48 – Jane (2)

Three days have passed since Jane said she was returning home.

She should definitely return today as promised, but contrary to expectations, she does not return.

‘What is it? ‘What’s going on?’

Until now, she has never once broken a promise.

However, she did not return on the date she promised.

-Isn’t it just that the owner is too sensitive?

‘Just think about it. She said Jane never broke a promise she made to me.

-····Are you sure there isn’t one?

She must have realized that what I said was true, and soon she started to react seriously.

At the same time.

-But the owner.

Jukchang calls me in a strange voice.

Soon, she asks a question.

-Isn’t it the owner’s loss anyway?

‘····What?’

-No. That doesn’t mean I believe the owner’s words. You were avoiding your Yandere owners anyway. That’s also the purpose. Wouldn’t it be better if it wasn’t there?

‘······.’

Actually, as Jukchang said, my goal is to return.

The moment I return, I will not have to meet them again.

So, what Jukchang said is not wrong.

‘Still. It’s a bit uncomfortable to separate them. Well, even if it’s not that, life feels uncomfortable without Jane.’

-Huh. Not being honest.

I want to refute what she said, but I need to move faster than that.

-But the owner moves alone?

At that time, Jukchang asked a question in a puzzled voice.

And then, she continues her words.

-I think we need to be careful. If the yandere can’t keep her promise to her owner, it’s clear that it’s serious.

‘Definitely…’

There may be times when Jane cannot win, but it is almost impossible for her not to be able to escape.

Isn’t it an exaggeration to say that it is top-class in terms of simple speed?

If she breaks her promise to me now, it may be impossible for me to solve it on my own.

‘Is there someone worth taking…?’

When I thought that way.

-Knock knock knock.

Someone knocked near my ear.

Soon, a quite familiar voice was heard from the other side of the door.

“Professor Elric. “Can I come in?”

The person who knocked was none other than Eve.

Hmm? What? Suddenly? I usually greet her when I see her, but she has never come to me in person like this.

I looked puzzled and asked him to come in.

“Yes. “You can come in.”

The next moment, she opens the door and comes in.

Then.

-Poof! Swish!

She looks around her head and begins to look for something about her.

What is it? What are you looking for? That’s when you don’t understand her actions.

“Uh, um. Professor. “Can I ask you one thing?”

Eve suddenly looks at me and asks a question.

When I nodded at her, she continued with her question.

“I can’t see Jane. “Do you know where you are?”

“I returned to my hometown.”

“Uh…Are you back yet?”

“Yes.”

Eve opened her eyes wide at my firm answer.

Apparently, there was talk among the women that they would return yesterday.

With her serious face she is lost in her thoughts.

The moment she saw her, a thought passed through her mind.

‘Wait a minute. There’s someone to take you.’

Eve in front of me right now looks like she’s worried about Jane.

If I give you a rough idea of the situation, you will definitely help me.

After organizing my thoughts, I went straight to the main topic.

“Eve. Can you talk to me for a moment?”

“Yes…?”

At that moment, her face suddenly blushes.

I thought there was a misunderstanding, so I played first.

“I have a story to tell you about Jane.”

With those words, I began to explain to Jane about my family.

***

Same time.

Jane is trapped in a dark dungeon.

She let out a deep sigh at the unexpected situation.

“Haa…”

How did it end up like this?

As she added the afterword, she briefly recalled what happened two days ago.

***

2 Days ago.

After telling Elric that she was going home, she immediately headed to the mercenary guild.

The location of the mercenary guild is none other than between the devil’s army and the empire.

As a result, even if you use the gate, it is a place with some distance.

‘I need to resolve the matter quickly and return to the master.’

While she was riding her horse with that thought in mind, she arrived at her destination.

Guild members who are always noisy.

As soon as they confirmed that Jane had returned, they welcomed her warmly.

“Jane! “It’s been a while!”

“It’s still beautiful!”

“Isn’t it hard to keep up with nobles? “Let’s have a drink next to me.”

Of course, some people secretly flirt with themselves.

Jane ignored them and walked towards the fifth floor, the top of the building.

Then after a while.

“Are you here?”

The pinnacle of the mercenary guild.

Garn, known as the Mercenary King, greets you while stroking his rough beard.

Jane bowed her head to him.

“It’s been a while since I saw you. “Master.”

“Okay. Well, at least it’s been a year. “Just come here and drink this.”

As he says that, he offers me a drink.

A drink served by none other than the mercenary king.

In a mercenary guild, it is normal to accept something even if you don’t like it.

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“I’m sorry, but I’m not thirsty.”

She is second in command in the mercenary guild, so she would have the strength to refuse such an invitation.

Soon, Jane continues her words.

“I’m so busy, can I skip to the main topic?”

“Whoa… It wasn’t like this before. “Okay, first do the interim report.”

Garn gives orders with a shallow sigh.

Jane kept her secret and explained to him what she had been up to for a year.

“There was a rumor in the world that the master had changed, but if it comes out of your mouth, it seems to be true.”

“So, I have one thing to say. Teacher····.”

“No. “Before that, I have something to tell you.”

Cutting her horse’s waist, he strikes first.

Soon, unexpected words come out of his mouth.

“As of today, your mission has changed. From now on, it will be an assassination rather than an escort for Elric von Van der Sar.”

“·····Yes?”

At that moment, Jane wondered if she had heard wrong.

In the previous episode, he had never said anything like that before.

“What does that mean? Master? “Suddenly betraying the Van der Sar family…”

This is the Van der Sar family, like no other.

Isn’t it the highest-ranking family in the empire, other than the imperial family and religious order?

In some ways, betraying such a family would be like suicide.

No matter how much it is outside the empire.

That time when she didn’t understand.

“This time, another request came in.”

An unexpected word came out of his mouth again.

Soon, I feel like an afterword is expected.

And as expected, Garn spoke the words you expected.

“What this client wants is Elric’s assassination.”

“····Master. Didn’t the teacher definitely say this? One of the most important things for us mercenaries is trust. But wouldn’t betraying the Van der Sar family, which has hired us all this time, broken that trust?”

“······.”

Garn remains silent in response to her question.

Just as he was about to open his mouth.

“Okay. “What did I say?”

“I clearly said no, right?”

Suddenly, two beings appeared behind Garn.

Jane saw that and narrowed her eyes.

‘Demons…’

Suddenly, two identical-looking female demons appeared from behind Garn.

Just by looking at the energy felt, it is clear that he is an executive level person.

‘Is that so…’

The moment she saw those two people, Jane nodded her head with a convinced look on her face.

“I guess it’s the devil… No. “It looks like you were commissioned directly by the Demon King.”

“Oh! ‘That’s right!’

“You’re smart!”

At her words, the two demons clapped their hands with excitement.

Soon, he continues speaking.

“Well, it doesn’t matter if I tell you what happened! The Demon King said that the nobleman named Elric was quite annoying. So I talked to Garn here. “If you accept the request, he will give you more than twice the money and power of the Bandesar family, and he also promised to give you a place in the sun if you win the war.”

“·······.”

“And you said it was betrayal in the first place, but you were neutral to begin with. Even though you have been hired so far, you have clearly never interfered significantly in the war between the two races.”

It’s just as the demon said.

Although they were mercenaries, they had never risked their lives to intervene in a war.

If things were wrong, the Demon King’s army could have completely uprooted the mercenary guild.

“Whoa. Okay. As those two demons said, they received more than twice as much money as the Van der Sar family. They even said that, unlike humanity, they would lift us up into the sun. Of course, the Demon King’s army won a landslide victory over both forces. Do we, the mercenaries here, have any reason to refuse? “Are you a disciple?”

“Of course not.”

“Okay. However·····.”

“Of course, that is from the teacher’s perspective.”

Jane cuts the waist of his horse and hits the player.

In fact, her goal was to leave the mercenary guild anyway, but she could not be deceived by lying.

The Garn in front of her is her teacher who has been training her since she was young, so it is highly likely that he knows her habits that she does not even know about.

“Do you really have to go out like that?”

Then, narrowing her eyes, he asked a question.

Jane lowered her head without any hesitation.

“Yes. “Master.”

“Whoa…Why did you do such a stupid thing? Can you handle three people here by yourself?”

She has definitely become stronger than she was before due to her previous episodes.

However, no matter how Jane is, it is impossible to defeat those three people alone.

“Just be caught obediently. Jane.”

Anyway, even if I run away right now, those three people will definitely chase me.

Here, the priority is to listen.

“Then go to the underground prison for a while before Elric’s assassination is over.”

With those words, Jane did not resist and quietly headed to the underground prison.

***

Come back to the present.

Shaking herself out of her thoughts, she opened her eyes for a moment and used her presence detection.

Then.

‘Whoa… The security isn’t lax yet.’

Contrary to expectations, security is quite tight.

However, this also has limitations.

After a while, it will definitely become sloppy.

And in that gap.

‘Let’s join the master quickly.’

Anyway, there is still time.

***

Same time.

After finishing all the explanations, I shifted my gaze to Eve for a moment.

Then, she began to close her eyes with a serious expression.

Soon, she calls me.

“Professor.”

“Yes.”

“Professor, what do you plan to do?”

“For now, I plan to go. “It could be an illusion, but you never know.”

“Then I will go with you. And can I take one more person with me?”

Eve raises the corners of her mouth while saying that.

It looks like they will take one more member of the female group.

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