111 – All thieves are bad guys! # 4

111 – Thieves are all bad guys! # 4

The long meeting of the lords was over.

As an aside, it is said that it was the only meeting in history where no deaths occurred.

“Judas, is that real?”

Salome, who was tidying up, asked me.

Are you asking what is real?

“That you’re going to have bad luck if you don’t follow what’s written in this Thieves’ Code? Well, I’m not sure, but others say it is.”

It is said that only thieves will have bad luck if they fall backwards and break their nose.

To be honest, I don’t know if it’s real or not, but the thieves of this Pangea continent followed what was written in this “law code” as if it were a real law.

If everyone believes it like the truth – wouldn’t it be real?

Of course, Salome shook her head.

“Not that. That you hid the Skeleton Key.”

“ah.”

It was real.

Earlier, when I inherited the name of Judas, I came to know the secret place where the treasures of Herod, who was the former Judas, were hidden.

He’s a bad guy, so he hid a mountain of treasures in other places besides the trash throne.

Of course, it was a treasure I didn’t need.

I am weak when I have material things.

You love money, but the more you have it, the weaker you are.

My cerebral passive skill was like a really terrible curse.

anyway.

There was also a legendary “skeleton key” in that warehouse.

Yes, that’s what Sifnoi is after.

The nymph thief, Sifnoi, probably said that her dream was to obtain the “Skeleton Key”.

“Anyway, I’m glad the story ended well. Honestly, I thought maybe I should hit and kill one or two people as an example. Everyone is smart.”

The contract was easily concluded.

Now, the eight thieves will do as promised with me on D-day for an important task.

In fact, it was nothing special to say it was a promise.

It’s just about intervening in important moments and helping me fight a few times.

yes.

It’s a war.

It was certain that a world-shaking war was about to unfold in this Phrygia.

“I can hear the storm coming.”

Of course, I didn’t hear anything like that.

I just wanted to get in shape.

Salome looked at me and was silent for a moment.

When that awkward silence continued for a long time.

I said to Salome.

“I heard from Tywin that Hina’s birthday is also in August. It’s like Naru.”

“… … .”

“We don’t have much time now. It’s too late to hesitate and worry. Now is the time to move more than you think. And this is right.”

I felt confident on my way.

Soon Salome asked a small question.

“How can you be so sure?”

“It’s just my senses.”

My senses match surprisingly well.

pat-.

At that time, Salome tried to vacate first.

“It’s a feeling. I’m going.”

“Where are you going?”

“I have to go to work tomorrow.”

That’s right.

Employees are busy.

* * *

“Now then, as I said before, today is art class. Let everyone draw freely in the classroom.”

Teacher Salome said.

Then, all the children took out crayons, white drawing paper, or sketchbooks.

“Ow, shack… ! Elizabeth’s crayons are 24 colors! cool! Do you have gold ones?”

Naru was surprised to see Elizabeth’s crayons.

24 colors.

Among the various crayons, the one that attracts Naru’s eyes is the golden one.

Elizabeth liked gold crayons.

All the kids liked the gold crayons.

I wanted to use it sparingly as much as possible, but seeing Naru take an interest in it made me feel better.

“If it’s Naru, you can wear gold!”

“thanks! Elizabeth is good! But you don’t really need it! Naru is going to draw strawberries. Strawberries are red!”

Shuk-.

Naru rummaged through her bag and took out crayons.

However, all the crayons Brigitte had packed were horribly damaged, and Naru was able to find the culprit right away.

“… Ugh, Morumoru ate Naru’s crayons!”

– Meowong.

“Ugh, what? Red… . If it stays like this, it’s the only way to draw strawberries in a perfectly fine white color… . white strawberry… . It will look unappetizing because it is not ripe… !”

Naru getting depressed.

Cecily, who was watching this at the time, said,

“Shall I borrow it? I also have 18-color crayons. My grandma and grandpa bought it yesterday. Let’s see… .”

– Meowong.

“hehehehe… ! Morumoru must have eaten all my crayons! … Fuck it, spit it out! This naughty hairball… ! Why are you eating crayons… !”

– Kreureung… !

Morumoru ran around the classroom.

Cecily chases Morumoru.

Soon both were caught by Salome’s hands.

“Cecily, I told you not to run around in class. Also, Naru, don’t let it loose in Morumoru’s classroom.”

“I’m sorry… . Morumoru, come quickly into my shadow… .”

A barely quiet classroom.

Salome now gives the children calm free drawing time.

Compared to the noisy children, his daughter, Hina, was quiet and well-behaved.

‘At first I thought he was just a kid with nerves. Once you think about being a daughter, you start to look strangely cute.’

Salome was slightly pleased to see her daughter quietly painting.

At the same time, it was a little heartbreaking.

‘Are you saying that if the future changes, it may disappear… .’

The moment when he was making a serious expression in many ways.

The children flocked to the transfer student Hina.

“What is Hina drawing?”

“i get it! These are flowers!”

“No, isn’t it a Tyrannosaurus?”

“This is very strange… .”

Children buzzing in many ways.

Hina’s sketchbook had hard-to-recognize scribbles.

Even Salome couldn’t tell what she was drawing.

“… Are you a demon?”

asked Salome.

Then Hina shook her head and said.

“… mom… .”

“… … .”

“Wow, guys, look at this!”

Then someone shouted.

When I turned my head, Elizabeth was holding a piece of paper and shouting.

“It’s a drawing Naru drew, but it’s exactly the same as the real thing! Naru draws very well!”

“Ow, shack… ! Were you good at drawing Naru?”

Naruto’s picture.

It was as if the image of Elizabeth had been copied.

How could Morumoru draw such a picture with crayons that Moru Moru ate most of them?

‘Awesome. I can sell it on the market.’

Salome had an excellent artistic sense.

It was because the products they mainly dealt with were related to art.

In Salome’s eyes, Naru’s drawing skills were so excellent that she couldn’t even think of a first-year elementary school student.

“… ugh… .”

Then someone trembled.

It was Hina.

Hina frowned as she looked at Naru’s picture and her own picture.

“… Naru draws better than Hina… . Hina’s defeat… .”

Seeing that, Salome thought.

‘He’s more competitive than he looks.’

desire to win.

Salome also had a fighting spirit that was twice as strong as the others.

Salome’s rival was a female thief named ‘Atalante’.

I was very annoyed and angry because I was fighting and fighting with myself in every case.

‘Hina also seems to have a competitive spirit towards Naru. Hina is much better at studying, but is Naru better at drawing? Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, but… All my daughters have to win!’

In particular, Salome did not want to see her daughter lose to a wizard or a hunter’s daughter.

Raising your own daughter to be the best daughter.

And to take as much of Judah’s property as possible, which one day his children will inherit.

Something like that was pictured in Salome’s head.

* * *

evening time.

Everyone gathered together and ate a meal.

Enkidus was present at today’s supper, and Tywin was also invited today.

Salome was there today too.

Since Hina decided to live in my junk mansion, Salome also got a room.

The problem is that it made the meal louder than I thought.

“So, in the end, my daughter, Hina, won first place in a fast-food lunch contest? As if the child had been starving for days, he hurriedly ate school lunches. Neither Naroo nor Cecily could have eaten that fast.”

Salome talked about the “fast meal eating contest” that was held during lunchtime today.

In that competition, Hina came in first place overwhelmingly, which Salome seemed very proud of.

Of course, Brigitte, who was listening to the story, frowned as if she couldn’t understand.

“Awesome, but. Is that something to be proud of? It’s not good to eat quickly. What if I get burned?”

Quite a reasonable question.

But Salome clicked her tongue.

“You don’t know anything like a noble wizard, do you? the world is It’s not green. Eating time is an easy time to be vigilant. Reducing that time will be of great help to survival, right?”

… is it?

When I heard it, it seemed right.

Being able to take a long time to eat is proof of those with power.

Conversely, being able to eat quickly was an advantage for survival.

Guggets -.

Brigitte frowned.

“Well, doesn’t everyone have strengths and weaknesses? Instead, I heard that Naru is good at drawing? Naru, did you draw in art class today?”

“Yes! By the way, Morumoru ate all the crayons!”

Brigitte seemed to think that her method of education was not wrong.

Is Brigitte’s free education method effective in nurturing children’s artistry?

Salome said as if it was fine.

“Anyway, Hina will eat and study. I promised to solve 100 each of math, science, and history problems that Naru couldn’t do. Hina also said that solving problems is fun and she likes it.”

“… Yes, Hina… Studying is fun… .”

Do you think studying is fun?

For a moment, I wondered if she was my daughter—but the clover-patterned spot on Hina’s shoulder in a comfortable dress was a symbol of my daughter to anyone’s eyes.

Soon, Brigitte also said something.

“Naru is also going to have dinner and study with me? If I taught myself, would it be possible for Naru to get first place in her grade? Unlike anyone else, I am a real ‘educator’.”

“Ugh, Naru hates studying… !”

“What?”

“Narubigi, run away… !”

It was Naru who ran away with a pot.

Brigitte was taken aback when she saw that.

“Hey, Naruya! Where!”

Soon Salome laughed.

“Kids don’t teach anyone.”

Noisy mealtime in many ways.

Are Enkidus and Garrot and Cecily and Tywin the only ones who don’t get involved in this conversation?

It was good that I wasn’t bored.

Of course, this peace won’t last forever.

Starting tomorrow, I will contact El Cladeco and cooperate in various ways.

Therefore, this family dinner could be the last for a while.

so the meal is over.

When Naru and Cecily were running around the garden.

“Ow, shack… ! Rock Paper Scissors won again… !”

“hehehehe… ! Why is Sifnoy always the tagger? ? It is clear that this rock-paper-scissors was fabricated… !”

“Naruya, run away before you get caught!”

I went up to the second floor where the children’s room was.

square square-.

When I opened the door to one of the rooms, the sound of writing on paper with a pencil stopped abruptly. It seemed that Hina was sitting at her desk and studying.

“Do you enjoy studying?”

I asked.

Then, Hina nodded lightly.

“… Yes.”

“Do not lie. that can’t be fun You can go out and play.”

“… … .”

Hina looked out the window and at my face.

Then, looking at the problems written in the notebook, he said softly.

“But my mother… .”

“Don’t worry, I’ll tell Salome well.”

Hina continued to stare at the window, at me, and at the notebook with a face full of worries in many ways. Then he finally got up from his seat and ran over to me and patted me and hugged my leg.

“… thank you… !”

She’s different from Cecily, who shudders when I pet her.

Is Hina a spoiled brat similar to Naru?

Drruck, pat-.

Hina opened the window on the second floor and jumped down toward the garden on the first floor.

“Go through the door on the first floor, not through the window.”

As I said that, I went out into the hallway.

In the hallway, Tywin was brushing his teeth. He looked at me and lowered his head.

“Dinner was delicious. thank you.”

“yes.”

“I heard you decided to work with my mother.”

Tywin asked me with narrow eyes.

It must have been going on quite secretly, but how did you find out?

Did El Cladeco speak directly to this child?

No, no.

“Efar is also satisfied with the shaman’s hospitality.”

Was Efar the name of a god?

Come to think of it, this girl named Tywin can talk with Efar, who is called the goddess-I remembered what he said.

“I didn’t treat you because I was a shaman from Efar.”

“But Efar thinks so. So Efar has decided to make time for you. A rare opportunity—kaaa—”

Tywin said something, but his lips moved slowly.

The time when it seems that everything around has finally stopped because words have been stretched out.

When even the children’s voices outside the window became quiet, Tywin, who had closed his eyes, opened them again.

His eyes shone like a galaxy.

Even Tywin’s gray hair began to glow, like a Milky Way sprinkled with stars.

I was genuinely surprised by that amazing look for the first time in a long time.

“Are you Efar?”

“That’s right. you’re stolen Thank you for your kindness to the poor child. The child’s vigilance towards you has been greatly broken down, and he has barely been able to arrange time. You must have a lot of questions.”

“… … .”

『If you were clever, you would have noticed. There is not much time left for the children I sent to the past. Because the line of time is collapsing.”

“… Is there any way to solve it? Is there any way to kill you or the demies like Nocturne?”

Glitter.

Efar, the goddess dwelling in Tywin’s body, sparkled in her eyes like the night sky at my question.

Was that a very rude question?

But Efar spoke in a calm voice.

『We face extinction only with the memories we had when we were mortals. Memories are the only thing that preserves our mortality and humanity… .』

memory? What do you mean?

How do you make it disappear as a memory?

As I desperately understood, Efar added.

『The only thing that can defeat Nocturne is the fragments of memories he had when he was a mortal. For example, things he had when he was mortal.”

“thing. How can I get that piece of Nocturne? can you tell me where it is? Where should I go?”

The clues that were only dark began to appear.

Again, I was lucky this time too.

My senses are never wrong.

『… Nocturne. Fragments of memories he had. Unfortunately, it is with me. Honey, take this. These are fragments of his memories.”

Efar spoke of his bad luck and held out something to me.

It was a single butterfly.

To be precise, it is a blade with a name resembling a butterfly.

Butterfly knife.

When I held it in my hand, Efar said.

『I hope he has some humanity left.』