Chapter 415
The middle-aged man who runs the weapon store introduced himself as Raldren.
Aligar’s merchants don’t spend their time on things that don’t pay, but Raldren brought Ellen and Charlotte to his weapon shop and talked without asking for money.
“Elena didn’t get along with people. She’s been a long time though, she’s a spunky girl. She always says good morning, good lunch, and good evening when you run into each other. She said good-bye every day, wishing her a happy day.”
Shop owner’s name, Elena.
It was information that Charlotte knew, but Ellen had never heard of it.
“There were quite a few chis that annoyed Elena. Not to mention the young ones, and even the elderly nobles, there were some who were killing it while not selling anything. you need to know the subject I don’t want to talk about this outright, but a guy named Swinton next door bothered Elena. A nobleman with a wife.”
“ah… … . Is that so… … .”
“He is a bad person.”
Charlotte broke into a cold sweat at the excessive amount of unnecessary information, and Ellen muttered briefly. It was a short but bloody feeling.
Charlotte knew that Elena didn’t have very close relationships with people.
Elena was kind to everyone, but never developed more than a certain friendship with anyone.
“I was not a business person. My heart is too soft… … . As you all know, there are times when Aligar treats customers a little harshly, doesn’t he? They don’t know how to do that at all, and it seems like they’re lowering the price of things. How to say, I wonder if I can earn a living like that… … .”
This information was new to Ellen, as Charlotte already knew most of it.
Since they have been in business for a long time with a mindset that cannot make a profit from business, why do they become merchants? She assumed that she had some kind of intention behind her and that she was a member of her clan hiding in the ecliptic, but now she thinks differently.
It is concluded that the demon king came to ask for help from the spy of the Dark Land who is infiltrating the ecliptic, and Elena hid her master in a safe place.
They didn’t meet by chance, they came by plan.
Charlotte was assuming that Elena was a spy in the Dark Land.
“Still, it seems that he was quite a man of pulpit.”
“Are you strong?”
“Anyway, there are so many flirtatious guys in the world, but I’ve never been harmed, and all of them just went away with a lost expression on their faces. That Mr. Swinton must have been scolded, too, and after a while, he didn’t even come close.”
There were many people who were flirting with Elena, but they all went away as if they had been scolded.
‘He said he had a boyfriend.’
When Charlotte was searching Elena’s store, she found a strand of blonde hair lying on the bed. Her hair color was distinctly different from Elena’s, so when asked whose hair it was, she replied that it was her boyfriend’s hair.
But listening now, Elena didn’t have a deep relationship with anyone.
So the word boyfriend is a lie. And there’s no way an agent carrying out an important mission to infiltrate the ecliptic is leisurely dating.
So, the blonde must have been someone else’s hair, not her boyfriend.
It wouldn’t be the Demon King. The hair of the demon king that Charlotte saw was not blonde, but closer to auburn.
But if that’s camouflage, there’s nothing strange about thinking that the hair that fell on the bed belonged to the demon king.
I thought I was staying in an outside area away from the ecliptic, but was I really living on the second floor of a shabby shop in the ecliptic?
Blond is not such a rare hair color, so it was difficult to identify with just that.
“Anyway, I was a little embarrassed. To think that he would disappear so suddenly without saying goodbye… … . I left all my stuff behind. The landlord likes it because the things are left as they are rather than the tenants splashing around.”
“Ah, I see…” … .”
It would have been natural for Elena to leave her place as the demon king rose to prominence. First of all, there were Charlotte and Reinhardt, who clearly grasped the whereabouts of the supposed demon king.
Raldren looked around and looked at Charlotte.
“This is a fact only I know.”
“ah. What do you have?”
“It’s true that Elena… … . I don’t think she likes younger boys.”
“… … yes?”
Charlotte was stunned at the sound so out of the blue, and Ellen tilted her head.
“no… … . I mean, there was a guy who came by from time to time. It looks like a parasitic brother, and the feeling that you can see the buds as much as the hair is exactly that. A guy who seems to be making women cry.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
Naturally, Ellen and Charlotte’s eyes met.
Because I thought I knew who I was talking about.
I had no choice but to intuit that this person was talking about Reinhardt.
In the first place, Reinhardt frequented this shop as Charlotte’s messenger, so it was not unreasonable for Raldren, the owner of the shop next door, to remember Reinhardt.
“All the guys who come in and out for the purpose of messing around are strangely scolded and go home, but that guy didn’t seem to be like that. But does he come and go in an obvious way? I said everything. cancer.”
Raldren seemed to be assuming that Elena, who was kind to everyone but had no feelings for anyone, had a secret taste.
Charlotte knows it’s a huge delusion, and Ellen knows that the hairy middle-aged man is saying something strange because she’s heard it.
Reinhardt probably hadn’t come to Ellerith’s shop since Charlotte said he could stop delivering letters. Then she said that Charlotte would tell the wizard to run away when she was torn between Reinhardt and her demon lord, something she volunteered to do. That would have been the only time.
Reinhardt had said that he would just tell him to run away since being the Demon King couldn’t be that big of a threat.
He said he would handle the later work himself.
So Charlotte’s guilt comes from there.
I should have told you not to be indecisive and to hold on to Elena.
In the end, no new information was obtained, and Charlotte had to confirm that every decision she made had only negative consequences for everyone.
If there is no special information and it is only information that has already been grasped, the inquiry will be meaningless, so Charlotte is about to leave.
“But I think it’s because of him that Elena-san gave up her business and went somewhere.”
“… … yes?”
Another sound from Raldren’s mouth made Charlotte tilt her head.
Of course, Elena must have heard Reinhardt’s warning and left the ecliptic.
But how could he think so, when this man could not have heard the secret story?
“What kind of woman did you bring?”
female.
At that, both Charlotte and Ellen fell silent.
“Looking at her wearing a school uniform, it looks like she’s going to the temple with me, tsk. Apparently I have a new girl now, let’s stop. I wonder if he was talking about something like this. That’s why she wonders if Mr. Elena left because she was hurt.”
What kind of grotesque delusion and speculation is this?
Ellen and Charlotte were both baffled, but they got a curious piece of information.
Reinhardt had come to Elena’s shop with a woman in a temple uniform.
I don’t know who they brought or what they talked about.
“Looking at the facial expressions of both men and women, it seemed that they were prepared for something. Not long after that, Elena closed her business, so I wonder if it’s something like that. Anyway, that yellow haired guy. The buds have been yellow since the first time I saw them?”
I don’t know much about Reinhardt, but Raldren’s words that he must be a dirty guy because he has a dirty impression are true in a way.
Of course, most of the guesses would have been wrong, but in the end, the facts remain the facts.
For Reinhardt, Elena’s shop was never a place to go with someone, but he brought someone.
Originally, after Elleris found a semi-basement room, Reinhardt tended to go there and avoid being seen by others.
However, visiting Elerith’s shop with Radia Schmidt was an emergency situation, so Reinhardt was not in a situation where he could pay such attention.
It left a mark.
“Do you remember the look of the woman who came with you? And she said when was that?”
At Charlotte’s question, Raldren tilted her head.
“I think the woman had dark hair. Something was wrong with her eyes. I have to say she’s creepy. It’s kind of out of the ordinary… … . So I guess she’s memorable, but yeah… … .”
As if thinking about something, he narrowed his brows.
“that’s right. Come to think of it, there was an uproar over the Demon King the next day. Paladins were killed in droves. I remember it because it was such a big deal.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
On the day of the demon lord’s attack, Reinhardt came to Elena’s shop with a female student from the Temple.
And the owner of the store has a close relationship with the supposed demon king.
Who is the woman Reinhardt brought? Why did Reinhardt find Elena?
Ellen and Charlotte’s eyes met.
“… … .”
“… … .”
The two didn’t say anything.
No, I couldn’t say anything.
* * *
After the interrogation, Charlotte paid Raldren a small reward.
It was the answer to Raldren’s question why he asked such a thing. When Raldren took the gold coin, he nodded as if he knew what it meant, and asked no more questions.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Strange thoughts run through Charlotte and Ellen’s heads.
Having too many thoughts is a problem.
And both Ellen and Charlotte are good enough people to roll the situation in their heads.
According to the date, the time when Charlotte told Reinhardt that she would forget about the demon king was after Lebarrier Ranze was killed.
However, Reinhardt visited Elena on the day of the raid.
Since he said there was no need to deliver the letter anymore, Reinhardt had no reason to visit Elena.
Of course, there could be cases where Reinhardt would visit Elena privately. Reinhardt didn’t just act as a messenger delivering letters, he might have had a private conversation with Elena, and it’s not impossible that they became close because of that.
But wouldn’t it be a bit odd for Reinhardt to meet her privately, knowing that Elena and the person she protects are very suspicious?
Strangely enough, he even took a woman from the temple with him.
And on that very day, Lebarrier Ranche was attacked.
Elena is a wizard.
And Charlotte knows that the devil’s forces include powerful wizards.
Unless there are other wizards, it is very likely that Elena is that wizard.
Reinhardt visited Elena’s shop with a certain Temple girl. And Elena took part in the Raverier Ranche raid operation that night.
and.
The day of the Lebarrier Ranche raid operation.
It was the day of the Miss Temple contest. Reinhardt did not participate in the Miss Temple contest.
It was a painful memory that Ellen was thinking about painfully, and Charlotte knew the situation too.
Ellen searches for memories.
Reinhardt, who had returned to the temple very late and was unable to do anything with his hands and cheeks red and frozen.
Reminds me of Reinhardt that day.
“Ellen.”
Charlotte quietly calls Ellen.
“huh.”
Both think of numerous cases in their heads.
“Let’s not talk about anything until something is clear.”
“… … .”
“Until we are certain, let’s not think about anything.”
I don’t know what the outcome will be after countless deductions, but what can be seen beyond the veil of darkness.
no wonder.
The truth seemed unbearably frightening, so the two stopped even thinking.
“okay. OK.”
Ellen said so quietly.
