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On April 28th, Eira and the others set out to gather information.
Deciding that there would be no danger in the town of Ulaanu, the three of them split up.
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"Well then, we'll have lunch in the cafeteria of the hotel ......<
"Okay."
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"Yes."
The three of us parted, not from ......, but in the direction we had agreed upon the night before.
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Eira visited stores selling golems and magic tools.
Groma went to a magic workshop.
Katya visited the distributor of the control core she had purchased the other day and followed the thread from there.
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"Well, the address on the voucher is ......."
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Katya looked at the note of the address on the purchase slip and compared it with the street address.
"Go straight north on the main street and take a right at the central intersection. ......"
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I followed the street signs and found the agency I was looking for.
The store was already open, so I went in.
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"I'm sorry, sir."
"Yes, welcome."
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A middle-aged clerk answered.
There was another customer in the store, and a young waiter was serving him.
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"I am a researcher of
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Katya explained her purpose at once.
If he misleads people at this point, the conversation will get complicated. Especially when money is involved, it is important to be clear.
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"Oh, you are a researcher, are you? If so, please come to the back of the room.
"Ah, yes."
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Katya was led by the clerk to the business meeting room at the back of the store. .......
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Meanwhile, Eira was making the rounds of the store.
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"Get out!
"...... what, I'm just criticizing you?"
You're obstructing my business!
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"You're a little b*tc*!"
Three times I was kicked out of the store after a dispute with the clerk.
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Inadvertently, I said something critical about the products on display, which made the clerk angry.
"Yeah, I can't get much information from ......."
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Eira blurts out as she heads to the next store.
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Groma also said.
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"Thank you very much ......."
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We went around to the workshops that made magic tools and golems, but the response was not good at all.
They all seemed to be <<
Specifically, <
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"But ......"
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Gromma thought that all of the four workshops he visited seemed to have changed their attitude when he had told them that he was a researcher from Avalon.
Of course, they had been unfriendly before he had said his name, but after he had said his name, they had become even more unfriendly.
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"Is there a reason for this? ......"
I thought about it, but I did not know why I should be wary of <
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It was now almost noon, so Groma decided to meet up with the others, have a meal, and then decide what to do for the rest of the afternoon.
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"You're late. ......"
"Yeah."
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It was well past noon when Katya did not return.
Incidentally, Gromma arrived at 11:50 a.m. and Eira at 12:03 p.m. at the agreed dining room.
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"I can't believe that Katya is late for her appointment. ......"
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"Yeah. She usually arrives at least 20 minutes before."
Not wanting to stay in the cafeteria without ordering anything, the two ordered a light meal.
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They ordered a light meal so that they could have something more for company after Kačeša's arrival.
But when they finished their snacks, Katya did not come back.
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"That's definitely not right.
"I can only assume that something is wrong."
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They thought that even if Cachéa had some good news, she would not be so disrespectful of the time they had agreed to spend together.
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So, they called the front desk of the <
They went out to look for Cachéa.
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"I can't find her. ......"
Yes.
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Eira and Gromma are looking for Cachéa together as a precaution.
They go from one store to another where they think Cachéa might have stopped by, but they find no clues.
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"Hmmm... ......"
"I guess he hasn't come back after all."
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A little after 4:00 p.m., the two returned to the <
They had hoped for a little bit, but as they had expected, KaChea had not come back.
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The two discuss the situation in their room.
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The two discuss in their room.
"We'll have to file a missing person's report and a missing person's report to
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"Will we do that ...... soon?"
"No, we haven't decided that he's missing yet, so we'll ...... look for him until tomorrow evening, and if we don't find him, we'll ....... If we don't find him,...... then the search for Katya will be out of our hands."
That's kind of frustrating.
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I agree. She's one of us.
Groma's right. Katya is one of us. We should find her ourselves.
"So let's get all the information together."
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"Yeah ......, that's what chair is good at," he said.
"And when she's gone, we'll find her."
"I know, I know. ......"
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So, the two begin to sort through the information.
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"First of all, they were very salty..."
"I agree. I agree. ...... Wait a minute.
What's wrong, Groma?
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The only people who are not being treated well are the ones who are involved with the magic tools, right?
For example, the front desk of the inn, the merchants who deal in general merchandise, and the ordinary villagers ...... were not particularly unfriendly.
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"If you ask me. ......Yes, that's true."
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Eira agreed.
"Let's put the discussion of what this is all about on the back burner and get the information together," he said.
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"Well, okay.
I've got a vague idea of where the Magi crystals are being distributed.
Oh, Groma, that's great. At ......?"
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It seems to be in the town of Hulek, the one we passed when we came here.
"What?"
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Eira frowned when she heard that.
Is something wrong?
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No, I came to the same conclusion.
You mean you think the town of Frek is suspicious?
Yes.
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Yes. So we have to be very careful.
We have to be careful.
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That night, Eira and Gromma had a late meeting.