-- Eric''s side --


    Two carriages came out of the royal palace.


    They are very gleaming and luxurious, and they are the carriages of great people who look like royalty.


    Surrounding them were the soldiers of the Harzion Kingdom and the soldiers of the Begonia Kingdom.


    The carriage is moving very slowly, and the soldiers around it are moving at a normal walking pace to keep up with it.


    I''m sure they are moving slowly to make it easier to defend themselves and to keep an eye on their surroundings.


    ''''There''s no problem over here. What about you?''''


    "I don''t see anything different about this one either.


    We split up into two groups, guarding ourselves from the shadows.


    The one working with me is Nina.


    In other words, Tina and Yurina-san are acting separately.


    The words I muttered earlier, Nina''s magic brought my voice to the two of them in the distance.


    And with Tina''s magic, the voice over there also reached them.


    ''''According to the information, there are several pairs of assassins coming. Be on your guard.


    ''''........What, I''m going to tell you?　''Wow, okay, let''s work on each other.''


    Was that Yulina-san''s voice?


    It seems that Tina has delivered Yulina-san''s voice to us.


    Signaling with her eyes, Nina nods and delivers it herself with her voice.


    ''''Then call me if you need anything.


    Copy that.


    Finally, at the sound of Tina''s voice, we cut off contact.


    After a few minutes or so, the carriage carrying Christo and the others first arrives at the first destination.


    It''s one of the largest buildings in the Kingdom of Harzion, and it seems to have a clothing store, general store, and restaurant for the nobility inside.


    But it''s just not reliable information, and I don''t know where to aim it.


    Will it be after we get inside that building, or will we aim for it as soon as we get out of the carriage?


    We''re going to search every place around the carriage where the soldiers don''t know and won''t be able to find us.


    We have yet to see Christo, His Majesty Leo, and Irene get out of the carriage.


    I''m telling them I''m a possible target here, so I have to be cautious.


    But we don''t even know if there really is an assassin yet........


    ''Eric. Maybe he''s in there,


    ''　...Where is it?


    ''The alleyway over there. I saw a figure for a second, and he was acting like it.


    I look towards the alleyway Nina mentioned, but I don''t see any particular people in it at the moment.


    The alleyway is so narrow that people can just barely fit in, so I missed it.


    ''''Well okay, let''s head there.


    Okay.


    We hurry to the narrow alleyway there and kill the signs as we head there.


    We go to the top of a building that overlooks that alleyway and look for a suspicious figure in the dark alleyway.


    ''''.....　There it is, that one.


    Maybe so.


    He was wearing a black cloak, keeping his face from being seen, and how suspicious he was.


    Maybe it was because His Majesty Leo and Christo hadn''t come out yet, but he had peeked out of the alleyway a few times to ask about the carriage.


    They haven''t noticed us.


    Now is the perfect time to do it.


    ''''Well okay, I''ll go then. Nina will stay here in case we miss it.


    Yes, sir.


    With that, I approached the assassin, killing any sign of him.


    I grabbed the roof of the building and managed to get to the building above him without being detected.


    The rest is ... easy.


    I jump down from the rooftop without making a sound and fall around the man''s back.


    The sound of the landing is minimized, but as expected, there''s no one who doesn''t notice when a person falls right behind him.


    ''''Huh........!


    A dull sound like hitting bone resounded, and the assassin fell unconscious without uttering a word.


    ''''....Good. Nina, can you hear me?


    I can hear you.


    It was Nina in the distance, but she was already exercising her magic so that she could pick up my voice.


    ''Let Tina and the others know we''ve got one of the killers.


    All right. Good night.


    Yeah, but we can''t be too careful.


    He takes a rough rope out of his pocket and wraps it around the assassin''s body to take away his freedom.


    I tie it tight and tight, so that when he wakes up, he can''t do anything about it.


    I took down one of them for now, but they might still be there.


    In the meantime, I should tell Commander Anne, who is supposed to be in Christo and Irene''s carriage, that I''ve captured one of the assassins.