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Yes, I have the same information.
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The last bloodbath means you've already made almost enough money to buy your freedom, right?
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Perhaps.
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So it's a bit tricky to negotiate with a money offer.
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He didn't even look like the type to make a $$$ mark in his eyes.
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Just some information that caught my attention.
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Keeping her voice low, she continued.
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'She's already earned enough money to buy herself back, she says, two years ago.
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Hmm? So you're saying you spent the remaining two years earning money to spend after you were free?
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Well, that's part of it.
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And you've saved a lot of money.
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Well, that's not entirely true.
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What do you mean?
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It seems she's trying to buy back someone other than herself.
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That's why you've been making extra money for two years.
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Hmm.
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You don't know whose body you're trying to buy back, do you?
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No.
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Seras held out a piece of paper to me with a swoop.
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'Here,'
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I took it and checked the contents.
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It had some light information and a name on it.
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'Child?'
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It was with a child that the slavers here in Monroy sold off at the same time as Eve.
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Was it Eve's daughter?
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No, he's not a leopard.
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Hmm.
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It's going to be a surprisingly complicated situation.
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But in any case, there may not be much room for money to do anything about it.
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I remember when Eve and I talked about the forbidden witch.
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That feeling.
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I had the impression that she was smooth, yet stubborn.
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Maybe I'm indebted to the Forbidden Witch.
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Maybe I need to owe her more than that to get her to talk.
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I ponder.
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'Well, what should we use as a bargaining chip?
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I need something to start with.
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I've already earned the money to buy my daughter back that I was talking about earlier.
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.............
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Should I go through Eve and join the demon group belt for this already?
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Or--
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Do you want to hire Eve as your bodyguard right after you're free?
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And there's one other thing you may want to know.
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............
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What is this amount of information Seras has?
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There's no way you can compare to the amount of information I've collected.
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Can I ask you something first? How did you get that information now, ......?
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Selous replied hesitantly.
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'I used an informant,'
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"Informant?
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'It doesn't seem to have been in Mills, but in a city as large as Monroy, there are informants who deal with information that doesn't get out in the open.
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So you went to another district.
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A good idea of where to redeem the blue dragon stone and .......
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These places are not to be underestimated.
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Come to think of it, he was the leader of a knight's club or something.
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I wonder if he used an informant to get secret information on a daily basis?
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I learned about the 'dark place' from the princess. I've heard that there was a time when the court was full of intrigue. And the princess had a knack for using those underworlders to protect herself.
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The underworld that deals with the dirty work.
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I guess you'd call it "The Dark Place" in this world.
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Ah, I see.
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How does Seras know all this?
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Was she influenced by the princess she worked for?
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I'm sorry for going to the informant's office without telling him. They are extremely averse to being accompanied by someone who does not know of their existence, so ......
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It's your call. You don't have to worry about it. It's just, what's the point of knowing or not knowing?
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I asked him out of pure interest.
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I know their 'manners'. I know their mannerisms, which can only be learned by the informer's 'customer'. And the manner is the proof of the customer. It's easy for them to see through a quack's etiquette.
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It's like a code that only the people who understand it can understand.
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It seems to be a group of people who are very secretive.
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Now I know why Selous went to them alone.
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I'm not familiar with the concept of protocol.
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If I was with him, I'd have a better chance of alerting my informant.
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I should have at least told him that I was going to use the informant: ...... I'm sorry. Um, and--
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Seras held something out to me in fear.
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An empty sachet.
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'All the money you gave us went to pay for the information. That ...... bargaining against them was a bad idea.
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That's not a problem. You've gained some valuable information because of it. In fact, I should be the one to thank you.
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My Lord is still good to you.
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Seras looks relieved.
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No, there's no reason to scold me here.
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Just think about it.
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"So what's the other thing you want to hear?
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Yes, sir, that's why--
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Seras said with a divine look on his face.
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''Did you already know that most of the blood fighters who were touted as the strongest in the past died in their last match?
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Yeah, I've heard that story too.
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The majority of them lost their last game.
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That's why the last game seems to be so exciting.
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Survive or not.
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Super low probability of survival.
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It's like a discarded ruin.
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But isn't that simply because it's the last match that they're bumping up against a less-than-stellar opponent?
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I have a feeling that this is not information that cannot be released to the public.
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However.
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I'm afraid that's not all there is to it.
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Seras looked around.
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Next, she leans in even closer.
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She stretches up a bit and brings her mouth close to my ear.
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''It seems that one of the dukes who run the bloodfighting arena is doing something against the bloodfighters on the day of the match.
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It is not a commendable act.
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No, it is even despicable.
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It's an unjustified trampling on the bloodthirsty's hopes.
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But this is what I--
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Hmm.
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I've taken it as an opportunity, maybe an opportunity.
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I am very aware that I am a piece of work.
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Maybe there's a clue in there: ......
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