"...what?"

　That was what Ray said when he looked into the room, and not only Ray but Elena and Arra felt the same way.
　Now that I've made it so meaningful, I've taken it for granted that there's a boss or someone else in the room.
　But when I actually opened the door, it was an uninhabited room.
　That being the case, it's only natural that such a reaction should come out.

"Wouldn't it be better to go in and look into it first?"

　After hearing Elena's words from behind him, Ray nods and enters the room.
　I looked around the room again, but there was no one there.
　But Ray found that all the furniture in the room was very expensive.
　That's no match for furniture in the Duke of Kelevel.
　No, some furniture in this room would have been more expensive.
　However, it's just from Ray's point of view, and it may not be true.

"As far as I can see... No, Ray."

　Like Ray, Elena was looking around the room, but suddenly the air in the room moved... and I noticed a slight wind coming in from somewhere.
　Even Ray, who looked curiously at the furniture, finds the wind flowing out of nowhere from Elena's words.

"Where is this from?"
"Here, Mr. Elena, Mr. Ray,"

　Looking for a different side of the two, Arra exclaims in front of a wall hung with a painting of a huge mountain.
　There was a slight gap in the wall that Arra found, and the wind moving through the room was flowing through it.
　As Ray and Elena approach each other, they can feel the flow of air more clearly.

"Do you think this is... on purpose?"
"I ran away in a hurry and didn't close the wall tightly. It's not that there's a possibility..."

　Saying so, Elena turns her eyes back into the room.

"Every household has a good taste. I don't think anyone who collects such furniture would do so. Besides, he is the leader of one of the largest criminal organizations in Annesis. I can't imagine such a person would run around in disgrace."
"I don't think it's proportional to your taste and ability... courage in this case? Anyway, you know you've got to run away like this, right? Isn't this fine as a sanction? The rest is a document."

　Watching the surroundings, Ray's eyes naturally turned first.
　If there was any kind of documentation about the black wolf, it was probably his desk.

"What shall I do?"

　It's not Ray, it's Elena who's in charge of this affair.
　That being the case, it was only natural to ask Elena what Ray should do.

"Well, ... Arra, can I ask for this? Me and Ray go down that wall, down the hidden aisle."
"All right, then I'll look here for any clues to the papers."

　Elena chose to divide her forces into two.
　It would be a dispersion of military power in the first place.
　In this case, however, it doesn't matter that much.
　Well, they send Ray and Elena, the two most powerful men, to an unknown place where the enemy might be, and Arla, who is clearly inferior to them, looks for documents here.
　It's safe to say that this is the right person.
　Arra didn't object to Elena's words because she knew it.
　Arra would have liked to work with Elena, but she wouldn't be foolish enough to deny the best choice out of her own free will.
　...when I first met Ray, I saw Elena and Ray staring at each other, and immediately attacked him... he was obviously growing up compared to that time.
　This may also be because he was placed in a position to lead Elena's Guards Knights.

"Well, for God's sake... now, how shall we proceed down this supposedly hidden passage?"
"Would you rather destroy it and move on?"
"What if it turns into a trap switch? It's a last resort, if anything."

　Ray's suggestion makes Elena look a little dumbfounded.
　Since they've been so attractive to us, it's no wonder we're setting a trap to destroy the house itself as soon as we break the door.
　In the first place, it remains unclear how many traps were set in this mansion... or whether they were being set up one after another.
　It's probably a magic item or something, but it's not confirmed either.
　That being the case, it was only natural to act cautiously.

"What are you going to do, then, when you're leisurely looking for a way to open this hidden door?"

　There shouldn't be any.
　Just as Ray was about to say, the door on which the painting was hung moves sideways to reveal the hidden passageway.

「……」

　Ray looks at Elena in silence.
　I wondered if Elena had done something to open the door.
　But Elena, who Ray looks at, also looks at the door that suddenly opened before her with a look of surprise.
　Then there was only one candidate left for the man who created the scene."

"Well..."

　Ray and Elena's gaze, a little later, had settled into one of the drawers in her office desk.
　It was clear what had caused this to happen.

"Good job,"

　The first person to speak in such silence was Elena.
　By praising Arra for her good work, Arra looks relieved when she hears it.

(There is a possibility that the man waiting for us might have intentionally opened this hidden door... No, you had better not say that. If you go down the hidden passageway, you'll find out.)

　Ray thinks that way looking at Elena and Arra, but under the current circumstances, there's no point in saying it, so he doesn't speak.
　In the first place, there was a feeling that Elena would have noticed something she could think of.

"Well, Arra. Me and Ray are going to search this hidden passage. Arra will continue to search for the material here."
"All right, sir. ... As long as Mr. Elena and Mr. Ray are here, I don't think you'll have to worry, but be careful."

　Agreeing to Arra's words, Elena and Ray go down the hidden aisle.
　It was built in the room, and the hidden passageway was only one person's way, so it would be difficult to pass each other if someone came from over there.
　However, if someone is coming down this hidden passage at the moment, it's almost certainly the enemy.
　That being the case, you don't have to worry about passing each other.
　In this narrow passage, however, it would be impossible to wield death-size, and it would be impossible to strike the spear of twilight, but it would be impossible to pay.
　It was a more difficult place for Ray, who was good at handling long objects, than for his poor opponent.

"It's dim, but there's a good light,"
"Well, apparently there's a magic item with a dim light in it."

　Light magic items cost a fair amount of money.
　But if you're leading the most influential underlying organization in Annesis, the second largest city in the kingdom of Milliana, it's easy to collect magic items of that price.
　Moreover, in order to prevent the passage from being dark and difficult to move around in such a case, light is definitely necessary even if it is dim.

(But it's only when you pass through this hidden passage that you want to keep the light on... invitation? I don't think you'll keep the light on even when you're not using it'

　It's probably an invitation.So convinced, Ray calls out to Elena behind him as he walks down the hidden aisle.

"Elena, I think this is an invitation. What do you think?"
"Well, I'm sure it's an invitation, but there's a question as to why they bother to lure us."

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　There's no point in inviting it out of the way if you end up fighting and losing.

"You're going to lure us down the aisle, and in the meantime you're going to run away from this house?"
"That's... no, it's possible. If you think it's possible to come back from there if you're alive, there's a point in what Ray says. But even if you're more likely to be lured out, you can't leave such a blatantly suspicious hidden passage."
"I suppose,"

　Ray also understands Elena's words.
　If you leave this blatant hidden passage unattended because you're likely to be lured out, you'll end up in trouble.
　There is a possibility of criticism as to why they did not search for such a blatantly suspicious hidden passageway, or unnecessary damage can be caused by not searching for hidden passages here.

"Then, for the time being, we'll have to keep going. ... If possible, the boss of the organization we're aiming for ... Now that you mention it, I didn't know his name. Can I ask him about that?"
"Oh, the name of the man we are attacking now is Celestan, a man in his mid thirties."
"...that's a little surprising. You're the boss of the most powerful organization in Annesis, aren't you in your thirties a little thirties?"

　Ray says he's young, but he looks like he's in his mid-teens.
　In other words, Celestan is more than twice as old as Ray is today.
　However, given Ray's formal age, it would not be more than twice as long... ...but I'm sure he'd be nearly twice as old.

"Yes, but being organized at that age meant that much competence, though I am sure that the Black Wolf was added to his competence."

　The black wolf is a freelance assassin, but being able to connect with the black wolf means that Celestan can also ask the black wolf to assassinate him.
　If so, there would have been no option for Celestan not to use powerful weapons such as black wolves to expand his organization's power.

"But the black wolf is no longer there,"

　Ray's expression has a momentary sad color.
　But it soon disappeared, and now I'm concentrating on what lies ahead of this hidden aisle... suddenly I realize.

"Isn't this hidden passageway downhill? It's quite curved, too. Is there any space up to here?"

　It's already been at least five minutes since we started going down the hidden aisle.
　Given the size of the house in which the laymen entered, it shouldn't have been large enough to walk for five minutes.
　Nevertheless, for some reason I continue to walk like this, but there is no sign that the hidden passageway will end.
　It was obviously unusual... but it's easy for Ray and Elena to imagine this much when they saw all those irrational traps.

"Perhaps this is also some kind of magic item. I didn't expect there would be such a magic item in Annesis."

　Elena muttered somewhat bitterly because it was called a trap magic item, a magic item interfering in this space, none of which was easily available.

(Well, now that you've come to this point... it's possible that it's not a magic item.)

　I can't explain it for now, so it's supposed to be a magic item, but Ray felt a little uncomfortable that one person had two magic items: a magic item in a trap and a magic item in a space.
　If it's such a high-performance magic item, it's not surprising that you just have it.
　In order to prevent this from happening, it means that even if you get it, you didn't use it at all.
　When I thought about it that way, a light was produced at the end of the hidden passage as if I had guessed it.

"It's the exit, apparently,"
"Yes,"

　Elena nodded to Rey's words and they went out of the hidden passageway... and at that moment, as if the circumstances had been false, there was a strong smell of blood.