She could feel that the person who was hiding its presence hesitated for a long time.
Charlize said once again.
"Come out, when I still nice."
"Hmph."
The woman who jumped lightly from the tree had a familiar face.
The guild leader who operates the assassination guild.
It was Lucy.
"Aren't you being too much about yourself? You kill our kids every time!"
"If you know they're going to die. Don't send it."
Charlize answered indifferently.
Until Dylan became the Crown Prince, she had to bury the blood of countless people on her hands.
From the day after she became his teacher, the night guests who had been visiting her were endless.
The assassins were too easy for Charlize. It was only surprising that they were members of the Empire's best assassination guild, but who had little skills.
"The clients keep giving me money, so what should I do? I can't refuse."
She meant that she would just let her members go even though she knew that they were dying.
Lucy, with a cold look, pulled the mask. The fair face was very beautiful.
The guild leader was not obedient to Charlize from the beginning.
Saying that she wanted to see Charlize's skills in person, she came at night and almost died. Afterward, she was so ardent.
[You're the first person to beat me!]
It's a very embarrassing thing to say.
"I'll buy you a drink. Let's go."
"Why should I trust you?"
"You're being hard on me. Though that's your charm."
Charlize aimed her sword under Lucy's neck without changing her expression.
Lucy's expression hardened for a moment. One day, Charlize suddenly came and attacks to the headquarters of the assassination guild. On that day, all the members were annihilated.
For Lucy, Charlize was a person who couldn't be bad because she becomes intimately acquainted.
That doesn't mean that she couldn't do her business, and she couldn't avoid receiving requests for the Crown Prince, who is considered the number one person who wants to be assassinated.
Lucy was afraid but tried to smile. Charlize looked down at Lucy indifferently.
If she had known it would give meaning like this just because she had saved her once, it would have been better to just kill her.
'Should I kill you now?'
It was when Charlize thought.
"There's someone who knows the information you want. It's a bar where the information goes often."
"…The information I want?"
"I'll introduce you. Let's just have a drink."
Lucy looked up at Charlize seductively from below. Although she feels it sometimes. The guild leader often seemed to forget that Charlize was a woman like her.
"Yes? Honey. The chance for me to buy you a drink is unusual. You're a fool if you miss it."
"I don't need such a chance."
Where do you pull a badger game?
Charlize put her sword into the collection. Lucy chased after Charlize passing by indifferently.
"Ah, you're so cold! Can't you think more deeply? It must be the information you really need? Huh?"
'Information.'
If this is the information Charlize wants. Any information that might help in rebellion.
If not. It was information related to Ehyrit's sculpture.
But it can't be the latter.
Charlize suddenly stopped.
Dylan's oath came to mind. This winter, the Crown Prince's promise to give the world under her feet.
Charlize sighed.
"…Where is that bar?"
Lucy's face brightened at once.
It wouldn't be another assassination plot, as she would have look forward to trying to get Charlize's attention.
The truth of being impatient about wanting to get acquainted somehow was too outspoken.
"Just trust me and follow me."
Said Lucy, who has an attractive tip of her nose, with a wrinkle on the back of her nose.
Charlize decided to trust her for now.
***
The bar was noisy.
She had to leave the Imperial City and come all the way to the remote place of the street.
It is a place where mercenaries often come, and the main guests are all bulky young men.
They wear sleeveless shirts and talks loudly, showing off their muscles.
"What would you like to drink, honey?"
"Same as you have."
"As expected, our honey is cool."
That's too much.
Charlize looked around the bar, ignoring Lucy's yell.
"This is the 245 Chateau Mouton Rothschild."
High-quality wine of 50 million genes. The bartender poured wine.
Lucy sat next to Charlize. Lucy, who smiles brightly, looks strange.
Charlize asked with a look of indifference.
"Did you take any drug?"
"What! That's so mean. I can't believe you thought about it when you saw my smile."
"Drink first."
At a low voice, Lucy tilted her wine glass in tears. Her face is stiff now.
Charlize slowly gulped down a glass of wine.
"It's really thorough."
It's grumbling, but it's still the gaze of envy.
There was no one who tried to argue with a young lady, a young-looking noble.
Ever since Charlize became Saint, people have instinctively maintained politeness to her.
'As if an animal avoids a beast with its claws hidden.'
They seemed to know that it was better not to mess around with her to live.
They didn't clearly recognize Charlize's presence. Like the weak person who tries to be good at the strong person, everyone lowered their eyes or smiled awkwardly when they make eye contact with Charlize.
So noisy things did not happen in a bar full of mercenaries.
"When is he coming?"
"Well, did he die while coming… There's no way to break the promised time."
"…"
"I'm sorry. I wanted to show you this interesting person."
However, even after a long time, someone Lucy wanted to introduce didn't come.
When she saw Lucy, who didn't know what to do, it wasn't like a liar or acting.
'It's a fun sight.'
Charlize stared at the mercenary crowd.
"Would you like to bet who throws the dagger the best?"
"Okay! There must be a black stone blade."
The black stone blade was a very hard stone. No matter how strong the power is, they will recover immediately if they are hurt.
The person who stabs a dagger in the white line drawn in the middle of the black stone blade wins.
In a simple rule, the mercenaries with a strong competitive spirit, held daggers in their hands one by one.
"Oh, my God! I banged it off completely!"
"I can't believe you're proud of your grip?"
Charlize drank all of the wine. Lucy was still sorry.
"For the price of the drink, I'll let you watch it fun."
Charlize stood up and said. Lucy looked at her.
Charlize naturally permeated through the mercenaries. Charlize asked.
"Can I throw it?"
"Of course!"
Because the skill of mercenaries could not be judged by their appearance. The mercenaries stepped aside for the moment.
Charlize roughly wiped the red wine drop off her mouth with the back of her hand. She holds the dagger and looks ahead.
Under the black stone, dozens of daggers that couldn't penetrate were scattered.
If it's a sword. Whatever its shape, Charlize knew how to handle it gently. The dagger was no exception.
At the moment, Lucy's eyes became intense.
Whoosh-
Paak!
"…"
The inside of the bar was statically wounded.
Because. This is because the dagger threw by Charlize was stuck in the middle of the black stone to the handle.
Charlize accepted a glass of wine filled by a bartender and took a sip.
The taste of wine. It's bitter. It's not bad though.
"I, isn't that a coincidence?"
"Really?"
Charlize indifferently retorted to someone's murmur. She didn't feel the need to be scared, so she just took one more dagger. And then.
Throw it again.
Whoosh-
Paak!
The same result this time.
Just a different matter is. There was one more dagger stuck into the handle of the dagger. The bar became ice-cold.
"Did I win the bet?"
Charlize sipping her wine and looking around. The mercenaries, which were supposed to show off their strength, were surprised by the genius who suddenly appeared like a comet.
"You won, then! You're the best! You're the hottest! You're so cool!"
It was Lucy who broke the silence of the quiet bar. She jumped and liked it, her hands clasping together.
The look in the eyes was so sincere that Charlize smiled. At the moment, a different sense of stillness spread through the bar.
The alluring drowsiness of Charlize, who was dancing sword dance, was imbued. Her cheeks were reddened because she's a little tipsy.
An attractive appearance that catches the eye. The long white dress hangs down fluttering. Applause poured out.
The mercenaries acknowledged Charlize.
"You won! You won!"
Charlize smiled lightly and sat right back.
"Diamonds, I suppose?"
A man who appeared to be the head of the mercenaries came and spoke to her. Charlize shrugged her shoulders.
"I've seen your outstanding performance. Since you won the bet. We agreed to give you money, but what should I give you?"
"She likes valuable information."
Lucy replied instead.
"Is that so?"
The head stroked his beard and said. Charlize saw the head.
"Then I'll give you some valuable information."
The head whispered to Charlize.
"Legends live in the white caves of the Lion Mountains."
Charlize's expression became strange.
Legends.
If it's the Lion Mountains, it's the territory under the command of the Duke of Kenin.
Charlize's brain rolled fast.
'Dylan was not able to build a foundation for political power because he didn't get the Crown Princess.'
If so, support from other political forces was needed.
The Duke of Kenin is a high-ranking nobleman who took over the leading military power in the region.
It's a neutral faction that no one in the royal family has supported yet.
As it was a rare item to be called a legend, she could only think of the family heirloom of the Duke of Kenin was desperate to seek for.
'The family heirloom?'
Charlize's eyes filled with something interesting.
"Is that the Lion Mountains, which have so many monsters that no one can enter?"
"You know very well."
The head nodded at Charlize's question. But he stepped back as if he couldn't tell her more.
But this was enough.
'If handling a monster, it's just a piece of cake. If I find the heirloom in the white cave, I will be able to capture the heart of Duke Kenin.'
If it's for rebellion, we'll also need a force to support Dylan.
She doesn't know if Dylan can handle it. But Charlize wanted to help, too.
"Lucy."
"Huh? Honey. You remembered my name!"
"The information is done."
"Oh?"
Did you enjoy drinking with me so much?
Charlize thought inwardly about Lucy, who was fond of her.
'Because this information is enough.'
There was no need to meet up to the top information.
Charlize stood up lightly. When she left the noisy bar, Lucy realized sensibly and didn't follow.
Anyway, she thinks the attempt to impress Charlize worked.
Meanwhile, Charlize left the bar and was walking down the back alley of the night.
'I have to take a short vacation.'
Charlize looked up at the night sky and thought.
The Lion Mountains are a bit far from the islands. At least a full-day vacation was needed.
'There will be a ball commemorating the Crown Prince's installation soon, so I'll just have to attend it and report it to His Highness.'
Charlize's footsteps, which organized her thoughts, were lightened.
Meanwhile, there was a man looking at Charlize from a distance returning to the Imperial City. An impulsive, decadent face.
He sat on top of the spire, glanced down.
"Very much."
Payne in the robe of the wizard muttered. A voice filled with possessive desire.
"I want to have it."
His eyes were pouring only on Charlize.