Chapter 41 – It Was All a Comedy.

The situation ended with Tiaran accepting Anise’s foolish behavior, and they soon gathered in the hall of the dorm.

“Big! Big! So, all we have to do is rescue Crusha’s property and equipment that she said was stolen?”

Lucia spoke while clearing her throat loudly, as if she felt embarrassed for stealing.

“Lucia, are you sick?”

“Your face looks a little red.”

“Well, it’s not like that!”

Even so, the only person who noticed was Tiaran, so her behavior only seemed more strange to Anis and Krusha.

“We’re going to catch them anyway.”

When Lucia looked troubled, Tiaran opened her mouth to fix the topic.

“What are you going to do?”

When she noticed this and spoke immediately, she tried to explain the simple plan to the attention that was focused on her.

“As I said, they are more likely to be targeting us rather than targeting Krusha’s property.”

When she showed her flyer to Krusha, she guessed something, and sure enough, there was a guy named Ketan involved.

“But Trixie was there too. Maybe she just wanted money?”

However, Crusha said with a gloomy expression that it was simply her own fault in that Trixie had taken the lead in ripping up her own house.

“No, rather, given that she was involved, it is more convincing to speculate that her only goal was your property.”

“Why?”

As Anis asked, Lucia and Crusha also looked at him as if waiting for an answer.

“Didn’t I explain that being a gypsy is closer to being a prostitute?”

“Uh, yes.”

“Was the gypsy a prostitute?”

“Cha, you’re a prostitute?!”

“…Oh, my.”

As Krusha blushed, Anis and Lucia seemed to realize why her perception of gypsies was not good. Tiaran briefly told them about gypsies. 〉

“The story was that if a gypsy comes, don’t let it into your house.”

“Ugh, I thought she was just a housekeeper who visits occasionally.”

“Are you sure you read ‘Your Name is Margaret’?”

“Oh! Have you read it?!”

When Tiaran mentioned the name of a certain book, she immediately nodded as she saw Lucia looking at her with sparkling eyes.

“It’s a famous novel even in this world.”

“Isn’t that right?! I was so moved by the eloquent expression of emotions and the love story with the gypsy!”

He realized that Lucia was talking more energetically than usual. It seems she was a big fan of that novel.

‘What should I do with this…’

Tiaran was worried about whether she should talk about this, but she decided to tell Lucia because she felt like she would turn into a Crusha if she left it like this.

“The glorification of gypsies was so bad that when I looked at it, I saw that the writer was married to a gypsy.”

“Really?! Then those people!”

“I’m sorry, but the author is dead.”

For a moment, Lucia froze as if she had turned into stone. As for Anis, she said she reads a lot on a regular basis, but it seems like she was just immersed in books.

‘For a newbie, I know a lot of miscellaneous knowledge.’

However, there were always things in the world that could not be learned from books alone.

“Then her wife…”

“I heard that she is already married to another rich person and is eating well and living well.”

“Well, that’s possible. Then, Lynette.”

For reference, the name of the main character that appears to be from the author’s point of view was Linet.

“What can I do? Dead is dead.”

Lucia had tears in her eyes, probably imagining her sorrow, but Tiaran, who was watching the scene, felt sorry for her.

‘Even though the children that the gypsy gave birth to the writer were adopted children, they all looked exactly like the father and son.’

Tiaran, who sensed that Lucia’s mentality would not be able to handle this conversation, decided to turn the story around here.

“Anyway, that’s about it for being a gypsy.”

Although Gypsies often engage in crime, they usually do not actively pursue crime as a living. They know full well that if they turn to crime, they will have a hard time dealing with it on their own, as they wander around places they have no connection with and sell their bodies in return.

“Nevertheless, that gypsy named Trixie boldly mobilized her manpower to rob your house. Why did she do that?”

“It was definitely aimed at Tiaran…”

“That’s right. So there’s a high possibility that he was bribed.”

Krusha asked as if her doubts were not yet resolved.

“But why did I buy Trixie? If all I wanted to do was rob the equipment anyway, why bother.”

“You probably needed a facial.”

“That way, you can hide the fact that they came after your equipment?”

He nodded greatly as Lucia continued what Tia Ran was saying, as if she had realized what she wanted to say.

“As expected, he’s our newbie! He’s very smart!”

“This is basic!”

‘It’s easy.’

As she was looking at Lucia for a moment, unable to hide her expression of joy, Anise opened her mouth this time.

“Then how do you plan on catching those people?”

“Let me ask a question here. Who do you think adventurers are most defenseless against?”

“Suddenly a quiz…”

Lucia asked with a strange expression, but Tia Ran crossed her arms and shook her head.

“Because teaching newbies knowledge is common sense!”

“Ha, yes. He was this kind of person.”

As Lucia sighed, as if she had lost her steam, Crusha raised her hand.

“When the weapon breaks?”

“That’s right. Didn’t you say I’m a defenseless target?”

After hearing the story, Lucia thought for a moment and then raised her hand.

“Isn’t this an enemy you encountered when you had someone to protect?”

“Well, you’re not wrong, but it’s not the most defenseless moment.”

She noticed that he gave her a wrong answer, and she made a regretful expression, and Tiaran also confirmed that Lucia was closer to her honor student. Then, Anise raises her hand for the last time.

“Are you by any chance the client of the quest?”

“Oh, may I know why you thought that?”

When he asked again, she looked anxious for a moment and spoke while rolling her eyes.

“Well, if a client who you thought was on your side attacks an adventurer, you have no choice but to suffer, right?”

“Perfect! Perfect score!”

“Wow?”

Anis seemed surprised to receive praise, but was happy at first.

“… I see. Even an adventurer would never expect that the client who ordered the quest would attack.”

Lucia seemed to reflect on the story and seemed to understand it. At that moment, Krusha seemed to realize, and her eyes widened.

“Wait a minute, does that mean they’re going to rely on you?!”

“”!””

Even Anis and Lucia looked at herself in surprise, and Tiaran nodded her head.

“The probability of that happening is very high. In fact, I almost never go around with my bare face.”

Therefore, there were very few people in this territory who knew or remembered Tiaran’s bare face.

“So I pretended to be an outsider and asked people who lived near Krusha’s house.”

Anyone who lives nearby would have witnessed at least one of Krusha’s houses being robbed. Then, as expected, she was able to recognize the witness who had witnessed the scene.

“He took the goods to a place called Kapoa Top.”

“If it’s the top of Capoa…”

Lucia frowned and looked at her as if Annis was wondering if she knew that top.

“What kind of place are you talking about?”

“Well, it’s mainly famous for selling equipment and various miscellaneous goods.”

“But why?”

“Well, the rumors aren’t very good.”

From what I’ve heard, the quality and price of the product itself are flawless, but the source of the product is unclear or very inconsistent.

If it’s at the top, there must be a stable source of supply. There are rumors about the Kapoa merchants because the existence of their suppliers is particularly unclear.

“If a nomination request comes to us, there is a high possibility that it will be from the top or those related to it.”

“Then let’s talk to the security…”

“I don’t know about the lord, but it is highly likely that the guards have already been bribed. If the guards had acted normally in the first place, they would have stopped Krusha’s house while it was being robbed.”

Tiaran had already long since erased the option of reporting to the security when Krusha’s house was openly robbed.

“I don’t know who it is, but the person targeting us is probably a big guy.”

“I guess so…”

Even in the outskirts where the lord’s influence was not directly in reach, it was not common to buy off the guards under his command.

‘He probably looks like the same guy who bribed Ketan.’

In fact, Tiaran had been aware of Ketan’s existence for quite some time. That’s because he knew that Ketan was the master who had been keeping an eye on Lucia and hovering around her ever since he met them.

‘Did you say Erpojanet?’

Tia Ran smoothed her chin, remembering the castle she had talked about. It seems that she tried not to show off, but due to her lax personality in many ways, she knew long ago that Lucia was a high-ranking noble.

‘I just hope things don’t get too complicated.’

Now was the time to just throw her bait and wait.