Chapter 35 – Infiltration

000

In the end, their act ended much later than expected.

Perdia and Cleon covet each other’s bodies to the point of exhaustion.

I fell asleep on the same bed.

The next morning.

When Cleon opens his eyes, Perdia is gone.

There was only the figure of himself sleeping in bed with his body wiped clean.

‘…Too much.’

Regret rings in Cleon’s head.

However, I can’t help what has already happened, and I get up from my seat, shaking it off cleanly.

There was something I had to check first.

Change your clothes appropriately and go to the next room.

I saw Rubera sitting with her back on the bed.

I was looking out the window on the opposite side of the entrance to the hospital room.

And when you open the door and turn your head to see Cleon walking in,

I saw her tired face.

Cleon asks, a little flustered.

“…What is it, didn’t you sleep?”

“…Can you sleep. Squeaks in the next room. Aren’t you ashamed?”

“…”

Be as careful as possible…

No, the reins were completely released from the middle.

“…I’m sorry.”

When Cleon apologizes as if he has no face, Ruba looks at Cleon for a while.

Then, covering the corners of his mouth, he smiles and says ‘huhu.’

“It’s fun. Playing pranks on people is.”

“…?”

“Ah. I’m sorry. Actually, I slept soundly. About 10 minutes after you guys left…? So I really only heard a little bit.”

Apparently, Rubera’s personality is a bit… He seemed to like to annoy others.

Cleon thought for a moment that this could be the influence of the demonic sword.

It was easy to understand when he recalled the vicious words and assaults he had given to Eustes in the guild.

“Did you also control that child by using the power of the demonic sword?”

Then ask Cleon.

Certainly, Ferdia was also imprinted with the stamp of dominance.

If you wish, you can borrow her power and use it, and you can move your body freely.

But what about

Ferdia’s attitude was the same even before they mixed.

From sexual acts done with the intention of repaying the favor.

“…”

That’s why Cleon has trouble answering.

If you interpret it as meaning that it is imprinted with the stamp of dominance, then you are definitely in control of Perdia.

However, if you were to ask if she was subordinating her will, that was not the case.

Seeing Cleon like that, Ruba is silent for a while, then sighs.

“Something. It’s different from what I thought.”

“…What do you mean?”

“The appearance of an awakened magic swordsman. He handles power more violently and freely deceives and dominates others.”

Ruba looked down at her hand.

Then, she looks at her sword ‘Barisada’ standing next to her.

Her demonic sword in the black scabbard had a different appearance and atmosphere from Cleon’s.

Its width is narrower than that of Galatea, but its length is longer than that of Galatea, the long sword.

The direction of the blade is also single-edged.

The cross guard is a thin and small oval shape.

The antique design of the handle is like a work of art.

“Yesterday. I think I heard her voice.”

“The magic sword… Then you too.”

Ruba turned her gaze to Cleon again and shook her head.

“No. You showed up right before I drew the knife. I won’t hear you after that.”

“…”

Then, Cleon looked at Barisada with a stiff face for a while.

I felt as if Galatea was giggling at the waist.

“…Even if it’s not that hard. It’s not that I’m complaining too much. Rather, I don’t know what would have happened if I had awakened there and ran amok.”

At Ruba’s words, Cleon sighed in relief.

At Cleon’s easy-to-understand reaction, Ruba covered her mouth and laughed again.

“But it’s really easy to understand. You’re the Cleon who ruined the hero Alvein.”

“Did I introduce myself?”

“No. But there are plenty of reasons to know. I know the head of the academy, and the dark horse clan that handles demonic swords. I heard the story from the Marquis Hughes. The Marquis was a supporter of Alvein.”

Cleon kept his mouth shut.

The story of Alvein was also one of the reasons.

As expected, it seems that it was true that Marquis Hughes was supporting Albain, as he remembered.

“Cleon. How does revenge feel? Is it sweet or bitter?”

Ruba leans towards Cleon and asks.

Then, Cleon closed his eyes for a moment and pondered before answering.

“…Experience it for yourself. There is nothing you shouldn’t believe in other people’s things as much as evaluating the taste.”

At Cleon’s words, Ruba blinked for a moment, then narrowed her eyes to see Cleon.

“That’s an incredibly appropriate answer. But as you said, this vengeance is mine. I can’t help it if I ask others’ opinions.”

Feeling a little dissatisfied but strangely understanding, Lubera leaned back against the back of the bed.

A little silence passed.

Although he has a polite attitude, he has a playfulness inside.

It’s as cold as ice, but he’s intent on burning the flames of revenge.

For Cleon, he was a bit difficult to deal with.

Just then, there was a knock on the door of the hospital room.

“This is Perdia. Cleon-sama. And the ladies. May I go in?”

When she told Fer Dia that Cleon was fine, she opened the door and entered.

The clothes were not the nurse’s uniform worn in the clinic, but a girlish white one-piece dress.

“Good morning. Mr. Cleon. And…”

“This is Rubera.”

“Lubera-sama. Did you sleep well last night?”

Ruba nods her head, takes a good look at her girlish look, and turns to Cleon.

“It’s small. You bastard.”

“?”

At Rubera’s words, Perdia floats her question mark above her head.

Cleon covers her mouth and turns her head away.

She couldn’t deny it.

Ruba nodded and answered Perdia’s question just before her.

“There are no problems with the body.”

“Is that so? Thank goodness. First, after a brief examination, take some medicine and replenish her energy.”

At Perdia’s words, Ruba was silent for a moment, then nodded her head.

“And Cleon-nim. I have something to tell you…”

If you look closely, she’s holding a scroll of parchment in her hand.

Seal of blue.

It belongs to the adventurer’s guild.

“Have you been to the guild?”

“Yes. Some of the children will be working as temporary workers in the guild starting today. I went to see them. Something like this.”

Saying so, Fer Dia handed her scroll to Cleon.

When he opened the scroll he received, Cleon couldn’t help but stiffen a little at the contents inside.

[I’m looking for a female swordsman with black hair and black eyes! He can lightly wield a mithril greatsword and is a skilled person who can fight even with the head of the living forest!]

[Additional note: Beauty as a bonus!]

“Last night. The son of the Marquis ran amok to find such a woman in the guild, but was stopped by the staff.”

“Wait. Show me too.”

The son of a marquis family.

At the story related to Eustes, Ruba also takes her request with her eyes shining.

Then he looked back at Cleon, spitting out a dry laugh with a bewildered expression.

“This is it. The reason for expelling me.”

“No, um…”

Cleon felt as if a cushion of thorns had risen from the chair he was sitting on in an instant.

Rubera, looking at herself with her half-open eyes.

That gaze hurt.

After a brief glance at her blatantly apologetic Cleon, Lubera turns her head away again.

“Really. Easy to understand. You.”

Then she sighs and returns her request to Cleon.

“Not really. It’s not your fault. Eustes was originally that kind of person. He doesn’t care about himself. He easily shifts his attention to things that interest him.”

A voice that sounds like it’s boring.

After 13 years of living by his side, the only thing that came to mind was that he would quickly fill the remaining deadline and leave this hellish mansion.

I could fake loyalty for him.

He was able to exalt them even while deceiving himself.

“So don’t think of things like apples.”

“…Okay.”

Cleon pondered over Rubera’s words and looked at the request form once again.

“But maybe this is an opportunity.”

“Is this a chance?`

Perdia pricked her ears at Cleon’s words.

Although she knows her circumstances because she has already told her that she is after the author after her.

More than that, it seemed that he had a strange longing for Cleon’s secret actions.

“If the opponent is like Eustes, my disguise won’t be revealed. I’ll be able to dig up information about the Marquis up close.”

“…Are you okay? I’ll tell you, but you’ll also face the Marquis Hughes. You’ll want to check the person you put next to your son.”

At those words, Cleon seemed to be pondering for a moment, but nodded his head.

“No problem. Isn’t Marquis Hughes a wizard?”

“Yes. He is a single merchant.”

At Ruba’s words, Cleon stands up and uses three magics on himself.

Then, a female swordsman in the same light as yesterday appeared on the spot.

“This is… Sure. It’s hard to notice even if you get close.”

Ruba opened her eyes wide and marveled at the young man transforming into a woman in front of her eyes.

When you stepped on your back yesterday.

Clearly, the touch was not a man’s.

That is-

Rubera reaches out with one of her hands and holds it over Cleon’s chest.

“… Hey.”

“No. I checked it because the Marquis Hughes might touch it. It definitely feels like it.”

“I don’t have any senses, but it feels like something like a sponge is attached to my chest.”

Organs made of polymorph can intentionally block the senses.

He didn’t need the sensations of his chest that would get in the way when he moved.

“Then it might be good to postpone it a little.”

“Acting… Are you saying that I should at least moan?”

“It would be best if that were possible. Your pride won’t allow it.”

Certainly, he was himself moaning in front of that pig marquise.

Cleon felt a little disgusted.

“Well. Marquis Hughes values ​​people with skills. Appearance is also part of that skill, but he won’t touch it right away.”

“Then we must hurry, because if a pig suddenly attacks me, I might not be able to bear it and cut it down.”

[Even if Cleon doesn’t do it, I’ll do it.]

Galatea adds to Cleon’s words.

“In my heart, I want to follow you and monitor you from a little distance, but…”

She stared at the symbol of exile on the back of her hand and clenched her fists indignantly.

“I am in a state where I can neither approach nor look at the Woodnocker family.”

“How do you please?”

Ruba seemed a bit troubled, but she shook her head as if she didn’t know.

“I intend to investigate.”

“…Then.”

Cleon turns his gaze to Perdia.

“Ferdia, please guide her to her mansion.”

“I understand.”

“…The mansion? You own it? And for a character who’s disappeared from the city, he’s pretty free to roam about.”

Ruba speaks to such Cleon as if it is a little unexpected.

“No. I think it’s my property… I’m borrowing it at will.”

“Ah. Was it trespassing?”

Rubera nodded as if she understood. His expression was ‘Okay then.’

Cleon shuts her mouth for a moment, but then turns around and leaves the clinic.

It was to pat Per Dia on the shoulder, saying that I would leave her behind.

When Cleon left the hospital room, a strange silence lingered between Perdia and Ruba.

“Did you want to brag about your relationship with your lover?`

At Ruba’s words, Perdia smiled slightly.

“Yes. It seems that there are a few women around Cleon-sama. I couldn’t spend much time with him either…”

It looks like there will be another competitor. The word is omitted.

In her gray eyes, both the light of admiration for the one she loved and the darkness of wanting to monopolize him permeated.

“This much without brainwashing. What kind of person is he?”

“If you want to know what kind of person Cleon-sama is, just come with us to the place we are going from now on.”

After hearing Perdia’s words, Ruba nodded and stood up.

Then it was to take her to her waist, looking at her silently reclining barisada.

001

A lively guild scene.

It is said that the guild master has changed from a cute woman to a pig-like ugly man, but the guild itself has not changed much.

It was originally a place where violent and bloody people gathered.

In addition, the atmosphere of the guild that Luti Sions has achieved for 10 years does not change that easily.

If only there hadn’t been an unwelcome uninvited guest.

Bang! And hit the staff’s desk.

“So! If I put out a request, wouldn’t someone receive it and carry it out! I’m asking what the situation is!”

“That’s right, Mr. Eustes. I’ve been telling you many times, but if there’s any progress in the request, I’ll definitely pass it on to the requester.”

A tear-stained female employee tries to stop Eustes, but acts like she doesn’t care.

“Then how is it that no one comes to visit her!”

He has a personality that doesn’t get angry when things don’t go the way he wants, just like a child screaming.

The adventurers around him frowned at him.

A guy like this put his father’s power on his back and made his mess.

It would be nice if someone would come forward and give me a prickly word.

However, although there were many people with a rebellious spirit here, there was no one with such guts.

It would be nice if his attendant would come forward and quiet him like yesterday.

Her figure was nowhere to be seen.

I just want this guy to get tired of himself and calm down soon.

“You guys… You’re not looking down on me because you think I’m your father’s bonus… ?”

“That, it can’t be! Eustes-sama is a worthy member of our adventurer’s guild!”

“Then show a corresponding attitude!”

Eustes finally raises his fist.

The moment when some of the adventurers, who judged that Satan would rise no matter where the fist was headed, tried to move.

There was someone who took the initiative to hold that fist.

“Hey. Stop it.”

A husky female voice echoed through the guild.

Who dared to hold her own hand.

Eustes frowned and turned his head away, then opened his eyes wide.

There, the female swordsman of the dark horse clan who had saved her yesterday was holding her own hand with her face wrinkled.

“Oh oh oh! You are from yesterday! You heard that I was looking for you and came to you on your own!”

Cleon started to get a headache, but at first he nodded his head quietly.

And let go of the hand that held him

“Keuheum. Let me formally introduce myself.”

Eustes takes an exaggerated stance in a dignified manner, as if to make up for his previous violent appearance.

“My name is Eustes Woodnocker. I am the eldest son of Hughes Woodnocker, the guild master of this guild, and I am a man designated as a hero to save the world.”

“…”

At his introduction, the entire guild became quiet as if cold water had been poured on them.

“…Leona. Just an adventurer.”

“Just an adventurer! Didn’t you pierce the heart of that monstrous bear by wielding a greatsword as tall as you?”

At those words, Cleon wanted Eustes to shut up, but the desire rose to the top of his neck.

Gulp. He gave a fake laugh as he swallowed.

“That’s… Because I was with your attendant. Come to think of it, I can’t see her?”

“Ah… Rube line. She unfortunately lost her life after you left. Yes, even if she is alive, she won’t be fine.”

Eustes puts on a sad expression.

Then, Cleon superimposes Eustes’ appearance with ‘Alvein’.

Ah. Exactly. Warrior Candidate Candidate.

Are most of the guys with power like this?

“That’s why I need you. I want you to be part of my party!”

“… Okay, so what should I do with that gruff tone?”

At Cleon’s words, Eustes clears his throat as if he’s a little taken aback, but then he smiles and talks.

“Yes? No, if that’s what you’re comfortable with. More than that, will you really join me for a party?”

Cleon can’t help but ask Eustes, who asks with his eyes shining. Answer by adding the word

“If I didn’t form a party with you, the guild would continue to run rampant. It’s ‘really forced’.”

“No! No no. There’s no such thing. Ha ha! But it’s better for me to come in neatly.”

Good is good! Eustes takes Cleon’s hand while saying the same thing.

“…So? What are you going to do now? Are you going to accept the request right away? If it were me, I’d recruit at least two more people…”

“No! Before that, say hello to your father! Then say hello to your father…”

Somebody shut up this idiot…

Cleon sincerely screamed in his heart her.

002

Woodnocker’s mansion in the city was not as gigantic as Count Gortian’s.

Among the buildings in the city, it was the most splendid and conspicuous as it had a large number of guards encamped.

As Cleon remembers, this building was a mansion that was left as it was when the generation of the fallen nobles in this city was cut off.

Ownership was held by the city, but among the majority of the inhabitants, adventurers, there were no humans who could purchase a mansion of this size.

This time, Hughes Woodnocker came to this city and bought it himself and refurbished it.

Like a merchant, one of the work handling seemed to be quick, starting work right after the appointment was decided.

It was certainly an admirable feat to have everything ready by the time he arrived.

When Eustes proudly walks in front, Cleon quietly follows.

The inside of the mansion was also full of fancy ornaments here and there.

It must have been Hughes Woodnocker’s hobby, but there were some decorations that looked a little offended.

What stood out among them was the grotesque mask with a large iron awl stuck in the middle of its forehead.

No matter how you looked at it, it wasn’t human.

Sharp teeth exposed. Evil eyes.

A nose that looks like fire will come out of it.

“…What the hell is this?”

To Cleon’s question, Eustes looks back at the place for a while and talks nonchalantly.

“Ah. That’s the ‘Demon Seal Mask’ that my father bought at a high price.”

“…The mask of the devil’s seal?”

It definitely looks like a devil.

“You better be careful. That demon is still alive. A high-ranking priest sacrificed his life to seal it, but he seems to resurrect if you pull out the awl.”

Cleon is the bad taste of the Marquis Hughes who decorates his house with such things.

And the fact that it was traded at a high price gave me a headache once again.

In that way, after encountering strange ornaments many times, they reached the innermost part of the mansion.

The two stood in front of a large room designed to be the safest from outsider invasion.

Eustes knocks on the door with a slightly nervous expression, not sure where his leisurely appearance he has gone.

“Father. This is Eustes. I brought the adventurer I mentioned yesterday.”

Silence for a moment.

And the reply that came from inside was Hughes.

“No. That’s it. You have to decide. Whether you’re a female adventurer or a male adventurer.”

“…Yes?”

“I’m busy right now, so I’m telling you to take care of it! Find out at once! Foolish bastard!”

Hughes spews unstoppable verbal abuse at his son his.

Cleon had no sympathy for Eustes, but it was true that he was disgusted with Hughes.

“…Yeah, that’s right. That’s great. To be honest, I was a little worried.”

“Worry?”

“Yes. My father is old, but a little… That’s too much. Only the concubines he left behind at home are double digits.”

Eusteth trembled while holding onto his shoulder.

“If, after seeing you, my father has a strange mind…”

“… That’s it. That’s it. I don’t want to imagine.”

“Isn’t it? I made you take unnecessary steps. Then, shall we go back to the guild like this?”

Cleon was, at best, a chance to get inside of the later writer, but he thought it was not advisable to be suspicious of Eustes because he behaved strangely.

The two reluctantly nodded and walked down the aisle again.

Cleon sighed as he looked at the exhibits in the hallway that he was still unfamiliar with.

003

Hughes, who confirmed that the footsteps of the two were moving away from each other, said fuu. He sighs and continues his conversation with his guest.

“I’m sorry. Our lacking son doesn’t cover the time.”

“No. It doesn’t matter. I’m in the middle of that age.”

Haha. And smiling man.

He violently drinks the liquid from the cup placed in front of him.

“…I didn’t know you would say you wanted to meet me first.”

“Is it strange? I just wanted to get along with the new master of the guild. This is a rural corner, but it’s a place I’ve been living for a while before.”

A man sitting casually as if it were his own home his.

However, Hughes could not say anything to such a man and could only remain calm, bending over at the waist.

“Aren’t you dissatisfied that I came?”

“It can’t be! I’m thinking I’d like to be friends with you too.”

The abacus in Hughes’ head moves quickly.

Losing Rubera is painful, but this is an unexpected return.

No way, I thought this man would come to me favorably.

Of course, there may be some ultimate motive.

But at least this man has a common purpose with himself.

When I thought that way, I felt as if I had already won thousands of horses.

“Thank you very much. Sword Saint Talcheck.”

Hughes with a fishy smile.

And Talcheck, who smiles madly at Hughes.

Little by little, I heard the sound of the wheel of a new destiny turning.