It’s Been 500 Years as an Extra, and the Original Story Still Hasn’t Begun - Chapter 90

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500 Years as Just an Extra,

The Original Story Still Won’t Begin

Episode 090

“I’m sorry, Teacher. I couldn’t even greet you properly when you arrived.”

“Why is that your fault? It’s because of this little troublemaker, oh my.”

“Eeeeeeh!”

Perhaps it hurt her feelings that Ailesia was pretending to take Hilda’s side. Elenora burrowed into Ailesia’s arms and shook her head vigorously.

“Teacher told you to listen well to Sister Hilda, so why did you do that? Our little troublemaker Elly, answer me.”

“I’m not a troublemaker!”

“Then you need to show Teacher your pretty face, okay?”

“Hng…”

Only then did Elenora timidly lift her head. Her eyes were red and swollen from all the crying.

“I’m sorry I was too busy during this time, Little One.”

It was true that she hadn’t been able to pay much attention to her since the new year. She always ate meals together and read fairy tales before bed without fail, but during the day she had no choice but to be away once every two or three days.

‘With preparing for the New Year banquet, and constantly going back and forth between the Grand Duke’s Castle and the advance base… She was probably feeling left out inside.’

No matter how well Hilda took care of the child, compared to herself who had always been by her side, there must have been many disappointing aspects.

In the first place, Hilda was in a position of serving Elenora as a subordinate.

Since she had also sent Whitey and Blanky, who were her playmates, back to the forest, how frustrated must she have been? She couldn’t just blame Elenora for doing wrong.

“Teacher.”

“Yes?”

“Will you be very busy from now on too…?”

“No, from today I’ll be with Elly all day long. At least until dinner time.”

“…Really?”

“Yes, really.”

She could visit the Magic Tower in the evening anyway, and other trivial matters could be resolved at night.

If there was something she absolutely had to do herself, it would be black magic research.

‘Going back and forth to the advance base or Grand Duke’s Castle only takes a moment, so.’

As a tutor, shouldn’t she focus on Elenora? The Imperial Palace side was still bothersome, but unless she was going to have an all-out war with the First Imperial Consort right away, there was no need for her to step forward directly.

“What about Uncle? Didn’t Uncle come with you?”

“Uncle is still in the mountain range. We agreed to have dinner together later, so Teacher will go pick him up in the afternoon.”

“Then what do we do until then?”

There were many things to do. She needed to catch up on magic studies, and she could go to the forest after a long time to play with her animal friends. Since the weather had warmed up a bit, it wouldn’t be bad to go on an outing to downtown Imperial Capital either.

However, she decided to be lazy for just today.

She would spend time lounging around appropriately, and there was one thing that happened to align with her purpose.

“Shall we take a look around the library with Teacher?”

“Their origins are all different.”

Kubera, who had been absorbed in interrogating the poachers from last night until early afternoon, pressed his temples firmly.

He didn’t have the kind of stamina to get tired from staying up one night, but his head was throbbing from being so tense.

“Four adventurers, two mercenaries, three from minor noble families. They may be from noble families, but in reality they’re no different from adventurers or mercenaries.”

“What about the remaining one?”

“He wouldn’t open his mouth until the end. That Zeke fellow whose gag Your Highness first removed.”

“He looked like the leader at first glance, so he must have quite some guts.”

“Truth serum and even torture don’t work on him. It seems he received special training.”

“Has the source of the necklaces been revealed?”

“They all say they received them from Zeke.”

Since that very Zeke was keeping his mouth firmly shut, there was no way to find out more in this situation. The others seemed to be mere underlings.

“This is…?”

While skimming through the report, Termion soon discovered a strange commonality in the poachers’ testimonies.

“Where is Parzan Street?”

“It’s in the outskirts of the northwestern part of the Imperial Capital. The Adventurer’s Guild and Mercenary Guild are also located there.”

“What about other information? Haven’t you been there yourself?”

“I went to have fun there a couple of times about twenty years ago. Back then there were only inns and taverns, but it must have changed a lot by now.”

According to Kubera’s words, it made sense that the poachers frequently made contact on Parzan Street. Since most of them were adventurers or mercenaries, there wouldn’t have been anyone who found them suspicious.

“If they were going to operate in the mountain range, it would be better to use a major city in this vicinity as a base, but no matter how I think about it, it’s strange. The fact that they went back and forth from the Imperial Capital to the mountain range.”

“When they finished hunting and returned, they moved separately in groups of three. That Zeke fellow always only showed himself in the mountain range or the Imperial Capital.”

“What’s the possibility of him confessing?”

“During interrogation, he tried to bite his tongue five times, so I gave up. I’ve never seen such a stubborn bastard.”

Retis thoroughly manages the paths for hunters entering the Gardbale Mountains and the surrounding villages.

Other paths couldn’t be traveled by ordinary people anyway, so investigating them would obviously be a waste of time.

In the end, the only clue in the current situation was Parzan Street.

“By any chance, are there magic tool shops on Parzan Street too?”

“There would be, but they wouldn’t openly sell magic tools embedded with black magic. There’s a high possibility that a completely different route exists.”

“We have no choice but to go and investigate directly.”

“That’s absolutely not allowed.”

Parzan Street was a kind of extraterritorial zone. Despite clearly being located within the Imperial Capital, it was treated as a completely different city.

Since it was an area where at least a thousand adventurers and mercenaries resided permanently, the atmosphere was always rough, and because interests were entangled, large trading companies and nobles backed it.

There was also the danger of riots breaking out if handled wrongly, and the taxes paid by the guilds were also an amount that absolutely couldn’t be ignored.

For these reasons, even the Imperial Palace turned a blind eye appropriately and allowed autonomy.

“There’s no need for Your Highness to move. It’s something that can be done by sending knights.”

“Among the knights currently in the Imperial Capital, is there anyone stronger than me?”

“…No.”

“What’s the possibility of using aura and magic together while not getting caught being from the Tigel Knight Order? Don’t tell me you’re planning to order me to hide one of the two?”

“Your Highness, no matter what you say, it’s too dangerous. That place is no different from the middle of a battlefield.”

“If investigation is necessary anyway, someone has to go.”

“Why does this kid keep being stubborn?”

Finally, Kubera, who couldn’t stand it anymore, even spoke informally, but Termion looked Kubera straight in the eyes regardless.

“No matter how I think about it, I’m the most suitable person.”

“This is driving me crazy, really.”

It hadn’t been long since he nearly died to the Drake, so why did he keep choosing only reckless things to do?

With a frustrated heart, he was thumping his chest when a cheerful voice reached Kubera’s ears.

“How about with a guardian accompanying?”

A blonde woman leaning against the half-open doorway with a fresh smile. Ailesia waved her hand cheerfully.

“It seemed like you were having an important conversation, so I was going to wait, but I heard something I absolutely couldn’t let pass?”

“…When did you arrive?”

“Just now. Oh, for reference, I didn’t eavesdrop on purpose. The door was open.”

“Please sit down first.”

Ailesia sat in the chair and glanced at the documents piled on the desk. They were documents organizing the information obtained from interrogating the poachers.

“From where did you hear?”

“From when you were talking about Parzan Street and such?”

She picked up one document and skimmed through it roughly.

For something investigated in just one day, it contained quite a lot of content, but there didn’t seem to be any truly important information.

“The conclusion is that you need to confirm where those necklaces came from, right? I’ll go with you.”

“Why would a tutor go to such a place? Just pay attention to Elly.”

“Since I took away two days of your time, I’m offering to help as repayment. Anyway, Elly falls asleep around 9 o’clock, so we can move after that.”

“This is completely different from monster subjugation. It could involve other noble family houses or trading companies, and it’s definitely connected to the First Imperial Consort.”

“That’s exactly why I need to come along. If something goes wrong, we’ll need to make a quick escape.”

“Sigh….”

Termion let out a sigh as if troubled.

Now that she had already heard the conversation, it seemed unlikely that any words could break her stubborn resolve.

“Lord Dayford, please say something. You were the one who first mentioned that Parzan Street was dangerous.”

“Hmm, I’m actually in favor of it.”

“…What?”

Termion stood there with his mouth agape, stunned by the betrayal of his trusted ally.

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