That Man’s 101st Bad Ending

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“I feel a little strange.”

There were times when intuition made people anxious.

It would spring up out of nowhere when I was not thinking about it, and I would manipulate people’s emotions for no reason.

It couldn’t have been.

At least, as far as I know, this kind of anxiety shouldn’t arise.

Adele rubbed her forehead and frowned.

It’s been about a month since they returned to the north, and the cold around them is also getting fiercer.

It means that winter is coming again, but unlike usual, this news was a little welcome.

I don’t know if it’s another winter, but I’ll have a guest this winter.

He said he would come, so he will come.

if you don’t come? I was thinking of using a bit rough method.

Looting was a good culture in the North.

Would it be a problem to loot a man from the Taylor family?

Recently, there had been rumors about him becoming the head of the family, but that didn’t matter to Adele.

He only thinks about whether Robert will keep his promise, isn’t it because he hasn’t been able to meet Taylor’s family member anyway.

However, it was clear that this strange feeling that had recently developed was disturbing Adele’s peace.

Seeing Adele like that, Lotos murmured in a hint.

“Are you jealous?”

“…You must have gone out of your mind. jealousy? For what reason am I?”

“No, just looking at it, I can only see that the man I like is worried that he will meet another woman. That man named Robert didn’t look like a lot of women.”

“I know. And I never worried about that.”

Adele replied with a frown.

Why do you say you are jealous?

It wasn’t that we didn’t have that kind of feeling in the first place, and the feeling I felt now was a little different from him.

As if something he had preoccupied beforehand was corrupted… What should I call this strange sensation.

When Adele, who clicked her tongue slightly, glared at Lotos, Lotos lowered her head and kept her mouth shut.

Thinking about it, I was a bit annoyed.

I didn’t ask more because it was a secret, and I didn’t say anything about the state that I was hiding.

If he, the Grand Duke of the North, were like anyone else, he would have trembled even if he had just heard the name Adele Ygritte.

I didn’t like this situation where only one man was given the initiative.

Of course, it’s not that he hates Robert himself, but it’s true that the situation is a little annoying.

Still, there was something I couldn’t say anything about.

What can I say to the man who will be staying near the ecliptic by now?

It seemed like he was losing the first contact, but he couldn’t wait until winter came.

“…Come to think of it, did you say that you were acquainted with the saintess?”

Adrian, I thought I knew that innocent woman very well.

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Judging from what they say, it doesn’t seem like they just met eye to eye, and it’s probably a personal acquaintance.

She was the opposite of herself.

Adrian, who has led the mercenary corps since childhood, and the church.

Wouldn’t the difference in attitude be stark?

This feeling of uneasiness intensifies especially when he thinks of a saint, so Adele was particularly suspicious of the saint.

I don’t think I’m going to do anything with my personality, but there are a few times when my senses are wrong.

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Just as Adele was lost in her thoughts, Lotos suddenly opened her mouth.

“There’s one thing I’ve heard, and I don’t know if it’s true. That, Prince Robert Taylor.”

“Don’t hesitate, speak quickly. Is there anything else I don’t know about?”

“I heard rumors that he was going to the south with the saintess. This winter.”

For a moment, Adele’s body stiffened, and Lotos looked at it while swallowing his saliva.

How long has it been since I’ve seen you so flustered?

However, knowing full well that the reaction that would come next would not be kind, Lotos let out a clearing of his throat and backed away.

Keeping a safe distance is important in any situation.

Especially if it’s by Adele’s side when she’s angry ‘soon’.

“…haha, I’m going to the south.”

Adele smiled and wiped her face slowly.

It didn’t matter if I went to the south with the saintess. However, the timing was a problem.

Didn’t they say they would come to the north in winter?

Having said that in front of him, he never thought he would make an appointment to go to the South again.

“Well, maybe the timing won’t overlap. I said after the New Year, so maybe Prince Taylor will come and stay around the end of the year.”

“That is not important.”

“If so, what does it matter?”

“I feel bad. Very, very, very much.”

I was thinking of making them stay in the north until the end of winter.

As well as his ability to handle that magic, if he was with him, he would be able to quickly end the sluggish subjugation of the alien race.

I was thinking of coaxing him out with words and staying with him, but I didn’t expect the saintess to play the game.

Was this the ominous feeling I had felt all this time?

Ha ha, Adele looked at Lotos with a mischievous laugh.

“That, find out exactly when you are going to the south and report it to me.”

“It will be difficult to cancel the schedule. Isn’t that what the church is doing?”

“I have no intention of canceling the schedule. There are things that no country can do.”

Then, looking at Adele grinning, Lotos felt tension welling up in his head.

Didn’t he always say something nonsensical when he laughed like that?

While worrying about what to say, Adele continued.

“Still, there won’t be any problem if we go together.”

“yes?”

“Find out the schedule. I will make the judgment. We don’t have any schedules after the New Year anyway.”

There’s no way to say anything about going and meeting by chance.

Adele thought.

Even if he were lucky enough to meet a saint and Robert in the south, it would not be the situation he had intended.

A faint smile soon formed on Adele’s lips as she pet the wolf lying next to her.

#

The barrier guarding Arwen’s house had already disappeared.

Now that the general store’s sign was up again, I could see people who often went in and out of the general store.

Have you decided to go back to your daily routine?

Of course, I wouldn’t be hiding like I used to, but it was because I had work to do.

I tried to go in like I had infiltrated before, but I headed back to the front door.

I didn’t want to see him pass out in fright again.

If I screamed for no reason, it could cause misunderstandings.

So I knocked on the door and waited for a long time before Arwen poked out his head.

On the surface, the height is similar to that of a child who is just growing up,

Arwen sighed at the gap where they could only see each other after looking down for a long time.

“You came at last.”

“Because you asked me to come. There was no reason to refuse.”

“Come on in. First of all, let’s talk a little bit.”

The scenery inside was a little different from before.

This is also one of her barriers, but it will probably change the environment every day after that.

It was a good habit to always have a place to hide.

Especially when she’s always under the threat of assassination.

Arwen, who created a teacup in the air, moved his hand, and the kettle, which had moved softly, started filling the tea by itself.

It was a strange sight to see at any time.

Ordinary wizards couldn’t use magic so flexibly.

So I looked at the car, and Arwen looked at me blankly and added.

“I didn’t put poison in it, so it’s okay to drink it. And don’t you know at least how poisonous it is?”

“It’s not that high yet, so I have to check it several times. I didn’t doubt It’s just because it’s a little strange.”

“I’m sure… No, the reason you came to me must be because of what you said last time, right? They said they would kill the crown prince.”

Arwen’s voice trembled, but it didn’t seem like it was because of fear.

Rather, would it be right to say that I really want to confirm that it is my main purpose?

Arwen, who nodded firmly and put down the teacup, looked at me quietly.

“As you may already know, I originally belonged to ‘Icarus’, who was in charge of collecting information in the imperial family.”

A type of espionage group that gathers information.

Organizations like this exist everywhere, but the place she belonged to was a little closer to the shadows.

If the state orders it, they will jump in, even if it is an enemy.

It was the best place for Arwen, who had magic specialized in illusions and barriers, to play an active part.

That is why Arwen continued to participate in the spy organization.

The following story was also similar to what I know.

And the reason why she left Icarus and was chased by the crown prince was the same as I knew.

“I performed several missions while in Icarus. There were simple espionage missions and intelligence gathering, but there were also civilian assassinations.”

Arwen’s expression always darkened when he brought up the story.

Speaking of Arwen’s personality, she is by no means an evil person.

Rather, he is kind enough to question how he belongs to an organization called Icarus, so in the past, he had doubts that he belonged to Icarus.

Arwen, who looked at his clean hands for a while, rubbed his cheek and continued.

“Killing someone with a family wasn’t very pleasant. I even killed my mother in front of my daughter, so at some point I felt uncomfortable with what I was doing.”

“Am I really doing the right thing?”

“It is said that it is for the country, but there was a line in my mind. The reason I continued to work at Icarus in the first place was because I didn’t cross that line quite a bit. But… Keitel is finally starting to cross the line.”

The story she brought up was the disappearance of an entire village.

An incident in which an entire village was to be erased because a dangerous element had sneaked in.

It was not known because it was done in high secrecy, but that was the reason Arwen gave up and ran away.

“Probably hundreds of people would have died just like that if I hadn’t informed them in advance. does that make sense? Hundreds of people died. And I felt it when I saw that it was taken down casually. The crown prince…is no longer as intelligent as he used to be.”

“Is it the story that the crown prince became strange?”

It was a story that Arwen often brought up in previous episodes.

The story that the prince’s intelligence has faded, that unlike before, he harbors madness in his eyes.

Of course, the prince he met face-to-face was still the same, so he didn’t feel strange,

Seeing it repeated over and over again made me think there was something to this.

“First of all, I have something I want to ask you. Why do you want to kill the crown prince?”

“Reason.”

I looked at Arwen for a moment. I couldn’t explain the regression.

It’s something I’ve brought up before, but even then Arwen didn’t understand what a regression was.

The reason I wanted to kill the prince was simple.

It was because the point at which everything in my life was twisted was when I died after being accused of treason.

Before I stop this regression, I’m just trying to break the starting point of my regression.

If you think about it, was this the first time you said you would kill the crown prince?

I didn’t know what answer would come. However, the answer that came to me out of the blue was quite vague.

“…so many died.”

Even if I don’t include myself, a lot of people I thought were precious also died.

. Hadn’t Adele been killed by the crown prince right away? smile bitterly

His lips trembled at the moment of emotion, but then he closed his eyes.

No matter how much I wanted to forget, there was something I couldn’t forget.

Even if I could forget myself dying, I couldn’t forget someone else dying in front of me.

Looking at Arwen, she raised her tiny body and drew a letter in the air.

It was a familiar text. The magic of recording and recording something,

Arwen answered me as I stared at it.

“This is magic that can record and store my words. What I’m going to tell you from now on, I’ve never said to anyone before. It’s a fact that only I was investigating on my own.”

I don’t remember hearing anything like this.

Although this was the 10th time I had met her, Arwen hadn’t given me much information.

I always gave information only for what I asked for and only when I paid for it.

“Independently?”

“The reason the prince wants to kill me is simple. It’s partly because I ran away from Icarus, but I know things I shouldn’t know.”

As expected, when I narrowed my eyes at the story I had never heard before, Arwen continued with a rather serious expression.

“Do you know about the Death Dragon?”