Chapter 162: The Mercenary’s Perspective The assassins sent by the Marquise Vandyne numbered thirty-five in all. Not only those from the assassination guild, but also mercenaries like myself, adventurers, and vagabonds, all of whom had been hastily rounded up. The plan was to attack the inn tomorrow night and kill everyone, including witnesses, but since […]
Chapter 161: Foot Scrabbling When I returned to the inn after my business meeting with Mardai, the representative of the Garfish Trading Company, I found that the adventurer who had been sent to investigate Marquis de Vandyne’s family had arrived to report his findings. “Ah, thank you for your hard work.” “I’m reporting today that
Chapter 160: Secrets of the New Products In the guest room at the headquarters of the Garfish Trading Company, the conversation with the company’s representative, Mardai, continued. “So, the ‘cloth that doesn’t allow you ‘get wet’ that was explained to me along with the ‘lantern’ the other day……” ‘Yes. So you did exactly what Aeris
Chapter 159: Business talks on Magic Tools The announcement of the decision on Aeris’s guardianship was to be made at a later date in a big way. In the aristocratic circles, the Van dyne family turmoil was a matter of interest since it was now well-known. Tauro was relieved to hear this. The nobles he
Chapter 158: Determination of Guardianship A few days have passed since Tauro’s second assassination attempt and Aeris’s kidnapping attempt. The truth has come to light. Among the men captured in the kidnapping attempt were servants of the Van Dyne family who had been hired for their inhibitory skills. The servant’s testimony revealed that he had
Chapter 157: Unscheduled Visits Tauro and Aeris hurriedly changed their clothes and got ready. They were rushed by the messenger to the carriage that took them to the nobles’ residential area, where many nobles were gathered. The two had already been to this area before when they met with the nobles. That’s why Tauro suddenly
Chapter 156: The Assassin’s End The assassin, driven to the top, was surrounded by the Kingsguard. Even though the assassin was a skilled member of the assassination guild and had good skills, he was up against the Kingsguard. Assassins specialize in assassinations and if assassination is to be carried out, he could have easily killed
Chapter 155: Confronting the Assassin From the day after the attempted assassination of Tauro, he began to take personal action. It can be called a provocation against the assassin. As if to lure the wary assassin, Tauro rented out the top of the “Soraki no Toa,” one of the tourist attractions in the royal capital
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
Chapter 153: Crisis on the Road After leaving the inn, Tauro walked to the main street to the short-distance coach stop. There were so many people around that it looked like a festival. The density of the population in the royal capital is amazing, as this is the norm. Suddenly, he felt something strange about