked Giena, who appeared in front of me, a favor.
“I’m sorry, but please leave those guys with Meleona anywhere in the city. And I’m taking a short rest at the inn. “I’ll leave as soon as I get back.”
“I understand.”
As she turned around, Mel Leona, who had been standing calmly like a mannequin, approached her crooks who cut out her tongue with her own hands and placed it on her body, one by one, like a piece of luggage.
“After all, humans who can communicate are better than animals.”
“I will work hard!”
Was that a compliment…? … ?
Two in each armpit. And one for each shoulder. Since Mel Leona was carrying a total of six people, she showed the top of her head towards me and responded bravely, so although I didn’t show it on her face, she seemed to be very satisfied.
“I’ll go first.”
Giena, who took care of the other two, took Meleona with her and disappeared into the darkness.
“Ah.”
I hit my forehead at one thing that crossed her mind only after she left.
“It must be an uproar at the top because they were suddenly kidnapped.”
“I guess so.”
As of now, he was more of a gem than a conman, so I had no intention of kidnapping him as if he were a real kidnapper. So, I tried to give them time to convey a somewhat made-up story to the top, but they sent Geena, who was the only one who knew the location.
“Do you remember the direction?”
“Because I don’t know where this forest is.”
“You’ll find out when you get back to Belev.”
“Yes.”
“Good.”
I winked at Ardel, whom I knew.
“I don’t really feel like it.”
“Please.”
Ardel came to my side and gently pulled my cheek.
“Thank you.”
“Really.”
Ardel let go of the hand that was holding my cheek, tapped the bridge of my nose, and lightly held me in his arms with one hand.
“Come this way.”
“It’s an honor to see the Winter Sword──”
“Make sure you only answer what my husband asks.”
“…”
She nodded her head and came to Ardel’s side, and Ardel placed her on her side like a piece of luggage, somewhere between her jewelery and her cheater’s journal.
So I flew into the sky once again in the middle of the night.
**
“Is that fairly large?”
“It’s not big, but it’s not small either.”
After returning to Belev, we moved again in the direction she pointed to, without even asking her name, and found her camping on the mountainside.
And after dropping her off at a suitable location, Ardel and I climb up on her tree and look at her top while she talks about it with her proper words.
“It looks like a really ordinary top.”
“Most fraudsters appear good on the outside.”
“That’s right.”
Not only is it not a good idea to go around with ‘I am a fraudster’ written on your face, but it would be much better to make a good impression if you want to win the favor of the person you are trying to scam.
“Hearing that, I feel like a fraudster.”
“He might be a member of the Nuit religion.”
“That’s why my head is more complicated. It would be nice if there was a way to clearly identify it.”
Ardel, who was sitting on her thighs and burying her face in the crook of her neck, gently lifted her head and tickled my ear.
“That’s something you just have to dig in and check. “I’m more surprised that you didn’t do anything dirty.”
“I also have thoughts. “Madam?”
“… Please call me one more time.”
“Madam.”
“Whoa…”
Ardel flapped her ears and buried her face in the crook of my neck again.
I kissed Ardel’s head and looked up at the bright moonlight.
“It’s not that I think I can solve everything in that way. Especially in this case.”
If you have fragmentary information in your hands, you can shake it or look at it, but this time, even that was impossible.
All we know is that Ardella is on the move to find her princess.
And if Ardella’s actions were intended by Nuit’s fanatics, even this becomes useless.
If Nuit was excluded, he could have taken off his pants as Ardel said and used the Rod of Truth to find out his true intentions, but as long as there remains a possibility that he is a Nuit believer or brainwashed, it is impossible to use such a method.
‘If it’s Mimic, it might work a little.’
Since she confirmed that Ardella was not in the city, she decided that it would be better to follow her words even if it was a trap rather than investing her time in finding out her uncertain intentions.
Adding lies to lie.
Even if a person opens their mouth through sexual torture, there is a possibility that it may be a premeditated lie, so this is the best method for now. At least that’s what my poor head thought.
“It’s over.”
Ardel, who was burying her face in the crook of my neck and deeply inhaling her body scent, lifted her head.
On behalf of me, who was lacking in her, Ardel pricked up her ears and overheard what she was saying.
It wasn’t long before she left her camp and returned to where we had first dropped her off.
Ardel wrapped her arms around my waist and jumped down gently.
Ardel, who had landed lightly without a sound, picked her up as she walked out, held her by her side like a pack, and ran towards the city.
**
“… Here, wow… “
She looked a little in danger when she landed near the campsite, and after being carried twice by Ardel, she ended up gagging with a blue face.
‘I know that feeling well.’
When I first flew in the sky, I was not much different from her. However, I have no intention of comforting her.
“Since they say they are dealing drugs, can we assume that they are tightly controlling the slums?”
“Nine… Huh, there are organizations that manage each area, but at least this place is tightly controlled by the underworld forces that made a deal with me.”
“Good. In that case, it would be possible to find people other than you who saw Ardella.”
“It may take time, but… You had an appearance that was hard to forget once you saw it… Yes. It will be possible. As far as I know, they are also collecting and selling information separately.”
“Guide me.”
“It’s over there.”
Me and Ardel moved where she pointed, passing a few of her alleys, we stopped.
“This is the building.”
A two-story building that can be recognized as a building in a neighborhood that is almost like a shantytown.
“The benefits I have given are considerable, so I will give you the information first—─”
“It’s a waste of time. It’s also cumbersome.”
Negotiations and transactions are only done when there is a certain balance of power.
Especially if the opponent has a lot to lose.
I pointed to a window on the second floor.
“Ardel.”
And Ardel lightly jumped up and stood on the ledge of the window I pointed to.
