I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 115

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Episode 115

“Hmm.”

“Is there some problem?”

“The Captain is smarter than I thought.”

“Excuse me…?”

“You have talent for setting up schemes too. Honestly, I thought you’d say ‘I’ll try to lure another assassination attempt,’ but this is quite unexpected.”

“I’m not that much of a madman.”

I was lucky to notice it once, but the possibility of noticing it if they try again?

It’s not low, but it’s not high either.

“Wouldn’t it be difficult for the Captain to handle alone?”

“Yes… well, honestly, it doesn’t seem like it would be easy.”

“Then how about making a deal with me.”

“A deal? What do you mean by that.”

A helping hand extended by a vicious superior.

To be honest, he felt more dangerous than Besinia.

‘He’s not going to say something like “keep rolling until the war ends,” is he?’

With this guy, there’s definitely that possibility.

“If you agree, I’ll personally mobilize some people to clean things up, then remove Tems Oclo’s name from it.”

“Is that possible?”

He’s saying he’ll help a criminal escape, which seems hard to believe is something an Intelligence Agency Major could do.

‘If it’s really possible, that would be the best though.’

And Eden’s response to my suspicion was simple and clear.

“If I say it’s possible, then it’s possible. What are you doubting? If you don’t like it, handle it yourself.”

“Ha…haha, why are you saying that? I’m just worried about you, Major.”

I hurriedly grabbed onto Eden as he suddenly tried to make a U-turn.

“So for this deal, what should I give you?”

“It’s nothing too grand, just do your absolute best in the upcoming operation without any complaints.”

“Excuse me…?”

This was quite different from the deal conditions I had imagined.

Honestly speaking, it was practically free.

‘No, but that’s something I always do anyway.’

The “without complaints” part is slightly concerning, but when has anything ever changed because I complained?

Looking at it again, it’s completely one-sided profit.

“Not good enough?”

“No…no. This is too good for me.”

“Then that’s settled. Move quickly. There’s not as much time as you might think.”

I didn’t know at the time.

That Eden’s almost-free deal condition was a gift from the last remnant of his conscience.

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“Damn it, why didn’t he die.”

Naturally, he expected that not long after that maid went in, there would be screams and chaos.

So to secure an alibi, he immediately returned to his bedroom and held his breath in hiding.

Far from screams, the evening passed far too peacefully.

“Shit, shit!”

Bang!

Frustrated that things weren’t going according to plan, Tems slammed his desk.

‘Did those bastards play a trick on me.’

He wanted to check immediately, but he had thrown away everything remaining in the sewer yesterday, so he had nothing left.

‘Or could he have possibly noticed? No, that can’t be.’

What sane person in the world would suspect that the refreshments brought by a maid contained poison?

Then there were two remaining possibilities.

Either he didn’t eat it, or the poison was defective.

‘With refreshments like that, if they’re left over, the servants usually eat them, so if the poison was proper, someone should have died regardless.’

But the manor was far too peaceful.

Then there was only one remaining possibility.

“Those bastards.”

Having reached his conclusion, Tems irritably put on his coat and went down to the first floor of the manor.

“Young master, where are you going?”

“None of your business, bring me a horse. I have personal business.”

“Yes…yes sir! Please wait just a moment.”

The servant, noticing that his mood was very poor, moved quickly as if fleeing.

Soon a horse was prepared, and Tems mounted it, driving the horse more roughly than usual toward the outskirts of the capital.

“Owner, come out!”

An herbal shop set up in a corner of corners in the market.

Tems burst through the door and called for the owner with an irritated voice.

“Oh my, young master. If you were coming, you should have sent word ahead. What brings you here today?”

“What brings me? What brings me indeed. I came to make you pay for swindling me, you bastard. Have you lost your mind!”

“Wh…what are you suddenly talking about? Oh my, please calm down.”

At his appearance as if he might draw his sword at any moment, the shop owner Silk waved both hands and repeatedly bowed his head.

“Are you going to pretend you don’t know after selling me fake poison herbs?!”

“I…I have never done such a thing. Would a powerless old man like me commit fraud against a young master of the Oclo Family that would be exposed so quickly?”

“Then why is that bastard still alive and well after eating the poison herbs? You’d better explain in a way I can understand.”

“What…? You’re saying he ate it and is still alive? That’s impossible.”

Silk tilted his head as if it were an impossible occurrence.

In that moment, his face twisted grotesquely, but Tems failed to notice.

“Impossible my ass! I secretly put it in his refreshments but nothing happened.”

“Did you personally see him eat the refreshments?”

“Not directly, but common sense says he wouldn’t not eat refreshments. Even if he didn’t eat them, the servants below would have. Nobody died or anything, are you still going to make excuses?”

Since it was indeed a reasonable point, Silk’s mind became complicated as well.

‘Could there really be an antidote.’

He, who operates an herbal shop under the name Silk, is actually a field agent belonging to Reconnaissance Command.

His main work is information gathering, but also catching weaknesses by providing poisons and drugs to nobles.

The number of nobles he’s entangled this way currently easily exceeds dozens.

‘I thought I could extend my reach to the Oclo Family while handling things simultaneously, but this has become difficult.’

Though Tems doesn’t know it, Silk knows that Paran belongs to the Intelligence Agency.

Therefore, it didn’t take long for him to judge that this wasn’t a case of defective poison, but that the poisoning plan had been discovered.

‘Damn brat, if you’re going to poison someone, you should watch directly with your own eyes.’

It seems like he got scared and secretly put it in the refreshments the maid was carrying in.

Does he see Intelligence Agency agents as that easy a target?

‘Let’s send him away for now.’

Having decided on his approach, Silk first bowed his waist.

“Oh my, young master. If I had sold fake herbs, could I have done business here for 20 years? Please believe me.”

“Then what, is that bastard immune to poison or something?”

“How could that be? From what I can see, there must have been some accident in between.”

“An accident?”

At Tems’s question, Silk nodded his head repeatedly with desperation.

“Yes, but what’s done is done, and in any case, this old man bears some responsibility. I’ll prepare more reliable poison herbs.”

“Hmm.”

“Please trust me just one more time. I stake this old man’s 20 years of credibility that I’ll make sure of it this time.”

Tems looked down at the white-haired old man asking for a chance.

‘If I can’t get the poisonous herbs anywhere else, I have no choice but to trust this place even if it’s dirty.’

This place was also something Tems barely managed to find through his Information Guild connections.

“It must be certain.”

“Y-yes! Of course. If I fail again this time, I’ll offer you my head.”

“Make sure you take responsibility for those words.”

Tems warned while glaring at Silk with murderous intent in his eyes.

“How could there be any doubt. Just give me two days.”

“Tsk, when every day is urgent. How much is the payment?”

“How could I have the nerve to take money? Restoring broken trust, that alone is enough.”

At the words that he wouldn’t take money, the corners of Tems’s mouth rose slightly.

‘I was just about to be suspected for using too much recently, so this is fortunate.’

This way, from Tems’s perspective, there’s no big problem except for the schedule being pushed back a little.

“You have the basics of a merchant down. Two days, prepare properly. Don’t disappoint me.”

“Yes! How could there be any doubt! Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity!!!”

“And clean up this place. Even if you’ve gotten slow with age, still, the state of this store is just. Tsk tsk.”

Tems took one last look around the store, clicked his tongue, and went outside.

As Silk was left alone, an unidentified man approached him.

“Section Chief, there was a tail following Tems Oclo. It’s highly likely to be Intelligence Agency, so you should leave this location.”

“Damn, this stupid bastard. How many?”

“They were wearing robes so I couldn’t confirm their faces, and there were three of them.”

“Tsk.”

The moment the Intelligence Agency caught the scent, this place could be considered worthless.

“Should we flee?”

“It’s already too late. There are only a few things I need to take.”

“Then…”

“We have no choice but to deal with them first. You said there were only three.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Have the boys on standby. When I give the signal, rush in immediately.”

“Understood.”

The man who received the order quietly left through the back door, and not long after, the store’s front door opened.

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“Shopkeeper, are you there?”

As if he had no fear whatsoever, Eden stepped into the herbal shop without any hesitation.

‘Damn, wouldn’t it be better to call for backup?’

Following Tems who left the manor was fine.

We even found out where he purchased the poisonous herbs.

But why suddenly take one more step from there?

‘This person is just staying quiet too.’

An Intelligence Agency agent that Eden brought along for this operation.

I naturally thought it would be someone I didn’t know, but surprisingly, it was Lieutenant Alpen, no, Captain, whom I had worked with before.

“Oh my! Welcome!”

At Eden’s call, a white-haired old man slowly walked out from inside the store.

‘He really is just a pharmacy grandfather.’

A build that looked like one wrong swing of a fist would send him to the afterlife, let alone subduing him.

How should I put it, I let out a small sigh of relief.

“I came here on a recommendation, heard you sell good stuff here.”

“Pardon…? What do you mean by that?”

The old man blinked as if hearing this for the first time.

“Suddenly pretending not to know, when the smell is this strong.”

‘Smell?’

I focused on my sense of smell, but there was nothing special except for the smell of grass.

“If I had done such terrible things, would I have been safe for 20 years? I don’t sell illegal items, so please leave.”

The owner came out quite firmly.

What to do from here is important now.

‘Wouldn’t it be best to just subdue him and search the store?’

It’s almost something you’d only do in a dictator era, but it’s fine.

If we can just confirm that poisonous herbs were dealt with here, everything will be forgiven.

“Twenty years, that’s an interesting story. Then would you prepare some herbs that would help someone with a weak constitution?”

“If it’s something like that, I’ll prepare it right away.”

The old man, having received Eden’s order, began taking out and mixing several herbs.

‘He really has the aura of an expert.’

Twenty years of business experience doesn’t seem to be a lie.

About 10 minutes passed like that.

The old man put the herbs in a bag and handed it to Eden.

“Boil it carefully for twelve hours and drink it as a decoction.”

“Thank you. How much does it cost?”

“Just give me 2 gold.”

“2 gold.”

Eden searched his pocket as if he was really going to pay.

Then, taking gold coins from his pocket…

“Now the games are getting boring, why don’t you come out.”

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