Chapter 632 – Ep.630 Tullius Empire
After coming down, I slightly turned the doorknob of the lounge.
Kwaang──!!
I kicked it with my foot and went inside.
“Hi?!”
“Hiccup… !!”
Contrary to the expectations that we would be huddled together and gossiping, our weak members were sitting on the floor in rows, waiting.
“Roan.”
“… “You open doors with your hands, not your feet.”
“Noisy and iricom.”
“What is Iricom…? … ?”
“Come to work, you bastard.”
“… Yes.”
He glanced at me with very disrespectful eyes and walked towards me.
“Close the door and come out.”
“… Are you going to the office?”
“No.”
I closed the lounge door and went down to the first floor with Roan following me.
“Po, I am against violence!!”
“What. “Don’t make a fuss, it’s important, so come here, dude.”
“Oh, I see.”
Without a shy expression, he calmly adjusted his posture and came back to stand next to me.
“For now, are you just going to listen until I tell you to ask questions?”
“Because it never happened like that.”
“… “Why are you so upset today?”
“Hmm. “I will listen.”
What. Did you turn away just because you didn’t see your face for a day?
Or maybe the potatoes are dead.
For a moment, I thought about feeding the top of his head some honey chestnuts, but since it would be like wasting time if he passed out for no reason, I decided to postpone it until later and opened my mouth.
“First of all, starting today, our affiliation has been changed to Sir Adrian, whom you saw in the morning.”
“Crazy…”
I don’t know if it was something he said while looking at me, but it made me feel really bad.
“Evil!!”
So I lightly kicked the guy in the shin.
With this, I don’t have to faint, so it’s great.
“I’m going crazy, so please stay still. Or should I kick the other side so I can’t move at all?”
“Okay…”
“Open your eyes nicely.”
“Ugh…”
“Hmm. Pass.”
Although I didn’t tell him to smile, I continued talking while holding Roan’s shoulder while his mouth was trembling.
“Since my affiliation has changed, what I do must also change, right? “Now that we’re done with the annoying nobles, you can write an official letter and spread it around.”
“Ugh… !!”
“I’m going to kill you.”
I only slightly pulled his neck to whisper, but Roan, who was weak, soon turned blue and looked like he was about to die.
I can’t believe I have to work with these weak guys from now on.
‘I feel more comfortable just running around by myself.’
However, my body is one and there are limits to how much I can move around, so even though it’s unfortunate, I have no choice but to kick the butts of Roan in front of me and our weak members above and make them run for me.
“Anyway, if you look at it broadly, it can be seen as a job to protect public order, but from now on it will be information gathering and undercover investigation rather than patrolling the streets. To be precise, we investigate places that are difficult for women to investigate on their behalf. The main targets are nobles and merchants.”
I released my arm from around Roan’s shoulder and stood facing him again.
“Question.”
“… “Can I quit?”
Oh my god.
I never expected that I would quit.
But.
“Are you going to use the night cradle and just leave?”
“… “It was a joke.”
“You know, you know. Could it be that our vice-captain really wanted to quit?”
Haha…”
Well, it was always fun to see our Roan’s expression rot.
“Tell the kids well too. “Don’t think about it for no reason.”
“You don’t have to worry about that. It is said that Sir Adrian, and no one else, is the supreme decision-maker. What kind of crazy person would think nonsense? If you’re quitting, I don’t know…”
“What?”
“Nothing.”
It’s nothing.
When the word quit comes out of other guys’ mouths, this time I’ll feed them potatoes on the top of their heads, not their shins.
“So. “Do you have any more questions?”
“… Is it okay if it’s not one?”
“Uh. “I have about an hour to spare, so if you want to ask anything, ask it now.”
“Well, if you say so…”
He adjusted his expression, looked up at me with very serious eyes, and opened his mouth.
“You said it was information gathering and undercover investigation, but what about the safety of the members? And what should you do if your identity is revealed or your identity needs to be revealed during infiltration? I am also curious about the extent of authority one can exercise over nobles. And──”
“For a moment.”
“Yes.”
When I stretched out my hand, fortunately, he stopped teasing me for a moment.
“I’ll ask you about that by tomorrow.”
“… “You should ask in the name of the leader, not me.”
“Uh. Okay.”
What was so scary about Adrian, who even had a cute belly button between his criss-crossed abs that was subtly exposed, was something I couldn’t sympathize with at all.
“Keep going.”
“In some ways, this is the most important thing, but what are we doing today?”
“Hmm… “That’s it.”
Originally, I was planning on kicking his butt starting today.
‘But if you ask the question like that, you won’t be able to move forward…’
A little trouble.
“You take good care of the kids until it’s time to get off work. “You can’t put them into the field from day one, right?”
“Isn’t that obvious? And the second day is also impossible.”
“What, why?”
“What are these guys going to do when all they know how to do is swing a wooden sword? “It will be fortunate if you don’t do anything else.”
“… “You know that includes you too, right?”
“… It’s because I don’t have a chance to show it to you. “He is knowledgeable in many areas.”
It seemed like if I gave him a salty look, he would actually say he was quitting, so I nodded moderately.
“You will have to start with mental education slowly, over a period of at least a month.”
“It’s taking too long.”
“… “Even that time was given with the leader and Sir Adrian in mind.”
The guy sighed briefly and asked me.
“Is there something that needs to be investigated in the first place? Why are you in such a hurry?”
“Of course we’re doing this because there’s someone we need to investigate.”
“Ha…”
Now, our Roan is blatantly hitting his forehead with one hand.
“Well, is there a performance bonus? “If I think about it, if I were to infiltrate, I wouldn’t even have time off from work.”
“You get paid according to the amount of work you do. “I can promise you this now.”
“… I like that. So. “Who should we investigate?”
“Roshante Ul──”
“Knock, call!!”
Before I could even say his name, he coughed and started pounding my chest loudly.
“Shall I hit you?”
“Wow!! Cough, woohoo!! It’s okay… Cough!!”
When I slightly raised my fist, he looked away from me with a scared look on his face, even while coughing. A guy I really want to punch.
“Whoa, whoa…” …”
After a while, he finally calmed down and caught his breath.
After waiting for so long, I calmly decided to wait a little longer until he opened his mouth first.
A little more time passed like that.
“… Are you saying that Rosante Ulnar is the subject of investigation?”
“Uh.”
“Crazy.”
I was convinced by the admiration that was completely different from when I heard that my affiliation had changed. The theory is that he was purely swearing at me a little while ago.
“Are you telling us to investigate that Count Rosante of Rosante Transportation?”
“Uh.”
“So, they control all of the transportation industry in the system──”
“If you ask me one more time, I will break your head.”
“… “It’s impossible.”
Our Roan comes back calmly and answers with a straight face.
“Why?”
“First Prince… Well, that’s probably good. “What can a prince do when Sir Adrian is here?”
“… However?”
The guy who called me a prince or something raised his voice again as if he was having a fit at my question.
“The problem is that Lord Adrian is not protecting us directly! Think about it!! This means that he is a very wealthy man who controls all of the transportation industry in the islands!! How many escorts are there, and what kind of underworld group are they connected to? “If you make a mistake, you could be silenced without even realizing it!!”
“No, it might be surprisingly clean, right?”
“Among the people who come and go to the imperial palace, I have never seen clean people. “Especially if you are the type of person who plays with money, this is a must.”
Does this guy know that he is spitting in his own face?
‘I don’t know.’
I spoke to the trembling guy.
“Are you trying to get away with not doing what you’re told to do from above?”
“Shit… !!”
Now our Roan is throwing a fit, pulling out his hair.
“Why did I ask to nominate you as leader that day…?” … !!”
“Uh. Okay. Thanks.”
“Ahh!!”
In the end, Roan couldn’t hold on and fell to his knees on the floor. I crouched down in front of his head and patted his back.
“What can I do? “If you criticize me from above, I will criticize you.”
Of course, if I knew that it was me and not Adrian, I would be even more upset than I am now.
“… “If this happens, I will have to squander all my remaining assets.”
The guy who was pulling my hair just moments ago suddenly raised his head with a straight face, looked at me intently, and said.
“Bambino membership card. Please give it to me.”
“Uh?”
“The membership card you were supposed to give me yesterday. That’s what I’m saying. “Go after work today and spend all the money you have so you don’t have any regrets even if you die at any time.”
“Ah… That…”
I completely forgot.
Come to think of it, I promised to get Bambino’s casino membership in exchange for helping me. I even told Nyaho, but he forgot to take it.
“No way…”
As I continued to talk, the guy narrowed his eyes and gave me a very disrespectful look.
At the same time, my head flashed.
“Did you hear that the carriage on the top of the Black Line was attacked at the same time yesterday?”
“I don’t know at the same time… “I heard from the servants that there were several carriage accidents.”
“Oh right. “You were also a nobleman.”
“…”
“Great, anyway. “The person I was supposed to give the membership card to was seriously injured in the attack and is recuperating.”
“… So what happens to my membership card?”
Since ancient times, it has been said to be careful of those who are interested in gambling.
I continued my next words calmly as Roan’s crazy eyes looked like they were about to turn away.
“Oh, if that’s the case, I’ll stop by after work today to check on you and bring it to you tomorrow, so don’t worry.”
No matter how injured I was, there was a temple and priests, so I didn’t have the complacent idea of wasting time with something like that.
“… “Are you serious?”
“If you lie, hit me.”
“… “I believe it.”
I spoke carefully to the guy whose eyes had calmed down a bit.
“But even if you get a membership card, you won’t be able to use it for a while.”
“… “What do you mean by that?”
“An acquaintance of mine is quite high above the black line. “Do you know that they are the Black Cat tribe?”
“… “Are there people in the world who know about the Black Line, but who don’t know about the Black Cat?”
“Great, anyway. “They said they would stop all but the most important commercial transactions, including casinos, until the culprit of this attack was found.”
“Are you sure…?” … ?”
Eyes shaking violently.
I nodded and gently put my mouth to his ear.
“But that’s what I heard today on my way to work. I heard there is a high possibility that the culprit who caused the carriage attack was Rosante Ulnar? That fight between top brass? “For some reason.”
“…”
Did it work?
Seeing that the guy didn’t even tremble and didn’t say anything, I got up again and spoke to the guy with a stern face.
“I have a serious case, but they said it would be difficult for regular technicians to investigate. That’s why we decided to investigate.”
“… Is.”
“Uh? What──”
“I’m saying we’re going to start investigating right now!!”
“What?!”
Suddenly screaming like a crazy person, he pushed me and ran up to the lounge where the members were waiting.
“… “That guy is the vice-captain.”
I turned to the gambler and jumped up, shaking my head and stroking his face.
‘Casinos can be closed… ?’
I guess I should have some private time with Nyaho again tonight.
