The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 75 (1/2)
Naturally, criminal syndicates exist in the nations and cities of Lambda
Exchanging stolen goods, ss and cursed ite, contracts for murder They are far more villainous than the Thieves’ Guilds that appear in the fantasy works of Earth, and there are those that could never be called a necessary evil
Such a criminal syndicate existed in the city of Niarki as well
An organization with several dozen hts’ It was a crie of the econo and dealing drugs
Its leader was a feared , he had been subjected to torture by an opposing organization, during which his ears had been torn to pieces, but he hadn’t let out a single scream
Zagi was currently glaring at a beautiful woman with red hair and red eyes
“You bitch… What are you after?”
He had been forced to sit on a sofa inside his base, which was filled with the lingering scent of blood In front of hi on the opposite sofa and the beautiful wo beside him
Zagi’s nearby hench and tre with the women who poured his drinks
“What I’an
“I’ you Shut the hell up, you shi+tty brat,” said Zagi, interrupting hi with the tone of an important person “Oi, Nee-chan, I don’t knohat kind of joke this is supposed to be, but if you thought you could trickthat this kid is your master, you’ve failed There’s no way that a woman who could dispose ofa brat like this –?!”
The beautiful, red-haired woi’s collar and raised him into the air with one hand
I’ lifted up by a woman’s thin arm?!
In the next i into the air slammed his back into the floor
“GAH?!”
The floor i inded froround The woman added a kick to his abdomen
Zagi gave a screas had been squeezed out As the woman moved to deliver yet another attack, she was stopped
“Eleanora, calm down,” said the child
“But Vandalieu-sama, such inferior creatures who dare speak careless reht to breathe,” the woman protested “He must be tormented and killed as soon as possible”
“Your words are contradicting themselves,” the child pointed out “It would be problematic if he dies, so let’s calm down”
“… Yes” The worateful for Vandalieu-sama’s kindness, human”
“Ah, it’s not good to use the word ‘human’ like that,” said the child “Me, Eleanora, Zran, we’re all ‘humans,’ after all Everyone is human, you know”
TLN: Refers to all races known considered ‘people’ in Lambda, not specifically the human race
“Th-that’s right Everyone is hurateful, you scum”
“Yes, yes, like that,” said the child
From the conversation between the two individuals ere holding hands soi, as still unable to breathe, realized that the child really was the superior one in their relationshi+p And on the inside, he felt relief at the fact that the child see him
Considering the ability that Eleanora had dei knew that even the hts eren’t present wouldn’t be able to cross swords with her In fact, within his field of vision, he could see the organization’s uard, a for his stomach
Now that it comes to this, I have no choice but to buy time until the Master comes
Zagi’s only hope was for the true ‘Master’ of Niarki’s underworld, the one who supported the organization, to coi could feel the presence of the Master’s familiar, so he firmly believed that the Master would come to this place
The question hether that would be while Zagi was still alive or after he had already died
“Guh… So… what is your objective?” he asked the child “Did sos? Surely you’re not going to tell eance”
“It's the last option, vengeance,” the child replied “I’h”
Though Zagi’s heart aleance, he s there was a chance if the child was an agent
Those after revenge often have a broken sense of benefits and losses An avenger ould stus to this extent against the boss of a criminal syndicate
However, if he was e, then it was a different story
“Then what did you ask for? If it’s money, I’ll pay as i asked
“No, I intend to take all of your money after I kill you,” said Vandalieu
“Wha –?! W-wait a second, didn’t you say that your objective was vengeance?!”
“That’s right And I’anization while I’m at it”
The way Vandalieu spoke these words with such a casual tone caused Zagi to shudder And if what Vandalieu said was true, the fact that Zagi would be killed had already been decided Zagi couldn’t understand this at all
“Wait, whose vengeance did you come for?” he asked, now desperate “Hasn’t there been so? I’m definitely a bad person, but I don’t kill people without reason I have no other choice but to do it to survive Plenty of the people I killed were real scoundrels, too In the underworld, there’s a thing called the underworld’s virtues –”
“If those words are lies, you’re going to see hell, you know?” said Vandalieu, though he was ali’s words were indeed lies He had already heard various things froi’s recently-deceased subordinates “And as for whose vengeance I came for… Do you remember a bar by the name of, ‘Scarlet Dreams?’”
“… What are you talking about?” Zagi asked, bewildered He had no recollection whatsoever of a bar named Scarlet Dreams
“I’ve coeance of a wo bard as singing at that bar fifteen years ago,” said Vandalieu
“H-huh?! What the hell is that?!” Zagi shouted, eyes wide open in disbelief “Fifteen years ago?! A swindler’s prostitute?! Why the hell have you coeance?! How stupid do you – GEGOH?!”
Eleanora delivered yet another kick into the side of his body
“Please refrain fro further careless remarks, scum,” Eleanora warned him
As Zagi rolled on the floor, throwing up a mixture of blood and vomit, Vandalieu spoke once more
“As for why, actually, this afternoon –”
So to happen
Old Lady Milan, a Spiritualist who hadtime in the city of Niarki, had been certain of this since the previous night
It was a clear oranted by the Spiritualist Job that she possessed
“So, you have co the customer who had opened the door to her small store “Business has been terrible because of you”
“What do you mean?” asked Vandalieu, the white-haired child who had coh the door
The expression on Old Lady Milan’s wrinkled face changed as she laughed “Are you questioning how I knew that you would co terrible for me is your fault? You would know the answer to both of these if you gave it soht,” she told him “Now that every spirit in the city has been taken away, even the spirits of the mice and insects, what is a Spiritualist like e number of spirits around with you, it would be noticeable even from outside the city”
The eyes of Old Lady Milan, the eyes of a Spiritualist, could see the countless spirits surrounding Vandalieu Their numbers were far beyond the hundreds or thousands; they swarmed around him like insects
She was honestly unable to coed to maintain his sanity
“Soarding the past,” said Vandalieu
“I suppose I am I am an Elf, so I really a her hood to reveal her long, pointed ears “I’ to hide it It’s just that a mysterious old woman who has been here for decades attracts more customers than a simple old Elf, you see”
It seemed that the atmosphere and impressions left on the customers were important for fortunetellers, even in fantasy worlds
“So, what did you want to ask me? I’m not an information broker, but if it’s just stories from the past, I’ll make it cheap for you,” she said
Those with the Spiritualist Job are capable of a little fortune-telling, hearing the voices of the dead and seeing spirits Other than being able to learn who coence organizations who had been silenced in crude
This is because the memories and personalities of spirits beco other than fixations they had in life or people they hate collapse as if dissolving, eventually disappearing completely
This can happen in the space of anywhere between a few days to several decades
And even if they do possess the meuarantee that they will not lie There have been tragic occurrences in the past where criations based on the words of Spiritualists resulted in innocent people being executed It is not uncommon for the victim to protect their murderer when the victim is the murderer’s relative
But as Old Lady Milan was an Elf with a lifespan of five hundred years, she res about the past herself, and she reht after they died, even though they had died long ago
“Please tell me what happened to Princess Levia of Talosheio,” said Vandalieu
“Why would you want to know about so like that?” Old Lady Milan asked “Do you have some relationshi+p with that nation of titans? … No, I suppose I won’t ask”
“I don’t h?” Vandalieu offered
“Neverlooks,” said Old Lady Milan “Now then… I think this will be unpleasant to hear for you, but listen, and don’t get angry”
When the tunnel through the Boundary Mountain Range was discovered two centuries and a few decades ago, the head of the Hartner family of dukes at the time was a war-obsessed, zealous believer of Vida As Talosheim was a nation of titans that believed in Vida, he conducted trade with Talosheim in a proactive manner
This trade brought wealth to the Hartner Duchy, leading it to having a favorable reputation and people praising it for having outstanding econo an unrefined duchy before that
However, the new head of the family after that was a zealous believer of Alda He believed that the one ould bestow their divine protection in harsh battles was not Vida, who had been defeated, but Alda, the victor
Even so, there would have been no problems for Talosheim if the duke was part of the peaceful faction, but he was actually a funda to be part of the peaceful faction
But he was not si as it res about it
That hen the Mirg shi+eld-nation’s expedition to Talosheim happened The head of the Hartner family utilized that expedition When Talosheim sent requests for reinforcements, he made excuses, delayed his responses and left the titans to die When the First Princess Levia led fifty refugees to the Hartner Duchy, seeking aid, he tricked the that he would accept them
He had her bodyguards poisoned and had the princess executed after falsely accusing her of trying to kill hiate a coup d’état to take the Hartner Duchy for herself He acquired the national treasures of Talosheiht to ensure that they didn’t fell into the hands of the Mirg shi+eld-nation… precious Magic Iteenerated endless products
He sent the re titans, which were only children and elderly individuals, to the slave-run mines as criminal slaves