The Greatest Man in the World Hides His Power

2 – Identity Laundering Opportunity – 2

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The forest of monsters.

One of the most dangerous areas on the continent.

At the beginning, Lucy twisted her fingers through her silver hair and bit his lip.

“Are you okay?”

“But lady, if you don’t pass through the monster’s forest, it will take longer to return to the territory. And then…”

The knight accompanying her, Atram, spoke in a tone that hinted at her bitterness.

The estate I visited last time took up too much time.

“If it wasn’t for that damn pig…”

Lucy smiled wryly at him who stamped his foot several times as if it was unfair. He couldn’t help it.

The pig lord he speaks of. Baron Vallonde Tar was the strongest lord in the area, and was also a patron of the magic academy with his twin sister.

She knew very well that if she did not participate in the party he threw, the damage would go to her sister.

“Only her sister can revitalize our estate. So… Let her do her best.”

Lucy encouraged everyone with her smile, and her blonde elf smiled and approached her.

“Don’t worry too much. They say it’s a monster’s forest, but this is a forest. For elves, the forest is literally the master bedroom.”

“Thank you, Elan.”

Lucy smiled kindly toward Elan, who was now a colleague at the same party as her mother, one of her deceased parents, and now their sponsor.

Even though an elf with Elan’s level of ability could be welcome anywhere else, I am truly grateful that she stayed in the manor to keep her loyalty to her mother.

That’s why Lucy, who had slightly greeted her, let out a small sigh and looked at her monster’s forest.

It takes about two weeks to go around the monster’s forest, but if you cross it, you can reach the territory in three days.

Okay then. Then all problems will be solved.

“I’ll go while reading the story of death.”

“But miss.”

Compared to her older sister, Cecil, she lacks in every aspect, but Lucy had a special power that Cecil did not have.

Reading scams right away. The ability to avoid danger by reading the scent of death.

Lucy was far superior to Cecil in terms of her late mother’s ability to detect crises.

Then she has no choice but to take advantage of it.

However, continuing to read the scams was a strain on the body, so both Eland and Atram were worried.

“It’s okay. Now, let’s go now.”

Cerily, she said confidently.

There will be no big problems. While she is so confident

Of course, he himself collapsed the day after entering the forest.

“The mandible… The mandible…”

Her shoes have been off for a long time. Running through the forest, she thought. What the hell is wrong? She must have read a scam. It must have been safe here.

She read the scam with utmost concentration and chose the safe route to move. But why did the forest suddenly change?

It was a moment. The sudden soaring of morale in a place where there was nothing. And what appeared was a black alchemist and a group of monsters.

Black Alchemist.

Violent and crazy alchemists who kidnap people and turn them into chimeras.

I never thought one of them would have a place here.

Although it was only one, the chimeras he summoned were threatening enough.

No, that wasn’t all. The defense formation collapsed due to the monsters rushing in suddenly.

Following the words of Atram who shouted that they should be avoided, Lucy eventually escaped on the spot and ran in search of a safe place.

But it’s strange. The whole forest had seemed agitated from earlier. Morale boils and then disappears, and in some places, deep fraud takes its place.

It felt like my head would explode at the ever-changing reaction of the forest, but Lucy knew that if she stopped reading the scam now, her life would be as good as nothing.

That’s why I ran away.

-Kieeaek!!

I ran into a monster that was suddenly running towards this place.

What is the reason the monster suddenly appeared here?

But he couldn’t answer the question. Because the instinct contained in the monster had opened its eyes.

Appetite.

When the monster’s unique desire turned toward her, Lucy threw the magic stone she took out from his bosom.

– Roaring!!

The strong flame is contained in the mana stone and expels monsters. Thank god. However, this is the last magic stone her sister gave her to use in times of crisis. From now on, you really need to avoid…

-Kururrr…!!

I can’t believe it. I thought there would be another monster.

“Ah. Ah.. Ah…”

You have to run away. She hurriedly turned her body around, but her monster movement was faster.

– Kreurre!! Kurrr!!

But I don’t catch it. It just keeps chasing it as if it were making fun of its prey.

Even if she ran out of breath, she couldn’t escape the monster’s pursuit. Eventually, after her physical strength ran out and she sat down on the floor, the monster growled with a strange expression and approached Lucy step by step.

The morale is getting stronger.

I felt the energy of death that I had never felt before.

Could this be your own death? Lucy clenched her fists, her face dyed as white as her hair.

‘Ah. Scared. Scared. Anyone can help…’

– Chow ah!!

‘Give me… Yo…?’

She thought anyone was fine. If you can save me from this crisis. So, anyone is fine…

‘Ah… Goddess. Why…’

I wondered if it was too much to be a black alchemist.

That’s not an ordinary person either.

The fraud you carry behind your back is not normal. How many people did he kill? Hundreds? Thousands? Maybe tens of thousands.

The black alchemist, who is carrying a huge scam she has never seen before, smiled and said leisurely.

“What? Are you surprised?”

“Ah. Ah. Uh… Uhh…”

“Hello? Hello? Ah. Oops. Doesn’t it make sense?”

It’s a light tone. However, his morale was so strong that I didn’t think it was light.

‘A black alchemist who killed a fairly strong monster with a single blow. At that level, wouldn’t he be in the position of an executive? If so… Alas. Am I going to become a chimera…?’

I wondered if it would be better to just die gracefully.

Chimera.

Creating a living person into a new creature through a forbidden secret technique. Recalling the horrifying appearance of the Chimera he had seen in the past, his stomach began to shake as if he were about to vomit.

At that time, a black alchemist with a sword walked forward. Terrified at the approach, Lucy let out a frightened scream.

“Kyaaa!!”

“It won’t hurt. It won’t bite. Now, don’t be alarmed. I’ll put the sword away.”

After saying that, the black alchemist threw back his sword. But that didn’t make me feel at ease.

“Don’t… Kill… Don’t, don’t…”

“Ahahahaha… Kill it. Would you do that? Life is precious. It should not be used carelessly.”

I know.

Black alchemists value life.

It’s just that the direction is different. Because he values life, he doesn’t kill enemies infrequently. Instead of killing them, they use them as research materials, and in the end, they make them into Chimera materials.

I’d rather kill you now. It was a more reassuring word to confidently point a knife at him.

It was then.

One arrow flew towards me.

That arrow. It was Elan’s arrow.

But… I can’t. Elan. Even you might be defeated by the Black Alchemist. Therefore. So… Run away.

But the voice did not drop. Because of tension, fear, and various other emotions, only a soundless scream lingered in my mouth.

“Get away from Lucy! Black Alchemist!!”

“…Yes? What do you mean…?”

“Do you think I don’t know!! Your Grove!! Aren’t they black alchemists who capture humans and turn them into chimeras!!”

“Whoa, whoa. It can’t be. Now, let’s see. Didn’t we save this lady here too?”

He saved me. Okay. That’s not wrong.

But if it was saved by the Black Alchemist, is it really supposed to be saved?

If you saved yourself just to use it as a material… It’s hard to be grateful.

In the meantime, the black alchemist approached her behind her. And she slowly put her hand on her shoulder.

At that sensation, Lucy felt the fear of hair rising all over her body.

Her older sister had told her that her black alchemists had the ability to transform people into chimeras simply by touching her. So… Is he now turning into a chimera?

‘Ah… Sister… I’m sorry. If I become a chimera, my sister will kill me…’

“Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah…”

No words come out. Just stupid moaning.

“Miss. Is it okay if I touch you? You’re so surprised that your legs seem to have loosened. Don’t worry. Your body won’t hurt… It’s a very precious body, right?”

‘Precious body. Okay. For you, it must be a precious material for making a chimera. Therefore…’

“Now, look. This lady isn’t hurt at all, is she? So I hope she’ll come along. Otherwise I won’t be able to stand still.”

‘No! Don’t come out! When it comes out… Even Elan…!’

“….Ku!!”

Elan walked out of the forest before I could shout to him not to come out. Seeing her come out with a look of resentment on her face made her shed tears at her own pitifulness.

“You are a beautiful person. Ahahahaha… It’s an honor to meet you.”

“Let the lady go!!”

“Yes? Ah. Of course I should. But… I don’t want to fight.”

You mean to get two living bodies without a fight? That….

“So, would you mind putting away your bow and arrows? Now. Look. I’m unarmed, too. Isn’t that fair to you?”

“…I see.”

As Elan nodded, her black alchemist seemed satisfied, and she smiled leisurely. And she took herself and told Elan…

Huh? He, just let it go?!

“Here it is. But…”

“Elan! Lady Lucy!!”

It’s Atram’s voice! Did the monsters and the chimera get rid of it well?

Lucy let out a sigh of relief at the sight of him and the other knights and soldiers who ran away covered in blood. Thank god. Some were slightly injured, but no dead.

“Do you know anyone?”

At that question, Lucy involuntarily nodded his head.

“Yes. Yes…”

“Okay. That’s good. It can be dangerous if you’re alone in a place like this, so be careful. Huhuhu. But you’ve been staring at me since before. It looks like you have something to say?”

“Aren’t you… The Black Alchemist?”

He tilted his head and put his hand into the inside pocket of the robe that only black alchemists wear. And what he took out was the black alchemist’s seal.

“As expected!! That’s right!!”

“This is not mine.”

“Oops! The Black Alchemist!!”

Atram also drew his weapon after seeing us. The only thing that is so dangerous is the Black Alchemist.

The man, who was being warned by everyone, let out a small sigh, then shook his head and began to say something.

He buried the corpse Oda met and borrowed the clothes and sword. At the end of the word, the work for confirmation began.

There was a tomb not far away. For black alchemists, the tomb was no different from luxury. Upon digging inside, there was a body. A corpse with an arrow stuck in its head. The arrow belonged to Elan.

“It’s my arrow. I must have caught the black alchemist. Then I went to catch another monster…”

“Huh… Then this person is not the Black Alchemist… Should I believe this or not.”

“Won’t the world be a little more beautiful only when we have mutual trust?”

The atmosphere is gradually loosening up. Watching Atram and Elan talk, Lucy stared blankly at the man.

The relaxed-looking smiling face he had at first hadn’t changed at all even though there were so many people.

So, is it really not a black alchemist?

Lucy’s face gradually turned white as she couldn’t think of it that far.

‘If not really… Alas. If so, how big a disrespect did I commit to my benefactor?’

Elan asked before she could apologize, her face whiter than before.

“By the way… Who are you? Who is coming to the monster’s forest at a time like this?”

As expected, Elan. To that question that pierced the core, the man spread his arms leisurely and said.

“My name is Cheonyoung. And… I am a pacifist from another world.”