Chapter 99 - It would be troublesome...

I thought that they would not worsen, but calling us was a guardsman of the town. I don't know why he was doing here, but this would be not good. I think he had already seen Vicar's face. I guess Vicar would be hauled back into the dungeon again. 

"What are you guys doing here?" The guardsman asks both of them. 

"Nothing sir, we just looking around..." Tane was blocking the guardsmen's view. He tried to do it as he was afraid that the guardsman might see Vicar's face.

Tane's action has made the guardsman suspicious about us. The guardsman then asks why he was blocking his view on the other two-person behind. Tane said that he didn't notice that he was blocking the guardsmen. He couldn't do anything as he was afraid that the guardsman could be mad at him by doing so. 

He had to move slightly to the side, for the guards could see who behind him. This was really bad when he saw Vicar's face. It would be over, and Tane would be a drag in this problem as well. I think we had to prepare some excuse for Tane. Even if Vicar gets caught, Tane would not have the same fate as him. 

The guardsman looks at Vicar closely as he said something pretty much the opposite of what we currently think. "I thought you were hiding a wanted man or someone suspicious, but they were not...Hahaha!" The guardsmen laugh. 

We were surprised by it, we all thought that he was gonna arrest Vicar. But how could this be? I thought that the guardsman would capture Vicar. Thinking it again, only Vicar thought that way before. He was the one that told me that the guardsman would capture him if they saw him. 

It was all just what's in Vicar's mind. There no information about whether the guardsmen would capture him or not. He the one that thought of himself as a wanted man in the town. But I wouldn't say what Vicar thought was wrong as I also think that as well. 

Sir Allen could tell the authority of this town to capture Vicar as he escapes the dungeon. He could make just a fake a reason why he was in the dungeon in the first place, but something made Sir Allen hasn't told the authority yet. I realized that it might be a secret place. 

As Vicar discovered the secret place built within the dungeon, he wouldn't dare to tell the authority. Cause Vicar could tell it while he been capture by the guards, even though the guards might not believe him. It would lead to an interesting case as Vicar could tell that Sir Allen was linked to the disappearance of hundreds of babies in the town. 

Surely the authority of this town would not forget about a case that big. I guess even the nobility could not bribe the authority with their money if it involves something illegal and dangerous. I'm glad that Sir Allen didn't report it to the town authority. If not, this would turn out to be very bad indeed. 

With that, the guardsman leaves the area, and before he left, he warns not to stay here too long because reports were saying a giant rat was sighted in this area. The guards also said that he was here as he needs to patrol the area and see if there was some monster. 

When the guards finally leave the area completely, Vicar was relieved. I could see from his face that he really thought that he was gonna get hauled into the dungeon again. Tane was confused as he really thought that Vicar was a wanted man like he said he was. 

"Don't you said that you were a criminal?" 

"I thought I was, but you could say that this was all thanks to the power of belief," Vicar said that it was the stupidest thing I heard in my life. There no way it was all because of belief. 

"HAHAHA! That was dumb... there's no way it was because of that reason. The must be another reason." Tane laughs as hard as he could, even he thinks that was stupid. 

"Hey, don't laugh at me! I know that might not be the reason as it was because the nobleman doesn't tell the authority about me at all. But it's all thanks to what I believe in as I do believe that I'm not a criminal." 

I nearly laugh at what Vicar said just now as he really thought that he was the criminal. He also believes that Sir Allen had already told the authority about it. But again, I really glad he didn't do so as I don't want to see Vicar stuck in that dungeon again. 

"But why would the nobleman do so? Why he didn't tell the authority..." Tane asks about it. There no wonder that he asks that. We haven't told him the secrets that we knew. 

"Let just say that I know one secret that no one should know about him." Vicar simply said that, and he still didn't tell what the secret was to Tane. 

"A secret? When you said it like that, it made me more curious about what the secret was. Could you tell me what it is?" 

"No, if you know about it. You would be on the nobleman target as well. You are not involved in this, and it's better that way. " I know that Vicar really doesn't want Tane to be a drag in this mess we in. 

"Don't you think that I am already involved in this?"

What Tane saying wasn't wrong as he was somehow already involved in this ever since he joins in our mission. I guess we should tell him, but I don't know how he will react if he knows about it. Will he kill Eli or question what's Eli actually were. 

Vicar hesitated whether to tell him or not; he then asked for my opinion on this matter. I told him my honest opinion, and it was to tell Tane the whole story. He deserves to know the truth about the nobleman identity and who actually was Eli. 

He didn't like my idea, but he has no choice as he somehow thinks that Tane does deserve to know the truths about it. He just hopes that Tane would not freak out if he knows about it, especially about Eli. He then started to explain to Tane. 

"Listen, Tane, just promise me that you wouldn't do anything towards Eli if I told you the secret." 

"Why? Was this girl part of the secret as well..." 

"She was but promised me first."

"Sure, I promise you that I wouldn't hurt her. Just tell me what the secret..." 

After Tane said he promise that he wouldn't harm Eli, Vicar started to say the secret to Tane. The first thing he tells about the secret was the place he discovered when he escapes the dungeon cell. Vicar tells him that it wasn't just some ordinary secret place as it was actually a place to practice the forbidden magic arts, that was necromancy. 

Vicar then tells who build that place. He says the name of Allen Steenswis. The nobleman from the Steenswis family and the reason he builds that place were reviving his dead wife. He himself practices the dark arts using a book of necromancy he received from a shady guy. 

Vicar also tells Tane that to revive his dead wife. He had used the prisoner in the dungeon. It somehow didn't revive his dead wife. He then uses a baby girl to revive her wife as he dreams of his wife telling him to use a baby girl.

When he sacrifices a baby girl, he was making progress. But it still didn't fully revive his wife, so he needs more baby girl. He contacted the assassin guild and offered them to kidnap all of the baby girls in the town. 

"I know Allen Steenswis. I thought that he was a nice nobleman as all of the Steenswis lineages was a good guy. Who would expect that he was practicing necromancy just to revive his wife." Tane said it as he didn't expect that a good guy like him was actually the bad guy. 

"And you know what, Tane, this woman that has been clinging to me all of the time was his dead wife. This woman's name was Eli Steenswis." Vicar finally said that to Tane. I don't know how he will react now. I just hope it will accept it without much trouble

Tane was standing there, speechless as he could not expect that this woman was Eli Steenswis. He didn't utter a word since he finally knows the woman's identity. Of course, Tane couldn't believe it if I was in Tane spot and didn't know about Eli's identity. I would still believe that she was an ordinary human being with some speech disorders.