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Chapter 154: Since the attempt was unsuccessful...

By the time Tauro reached the royal castle, the sun was setting and the gates were about to close.

Tauro hurriedly produced a small sword bearing the royal crest and held it up to the gatekeeper.

“The Royal coat of arms! Ah, Tauro-dono, is it? It’s long past the appointed time and at this hour we cannot let you through..."

The gatekeeper had been informed of Tauro's visit and he was right.

“Then please just give him a message. 'Sorry I'm late, I was attacked by an assassin. I hope to see you again later’.

“Eh? Assassins?”

The gatekeeper asks back at the ominous word.

“Oh, I am safe, so if His Highness is concerned, please tell him that I am fine. No, the situation is not okay, but as it turns out, I’m fine.... Anyway, please remind him that that was the reason I was late and that I did not skip the visit because I wanted to...!"

No matter how good a friend he may be, Tauro was still dealing with His Highness the Prince.

It must have been disrespectful for him to have turned away a meeting.

The gatekeeper must have understood this because he nodded his head and said

“I understand. I will let him know as soon as possible!"

The gatekeeper ran to the guardroom, replaced the guard with a man on standby and ran to the royal palace.

“I wonder if I’ve managed that now..."

Tauro decided to return to the inn while clearing his head.

It was likely that he was targeted because he was deemed to be an obstacle to Aeris's kidnapping.

In fact, he has interfered with Uwakin many times.

He must have advised the Marquesse de Van Dyne that he was a threat.

And, indeed, he was about to be killed, just as he wanted.

“I guess that means they are getting serious.... But even so, is he so powerful that he would target us in broad daylight? We have to end this before any harm comes to Aeris."

Tauro thought of a method that he had seen in the stories of his past life, where he pretended to be dead so that he could outwit his enemies, but then he thought about it and realized that having himself as the target would still make his opponent's aim clearer.

Yes, it would be better to have him aim for his own life again, so that he could direct the assassin's nasty, poisonous needle at himself, which I don't think even the Kingsguard would be able to withstand.

“Now that I've got 'complete resistance to poison' as an ability..."

Tauro was unusually rooted this time.

He thought it wouldn't help.

Besides, the poison was unexpectedly painful, he was almost literally dead.

“When you get hit, you hit back...double payback!”

Tauro didn’t expect to say this in real life, but the words seriously leaked from his mouth.

If that is the case, he decided to go back to the inn as usual.

The assassin would probably be quite upset if he noticed him, so Tauro thought he would use his "presence perception" to at least sense his surprise.

When he returned to the front of the inn, he detected a sign of surprise directed at him in his "sense of presence”.

He could see that he was quite upset and that the distance between them was getting farther apart.

Fufu. The assassin was so surprised that the "presence block" is not doing its job.

Tauro thought about chasing after him, but the other party is an assassin and a first-class one at that.

Even if he chased him down, there’s a possibility that he would get a return fire.

Tauro considered it as a harvest just to have surprised him first.

Besides, he felt very hungry.

It may be because "Super Recovery and Regeneration" worked so hard to bring him back from the dead.

He couldn’t wait to eat dinner.

“Ah, Tauro, welcome back. What's wrong? You look a little worn out...is it my imagination?"

Aeris pointed this out as soon as she saw Tauro.

Sharp!

Tauro was tongue-tied by Aeris's insight.

There's a big chance this will be discovered soon enough, even if he hides it and she'll definitely be pissed if he doesn't tell her beforehand!

Immediately, Tauro instinctively sensed the danger and decided to call his escort, the Kingsguard and tell them about the daytime assassination drama.

“...That could be an assassin from the assassination guild."

One of the guards pointed out.

“The special assassination techniques, like the use of deadly poison in needles, certainly suggest the possibility of an assassination guild."

The other nodded.

"More than that, why how did you survive it”

The four Kingsguard seemed to think that was the most important thing and when Tauro was surrounded, they looked all over his body.

“Hahaha... I was resistant to poison, so I was fine...!"

Some abilities are tricky to explain if he answered in detail, so that's what he did.

“Is that so? Still, to be saved from a deadly poison is a miracle."

The Kingsguard were stunned.

“The Marquise of Van Dyne has hired someone from an assassination guild, so we'll have to be even more careful than before.”

While the Kingsguard were united, Aeris was in tears, perhaps in shock over Tauro's near death.

"Ah... it's okay! You see, I'm still in good shape, right?"

“I know...but... I'm sorry it's my fault."

Aeris sniffed and resisted the urge to cry.

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