Chapter 146

The first thing I did when I safely infiltrated the Adventurer Guild was to look around the room .

In most cases, troublesome things or things one wanted to hide away would be put in a place out of sight .

The place I’m in right now was the attic, so there’s a possibility that it’s here .

There was nothing but junk around, like a broom with a broken handle that couldn’t be used anymore, but that just means that this was the perfect place to search .

Gram didn’t even bother concealing anything and left everything as is, so I may unexpectedly find something immediately .

It was convenient to have the appearance of a cat when I wanted to find something that’s been hidden away .

Even if it was someplace narrow, I would be able to go in if I could fit my head in, and because I had a keener sense of smell, I could discern any scent .

Of course, if I turned into a slime using『Metamorphosis』, I could go anywhere, no matter how small the crevice was, but that was my trump card .

Using『Metamorphosis』once consumed a vast amount of magic power, and on top of that, a lot of the slimes in my memory had strange colors, so if someone came, I would be caught with a single glance .

I did not see the black slime that Ria-dono had talked about, so I could not use『Metamorphosis』to transform into it .

By the way, speaking of a sharp sense of smell, there were dogs, but I instinctively could not accept them, so I didn’t want to use『Metamorphosis』for that

That’s how it was, so using the appearance that I was familiar with, I sniffed around the dusty attic .

『…it seems that this place hadn’t been used recently . The problem is that there is no human scent . 』

Because it hadn’t been cleaned, there was a thick layer of dust .

It’s safe to say that it wasn’t here .

As I was thinking of going downstairs, the ladder leading to the lower floor sank down, and a section of the floor suddenly opened up .

I was surprised and hid at once .

Most likely, the place that opened up was where the ladder that led to the lower floor was located .

A person who was muttering his complaints climbed up from below .

「Good grief, why do I have to come to this kind of dusty place . Making your subordinates conceal your own wrongdoings, there’s a limit to being indifferent towards concealing things . The king too, just what was he thinking, making that kind of guy the guildmaster . …maa, with that incompetent king, it couldn’t be helped . 」

Yoru held his breath and listened closely to the voice filled with displeasure, and by chance, that person came close to the desk that he was hiding in .

「Really, it would be for the greater good if both the king and Gram died . 」

It seems the Master-dono and the others met King Igsam today, but for the king to be talked about like this by a citizen of his own country, just what kind of person was he .

Incompetent king, from his tone of voice, it should be an insult that he used relatively often .

「…this kind of document, why would he save them? Even though it’s something that would become his own Achilles heel . 」

Despite his complaining, he was probably someone who did as he was told

However, right now, I was thankful for that .

If what this man said was true, then the information that Master-dono wanted might be contained within .

Fortunately, the man went down the ladder, not noticing me who was hiding, and left the room .

『This was the easiest one these days!』

The information from Kurou was reliable .

Gram bought a female slave who had the pharmacist occupation, and the “strengthening drug” was created by that woman .

The name of the pharmacist woman was Amaryllis Cluster .

It seems that she was the winner of that pageant that was held in Mari a few years ago .

When I heard about it, I was incredulous, but to think that human trafficking was truly being conducted within the beastman territory .

In Miss Amelia’s case, it was the organ trade, but there’s the slave trade as well, huh .

If the populace knew that there was royalty involved in that, their faith in the royal family would probably plummet as well .

『Ok, after giving this to Master-dono, my task will be finished as well . I can finally go back to Master-dono . 』

Because we had only been communicating using『Telepathy』since I left Mari, it’s been a while since we last saw each other .

I folded the document that detailed Gram’s crimes and held it in my mouth .

I left the same way I entered, through the opening in the skylight .

I don’t remember being in there for that long, but the sky had begun to lighten up slightly .

When morning comes, then Master-dono would be awake as well, so I need to ask him which hotel he was staying in using『Telepathy』 .

And, before that, let’s meet up with Latisneil-sama .

「Oh! Thanks for your hard work~!」

When I arrived at the elevated field on the outskirts of the city that overlooked it, sure enough, Latisneil-sama was there .

Since a long time ago, Latisneil-sama had always hid in high places, and I remember that demon king-sama had once muttered『Idiots and smoke like high places』 .

I didn’t really understand what he meant, but Latisneil-sama, who heard that, puffed up her cheeks, so most likely, those words were poking fun at her .

「Did things go well?」

Yes . Gram buying a human slave and having her create the ‘strengthening drug’, and the drug having been sent to the humans is properly written here!!』

When I showed her the paper that I held in my mouth, Latisneil-sama’s eyes widened slightly .

「That, where was that?」

『Eh, it was on top of the desk that was in the attic that had the skylight that Latisneil-sama threw me to though . 』

Those purple eyes narrowed, and in the next second, her usual smile hung on her lips .

「I see . 」

『Yes . Latisneil-sama, thank you very much for helping me . Even having you lie… . 』

When I said that and bowed my head, the look on Latisneil-sama’s face turned blank .

「I didn’t lie though? You know that I hate lies, right?」

『Ho, however, when you were discovered by the soldiers… . 』

At my words, Latisneil-sama laughed and tilted her head .

「Both my being a traveler, and this being the first time I’ve been to this city are true, and it’s also the truth that everyone was gone before I booked a hotel, right? Me deciding to sleep outdoors, and not recognizing where I was were not lies either . I was just following behind you, so there’s no way I knew where I was . See, I didn’t tell any lies, did I?」

『B, but, didn’t you throw me onto the roof of the Adventurer Guild!』

She went out of her way to go to the rear of the building to throw me, so I thought that she knowingly did so though .

「Oh, what a wonderful coincidence~ . The place that I threw you onto just happened to be the Adventurer Guild that we were looking for, and the attic just happened to be unlocked and the document that we’re looking for just happened to be there . 」

The smile on her face was weird, and I took a step back .

Seeing that, Latisneil-sama’s smile grew wider .

「There’s no need to draw back like that, is there . It was a once-in-a-lifetime stroke of good fortune, so you need to be happy about it . …with this, you can report back to your Master, and I had a very interesting experience . Everything’s settled, huh . 」

Really, I don’t understand this person .

She was different from Master-dono who had a resolute conviction of wanting to go home .

What she wanted to do, what goal she was striving towards, I could not sense any such emotions from her .

Scary .

I genuinely thought that .