Chapter 319 – Chapter 319. Centaur (2)

“…”

Klopp.

Alice carefully looked straight ahead.
Ruined factories and residences.
The figure of a centaur towering above it entered her field of vision.
An intimidating gigantic body and destructive magical power.
Watching the monster overwhelm the entire tracking team with only its momentum, Elise felt her body stiffen.

It’s a completely different thing to see a monster in front of you that you only see on the screen.
I barely managed to withstand the signals sent by the cells throughout my body to run away, but I couldn’t help but feel my hamstrings tremble.

At that time, Irene blocked Alice’s eyes.

“Uh, sister?”
“Stay still, Alice. He’s… A real monster.”

A voice that somehow reassured me.
Irene was somehow raising her magical powers to protect Elise.

– [Hmm.]

Fortunately, no fight broke out.
The centaur disappeared according to the manual, and the tracking teams relaxed at the same time.

“…End of situation. Target has fled.”
“Whoa. What is it? I thought a fight was about to happen.”
“I also thought today was the last day.”
“If you get paid, you have to work as much. You bastard.”

Sighs of relief and playful words came out from everywhere.

“Ellis. Are you okay?”
“Uh, uh, sister.”

Irene checked her Elise’s condition with her worried eyes, and Elise replied timidly.
It was only after the situation was over that she was able to see her older sister’s face.
A face he hadn’t shown before, a face that genuinely worried about himself.

‘… Didn’t he hate me?’

A person’s sincerity comes out in an emergency situation.
Seeing Irene’s sincerity, Ellis felt her strange feelings, but before she could chew them properly, she spotted one person that jumped out.

“Hey, hey!”

The guild members were also surprised to see Lee Ho-yeon suddenly jump out.

“Leave it alone.”
“Guild leader! No matter what, such a sudden action…”
“It’s been agreed upon since Cadet Lee Ho-yeon came. She entrusted him with the investigation of the centaur.”
“… Okay.”

The guild members who had commented on Scarlett’s words, who were assisting Isaac, quietly returned to their places.

“…”

Alice looked at Lee Ho-yeon’s back and thought.
The reason why he is looking for the centaur is unknown even to Alice.
She makes ridiculous excuses like research, but she doesn’t believe her father or herself.
The attitude Lee Ho-yeon showed was not for research, but for something more important.

‘… Please do well.’

Whatever the reason, it didn’t matter.
Alice just hoped that Lee Ho-yeon’s wish would come true.

*

“… Is this?”

The place where the centaur disappeared.
There were very few traces of the mana of Hell.

– Yes. By the way… It’s hard to analyze in this state. At least I have to return to my original body, can I transform now?
“No no. I’m watching everything from behind.”

After thinking for a while, I summoned my magic power.
It was to unite the mana that was still scattered.

“You don’t have to analyze it right now.”
– All I have to do is analyze it and put it in Rebecca’s tracking team!
“OK.”

According to Liliana, it means that it is okay to take this magic and analyze it.
He raised his hand and controlled the magical powers.

Unpleasant hellish spells floating in the air.
I put them together and made them into small marbles.

– Uhm. Yes. I think that’ll be fine.”
“OK.”

I returned to the location of the tracking team with a bead the right size in my hand.
What. Everyone is looking at me.
This is why being popular is difficult.

“… What are the results?”

Isaac came up to me and asked cautiously.
He must be a bit nervous because of the strange behavior of the centaur today.

“I’ll have to do some analysis to find out… But maybe it’s possible.”
“Is that the centaur’s magical power?”
“Yes. It is a material needed to track the centaur’s location.”
“Huh… I see.”

Isaac nodded, looking at the marbles in my hand, and the guild members who were listening to the conversation from behind widened their eyes and whispered.

“Didn’t you just say you track your location?”
“They say he’s a genius wizard, so that’s why he was brought here.”
“Everyone, let’s talk about it later. As I just heard, if Lee Ho-yeon traces the centaur’s location, we might fight to subjugate him, so be prepared and let’s go back for now.”

Mate.

Isaac clapped his hands and ordered them to disperse.

*

“This, this… What’s going on.”

Mine Caddish who came along to assist the Centaur.
He swallowed while spying on the conversation of the Iris Guild tracking team with his ability.

Their words of pursuing the apostle.
Even if I wasn’t sure whether it was true or false, there was no reason to tell a lie there.
At least that means there is a possibility.

“As expected, Maestro-nim had a reason for choosing me.”

His spying ability, which does not fall under magic detection, was helpful now.
Caddy thanked Maestro once more and rose from her seat.

“Lee Ho-yeon… I have to report it. He was such a dangerous guy.”

I couldn’t leave anyone who was blocking the way to the pandemic.
But then.
Caddish felt the magic surrounding her.

Again and again-

“This is such a big deal… I can’t keep it alive.”

Caddy turned her head to the sound of voice behind her and opened her eyes wide as soon as she saw her red hair.

“… Rebecca. What’s going on?”
“Even if the ability is too good, it’s a mask. Isn’t it?”

Feeling her own body not moving, Caddish glared at Rebecca.
It was Rebecca’s proprietary barrier technique in front of her eyes.
That slightly smiling face was absolutely no joke.
Then, one conclusion.

“You were a traitor! You trash bitch…! You dare betray Maestro?!”
“What do you want to know now?”

Kwadeuk-
At the same time as Rebecca’s words, the barrier of runes surrounding Caddish pressed her like a snake preying on her prey.

“Keugh?!”
“Because I’m busy too. Let’s finish quickly. But since I was a colleague at the same workplace, I’m a little sorry.”
“This, this slut… Turn it off.”

Ignoring the horrible noise behind her, Rebecca went back the way she had come.

“Popular men are so tired. Could this be her mother’s strength?”

Feeling annoyed, Rebecca headed to Lee Ho-yeon’s dorm.
This is really the last thing, so I’ll make sure to take care of it.

*

“Mmm. I really don’t know.”
“… Really? It can’t be helped.”

I nodded as I looked at Liliana, who frowned at her.
I remember what the centaur muttered.

– [Is it a succubus? Now I understand why I was contracted by humans. There was something that drew me in.]

The fact that that succubus is Liliana is confirmed.
Besides, you said it was a familiar face.
What kind of relationship do the two have?
I thought as I looked at Liliana staring at the centaur’s orb.

Liliana.

‘What is Liliana’s identity in the first place?’

[Women with high potential for capture: Im Sol (98 points), Rebecca (93 points), Liliana (85 points), Irene (83 points), Scarlett (70 points), … ]

I checked the list of women I could make into heroines.
These are the names of women who can become heroines even though they are not original games.
If the heroine is 100 points, it can be said that the importance to the world is replaced with points and that amount is obtained when attacking.

The higher the influence on the world, the greater the reward when attacking, and Im Sol, who scored 98 points, is almost like a heroine. Rebecca, who was as strong as Imsol and Isaac, also had a high score of 93.
Irene and Scarlet also have points equal to their influence.

The problem is Liliana.

The score has risen since the last time I checked.
Even though not a single letter appeared in the original story, 85 points was an incredibly high score compared to Scarlett’s 70 points.

Even compared to the first time, it is much higher. It was as if his score increased as he got closer and closer to Liliana’s secret.
I never thought a contract I bought on the black market would be so important.

“Hoyeon.”
“Yes?”

It was Scarlett’s voice that cut off my worries.

“You seem to be worried.”
“It’s just. I’m a little worried.”
“Is it because of Liliana?
“Right.”

Liliana was still staring at her orb, blindingly.
It’s cute, but something like that wouldn’t come out.

“…But today was pretty cool.”
“I?”
“Yes. Now other guild members will not ignore Hoyeon-nim. Besides…”

Scarlett suddenly shut her mouth.
Maybe she felt her magic.
I said, looking at the red hair appearing in the air.

“Rebecca, are you here?”
“Yeah. Hello baby daddy? Hello girlfriends too.”
“Hello, Rebecca. I’ll bring you a drink for a while.”

Scarlett quickly went into the kitchen.
He was always like that
I looked at Rebecca yawning tiredly and opened her mouth.

“I heard you came to assist me. How did you get caught?”
“Hmm, the guild leader was unexpectedly strong. I spent less mana on the barrier to extract the centaur’s mana myself, so it was immediately discovered.”
“Aha….”
“I couldn’t do it in the end. But I caught the officer next to the centaur.”
“Thank you. As expected, Rebecca.”

No wonder. I heard that Rebecca was caught, so I did something.
How fraudulent the rune’s barrier is, it was strange that Isaac caught it during the day and not at night.

“First of all, what Liliana has is the magic of hell.”
“Yup. Thanks. I’ll analyze it with Liliana. Come on over here, Liliana.”

Rebecca checked the hellish magic orb Liliana was holding.

“Ugh. But Rebecca. Didn’t you bring something to eat today?”
“I’m sorry. I’ll definitely buy it next time.”

I could see Liliana listening to me and trying to be friendly with Rebecca.
Everyone is friendly.

Okay. How nice it would be if everyone was there.
I checked my smartwatch.
There was a pile of text messages that I had not checked properly all day, but of course I only replied to the heroines.
By the way, there was also a message from Professor Sol Im.

– Professor Imsol: How are our students doing? Sorry for the late reply as the research is over now. Sorry.

“What kind of research does this person do for a week?”

If you eat only sweets while doing this, your body will break down.
I shook my head and sent a reply.

– Me: Professor. Then the body breaks down.

After a while, Liliana started making death noises.

“Ah. My head hurts!”
“What’s wrong? Are you having a hard time?”
“This is unexpectedly complicated. It will probably take a day or two.”
“Mmmm. Really? The time is ambiguous.”

Even if the analysis was finished quickly, it took time to track down and catch the centaur.
Besides, having to talk to Liliana was no joke.

Right now, tomorrow is Sunday, and from Monday I have to go back to the academy for final exams.
Spending time until the weekend was a lot of investment, but I couldn’t miss the final exam.
Test scores are also very important.

‘Do I have to come this far and give up?’

I really hate that.

“I’ll fix it.”
“Scarlett?”

At that time, Scarlett, who had put the coffee down on the table, smiled slightly.