The Fake Hero Is Too Strong

Reunion Preparation – 3

The shop owner was a middle-aged man.

He had a gentle expression on his face, but the sore muscles and scars on his shoulder made him guess that he must have done a tough job in his old days.

he asked in a soft voice.

“Did you choose them all?”

“yes.”

I put the right herbs on it.

The owner nodded and said.

“It’s 12 guilds.”

“Here you go.”

“Thanks… huh? Guest. You gave too much.”

The amount I gave was 50 guilds.

I said in a soft tone.

“I want to get some information.”

“For information, try asking the mercenary guild instead of this place. May I tell you where it is?”

“It is not a huge amount of information to borrow the hands of such experts.”

“If so.”

He snatched the coin.

I said.

“Um, first of all… Oh, what’s your name?”

“It’s a gray farm.”

“That’s a good name.”

“haha. thank you So what do you want to know?”

I already knew

‘It’s a gray farm. Tell me the secret between Gray Farm and Neryl Slaine.’

[okay.]

Soon the screen popped up.

＜I used the Eye of the Battery.＞

＜The current eye level of the battery is 1. The secret level that can be read is D level.＞

＜The selection condition is ‘The Secret Between Gray Farm and Neryl Slaine.’＞

＜This secret level is D level. Browse.＞

The first thing I saw on the screen was a gray farm.

Gray was splitting the darkness with his musculoskeletal masses.

said one of them.

“Hey, boss. Are you sure about today’s work?”

“okay. This is information I found out after hard work. Believe me.”

“If you add ninety-five times to that sound, it’s a hundred times.”

“You talk a lot. Is it real this time?”

“……”

“Don’t let go of the tension. Today we are digging the hidden tomb of the famous Erenika family.”

Hearing the confident guy’s words, the giants laughed.

More than that. House Erenica?

Erenica… where did you hear that?

‘ah!’

[It’s a surprise. Why but.]

‘no. Nothing.’

It was wrapped around the trail, but it was nothing.

Pig letters that were written on Neryl’s head before returning.

– Mei Erenika and 287 other people guilty.

Erenica from there came out again.

‘It’s the Erenika family. It’s definitely not famous.’

[Well. The third demon king, the family of heroes that appeared in the advent of the corrupt demon king.]

The Demon King has descended on this continent four times in the past.

Was it the Demon King of Destruction, the Demon King of Greed, the Demon King of Corruption, and the Demon King of Desolation?

And a few years later, the fifth demon king, Idria of lies and deceit, comes down.

Anyway, the great sage Beyond Erenika was one of the heroes during the advent of the Third Fallen Demon Lord.

Like other heroes, Beyond also played a major role in dealing with the corrupted demon lord.

It was a prestigious family that received a title for its merits and consistently produced talented wizards.

However, when the 4th Demon King of Desolation came down, the family’s prestige was shattered due to not being able to produce any remarkable results, and I know that it is a family that was destroyed by some kind of incident about 200 years ago.

‘Is it possible that Neryl destroyed the Erenika family? You said you had sinned against May Erenica.’

It seems like a reasonable reasoning in common sense, but my intuition, which is triggered at random, is ‘it’s too early to be sure.’ is saying

Well, it’s not that important right now.

In the meantime, the screen changes.

After climbing and climbing the mountain road, they arrived at a few tombs that looked pretty shabby.

Grey’s face is full of embarrassment.

He said as if he knew that one of the dwarfs would.

“I knew this was going to happen. Fuck.”

“for a moment. There seems to be some misunderstanding…”

“No, even when you see something like this in front of your eyes, do you say those words? It is the tomb of a family that belonged to the class of great aristocrats, no matter how destroyed. Even in rural areas, graves like this will not be used!”

“……”

“I wasted my time. I come back.”

That was then.

“Who is there?”

Suddenly, the voice of a person who was not here was heard.

The man who appeared with a torch was an old man who appeared to be nearly sixty years old.

However, his back was straight and his voice was very clear.

‘Besides, the clothes.’

[Well. I’m not dressed for hiking in the mountains. He was very well dressed.]

‘To be more precise, it’s a dress that is polite. Maybe it’s a courtesy to this grave.’

Of course, the Grays didn’t know anything about manners.

One of the giants spit and said,

“Just go ahead, old man.”

“no. Wait a minute.”

“Leader? why?”

“Aren’t you wearing that grandpa’s clothes pretty well?”

“By the way?”

“I was wondering if it would be easy to come all the way here with that kind of clothes at that age.”

They recite reasoning among themselves.

Meanwhile, the old man opened his mouth with a displeased expression.

“Get out of here. This is private property.”

“Frozen to death. Is this your land?”

“no. It is the land of the one I serve.”

“Then it’s not your land, is it?”

“Go out at the time of sophistry…”

Then a hunk interrupted the old man.

It was a very sensible attitude.

“Hey. We thought about it, didn’t you come from the bottom of your mountain?”

“what?”

“It’s not easy to come all the way here with that outfit. He must be living here somewhere.”

“……”

“I heard what I said earlier… Are you the keeper of this tomb? As a yangban guarding the tombs of great nobles, he will be paid generously, right?”

I think I know what you’re talking about.

As if the old man noticed it, he hurriedly leaned back.

But it’s already too late.

“Gagging…! Cool.”

Because Gray, who had slowly turned back, thrust a dagger into the old man’s chest.

“Ugh. these guys.”

“That old man has a long name. Let’s go.”

The guy twisted his dagger.

The old man died with the sound of boiling blood.

drop.

That cuts the screen.

I folded my arms and tapped my index finger.

Then Trail said in a stern tone.

[For reference, when using this battery’s eyes, real time stops. Don’t worry about how many hours you watch.]

As he said, Gray asked without feeling any awkwardness.

“Why are you like that? You said there was something you wanted to ask.”

“You’ve become quite polite as you get older.”

“yes?”

“Where are all the men? Robber.”

For a moment, Gray’s face hardened.

Silence passed between us for a moment.

Whoops.

Slowly, very slowly, he lowered his hand under the counter.

Knowing all this, I slowly turned around and closed the door to the tool shop.

Turn the plate hanging on the door and change it to ‘End of business’.

By the time I returned from work, Gray was already ready for battle with a dagger.

the guy asked

“What are you doing?”

“It’s just a free mercenary.”

“huh. I was in a situation where I couldn’t get a job in one place. Usually, mercenaries who don’t have much to do are like that.”

“Or a very talented person who doesn’t need to be hired in one place.”

“haha! Are you saying you are the latter?”

“Don’t laugh.”

At my words, he stopped laughing like a lie.

Soon, a cold sweat splattered on the guy’s forehead.

It was because I deliberately released the momentum without hiding it.

“Compared to yours, bandits are cute.”

“Wow, what?”

“Let’s put that down for now.”

goofy.

I rushed at him like lightning and broke his arm.

Gray missed the dagger with a groan.

I could see his white bones sticking out of his skin.

“Ugh. turn it off.”

Gray frothed and swung his fist with the remaining hand.

I swung my back and avoided it, then tripped my leg and knocked it over.

Kudadang!

“Aww! Ugh!”

He struggled to get up, but I was already stepping on his back.

“Don’t move. Before you break your spine.”

“Hey, why are you doing this to me? I did nothing…”

“no. You have done a lot.”

goofy. giggle.

There was a sound from his back that shouldn’t have been heard.

I continued, giving only the pain just before Gray passed out.

“Let’s find out one by one. This job involves recruiting Neryl, but I also have to build a reputation.”

“Sah, please save me. Please save me.”

“Let’s see first. Who do you want to know?”

I widened the pigtail window floating above the guy’s head.

As always, the names of other people disappeared, and the names of 90 people were lined up.

dump.

I sat down on Gray’s back.

“Let’s take a look one by one until the disaster comes.”

For the next two days, the Gray Tool Shop was closed.

I was still sitting on Gray’s back and leisurely admiring Jun Ji’s eyes.

“Ugh. Whoops.”

Gray grabs his broken arm and is sweating profusely.

The reason he can’t speak properly is because the gag is tied to his mouth.

‘ruler. show me the next one I’ll see the secret between Greg Felice and him.’

[Joe, can I take a little rest?]

‘but. I used the battery’s eyes too many times in a row. Shall we rest for a bit?’

[Thank you.]

‘great. Let’s get started now.’

[……]

And when it was evening on the second day.

I was able to get a vivid picture of all the sins he had committed against a total of 90 people.

When I organize them in paperwork, I can pick out a book.

Trail said in a somewhat liberating voice.

[I see something. Oh, I see the river. Would it be easier to cross here?]

‘Calm down and come back.’

[You are the devil.]

‘I couldn’t help it. Because I had to plan carefully for the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people you are talking about. If I had just embraced Neryl and backed away, I wouldn’t have had to worry so much.’

Trail opened her mouth as if she had regained her senses a little.

[Now you seem more passionate than me.]

‘Thank you.’

[But, wouldn’t it have been easier to find out by torturing him? It’s not going to eat me up.]

‘There’s no way to know right away whether the call to torture is true or not. There is a more certain way, and there is no need to go back.’

Trail shut his mouth as if he was convinced.

Anyway, I unlocked Gray’s gag.

He was half corpse from the pain of his broken arm, the rising heat, and hunger and thirst.

“Ugh. Please save me.”

I opened the lid of the canteen and gently poured it into his mouth.

“Wake. You must not die yet.”

“Gulp. Oh, not yet?”

“Because there will be guests coming soon. Is there a secret room in this tool shop?”

“…Gee, there is a basement.”

“let’s go.”

I dragged him down the stairs.

Kudang Tang.

And after throwing him on the floor, he asked in a light tone.

“Where did you hide the heirloom of the lord?”

“……!”

“There was really no need to ask. Come here.”

He committed a crime against ‘Frank de Levan and 89 other people’.

Franck de Levan, registered as representative. In other words, the sin this guy wants to hide most thoroughly.

That was the name of the lord who ruled this Quank Territory.

Through the eyes of the omniscient, I could clearly see that he hid the lord’s heirloom in this cellar.

wiggle wiggle.

A small jewelry box appeared under the farm implements that had been set up in disorder.

I lifted it up lightly, shook it and said.

“I think it’s pretty expensive for what you have. this.”

“Ok.”

It was no longer because of a broken arm, but because of his high blood pressure, he cried out with a face that he would die.

“How can you not! What the hell are you doing!”

“Did you change your tone again?”

“no! What are you doing!”

“Get some rest for now. There’s something more urgent than dealing with this treasure chest right now.”

again and again.

A fairly familiar footstep is approaching from outside the tool shop.

‘come. It’s Neryl.’

I slapped Gray on the neck, knocking him out.

And as I hurried upstairs, I heard a knocking sound.

“excuse me. Are you not in business?”

It’s definitely Neryl’s voice.

In the midst of this, wouldn’t it be a little strange to feel welcome?

“yes. Get out.”

I returned the plate back to business and opened the door.

A woman with dark blue hair down to her waist.

The slightly raised eyes and slanted mouth give a sharp impression, but even that cannot hide her beauty.

The teardrop under the right eye is exactly what I remember.

I said with a smile.

“Are you a guest? The owner has been away for a while.”

“Do you work here?”

“yes. just for today. Only this time.”

“……?”

“Come in at once.”

Neryl nodded and entered.

I returned to the counter and asked in a relaxed tone.

“Are you looking for something?”

Neryl looked at me quietly with her arms crossed.

“I’m looking for someone.”

“……”

“My name is Gray Farm, and I am probably 41 years old now. He’s a guy who’s been stripped of all the hair under his ears.”

“Looks like someone I know.”

“It has to be. Are you the owner here?”

Neryl’s tone changed.

She continued to speak in a cool tone that could feel the chill even in midsummer.

“Aren’t you simply hired here? So, you’re not hired to look at the tool shop, are you?”

“……”

“I took care of Gnome Gray’s other subordinates one by one. over the course of five years. They have been living quite successful lives in all parts of the continent.”

“……”

“The captain of the guard, the guild chief, the branch manager of the company… There’s no way that rumors can’t go without saying that many of them are dead. And I thought, if Gray hears about it, he might hire an escort.”

She seemed to have misunderstood that Gray hired me as a escort.

“But do you have enough money to hire someone as talented as you?”

“Do you know who I am?”

“I don’t know. You can tell just by looking at your standing posture. It’s like it’s not usually rolled.”

Little by little, the atmosphere began to grow heavy.

I straightened my back and changed my tone.

“It’s roughly all right, but let me correct one thing. I am not hired by Gray.”

“……”

“I was rather waiting for you.”

“what?”

“Would you like a cup of tea? I heard that you especially like tea. I am very excited.”

Neryl’s eyes twinkle slightly.

“Nice to meet you. The wretched witch, Neryl Slaine.”

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