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I never thought I'd end up joining a church."

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A giggle escapes me at the sound of a voice behind me.

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The druid when not with Ivy is kind of ...... cold.

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Yes, less warm and more cold impression.

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Well, I know the old druids, so I feel uncomfortable, but there are parts that make sense.

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Besides, it's a church.

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Are you happy?

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I don't feel it at all. But you're free to roam around the church now, aren't you?

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Yeah, we've got it all under control.

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I finished it all at once after I came back from the forest.

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I knew that the longer I waited, the more victims there would be.

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Where are those kids?"

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The druid's words reminded me of the guards in the forest.

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I had never been on guard before. The two of them were just following each other around.

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They were scared," he said.

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They were fine. My friends took them to their parents and explained everything.

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I see."

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There are only a few of us inside the church now.

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All the people who were in the church are locked up in a place where we have them.

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In a few days, they will be smuggled out and enslaved without anyone knowing.

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The druids really don't listen, do they?

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Any normal guy would have asked, "What happened to the church officials?" Or, "What's going to happen to the church?" And so on.

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But the druid never asks.

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Because we don't need them."

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That may be true.

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This guy is really thorough about what is "necessary" and what is "not necessary.

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Well, that's probably why he survived even though he's got his foot in the back door.

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But I think he could have listened to me a little more.

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I'd like to hear a little more about my efforts.

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"Everyone in the church is going to be enslaved in the next few days.

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Really?"

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Normally, I'd ask, "Why?" I would ask.

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Because a few days from now means that you will fall into slavery in a way that is not a regular procedure.

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And yet, you ended the conversation so quickly.

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I expected it, but you did it.

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I'm not so sure why you called me here.　If you wanted to tell me the contents of the documents, we could have done it in the hiding place, couldn't we?

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I need your help on another matter, Druid."

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The druid tilts his head and points to a hidden staircase in the back of the church.

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He points to a hidden staircase that his friends have found.

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The basement?

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Yes, I want you to look at the magic circle in the basement.

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The magic circle that will cause everyone in the church to fall into slavery in the next few days.

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The magic circle?　I don't know much about them, do I?

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"You know the druids were involved in a case a long time ago where children were kidnapped?　I want you to compare it to the magic circle you saw in the basement. The magic circle in that case disappeared before I could transcribe it. Please."

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There was an incident in King's Landing where children without parents disappeared without a trace.

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There were 26 children who were affected as far as we know.

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In fact, it is said that the number is much higher.

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A neighborhood watch team was assigned to investigate, but the investigation was difficult due to a lack of clues.

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Then one day, a loud noise was heard coming from a building.

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The vigilante rushed to the scene and found the corpses of an unconscious nobleman and several children.

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The children are discovered to be the missing children, and the case is quickly solved.

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The nobleman is interrogated, and the building has a basement where the children are.

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He testified that he killed them to satisfy his own greed.

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The vigilante team searched the basement, and the children were found.

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However, the children they found were already dead.

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The nobles and all those involved in the abduction of the children fell into slavery, and the case was closed.

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The case is ostensibly closed.

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In reality, there was a magic circle in the basement, where the children were repeatedly experimented on.

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By the time the vigilantes descended to the basement, the magic circle had disappeared.

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At first it was thought that the aristocrat's friends had made the magic circle disappear, but when information about the magic circle was obtained from the captured aristocrat, it was discovered that the magic circle itself had been rigged to disappear.

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Since a fairly sophisticated magic circle was used, the investigation continued, assuming that the nobleman had a collaborator.

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However, the nobleman was killed by someone, and nothing more is known to this day.

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A colleague who was investigating a magic circle found in a church told me that it might be similar to the magic circle in a certain case.

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When I heard which case it was, I felt a bit of fate.

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It could be that it was a case I was involved in.

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He said, "You're right. I thought I moved pretty carefully, but did you know I was involved?"

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Yes, because Druid was also involved in the case.

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However, the report did not mention Druid's name.

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Because the witness anxiously added "probably.

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But I was sure it was a druid who had witnessed the incident.

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I had seen him the day before, near where the sighting took place.

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It just so happened that someone else had seen him. But it's not mentioned in the report.

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I see."

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I was a little surprised that he didn't seem more concerned about it.

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No need to be surprised.

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Hmm?

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Did you read my expression, by any chance?

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I knew it, but druids are not to be underestimated.

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I didn't think anyone besides Garrit and Fysshe could read my facial expressions.

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After all, should I have asked him to join our side at that time?

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I'm going to say no.

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You're a little lost.

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Well, even if I had invited the druid, I would have been thwarted by my mentor Mons.

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Hey ......"

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The reason I didn't investigate further at the time, even though I was sure it was a druid, was because I expected certain things.

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In that basement, ...... no, let's not.

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There are four of them."

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The druid had been asked to rescue the children, after all.

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They were in pretty bad shape, both physically and mentally, but they're spending a lot of time at the client's place getting better.

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I see. So, can you check on the magic circle?"

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The only person who saw the magic circle in that incident is now a druid.

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The others were all killed.

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Oh, no problem."

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I nod at the druid's answer and go down the stairs to stand in front of the one door.

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He puts his hand on the door handle and looks at the druid.

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He says, "You might want to put a cloth over your nose. The smell is so strong."

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Why do all the church officials fall into slavery?

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Normally, it should only be those involved in the underground magic circle.

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But this time, it was decided that everyone involved in the church would fall into slavery.

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Because there were too many victims.

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I understand. I'm ready."

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I see the druid put a cloth on his nose, and then I put one on my nose as well.

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With a single exhale, he opens the door.

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The next moment, I smell the stench, which I can feel even with the cloth on my nose.

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He contorts his face for a moment, exhales a small breath, and enters the room.

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The room had a desk, a bookshelf, and a magic circle in the center.

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And a cage placed in one corner of the room.

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I don't even want to think about what purpose it serves.

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'This magic circle, you don't think it's written in blood?

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Oh, what about in the previous basement?

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'No blood was used. There are a couple of places where it's different from the last one, but I'm pretty sure it's the same.

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That's a fast check.

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Show me where it's different."

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I listened to the druid's explanation and let it sink in.

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I wish I could write it down on paper here, but I don't want to take the cloth off my nose.

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Even with the cloth on, the stench is still terrible.

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Thanks," he says, "I've got three places. Three places."

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I look at the magic circle while checking the contents.

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How many children were the victims?

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The druid looks around the entire room and finally turns his gaze to the cage.

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Forty-one people. But this is probably not all of them. There must be others.

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Just like before, I'm sure we'll never get the full picture.

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When I first came to this room, there were dead children by the magic circle.

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I don't mean they were there, but they were piled up in the corner like garbage.

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How could they do that?

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I said, "Okay. Shall we leave now?"

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I replied to the druid's voice, "Sure," and left the room.

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Closing the door behind me, I let out a deep breath.

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The air in that room seems to cling to my body, making me feel sick.

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I say to myself, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I got involved.

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No," he says. No. You kept my friends away from me because I was coming, didn't you?

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That's right.

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I made sure they didn't know who knew about the magic circle.

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Well, some of them may have noticed, but they will also understand my intentions.

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No druid ever has or ever will have anything to do with that magic circle.

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Phew."

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I feel so helpless when I walk into that room.

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Druid. About that document, is it okay if I go upstairs?"

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Do you want to see the ciphertext before I decode it?

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Yeah, I'll be fine.

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You go up to the second floor of the church and enter a luxurious room.

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It's in poor taste," the druid says in disgust.

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I laugh as the druid looks at me in amazement.

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I can certainly see that this room has cost a lot of money, but it's in poor taste.

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It used to be Bishop Ottomis' office.

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