A little trembling in Mr. Rickbeltās quiet voice.
Because I didnāt feel any emotion in that voice, and I felt a different scare.
The other three distract from Mr. Rickbelt, looking a little awkward.
An unspeakable atmosphere dominates the place.
āAhhh.ā
Suddenly Mr. Rickbelt scratched his head out loud.
Surprised by the unexpected, a small voice pops out of his mouth.
āOh, Iām sorry. Sorry, Ivy. It surprised me.ā
āNoā¦ā¦ are you okay?
Iāve felt a little uncomfortable since yesterday.
I didnāt know what that was, but Iām sure itās about Mr. Meera and the others.
āI had my brother Marma with Meera yesterdayā
āMarma is my childhood tame. He is also a benefactor of my lifeā¦. Where did I go wrong?
The answer is not here.
Itās a question that no one can answer.
I felt my heart squirm at Rick Belt, who laughed a little with a crying look on his face.
āRick, you can get off this thing.ā
āNo, I want to catch you with my hands. And yet⦠thereās something Iād like to believe.ā
āRight.ā
Mr. Borolda taps Rick Belt on the shoulder a few times.
Both Mr Ratlua and Mr Seiselk seem a little bitter.
Heās a really important companion.
Mr. Meera, Mr. Marma, and Mr. Tort.
Thatās sad.
āHeh, we need to keep talking. Looks like you should tell Ivy everything. You have your doubts, donāt you? \n
Certainly.
What happened yesterday and what did you see?
Calm down and face Mr. Borolda.
āRemember a while ago, when we talked about how we took control but failed?
āYes, it was a leak.ā
āThatās right. The information was only made known to a limited number of people. Which means thereās a traitor among those who knew.ā
āThey investigated the captain, deputy captain, and those of Gilmouth who independently knew the information. But he couldnāt find any evidence. But I was assured there was a traitor, the day before I went on a crusade.ā
āOnly the four of us were told that story. I had a chance to have a drink with Gilmouth.ā
Both Mr. Borolda and Mr. Seiselk continue to talk pale.
The people who were supposed to investigate my people would have suffered.
And so did they when they asked about it.
Oh well, did the four of you stay with me because you knew this story?
āAfter the crusader gathering yesterday, I went to say hello to Gilmouth, where I was asked to be. Evidence was found that one merchant handled a special commodity. He wants us to gather information because heās still weak as evidence.ā
āItās the people the merchants deal with, the⦠well, what. Itās hard to tell Ivyā¦ā
I wonder what it is?
Mr. Borolda has suddenly gone awry.
Mr. Seiselk also has a great wrinkle between his eyebrows.
Is that so hard to say?
It is predictable that merchants will deal with people.
Seize and sell people, probably slave traders behind them.
Is there anything harder to say than that?
And to me?
āAhhh, I mean⦠tell me if you feel bad?
āYes.ā
It makes me more nervous because Mr Borolda says it very seriously. \nāThe product this guy is dealing with is a person, but heās a child. Especially a boy. You know⦠adults have that, you know, special sexuality or that⦠thereās this guy who turns the wrong love on kids, heās a merchant for those guys⦠you okay?
I see, toddler sexualsā¦ā¦ perverts.
You mean the merchant is after you⦠lust for a child?
āItās okay, Ivy?
Worried about me thinking about it, Mr. Ratlua spoke to me.
Maybe they thought I felt bad because I kept my mouth shut.
āItās okay. Uh⦠itās okayā
No, itās not okay.
I feel sick with my head twitching.
To such a subject⦠meā¦
Letās just think about something different and calm down.
āUm, both Flaming Sword and Thunder King are top adventurers, arenāt they? With those people, why are you after them? Itās risky, isnāt it?
ā⦠thatās money. And thatās the confidence Iāve been building.ā
āMoney and confidence?
āBecause itās a sexuality you canāt put on the table, a child targeted by a subject who says so is traded for a pretty high price. Prices jumped thanks in particular to tighter national controls and heavier penaltiesā
Mr. Borolda sighs loudly.
Is it good that the controls have been strengthened, but on the contrary the value has hung and become a business that becomes gold?
I donāt know, donāt feel bad.
āI guess you think you wonāt be disturbed when youāre a top adventurer because you think you havenāt discovered anything about that and the organization yet. If we work as weāve always done, weāll have no problem.ā
Disgust mixes with Mr. Seiselkās voice.
āEven this time, if we didnāt know the traitor, there would have been merchant information flowing in the green wind. Then the merchant would have been wiped out immediately and would not have been able to get close to the organizationā
Well, the information on the Alliance is communicated to the top adventurers.
Because thatās all I have credit for.
Is that it?
āIs the green wind also the top adventurer?
\nāMaybe Borolda appreciates that guy. But can you really trust me in my current state?
āOf course.ā
āReally?ā
āAh.ā
āBased on what happened to Meera, can you say the same thing?
āHa! ā¦ā¦
āCalm down, both of youā
Mr. Rickbelt slaps two excited shoulders.
He seemed a little louder.
⦠Is that it?
Isnāt this story heard around?
Look around, but no adventurer looks like he cares about this one.
⦠Why?
āIs that it? Did you just notice? Iām using soundproof items. Magic items dropped from demons. Isnāt that amazing?ā
Mr. Ratlua points a little proudly to the soundproof item on his desk.
I noticed.
And itās a drop item from the demon⦠this is the game around here right⦠hmm?
What do you mean, my knowledge?
āSorry.ā
Mr. Boroldaās voice reaches his ear and switches consciousness.
He has an indescribable look.
I want to believe it, but Iām really not sure if I can believe it.
I guess Mr. Meera was a traitor, and he doesnāt know whoās on his side and whoās the enemy.