Chapter 229
After that, pretending to be strangers, we quietly drank and left the bar at the right time.
It was a pretty perfect tangent.
The bartender wouldn’t have noticed that we knew each other.
‘Adela does a bit of acting unexpectedly.’
Adela’s only genius is magic.
Others are clumsy enough to be labeled as atrocious.
So, of course, I thought acting would be a bit clumsy.
Unexpectedly, he acted very well.
Is it because the change in expression is small from the beginning?
I was surprised at how natural it was.
‘It was very natural for me to glance at me in between and turn my head as if I wasn’t interested.’
what is that person Eyes and reactions that only show a degree of curiosity.
Thinking back, it was the height of naturalness.
At this level, if Hermes were watching over Adela, he would never doubt it.
The exchange of notes was as natural as it could be.
‘I don’t have to worry about this much.’
I was thinking what if Adela made a mistake.
I don’t think you need to worry.
I think you know how to do it well.
“welcome.”
Thinking about that, I trudged along and arrived at the inn before I knew it.
“Room 704.”
I approached the lobby staff who greeted me calmly and recited the number of my room.
“yes. Confirmed.”
The staff handed over the card key right away.
It was embarrassing how fast it was.
By the way, I wasn’t embarrassed in a good way.
‘Don’t check your face properly, just hand over the key?’
Currently, I’m covering the lower part with a mask.
He even wears a hat tightly.
For someone like that to ask for a key and just take it out.
It was a testament to how messed up the security of this hotel was.
‘… … I’ll have to put some magic circles in the room for security.’
After all, cheap hotels are cheap, right?
Deciding to increase the security of my room, I got on the elevator.
so you get to the room.
I headed straight for Mimir’s wife.
“Mimir. I’m here.”
“Ah, heir. Come on.”
Mimir, who was concentrating on his studies with a serious expression, changed his expression in an instant and smiled.
“Come on.”
After placing the pen between the books and closing the book, he gets up from his seat and approaches me.
“Are you a little late?”
“uh. Arriving at the accommodation, there is still a lot of time left in ambiguous ways. Before coming here, I lightly investigated the shopping complex.”
“okay? Then you must have met Adela?”
“uh. I came to meet you here. I also received the information by note.”
I took out the note I had put in my inner pocket.
At that time, the business card that I put with the note was also swept away.
“Stella Binoche? What is this business card?”
Mimir grabbed the dropped business card and asked.
I tilted my head as I read the name written in large letters in the middle of the business card.
“this? Well, let’s talk about it for a little longer… … .”
I immediately opened up about what had happened to Stella Binoche.
From what happened at the airport to what we met by chance during the investigation.
And finally, until he asked me to fight.
I have explained only the main points as concisely as possible.
“So I got it. I have to investigate the National Knights School as well. It would be helpful if you let go of your face like this.”
It’s a good thing, so I explained it as it is.
Thinking back, I guess I was lucky.
Until we met at the airport, I thought it was just trouble.
The kite reached like this.
“… … okay?”
Mimir replied with a rather curt expression.
Even though they are one step closer to their goal, they don’t seem happy at all.
“why? Do you have anything?”
Did I notice something I hadn’t noticed?
“no. It doesn’t take… … .”
Mimir wiggled the fingers of his right hand.
“That woman named Stella. Did you like her?”
“huh?”
It was a very nonsensical statement.
“no. He said it was the last time he received a business card. It was the last time I asked for sparring. But the fact that we had such a fun conversation before that doesn’t mean that I liked it quite a bit?”
“Uh, um… … . Didn’t you like it? It was kind of interesting.”
A genius knight called the hope of knights. Stella Binoche.
If there is a subject rate in magic, there is a stella in the sword.
With words like that going around, how can you not be interested?
Considering his personality, he’s also the type that you can’t dislike.
“Hmm… … . I see.”
Mimir’s expression brightened just a little.
But that’s just pretending to be brighter.
That artificial smile, ‘I still have a lot of complaints.’ is claiming
“That would be nice. As soon as I arrive abroad, I meet a girl I like.”
Mimir’s smile brightened even more.
It was a very scary smile.
“Some people are devoted to research day and night… … . Some people chat with a girl they’ve never seen before… … . It’s a shame because the results are good, but if it wasn’t, it wasn’t just a waste of time… … .”
And then grumble.
started talking to himself.
“ah.”
As I continued to listen to myself, I could see why Mimir was upset.
‘You think I’m not focusing properly on the mission.’
It seems that he is angry at the fact that he did not approach with a purpose from the beginning.
If there was no purpose why did you waste so much time?
Are you doing it roughly?
I guess that’s what I was thinking about.
‘For Mimir, who is dedicated to his research without resting 24 hours a day, he deserves to be angry.’
As Mimir said, the results were only good.
The conversation before that was just chatter that had no effect on achieving the goal.
I was just interested in continuing the conversation.
Realizing that, I felt sorry for myself.
It seems I was trying to handle things too loosely.
I will have to repent
“I’ll be careful in the future.”
I looked straight into Mimir’s eyes.
Then, with full sincerity, he said he was sorry.
“Because I won’t sell an eye in the future. Look at me just once.”
“… … uh? that, huh?”
Mimir was taken aback.
This reaction was unexpected. I wonder if I didn’t know how to apologize.
‘but. Because I didn’t do anything very wrong. It was also using time outside of the operation… … . As a result, it was good.’
I’m just sorry that I couldn’t revive with Mimir’s full effort, passion, and backup. He didn’t do anything to deserve an apology.
“That, I don’t want to see it anywhere else… … . You mean you’re going to put me first?”
Mimir hesitantly asked.
“First and foremost… … . right.”
Mimir’s efforts are always given top priority, and he will do his best in the assigned mission.
“… … That’s right. hmm.”
Mimir looked away with a puzzled expression.
Then, he twisted his hair with his index finger.
I can tell just by looking at your face.
It looks quite pleasant.
It seems that my sincerity has come through.
“Then what… … .”
Mimir let out an ‘ahem’ sound and returned his expression to normal.
Seeing how quickly the expression changed, it instantly became the usual Mimir-like expression.
“Then, will we meet that knight named Stella in the near future?”
“uh. Take Miho this morning and investigate the shopping district again. If something doesn’t come out, I’ll have to see you.”
“Take Miho again at night?”
Mimir tilted his head.
“Oh right. You said that you also investigated the shopping complex. I completely forgot Why did you say it again?”
Mimir nodded in agreement.
“Then taking Miho back at night means you couldn’t find any hint there?”
“uh. There was nothing.”
“Did you confirm it with a divine eye?”
“of course.”
The area was very tidy.
At least that’s how it seemed to me.
“hmm. Then, as expected, Ignis’ vector was not split into three halves.”
“right. If it was split, there’s no way I couldn’t confirm it with the divine eye.”
In the first place, if the enormous power of the medium of mythic magic had been split into three parts, the whole area should have been ruined.
Not even a half-baked medium, but the medium of Ignis, who is said to be the highest peak of destructive power.
Not only this area, but also the neighboring countries would have become a sea of fire.
It is never split.
“I don’t understand. It wasn’t split, but Ignis was detected in all three areas at the same time.”
Mimir glanced at Miho who was sleeping on the other side of the sofa and drool.
“Anyway, I agree with taking Miho personally. It’s a crowded place, so there’s a risk of getting caught… … .”
“You have to take that risk. What can I do?”
“right. Because there is no other way.”
For reference, Miho has been sleeping for 20 hours a day since her sixth tail sprouted.
It is said that it is sleep to adapt to the stronger power.
“Then, what’s left now is the Palace of Versailles, how about that?”
“I don’t know. I haven’t checked the note yet either.”
“aha. You just came right away.”
“huh. You can only check it when you get back to your room anyway, isn’t it better to come and watch it with you than to watch it alone? We can share our thoughts.”
“That’s right. Efficiency is good.”
Mimir pulled out a note from the table.
“Then let’s see what you wrote down… … .”
And then it unfolded.
We quietly read the note.
[I couldn’t find anything unusual outside the Palace of Versailles.]
There must have been a lot to say, there was a considerable amount of letters written on the paper.
Even though there is no such thing as saying hello, it is very packed.
[Some mana reaction was detected on the garden side, but it was mana from sprinklers and other garden maintenance devices.]
[Next, the entrance to the palace. A mana response was detected here as well, but this too was only detected by the palace apparatus. I didn’t find anything unusual.]
From the garden to the outside of the palace.
Information on what he saw and felt in the site accessible to the general public was recorded in great detail.
“It’s nice to be clean.”
As far as the literature is concerned, Mimir, who is quite picky, is said to be good for training, so that’s all I’ve said.
“Did you read everything before? Then turn it backwards?”
“uh.”
Mimir turned the note over.
The font size on the back is quite large. The text is only half written.
It didn’t seem like it was full enough to fill the back.
“… … uh?”
But the only thing that wasn’t full was the letters.
The content is as good as the previous page.
No, it’s much more informative than the previous page.
[And with the help of my mother, I was fortunate enough to enter the palace.]
“Heir. The inside of the Palace of Versailles is off-limits to the general public, right?”
“uh.”
“Then this information. Is it pretty big?”
“Not quite, but very big.”
“… … hmm. Hit it.”
Mimir smiled contentedly.
[And really, really, really luckily, I went into the basement of the Palace of Versailles.]
“… … down to the basement?”
If the difficulty of entering the interior of the Palace of Versailles is about 2.
The difficulty of entering the basement is about 10.
The basement of the Palace of Versailles is difficult to enter that much.
‘It wouldn’t be strange if Adela saw something underground.’
If you pick the most suspicious place in the Palace of Versailles, you can categorically answer that it is underground.
It’s perfect for hiding something, and it’s also perfect for hiding something.
Since he entered such a place himself, he must have gotten some hints.
[And I detected suspicious mana here.]
“… … really?”
What did you really find?
“Boy. It really hits me… … ?”
Mimir clicked his tongue again.
[A solitary cell in the deepest part of the eastern part of the underground. I sensed that mana remnants, which gave a strange feeling, were flowing from the walls of the room.]
I gulped and read the next sentence.
[That mana had a powerful energy of fire.]
“Jackpot… … .”
Adela has hit the jackpot.
