It Is Getting Dark

5 – Cunning

“By the way, bro, you’re not surprised.”

“You mean you created a witch?”

“Yes.”

“You don’t deny it.”

“I don’t think you will believe me even if I deny it.”

This is the conclusion that Cassius drew himself.

If he had good judgment enough to immediately draw out the key point just by listening to me, he would have already experienced enough events to be confident in himself.

Then you can’t believe me just because I deny it.

If you were on the same boat anyway, it would be better to give a little bit of faith.

I wondered if it was meaningful at the point he realized that I had already tried to trick Cassius.

“Honestly, right now, I just want to tie my heart and beat it with a wooden sword. In fact, I killed twelve more times.”

“Cough, Cough.”

I had a cough while drinking tea.

“But what can I do? I can’t let them die, and since things happened, I’ll have to deal with them first so I can at least hear an explanation as to why. Then you’ll decide whether to beat it up or kill it halfway.”

“So Min got beaten up.”

“If it was a different family, neither mouse nor bird would have died.”

“…”

“I don’t usually say that I have a younger brother. You only come after an accident to fix it.”

The words I wanted to say, “It’s two” Welled up inside

, But I couldn’t bring it up without notice.

“Anyway, the problem is that the method you said won’t work. According to what you said, the princess and the saint would be fixed. Do you know who is coming from the Magic Tower?”

“This is Eina Garcia.”

“It is questionable that you are so sure. Can you answer me if I ask how you found out?”

Of course it was impossible.

“No. Older brother.”

“Well done. That’s right, it’s not like you’re recklessly playing the hand you’re holding.”

Kassius didn’t want to know how I found out.

He is teaching me as an older brother, he felt that way a lot.

“Hmm…. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of Eina. If that’s the case, should we assume that Count Garcia is also joining in?”

“Probably not.”

“Why?”

“Eina Garcia is the direct subordinate of the Mage Tower Master.”

“But why?”

“So, the reason she left for the Mage Tower was not because she wanted to.”

“Roughly, I can feel it.”

Kassius immediately understood what I was saying.

Maybe it’s because nobles often do it.

“I am an illegitimate child. Even Count Garcia didn’t know me at first, but his magical talent stood out to the Mage Tower Master. Count Garcia also took her after knowing about it. Well, she reaped it because she had a purpose in the first place, so of course there was no place for her in her family.

“Are you sure?”

“The information is certain.”

That’s because it was a story I heard with my own mouth.

“When do you think your father’s body will arrive?”

“Probably, if you think about the route that was delivered to Katrina and put it all together, it will arrive in two days at most, or tomorrow if it is short.”

“It’s tight.”

Cassius began to think as he tapped his fingers on his armrest.

“Carl, I think there is only one way.”

“What is it?”

“Which is the key among the princess, the magic tower, Katrina, and the church?”

“Of course it is a church.”

“Why?”

“Without the church’s approval, everything goes to nothing. In other words, even if we get rid of all the relevant evidence, there is no way for us as long as the denomination acknowledges it.”

“Right, then there is only one way. We need to divide the denomination and bring it to our side.”

“However, it takes time to do that….”

“Not enough.”

A week, a week in which I didn’t do anything that had already passed, was a waste of time.

If I had noticed even then, at least I would have run away.

Game like a dog.

If you had at least the ability to cheat, you would break through with force.

For a week, I tried calling the status window and status just in case, but nothing popped up.

Or else you should have given me a tutorial.

At least get a reward.

Is there any other way?

Come to think of it, a tutorial.

This is a tutorial.

Just thinking about it. I think he should be there by now.

The player character should be in the tutorial section by now.

Then it would have been before he met the player character, so by now he would be slaughtering the demons and beasts.

Looking at Cassius, he too seemed lost in thought.

“Brother, in the end, the important thing is, isn’t it necessary for the church to have someone who can keep it in check while not being able to ignore it?”

Carl looked at me intently, not giving me a straight answer, as if trying to figure out what I meant.

“Yes.”

The returned Cassius’s words were positive.

Looks like there’s a way…

Ha, but that guy couldn’t be controlled even in the Witch Hunt.

I thought he was an ally, but when he gets bored, he turns around and becomes an enemy.

“Does anyone know?”

“According to my expectations, it won’t take too long to pull in, and the location is close by. But…. This is like calling in a tiger to avoid a fox.”

“Who is that?”

Rather, he thought, wouldn’t it be better to say that he was wrong now.

Even if you think about it that way, there is no way. I told Cassius.

“The cult’s executioner, rank 3 Baren.”

As if Cassius was aware of it, there was a reaction.

“Carl, I still want to live longer.”

I understand.

Still, you have to avoid the fox first, then either bribe the tiger with rice cakes or play tricks to save it.

“Me too. So it is. Older brother.”

For now, I have already made up my mind to turn off the fire in front of me.

* * *

A big cleaning day once a week.

Today was the cleaning day.

A day when all the servants and maids who work in the mansion clean every corner of the mansion.

So, of course, the story also applies to Lucy, her lady-in-waiting.

Lucy came in to clean the room she shared with her and her Maria.

“What else are you going to have today?”

Lucy’s colleague, Maria, often hid something under the bed, like a hamster.

Lucy knew that, and for fun she would occasionally check to see what was in it.

Of course, Maria didn’t seem to know that Lucy was confirming that.

So she bent over and looked under the bed.

“Oh, yes.”

It was a box covered with luxurious wrapping paper.

“What is this?”

When I opened the box, what came out was chocolate.

Chocolate that even aristocrats eat very occasionally.

That chocolate that commoners would never taste in their lifetime.

“This, this is chocolate. Why does Maria have this?”

It was then.

Maria burst open the door and came in.

“Lou, Lucy you!”

“Oh, Maria. I accidentally found it while cleaning.”

Lucy said to Maria, letting go of her pretense.

“By the way, Maria. Isn’t this chocolate? How do you have something so precious? Did the Bocchan give it to you? I’ve never had one, so can you give me one?”

In the box were four chocolates shaped like chess pieces.

Thinking that Maria would give it to anyone else, no doubt, Lucy begged Maria.

But contrary to Lucy’s expectations, Maria hurriedly took the box in her hand and covered it.

“No. This is what the Bocchan entrusted to you. Bocchan told me to never eat it and ask for it back.”

Lucy also had something to say.

“Brother, why are you entrusting chocolate to me? It must be because you are ashamed to give it just to eat. So, I only have one.”

“I said no. Bocchanim made a new request. So this can’t be helped.”

No, why did some noble leave that expensive chocolate with her lady-in-waiting?

That was something Lucy couldn’t understand.

“…Yes, okay.”

Lucy thought Maria was lying, and she was upset, but she said no more.

“I’m going to clean the study.”

Lucy opened the door and came out.

Only Maria was left in the room.

“…Still, if it’s not possible, it’s not possible. Sorry Lucy.”

For some reason, only Maria’s heart was uncomfortable.

The work is over.

* * *

“Did you call? Cassius.”

“Sir Matheus. Give this letter to the man in the thick forest of demon beasts.”

As Cassius handed over the letter I wrote to Matheus, he ordered it.

“If it were the thick Demon Beast Forest, there would be no way people would live there. In the first place, there are many monsters, but they couldn’t come over, so there’s no reason to have people….”

“Sir Matheus. Neither do we know. So you don’t have to say anything. But there must be one.”

“…Good. So, who can I find and hand over to?”

“When you arrive at the thick monster forest, follow the screams of the demon beasts. Then there will be a strange-looking man with black hair.”

“Can I just hand over the letter?”

“Yes, I wrote everything down in the letter. If you tell me, it will come to you. If you ask who sent it, just be honest.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Mateus left the office without asking further questions.

“But, brother. Can I trust Lord Matheus? If you look at the contents of the letter….”

“Knives, if you want to use people, you have to trust them. Just because you don’t trust him is the basis for betraying him.”

“I see…. Isn’t it because you don’t want to meet him?”

“…Kuhm. I won’t deny that either.”

The iron-blooded Cassius is now starting to look like a human.