2931 - - 77-46 Pleasure Celebration






Yes, who is it?

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 The door opened about five centimeters and the woman looked out and answered.



"Well, my name is Kleine, I'm staying in the room across from yours. There has been a theft. ......

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 Hearing the word "theft", the woman rushes to close the door, but <> prevents her by clamping her toe in the gap.

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"Can I talk to you for a moment?"

"I ...... have nothing to say to you!"

"No, you don't, but we do. Can you let me in for a minute?

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No need. If you persist too long, I will call someone.



 But Kleine is nonchalant.

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"Go ahead. You'll be the one in trouble, though.

What do you mean?

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...... dagger

What?

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 The woman reacts to 's mumbled words with a jerk, and her grip on the door slackens slightly.

 Immediately, <> puts her foot in the door and pushes her way into the woman's room, twisting her body even further.

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"What the ...... is wrong with you! Really, I'm going to call someone.

"Come in. I've been sent by the Czar to retrieve the dagger and apprehend the culprits.

!

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 < reveals her purpose, the woman turns and leaps out the window.

 .......

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"Oops, that's not going to happen!"

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 There <> was waiting for her.



"Ugh... ......"

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"Give it up, Mr. Echter."

"What the ...... do you mean by that?

"I already know. ...... that there's a dagger hidden in the bottom of that bag.

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...... who the hell are you people?

"Agents of the Emperor, let's say."

"......"

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 She's gone. She seems to have given up.

  ties her back with the rope she has prepared.

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 He puts a <> around her neck so that she can't use magic.

 He then leaves the room with <> and takes the woman away.

 He tells the innkeeper what happened, and leaves some money as a reward for his trouble.

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"Got her."

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 The time is 6:15 p.m.



"Hey, hey, you're not going to make me walk all night, are you?"

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 Now <> and > are walking westward along the road with their captive.

 The stars are twinkling in the sunset sky.

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 The woman was worried because they were walking so slowly without stopping.



"Don't worry. They will come for you soon."

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A pick-up?

I see it.

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 Looking up, Alfredo's eyes followed the light in the dark night sky, but it was different from the stars.

 It was coming closer and closer.

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"It's the chief <."

"Hurricane? ......<>......? Isn't that the airship of the <>?"

You know about this?

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"Of course I do. Of course. They recently built a museum to commemorate him.

The Adriana Memorial. ...... Look, we're about to land."

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 The hurricane landed in the wilderness about a kilometer from the town of Ulm.



"Thank you for your efforts, Alfredo," said Clyne.

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"Thank you for your time, Chief."

Is that the woman who did this?

Yes. And the evidence is in this bag.

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......



 The woman stares at Jin, who stares back at her.

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"Yes, you are the Magecraft Meister. ......"

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And you are?

I'm Adelina. Also known as Addy.

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That's not an alias, is it?

What makes you say that?

Because that's what an Echter operative is supposed to do.

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"I see. So you've got everything figured out.

"No, not everything. ...... Well, come on, get in."


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 The Hurricane takes off quietly.

 The aircraft turned its nose to the west and headed for Leuthart.

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 Once again, the plane was going at Mach 2, its maximum emergency speed.



 A little after 6:30, the <> arrived at the house in Leuthart.

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 There, the guards who had come after receiving a call from Daikie were waiting for Jin and the others.



"Jin-sama, is that her?"

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"It seems so. This is the evidence bag. It has a double-layered bottom where a dagger is hidden. But right now it's just a dummy dagger.

"I'll take it."


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 One of the guards took Adelina and the other took the bag, put them on a carriage, and returned to the palace.



* * * *

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"...... Is that all?"

"Jin-sama, thank you for your hard work."

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 Cocona thanked Jin who let out a sigh of relief.


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Dinner is ready.

"Oh, thank you."


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 In the dining room of the house were Erza, Reinhard, Bertsch, Goh, Rubina, and Merce, who was feeling better.

 Once Jin, Daikie, and Cocona are seated, dinner begins.


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"First of all, let us congratulate Miss Merce on her recovery. And to celebrate the end of the case."



 Daikie, the host, declares a toast.

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 Goh, Rubina, Merce and the other minors drink the recently purchased grape water, while the others drink the recently purchased wine.



"Cheers!"

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 Everyone chants and raises their glasses.


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"Mel, this is delicious!

"Oh, really".


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 Rubina and Merce had already become good friends.

 Goh looks at them with a complicated expression on his face.


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"Goh, it can't be helped.



 Jin consoled Goh.

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"Oh, Jin-sama..."

"At the age of Goh and Rubina, it's easier for them to be with other people of the same s*x.

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"Is that so?"

I think that's true.


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 Erza said the same thing and Goh smiled bitterly.



"Besides, Rubina doesn't seem to have many same-s*x friends her own age.

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"Oh, that's true.

"Well, I guess it's the same for Goh."

Ugh...

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"But if you start showing up at social gatherings in the near future, you may naturally make friends ......."


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 Elsa gave me a strange comforting look.



"That sounds like trouble too."

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"Well, it can't be helped. It's part of being an aristocrat."

"Don't worry. Daikie will keep such troublesome things to a minimum.

"I hope so. ......"

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 The night sky is full of stars.

 The night in Leuthart passed peacefully.

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