I went to the call from Mr. Franz with trepidation.

When I returned to my room, dragging my heavy body after finishing it, a carpet suddenly jumped on me.
I was charged and energetically pecked at the carpet, which I passed through like a curtain to get inside.

In the room, Chrysus was waiting while charging other treasures. He reluctantly charges them, apparently because Lucia has asked him to do so. Whatever the reason, I'm very grateful.

When Crus heard the result of the call, he rolled his eyes and made a strange sound.

'...... Huh?

'That's what I want to hear.'

'What did you do, Ivaninga?

'...... If I had to say, I'd say I've done nothing.

'Yowaninggeng, you really should cut the crap!

In the event you're not sure what you're looking for, there are a few things you can do.
I think to myself, I have no idea what that means.

When Franz-san told me solemnly, I couldn't help but think, 'What? What are you talking about? I said. Mr. Franz's face turned bright red.
However, my action was something that could have caused him to lose trust in me and I could have been fired immediately. It could be said that I had no choice but to question his sanity.

Could it be that by placing me, an untrustworthy person, in the Emperor's eyes, he was planning to behead me the next time I made a mistake?
But that would mean taking advantage of the emperor's position. That's not good. ...... That's not good. It's disrespectful. You shouldn't do that.

I was on the defensive, but the matter of leaving in the middle was somehow dropped. It seems that Mr. Frantz's request was that we should take care of him next time.

I'm not sure if I'm being generous, or if my inappropriately high level has been effective ......, but the fact that the case was dropped doesn't make me feel any better.

I want to go home. ....... It's a lie that it's only been two days.
I was working under the premise that the main escort would be the Knights. No matter how much of an honor it was. It's a different story if I have to escort the Emperor's side.

But I couldn't say no. It was a dead end.

What would happen if I combined the cursed Emperor with the unlucky me?

'Here, charge your treasure, it's done. Is there anything else? Yes.

'Oh, can I have this too?

I take out three warded fingers that have been recharged. Krus looked at them and blatantly frowned.

'Geh...... again, that treasure that eats up so much magic power...... Yowaningen, when are you using that treasure?

'Hahahahaha......'

I can only laugh at myself.
After Franz's call, I went outside and impulsively hit my head on the wall. I hit it three times, so I consumed three! This is .......

'Now, here's the thing. ...... We have to be ready for anything ...... that might happen. I'll have Crus work for me.'

'Hmm,......, I don't need you to tell me that! But remember, you're not working for the Yoaningen! This is because Lapidus ordered me to, so I have no choice but to work for him!

'Yeah, yeah, yeah. ......'

If you think about it, Therum is also working under the orders of the Abyssal Fire Annihilation, and the Kill Knight is the one that Sitri entrusted to him.
The only one who is genuinely on my side is Kecak Chakka. ...... I'm sorry I thought I'd include you because you have a strange name.

I had a bad feeling about him when I heard he was a sorcerer, but apparently his fighting skills are quite good.
He was laughing suspiciously as usual even when Childrens appeared, which is quite reliable. I'll be relying on you.

That's right, I'll have to inform Telm and the others that they've been assigned to guard the Emperor's vicinity tomorrow. .......

I'm sure the synergy between me and the cursed Emperor will be terrible tomorrow. But there's nothing I can do about it.
Citri and the others are ahead of me, and what will be will be. Lately, I've been making a lot of noise about foxes, foxes, foxes, but even when I encountered the lost treasure house, I managed.

I felt completely disconsolate, and even though I wasn't sleepy, I sighed heavily.

The hellish escort request that I've never experienced before will (surely) begin.







The key to working behind the scenes is to always remain calm and collected.
That's how he's done many dangerous missions in the past. But this was a new pattern.

He no longer understood what was going on.
He was attacked by a large group of demons that did not belong to the man. A number of dead dragons were found, probably the result of the man's curse. Normally, all of these were unexpected and would have made him decide to suspend his mission.

Nevertheless, the situation was turning out to be extremely favorable for the man.
More favorable than the pattern he had assumed would work.

Even a man like him can't remain calm when things make no sense like this.

Until now, the emperor, Radric Aulme Zebrudia, had always been surrounded by his bodyguards. That important task had never been entrusted to anyone else.
But, lo and behold, ...... has informed me that from tomorrow on, I will be part of the Kingsguard and will be escorting him at close quarters.

I couldn't believe my ears when I first heard the news.

The actions of Senhenhen Banka were so strange. Leaving his guards behind and going somewhere without even a decent excuse was not something a hunter should do.
I thought I was going to be missed. The fact that he acted so foolishly was "a thousand changes," but if the leader of the party made a mistake, it was only natural that the members of the party would also suffer.
The man felt a little relieved at that fact. Now he could get out of this mission.

But the actual result was contrary to his expectations.

The man's main task was to fight a war of attrition using a very specific curse, but he had no intention of losing a direct battle. The reason why he had not taken this action until now was because he had thought about the possibility of failing to defeat them, and also because there was the uncertainty of high-level hunters.
However, if they were placed nearby, there was a possibility that we could take advantage of the gap and kill them. There is no need to use curses. All you have to do is run away, and even if you can't escape, you can achieve your goal.

Is the Senhenhen Banka stupid? ......? I frowned inside the hood I wore.
If it weren't for the rumors of the devil's plan, I would have excluded him from the virtual enemy.

It's the first time I've ever used the treasure that is the key to the curse - the "proof of the anti dragon" - so many times in a row.
It's an irreplaceable item, more valuable than the man himself, I'd say. It's best not to use it any more.



What we need to figure out is a way to get past the hunters' defenses.
Fortunately, the Thousand Transformations won't be aware of the man's true identity. Hopefully, it won't be impossible to slip through the gaps in the defenses and assassinate him or escape before he's noticed.

The only problem was the Kill Knight Version Alpha.
He was the only purely melee combatant among the escort hunters, and he was an unidentified being brought in by the Thousand Transformations.

The man could remember most of the names of famous hunters, but he had never heard the name of Kill Knight Version Alpha. The problem is that as a warrior, Kilnite is so skilled that he can easily cut down a childragon.

There is a momentary lag in the mage's attack magic, but a good melee fighter can land several blows in that time.

The man is a mage. In melee combat, he is one step behind a kill knight.
And even if he did manage to hit her with a surprise attack spell, there was a good chance that the crimson armor that he never took off had some sort of protective magic on it.

Radric has a warding finger. It'll take two blows to kill him. It would be nearly impossible for a kill knight to deliver two blows, let alone one.


We need to be careful of the "Thousand Transformations," whose M.O. is unknown, but we also need to be careful of the kill knight.
If possible, it would be preferable to assassinate him when the two of them were not around, but that would not be so convenient.

As he pondered with a difficult face, he suddenly heard a small sound from behind the door. It was a knock on the door. Before you can answer, the door opens.

The person who appeared was an old mage with a straight back.
Her gray hair was pulled back in an all-black bun, and she wore magic bracelets on both arms as wands.
The second-highest level mage among the hunters escorting him, Thermu Apokris of the Water Stopper. He is one of the best users in the Imperial Capital who has mastered to the utmost limit the water attribute, a magic that tends to be seen as simple. It is said that his ability is almost the same as that of the Abyssal Fire.

However, his expression was unusually stern. He frowned, checked his surroundings once, and said to the man in a whisper.








'Kecak...... this is urgent,----, but there is a possibility that the "Thousand Changes" is a member of the "Fox".

These were words that the man, Kecak Chakka Munch, had not expected to hear.
It was as if he had been struck by lightning. His eyes widened and he let out a small question.

'Keke......?

'Are you surprised ...... Oh, I'm aware that I'm talking nonsense. I'm aware that I'm talking nonsense, but given the unnatural behavior and circumstances up until now, I can only assume so. Perhaps the man called Kilnite that the Thousand Transformations brought with them is one of them. I should've noticed it earlier. It was too obvious and suspicious for me to notice. There's no way that a guy who runs into a bunch of demons while squealing and slashing them is sane!

Kecak Chakka couldn't say anything as Thermu Apoklis looked at him with extreme seriousness.

This requires a change in the ............ plan.