Chapter 380 – Antique Store

000

Cleon went back to his room her in his mansion her and lay down on the bed for the first time in a while.

Cleon let out a big sigh at the fact that he had returned to his own space his, where he was most relieved, even though it was a situation where he could not relax.

Come to think of it, did the four people, including Peruluca, arrive at Elesia properly?

He handed over the letter so he could talk to Luti, but if any problems arise before that…

‘…Even if you’re worried, there’s no way to do it now. I have no choice but to believe in Sif who is with me…’

When Cleon thought so, he slowly closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep-

A rustle is heard, and someone crawls into his own bed.

When Cleon lifted the blanket, it was ‘Lilim’ who entered the room before he knew it.

“Lilim… Aren’t you sleeping with Sasha today?”

As Cleon was about to fall asleep, she spoke to her in a slightly languid voice.

Lilim nodded her head a little, and she put her head on Cleon’s arm as it was, and she talked.

“There’s a strange smell from Papa.”

──

In an instant, Cleon felt the shock as if his mind had disappeared beyond the rift in another dimension and then returned.

Ah. I’ve heard this before. Previously from Rampart.

When Rampart asked her to join her for a drink, she cried and heard her daughter say, ‘You smell like Daddy ~’.

The adventurers in the guild are manual workers, so depending on the mission, this or that smell will definitely stick to your body.

Rampart was an adventurer who belonged to a fairly neat category even to Cleon.

As for the bad guys, there were even those who came back to the guild and sat down and drank even after being covered in the blood of monsters.

How hygienically helpful it is to those around you to clean yourself properly after completing a mission, take a bath regularly, or at least take a shower every day.

Regarding that part, Cleon, who had been instilled in her even when she hated it in childhood, was doing it thoroughly.

Unexpectedly, the strictness of that part was unchecked, so when training was over and I was covered in sweat, there were many times when I was dragged by him and forced into a bathtub.

However, the fact that Rampart’s daughter smelled it probably doesn’t mean that kind of smell.

Rather, it is a peculiar smell that comes from men.

Especially the kind that is said to grow as you get older.

FYI, after Cleon got home and talked to everyone, he had been in the bathtub for over an hour.

I fell asleep by mistake.

─What happened?

Hearing that Lilim said that he smelled himself, Cleon opened his mouth with a trembling voice after suffering great damage to his mind her.

“I-I see. Sorry, Lilim. Then, today with Quon…”

“The smell of the golden warrior.”

If you hear Lilim talking while cutting off Cleon’s words in the middle, it seems that Cleon’s shock her was overblown.

And— at her words her, Cleon kept his mouth shut once more.

Because he had filtered out the story that he was about to die, he didn’t tell everyone.

As for the appearances of Lilith and Lecia, as seen when the body was away from the soul.

Even so, Lilim seemed to have noticed that Cleon had met Lesia just by the smell that emanated from her.

When he met her, Cleon did not have her physical body her, even though he was her spiritual body her.

“…”

“Papa, are you okay? Aren’t you being bullied?”

Lilim reached out and touched Cleon’s face with her worried eyes.

And, she looked everywhere to see if she was hurt.

“Ah, ah. It’s okay. … She didn’t fight her.”

“…That’s right. It’s fortunate. … The golden hero. I hate it.”

At Lilim’s words, Cleon held her hand while closing her eyes.

The hate she had for Lesia—she could understand the reason even if she thought about it a little.

Before she lost her memory of her, Lilim’s feelings of her as her companion her who guarded the Demon Sword Emperor’s side of her must still remain in her.

She is the one who took Cain from herself.

Lilim hates Lecia’s existence for her.

However. Lilim was also Lesia’s daughter at the same time.

To be precise. Lilim is a clone of Lesia’s daughter, Lilith.

Lilim, genetically almost identical to Lilith.

Although she does n’t remember it-and I don’t think her knowing her will change her feelings for her.

—It’s sad. The fact that there is hatred between family members.

“Come on, Lilim. After one night, this smell will go away.”

“Yes…”

While saying that, Cleon covered Lilim with her blanket properly and closed her eyes while giving her an arm pillow.

Lilim said she didn’t like the smell of Lesia.

But Cleon-

After taking a deep breath, she slowly sank into the swamp of her sleep.

001

Cleon’s room is well lit by moonlight.

When the lights are off, thanks to the moonlight streaming in from outside, the brightness in the room changes as soon as the windows are covered.

She didn’t deliberately choose that room, but it can be said that she is rarely attacked at night.

In his sharpened senses her, Cleon notices someone blocking his window her.

Lilim was still asleep with her own arm her as a pillow.

‘How long have you slept? 1 hour? … Is n’t that a long time to see that her arms are n’t so numb?

Even as she thought about that, she reached out her hand softly for Galatea, who was leaning right next to her bed.

And-

I heard a clang, and the window of the room opened, and at the same time, I headed towards the person who came inside.

If you draw your sword and try to swing it…

Just before the intruder’s and Cleon’s sword collide.

Stop on a breathtaking street.

“…”

“──”

When Cleon and the intruder were also silent, Galatea opened her mouth.

[What is it, Lubera? I just woke up…]

“I don’t think I woke up for nothing…”

The Lubera in front of me wasn’t wearing the Battle Maid uniform that I usually wear when patrolling with Amelia-

Previously, he was wearing the body-sticking assassin’s costume that he had worn while fighting Talchek with Cleon for a while.

“You swung your sword and drew it reflexively. Don’t worry.”

When Rubera says so, Cleon nods her head knowingly and lets go of Galatea.

Then Galatea changed into human form on the spot and sat down in her chair near her.

Then Ruba looked at Cleon, who had been lying on the bed until just before, and sighed for a moment.

“You’re carefree. You don’t even know how much is hanging around your neck.”

“Is it an assassination request?”

Ruba nods her head.

“Yes. I didn’t receive it. They say it can happen while sleeping, but it can’t be helped that the reaction is delayed for a moment. This mansion is too helpless against invasion from the outside. I recommend moving your residence .”

“I’ve been thinking the same thing. Tomorrow- no, it’s today. I’m thinking of moving after today’s parade is over.”

Hearing Cleon’s answer, Ruba said “Hmm…” And put her hand on her chin, then shook her head.

“I see. I’ve been thinking for a while about what it would be like to be holden to the Tromeia family, but I think you’d refuse something like that because of your personality.”

“You know…”

At Cleon’s answer her, Ruba shrugged her shoulders, then grabbed Cleon’s coat her hanging on her wall and threw it at him.

“Prepare to go out, Ferdia is waiting for you below.”

“Ferdiaga…?… Judging by her outfit of her, it does n’t seem like she’s asking out for a drink.”

Saying that, Cleon looked down at Lilim who was sleeping in his bed.

“I think you better let everyone know.”

“It doesn’t matter. If it’s you, I’ll be able to tell you all at once, so it won’t take much time.”

“That’s right, but…”

After Cleon sighs, she puts on his coat her and sends a message to the rest of the party who are sleeping in the mansion that they will go out with Rubera.

Then, after all, an easy question came back.

[Where are you going?]

When Quon asks back, Cleon looks at Ruba.

“We are going to a small ‘work agency’ in the royal capital.”

“Adventurer’s Guild… Is it the same place?”

“You could say they’re similar.”

After hearing Cleon’s answer, Quon quietly asks, “Why?”

Ruba heard the question and after thinking a little, she told Cleon.

“In order to prevent possible happenings during tomorrow’s parade, in advance. I’m sorry, but it’s a place where it’s difficult for everyone, including Mr. Quon, to accompany you.”

“…”

When Cleon relayed the answer he heard from Ruba, everyone in the party became quiet.

[Okay. Come on, Cleon. Instead, you have to be careful enough.]

Quon spoke as if he believed in Ferdia and Lubera, and Layla’s voice came in.

[If you borrow it, you must return it properly. If you lose or break it-]

“I will take responsibility, even at the cost of my life.”

[… I don’t need anything like your life. I want you to bring me back properly.]

After hearing Layla’s words, Lubera quietly closed and opened her eyes to look at Cleon.

[There will be no problem with that part. Then, I’ll come back.]

Cleon’s voice is once again transmitted to everyone in the mansion through the imprint.

At the same time Galatea reconciles with the light and is caught in his waist her.

Come out through the window of the mansion with Ruba.

As Ruba said, Perdia stood quietly under the window.

She, too, was wearing the assassin’s outfit she had when they first met, not her usual attire of her.

“Sorry for the break. Mr. Cleon.”

“No it’s okay.”

Stopping her from apologizing even while bending over, Cleon replies.

“First, let’s get moving. I don’t want the public to see me doing this by mistake.”

Certainly, the lines of both of their bodies are clearly exposed.

If Cleon, who was traveling with them, was caught by others, there was a high possibility that he would be misunderstood as playing strangely.

“… I think my senses have gone weird, but if you look like this and carry a knife, anyone who sees you will see you as a criminal.”

At Rubera’s words, Cleon was silent for a while, and then he answered.

“Ah. I know.”

“As expected, Cleon-sama is coming.”

After hearing Ferdia’s words, Ruba sighs and looks around, then jumps to the roof of a nearby building.

It must have been strengthened with magical power, but I think it is a great leaping power.

When Perdia also tries to jump after her in Lubera, Cleon questions her.

“… Perdia, where exactly are you going?”

“The boundary between the back alleys and noble houses in the royal capital. There is an antique shop there. The shop’s name is ‘Adamant.'”

“…Of course it’s not an ordinary antique store…”

At Cleon’s answer, Perdia nodded her head.

“Yes. Adamant, the antique store, is the ‘assassin’s house’.”

002

It is said that in the past, there were two gods that exerted great influence in the human world.

They are the ‘god of the sky’ who deified the sky that governs the climate and the ‘god of time’ who deified the time that keeps the seasons flowing.

Since the god of time was derived from the god of the sky, the god of time regarded the god of the sky as his father his and followed him.

Gradually, wanting to monopolize the desires coming from humans, the god of time secretly attacked the god of sky, killing him and stealing his power.

However, the god of time was again defeated by the rebellion caused by various gods derived from him, and it is said that he lost most of his authority and went into darkness to hide from the eyes of other gods.

The incident where the god of time killed the god of sky.

This is the oldest ‘assassination’ in human history.

Although the god of time lost the power to control time, after that he gained faith as the god of ‘assassination’.

It is said that he, who survived after changing his divine status, reigned among the assassins as the god of “Those who lead death with a fair price” Until the era of gods ended and the era of humans led by the cult came.

The God of Time before that, and the being who later became the God of Assassination, used “Shinki Adamant” When killing the God of Heaven.

No one knows if it exists or if it is a creation of posterity. There was such a record.

The antique shop Adamant was named after the shop there.

Cleon, Lubera, and Perdia were moving quickly through the royal capital, jumping from roof to roof of houses and buildings.

Every time I jump between buildings, the moonlight casts a shadow on the road.

The three of them talk using telepathy through imprinting.

[Assassin’s house is… Is it a place where assassins arrange assassination requests?]

[You’re right. Mr Cleon. It’s the first time I’ve heard of it from my ancestor-master, so it’s my first time going there myself.]

[Me too. I knew of its existence.]

Hearing Ruba’s answer, Cleon was silent for a moment.

[As expected, would an assassin be dispatched to Amelia during the parade?]

[It is very likely… However, even if Amelia is an imprisoned princess, she is still royalty. I don’t think that the royal family, who even uses her, her protection magic, her on her iron bars, her to protect her, will allow her to be assassinated.]

Rubera’s answer was the same as Cleon’s.

When assassins rampage in parades, even ordinary citizens can be harmed.

For the sake of authority with the king, such a situation must be prevented.

Thanks to Cassius ‘remarks her today, her guard for Amelia will intensify.

In fact, Cleon himself was scheduled to join the guard at Cassius’ request.

[Therefore, you should be more careful.]

At that time, when Cleon, who heard Perdia’s words, tilts her head, Rubera takes over her words and explains.

[For assassins, the equivalent of assassinating a member of the royal family is a truly difficult task to accomplish. It is not uncommon in history for a legendary assassin to die trying to assassinate a member of the royal family and finally being pierced through the body with an iron skewer.]

[But, because of that. There will always be assassins who want to make themselves legendary. In particular, young assassins who are full of confidence often accept such requests.]

[It looks like someone…]

The faces of two people passing by in Cleon’s head.

One side feels sorry for thinking about it now.

[If a request to assassinate Princess Amelia is issued, this assassin’s house must be visited. It will go through Adamant. If you check who the issuer is, and who accepts the request-]

[Reverse assassination becomes possible.]

After hearing Perdia and Rubera’s words, Cleon opened his eyes wide and looked at the two of them alternately.

[…Now, arrival. That clumsy shop is Adamant.]

Rubera raised her finger and pointed to a small shop a short distance away.

Certainly, from the outside, it was a shop with no customers, with no appearance.

However, unknowingly, I saw some of the people passing in front of the store entering the store.

As the three of them land in an alleyway a short distance from the store, they walk to Adamant.

Ruba, who led the way, took something out of her pocket—a metal coin or something.

“…That?”

“It’s an adamantite coin. Among assassins, they say it’s used as a kind of token.”

“…Does it require it to enter the assassin’s house?”

“It is said that it is used as an entrance fee. One coin can fit up to three people.”

It was only then that Cleon learned why he hadn’t brought the others along.

The reason was simply the lack of admission.

“I’m sorry. Our master seems to have cut ties with Adamant and the Assassin’s House…”

It must have been that there were no coins left. Cleon says it’s okay, and he goes inside the old store with the two of them.

Since it was the first time Rubera had come, she looked around her a bit and closed her eyes as if thinking of something.

Soon, an old man who appears to be the store owner walks to the cash register.

“What’s your business?”

When the old man quietly asks, Lubera quietly picks up her coin and hands it to him.

“I’d like to see a scythe. There are crops to be harvested.”

When Rubera said that, the old man took her coin and put it in his pocket her.

As it is, she gets up, gestures to Ruba as if to follow her, and walks to the back of the cash register.

And, in the back of the store, there was a big elevator and an iron door.

The old man operated the button on the elevator, and the sound of the elevator coming up came from the basement.

“You’re using the old password. It’s different now.”

And the old man who said that.

Ruba looks a bit surprised, then she talks.

“…Sorry.”

“Find out the new password yourself.”

Then, when the old man pushed the three of them into the elevator, he made another loud noise and sent them down to the basement.

“Is this a new password…”

“Lubera-sama. You don’t have to blush. Thanks to you, we were able to come in too.”

“…It didn’t blush.”

Cleon and Perdia just patted Rubera’s shoulders from both sides.