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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
The house of Amidio, the lord, was located almost in the center of the town of Eiren.
Although Amidio’s estate was located right at the border with a checkpoint, he was a middle-class aristocrat.
However, the size of the mansion did not match his status.
To the common people, however, an aristocrat’s mansion remained an aristocrat’s mansion, regardless of size.
They did not know how much it was worth or how much it cost to build it.
In one of the rooms of the mansion, Amidio, the owner of the mansion, was meeting with an adventurer.
They were using a regular room for the meeting, even though more luxurious rooms existed.
This showed the power relationship between Amidio and the adventurer.
“So? That failed? That’s a big blunder for capturing just one adventurer.”
“…”
In response to Amidio’s dismissive words, the adventurer remained silent, saying nothing.
The one being addressed with sarcasm was the adventurer who had been involved with Kousuke and the others.
“….Hmm. Oh well. I guess it was all for naught for me to expect anything from you people.”
For Amidio, the adventurers in the mansion were one part of his private army.
Since it costs money to maintain a private army at all times, he hired a portion of them from the adventurers.
“Wait, wait…! “Shut up!” …?!”
At Amidio’s words, they probably realized that their position was in jeopardy.
Amidio interrupted the adventurers, who were about to make excuses with a fierce, bloodthirsty look, with a strong remark.
“I won’t let you do it again. I don’t expect any more from you people. I have already made my next move. You guys just stay back for a while!”
The adventurer gritted his teeth in frustration, but eventually walked out of the room without saying a word.
He seemed to have enough reason left to decide that he couldn’t go against Amidio here.
“Hmph. Useless… Hey… Can you take care of that?”
Amidio asked toward the direction where no one should have been before.
A man suddenly appeared in that direction.
“Very well. I’ll just do as I’m told, right?”
“Yes.”
Amidio answered the man’s question shortly.
The next moment, the man disappeared.
“… Should I have done this from the beginning? I should not have accepted their superfluous words? Oh well.”
The expression on Amidio’s face when he said such a thing was one of unquestioning faith in the success of the trap.
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One shadow was moving using the roof of a building.
This area was not as densely populated with buildings as a residential area, due to the rows of stores in the area.
Nevertheless, the shadow moved from roof to roof without making a single sound.
There was no hesitation in its steps.
It seemed to reach its destination at once, but suddenly its movement stopped.
It was stopped by two other shadows that interfered with its movement.
“I’m sorry, but I must interrupt you.”
One of the two shadows said.
From the words spoken, he could recognize that it was a man, but it didn’t matter to the shadows that had moved so far.
Above all, the fact that he had bothered to say a word to him was in itself a sign that he was second-rate.
He immediately put the thought into action.
He leapt at the two shadows on his own.
If these two shadows were not dealt with, he would not be able to carry out his work.
He decided that if that was the case, it would be better to get rid of them quickly.
By the time he was close to one of the shadows, he had a dagger in his hand.
It seemed as if the dagger would be sucked into the chest of the target shadow, but the shadow was not so easily killed.
The dagger he brought out as well blocked the attack, and he moved backward a little.
He tried to chase after it further, but by that time, another shadow leaped at him.
It was completely two against one, but the first seemed to be pushing harder than the second.
The first shadow that attacked seemed to be a step or two ahead of the other two.
At last, just as its fangs were about to put a stop to one of the shadows, one shadows jumped backward.
The dagger flew from a short distance away, aiming precisely.
The only way to avoid it was to jump and avoid it.
“… Damn. So that’s what their aim was.”
Here the shadow spoke for the first time.
Its gaze was directed not at the two shadows.
A new shadow was moving towards it.
The two shadows did not attack unnecessarily.
They knew that they would be punished.
“Hi, hai. Did I keep you waiting?”
“Just in time.”
“Oh, my. I’m sorry. I’ll leave everything else to you.”
Peach said so and faced the shadow.
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She moved. The moment the shadow thought so, she was right in front of it.
The shadow hurriedly blocked the attack with the dagger it was holding.
“Damn…!”
With just that one exchange, he had found out a part of Peach’s ability.
The shadow was no match for her.
In just one exchange, their positions were completely reversed from earlier.
Of course, during the investigation phase, it was clear that Peach was capable to a certain extent.
After all, the two of them had overwhelmed more than 30 adventurers.
Amidio had thought they were fools, but in fact they were a group of competent adventurers.
They had defeated them in an instant, even though they were only two people.
The shadow thought it knew their abilities, but it was only an assumption.
Although the shadow was proud of its own ability, it would be no match for her.
Even if the shadows were to run away, it would be impossible to do so.
The two people who were facing the shadow earlier were blocking the way.
The tow had enough skill to keep the shadow from escaping before Peach came along.
“I’m terribly sorry about this~~ But, I’ll get this over with quickly.”
The moment Peach said that, something cold ran down the back of the shadow.
When it expected something to come, a shock hit its right arm.
The shadow immediately decided that it was no longer useful, and switched the dagger to its opposite hand.
But that, too, was rendered useless in the next instant.
The shock followed from the left arm to the right arm.
This meant that both arms were now ruined.
“Ahhhh, right, right. You shouldn’t expect your friends to be able to follow up.”
The shadow was about to ask, “What?” but could not do so.
By then, it felt a shock to the head, and lost consciousness.
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Kousuke greeted Peach when she returned to her room at the inn.
“Good work!”
“Oh~? You were awake? You could have slept in.”
“Well, I was also a bit weary. So, how did it go?”
“No problem! They should have left it in front of the gate by now, as planned.”
The gate of Amidio’s mansion.
Incidentally, there should be a guard posted in front of the gate at all hours of the day, but right now it was sleeping peacefully.
There was more than one person who tried to attack the Inn using shadowy people, but they were already taken care of as well.
“Right. Well then, let’s settle down and sleep this time.”
“Right~.”
Saying that, the two went to bed.
In the end, the attack was handled in secret, and no one noticed until a guard at Amidio’s mansion saw those left at the gate.
