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Request for escort to the shaft, brought in via Mr. Malta. I had an instinct that I couldn't refuse this request in a nutshell.

"I refuse to care about me, because I couldn't reach you," says Marta, "but there is no reason why the Marida Chamber of Commerce, who is also a fingerfolding merchant in Wang Capital and has even obtained the right to buy priority for this harvest festival, can't chase a single mercenary, etc.

Even if I did, I was a little concerned about this request. Marta says that the escort would not be for the Duke himself, but for the Lapitilica of the Three Ladies.

Dear Lapitilica... Larry and I are now friends who attacked the labyrinth of the doomed Green Ghost together. If you're a strange aristocratic daughter, Marta's the only one who cares, but he's never the stranger.

"Okay. In the meantime, let's come and listen to you as a shaft. I'll be at the Chamber of Commerce in two days as a shaft. I beg your pardon, Your Grace."

"I'm in awe. I'll get everything ready here."

Mr. Marta bowed his head deeply and told me so. Judgment after listening to the story and in some cases saying no. So I decided to go back to the Inn.

The next day, he left Barga, the fortified city, as Schwartz, and spent a day walking south of Barga, returning to Barga as a shaft after nightfall, in the early hours of the morning, but straight to the Marida Chamber of Commerce.

When I saw the Marida Chamber of Commerce, I wondered if it was the wagon for delivery from the warehouse, and the loading and unloading was very busy in front of the Chamber of Commerce. Guards can also be seen around the carriage.

"Ah! Shaft!

Ah! So if you raise your voice like that, the guards around you will put your hands on your hips. It was Silvara with silver hair from the Fox Beast clan who raised her voice with my eyes.

"It's all right, he's a customer of the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce."

So it was Silvala's twin sister's blonde alum that spared me the perimeter escort.

"Looks like you're doing a good escort."

"Thanks to you."

"Yes, thanks to you, I can live like this"

"Pfft, I just unlocked it at last. Any more Malta than that? When I heard you were calling, I went out."

"Just give me a minute! Sister, I'm calling the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce."

Of all the escorts guarding the Chamber's carriage, only Alum and Silvara know the shaft, a facade they don't know otherwise.

After a short wait, Mr. Bill, the branch manager, came right from behind the store. I haven't told him yet that it's Schwartz-Schaft, but maybe I can take this opportunity to talk to him.

"I've been waiting for you. Go to the back."

Bill was a little lumped by the intimidation of the Tactical Kevlar Mask, maybe you should tell him this sooner...

"Good morning, Master Shaft. I've been waiting for you."

"I'm sorry to bother you in the morning, but would you mind if the branch manager were present?

"Huh? Wah, me too?

To my sudden suggestion, I showed a panic that I don't think is the usual warm and calm Mr. Bill. Mr Marta seems to have immediately noticed the intention of my proposal, urging him to sit down beside him.

Mr. Bill sits face to face with me in horror. Mr. Marta is Nico face...... this guy is enjoying this situation......

The Kevlar mask lens shows that no one is outside the room on the map or the sound collection sensor. I made sure that someone wouldn't be afraid to hear the conversation and removed the Kevlar mask.

"Shh, Mr. Schwartz?!

"Bill, you have a loud voice. It's a secret that no one should be told that Shaft is Mr. Schwartz."

"Good morning, Mr. Bill. I keep it a secret to my surroundings for a variety of reasons. I thought it would be better if you thought about the future and let Bill know, and you were present."

"Was that right, is it a magic guide or something with a different voice? Besides, I finally understand why the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce had placed his full confidence in Master Shaft."

"Yeah, I'm changing my voice as well as this black side"

You won't have to teach that much from TSS (Tactical Support System) to get your voice back, because you'll have to change your communication settings.

"Dear Schwartz, Shaft, I will never put any information about both on the table. And you're not going to believe me."

That said, Mr. Bill promised me once again not to take my information out of my mouth. Afterwards, Mr. Bill was asked to go ahead and touch the lord's Duke of Varga house.

I can't even visit the castle all of a sudden, so I'm going to make sure it's a good time to go out and get ready in the meantime. I asked Marta if he was a duke, checked if there were any taboos, and made a few other checks.

Bill, who returned from the touch, informed me to climb the castle around noon. Me and Marta decided to spend that time doing confirmation work.

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Promising time approached, me and Mr. Marta were on their way to Baldage Castle, a White Asian castle in the heart of the fortified city of Barga.

The Castle of Baldage consisted of a large castle in the centre of the site and four spires around it, and several bungalow buildings were also visible on the site. He told the duke at the castle gate that he had an appointment to see him, and went into the premises after checking his ID, etc.

The carriage was left to your man Bill, and me and Marta entered the castle with the guided guards. By saying he is in the middle of an errand, the Duke is on his way to the office.

Did you increase your level of vigilance on my black side, one leading guard and me and Mr. Malta, behind which two more guards followed and felt clearly alert?

Two guards stood in front of the office where they were taken. A leading guard took over, and my sound sensor captured a voice from inside the office saying, "Get in." The guards urge me, and just the two of us, Mr. Marta, are going into the office.

"Excuse me. It's Malta from the Marida Chamber of Commerce."

"I'm from the Mercenary Alliance, this is Shaft."

Inside the office was bigger than I thought, with desks and bookcases lined up at the front, and when I looked sideways from there, a sofa-type chair was laid out to face the table. Guess this is the space for visitors.

Already on that couch sat a magnificent man and Lapitilica, the three Duchess of Barga.

Lapitilica sat in a yellow long skirt dress, not a robe like the priestly garment she had when she met at the exploration headquarters of the Green Ghost's Labyrinth, but to match her blonde hair cut off by a shortbob.

Then I guess the duke is the magnificent man sitting next to him. Spectacular in his early forties, he can see brown hair mixed with gray hair. With a straight moustache and thin, sharp eyes, he stares at me as if I were to be ordained for entering the office.

What's more, is there an escort knight behind the couch? Anyway, a young man with a face resembling the Duke stands. The armor you are wearing is a silver full plate mail in essentially the same shape as the Western Knights of Varga, but the design applied is depicted in a blue line, giving you a glimpse that it is more than a normal knight.

"Thank you for your hard work, Malta. Besides, you're the black-sided shaft. Well, let's sit down and talk slowly."

"Oh, excuse me."

Unlike the type I thought the Duke of Barga was, he was a man with a soft waist for a long time. I was advised to take a seat, so I thought I'd sit on the couch and talk to you first.

"Your Eminence, will you not take that black side even in front of Your Eminence?

A knight standing behind the Duke and Lapitilica called out so.

"Raw hatred and wounds to the face, so it's not very much like exposing yourself to Lapitilica."

"It doesn't matter, Larry doesn't have to worry. Take that black side and show me."

To say that this knight, Lapitilica and the Duke, nicknamed Larry before, is of high standing...... kin?

I can see Mr. Marta sitting next to me soaking up. Indeed, this development could have been anticipated. Nobility, it also did not seem to me that the talks would proceed face-to-face against those of considerable high rank.

That's why I - I put my hand on the black side and took it off.