"Finally, we can proceed with the plan. Miss Lind, tell Ronda and the others to meet me ASAP."
"Yes, sir!"
Miss Lind went outside to make contact with them. As I organise some documents, She returned.
"They'll be here within thirty minutes, sir!"
"Good."
"Umm, sir?"
"Yes?"
"Is he really the Whistling Silencer?"
"Yes, I'm sure it is him."
"I-i see... I have heard of his achievements, but I never expected that he was a thirteen years old child."
"Haha! That's for sure, but I assure you that he is the Whistling Silencer."
The Whistling Silencer.
A second ranker. Famous for killing three dangerous, high ranked named monsters. He uses a bow and dagger as his fighting style whenever he hunts. It was noted that during his fight with the named monsters, the witnesses heard him whistling as he fought them. With each tune, he made a fast attack that couldn't be followed by human eyes. Whenever the whistled stopped, it was followed by silence, and by the time they noticed it, the monsters were already dead. Hence why he is called 'The Whistling Silencer.'
Of course, I already know that he was a child since every higher ups including me, has been informed, but other staff does not know since he wants to be anonymous unless he introduced himself as such or the situation calls for such time. The association agreed since he is not exactly hiding it. I heard that he always hunt monsters that are edible to eat and never hunts monsters that don't provide good resources like Goblins and such unless he is commissioned to do.
"But are you sure, sir?"
"What do you mean?"
"As a hunter, I have no problem with that, but since he is technically stranger to us, can we trust him?"
"It'll be fine. After all, my gut is telling me that he can be trusted with it, and I have a good judge of character."
"If you say so, sir, then we'll trust him."
"Besides, I have a feeling that he will resolve this matter before I could even finish investigating."
"...To think Sir Esteban trusts him this much."
"Hahaha! It's a perk when you got this old. You will already have a sense of things with these."
After chatting with Miss Lind while waiting for the others to arrive, I asked her something that i wanted to know.
"Anyways, how is your sister's condition?"
"She's doing fine. Although she is unable to walk yet because her legs are too numbed to move, she is still quite energetic."
"... Forgive me for letting this happen while I am here."
"No,no, it's not your fault, Sir Esteban! You were doing everything you could to look for the missing victims during that time!"
"Yes, but I already suspected that bastard Theo is involved with it, so I should've moved to arrest him even without any evidence."
"But you would be sentenced for that!"
"That is a sacrifice I am willing to make."
"Please stop, Sir! Besides, it was not long ago that evidence has been found by the knights of Bronwall, and they have managed to file it to the kingdom, making him arrested."
"Yes, I know..."
As much as I am happy that knights have found evidence and am able to move the case, I still found it odd. I heard that someone broke into the knight captain's room, tied the captains hands to the bed frame, handed the documents by throwing it on his stomach, then leaves. They don't know who that was, but apparently, he was dubbed as a vigilante.
Vigilantes are often found every now and then. But I never heard of one the breaks into the captain's room.
What concerns me more is about the raid we did in one of the hidden warehouse. We found a basement filled with dead bodies on a wide room while the victims are in a cell. It looks like some sort of ritual made by a cult. I am glad we rescued the victims before it was too late. But I found myself asking, "Who killed them?" and "Is he also the same person who gave the evidence and tip to the knights?". Whatever the answer was, I was left questions.
"I'm glad your sister is doing fine."
"Yes, thank you."
After that, Ronda, Gladys, and Jericho have arrived.
"Ronda Tovir at your service, sir!"
"Wassup, old man!"
"Gladys! How dare you speak to Sir Esteban that way!"
"Ahaha! It's fine, it's fine~ old man doesn't mind."
"Well, I do!"
"Now's not the time, guys!"
They are my disciples. They are knights who are under my son, Hegar.
This time, for certain, I will make sure i will not let it happen again. Theo Ormer may be gone, but I am aware that it is not over yet. There are more people like Theo hiding in the shadows, so I will make sure that I will get you all this time.