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"See?"
Hohe~, Mina-chan's magic is powerful, huh?"
It's nice to be praised with a clap of hands.
But that's not the point, let's tie her up.
"Yes, please use this."
Meena-san hands me a rope that I don't know where she got it from.
I had not been holding anything until now, but I found myself holding it in my hand. I'll ask her to teach me how to do it next time.
"Good."
I've been working on strengthening magic to train myself in magic, and I can easily lift even a man bigger than myself.
I swung it around a little to show off my strength.
"Oh~! Powerful!"
It's kind of fun!
But this is Master Khalil's laboratory, it would be a disaster if I wielded it any further and broke something.
"Should I tie him to a chair? Should I let him out of this room in the first place?
"Hmmm... ......
Should I tie him inside the room for now and inspect his belongings?"
Tie the arms and legs, and check the belongings.
The shoes and cuffs are easy to prepare for various things, so you might want to check them more carefully."
I checked the shoes as I was told, and found a large needle.
For some reason, it was slippery and uncomfortable.
"Huh?"
The consumption of magic power increased.
Until a few minutes ago, the amount of magic power consumed was more than the amount of recovery, but now the consumption has increased to the same level as the amount of recovery.
"The hidden weapons, also known as dark weapons, are usually coated with poison, so you shouldn't touch them too much."
"Couldn't you have said that earlier?!"
The reason for the increased consumption of magic power is that the strengthening magic applied to me was fighting against poison, right?
It's too bad, I'm glad I kept applying magic to strengthen my immunity.
Huh, if it wasn't for me, you'd be butthurt. ......"
I carefully ransack the place, hoping that they may still have some poison hidden in there.
After much searching, I found a necklace with a peculiarly shaped ornament from his breast pocket.
It has a copper coin engraved with the shape of a dragon whose wings are made of swords.
"Did you find anything?"
"Oh, look at this..."
It's hot!
As I moved my gaze to show the necklace I had taken to Mena, the sleeping person began to burn with a bubbling sound.
Thanks to my body's increased tolerance, I wasn't burned.
But that was about it,
"It's so hot!"
"Are you all right?"
No, it's hot.
It was so hot that I even made a weird noise: ......
The hot sensation subsided as soon as I stroked my hand, thanks to the fact that I had no burns and immediately removed my hand from the source of the fire.
The only thing I noticed was that there was only a blackened burnt mark on the place where it had been burning.
"What are you...?"
Don't move!
ーーーーー
That's what it feels like.
I see.
I have a few things to say, but for now,
"Can you show me that necklace?"
"Yes, this way!"
The necklace she handed me looked just like Mina described.
And thanks to this necklace, I knew which hand the traitor was this time.
"Wow, it looks like something a boy would like."
"I wonder if he likes this kind of thing?"
"My brother used to collect these things too, so I guess so."
I know this necklace with knowledge.
The Sacred Church, a powerful group separate from the state, destroyed the Berthona family in order to monopolize restorative magic.
The dark side of that church, the Creeps, and this necklace is something that shows that it belongs to the Creeps.
There was a reason why they targeted the Countess Dicaman family, who could create powerful magic potions, and it made sense that they showed so much loyalty to them.
"The two of you must keep this matter a secret."
This necklace has a rank.
This is the copper coin, the lowest, and as it goes up in rank, from copper to silver to gold, its position in the creeps goes up.
To be honest, most of the copper ones are weak, and the silver ones, who are supposed to lead a small number of troops, have a certain amount of skill, and even I can eliminate them with a little time to spare.
The problem is when gold sneaks in, even though it was a very strong opponent in my knowledge and was judged a small fry enemy in the map, one gold coin once had the internet buzzing that it was stronger than Khalil Dikaman.
"Don't tell your coworkers, don't tell your relatives, don't even tell the ones here,
Keep it between yourself."
"Yes, of course."
Conflict with the church is inevitable.
The church will not move immediately, but as soon as they infiltrate with only copper and unconfirmed silver to begin with, it is clear that the countess is not a priority for the church.
Even if regular contact was lost, it would only be assumed that Copper had screwed up, and nothing special would be done.
'And as a reward for this matter, I will prepare whatever you want, if the Countess can provide it."
"Really?"
...... looks so happy.
I couldn't help but be caught off guard by Mena's very nice smile.
"If it's something I can get for you,"
"I'm looking forward to it."
......
Unlike the happy-looking Mena, Mina nodded, crossed her arms and meditated.
"What's wrong?"
"Are you alright?"
I'm feeling very well!"
'...... I see.'
I don't know, but okay.
It's a good sign that the traitor who was lurking in the mansion has been eliminated, even though he wasn't from the ducal family.
However, it does not necessarily mean that there is no one who was infiltrated by the dukes, and vigilance is necessary. From now on, I have to pay attention to the movements of the servants.
Besides,
What are you going to ask for, Mina-chan?"
"I..."
I've got something on my mind.