The next morning.
I went to Count Goldart's mansion with Mee to keep an eye on Alice's movements.

We had Eileen, Satsuki, and Cyril wait for us in the neighborhood.
In addition, I have Irene buy a hand mirror for contact at a magic store in town and carry it with her.
I can only communicate with her in a one-way fashion, but it should be useful for emergency communication.

Now, when Mee and I headed for the Count's mansion, I first used the Insensible spell when we entered the upper-class district.
This spell has a radius of about five meters around the sorcerer, and has an effect on Mee as long as she is attached to me.

The two of us then set up in front of the Count's mansion, a short distance from the main gate, and began to monitor.
Today, there were two gatekeepers in front of the main gate, but neither of them seemed to be aware of our presence.

'This spell, Insensible, is amazing. It's a spell that Mee and the other thieves would love to have.

Mee murmurs to herself.
As an afterthought, I explain to her the story of how I learned the spell.

'Insensible is a low level spell. If you enroll in a magic academy or study hard for half a year with an appropriate teacher, you will be able to use it if you are good at it. Even if you are a little weak, if you devote yourself to studying for a year or two, you should be able to master it.

'Ugh, that's really a bit ....... Mee is not very good at studying. Even if you try to read a book, you will soon fall asleep. ...... And it costs money to study, doesn't it? I'm sure you've heard of it. It's not something I can afford.

''If you want, I can teach you? If you can use the time that's convenient for me, I'm willing to accept the tuition at a discount.

When I asked, Mee looked at me with blinking eyes.

'What ...... does that mean, hand-holding?

'No, I don't think it's very common to take hands or feet.

'Just the two of you in a locked room?

'Well, I suppose there will be many cases like that.

'Will you praise me when I do well?

'I think it's a part of being a good teacher to praise them when they do well.

'I see. ....... I'll think about it for a while.

Mee's cheeks flushed and she squirmed.
It's all very well to be cute, but what are you thinking about?
But since there's no point in being overly self-conscious, I'll just ignore it for now.

Now that that's out of the way, Mee and I staked out the house for a while.
The incapacitating effect of the insensible wears off in an hour, but each time it does, you can extend the effect by consuming mana to deal with the long stakeout.

In addition to the Insensible spell, there is also the Seal Magic spell.
This is a spell that hides magic power, and by using it against magic in effect, you can avoid detection by sense magic.

After repeating the extension of the effect of Insensible several times, he and Mee picked up some snacks that he had brought with him, and it was past lunchtime.

' It's working.

'What, are you sure?

'Yeah. She's coming out.'

Alice finally made a move to leave the house.
This is the moment we've been waiting for.

Last night, Mee gathered some information from the townspeople, and found that Alice tends to go out from morning to early afternoon, and once she goes out, she tends not to come back to the mansion for a few hours.
In anticipation of this tendency, we had been on the lookout since this morning, and we had finally hit our mark.

After leaving the residence of the mansion, Alice passed through the courtyard and came to the main gate.
She has the servants open the gate and exits the main gate of the mansion.

'I'll be out for a couple of hours, as usual.

'Huh. Alice, please be careful.

A beautiful woman with long, wavy, red hair walks out of the mansion with her head bowed by the gatekeepers who are older than she is.

Then she came towards us.

'Mee, let's get close to each other.

'Huh? Why are you doing this, ......?

'I'm narrowing the range of the Insensible. If Alice comes within the area of effect, she will notice us.'

'Oh, I see, I see.

Normally, the area of effect of Insensible is about a five-meter radius around the sorcerer, but people within this area will be recognized by each other.
In order to prevent Alice from entering the area, it was necessary to narrow the area of effect.

As a result, Alice walked right past me and Mee without seeming to notice our presence.

After confirming this, I cast a telepathy spell on Mee.
This is a spell that allows the practitioner to have a thought conversation with the target of the spell.

After confirming that the spell has been activated, I talk to Mee in my head to test the effect.

...... All right, Mee, I want you to follow me. If you feel you are in danger, put your safety first, and then call me if you can afford it.

'Yes, sir. You're in good hands.



I'm not sure what to do, but I'm not sure what to do.
It's unlikely that anyone will notice that she's a professional, even if she's just starting out.

I then went into the alleyway, took out a hand mirror from my luggage, and used a contact spell to communicate with the hand mirror that Irene was carrying.
My hand mirror reflected the image of another alleyway.

'Wow. I was surprised. It came out of nowhere.'

From the other side of the mirror, Irene is looking at me with trepidation.
Behind her, Satsuki and Cyril were also peering at her with great interest.

'Irene, Alice has moved. Come to the front of the house.'

'Uh, yeah, okay. I'll be right there.'

'Satsuki and Cyril, take the mirror from Irene and wait there. Be ready to move if anything happens.'

'Oh, okay. If it gets out of control, call me.'

'I'd prefer it didn't come to that.

I inform the three of them, and break contact.

Well, now everything is ready.
Let's go to the enemy's headquarters.