While I was cleaning up the house, I accessed the telepathic link I had established with Mee.

"Mee, we're clear. How's Alice?

What, is it over already? ...... over here, Alice got out of the city a long time ago.

Alice's movements, as reported to Mee, were in line with the information she had received in advance.
I'll check with Mee.

"Mee, you haven't chased Alice since she left town, have you?"

'No, I'm fine. She's not stupid enough to know that there's a spell called 'alert'.

Good. That's Mee. I'm going to meet up with you now. Wait for me there.

"Heh heh. Okay.

I interrupted the telepathic conversation after confirming that Mee's happy thought had come back.

After we finished cleaning up the house, we headed for the main gate of the city where Mee was waiting for us.

Only Irene stayed behind as a guard for Count Goldart.
Although she had already contacted King's Landing by means of contact, there was no guarantee that she would be able to escape by any improper means if the Count was left free to his own devices.

The loss of Irene is a blow to our strength, but if you consider the proper allocation of personnel, this is a reasonable allocation.

When I parted with Irene, I shook her hand firmly in front of Count Goldart's mansion.

'...... Will, just to let you know. I'm sure you'll be fine, but... don't be reckless.

'Yeah, you can trust me on that.

Irene then peeked behind me and called out to the two people there as well.

'Satsuki, Cyril. Please support Will.'

'Yeah. I don't need to be told by the princess.

'I'll do what I can.

After shaking hands with me, Irene shook hands with Satsuki and Cyril.
Then we parted ways with Irene and headed for the main gate where Mi was waiting for us.


(*)


'Oh, William. This way, this way.

When we got close to the main gate, we met Mie waving at us.
He then left the main gate, walked along the street, and followed Mie's lead into the forest beside the street.

'Alice went into the bushes around here. I'm going to follow her footsteps.

Mee looked carefully at the ground and continued along the trackless path.
I'll cast a sense magic spell in the meantime.

Then I saw a red hemispherical light extending above the trees in the direction she was going.

That light of magic with a radius of about fifty meters must be the result of an Alert spell.
The distance was about ten minutes up the mountain from where we were.

The Alert spell is a spell that you should be careful to use if your adversary is a sorcerer.
If the adversary is using sense magic, she will let the adversary know her location before she can detect her presence.

Alice is probably aware of this, but she must not be aware of our existence in the first place.
It is understandable that the criminal mind is wary of the presence of a pursuer, but does not take into account the possibility that there is a sorceress there.

And so the four of us, Mee, Satsuki, and Cyril, relying on the location of the magical light and Mee's footprints, proceeded down the mountain path.

In the end, we arrived in front of an alert spell sensing wall that Alice had put up.

'...... We've come this far, but what do we do now, William? If we get any closer, Alice will notice us, right?

Mee asks me.
Satsuki, who was walking beside me, answered.

'Then why don't you just run into it? Fifty meters is a short distance to run up. If it's just one sorcerer, we can handle it.

Satsuki expressed her optimism.
It's true that this is a situation that requires a certain amount of boldness, so it's not necessarily a wrong opinion. .......

On the other hand, Cyril has a cautious view.

'But the other guy is just as good as William, isn't he? You never know what they'll do to you, so you shouldn't be too optimistic.

'Ugh, ...... that's true, but...' What are you going to do then?

Satsuki seemed to shy away a bit when she heard that I was 'not much better than William'.
Then all eyes were on me.

'...... is not a perfect hand,' I said.


I will use it as usual, to the extent that Satsuki and the others are involved.

As mentioned earlier, Alert is a spell that half utilizes the instincts of the sorcerer, and therefore, if Insensible can be placed outside the range of instinctive vigilance, it will be possible to slip through the net of detection.

However, the effect of insensibility is not universal.
When you are noticed, you will be noticed, and this depends greatly on the level of attention and the current state of consciousness of your opponent.

' I'm going through the alert. Consider this hostile territory from here on out.'

I told my companions that, and after confirming that they nodded, I went through the glowing red sensing wall indicated by Sense Magic while wearing the effect of Insensible.