Chapter 33

33.) The mercenary is wagering a coin

Deep inside the forest, a certain mercenarywascurrently reading a letter in her hand.

Soon, all the things around her thatarealready dark and humid are turningevendarker and harder to recognize.

While she keeps reading the letter, a lot of monsters corpses are lying around her.

[Rumorsamong the merchants inside the academy!? Just look forthatkind of things yourself! Damn it, cant those guys just simply tellme all the info they got!]

And then,the mercenary tearsthe letter she received from the head mercenary that resides inside the city of Yolem. Insidethatletter,itwas written about the gossip that currently became the talk among the merchants insidetheKurushu Magic Academy;they aretalking about the surrounding forest.

[But, I can also feelthatthere is some weird atmosphere coming from the forest. If this academy fallsin confusion,Iguess other things wont matter]

Thismercenary always believed that a job is easily handled if she was working alone.

But this work is different.

Even thoughit was just temporary,she was working with someone else.

[Even thoughtherewas no such expectation from the start, are those guys stupid or something?]

At Yolem, there was an underground organization made from a group of mercenaries.

There was a tribe in the north that was saidto havea power to smash rocksand also have a hard body;they are the descendantsofaonce(once starts with a consonant sound; thus, a should be used kinda tricky if I may say)already destroyed monster, the Giantman, and the group they madewascalled Vajra/Kongou mercenary group.(In the japan version it was calledKongou,it means is indestructible,and I found this vajra word had the same meaning. Which one would you guys wanted to use? It is a name so I dont need to TL it)

And there is this man that gave out a job to obtain information about Kurushu Magic Academys students;he alsogavequite a lot of advance payment forthejob.

And after he said he wantedthis jobtosucceed no matter what, he met with the Kongou mercenaries, or so they said.

[Daris is so foolishly peaceful. They havent noticedthat Kongou group hastakenupresidenceatYolem]

The job was to infiltrateintoKurushu Magic Academy and get the studentsname register, and then take any information about the studentsthat seemtheywill be carrying Daris future.

And the Kongou groupsjob was to make sure to guard the girl until she met with the one who requestedthe job.

[I think its also my time to end my career as a mercenary. Because if I became too famous, Iwouldbe erased by the Southern Empire Kuh! Again!?]

Suddenly, from within the darkness, many small ogres jump out and attack the mercenary. In panic,the mercenary pullsout her wand and swing it.

And what happenednext was a pitiful high pitchedcry from thenowdeadmonsterwho wascrushedwith ablock of ice coming from above. The rest of the monstersaround her,after feeling the difference in power, once again go backtohid

ing inside the darkness.

[Tch. Its just like those Giantman said, a strange atmosphere has envelopedthis forest]

Since I was a child,I was always living alone borrowing the power of magic tools.

I was always living by myself in this world without anyones help. After all,I only believed in myself as I becameamercenary all this time.

And from all that experience I have,there is definitely something strange in here. I need to end my work as soon as possible.

[Somehow,it is reassuring for methatthose Vajra guystook residenceinside Yolem. Well then Giantman guys, show me the way to the exit you guys prepared]

The mercenary checkedher condition once again, and then tied her message to the message bird and sent it back to flyon to the starry sky.

The placein whichshe will meet with the person of interest will be along the border between Daris and the Southern Empire.

It is actually the exact place where the famous Dening Dukeshouseholdtookcommand of the Darismilitaryand metwith the Southern Empires military.

At first it was extremely suspicious of why the transactionwouldtake place there,but

[There is only one meaning for the transaction to be at that place.Tobetray Daris and go to Southern Empire. That is what it means]

As the mercenary prepared herself for her choice, she watchedas the birddisappearedintothe pitch black sky.

[Good bye,Darismy hometown. But dont be mistaken, its not like I resent you or something. For the future queen, for princess Karina whomisreally shy and afraid of strangers, Im afraid you still dont have the capabilities to be a queen. Your reputationison par with the piggy duke, because you cant even go out to a ball or to a public placewhile beingafraidthatpeople will see your chest Come, Ketora]

Inside the dark damp forest. Deep inside the darkness far from the Kurushu Magic Academy, a giant mysterious bird came.

[Therewill beno more youthsthat will shoulder this country. That is why the Southern Empiresnext target must be Daris]

Daris always boasted abouttheir educational system.

As longasthey have reachedthe age, they can apply to the ground breaking magic academy.

But from those young people that should be shouldering the country in the future,thereisnoastonishingtalent among them.

No.

it is true there is nobodywho hasthe charisma to shoulder the whole country, but I think there are some outstanding students?

[In this war period,do you know what is the main topic of conversation inside the Kurushu Magic Academy right now,Ketora?]

The mercenary kindly pet the mysterious giant birdsface.

If the bird spread its wings,itwouldbe as big as a small tree. If it was only a single person,itcouldeasilycarry them.

[They talk about the laughing stock of the Dening DukesHousehold. They wager a lot of money just to guessifthe piggy dukewillrehabilitate himself or not]

As if the mysterious birdwasalso laughingat it, it silently cried.

The mercenary hop onto the mysteriousbirdsback and gave a light pat on its wings, and it responds with a cry.

[Eh? Aah, I guess I was also betting on it myself. Even though I was a mercenary myself; guess I still had a bit of hope in Daris after all The fallen third son of the Dening Household. I was betting one copper coin for his return. And I guess that is what I can mostly give for my patriotic feelings]

And after that, I need to make sureaboutSlow Deningstrue capabilities as my last job.

As Icouldsee today,he can freely manipulate wind. He can also deal with the students who believethemselvesas a knights.

Ummm, if I remember correctly it was Slow Deningwhowas always with a noble student with the name of Vision Greytroad.

I believe it was the only son of that Viscount Greytroad that has a problem with the imperial court.

[A fellow problem child it seems. Somehow,they attract to each other]

As the mysterious bird flappedits wings, it gently liftsoff the ground.

Slowly,the mercenary closedher eyes.

The goal is to determine Slow Denings true power; it can easily be seenif hehas already exceeded anormal students power.

And then she needs to accurately determine his power. Only after that the jobwould befinished.

The man whogavethis jobcouldntbefrom anywhereelse but the Dostor Southern Empire, so any info regarding Slow Dening wouldbe a nice present forhim.

[Talking about the Southern Empire and that wind wonder child Whatwasthe rumor about them again?]

Even though she was called the legendary mercenary, actually she hasntworkedthat long as a mercenary. She came from a family that usedthe power of the magic tool, and the first time she workedas abeginnermercenarywaswhen she was ten or so years old.

When she was attaining her adulthood, she heard an interesting rumor at the bar.

An elemental master was born in Daris.

And a baseless rumor about the wind child prodigy fighting against the assassin sent by the Southern Empire.

[A mercenary that hadsuccessfullyassassinateda number of important individualson the Southern Empire. The silent bullet, no sound-]

There is no onewhobelievedin that story; ithasonly become the side dish when people drink.

Andthisgirlisalso someone whodoesntbelieve in that story.

[was defeated when the wind child prodigy was only five and with a commonerashis only help]