CH 234

Having spent the night near the assassin’s village, Tauro and his party decided to return to the village of Dansas.

There is a possibility that the peddler who made this request was also a member of the Assassination Guild.

At first glance, he looked like an ordinary peddler, but if it was all an act, then he was a very deceitful person.

“We were completely deceived. I didn’t see through it with my ‘eye’… as expected of the notorious Assassin’s Guild.”

“…Maybe they hired an amateur. Maybe they were waiting for you as a client without explaining the details to a real peddler.”

“Then, until we came to accept the request, other people might have been planning to refuse with some reason…, if I had stopped you! Damn it, kill me!”

As a shield, Ragune felt ashamed that she had fallen into the enemy’s trap and almost caused the death of her benefactor and friend, Tauro.

“Well, It’s my fault that I willingly accepted this request. I’m sure the enemy analyzed that I would accept an unusual request, even if it was a little cheaper”

“Yes, Ragune. If the enemy had analyzed Tauro and carefully prepared this trap, it was inevitable. In the end, Tauro came back to life safely, so let’s be happy about that!”

Aeris encouraged Ragune.

“…Even so, that “Range instant death spell”? That’s a bad idea. The plants and animals in the area covered by that haze were completely dead. If it wasn’t for the leader being who he was, he wouldn’t have survived.”

“Even in the village of the Dragon People, there are very few people who could have used that thing. I never thought that a young boy of no more than a year old could use it.” (TN: I believe Ragune was talking about dragon years here)

It seems that Ragune was impressed by the assassination guild’s training and developed an image of it.

“No, no, no, Ragune. I don’t know what you’re imagining, but this time it was made possible by a large magic stone, a curse stone, and a special method that required the life of the caster, and it’s not something that a dragon personcould cast on his own, not at our human level, right?”

“Is that so!? I thought he had acquired it by doing something similar to the training of the dragon people…. I see…there is a different way. But risking your life…”

“ I know. I mean, if he died, there’s nothing we could do about it.”

The guild of assassins taught him to risk his life to accomplish his mission, and for Ankh, whose job was to survive by killing as many enemies as possible and receiving rewards, his view of life and death was at the opposite end of the spectrum.

“I guess those ideas were instilled in him from when he was a child.”

Tauro let out a sigh.

The dead boy was not much older than he was.

He had memories of his previous life, so he had more experience and knowledge than his age, but for the boy, everything he had been taught was his world.

Given that he was ill, he may have been led to believe that he was given the opportunity to be useful, something he could do nothing about.

If so, the assassination guild would be unforgivable.

Besides, if it is known that I was saved, there is a possibility that I will be targeted again.

Tauro thought that it might be better for him to think about his future once he returned to the village of Dansas.

After returning to the village of Dansas, he went to the Adventurers’ Guild and reported to the branch manager, Chloe.

“It was a trap set by the assassin’s guild! I’m glad you’re all safe. Now, tell me more about it.”

Tauro and the others explained the details of the incident in the branch manager’s office.

“I see…. Actually, between you and me, only our top adventurers have just received a request to take part in an operation to destroy the assassination guild branch in the Daredar territory.  This time, with the targeting of Count Daredar, the Count himself Is the client.”

“Is there a branch of the Assassin’s Guild in this Daredar territory!?”

Tauro was also surprised by the unexpected information.

“That seems to be the case. This time, we were trying to get ahead of them by working in secret with only the elite forces of the Count and our top adventurers, but if Tauro and the others are right, we would have been wiped out by such a dangerous spell. I would like to ask, on my authority, if Team ” Black Golden Wings” could also participate in this operation. If I’m right, Aeris’s warding magic should be effective, and Tauro-kun’s experience of actually encountering assassins and dispatching them is invaluable. Of course, I don’t want to push you too hard, so don’t worry. I’ll have the NO.2 B-team of the Dansas branch, “Shadow”, as your escort.”

“No, we will be guarding Aeris, so please send ‘Shadow-san’ over to carry out the operation. And I think our Ankh and Ragune are also capable of that.”

Tauro said so to the branch manager, Chloe, and refused, boasting about his companions.

“Oh come on, leader. You’re not going to get anything out of me if you keep stirring things up, okay?”

Ankh looks a little happy.

“But, of course, I’ll be the one to protect Aeris! …Ha!  You’re not after my body after all that agitation, are you? Kill me!”

It was Ragune who said her usual delusion and habit of speaking out of happiness.

…It’s okay, right?

Tauro was a little worried, smiling wryly at the two who seemed to be vulnerable to such agitation.