As I walked down the boulevard in disguise, I wondered if a group of soldiers dressed as unrecognizable had run away with great momentum, without even stopping their legs. I think he's probably looking for the Karins who made a scene and disappeared.

"Is that the nobleman's man in the example? Sure looks weaker than a normal soldier."

Are the soldiers in this city also influenced by the training center, which is of higher overall quality than the soldiers in the Wang capital? Maybe one-on-one shouldn't beat you unless you have a lot of extra time. It's going to kick in as easily as the soldiers who came on board if they mean it like that, but things aren't going to be so easy to solve.

"You won't be able to disobey orders from above. And unlike rootless adventurers, soldiers would have their families living in the city."

If you could be treated as sinners up to your family as a result of your impotence, you would have to shut up and obey even noble orders you don't like.

A familiar building approached me as I walked without thinking about it.

"It's a guild...... I kinda miss it even though it's only been about a month or so"

There is something kind of emotional about just thinking about never going back when there was so much going on in the dragon's nest. Usually the entrance to the guild was filled with many adventurers going in and out, but now there were only so many people as to count. When I see that sight, it makes me realize that people are really down. As I walked in through the adventurer who came out of the inside, Mr. Camille, who saw me, opened his eyes to surprise.

"La -! Mmm... hon. What do you want, lady? Do you need anything from the Alliance?

Are you telling me that you stopped trying to get my name out? Are there noble men in here? Talking about the gatekeeper, the guild should have been fine...... Looking quickly into the guild, I noticed one unfamiliar man sitting on a chair in the corner of the guild. There wasn't supposed to be a chair in that place, so maybe that guy's the watchman for sure.

I only came to ask for a favor. I approached the counter in the wind of being a town girl and laughed at Mr. Camille.

"Hi, I have a job I'd like to ask the guild for, is that good?

"Of course I do. Then write down your name and where you live on this piece of paper and what you're asking for."

Camille has a different digit in her life as a receptionist on a boulder. You seem to have instantly realized what I want to do. She showed no upset whatsoever and, as usual, when she took the blank request out of the counter, she offered it here with the pen. I can't confirm the contents of the paper to be filled in at the counter from the man in the corner. This is the only way to ask Mr Camille what is going on. Write a question on paper, but with your mouth ask a completely different question.

"Crusading demons sounds tough, doesn't it? If you're an adventurer who gets a request, are you just a newbie?

"Is that man a nobleman's subordinate imprisoning Master Chrome?

"Right. Many adventurers have just arrived recently, but depending on the conditions, veterans can move. Well, I can't be sure you'll take it. The Alliance is only an intermediary."

I've been here lately...... then I'm sure.

"Really? But will you be here any minute? If any adventurers are likely to take the request, I'd like to meet them in person to explain the situation in the village..."

'Do you have time or place for Alliance surveillance to loosen up?

"Hmmm...... that's hard. They work all morning and all night. If you want to talk to me in person, why don't you go to the tavern at night? There's a golden wheat pavilion with lots of adventurers, so why don't you speak up over there?

I see. Is surveillance tight? It's better to change places now. I just look back a little bit. Then it caught my eye that the man in the corner was staring at this one.... I don't know how much you're deluding me, because I'm suspected of talking to you for a long time. This is the limit.

"I wrote it up"

"Which one...... yeah. No problem. I'll get two pieces of silver as an arrangement because the reward is late."

"Yes, please"

The request says a fictitious place name that resembles the name of a previously visited village. People living in this neighborhood would find it weird, but soldiers just from Wang Du shouldn't be aware of it. At a time like this, it was quite interesting to experience the work we usually do from a customer's point of view.

"All right, then I've accepted your request."

"Thank you. I'll even look for adventurers in the houses I was introduced to."

"Oh, go with care. It won't be hard for you to stay two days a day, so you should stay a few days."

Keep your head down and I'll put my foot outside the guild. I felt his gaze from a man in the corner along the way, but he didn't say anything in particular. Walking out of the guild for a while, my breath leaked out of my mouth naturally. Apparently, he was nervous while he didn't know.

"Well, let's go to the Golden Wheat Pavilion for now. It looks like Mr. Camille will be here at night."

It is good to say that people who visit requests rarely negotiate with adventurers without passing an Alliance. At least not since I started working for the Alliance. It would be about the officials of the guild who find that odd. I walked down the street early enough and hurried to the familiar gold wheat pavilion.

§ § §

Night. A large number of humans are walking wide in the streets of a city where the sun has completely fallen and darkened. Those are different races from the day, and the Lord are the inhabitants who go drinking to relieve the fatigue at the end of their work, the people who come from the outside and take the inn, and the people who come back after their outside work like adventurers. The majority of residents sometimes self-cater, but many of them choose to eat out as well as people from outside. Not just this city of Suphore, but the first floor of the average inn is supposed to be a dining room serving such humans, so it's supposed to be crowded with a lot of people late at night. I mean, to have a secret conversation, it's a place to hit and put it on.

Even if the Alliance or Chrome-like castle could be placed under surveillance, it would not have been possible to release his men to the inn, which is abundant in boulders. I was a little off the streets of the city, in a corner seat on the ground floor of a cheap inn, waiting for the intended person to show up.

"You kept me waiting."

No, I just got here, too.

Signs that he was not hesitant to approach reached the opposite seat with a bright grin as it was. Needless to say, it's Mr. Camille. She and I were now gathered in a completely different inn, not a gold wheat pavilion.

"I'm relieved to hear from you."

"Well, Rio's in season, too. You're gonna do great around here."

After the guild, I took to the Golden Wheat Pavilion, where I came out in conversation with Mr. Camille. So I didn't stay at the inn after I had secured a room, and I asked Rio for a message from the supplier. When Mr. Camille arrives, tell him to make his way to this inn.

I knew our conversation was being eavesdropped on at the guild, so I'm not stupid enough to meet at the Golden Wheat Pavilion without any warning. After securing a room as a camouflage just in case, I decided to ask Mr. Camille to move it. When Mr. Camille, who finished his work at the guild, visits the Golden Wheat Pavilion and visits my room, naturally I am away, the owner of the room. So Mr. Camille asks Rio where I am and tells me where I really am.

Assuming there was someone to follow, there was no problem. Whatever happens within an idle guild, you don't hear it unless you're directly beside it, like a conversation in a noisy dining room. Later, Mr. Camille will just tail off and get to this inn, but she's also a former adventurer, assuming. There's no reason to follow an amateur. As a result, we were able to rendezvous like this without anyone noticing.

"Aren't you surprised this happened as soon as you got back?

"Yeah, I was surprised by the boulder. I can't believe this is gonna rock the whole country."

Calling for the service it took to get through. Ordering ale, Mr. Camille smiled so bitterly and showed it.

"So, after all, it's the Marias that Lapis takes care of, isn't it?

"Yes, I heard you were hiding it in your guild..."

"Yeah. I'm fine. As soon as I got word Count Grom was imprisoned, Creek moved."

That's what Camille said, and she gleefully glanced at the ale that was delivered. Her description suggests that she, along with a few trusted adventurers at Mr. Creek's arrangement, sent Mr. Miranda to my house. Regardless of Sepia, Rubias' exclusive maid, Maria's parents and children have no knowledge of guild humans. That's why Miranda, a good person and a woman, was chosen.

"This is the only thing I know about Creek and Atashi, and Miranda who moved me this time. Creek had some safe houses in the city."

"Safe house...... is it?

"Yeah. The name is someone else who has nothing to do with the Alliance or Creek, but they say the payments and maintenance costs are out of the Alliance's classified expenses. I didn't even know about Atashi until there was this commotion. For example, he had it for when he wanted to hide someone like this one."

"Heh... boulders are called guild masters"

"It's true. He kept his mouth shut about old stock seals, too, so he's a big raccoon. I'm helping you with that."

Sometimes I've just been at the top of the list for years, not to mention the guild of a city on the edge. I couldn't help but admire the quick and qualified move.

"It says here where they are, so you can ask them later. By the way, what's Lapis going to do after this? You're not gonna run around, are you?

That's what she said. She crooked her mouth. If they did, I'd do it back. Just because you know my character, Mr. Camille didn't even seem to think of the shards of me fleeing to another country like this. Naturally, I don't mean that either.

"Of course I'll fight back. But the first step is to gather information. No problem if Prince Magna is found safely, but in the worst case scenario, we are also thinking of using Rubias as our flag to reclaim the King's capital."

"Dear Mr. Rubias... But is he convinced?

"Because Rubias is a very responsible guy. You can't just throw out a country in that situation and live a peaceful life for yourself. Even if you keep quiet for a while, you should stand up to do something about it sooner or later. Of course I won't force you, but even if you shut up, it's going to be that way."

From what I've heard from Rubias herself, she seems to have wanted a stable life after the war by supporting Prince Magna. But after Prince Steed gets the throne, that becomes impossible too. In the end it will be what I expected, whether she wants it or not.

"I'm getting close. If Lapis says so, I'm pretty sure. Then it's time for Atashi to go back, but be careful."

"Yeah. Thank you for taking the time. Take care of yourself, Mr. Camille."

I'm not Mr. Camille, who gets drunk about a glass of ale. As she made her way to the door with a firm foothold, she disappeared straight into the city at night without even looking back.

"Well...... Let's go see Maria and the others."

Stand up single-handedly with the notes you receive. I tried to be alert to my surroundings for once, but I didn't feel the kind of gaze I was monitoring this one. I put on the triangle towel over my head and spared some time before leaving the inn behind.

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