"Your dream, Yaster, has been completely ruined by them."

Why did such contemptuous words come out of your mouth?

...

"It's beyond saving."

Why don't you guys want to try more?

...

"It's heartbreaking that such a thing was done to a 17-year-old girl."

Why do you guys have the audacity to say such things with a clear conscience!

...

"Even so, you will still complete the task, right? As an elite among the saints, you were prepared from the beginning, weren't you?"

"Yes..."

That's right, I was prepared from the beginning.

At the beginning of everything, the beginning of everything.

I was already prepared.

...

...

My sword fights only for her! My blood flows only for her!

Anything that disrespects her... anything! I will wipe them out from the world!

"I will complete... my task."

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"Good morning... Huh? Uncle Gabriel, why do you look so tired?"

As soon as I woke up, I saw Gabriel sitting on the edge of the bed, looking depressed and staring out the window.

With his pale hair and deep wrinkles, he was like the old man with hidden skills in ordinary stories, the kind of person you can always turn to when you need help.

"Morning... I had a nightmare earlier, so..."

"Well... I understand, I understand~"

I nodded.

Even adults can be plagued by nightmares, after all dreams are something unknown, causing fear is only natural... But you, as a priest who can use memory magic, to be tormented by nightmares... it seems like your past must have been tragic."

"...you..."

Gabriel squinted at me for a while, then scratched his pale hair.

"Who exactly are you? You got it right..."

"Well, just from my experience."

Generally, nightmares are caused by events from the past in the real world projecting into the subconscious, and if memories are triggered under certain conditions, it's highly likely... but wait, yesterday Gabriel did mention his companion, a companion that requires a humanoid... hmm...

"You've had a hard life too~ How is your companion?"

"You figured it out? Well, that's the way it is."

"Well, then it's easy to understand. But don't worry, that thing is useless to me anyway. If I find it, I'll give it to you."

"...you..."

"I know that thing is definitely valuable, but to me it's useless."

I shrugged and looked at Gabriel.

"Since it's useful to you, take it."

Gabriel was stunned for a long time, then laughed.

"...I really don't know whether you're a good person or a bad person."

"Bad person."

I smiled bitterly.

"I don't want to be the good guy."

"Brother, Dell is looking for you, seems like he was questioned by the guards last night, and after not finding us, he went home to rest. But I see him sitting in the restaurant downstairs now."

"Is that so? Well, he must have had a hard time."

Finding our title and names among so many people, that's not something an ordinary person can do.

"Let's go down first."

"Brother, what about breakfast?"

She shook the bag in her hand.

"I didn't expect you to wake up so early and buy breakfast, you really troubled yourself."

"No way! It's nothing for my brother~"

"...It's so touching."

I suddenly felt like crying.

"It's rare to hear a sister say such things these days."

"?"

Looking at Oyado's puzzled expression, I smiled and said.

"Anyway, let's go downstairs now... Oyado, you go down first and say hello to Dell, we'll be down soon."

"Okay, but why?"

"Because...we are poor mercenaries~"

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"So...the city is still under lockdown?"

Thanks to Oyado buying breakfast, our group is now on the outskirts of the city's central square, like mercenaries waiting to assemble. We chat and wait for departure...but of course, we're just waiting to leave the city.

"Well, those guys asked a lot of questions last night. Well, as a mage, it's our privilege to mostly remain silent and only speak when necessary."

"What did you say?"

"I saw two guys being held captive."

"......"

"That's it."

"Hey! Are you sure it's okay to be so vague?"

"Mages who talk too much have a problem."

"Is that so..."

Did I act too abnormally before? It seems that the worldview of this world is not something easily understood. Although I know that mages tend to be more reserved...but speaking so little won't make them think I'm mute, right?

No...

Perhaps that's just their characteristic, hmm.

"Well, do you know how long the city will be locked down for?"

"Well, it's not a complete lockdown because the merchants and mercenaries in this city still need to go out."

"So...are they starting to check identification papers?"

"That's correct. It's a compromise. Otherwise, the mercenaries would revolt."

"I see...hmm...Dale, what kind of existence is the Simu family in this city? How can they manipulate the guards like this? After all, they've built their warehouse underground, so they shouldn't easily reveal their details, right?"

"Well, I know about it because I'm sort of an insider. They plan on investigating secretly. The city lord of this city has a close relationship with the Simu family."

"I see..."

"There are indeed rumors like that, about the city lord of Herndon City and the Simu family..."

"It's really a side story that I completely don't care about...but it doesn't matter. We already know the location of their experiment, right?"

"Yes...and we also found out something incredible."

Last night, when I was looking through the files, I found a purchase order...10,000 humanoid battle units, with the destination being the royal capital. And the file even had the word 'secret' printed on it. It's just...

"Damn it, we need to leave here quickly. Some of my friends are still in the royal capital."

"Friends? The royal capital? Who are you exactly?"

"Me?"

I smiled.

"A Villain."