Episode 24.4 (2/2)
”Got it. I'll keep it in mind.”
”No you do not get it! Sit! Ah, ouch ow.”
”<Recovery>.”
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Lecan sat down once again.
”That helped. Sorry. But what do you think I called you here for?”
”You're giving a warning because Shira is in danger.”
”No! No one would fear assassination if it's something you can avoid with a warning. This is a confidential matter, but we have been clued in about how Kogurus are rearing people that specialize in assassination.”
”Father. The one who beat <Cold-Blooded> Marakis and saved Sushana was Lecan-dono himself.”
”Ah, that's right. I forgot. But they have several experts in assassination that would make Marakis look like a joke.”
(I know.)
(I fought two of them.)
(They were indeed expert assassins.)
”Lecan-dono. I'll get straight to the point. We have no way to prevent assassination at the abode Shira-sama lives in currently. We simply cannot dispatch escorts there.”
”Those assassins gonna have a hard time getting close too.”
”We have no idea what kind of means the assassins would employ to get there. You cannot let anyone the least bit suspicious get close.”
”Fumu. What should be done then.”
”We shall have her moved to the town lord mansion.”
”Wha?”
”And then we will have guards permanently guarding her. No one but the most trusted employees can get close to her room.”
”Can Shira freely get out of that room to go to the forest or the likes.”
”Of course not! Are you messing around?! Ah, ouch ow.”
This time Lecan didn't cast <Recovery> on him.
The town lord looked at Lecan with a slightly reproachful eye.
”Stationing guards would lose its meaning if she could.”
”Yeah, I don't think Shira would agree to that kind of restricted life style.”
”That is where you come in, to persuade her.”
”Ah, so that's the reason you called me. I got it now.”
”So you're going to do it.”
”Nope.”
”Why!?”
”Because it's an impossibility.”
”What?”
”First of all, there's no way Shira would move out to this mansion even if you told her to. Secondly, even if she did move, she'd just go off somewhere whenever she felt like it. And nobody can stop that.”
”Even if it's you persuading her?”
”The chance would be like.”
”Like?”
”Slightly less than Agito winning against me in a one-on-one duel.”
”But that's no good then. Might as well say it's absolutely hopeless.”
”....”