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The Marquis of Fedorov and his family and servants of the mansion are taken by the Wang Metropolitan Guard, who have bombed, inflamed and come to extinguish the fire. I decided to go back to the Barga Marquis residence.

When coming here from the Duke of Barga's residence, he traveled in a carriage all the way to the road, but on his return he would return only on his own feet. The area around the Marquis Fedorov mansion had become noisy with the roar and flames that rang again in the Wang capital.

The sun sets and only a few street lights run through the lit streets. To avoid the eyes, he ran up the walls of the house with a wall run, ran to the roof legend, flew, and returned to the Duke of Barga residence.

Returning to the Duke's mansion, Lapitilica and Ashley had already returned to the mansion. Looks like the Duke of Barga left the mansion again when he got home. You must have received physical evidence from Vee and heard that he was preparing to destroy the Marquis Fedorov residence.

Am I confronting the Marquis Fedorov in the stuffing room by now? Well, I'll leave this request to the Duke of Barga and let me return to Lapitilica's escort.

When I checked with Volker, the housekeeper, about the current state of the mansion, he said that Lapitilica had already rested in his private room, and Ashley would probably be in the waiting room. After this request for escort, the young knights who are coming out of the Western Knights of Varga, who will take over after me and be the exclusive escort of Lapitilica, are apparently waiting in a separate room.

When I came back to the waiting room, Ashley sat on the couch in the living room, reading a letter or something.

"Welcome back, Shaft"

"I'm home, Ashley. Did you have a problem with the ball?

"Yeah, it just opens in the royal castle, and Marquis Fedorov couldn't seem to force it either. His face was a sight to behold when he greeted Larry at the royal castle."

"It was amazing when you set the mansion on fire in front of the Marquis."

"The" black-sided shaft ”was also very popular in the Royal Castle. He's a knight from Barga, and he's been a tadpole, exchanging question-and-attacks with his ladies."

Ladies! Aren't you the ladies...

"I'll thank him tomorrow."

Somehow, the conversation broke off there. Ashley's expression is not very good, is the cause still a letter in hand?

I sat on the couch facing Ashley. Now, do you want to hear it from me, or wait for her to say it?

Quiet times flow. Think of it, spending only a few moments with Ashley through this request for escort. In a few days, you will be on your way back to the fortified city of Barga. I ended my escort there, and my plans for the aftermath were postponed, and I'm going to attack the Tooth Wolf's Labyrinth.

What will Ashley do when she returns to Varga? Will I return to my job as an Alliance investigator for the General Alliance?

"Will Ashley return to the General Guild after this escort request?

"Huh?............ I'm not going back. The General Alliance is going to leave."

"Escape? Does that mean you're leaving the guild investigator?

"Yeah...... hey shaft, did anyone tell you about my house?

"Oh, it's easy."

"Yes... it's been a long time since I've been up to the Royal Castle at the ball, but it seems like you knew I was coming. The Sovereign sent me a letter."

With that said, Ashley was flickering a note in her hand. The Sovereign would be referring to Mr. Zepernell, the first living contemporary of the Zepernell family, the eternal Honorary Chancellor of the Kingdom of Kurt Merga.

"What does that letter have to do with quitting the guild?

"You know what? Not as soon as this request is complete, but I'll head to the south where my main house is once I've sorted things out. So as a candidate for the next term, I have to do one thing."

South... South? It's like I heard something about it somewhere.

"Pirate..."

To that one word, Ashley's hand stopped flickering the letter. No, I didn't exactly stop and wait. I'm guessing Ashley was waving the letter firmly to mislead the tremor in his hand.

"Did you know?

"No, I just heard someone talking at some dinner party about what time it was. The pirates of the south are gaining momentum."

"Yes... you know, crusade."

"The Kingdom of Kurt Melga has a Navy...... no Knights to fight at sea?

"It's not like he's gone at all. But the Kurt Merga Marine Knights are based more on the eastern coastline than on the port where the Zeppernel family is based. The crusade for pirates in the south had been led by the Zeppernel family, but four years ago in a naval battle that had caused great damage to both sides had resulted in fewer acts of piracy. But this ocean isn't recovering yet. It's gonna be a tough fight."

"Well... then I'll accompany you"

"Huh?! Shaft, I didn't mean to tell you that."

"Is it annoying to accompany you? I want to follow you on my own, you don't have to worry about it. It's been a while since I've seen the ocean. Besides, if I were you, I wouldn't be able to stay in the fortified city of Barga."

"How can it be so annoying?

"As soon as this request is over, I will enter the Labyrinth of the Tooth Wolf and crusade against the Gatekeeper and the Lord of the Labyrinth (Dungeon Master) on the twenty-fifth floor underground"

In my Labyrinth Crusade Declaration, Ashley dropped a letter and embarked herself off the couch.

"Can the twenty-fifth floor cross that rain of demon water?

"No problem, if there's a problem, can we crusade the gatekeeper and the Lord of the Labyrinth, though? But now that you've got your next goal, you can't lose."

If you crusade the Labyrinth of the Tooth Wolf, it will be impossible to hide Schwartz's ability to fight there. I've always wondered if I could avoid this, but in an unpopular labyrinth, and at the beginning of my exploration, I'm being recorded. So if the labyrinth was crusaded, there was no question of involvement.

If that happens, Schwartz will have the fighting power to step through the labyrinth alone, in addition to his skills as a cartographer.

To avoid solicitation from guilds and clans, I tried to divert my attention by leaving my combat ability to the false appearance of saying shaft... I wish I could get into the labyrinth with a shaft, but registering adventurers again stinks...

Ashley said she didn't know what to say. But I don't need a response.

"I'll accompany you."

"- Yeah."

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The next day, I was in the Duke's office with me and Ashley, and the young knight who took over, asking how it ended last night.

"Mr. Shaft, you had a hard time last night. You saved Sir Fedorov the trouble of breaking his heart."

"I'm afraid. How was the cryptographic document found at the mansion"

"That was a copy of my contract with the Dark Alliance. According to the contract, the deadline for the assassination request is not until yesterday, and if the Dark Alliance pulls back dramatically, the danger will be gone."

"What about the other demon-led aristocrats?

"That ended last night, too, and now you have no future worries, and then you know how the royal family will judge you."

What's left is how the Dark Alliance ”Cactus" moves. If the request fails, it says in the request that the execution clan will be solemnly cleared as a penalty, but I almost destroyed the clan ”Acacia (Enge)" already.

Maybe he'll hunt for the remnants of the party and keep it in shape, but I just hope he doesn't get mean to carry out the assassination, etc.

"So all that remains is the return journey to the fortified city of Barga"

"Right, we're leaving the day after tomorrow. Please don't lose your mind until the last trip."

"Ha, I'll remember the liver"

This request for escort, which I felt longer than I thought, is almost over. I was curious and tried putting the Kevlar mask lens in FLIR (Infrared Thermography) mode......

The Duke of Varga escort Vee, who I thought would also be in the corner of the room, stood right behind the Duke of Varga... this woman, a little scared.