Chapter 80: 80
The Mystery of the Sewers
I felt that Milka’s observations were correct .
Well, if she was right, we would have to go to the scene in order to find proof .
And we still didn’t know who was behind it all .
Serulis said,
“If people are being abducted here…”
“Then it might be good to go search the place . ”
“No, I think…I think I should go there as bait . ”
Serulis said with determination .
I was about to tell her that this was nonsense, but then Milka opened her mouth .
“Oh, if you need bait, I’ll do it!”
“No, we can’t allow you to do it, Milka . ”
“Sister Serulis . Even if it’s you telling me, this is one thing I will not back down on!”
“But you don’t have any combat training . ”
“I don’t need combat training if I’m going to be bait!”
“No, it is very important . ”
“You’re a noblewoman, aren’t you, Sister Serulis? And so pretty . I think you will draw too much attention . You’re no good as bait . ”
Milka was right . In the strictest sense of the word, Milka was a better match .
Serulis was too well known . She was not only pretty, but she was Goran’s daughter .
There were hardly any nobles who did not know who she was .
Of course, that didn’t mean I would allow Milka to be used as bait either .
“We won’t be using any bait . ”
“But why?”
“The risk is too high . ”
“But Mister Locke . You have to enter the wolf’s lair in order to capture the wolf cub!”
“I’m surprised you know about that . ”
Shia said with an expression of surprise . It was a saying from a far away country .
“My grandfather used to say it!”
Milka’s grandfather had taken a risk too . That had ended with heavy debts .
I didn’t think she should be following his advice . Well, he was dead . So I couldn’t speak ill of him either .
“Groof?”
As a wolf cub himself, Grulf thought we were talking about him, and he put his muzzle on the desk .
I petted his head and said,
“I understand how you feel, Milka and Serulis . But I cannot allow this strategy involving bait . ”
“But a little danger is ne-…”
“Of course, there will be danger… And not only that . ”
“What do you mean?”
I explained .
I didn’t know if they would be taken to some noble’s house after being abducted .
And there was a possibility that the kidnappers were just subordinates like Kabino .
Right now, I wanted to catch the one who was behind all of this .
I told them this, and Milka and Shia finally gave up on becoming bait .
While the explanation was long, the truth was that I just did not want to put them in any danger .
If you disregarded the risk, it was actually an effective plan .
Even if we just caught another subordinate, they would likely have information that would lead to their boss .
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They were abducting people in a district where nobles lived .
So it wasn’t that unlikely that they would be taken to the boss’s house .
Shia nodded .
“I agree with you . It would be better if we don’t use any bait . ”
“Cluck-cluck . ”
“Lord Gerberga also says that we shouldn’t do it!”
Luchila claimed .
Gerberga clucked and then lept from Luchila’s arms and landed on top of the desk .
Then he walked across the desk to face Serulis .
Serulis petted him gently and said,
“Alright, we won’t use bait… So then, how are we supposed to find out what noble is behind all of this?”
“…Hmmm . ”
Milka groaned and then began to make marks on the map .
“What are these markings?”
“These are the entrances to the sewers . I was preparing to live down there . So I know all the entrances . ”
There were quite a few of them too . I didn’t even know about some of them .
It was very impressive . She really was planning on making the sewers her home .
“Milka . What’s so important about the sewer entrances?”
“Ummm . Sister Serulis . This thing was thrown away in the sewers, right?”
Milka asked as she pointed at the Evil God idol on the desk .
“Yes . What about that?”
“I think the houses nearest to the sewer entrances are the most suspect . Because it would be hard to walk so far to throw those away!”
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“I see… That’s a good point . ”
“It is? I hope so . ”
“Good for you, Milka!”
Serulis said as she patted her on the head .
“Eheheh . ” Milka laughed .
Indeed, it would be much harder to dispose of them if the house was far from the sewers .
That being said, I couldn’t quite agree with Milka’s reasoning .
“Milka, do you know a lot about the structure of the sewers?”
“Yes . I do . I did a lot of searching . ”
And that was how she found the broken wall and hidden passage, I guess .
“Can you write down in which direction the sewage water flows?”
“I can if it’s a rough idea . ”
“Yes, that’s fine . ”
“Okay . ”
And so Milka started to write down the direction that the water flowed .
It seemed to flow without much connection to the actual tunnel system .
There had probably already been natural caves and tunnels down there that were later converted to a sewer .
Serulis looked very impressed as she said,
“Milka . You sure know a lot . ”
“I know where all the entrances are, so I just have to put the rest together in my head . ”
“That’s amazing . ”
“Ehehehe . ”
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She chuckled as she filled in the map .
“I finished!”
“Thank you . ”
“But, what will this tell you?”
I had walked in the sewers quite a lot today . It was really just a moment ago, and so it was still fresh in my memory .
I recalled the small details and compared it with what Milka had written .
It appeared to me that she had done a very accurate job .
“Alright . So this is where the fragments had collected . ”
“Oh?”
“Obviously, sewage water flows through the sewers . ”
“Yes, yes . ”
“It’s possible that they didn’t need to enter the sewer entrances to discard the fragments . They could have just flushed it down with the sewage water . ”
I said . Milka immediately started to trace her finger along over the map .
She was thinking about the direction of the current .
“People are abducted along this road, and the water flows in this direction, so…”
There were only so many houses that faced that road .
And you can look at the place the fragments collected, and trace their path to find where they came from .
Milka’s finger stopped on a certain house .
“Ah, this house . ”
It was Marquis Mastafon’s mansion .