68 34 Tales: Suspected Tail

We rescued the Zeeks in the labyrinth "Tomb of the King of the Shadows," the next day.

Mize-Hoens left the classroom one foot away at the same time as the school welcomed him after school.

"Excuse me, excuse me today"

"Do you have some business?

I usually drop out of school with four people: Tuate, Gran, Elysia and Mize.

Elysia questioned Mize as she tried to go home first by herself.

"I think I'm about to run out of seasonings I was buying in my room, so I went shopping in Castle Town..."

"With that said, Mize was cooking herself.... Okay, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yes, I'll see you tomorrow"

Mize then left the classroom with a word of no on Tuate and Gran as well.

Just before I go through the door, I look at the insignificant too-eight.

- I'm not following you.

I missed my expectations.

No, not yet. If my expectations were correct, I wouldn't be able to tail them so easily.

- Isn't Too Eight secretly escorting himself?

It was the other day that Mize had that suspicion.

I originally thought it was suspicious. Here recently, at lunch break, Tuate has a chance to come to the courtyard late every three days. Gran and Elisia hadn't noticed, but Tuate when he came late had dirt on his clothes if he looked good, or sand on the back of his shoes. Ground or I can only assume I went out of school.

"I was stopping by the library," Tuate explained, though.

True, Too Eight has been saying things like he's been craving reading for a long time... but he shouldn't have gone to the library that often.

Tuate said "I stopped by the library" as usual, one day.

Mize told the library receptionist about Tuate's characteristics and said, "Didn't these people come to the library today?," he asked.

The result is - black.

It was a lie that Tuate stopped by the library.

When the lie was discovered, Mize immediately tried to ask Tuate the truth.

But I'm talking about a too-eight with a quick head spin. It will end with proper teasing.

Without the doubt clearing up, the time passed while in a moist mood.

And there was a case the other day.

"... you must be hiding something."

It may be premature to suspect Tuate as an escort just because of the move the other day.

But Mize knew she could be escorted.

I can easily predict whose instructions that might be.

- If Too Eight is the escort, he should tail himself.

That's what I thought. Mize decided the operation today.

It's a lie that I'm running out of condiment buyouts. The purpose is really to go out to the castle town on your own and see if Tuate will come after you.

Mize, who exited through the school gate to Castle Town, took a hand mirror out of her student clothes pocket.

Check the rear with a mirror while pretending to see the dewstore.

I felt like someone was following me.

I don't look like a student at school. If that's a too-eight, I guess it's disguised.

The shadow didn't disappear after a long walk.

I'm definitely tracking myself. So convinced Mize - ran out abruptly.

"Ha, ha, ha...!

The bag in one hand shakes violently.

Running with a rough breath, Mize turns one corner.

So I stopped and looked back quickly.

From the rear, I wait for the Too Eight to come after me desperately............

"... that?

Contrary to expectations, Tuate never showed up.

If anyone was following me, I thought I should rush to follow myself out of the blue...

"After all, was it your fault...?

I thought Tuate was not the only one, but was it impossible for the boulder to link him to the escort because of that?

I missed my expectations, but as a mise, that was more convenient.

If the anticipation is in the middle and Tuate is escorting - it will mean that Tuate knows who he is.

I'd like to stay friends with Too Eight as a friend in the future, if possible.

The wish can apparently be fulfilled safely.

Yes, right after the relief...

"-"

Zukiri, my head ached.

Video floats in the back of my brain. Years... No, it was a memory of decades ago (...).

Memories of times before I was born.

There can be no such thing. Even though it must be paranoia or fantasy, the video that came to my mind was clear when I did it.

Old and run-down streets compared to the present. At its center she (...) was attacked by someone. There's an armed escort, he's under attack from the assassins, and the mastermind is - his memories are cloudy and unreadable.

"... Was it visionary (deja vu)"

Hands on his forehead, Mize shrugged as he suffered a headache.

Recently, at odd times, I feel a sense of ready-to-see. Previously, Elisia pointed out to me, "Aren't you just occasionally remembering the knowledge you read in the book," and at that time pretended to be convinced...... absolutely not all this time. The footage that just came to mind is by no means what I got in the book.

I didn't really know what was happening to me.

My headache doesn't go away. You can't even fall in the middle of a round trip, and Mize goes into the alley.

Immediately after...

"Eh."

Suddenly, Mize was blocked in the mouth by an arm that had been stretched from across.

It was a successful arm of a man. The arm quickly draws Mize into the back of the alley.

"All right... we got him gradually"

"You got lucky at the end."

Two men wearing reddish brown coats say with a grin.

Mize managed to escape the man's restraint by twisting her body.

"Ha, let go! Who are you..."

- Shut up.

Mize's neck muscles trying to scream were accompanied by a short knife.

A cold sweat floats on Mize's forehead.

"We'll withdraw immediately before the escorts feel us."

A man tries to move while blocking Mize's mouth.

But then.

- You can't let him get away with it.

From behind, I heard a familiar voice.