I Possessed It Instead of My Younger Sibling

57 – Bastet Katsy, the head of the crypt

“Whoops…. As soon as he registered as a mercenary, he killed Nosa, who was a platinum-level mercenary, and took the gold-grade mercenary plaque. What kind of information did the mysterious man need to come here?”

A woman stroking a cat that seems to have strange magical powers, as if it were a servant, and talks to her.

Her hood was enchanted, though I couldn’t see her face even when I sat close to her.

Her playful voice seemed to tell her expression.

‘Did you find out where we were going in this short amount of time…. Indeed, it deserves to be called a special intelligence award….’

In terms of time, less than an hour had passed, but given what she already knew, she could tell how good her intelligence gathering skills were.

“…Hmm. Usually I’m surprised, but this time the customer is very calm? After all, he’s not a normal bet…”

I felt the interest in her eyes grow stronger in my nonchalant face.

‘She is also thanks to the Myungkyung Index, and the strategy book says that she is the first to be able to get information, so I’m convinced that she has the ability to collect information like this, but….’

The more you give the impression that you are talented, the better, so let’s just skip this time.

“…I need information.”

“Oops? Are we getting to the point already? I’d like to talk to you a little more deeply…”

“…I refuse that.”

As if to seduce you, Bastet Catsy speaks in an alluring voice.

If I continued the conversation according to her opinion, it was obvious that she would naturally steal my information, so she firmly refused.

“Sorry~ Then, shall we postpone the sincere conversation to the next opportunity… So? What are we, Unidentified, curious about?”

“Among the events currently taking place on the continent, the activities of the Demon Church are suspected.”

“…….”

A moment that doesn’t even last for a moment.

Bastet’s eyes flashed like those of a cat met in the middle of the night, then returned to their drowsy state in an instant.

It was an instantaneous change enough to be considered an illusion if I hadn’t sharpened my senses.

“…Hmm? Those pseudos? …But didn’t you know something wrong? What are your achievements? They don’t have any records of their major activities in the past 100 years, so people say that they’ve actually disappeared. It turns out that the guys claiming to be from the Demon Church who appear from time to time are also impersonators.”

As if the reaction from earlier was a lie, Bastet spoke calmly.

Unlike hundreds of years ago when, as she said, the Demon Church was created and went wild on the continent, it seems to be inactive now.

For that reason, to ordinary people on the continent, except for some, the Demonic Cult would be an old story that, in modern terms, a tiger will catch you if you cry.

‘But that’s just the Demonic Church’s activities becoming more secretive and meticulous, it’s actually accumulating power.’

And now is the time. It is the time when the Demonic Church, which has been secretly active and accumulated power for 100 years, spreads its demonic powers to the continent again.

There’s no way that she doesn’t know that fact, leading the ‘secret secret’, the first-class information award chosen by her in the field of information.

“If we want to know the recent actions of those people whose most recent actions were 100 years ago, even we are in trouble…”

“…Enough of looking at each other’s liver.”

Forcibly cut off Bastet’s words when pretending.

“If you’re guessing, don’t you….They started acting on the continent again.”

I looked straight into Bastet’s drowsy eyes and said.

“…….”

“…….”

After my words, a suffocating silence took place.

It’s been several minutes since we looked into each other’s eyes like that.

“……Ha ha.”

As the woman surrendered, she let out a sigh.

“…Really, where did this kind of person come from all of a sudden…. I still have doubts about whether it was the pseudo-thugs, but you say it very confidently? …Do you know that I am a very suspicious person right now? I, now I’m wondering if I should kill you right now.”

“…….”

Seureung-

At some point, Bastet took out a sharp dagger and spewed out a chilling death blow so quickly and secretly that I didn’t notice.

Her cold bloody body was hovering around her neck, to the point where you could see the sight of her being cut off with her dagger right away….

This is her prank.

‘If you really doubted me, you’d drop your head before I knew it.’

As an assassin who has surpassed her superhuman level and reached the edge of her demonic level, it is quite possible for her.

If I can withstand her 10 sum from her now, I’ll be able to withstand it well.

“…Hmm. It hurts your pride a little to not budge? …Well, being that cold-hearted is a plus in terms of information! You don’t want to join our ‘secret’? It’s not common for me to invite you like this?”

Somehow, the niceness of the previous invitation naturally overlapped with her smile and playful invitation.

‘Surely, mother and daughter….’

I changed the topic.

“…Enough of the joke, let’s talk about the request.”

“Is that so? What exactly is the necessary information? Even if it is information suspected to be the work of the demon cult, there are not one or two such incidents. The more precisely you say what you want and the more specific the conditions, the better.”

Perhaps to some extent that she was a joke, Bastet neatly gave up and returned with a serious face.

I told her the information she wanted.

“…Hmm. What I want is to investigate the places where abnormal multiplication of monsters occurs, places where people often go missing, places where strange rumors circulate, and villages in secluded areas far from cities are all right? First of all, the scope is It’s the entire continent, but first, I want you to investigate the area around Karabog right now… Okay, a few days should be enough for this area.”

“I see.”

“…By the way, is the payment for the quest enough? Since I brought a business card that only the highest-ranking informant or higher pays, it will be discounted to some extent, but…. It would cost a huge amount to investigate the continent? Even the advance payment alone is worth tens of thousands of gold. Do you need it?”

Bastet speaks with a smirk.

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As she said, if the scope of the request were to cover the entire continent, it would take a lot of effort even as a high-class intelligence dealer.

The cost of this quest would be enough to bankrupt even the wealthy.

‘… As usual, she investigates mysterious events across the continent with her suspicions, and finds out that there is a Demon Church that has been hoarding power for over a hundred years behind those events. Then, they notice that the power of the Demon Church is unusual, and they become alert.’

So vigilant, Bastet chases down the Demon Cult and helps players who want to stop socializing by providing information for free.

‘… However, at this point, we are still at the very beginning of the game. Bastet is still in the stage of doubting whether or not the Demon Church is active. A large commission is required for the investigation…. And there’s no way I have that much money right now. But… ….’

I have already thought of a solution.

“…The request fee is paid by information.”

“…Sell information? To us?”

In her voice, there was a little bit of absurdity that she couldn’t hide in her madness.

‘… Well, it’s not an incomprehensible reaction.’

It is natural to buy information, but… That’s usually the case with intelligence officers below the intermediate level.

It’s safe to say that even a high-ranking intelligence dealer knows most of the information about the city he has settled in, but the secret intelligence dealer, a high-ranking intelligence dealer, is quite insignificant.

‘… However, there is information that even such secrets do not know.’

… That is information about the future.

“The chief wizard of the small town of Higrik, Creter Marcyg, is an intermediate follower of the Demon Church. The lord of Higrik has already been brainwashed. The number of missing people must have started to increase by now.”

“……What?”

“Similarly, Treacher Russ, the leader of the knights in the small town of Raigka, is also an intermediate follower of the Demon Church. One-third of the knights below him belong to the Demon Church. And…”

“…….”

Crunch Square-

Bastet paused for a moment at the information I began pouring out boldly, but

As if it was not the head of an information organization for nothing, I quickly wrote down the information I was pouring out on a piece of paper I pulled out from somewhere.

“Nya~”

“Hey hey…”

A purple cat who quietly avoids the place as if he would not disturb his owner.

And the head of Baekmyeon, who had been showing great interest from the moment he saw the cat, moved along with it.

Tok Talk-

“sh*t…!”

When I tapped Baekmyeon on the head and nodded to come play, Baekmyeon went down excitedly.

I looked sideways at that side and kept spitting out the information that I had found in the strategy guide before coming here that could damage the Demon Church without affecting the future too much.

***

“…Then, I’ll leave.”

“Goodbye~ The information will be gathered in about 3 days, so you can come at that time~”

After pouring out information for several tens of minutes, Bastet waved his hand as he watched Mistil Thein return to the dark aisle with the little white snake who had been playing with the cat.

Bastet fluttered his hand until Mistil Thein disappeared from sight, then sighed as he removed the hood he had been wearing deeply.

“…Whew~ Really. Tossing this kind of information around… What the hell is it?”

As she expresses her doubts like that, she keeps her hands busy and organizes her information.

Someone spoke in a voice that seemed to be quite old.

“《Even though he said that, he doesn’t doubt his information at all.》”

Even though there is only one person in this space, Bastet. It was a strange situation that someone else’s voice could be heard, but….

“Yes, the information itself is very reliable.”

Bastet answered the voice calmly.

“《…Huh, is that so?》”

“Some of the people were totally unexpected, but about half of this list were people we were keeping an eye on to some degree. I expected that there would be an organization behind it, but it’s no way that it was the demon cult bastards who stopped working before I was born. Was not expected.”

“《Still, if it were you, you would have noticed it in less than two months.》”

The voice spoke as if to comfort Bastet, but Bastet shook his head.

“If that’s the case, two-thirds of them would have done the thing and ran away. Those who caught them must have been the lowest of the lowest. It’s a mess? Come here, I’ll clean it up for you. Did you play hard enough for you?”

While saying that, Bastet lifted it up…

“《Well, please. He’s young, so he’s full of energy.》”

It was a ‘cat’ with beautiful purple fur, though it was messy here and there from playing with the young white snake.

“…Whoops. Of course, we have to follow the orders of our ancestor, Mr. Schrodinger~”

“《Don’t tease me too much. I’m in spite of the fragments. I’m just a smart cat now.》”

“Yes yes”

A cat called Shreddinger who gives her body to herself while scolding a woman who speaks playfully.

Swoop- Swoop-

Around the time when only the sound of hair styling could be heard in such a quiet space, Schrodinger opened his mouth.

“《You can trust that man.》”

“Hmm? Excluding our Catsy family, someone who is very mean to others, how did you get such a high evaluation?”

“《No matter how much I am, I can’t help but believe in a companion of a new divine beast.》”

… Tall

The hand of the woman who was styling Schrodinger’s hair stopped.

“…A new, divine beast? …That little, cute snake?”

“≪Yes. It seems like he was born not too long ago, but… Just like the six divine beasts who became the origins of the beast race thousands of years ago, he is truly a divine beast.》”

“…Doesn’t that young white warrior have the gift of [Goddess Flower] Like the mercenary king?”

“＜”…So, really? Now, in this era… A new lineage of divine beasts has appeared…?”

“≪Yes. I assert it as a fragment of Schrodinger, the source of your Miao people and one of the Six Divine Beasts.》”

Bastet had no choice but to believe Schrodinger’s words, which exuded the dignity of a divine beast.

“Really, this is absurd… A companion of a divine beast from a legend, what the hell is that person doing…”

Bastet looked at the passage where Mistiltein had disappeared with eyes filled with confusion.

******

The master and servant, who threw the head of the tomb into great confusion, are now…

“You mean this is a dungeon?”

“Shee it…!”

The dungeon was right in front of me.