Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"... I'm sorry. I need you to stay with me until I get back."

"No, we're all safe. Above all."

Coming back in front of the stone tablet at the labyrinth entrance.

Mercedia, everyone in the expedition is safe. I'm also withdrawing because I'm wondering if Illumhilt is upset.

The door still doesn't open, push or pull. I don't know how to open that door in the first place.

I also thought about knocking on advanced magic and smashing it... in the first place, I don't know if that kind of hand would work, and even if I could destroy the door lightly, I wouldn't be able to do anything far-fetched if I had that girl on the other side.

"The trees are shaking in the dark.... That's really tough."

"I don't want to eat mushrooms for a while either..."

The soldiers sat down on the spot and sighed like relieved.

"You guys. I forgive the break, but I have eyes, so don't make me look all messed up."

The soldiers rushed to correct their abode when Mercedia was comfortable with them.

... Looks like you've earned the trust of the soldiers in the expedition. You said you were going to charge us for your own pocket money, so the soldiers wouldn't get their heads up.

Though I suggested 100 kiligs for the reward of accompanying him until his return. Well... I think it's cheap to break the law as a request for escort. Even if they say it's too cheap, it's in the labyrinth.

I don't like to see my feet in situations where my life is at stake. It's not a good idea to just work, so that's the price.

"I'm sorry about the overlap. Be sure to bring your fee tomorrow."

"You don't have to hurry."

"That's not how it works. It's just - I have to go report to the Royal Castle today. Be sure to tell Lord Theodore's name as the discoverer."

I found the door at the same time.

Finding a sealed door in the first place is just a prerequisite, and I guess there's a lot going on from there, so I don't think I have a handle or anything.

"If you're going to report it, could you wait a little longer?

"... something?

"You'd better save yourself the trouble anyway."

Take the suspiciously faced Mercedia to the Adventurer Guild lobby.

Heather, sitting across the counter as usual, smiles and greets me.

"Hello, Mr. Theodore. All of you."

"Hello, Mr. Heather. I'd like to buy one if I had paper."

"Paper, is it? Anything at all?

"Yes."

Heather tilting her neck still comes out a bunch of paper from under the counter.

"Hopefully it's a slice for memoirs. Of course I won't take the money for this."

"It helps. I'd appreciate it if you could lend me some ink."

"Go ahead."

He receives paper and ink from Heather, goes to the shadows and lets Cadkeus take the shape of a mirror copy of the relief, and applies ink to its surface and presses it to press the senko. Turn it over, it leaves the same thing as the relief on that door beautifully.

I walk out of the shadows and hand a copy of the relief to Mercedia, who kept me waiting.

"In the meantime, take this"

"This is..."

When Mercedia received the paper, she bowed her head deeply and left the guild.

"The Knights are tough, too."

Heather smiles bitterly and goes back to work cleaning up the paperwork in front of her. I guess it's because I understand from one Mercedia case that the Knights don't want me to pry.

"It's weird. If you knew me, you'd be getting bigger, wouldn't you?

When I went back home and took a short break and asked for my opinion on what I saw today, Illumhilt tilted his neck.

"... I don't think there's anything called a child as good as it looks."

If you are a resident on the labyrinth side, even if you look like a human child... it would be anything to be clear.

"Either way, if you can get away with it that way, it's hard to catch"

"It didn't even feel like an enemy, did it? There's a part about catching them and what to do."

"Not necessarily on your side, though."

There are places where there is no judgment because I don't know what purpose it is working in the first place.

He seemed to have led us to the front of that door, and he got caught up in Sheila and Illumhilt's ability to detect and ate bubbles and escaped.

"Either way, I have to put it on hold now," he said.

Sheila says.

"Well... right. Is Ill okay?

"Me? Yeah. I'll be fine. It's a nature that doesn't care much about details."

The questioned illumhilt grins as usual.

"... thank you, Mr. Theodore"

"Though I don't think I've done anything to thank you."

"Yeah. There's a decent increase in clues, and I feel like we're moving forward"

She shook her head to the side.

"So really, don't worry about me."

So, Illumhilt leans a teacup with Grace's brewed tea.

"... nevertheless"

Sheila opens her mouth as she listened to her on the side.

"This house is cool and good. It's gonna be a hundred million bucks out there before you go home."

I wonder what you're going to say.

The front of the ice column I made in the bucket is her recent fixed position.

I use wind magic to counter air in the room, so I can get pretty cool when I'm near the ice.

Illumhilt laughed small at Sheila's alarmed appearance, which she could not see outside.

"Would you two like to have dinner with me?

And Ashley, standing in the kitchen, grins and asks.

"Mmm...... There's a payment for the Bandit Guild."

Sheila's ears drip with words. The expression is as usual, but looks pretty unfortunate. Well, yeah. Ashley's food is delicious.

Paying regular advances to the Bandit Guild, or?

I don't have a very good image when it comes to paying for the guild, but it feels like a dues in actual form. Though the neck is tough to deal with late payments or difficult to unsubscribe from.

That's why Sheila and Illumhilt went back to the West Side after spending some time at home, as the sun was setting and cooling down.

- Though.

Someone knocked on the door some time after I started my dinner schedule, so I left, and Sheila and the others were back.

"... Anything wrong?

I thought you forgot something, but we both have a hard expression, so I invite them inside as they are before I ask what the situation is.

"I'm being tailed."

Sheila says sorry I just closed the door...

"I didn't think you were involved in anything else."

"... thanks"

Let me get this straight because it sounds like I care.

It's ridiculous to be optimistic that a guy who has malice towards both of us might be fond of me.

Assuming that's the case, if I'm gonna get my hands on my people, I'm gonna see them as enemies and move. Thing is, you just have to listen slowly after you can decide the threat is gone.

So well, it's a good decision to be right back.

As for Sheila, you thought it would be somewhat difficult to fight, assuming people were attacked where they were interrupted.

Nothing, it's not like this is what Sheila or Illumhilt's strength is. From Sheila's point of view, you'd want to avoid Illumhilt going back to being Ramia and standing around the city.

"Cadkeus"

Cadkeus, who slept in the form of a cat, goes out the window in an indeterminate shape.

Link Cadkeus's sight to see what's going on around the house. And then... Oh, you're here.

Place one person at a time at the corner...... waiting in a position where we can tail either way from the street in front of our house.

"What do you want me to do?

"I think it's a good idea for the two of you to stay here and tail where they left off when they left."

I'd like to catch him fast and interrogate him, but that's not necessarily why he didn't spill false information, and he was on first tail, because that just isn't (...) a bad thing yet. It is somewhat cumbersome for me to be receptive to the response.

"What do you mean, I'm gonna be..."

Sheila puts her hand on her chest and says:

"What do you mean?

"I'll walk alone and see how they get out."

"Sheila, that's dangerous."

"But that's faster. You can tell to some extent whether I need you or Illumhilt."

"Then I will"

Sheila shakes her neck to the side in Illumhilt's words.

"This kind of thing, I'm the specialty. You can't let Illumhilt know you're tailing him."

That's what he said, he's turned his gaze towards me. Asked, think about it.

Surely Sheila's suggestion... certainly makes sense. But putting your people at risk.

If you want me to play the role, I just want to do it after I make sure it's safe.

"... although there are a few conditions"

If Sheila accepts that, you can give her permission.

"... don't speak up. I'll have you come with me."

He stuck a blade in Sheila's back as she was bending in, the man said.

Into the West End, the tailmen moved where there were fewer pedestrians.

Because Sheila chose a path with few people, made it look like she had lost something, and deliberately parked her legs.

I guess Sheila just saw the other guy's reaction, but she's seen it as an opportunity over there and tried to abduct him fast.

... That's a quick trick. As fast as I can say, is there any reason to hurry?

She raises her hands heavily and obeys the men. The dagger I was sitting on my hips is cheap. Bore's dental dagger is kept here on the assumption that it will be taken away from the beginning.

Eventually, the destination where she was taken was the same private house in the West End.

My figure - is in the night sky. We're taking quite a bit of altitude and tracking it from above. I've been wearing black clothes, so it would be difficult to discover me from below.

Grace is in a state of liberation and waiting at home. Ashley is also fully armed, Illumhilt is unpopulated and ready to go into the house at any time.

That said, you'd think there was me at home. Although it is difficult to imagine going out to exercise strength against the base because of the small number of followers.

Sheila... because Cadkeus is attached like a garment and always in a defensive position, you can't scratch one with a blade like that.

... The neck of this operation is that if you link your senses, Sheila's body shape, etc. will appear (...) as information.... Let's not think too much about it.

It's gone inside the building, so close your eyes and shift your senses towards Cadkeus. Sheila was just taken by the men and put through to the basement.

I got you. I got you.

"Heh. You weren't surprised. So now we can call the kid."

That's what gave me a good grin...... it was Jasper. I see. Hostages against me, huh? You've got a reason for the rush, too.

If you want me to help you, I'll go smash you directly... but don't break in until you know exactly what's going on in the room.

First, as a killer... there are several men, such as Jasper's new fellow adventurers.... There doesn't seem to be any Fernando... but there seems to be someone else strapped to the chair with a rope.

Tied up are - Mercedia and the soldiers in its expedition. And then... Hmm? Chester?

As for the others, anyway. How could they have even caught Chester?