Chapter 282 – Raid
#282.
‘Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to get caught.’
Danian Gershion smiled, raising one corner of his mouth, recalling the conversation he had just had in Lugiena’s office.
I wondered if Muzaka’s death had shaken things that had been going smoothly, but instead, I was able to relax as Lujie and her place were vacated.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been like this, so I think I’ll have to stop by the union and see if there are any problems.
‘It’s smooth. After a few more decades like this, I will be able to hold Lucipheon in my hands.’
Decades is a very long time for ordinary people, but it is not a big deal to him, who has greatly increased his lifespan through metamorphosis.
If it were less, I would have been disappointed. He wondered if the position of the ruler of the dark side of the empire he had dreamed of was just that much.
He closed his eyes, recalling the dream that had come a step closer.
‘My choice wasn’t wrong.’
It reminds me of the first time he put himself in Lucipeon. At that time, Lujie had no shortage of being called iron-blooded.
It didn’t move easily, but the moment I got up, everyone in the shadows trembled. The moment the dagger was pulled out, the target was surely destroyed.
But not now.
Looking at Rougiena’s moves these days, I didn’t like it from one to ten. It was hard for him to see the iron-blooded woman, who had always seemed solid, collapse under the domination of a man.
In that case, I would rather rule Lucipheon instead and put it in a greater position.
That was his justification and excuse.
After a while, the carriage stopped and he entered the house. After taking a bath and changing clothes under the care of the maids, he headed to the study room.
When he manipulated the device after biting everyone, a secret passage appeared with a shallow vibration. After passing there, another office appeared.
Sitting in his chair, he took out a piece of parchment from a drawer and grabbed a pen.
Shuk- Seuk…
“I will visit you in a week.”
After quickly scrawling, Danian raised his mana and burned his parchment.
Roaring—
The parchment enveloped in red flames lost its shape in an instant and turned into a handful of ashes. However, the letters written there remained blue and shimmered in the air before disappearing as if they were melting.
This parchment had the effect of writing on one side of a pair of parchments and burning them to move them to the other side.
The other is held by the one who is currently leading the Coalition in his vacancy.
Danny Ahn, who had completely annihilated even the black ash with magic, left the secret room and silently looked down at the night view of the capital from the window of his office.
He hadn’t even dreamed of.
I can’t imagine that Luigiena would have noticed her own abnormality. And that even now she has eyes on him.
A week passed just like that.
***
Wedge love liquid-
At the same time as the background passing by quickly, the wind hit my ear lobe hard.
It’s been a week since I followed Denian Gercyon.
The harvest was immediately obtained on the first day, but as a result of vigilant monitoring every day, Gaon succeeded in memorizing Danny Ahn’s daily routine.
And today, under the pretext of business, I visited a certain territory to visit the federation.
As a passageway through the northwestern part of the Empire, which is made up of rugged mountain ranges, it is a place with a lot of floating population. There was no place like this to secretly kidnap someone.
Gaon, who was moving from a height so high that he could see such a territory at a glance, saw Danny Ahn getting off the carriage.
He was greeted by Viscount Prion, the owner of the estate.
‘Is he also an accomplice?’
Officially, the reason Danny Ahn came here today is for an additional contract for lumber.
Lucipeon, who entered the lumber distribution business in earnest after his work in the Northmond Manor, was gradually expanding his influence.
As this place has a large floating population, it is possible to expand the business in various directions if it is established.
It means that the cause of Danny Ahn’s visit is more than enough.
That is, of course, if that’s true. Today, those two who act as if they are new to each other as they came to contact the coalition may already be on the same boat.
It’s hard to tell if his acting skills are outstanding or if he’s mistaken, even by looking at his face.
Gaon manipulated the flow of the wind with delicate operation of qi, and descended quickly but silently and stealthily into the manor.
And said to Isabella, who was just as quick to hide her wings and catch up.
“Isabella. Is the installation finished?”
“Huh. We’ve already feathered almost every major facility, including the Prion Manor. You can’t escape from my eyes anymore.”
“Great job.”
It was also good that I brought Isabella with me. No matter how much he flies and crawls, in the end his body is one. Compared to that, Isabella is incomparable in terms of efficiency as she can operate up to tens of thousands of her feathers.
Being able to watch from your seat without risking it is a huge advantage.
Gaon and Isabella pursued Danny Ahn in a random route, not afraid to go farther away from a place a few blocks away.
At this level, even if he had heard that he was a suspicious person in advance, it is at the level of doubting whether it really is.
Soon after, Danian disappeared inside the mansion following the lord. From here, it was an area where Gaon could not exert his power.
Looking at Isabella, she was staring into space as if she was concentrating on something.
Soon she nodded her head.
“I just passed the central porch. I think I’m going to the office. I’ll let you know if anything happens, so look around. Just in case.”
“Yes. Please.”
Something is a bit awkward. She said that she would bring all the leaders.
I don’t know if a fight breaks out after a while, but until then, there’s nothing to do but watch the surroundings.
Even though Gaon knew that there were no winners approaching his surroundings through Gigam, he deliberately appealed to be wary of his surroundings.
Of course, Isabella didn’t seem interested in him, just focused on the shared vision through her feathers.
As time passed, Gaon confirmed that the sun had risen in the middle of the sky, and took out a hamburger from his bosom.
“Let’s eat Isabella’s lunch.”
“Okay. Give me one.”
It was wrapped by Surin.
As her metamorphosis was achieved, the metabolism itself became able to be controlled, so she thought of just taking it off or skipping it, but she said that she should eat well, and she has been taking care of lunch and dinner for a week.
With a bite, the harmonious taste of various ingredients has stimulated the taste buds.
As expected, Surin’s cooking skills are excellent.
Gaon, who was eating a hamburger like that, suddenly found that Isabella was still standing still in the same posture she first accepted.
The moment Gaon noticed her eyes piercing the pickles sticking out of the patties, she remembered a conversation she had with her husband, Chorin, a few months ago.
-What is this! Why do you put pickles in it?
-Why? It goes without saying that pickles go into burgers. Can’t you eat?
-It’s poetry! He told me the other day that he was adding strange ingredients. He’s putting in some weird stuff too.
– My family eats like this! If you have any complaints, take care of it!
At the time, the quarrel reached Tallulah’s ending when Chorin summoned her family.
Even now, Isabella’s mouth was filled with all sorts of double desires, but she seemed to be putting up with it, as if she couldn’t bear it to Surin.
Gaon secretly took out the lunchbox she had prepared for her dinner and held it out to Isabella.
“If you don’t like hamburgers, try these. It’s delicious, so I want to eat it for dinner.”
“… Okay? Then do it. Now, here.”
Eating hamburgers two meals a day is reluctant even as a Gaon, but since it’s not every day, I can make enough concessions.
That’s how the hamburger and lunch box left each other’s hands, and Isabella started her meal belatedly.
And as Gaon chewed the hamburger again, he heard a small voice.
“… Thank you.”
She looked up and saw Isabella with her back turned.
Her earlobes are a little red. By nature, it is embarrassing to express gratitude honestly. Gaon laughed at that cute figure, and she replied that it was nothing, and continued to eat.
After the meal, the boring waiting time continued.
Sometimes, when she listens to Isabella, she says that she is so sincere that she only talks about her lumber distribution, and she wonders what her intentions are.
She clearly saw her words that she would come back in a week. She can’t believe it, she doesn’t think that would point her to anything other than the Union.
So, it’s clear that there are slave hunters here, but I don’t know why they don’t act.
And then, when a little more time had passed and it was a quiet afternoon, she said Isabella.
“It moves.”
“… Have you been in contact with the Coalition?”
“I’m not sure about that yet. But right now I’m on my way to the secret passage leading to the study. Follow me!”
Isabella left her words and headed towards her alley where her people were rare, she spread her wings at once and soared. Gaon leaped vigorously and followed him.
“Is the lord also an accomplice?”
“I don’t know! Danian Gersion only said he would check the condition of the item. But if it’s ordinary wood, you wouldn’t have it through a secret passage. It must be.”
“Okay.”
Even though Gaon and Isabella are unaware of their existence, she doesn’t say the word slave easily, which shows how much she cares about her security.
He must be concerned about the possibility that a bugging device may be installed in the manor house.
However, Danian Gercion overlooked the fact that the ability to eavesdrop without consuming mana existed in the world.
Only high elves have such an ability. Even if it’s not a tree, it can’t be activated.
Of course, even so, it is clearly his mistake.
Gaon followed Isabella and found herself at the end of the trail and frowned.
‘Abandoned mine?’
Like the territory between the mountains, there were several mines nearby. What was now in front of me was closed and forbidden to enter.
Certainly, in that place, you can have a meeting without being seen by others.
Isabella must have noticed that as well, and she seemed to be slowing down, but then she stopped.
“Isabella. Did the secret passage lead into the abandoned mine?”
“… That’s right. Look over there.”
Looking in the direction she pointed, she saw miners waiting as if encamped at the entrance of an abandoned mine. She had a considerable amount of mana in her trained body.
“You’re not just a miner.”
“That’s right. It seems to be blocking people from entering. She will cover her vision with illusion magic, so let her enter the gap. Follow me.”
“… Yes.”
He wondered when he learned the Illusion Magic, but Gaon just nodded his head obediently. It was an environment in which she could learn as little as she could, if only she had her will.
Gaon and Isabella quickly entered the abandoned mine while the miners were hallucinating.
