Overlord: I’ve Been Recruiting Followers in Another World

After breakfast, Enri immediately left to handle the important matters to be discussed with the Church. Meanwhile, Leinas deftly led the followers in their daily training.

As for Kael, who preferred not to be responsible for anything that could be delegated, he used Sixth Tier Magic [Greater Teleportation] to go to the Re-Estize Kingdom's capital again. There were several things about this city and the entire kingdom that he needed to personally arrange.

Since he had marked the spatial coordinates in Florence Palace before, upon the completion of the teleportation, the location where he appeared was a hidden corner within the palace.

As for the problem of being discovered by others, it was almost nonexistent. Kael didn't need to worry too much as long as he used his special skill [Perfect Invisibility] beforehand.

His memory was quite good, and after easily walking through several corridors, he arrived near the bedroom of the Golden Princess, Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself.

Suddenly, he saw three people walking towards him.

Walking on the left, the small, yellow-haired man wearing mithril armor was, needless to say, Princess Renner's personal guard, Climb.

The two beside him were the ninja Tina, who wore a tight mesh outfit and partial protective armor, and the beautiful girl Lakyus, who had golden spiral pigtails and wore a light pink dress.

Kael's gaze fell on Lakyus.

When he had met her before, Lakyus had always worn the armor that only virgins could wear, [Pure White Snow]. This was the first time Kael had seen a noble princess dressed like this—without her armor.

Kael had to admit, although Lakyus looked less heroic without her battle armor, she was also more beautiful and charming.

Yesterday when Lakyus met Princess Renner, she received an order to attack Eight Fingers' stronghold. She came again today, probably to report the completion of the order.

This is a good opportunity to see what the princess's dark side will do next, Kael thought.

Kael then followed the three into the Golden Princess's bedroom, moving without a trace.

The three greeted the princess respectfully, sat at a tea table filled with light refreshments, and tasted the fragrant tea prepared by Her Royal Highness the Princess herself. Then, Lakyus took a parchment from Tina's bag and placed it on the table.

"We found this parchment when we burned the narcotics in the village. I thought it was some kind of written instruction, so I brought it back..." Lakyus pointed to the parchment. "Can you tell me what's written there?"

The person Lakyus asked the most was Princess Renner.

There were several strange marks written on the parchment. Blue Rose and its five members had tried to decipher the document before, but ultimately failed.

If it's the intelligent Renner, she might be able to understand the message, Lakyus thought. It was for that reason that Lakyus brought out the items.

Renner did not disappoint her trust. She took the parchment, glanced at it, and said indifferently, "...It's a substitute password. Wait for me."

Having said that, Renner went into the room carrying the parchment, and soon came out again carrying a cracked file.

"I understand. This isn't a written instruction, but a document recording many place names, seven of which happen to be in the royal capital." Renner explained, pointing to the list.

"Does this mean these places are narcotics storage facilities, or important bases, or something like that?" Based on the document's source, Lakyus made a reasonable conclusion.

However, Renner had a different opinion on this and said, "I don't think such important documents would be placed in production areas. Places like these are probably bait, right?"

"Bait? Is it a trap?" Tina asked.

"Hmm... I don't think so. Although Eight Fingers is an organization, it's divided into several departments in terms of structure, which is more similar to a cooperative form," Renner explained. "So these places should be the headquarters of departments other than the narcotics department."

Renner's conclusion surprised the others, and they also felt that the Eight Fingers organization was somewhat complicated.

While suffering losses themselves, they actually used other departments as shields to divert fire. Lakyus thought, anger beginning to surge within her. If they were so ruthless towards their own people, they would certainly be even more ruthless when dealing with enemies.

Lakyus looked at the document recording the locations again and suddenly frowned slightly, "The brothel isn't there."

"The brothel?" Tina and Climb asked in unison.

"Eight Fingers has an underground brothel in the capital. I heard it's very bad there, and it seems you can experience all kinds of services you can imagine." Lakyus explained the matter of the brothel to her good friends, with clear expressions of disgust and anger on her face.

After Princess Renner implemented the abolition of slave trade, almost all illegal brothels in the kingdom had disappeared, and this should be the last one.

Just because this was the last, you can certainly imagine how stubborn and dirty it was.

All those with disgusting hobbies probably gathered in that place, and for that reason provided an umbrella there, so that others could not use official rights to search it.

"Hey, Renner, how about we take over that place by force?" Lakyus said, her eyes blazing with determination.

"As long as we find evidence, there will be no problem. Besides, we can use intelligence to teach a harsh lesson to the nobles who have colluded with Eight Fingers!" Although she was also a noble, the more Lakyus thought about the information she had investigated, the angrier she became, so she gave aggressive advice to Renner.

Hearing this, Renner was clearly tempted, but after looking at Lakyus, she hesitated again.

"Perhaps you're right, Lakyus. But if you do this... it will cause problems for your family, the Aindra Family, you know?" Renner's voice was soft, yet full of warning.

Eight Fingers was not only a dark and evil underground organization, but it also involved many nobles from the kingdom, even Renner's own brother, the eldest prince Barbro Areille Vaiself.

If Lakyus were to break into that brothel, the nobles involved would definitely bear a grudge against the Aindra Family.

Assuming there was no guarantee that the evidence obtained could completely defeat the criminals, this might not be a good thing for the Aindra Family, who were also members of the nobility.

Renner's appearance perfectly demonstrated what a close friend should do, considering the potential negative impacts on her friend before acting.

Lakyus smiled contentedly at Renner, a smile full of secrets, and said mysteriously, "Don't worry, I have a group of very reliable friends who are willing to help us do this, and it won't have a bad impact on my family."

"Good friends? Someone I know?" Renner asked curiously.

"Eh..." A strange glint appeared in Lakyus's eyes, but she quickly covered it and laughed, "Anyway, they are trustworthy friends, you don't need to worry."

"...Is that so? Thank you for your help." Renner must have felt that something was amiss, but she didn't continue to question Lakyus. Instead, she smiled thoughtfully.

Lakyus, in turn, felt her sympathy and felt fortunate to have a friend like Renner, so she stood up and said, "Then I'll go back and prepare. You wait for my good news."