260 255, let's talk.

"I'm so sorry"

Captain Tableau is standing up and bowing his head deeply to Mr. Druid and me.

"That's enough."

"But be pretty rude. I'm so sorry."

The red demon stone thing was to be handled well by Captain Tableau.

And the newly resurrected demon stone, Mr. Rose told me the story by asking me to give it to him.

So, I had a new cup of tea, and Captain Tableau stood up and bowed his head deeply to apologize.

"Captain Tableau. I have already received your apology. Thank you."

To my words, he finally sat me down in the chair with a slightly surprised look on his face.

"Um, can I ask you something?

We're going to steam back the story, but we need to be sure.

"What is it?

"How could you have suspected it since we met today?

It was normal when I first greeted him.

Yet today was already suspected from the moment we met.

Which means that in the course of a few days, we did something we were suspected of.

So, what's that?

I want you to know not to do the same thing again.

"There are covert rumors that Gilmouth, a commercial guild, is dyeing his hands in crime. Only me and a few people know it yet."

"Really?

Mr. Rose is surprised you didn't know.

"Um, can I talk to you? To us who just met."

I'm worried that you're going to talk to me about something so important.

"Ivy, is that about you?

Mr. Rose stunned me for some reason.

"What?"

How could you?

Oh, could it be about Sola?

No, it's more important to talk about Captain Tableau, isn't it?

"Just the question now tells me that Mr. Ivy and the others deserve credit. Besides, if you're a bad person to offer such a high level demon stone to, we're in good hands. I can do a lot of things with this magic stone."

I wouldn't be offering it as a pong.

The offer is because we also get the right money.

And I wonder what I can do with one demon stone... though I can't think of anything.

"Let's get back to it, this fellow here heard him talking to his people." There is a traitor who switched ore to gold without permission. Find 'em. "

A common betrayal in criminal organizations.

Or are you involved in a criminal organization again?

I was careful.

"So I checked the commercial guild, and someone sold the expensive ore anonymously, so I went into the investigation. And that's where the Druids came up."

"In that ore, you were suspected."

"I see."

Talking to Mr. Druid for tea, Captain Tableau looks at this one with a strange look on his face.

"What, is that all?

"What's that all about?

I don't know what that means. I tilt my neck with Mr. Druid.

"You were looking into it without permission, weren't you?

"That's what the vigilante does, right? And it's only natural to look into it without permission."

Mr. Druid is also nodding when I say it.

"That's right...... haha, I look like an idiot I've been looking into you guys"

"Ahahahaha, that was a waste of time. By the way, Tableau, are you sure the ore Gilmouth was selling?

"At that time, I decided that I would be sure, Priya."

Mr. Pria?

"Prior is the Gilmouth of the Adventurer Alliance. Tableau's childhood friend."

Is it childhood friendly?

Is it like Mr. Druid and Mr. Gilmouth in All Towns?

Oh, but Mr. Rose had the kind of vibe he hated, didn't he?

"Now I think I've made a mistake. It's an excuse, but I think I missed the information I needed somewhere because I've been flustered about winter preparedness and I haven't slept long enough, and the information was complicated."

Lack of sleep does make strange decisions, doesn't it?

Sometimes when the rain continued, I couldn't secure a place to sleep and kept walking, but when it lasted for two days, I was surrounded by strange exhilarations and my judgment had dropped.

... try to storm the residence without checking for demons, or you were in danger then ~.

"With that said, what kind of ore did Ivy and the others sell?

…………

That's the ore you sold, right?

I look at Mr. Druid with the thought of telling the two of them.

He nodded at me with his usual gentle smile.

"It's a cave that is home to the guardian god of the woods, and it's the ore Ciel found"

………………………………

Is that it?

We both got hardened.

"Are you all right?

"... Was it the Druids who sold those ore"

Apparently he knew about the ore.

Well, it's an ore in the patron saint's residence.

I guess it's pretty special for this village.

"It was rumored that there had been a deal for the first time in years, but I didn't know the Ivies were the original. I'm surprised."

Mr. Rose would already be cold. I sipped tea and exhaled heavily.

It still seemed like a pretty special ore.

Should I not have sold it?

It's too late.

"Who did you have to deal with?

Mr. Rose asks as he re-brews his tea.

Both Mr. Rose and Captain Tableau from earlier on, don't drink tea often.

"This is Mr. Draw, who will put together an appraiser."

Mr Tableau gives a surprised look to Mr Druid's words.

What, could it have been someone with a problem?

"He's our collaborator."

Is Mr. Draw a collaborator?

You were connected to Captain Tableau in a strange place.

"So when you were looking for the person who sold the ore, didn't you tell me about the Ivies?

"I didn't answer, though. Well, I came to the office in confidence to tell you something important, and I tried to start talking, and suddenly Gilmouth came and asked me to leave before I could talk to him."

"Didn't that mean the Ivies?

"It could be. After that, thanks for wandering around me, I didn't get a chance to talk to him, and the businessmanship was applauded..."

Looks like after all the problems overlapping, you're supposed to be suspicious.

I guess that means it was a bad time.

"Still, that's all. Why did you suspect Mr. Druid and Ivy?

"Mr. Ivy's name is a little"

Me! Me!

"Because Priya and I both remembered reading the name 'Ivy' in a criminal material."

That could be it.

"It's an unusual name, and there's a little bit of stuff about it that I remembered. It's just that Mr. Ivy is still young, so I had my doubts. So I was going to see the two of you today. Yet before I got here, I was upset to hear that Gilmouth's guy threatened me with a red demon stone. I'm sorry, I bumped into you even though it didn't matter."

I grew up a little, but I was told I was young.

Don't worry about how many people are watching you.

"I see, so did my judgment."

"Not long ago, there would have been a large number of people who had lent a hand to a group of criminals, and no one, including me, noticed then. So I thought some people could fool my mother, and as soon as that... I wanted to pull away if there was a problem. Because my father told me that my mother rarely likes it."

"You were worried about Mr. Rose."

Mr Druid's words stain Mr Tableau's face bright red.

Looking at Mr. Rose, this one was blushing too.

Seeing those two, I get a little embarrassed, so I take a sip of tea.

"Look, but don't stick with Ivy and the criminal organization on your own."

"Criminal organization? Oh, no. Not that way, on the list of meritorious men."

"A list of meritorious men?

Mr. Rose gives a surprised look.

"Yep." Tableau was still sure! The name Ivy is listed for merit! 'Merit... "

Someone suddenly opened the store door and jumped in.

Think from what you screamed, maybe Mr. Pria?