Chapter 271 – Assassination Family Raven 3 (25)

It took quite a while to cut down Shahemoth’s illusion, but it was still night and the sun had not yet risen.

He wore a military robe and crossed the walls of Stemore with Shahemos at his side.

“Hehe…!”

Thinking that a guy who can do many things with illusions would be surprised at this level of speed, he came near the inn where Seche was sleeping.

Originally, I could enter right away through Shadow Dive, but because of the luggage I was carrying next to me, I quietly entered the inn, made a key using Shadow Craft, opened the door, and came in.

In a dark room, Seche was sleeping deeply, covered with a blanket, not paying attention to who came in.

“Sleep in bed.”

“Can’t I sleep there?”

“Because I can sleep comfortably anywhere.”

“Hmm. I understand. But aren’t you going to formally introduce yourself to me? I know the general name, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard it in person.”

“Cyan Raven.”

“Shahemoth.”

Shahemos, who spoke his name briefly, dug into the bed where Seche was and lay down.

“Siaan~?”

Seche must have felt someone coming up to the bed, so he turned around and took Shahemos in his arms.

Shahemos glared at Seche with a sullen face and closed his eyes, probably deciding to just go to sleep.

Even if you sleep while sitting in a chair, you can maintain your best condition thanks to the effects of combat sleep, but I wanted to check Shadow Mastery first.

【Skill: Shadow Mastery (B)】

【The shadow leaves no trace.】

【One. Shadow Craft: Materializes shadows. Can remember (5/7) complex shapes.】

【2. Shadow Armor: Protects the body by condensing shadows.】

【3. Shadow Strap: Creates a string of shadows.】

【4. Shadow Dive: You can assimilate with a shadow and jump a certain distance.】

【5. Shadow Contract: You can have (1/1) species whose souls are subordinated to shadows. 】

‘I feel like it got twisted at the end?’

I was growing very well focusing on Shadow Craft, but as I was doing useless things to Shahemoth, I developed a skill with a different direction.

A species that subordinates souls to shadows? I’ve never really thought that something like that was necessary.

The information needed when carrying out an assassination mission is completely provided by the Crow family’s intelligence agents within the empire.

Even if I need to go out because of the devil’s work, will that help?

Is that the one sleeping in Seche’s arms with a happy face buried in his chest?

If he had become my servant with his original power, it would have been worth fighting against the empire, but now there was no way he could be trusted.

Even if it is fully charged, it can only transform once, so I don’t know how to use it.

‘It would be a good idea to just drain all the mana and lock him in a prison somewhere.’

I decided to just close my eyes and take a nap.

*

As usual, I woke up first.

Seeing the sunlight coming through the windows, it felt like a reasonable amount of time had passed.

Even though they hadn’t met each other yet, I left the room and left the two people sleeping while hugging each other.

The inn’s small kitchen was boiling soup for guests leaving after breakfast, and the waiter could be seen buying a bunch of bread from the restaurant outside.

“Is all the bread okay?”

“Yes. But madam, did you hear footsteps today?”

“Footsteps? I don’t think I can hear you?”

“I couldn’t see anything outside. Is the wizard’s experiment over?”

“That’s good. I’ve been suffering for months, but I feel relieved!”

While listening to the story of the inn’s wife and waitress, I went outside and saw people working early in the morning talking about the place where they saw the giant elephant’s leg.

I glanced at the people and quickly walked towards the temple of the Goddess Church.

Perhaps because it was morning, I opened the door to the temple, which was only half open, and when I entered, I saw Hayley in priestly attire praying in front of the statue of the goddess.

In order not to disturb him, he quietly sat down on a nearby chair.

After a while, Hayley stood up and patted her knees with her hands.

“Have you already come to collect the request fee?”

Hayley turned around and looked at me and said.

“Are you sure I’ve slain the demon?”

“Yes. The huge bridge that was visible outside is no longer visible, and the sound of footsteps that were constantly heard has disappeared. And if it had not been resolved, they wouldn’t have come to the temple, right?”

In reality, it made Shahemoth not a demon, but the result was the same.

Hayley approached me at a slow pace.

“It’s my first time, and I’m very embarrassed to do it in the morning…”

“I have no intention of taking you right now.”

As he said that, he stretched out his hands towards Hayley.

Her delicate body was easily guided in the direction I applied strength to, and I stood up and placed Hayley’s small body in my arms.

I was able to get a soft feeling as if I was just short but didn’t have breasts at all.

He stroked her back with his hand, then reached her buttocks and then squeezed them tightly, and Hailey seemed quite surprised and grabbed her underwear tightly with both hands.

“Go to that location with Princess Éowyn Thembus and come back after completing the incident.”

“Ah. Starting with that? Then the location. Where was it? Is it the place we thought?”

“Yes. I dug a hole near that place. If you pack up the exploration equipment and go with the knights, you will be able to find traces.”

He relaxed his grip on Hayley’s buttocks and released her from his embrace.

“Okay. Is the target really gone and should we start cleaning up quickly?”

“Yes. That will give the two people who have to pay the price free time.”

“Ah. I also dragged Éowyn in. I understand. Furthermore, I’ll go and talk to Éowyn right after breakfast.”

I looked down at Hayley for a moment, and she didn’t seem to care that she was about to lose her virginity.

It seemed like they wanted to quickly abandon the Gwen Shrine. Is this how priests of the Goddess Church always feel?

I decided to go back to the inn.

*

“So this girl is a devil?”

Seche said while holding Shahemos in his arms.

Shahe Mos seemed to like Seche’s embrace and relaxed.

“Yes. He has lost all his strength and can no longer be called a devil, but he is the culprit of this incident.”

“Really? So you’re saying he just killed someone?”

“That’s right. Shahemos, can you get out of there?”

When I asked Shahemos, who was hanging down, Shahemos released Seche’s arm as if answering with his body, freed himself, and walked in front of me.

Shahemos said as I stroked his gray hair.

“Mana is needed when using power beyond the limits of this body. So I don’t want to waste my power on useless things.”

Even if you had to use mana, wouldn’t it have barely consumed any mana for what you just did?

Since I didn’t really use a lot of mana, I sent negative attribute mana to Shahemoth.

“Then there’s no need to go to Edburneil’s estate anymore, right? Because the woman you want to meet is there?”

“That’s right. I can go back to the empire right away, but I plan to spend some time before returning. There are still some parts of the world that are not trustworthy enough to become a gold-level adventurer, and the knights of Thembus Kingdom have discovered Shahemoth’s traces and announced it as the devil’s work. “I plan to wait until it’s done.”

“If it’s the Thembus Kingdom, won’t it continue to drag on?”

“It will change when a few people die.”

“It’s a sure method that only people from the Raven family can do.”

“Shall we go out for a meal and visit the adventurer’s guild?”

“Okay. Let’s move.”

Seche also got up from the bed and straightened out his crumpled clothes, and I looked down at Shahemos.

“Why?”

“You can eat, right?”

“It’s better to eat. I don’t want to use mana.”

Seeing as everything that exists consumes mana, has Shahemoth now become a doll-like being that lives on my mana?

If I return to my original form of a small elephant, I won’t consume any mana.

When we took Seche and Shahemos down to the first floor and ordered a meal for three, the waiter came up to us and asked.

“Weren’t there two adults who came last night?”

“I picked this up at dawn.”

I said this while stroking Shahemos’ head, and Shahemoth did not specifically deny it.

“You picked it up…? Anyway, even in the same room, if the number of people increases, you have to pay an additional amount.”

The employee seemed a little embarrassed when he saw us like that, but he did the business properly.

“Yes. I plan to check out for now. I will keep this in mind when I stay here.”

Shahemos ate the warm soup and bread so hard that his cheeks were bursting, so I ordered an extra serving, but I ate so much that I didn’t think it was a waste.

After finishing our meal, we went straight to the adventurer’s guild. Unlike adventurers looking for a suitable mission, we submitted the ecological survey form right away.

“Uh… It seems like there was too much extermination? Is it true that you went on an ecological survey?”

“I met a lot of monsters while passing through the forest in the shortest possible way. There is no lie.”

The receptionist frowned slightly when she saw Sece speaking with a trusting smile, me sitting still, and Shahemos between us.

“Should I believe the story that I took a child like that through the forest in the shortest possible way?”

“I picked this up today. It doesn’t look anything like us, right?”

“Oh. Really?”

The receptionist still looked at the three of us with suspicious eyes and gave us 1 silver.

“If you were on a subjugation mission and did this much work, how much would you get paid?”

“If it’s a subjugation, well, if you bring clear evidence, you’ll receive over 70 silver.”

When I think about it this way, I thought that the top guard I did last time was pretty good.

After all, is it better to work for someone with a lot of money?

Since we had no intention of receiving a mission from Stemore’s Adventurer’s Guild right away, we left the Adventurer’s Guild and saw knights in armor heading towards the Adventurer’s Guild.

“We are recruiting adventurers who will join Princess Éowyn Thembus in investigating an incident in the mountains! Applicants are encouraged to come forward!”

It seems like Hayley conveyed the story well and Princess Éowyn decided to make a move right away.