Chapter 92
Chapter 92: Old lady Archmage
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Translator: Tseirp
“And then the self-proclaimed 『Drake Rider』 put the old lady down and ran away . ”
I smiled bitterly after I heard about it from Tise . I turned a blind eye to him since he wasn’t an enemy but it seemed like he had a caring side to him as well . Maybe I should reevaluate my opinion of him a little .
“I didn’t get the chance to thank that person . ”
The old lady said regretfully .
Even though Tise had defeated the stray assassins, Otto lowered the old lady and fled as fast as he could without even hearing the old lady plea to wait .
Tise was troubled and decided to bring her to my shop located at Downtown which was beside the harbor district .
“And then what about the stray assassins?”
“I tied them up and brought them to the guards . ”
“You did? Won’t you be subjected to sanctions if you don’t kill them?”
“But Zoltan doesn’t even have an Assassin Guild branch anyway . ”
Of course, an Assassin Guild branch would not hang their sign out in broad daylight . It would be a hideout camouflaged as an ordinary shop or private house .
An Assassin Guild was a guild of assassins just as the name implied . It functions to restrict random assassinations from occurring and to prepare escape routes for assassins so that they are not treated as throwaway pawns . Although they can’t boast to be on the side of justice, their official position and principle were that only by eliminating the inferior can the greater good be achieved .
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Their inviolable rule was that they could only receive assassination requests through the guild . Only after the branch leader estimates the various effects of the assassination as well as the legitimacy of the aim of the request, will he then give the approval .
Such an organization was only tolerated because of the existence of divine protections . As long as the 『Assassin』 divine protection existed, it could be interpreted as God Demis’ approval of the existence of assassins and their actions . Although the main faction of the Holy Church criticizes the management of the Assassin Guild, they do not criticize the existence of it and there exists a certain level of trust in it as an organization that will not be influenced by the various countries and powers .
Nevertheless, the fact was that many still hold contempt toward the Assassin occupation .
In contrast to the Assassin Guild that wishes to bring order to assassinations, there always exists a force that compels the ones who hate the strict rules and feel that they should be given the freedom to assassinate . Such people are those who once belonged to the Assassin Guild but then fled to perform their own assassinations or set up their own organizations .
Those people were called stray assassins . The sole assassination target set by the Assassination Guild itself .
【Pyon】 Ugeuge-san leaped from Tise’s shoulder to the ground . It seemed to have caught an insect .
Tise continued while looking at Ugeuge-san who began eating happily .
“Their leader was a stray assassin called Harks . I conversed with him once so I remembered him . I did consider killing them there but without the Assassin Guild, explaining myself would be troublesome so I felt that handing them to the guards was the best option . ”
“Yeah, I think that was a good choice . And so did that Harks guy reveal anything?”
“Even if he’s rotten, he’s still a 『Assassin』 . He would not reveal the name of his requester even if he is subjected to torture . He tried to escape by saying some nonsensical names . ”
“I see . ”
Lit went to call Ruti who had returned to her own house . We would be fine even if we didn’t call Ruti but she would probably be peeved if we didn’t .
“For the time being, she should probably stay here for tonight . The assassins might not be limited to those three after all . ”
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“That’s true . ”
The two of us turned to look at the old lady .
“I sincerely apologize for inconveniencing you . ”
The old lady apologized to us in a polite demeanor .
She seemed to come from an upper-class background .
“It is fine . This might be an Apothecary in the Downtown but Hero Lit and Tise here as well as Ruti who is on the way are all B-rank adventurers . Be at ease and rest well, erm, I’m called Red . May I know you name?”
“Yes, I am called Mistome . ”
Mistome?
“Are you, by any chance, Master Mistome? The previous mayor as well as Zoltan’s previous generation strongest party’s 『Archmage』 Mistome-san?”
“Yes, I have been called that in the past . But now I am just an ordinary old lady . ”
An elegant smile appeared on Mistome’s wrinkled face .
“I’m back! I brought Ruti . ”
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“Onii-chan, did something happen?”
Lit and Ruti returned so I was about to explain but …
“Eh, is the old lady in the room? Has she fallen asleep?”
“No, I entrusted her to the Adventurer Guild’s Garadin . ”
“To Garadin? If that guy had to come out then it means that she was some noble retiree?”
“Well, you can think of it that way . She was the previous mayor, Master Mistome . ”
“Eh? She was such an amazing person?”
Lit was shocked . Ruti had no clue and was receiving an explanation from Tise .
Previous mayor Mistome was a lady who once stood at the top of Zoltan . Furthermore, along with Adventurer Guild Executive Garadin, Holy Church Priest Shien, and Guard Captain Moen, they resolved high difficulty requests as the sole B-rank adventurer party before Albert came to Zoltan .
The fact that she was capable of continuing her work as the mayor while operating in the strongest adventurer party told of her degree of ability . Her divine protection was 『Archmage』 . A superior-rank divine protection in the magic-user system which possesses, in addition to the usual magic system skills, their own unique skill called ‘Higher grade Magical Art’ .
It was another strong skill which could improve spells on the go in ways such as reflecting spells, altering single-target spells into areof-effect spells, and altering power output to balance with magical power consumption .
In contrast to the 『Sage』 who are capable of using both Magical Art and Covenant Magic, the 『Archmage』 is a divine protection that specializes in the Magical Art . But the 『Sage』 possess an enormous magical power increase so I believe the 『Sage』 is still superior in extended battles .
“Even if you guys didn’t help her, she probably would have defeated them without any hardship . ”
Despite being elderly, she was once a B-rank adventurer magic-user . Unlike martial arts, the effectiveness of magic does not decrease with age . Magical power regeneration might be slower but for a single fight, she would be capable of displaying power similar to her prime, which was a trait of the magic-user type divine protections .
If they were opponents that Tise could defeat in an instant, the old lady should have been able to somehow cope on her own .
“Then, that self-proclaimed Drake Rider wasted his bet on his life . ”
“I guess you could say that . ”
Furthermore, if he stayed behind instead of running away, he probably would have received a letter of appreciation as well as gold from the Zoltan authorities .
In that cold weather, we thought of that large man who ran away from the luck that finally fell into his lap and laughed .
“Now then, since Ruti came all the way here, do you want to have some hot milk?”
“Yes!”
“I’m guessing Lit would like coffee . With the same amount of sugar and milk?”
“That sounds good . ”
“What about Tise?”
“Could I have cafe au lait?”
“Hot milk, coffee, and cafe au lait . Okay . ”
I stood up and thought of toasting some garlic bread as well as I walked toward the kitchen .