Chapter 313 – And then a whole lot more.

　At the residence of Count Daredar, a leading figure in the Prime Minister’s faction in the royal capital…

　Count Dareder and Tauro were exchanging information about the assassination guild in a secret room with no windows.

“…Did you really identify it?”

　Count Daredar confirmed with Tauro again with an expression of disbelief.

“That’s right. However, since it is not a large base, but a private house, a warehouse, or a commercial building, my acquaintances have not yet reached the point where they will move in earnest to destroy it.”

“…… By the way, how did you find those several places?”

　Count Daredar is understandably curious.

　For the past few years, they had been trying to find the location of their hideout by any means possible, but even when they did find it, they were quickly discovered and were forced to flee before they could raid the place.

　

    The fact that we were able to find several places in such a short period of time is an amazing feat of information-gathering ability.

“I don’t have all the details myself either, but it seems they did find a suspicious person with unusual abilities in the city, marked him and kept him swimming, and he was visiting several places regularly, so we investigated and found that he was part of an assassination guild’s hideout.”

“It’s much more difficult to find a person with rare abilities from among the many people in this vast royal capital, which is also a melting pot of races, isn’t it?”

　Count Daredar understood that Tauro’s “acquaintance” was an extraordinary person.

“I think so too. But it seems that it was a coincidence. They happened to find him and marked him, but he wasn’t even a member of the assassination guild, and they said they didn’t notice him until it was too late.”

“……Are they someone with an eye for appraisal that can tell your affiliation……! I’m afraid that they are as good as the head of our faction, His Excellency the Prime Minister!”

　Count Daredar had guessed from this that Tauro’s acquaintance was a much bigger person than he had imagined.

　Come to think of it, what does it mean that a person with special abilities that the dragon race would find rare is a lowly person who doesn’t even belong to an assassination guild ……?

　Tauro tilted his head, feeling like he was missing something important, but now was not the time.

“I’ll tell you where a few of them are – four of them at the moment.”

Saying so, Tauro placed a pebble on the map of the royal capital spread out on his desk.

“They seem to be widely scattered all over …… the capital. ……”

Count Daredar groaned as he checked it out.

“Yes. But it is more like part of a hideout than a main base, so I think it is better to let them swim around and identify them one by one rather than going in right now. That’s what my acquaintances are saying.”

Tauro suggested.

“….. Okay, I understand. We need to get some skilled people here as well, so let’s leave it alone for now”

Count Daredar agreed with Tauro’s suggestion.

“─ By the way, Tauro-dono. What have you been up to lately? I have heard very little about you since you were adopted into Count Graunewald ‘s family.”

“Me? I am still an adventurer in the company of my acquaintances.”

“Is the daughter of Marquis Van Dyne with you?”

“Yes,  Aeris is with me.”

“…… I see. I am sorry for the suddenness. Actually, I have a daughter who is close to Tauro-dono’s age, and I thought of making her Tauro-dono’s fiancée, but since you seem to be on good terms with Marquis Van Dyne’s daughter , I can’t recommend it! Ha-ha-ha!”

Count Daredar gave a laugh, which was followed by a look of disappointment on his face.

“… ahaha”

Tauro joined in and laughed, but he wondered if this kind of talk would increase when he became an aristocrat, and he smiled wryly inwardly.

Once again, three months had passed since Viscount Saissi’s “suicide” in prison, and during that time, Tauro and the other members of “Black Golden Wings” had moved their base of operations from the Royal Capital to the village of the Dragon People due to his circumstances.

The reason, of course, was to help the Dragon People conquer the dungeon.

Since Aeris often returned to the Van Dyne house, since she could travel to the royal capital using a combination of Ragune’s “dimensional corridor” and Tauro’s “spatial transfer”, the current situation was welcomed by Marquis Van Dyne himself.

During the past three months, the surrounding situation has changed in many ways.

First, Marquis Van Dyne  announced that his former maid, May, had stopped having morning sickness and was pregnant, and that he would be taking her as his wife.

Aeris also agreed with this, so it was a happy event.

Tauro also visits the royal capital with Aeris and has developed a close friendship with Count and Countess Graunewald, and the discomfort they feel as father and son is dissolving.

The Count and his wife looked forward to their weekly meals with Tauro and were happy to hear about his adventures.

They were a very nice couple, and through sharing meals together, he became interested in the Count’s territory, and they even promised to visit Tauro once he was finished conquering the dragon people’s dungeons.

The Adventurers’ Guild of the Dragon People had also added a new employee to its branch in the village.

It was Saran, the daughter of the branch chief Salaman.

The shock of losing her companions forced her to withdraw for a while, but at her father’s invitation, she decided to work for the Adventurers’ Guild.

She will be a member of the staff and a solo adventurer.

After that, a [Curry Shop] in the dragon people’s village was also opened, and it is also packed with people every day.

Curry roux will also be commercialized.

At first,  it was just a helper for dungeon capture, but since it can be easily prepared and eaten at home, it was decided that it’ll be sold on a full scale.

Currently, it is sold within the village of the dragon people, but the product has already been brought to the Garfish Trading company, and are planning to sell them in the royal capital.

One day, just to top it all off, Salaman, the branch chief of the Adventurers’ Guild, promoted all the members of the “Black Golden Wings” team except Tauro from the D- rank to the D rank.

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