26 [1-26] So the momentary light goes down. (1/2)

Hugh, it's about security for tomorrow and beyond. ......

”What?

As soon as she opened the door to the party room, Deanna's loud voice pierced Benedict's ears, but it wasn't directed at him.

Inside the room, Deanna was grabbing Hugh by the chest.

”What's the matter, Deanna? Are you in a fight?

”Benedict, didn't you hear?　Benedict, haven't you heard that Iris has disappeared?

”...... What?

”What?” screams a bloodthirsty Deanna. When Benedict heard this, his blood ran cold.

I thought you hadn't been seen, so I went around the castle. He's nowhere near where he's supposed to be. I asked the maids to check the toilets to see if he had collapsed in there, but ......

The last time I saw her was walking on the wall. The gatekeeper didn't see him either and he's gone.

Hugh, still holding his chest, said, and Benedict was caught in thought.

”On the city walls ......?

The guild sent a sealed envelope to Iris, and you gave it to her as she walked over the wall.

What the hell?

Then the guild summoned him. ...... No, but even if they did, it's strange that he left without saying anything to us.

And it's also strange that the gatekeepers haven't seen you. ≪It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

Iris is not the kind of girl who just wanders off on her own. If she wanted to go out alone, she would tell her party members where she was going.

The fact that she suddenly disappeared gave me the feeling that there was something unusual going on.

Still, under normal circumstances, I would not have been that worried.

If it wasn't for the assassination attempt on the Count and the attack on his family by the Night Python killing squad.

Iris disappearing under these circumstances. It was natural to have a disturbing imagination.

”Benedict, can't you find it with your nose?

Benedict, can't you find it with your nose?” ”Don't be absurd. You'd have to smell it on the sole of your shoe to find it out in the open. That's only if you're walking on your own feet.

Oh, my God!　Where's Iris's stuff?

It's here. ......

Give me that!

Deanna flipped over a large backpack. There was an avalanche on the bed.

After shuffling through a few magic items and some pretty sundries, Deanna pulled out a change of clothes for Iris.

Please stay close, and be there in time. ...... <>!

Deanna uses magic.

A spell to search for people using objects and other clues. It's a version of sacred magic.

With her eyes closed, Deanna traces the seams of her shirt and concentrates her mind.

The silence is stifling and tense.

Then Deanna opens her eyes.

”There you are!

Where are you?

”Oh no, not in the city!　That's weird!

”Calm down, if it's moving from El Tarev to somewhere else, where is it going?

Deanna thought for a moment, then nodded as if to confirm her own thoughts.

”Maybe ...... Vone.

No way. ......

Vonnegut, the capital of commerce.

It is the hub of the trade routes that connect the surrounding territories, and it is the busiest city in the Count of Keeley, which has no noteworthy resources or industries. There is also a branch of the Adventurer's Guild, and the Dragon's Throat often goes there.

But the information that Iris was heading there was more than enough to support his disturbing imagination.