Episode 131 news and processing
The Truburn Islands are considered a periphery even on the continent.
With so many islands gathered together, it was a good place to hide away from the eyes of the continent.
As such, all kinds of criminals gathered there.
Pow!
“Dude!”
“Kill me!”
A place where fistfights occur on the streets as a daily occurrence and people nearby just watch without stopping them.
This was the true face of the Truburn Islands, a lawless area.
Today, as a peaceful moment passed by, the leader of the Kinane mercenary group occupying Veronica, the largest island among the Truburn Islands, was welcoming a guest.
“It seems really free. “Looking at how he crawled all the way here.”
The leader, Kinane Muto, treated the person sitting across from him rudely.
Nevertheless, the other person just listened silently.
“You know there’s nothing you want here. To be honest, I don’t even know what I want. “You already came and went a few years ago, right?”
The man across from him had a huge rectangular wooden box next to him, and Muto said with a displeased expression as he looked at the coffin-like object.
“Tell me something. “Don’t get in the mood for no reason.”
“Muto.”
The man’s voice was like a dry desert.
The man with a thick cloak wrapped around his shoulders called Muto’s name once and then closed his mouth again.
“I’m really going to turn around. “If you keep setting the mood like that, I’ll just leave?”
Then someone knocked on the door.
Muto glared at the man for a moment as if in a fight, then shouted as if everything had gone well.
“what?”
“Captain, urgent news has been delivered.”
“Urgent? Do I have to hide it?”
“That’s not it.”
“Then come in and talk.”
A mercenary opened the door and came in, but stopped in surprise when he saw the person sitting across from Muto.
Muto looked at the situation as if it were pitiful and urged.
“What.”
“Oh, that, that… … .”
Muto’s expression darkened as his subordinate stuttered after recognizing the man’s identity.
Then the subordinate quickly answered.
“Ka, this is urgent news from the Castle Kingdom of Kasion. “It is said that Evan von Orléon gave up all authority and position and resigned.”
“That crazy guy?”
When Muto asked again with a surprised expression, Suha nodded.
Evan von Orléon.
No, the paladin, who is now just a man named Evan, was a person who had passionate support and strong power even within the Holy Kingdom.
“You mean you quit being an Inquisitor?”
“They say he not only quit being an Inquisitor, but also left the Holy Kingdom.”
“You came out? her!”
Muto scratched his head for a moment at the unbelievable news and then looked at the man sitting across from him.
He still just sat motionless.
“The reason is? There must be some reason, right? “He was crazy to begin with, but have he really lost his mind?”
“According to the Archbishop’s announcement, he has stepped down, taking responsibility for failing in his recent mission.”
“mission? responsibility? No, it’s funny that the Auror Master failed his mission, but he barely takes responsibility for that? No, you can’t lose. But is it so far-fetched to say that he came from a sacred country?”
“It seems that there is a lot of talk in other places because of that. I couldn’t believe it because he was a man known for being faithful, and I wondered if there was something else behind such a sudden decision… … .”
At that time, the quiet man added a word.
“It looks like you finally figured it out.”
“You notice?”
“Gods and such were already buried in ancient times. Everything called God these days is an illusion. “The Holy Kingdom of Cassion is merely satisfying its own desires in the name of a god that does not exist.”
Muto and Suha couldn’t even respond to his harsh words.
Although they did not have any particular religious beliefs, they believed that God existed.
“Are you saying that Evan turned away after seeing the dark side of the Castle Kingdom of Cassion?”
“You will hear more news soon. “I’ll be able to hear news from old people after a long time.”
Muto got goosebumps at the man’s words.
The old men he speaks of probably refer to the first and second heresy inquisitors of the Holy Kingdom of Cassion.
Their movement meant that the hunt would soon begin.
‘The prey is, of course, Evan.’
One thing I didn’t understand was why Evan would act so unconventionally without knowing this fact.
‘It wouldn’t make sense if Evan escaped safely and left his safety in another country.’
Evan was no ordinary Auror Master.
A person whose skills are ranked among the top ten on all continents.
Depending on his actions, it seemed like there could be a ripple effect in the political situation on the continent.
“Once I figured it out. Let’s talk about it in more detail later. Until then, keep a close eye on it.”
“All right. “Captain.”
When the attendant left, the room was filled with silence again.
Muto, who was lost in thought for a moment and not even paying attention to the man’s presence, spoke of a thought that suddenly occurred to him.
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“Now that I think about it, Evan, you and that crazy guy are on the same page, right?”
In response to Muto’s question, the man raised his arm, which was covered by a cloak, and slowly stroked his cheek.
There was a long scar there, caused by a stab wound.
It was hard to see because it was obscured by his trim beard, but it was one of the few scars he had.
“You don’t know how surprised I was when I heard the news. Honestly, it’s thanks to you that that crazy guy was chosen as one of the top 10 people on the continent, right?”
“He should have died then. Instead, someone unexpectedly died.”
“what? “Is there something I don’t know about?”
“It’s no big deal.”
The man, Maximin Cronnell, spoke with the same gloomy expression as before.
“It’s just one of those common tragedies.”
* * *
The opening of the academy is approaching.
Students felt the cool weather gradually entering fall and went out to enjoy lunch after the first lecture of the second semester.
“ah! Senior Adrias!”
There was also Adrias Cromwell in the crowd, and someone called him.
The person who called Adrias drew even more attention to him and approached him.
“hello. I am… … .”
“Jennifer Hysins.”
Jennifer’s face turned red when Adrias recognized her.
“Oh, you knew.”
Jennifer, who didn’t expect anyone to know her, was taken aback for a moment, then stamped her feet and continued.
“Oh, this is not the time. “Senior Dienne has something to say about the investigation into the Ash Dormitory. He asked me to gather at the Whiron Cafeteria on Alven Street, so I came to tell you that.”
“Why don’t you bother contacting me via tablet?”
“ah! The tablet… … “There you are.”
When Jennifer didn’t know what to do, Adrias shook his head.
“There’s nothing to be sorry about because it’s not your fault. “Thank you for telling me the news.”
“yes? yes… … .”
Adrias took out his tablet, leaving Jennifer’s gaze behind, and immediately left a text message for Diene.
After sending a short text message, Adrias immediately headed somewhere.
‘The deal with Deos is limited to the Ash Dormitory.’
Deos might have thought that this incident was limited to the Ash Dormitory, but he was sorely mistaken.
Adrias was planning to make a killing through this deal, as it was just a precursor to bizarre incidents that would spread like wildfire in the future.
‘Let’s deal with ash first.’
He had no intention of taking too long.
Meanwhile, Diene, who was waiting for people to join her in this investigation at the Huron cafeteria, tilted her head when she received a text message from a tablet ID she had never seen before.
‘I’ll go first.’
I didn’t know who it was from so I just ignored the text message that only contained one sentence.
It has already been more than two weeks since the incident occurred at the Mulpure dormitory.
Despite the investigation by Dienne and many other people, neither the cause nor any countermeasures to the strange occurrence have been established.
‘I almost got hit too.’
What happened to you may not be unrelated to this incident.
However, since the cause was unknown, he had no idea what had happened to him.
The only thing that is certain is that it is not related to magic.
That made it even more questionable.
‘The only explanation for non-magical abnormalities is mana abnormalities… … .’
However, the established theory was that mana abnormalities did not occur suddenly, but occurred slowly and naturally, as if they were being eroded.
As I waited for a while with concern, the students who were going to join me in investigating the case started coming in one after another.
“hello.”
“I am hungry. “Did you order something?”
It was Kelly Heude, a senior in the graduating class, and Erich Kaltz, Diene’s best friend.
There were four students from the Department of Magic, including Adrias, who participated in the investigation, and the Knight Department had made an appointment in advance to meet in front of the Ash Dormitory after finishing the afternoon lecture.
“hello.”
Dienne politely greeted her senior, Kelly, and looked behind her.
“Who are you looking for? Adrias?”
“huh.”
“I thought you would have come first, but it looks like you didn’t.”
At that time, Diene’s mind remembered the text message that had just arrived.
When I took out the tablet and checked it again, I could see that the way he spoke was somehow similar to Adrias.
“Yurich, did Adrias have a tablet?”
“huh? Wasn’t it originally there? But he probably has a lot of money now. “I might have bought one.”
“I just received a text message from an unknown ID.”
Yurich said with a troubled expression to Dienne, who showed her the contents of the text.
“I think this is Adrias?”
“What did Student Adrias say?”
When Kelly asked curiously, Diene immediately explained.
After hearing the explanation, Kelly immediately made a suggestion.
“How about we go to the Ashpure dormitory now?”
“But the food… … .”
“great.”
After interrupting Yurich, Diene immediately stood up.
Yurich, who wanted to have lunch, followed the two with a tearful expression on his face.
The three of them skipped meals and headed to Ashpure Dormitory, where they were soon able to meet the guards guarding the dormitory.
“Did Adrias come here by any chance?”
“I went in a little while ago to investigate.”
As expected, my guess was correct.
Yurich looked at the atmosphere of the dormitory and suggested that he go in with the Knight Faculty students later, but Diene decided to go in.
I have already felt for myself that this strange incident is not ordinary.
I don’t know what confidence Adrias had in going in alone, but I was worried.
“It’s lunch now, right?”
Yurich rubbed his arms with both hands and looked around.
With the atmosphere becoming more gloomy than before, Diene immediately lit up the surroundings with light magic.
“It’s definitely strange. “Is there no light coming in?”
When I looked around in response to Kelly’s question, I saw that all the windows in the hallway were covered with black cloth.
Yurich and Kelly didn’t think it was strange because they had never been in the Ash Dormitory, but Diene was different.
“There wasn’t one.”
“yes?”
“Those fabrics. “It wasn’t there when I came before.”
Yurich, who was shocked by Diene’s words, spoke brightly.
“Are you talking about the last investigation? “Maybe someone left it behind after that?”
“Do you really need to cover the windows with black cloth? who? “Nobody can come in here in the first place.”
“that… … .”
Only then did the three realize that something was strange and gradually backed away.
“Let’s go out first. “Let’s first call the investigation staff who were supposed to join us.”
“okay. I think what Kelly said is right. “Let’s go out first.”
At that time, an unknown scream was heard from inside.
Kyaaa!
“Adrias!”
Dienne ran for now.
Yurich randomly followed her, and Kelly had no choice but to follow them.
And an amazing sight was unfolding before their eyes.
―Kyaaaaaa!
A man in robes was holding something in the shape of a black human with one hand and pointing a sword with the other.
Looking closely, I could see that Adrias was clenching his jaw with his fingers inside the mouth of something strange. He pressed down on the ground and aimed his sword as if to stab him. Adrias, who turned around and looked at Diene and his group, stabbed him with his sword without saying a word.
-Keeeoeoeook!
Yuri covered his ears to that bizarre scream.
“What the heck is that!”
Something bizarre turned into smoke and dispersed.
And after killing something strange, Adrias stood up casually and spoke.
“There is still more.”
And then he gestured.
“Right behind you.”
fantasy,
