So, let's start with your debut.

　Once we'd finished meeting each other, Emilios suddenly said something like that.

''Debut fight?''
Hey. We're going to make a name for ourselves by attacking all these different bad guys, spreading the word and throwing them out. It's our debut.
You've already done it.
Kukeke! That's the King's dewdrop. We'll have to do it on our own first, while you're still unknown.
Yeah.

　Oh, I see.
　Well, His Majesty the King has a lot of work to do, too.

　Actually, we're better off without him.
　Because without him it's still easier to cover up the mess.

'I know you'll be making your debut. Do you know where you're going in?　If we hadn't decided--

　I thought I'd get out of here and start cheating on my buddies, but...

But this is it.

　Murat, who seemed to have a quiet personality, quietly held out a sheet of paper.

''The outer moat has been filled in...''
'What?　What did you say?

　Sophia-Dinos looked into my face curiously.

'Nope. More importantly, where are we going in?'
"....Homer.
"Homer?
A vampire.

　Emilios makes a face, "I see. He smiles and the other side of his wound is twitching with a grin.

'Explain it to me in a way that's easy to understand.
'Vista Homer. He's from a famous merchant family, but he's just a moneylender.
They have a vicious lending and collection system, where once the prey is caught in the net, they suck it down to the bone without mercy. That's how they got the name 'vampire'.
That's pretty badass.
Kukeke, and we're going for it, are we on the side of justice then, hmm?
That's the side of you.
Not good enough.

　The four of us, the four other people who seemed to know each other from the beginning, laughed happily at each other.

'Huh?　What's the matter, you look so difficult.

　Dinos noticed me (...).

'Yeah, you can attack me, but I'm just wondering how to disguise myself.
Yeah, not as much as King, but you're a nobleman, too.
Yeah. So you can't have a broken face.
Okay, I'll give you a disguise.

　I already know what's inside, or rather, I already know that the former is a man, but Dinos suggested such a thing in the female language as it looks.
　It's right for what I see, though.

'Can you wear makeup?'
I've been in a woman's body a long time. Come on, sit down, sit down.

　　　　　★

So this is me.

　I looked into the mirror and was honestly impressed.
　The make-up applied to Dinos had reached the point of disguise.

　The man in the mirror was an old man.
　The skin on his eyelids was loose and drooping, and his eyes had become extremely thin.
　The wrinkles were very natural, and although his hair was still black at the tips, he had dyed it white at the roots to give the impression that it was dyed white.
　And there's a huge scorpion tattoo on his face.

I don't know.
Well that's great.
Hmmm, right? Well, this is a two-step process.
Two-step?
That tattoo is very eye-catching. Everyone knows you're the guy with the scorpion tattoo, so if you do it a few times and are young and only have a scorpion tattoo, it creates a certain mystique.
Are you thinking that far ahead?
I don't know.
Great.

　I admired it from the bottom of my heart.

　The makeup that keeps people from finding out that it's me.
　More strictly, it's the makeup that keeps them from finding out and saying "Hermes is still a great guy".

　With this look, in the unlikely event that I accidentally do something, the amazing thing is that I'm the guy with the scorpion tattoo.

"I was actually going to make this for King. But King told me to make it yours.
"Kukeke, kukeke, you're an idiot. I'm not going to put on makeup to make the King stand out. We're the ones who stand out, and the King is the one who wears plain makeup.
I don't know.
Well, I can understand why you'd want to go all out and show off your makeup skills to the King.

　Four old acquaintances getting excited again.
　I was alone, staring in the mirror.

　Yeah, this one.
　Even if it was my sister, even if we were close enough to stare at each other.
　It was such a wonderful disguise that they would never find out.

　　　　　☆

　That night.
　On the night of the new moon, when the moon had not yet risen, the four of us and I snuck into the mansion of Vista Homer, the "vampire" they had been investigating.

　That guy's mansion in the King's Capital was part of the vast grounds, and he climbed over the wall and entered the grounds.
　As it was, he killed the sound of footsteps and signs, and plunged through the yard and stuck to the wall of the mansion.

''Mmm?''
What's the matter with Escorpion?

　In a stifled voice, Emilios called me by my pseudonym, "Scorpion".
　I replied in a voice disguised as an old man.

'No, this guy's a known corrupt moneylender, isn't he?
Yeah, why?
And then you got into it so easily.
You're right, it's a bit odd.
...Beware.

　The five of us nodded at each other.
　Thank goodness they weren't the kind of people who would flag us down here, spouting lines like "it's my imagination" or something like that.

　We remain cautious and continue on.
　The goal is Vista's study and bedroom.
　The key to the mansion's safe is in Vista's own possession, so the plan is to catch him and get him to open it first.

　I followed the map of the house that Murat had obtained beforehand and went around the outside of the house, heading for the window closest to the study first.

Stop!　Who are you!

　I saw a man with a torch in front of me.
　Crap!　I thought I'd found it - I thought I'd found it.

'Geez!'

　The man made a sound like a squashed frog and then collapsed.
　The distance to the man is nearly 10 meters, none of the five men here are moving.

　What do you mean...?

Who the f*ck are you?
What?

　I couldn't help but feel a bare voice.
　Because the voice that said who-knows-what to me was familiar.

　I stare at it, catching the fallen man's torch and lighting it up over here--.

'Cyrus!'

You know Scorpion?
Yeah, it's the Assistant Commander of the Visionary Order.
What!

　The four people on our side were startled by my words and turned to Cyrus in unison.

''You're the real deal all of a sudden?''
...fortune.
Kukekeke. It would have been fun to have the King around.
I think they're all here.

　Dinos points out.
　Behind the torch, I see a faint shadow of a person.
　It seems that the other members of the Dreamscape group are also coming.

''.........who are you guys?''
Scorpion. I'm a colleague of yours.

　Emilios replied.

'You're a thief,'
You're a traitor.
Okay, so that's why they're here.
That's what I'm talking about.

　Cyrus and Emilios nodded at each other.

'As it turns out, what are you going to do about it, Mr. Dreamscape?
....

　Cyrus fell silent and looked at us.
　What is it?　He's not staring at us he's staring at me.

Hey, did you see that guy staring at Escorpion?

　Dinos said, I nodded.
　Apparently, there's no mistake or anything.

　I wondered what was going on, and Cyrus looked at me.

'Scorpion,' he said. I don't know why you're pretending to be an old man.
What?
Scorpion, voice, voice, voice.
... haha.

　Oh, my God!
　I was so surprised by Cyrus' appearance that I was back to my bare voice.

　I've done it, I thought, but soon after, I realized it was a much bigger deal.

'That's not just anyone, the way you look. It probably wouldn't stand up to you if it weren't for our brother.
Ugh....

　He knows. Cyrus knows everything.
　He knows it's me, too.

　Well of course he does.
　It's a moonless night, and there's a lot more to it than looks, because of what your voice tells you.

　And if you're startled, and you're doing that, you're gonna get caught.

"You're not here. That's your brother. You're staying.

　Cyrus said and left without a sound, taking the other faces of the Dreamscape group with him.
　It's a very quick exit, as if no one was there to begin with.

　Thank goodness it's not going to be a problem.

What's up with you?
Squish, squish, squish, squish... So that's how you overwhelmed that group of dreamers with your presence alone?
Great.
Nice work, Scorpion.

　The four of them praise me with their mouths.
　The only reason is that my opponent is the Muken Dan, an opponent that I see as a rival to this parent guard bandit army.

　My stock had soared again.