Chapter 91 - Cap 91: Ivan Trigan's Story

Diana Pov:

Yesterday I had a fun day with Kira, it was the first time I could see her having fun, normally all she does is follow the master's order or do something with the master in mind, but yesterday she and I shopped at the weapons and armor stores, we also went out to drink.

I was surprised by the prank she played, waking me up yesterday.

We both woke up early and got up, got ready for another day walking around the city, after all, it's only tomorrow that I'll be able to finalize the purchase of the mansion.

"What are we doing today?" (I)

"We can do some shopping, we have to buy some clothes for the master and the others." (Kira)

"I also need some new clothes, in addition to the dress I wear for my disguise I only have two of the same battle clothes." (Kira)

"We can only buy a few, after all, Érica wants you to buy a slave with tailoring work." (I)

"Really, maybe just two sets of clothes for each one?" (Kira)

"I agree." (I)

"I also want to buy some reading crystals, I have the Trigan mansion info but I can't see without a reading crystal." (Kira)

"Is that what you came for the master?" (I)

"Yes." (Kira)

"I must admit I'm also curious about the information about the mansion." (I)

"Let's go get the groceries we need and in the late afternoon we'll go back to the room so we can see what information you got, what do you think?" (I)

"It's fine by me." (Kira)

After we've decided what to do Kira puts on her disguise and one of the status concealment items she bought that looks like a simple silver ring, then we head downstairs and out of the inn.

We decided to eat at a street stall today on the way to the Trade Guild, it was Kira's idea to go there, I decided to ask as we walked there.

"I still don't understand why you insist on buying the clothes at the Trade Guild." (I)

"That's why we're not going to buy normal clothes, we're going to buy magic clothes that fit the size." (Kira)

"I know we have a lot of money, but wouldn't that be a waste?" (I)

"Have you forgotten that Master and Ibuki are monsters?" (Kira)

"Unlike you and me that it will take a while to evolve, they will soon evolve again." (Kira)

"We need an outfit that can fit their body, we also need an outfit that won't tear with Érica's Demon's wings and claws." (Kira)

"L see what you mean." (I)

"We can take advantage of the fact that we're there and buy the reading crystal." (I)

"I was thinking of passing somewhere on the way back." (Kira)

"Where?" (I)

"In a slave shop, I was thinking we could see if there's anyone who looks promising there, as far as I know, there's only one slave shop that's regulated by the Trade Guild, if I'm not wrong it must be close to the Guild." (Kira)

"It might be good, but what are you looking for, most of these slaves are combat slaves, criminal slaves, or debt slaves." (I)

"I don't think we're going to find someone who meets any of the master's requirements." (I)

"We have time, so why not give it a try, we can be surprised and find someone." (Kira)

"Alright but let's save that for tomorrow, tonight I want to introduce Mari to you, but first I want to know the mansion information you got." (I)

"Alright, let's do it your way then." (Kira)

"But you're sure to introduce me to her, if she's as capable and strong as you say she can spot my disguise." (Kira)

"You shouldn't worry about Mari, she respects you a lot or I should say the storm killer." (I)

"Like this?" (Kira)

"All the nobles you kidnapped and sold as illegal slaves were rubbish, weren't they?" (I)

"Yes, I always researched my victims, I always picked the worst ones to do that, they were a good outlet for my hatred against the noble that enslaved me." (Kira)

"As the Guild's supervisor, she has always received requests from the nobles of the families who were her victims to hunt you down." (I)

"As such, she investigated the nobles you kidnapped and discovered the horrible things they did, even though she didn't approve of your way of doing things she still respected you to go after that rubbish." (I)

"She also realized that you never killed any innocents, even the noble guards you avoided killing, most of the reported deaths were of other people in your group, not yours." (I)

"The reason I did these things was for selfishness, it was never for justice." (Kira)

"When I returned to town with the heads of your bandit group members I reported that you fled, since then there have been no attacks from you." (I)

"I don't know if you've noticed yet, but your posters that used to be hung in various places are no longer seen." (I)

"Even the poster that used to be at the city gate is no longer there, I noticed that when I was returning from the special mission." (I)

"You're not being wanted anymore, they think you've probably left town." (I)

"..." (Kira)

"To tell you the truth I always intended to tell her about you, not as a storm killer, but as a Gray Elf." (I)

"You're right, no one other than the Assassin Guild master knows my race, gender, or age." (Kira)

"Actually thanks to the rumors circulating in the underworld they must think I'm human, male and middle-aged." (Kira)

"Where did these rumors come from?" (I)

"From me, I spread this information out separately and had to wait months for everyone to piece together the pieces from different places to believe these rumors." (Kira)

"Very smart of you." (I)

"Thanks." (Kira)

As we talked we continued walking until we reached the Commerce Guild.

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In the late afternoon, we were back in the inn's room, Diana threw herself on the bed and I sat on the floor against the wall.

"We got everything we wanted." (Kira)

"Yes, now use one of the reading crystals to read the information, please read it for me to hear too." (I)

"OK." (Kira)

I see Kira remove a read crystal from her bracelet, then pull out an information crystal that she has inserted into the read crystal.

She spent a few minutes putting her mana into the reading crystal while she was doing something in it before starting to speak.

"I'm going to start telling you what the Assassin Guild has on Trigan Manor." (Kira)

"Right." (I)

"The previous owner of the Trigan mansion was Ivan Trigan, he was Human, the second prince of the Kingdom of Trigan, the one who was known as the Red Knight." (Kira)

"He had a rare job known as the Great Knight of Magic, in addition to his prowess in combat he was also known for exemplary handling of both politics and economics but he never had any ambition to become King and ended up abdicating the throne allowing his younger brother the third prince becomes the king after the death of the first prince." (Kira)

"Ivan Trigan moved to the city of Valen with his three wives and his daughter where they were welcomed by his childhood friend the current Duke of Valen, as a welcome gift the Duke with the collaboration of the third prince at the time gave the Trigan mansion for him." (Kira)

"Who were his wives?" (I)

"Looks like the Assassin Guild investigated them as well." (Kira)

"The first wife was a White Elf who was the second prince's magic tutor, she was also known as one of the greatest investigators of ancient magic in the Kingdom." (Kira)

"The second wife was a human who once helped escort the second prince with her party, she was a Grade +A adventurer and also a Combat Alchemist." (Kira)

"The third wife was Human, she was a captain of the army he commanded and fought in many battles with him, she was known as Battlefield Dancer." (Kira)

"Not just him, but all his wives were strong, if they were all so strong then how did they die?" (I)

"That's a good question." (Kira)

"There's a mention that his daughter grew up being coached by his three wives and him, but when she was fifteen they found out she was sick." (Kira)

"This is very sad." (I)

"Five years after finding out about her daughter's illness is when it happened that everyone died." (Kira)

"On that day there were seventeen maids, fifty guards, four employees who worked helping the current General Ivan with administrative work, and the entire family of Ivan Trigan." (Kira)

"None of them reappeared, their bodies were so torn apart that they couldn't even put the body parts together." (Kira)

"In the end, not being able to differentiate between the bodies they were all cremated together, the King built a tomb in the capital to honor his brother at the time." (Kira)

"This is very sad, but how could they not find any clues?" (I)

"They investigated, there were claw marks all over the mansion and what was left of the bodies, but they didn't find anything else." (Kira)

"Both the Duke and the King investigated, but never found anything, all they found was that all the land belonging to the mansion became a cursed land, they hired priests of many religions but none could clear the curse." (Kira)

"It seems that all the curse does is accumulate miasma in the manor lands, after some investigation by the Mages Guild they found that the miasma doesn't spread beyond the property gates and that no monsters spawn inside, as they couldn't clean up the place and nothing bad came out of there they left it behind." (Kira)

"Did they give up that easy?" (I)

"It was not an easy decision, the investigations took two years but had no results, after that only the Duke continued the investigation, but he also dropped out five years ago." (Kira)

"And as far as I know, you decided to sell the mansion, didn't you?" (I)

"Yes." (Kira)

"All it takes is investigations of all the individuals in the mansion, but it looks like they were all clean, not one of them looked suspicious." (Kira)

"This is a mystery." (I)

After talking about this information until nightfall we both changed into our new clothes and headed towards the bar where we would meet Mari.