Chapter 153 – Assassination Family Raven 2 (12)

You asked me to be your shadow, but you’re going to give me what I want? I couldn’t understand Princess Rosette’s story for a moment.

Fortunately, Princess Rosette added another word to help her understand.

“I will be the light for the shadows.”

“It’s a bit awkward because it’s light for shadows.”

“I think so too. But I think this is the only way to keep Xian by my side?”

“It seems like they are saying that they will justify everything I do in the name of the royal family. Then the princess will not be able to move around like she is now. She will have to return to the royal family, not the Raven family.”

She said that she would not help me when the Raven family gave permission for an assassination, but that she would return to being the princess of the imperial family and become my supporter.

“I’m prepared for that too. And the path to becoming emperor after your brothers’ correction has already disappeared… You haven’t forgotten the most important thing, right?”

Princess Rosette put her face close and whispered so that no one could hear except me.

“You know that the future of the princess who lost her virginity is not bright, right? Her Xian is responsible for me.”

Apparently, he told me to use brainwashing magic to attack him, but I ended up taking responsibility for it.

But it doesn’t seem so bad if in return I can freely use the power of the empire.

“Rosette, was it to destroy evidence that you obediently handed over the goblin’s staff to the Goddess Church?”

“Just a little bit? I guess Xian didn’t think of that?”

Princess Rosette said with a sinister smile.

“I didn’t think it would mean much since I was a person who was in a position to make something that didn’t exist.”

“Really? Still, Sian still needs me. Be honest with me. Do you really think the devil is sleeping in Sparda?”

“Yes. It definitely exists.”

“Okay, then let’s look for traces together tomorrow.”

I gained a reliable ally in the name of Princess Rosette Yurisian.

I stood up and asked Princess Rosette.

“Where can I sleep?”

“There is a room on the second floor. Let’s go.”

I turned off the lights on the first floor and went up to the second floor.

In one room, the door was slightly open, and Esther was sleeping with her legs on Georun Crow’s stomach.

Georun had one of her arms wrapped around Esther, and even though they weren’t related by blood, it felt like they were definitely father and daughter.

The room where Princess Rosette took me had another large bed, and it looks like we will have to sleep here together.

“I will wash my face and come back.”

“Then I’ll sleep first. It’s early morning, so it’s okay, right?”

“Yes, you can do that.”

While washing her face, she briefly thought about using the Youngshin Ball to collect more mana.

I’m not that tired, but I actually stayed up all night.

It would be better to fully recover your stamina in case you have to fight.

I lay down next to Princess Rosette, who quickly fell asleep, and closed my eyes.

***

“It’s a trace of mana imbued with fire.”

She said after seeing the marks left on her dead body.

The hot mana that looked around her during the day was not mistaken, and she went about her business at night.

Could it be that she wanted to let him know that she noticed something in the slums?

I did something cute.

“I don’t think he’s a wizard?”

Looking at the traces of flames, it was concluded that she was a wizard, and the cause of death on her body was that her ribs were broken, and she died from internal bleeding.

Looking at the size and shape, it seems that she hit with hot mana in her fist, so it is difficult to say that she is a magician.

There is a possibility for a monk who uses his fists, but I thought it would be difficult to use flame like this because it does not contain divine power.

“I have to break the seal.”

There was only one conclusion she came to.

All you have to do is designate the fearless guy who tried to invade her territory as an enemy and erase him from this world with overwhelming force.

That’s what she, the devil’s vanguard, must do.

***

When I opened her eyes in the morning, a girl with silver hair was staring at me.

“It’s up!”

“I don’t think you fell asleep that long?”

When I looked outside, it was quite early and Princess Rosette lying next to her was still sleeping.

I should say that Esther woke up early.

“This is mom’s room, so her sister needs to get up too.”

She thinks this is the room where Ada sleeps during the day.

When I looked around the room illuminated by sunlight coming through the window, there was a dressing table and quite a few cosmetics.

And it looks like it’s time for Ada to get off work after going to work at the bar.

Esther must have woken up as Georun Crow went out to pick up Ada.

It was a bit difficult to wake up Princess Rosette from her sleep at dawn, so I carefully held her in my arms.

“Is the room next door okay?”

“Um, yes! I’m not going to sleep today!”

He picked up Princess Rosette and went to the room next to her and laid her down on the bed there.

The sudden change in bed made me toss and turn, but fortunately I didn’t wake up.

Even if someone hugs you, you’re still asleep.

“Oppa. I’m hungry.”

It didn’t seem like it was my job, but I thought it would be a good idea to feed this little guy something to shut him up.

When I held out my hand, Esther took my hand, and we went down to the first floor and arrived in the kitchen.

If you want to feed them something, just give them yesterday’s leftover bread, but it would still be better to feed them warm.

He put the bread in both hands and sent out heat.

It won’t be enough to bake, but it will be enough to make the cold bread soft.

Then he cut the warm bread in half and gave it to Esther.

After seeing Esther eating the bread with her small mouth, I also put it in my mouth and took some milk out of the refrigerator.

Esther poured milk into a usable cup, and Esther drank the milk after eating all the bread.

“Paha. Delicious!”

“Thank goodness.”

“Are you and your older brother married?”

“No. Your hair color is the same, right?”

“I see!”

Esther easily understood that her hair was the same color and left the kitchen.

I widened the range of presence detection a little and looked at where I was going, so I went to another room on the first floor.

Since the sun had already risen to use the Yeonyeong Shinkong, I sat down on the sofa, closed my eyes for a moment, and spent some time.

*

At first it was hard to tell the difference between the sight of two people approaching the door, since one person was on their back, but I was able to identify the movements of their arms and legs and was confident.

When Georun Crow skillfully opened the door with the key while carrying Ada on his back, Esther, who was in the other room, abandoned what she was doing and ran to the entrance.

When the door opened with a click, Esther raised her hands and said.

“Mom! Dad!”

Hehe… Isn’t my daughter sleeping?”

Esther nodded her head sharply at Ada’s words, which still seemed cheerful.

“Yeah! I didn’t sleep!”

“Really? Mom, I’m sleepy…”

After saying those words, Ada closed her eyes and her arms and legs became weak.

“Mom, I have to sleep. Esther, what about your brother and sister?”

“Your brother is over there! You moved your room too!”

“Really? I understand. I’ll put Mom to bed.”

“Yes! I understand!”

Georun Crow, who overthrew Ada, went up the stairs.

Esther, seeing it, ran to the sofa in front of me, lay down, reached under the table, took out a blanket, wrapped it around her body and closed her eyes.

Do you usually go back to sleep looking at your mom’s face like this? I thought it was amazing.

When Georun Crow came down the stairs, Princess Rosette was also coming down.

“Esther…? She sleeps there.”

“I guess you wanted to see your mom’s face. Then, shall we go over there for a moment?”

“Yes, Sian.”

Jiorun Crow and Princess Rosette gathered in the empty room, closed the door, and spoke in a low voice.

“There is a devil in Sparda. I intend to get rid of him.”

“Is there a devil in the northeastern slums?”

Georun Crow asked me.

Since yesterday they found out that I am obsessed with the slums, an intelligence agent for the Crow family would be able to guess it easily.

“I’m not sure, but I confirmed that there was something underground in the slums.”

“Xian, what can we do?

“Gather information and develop a plan, so I can assassinate that demon.”

“If the target is a demon, I feel more comfortable than finding a human worth killing.”

“I need to get more information about Mr. Georun Spada. Can we go to the safe house?”

“Yes. I will give you the key, Princess Rosette. Then I will have to go to the bar near the northeastern slums that my wife mentioned yesterday. There will be employees who have not left work yet.”

“I will take Princess Rosette to her safe house. She will meet at this house for lunch.”

“I understand. Esther will wake up around noon, too.”

*

Jiorun Crow and Princess Rosette each moved to collect information.

I followed Princess Rosette to the safe house, but I could not follow Princess Rosette’s information analysis.

I became convinced that it was not my job to use my brain to search the bookshelf for information related to the northeastern slums and to dig through information that seemed to be related to the devil.

When I was Yu-sian, I was really smart… Is the head you use for taking tests at school in Korea different from the head you actually use outside?

Since it seemed like it would be faster for Princess Rosette to do the work alone, she decided to collect information through a different route.

“Princess Rosette, I will go outside.”

“Will you come pick me up before lunch?”

“Yes, I will.”

There was one place where so many people gathered in the morning that it was comparable to a bar at night.

Warp Gate.

I walked to the place where the warp gate that merchants and people use to move around opens.

A large group of merchants and travelers gathered together and talked about various things while waiting for the wizard.

What sold well, what didn’t sell, what requests are left for the Adventurer’s Guild, and where you are headed.

I listened to various stories and waited for the information I wanted, but there was no story about the sticky mana felt in some areas of Sparda, as if there was someone as sensitive as me.

A haggard-looking wizard came forward, accompanied by someone who appeared to be his assistant.

Living as a wizard using warp gates in a city like this would consume a lot of mana every day.

“Whoa. Let’s open Valthyr first!”

The wizard said after he finished harping to the people.

When I inserted the fragment with the coordinates to Valtyr written on it into the warp gate, the blue warp gate opened.

No. It should have been opened.

The warp gate, which was supposed to be filled with blue flames, suddenly turned dark red, and a black-skinned orc jumped out from there and screamed.

“Kwoaaaaa!!!”

The devil also began to move.