Chapter 94
It was the night after I had defeated the Evil God head, and I was drinking with Eric and Goran .
Serulis, Shia, Milka, Luchila and Lord Gerberga had all gone off to bed .
As they were my apprentices, Milka and Luchila would, of course, stay in the mansion .
Serulis and Shia also tended to sleep here .
It was nice and lively .
“You can go to sleep too, Grulf . ”
“Grrr . ”
Grulf yawned sleepily as he lay down next to where I was sitting .
I patted him on the head as I drank .
It wasn’t so much a fun drinking party, but a discussion with alcohol .
There was a lot of information we needed to share .
And so I told Eric and Goran everything that I knew in great detail .
And then I asked,
“So by making this privy council the center of operations, does that mean that you are going to lead the investigation yourself, Eric?”
“No, that will not be easy . I have my duties as king…”
“That’s true . ”
“Still, I intend to be aware of everything that is happening as much as possible . ”
Then I asked Goran,
“About the Evil God and the vampires, how much resources can the Adventurers Guild spare?”
“Three parties of A Rank Adventurers have been put specifically on this case . ”
“That’s incredible . ”
The pay would be enormous .
“But it is that serious . And of course, I am commanding them myself . ”
“You must be very busy . ”
“Yes, I am . On top of that, we’re creating a system so that all information concerning vampires will come to me . ”
“Won’t that result in more fake information?”
“If we checked everything thoroughly beforehand, most of that information wouldn’t reach me for a whole week . It can’t be helped . ”
“I suppose so . ”
As we talked about this, Eric said,
“Ruck . Do you have any space left in this house?”
“What do you mean? Rooms?”
“Yes, rooms . ”
“I have rooms . Why?”
“Hmm . I was wondering if you couldn’t build a laboratory for Philly . ”
Philly Mastafon .
She was the fifth daughter of Marquis Mastafon and a genius Alchemist who had succeeded in making the Fool’s Stone .
“I don’t mind, but shouldn’t you protect her in the palace?”
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“The Palace Alchemists might find out how to create the Fool’s Stone . I want to avoid that . ”
Goran heard this and said,
“You mean to say that these Palace Alchemists cannot be trusted?”
“I do trust them . But you never know where the hands of the dark ones might stretch . ”
“I see . ”
Goran nodded .
The dark ones had lost Philly and were no longer able to make the Fool’s Stone .
That meant they couldn’t make the idols necessary to summon the Evil God .
Not only that, but they couldn’t make the medals needed to open the gate to the place inbetween dimensions .
“The dark ones will desperately want to acquire an Alchemist who can make the Fool’s Stone . ”
“They could be abducted, charmed or turned into thralls . ”
“Ruck is right . Philly should be kept away from the Palace Alchemists for their own protection as well . ”
“If that’s the case, then good . Send Philly here . ”
“Thank you . ”
This mansion was connected to the palace by a secret passage . That’s why Eric felt comfortable with the arrangement .
We continued to talk about all kinds of things after that . And then suddenly, I thought of something .
“I am pretty good at fighting . I can also sneak into houses . ”
“I won’t argue with that . ”
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“But I don’t think I am very good at gathering information . ”
“Really? I would have thought it would be easy with your skills?”
Eric said, but Goran shook his head .
“Yes, sneaking into houses is a good ability to have when gathering information . ”
“Right?”
“However, that’s really just a skill that comes in handy during the last phase, don’t you think?”
“In other words, you’re saying that it’s inefficient to go around snooping in one house at a time?”
“Exactly . It’s only when you know for sure that the house has evidence, that you enter it to get that evidence . ”
Goran was right .
The majority of information gathering was more simple work like questioning people .
And it was also important to have friends and connections to gather information from everyday conversations .
It required a very different skill set than what was needed for combat .
“After all, invading someone’s house is breaking the law . You cannot do it without being sure . ”
“That’s true . I will have all the information acquired by the privy council sent to you, Ruck . ”
“Thank you . That will help . ”
“I’ll ensure the information gained by the guild goes to you as soon as possible, as well . ”
“Thank you . And when the time comes to fight, you can count on me . ”
There were other things to discuss after that as well .
It wasn’t until it was quite late that we decided to go to sleep .
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Eric and Goran would stay tonight .
“Grulf, let’s go . ”
“…Grrr…”
He looked like he was already half asleep .
It might be better to just let him sleep here .
And so I headed to my room alone .
“Grrr . ”
Grulf pushed himself to get up and follow me .
“You can just sleep over there . ”
“Grooofff . ”
Apparently, he would sleep in my room . Maybe even wolves slept better on a bed .
And so Grulf got onto the bed after me .
“Grrr . ”
Grulf put his chin on my stomach .
He was still a pup after all . I petted him on the head .
It was so soft and comfortable . This wolf had high quality fur, I thought .
Grulf fell asleep very quickly then .
And so did I .