A strange tension passed.

I didn’t tell you my name, but you already know me.

All I could think of was that I was doing my background research.

Did you notice the meaning in my eyes?

he added hastily.

“There was no background investigation. Isn’t Raymond famous? The degree of impression and appearance is known. I figured it out based on that.”

Are you saying that now?

impressionable? Now I am neither a student nor a costume, much less the clothes I usually wear in the Count’s family.

He wore the robe used by mercenaries in common clothes he bought at the market.

It was also strange that he recognized him by his appearance.

The guy spoke out as soon as the candle was lit.

That means he saw my face and identified my identity in less than a second.

‘I know who is an idiot.’

It was impossible even for the most discerning person.

Are my looks known? There are countless people with brown hair in the world, and there must be a few people who look like me.

But recognizing it as soon as I saw it was like mocking me.

“Are you in moderation? I’m not that nice.”

“sorry.”

He quickly admitted his mistake.

In the heavy atmosphere, he gave me a chair with a wry smile.

I didn’t sit in that chair.

It was not difficult to see that the chair he had handed over was tampered with.

“I guess your guts have grown a lot lately? I use all these things for nobles.”

I pulled out a single needle, the size of a knuckle that was stuck in the middle of the chair and was barely visible.

“hahahaha… .”

He looked at me with an awkward smile.

I clicked my tongue lightly and pushed the chair aside.

“I don’t like long chatter. So let’s get right to the point.”

His expression became serious.

I listened to what I was going to say.

“Why did you do that?”

“Yes?”

he frowned.

I wonder why he did it all over again, but who can not be embarrassed?

“I’m not good at patience, just because my personality itself isn’t very good?”

“… .”

“You know me too. what kind of guy am i What did you call me in the middle of the day? oh hit. yes, damn it.”

“Kuhm.”

He was terribly taken aback by the word foul that came out of my mouth.

How many people can call themselves a fool with their own mouth?

Nobles, in particular, loath to be humiliated.

“What are you so upset about? I don’t think the word fool is such a bad word.”

“… .”

“That’s not what’s important. It matters that I feel bad for you.”

“Yes… ?”

Hao’s body hardened.

The word that made me feel bad couldn’t have made me goosebumps that much.

“Suddenly, what is that?”

With a stiff face, Hao tried to speak calmly.

Ignoring him, I looked at the chair that had been set aside.

The conversation was supposed to be long, but my legs hurt from standing still.

thump, thud.

I pulled out all the thorns stuck in the chair and dropped them beside me.

That’s not enough.

“Can I use this?”

“… Yes. Write.”

Hao, who saw the leather cloak I pointed at, nodded weakly.

It was only a brief conversation, but he already looked exhausted.

The information dealer is tired of not being able to deal with a single person.

Even if I pretended, it was wrong.

“Um, not bad.”

It must have been made of fairly good quality leather, and the feeling on the buttocks was quite soft.

“How long have you been talking? oh right. The reason why I feel bad.”

“… .”

“You know why I feel bad? Wouldn’t it be strange not to know?”

“… ”

“Would you understand if I said a contract?”

“… !”

His eyes twitched violently.

The lost eyes looked very anxious.

After a while, he stood up and said.

“hahahaha. This is why I didn’t even serve refreshments properly with guests. Could you wait a minute? I will bring you something to eat and drink.”

“as you please.”

Hao hurriedly left the room.

I looked around and went out through the door I came in.

Then I walked around the basement and looked at each room.

“Is it like that too?”

There must have been at least one in the room, but I didn’t see a single one.

And a muffled sound came from the entrance to the underground cavity beneath the basement.

It was obvious that they were gathering and trying to play tricks, but they just passed by without going inside.

‘Where is William?’

I hope they will wait until I finish talking to William.

“Maybe they’re still cleaning there.”

went underground

Interestingly, the tavern’s door was closed, and there were no people who should be there.

Even the bartender.

I went around the tavern and opened the doors to the rooms.

“Not here either. here too… .”

William was in a room on the far end of the tavern on the second floor.

But he wasn’t alone. There were five more men and women.

What they were talking about, I hid what they were holding as soon as I entered.

“William.”

“What, what!”

He sent the people who were with him outside.

And he glared at me. Feeling his gaze, I opened my mouth.

“Are you thinking of becoming a king?”

***

Hao wasn’t too taken aback by Raymond’s sudden visit.

His range of action was already in his intelligence network.

It wasn’t too bad that he came here.

If you do well, you can become their customer.

A giant like Raymond is always welcome.

“I feel bad for you.”

However, the direction of the conversation was different from what I thought.

I thought he would have come to ask for a request, but it wasn’t.

The atmosphere was so thin that it wouldn’t be strange even if he swung his sword right away.

“… contract… .”

His whole body stiffened at that one word.

He mentioned trying to kill him at the request of the vice-principal.

But how?

It was strictly kept secret, and dead gang members were strictly trained to kill themselves immediately so that they would not reveal anything if they were captured.

hurriedly came out.

‘What should I do?’

I couldn’t get in touch with the vice principal about what the hell he was doing.

Could it be that he blew it?

the client?

‘Cut off the tail.’

It was hard to deal with Raymond, so he took one step out of himself and thought that we had confessed to it.

“Damn them. Gather right now!”

He called all members of the organization who knew how to fight at least a little bit.

‘There’s no way I came here alone.’

No matter how confident he is in his skills, there is no reason for the young master to come alone to a place like this.

There will definitely be escort knights.

The count’s escort knights were a force that could never be ignored.

In particular, in order to protect him, the successor, he might have a knight commander or a similarly powerful person attached to him.

No matter how much information you collect, there are things you don’t know.

“We must kill Raymond.”

I will kill him using the elite of the wild dogs and all the gang members who have eaten the knife.

No matter how talented, there is no business standing in front of the majority.

After killing him and killing the vice-principal, we will leave this place.

I plan to go to another country altogether until it calms down.

“Kill this guy!”

“Yes!”

The whole wild dog moved.

***

William looked up at me like a madman.

“Did you say king now?”

As if there were all these absurd sounds.

His reaction made me scratch my cheek.

I think I was serious, but was it a joke?

How to say and believe

“Name William. Appearance age 16, actual age 32. Born as a child of a prostitute, lost his parents when he became an adult… .”

His past came out of my mouth.

His face hardened.

Even what he kept in complete secrecy, I was saying.

“You, what are you doing!”

he grabbed me by the collar

He was not born in this city.

Born far away from here, he lived as the son of a prostitute and moved to another city after his parents died.

The city doesn’t know whose son he is.

Since I’m saying that, you’d think I’d done a background check on him.

“Well… .”

I grabbed his hand that was holding my collar.

Wooddeuk.

There was the sound of bones cracking and he collapsed, screaming.

“Don’t try to grab me by the collar, if it was another guy, he’d be dead.”

“You, you… !”

He groaned and pointed at me.

She put her hand aside and bent her knees to stop eye level with him.

“I can proudly say I know you better than anyone here.”

“Ugh… .”

“Are you satisfied with living as a low-level employee like this? I don’t think so. You’re not the type to be content with just a position like this.”

“What do you know about me!”

“You know. to what kind of desire you have. You will never be satisfied with that position. Absolutely not. There’s no way a guy who wants to be the king of the shadows can be satisfied with just such a low-level employee. Don’t you want to become a king and change the underworld?”

“… !”

Her dream, which she had not told anyone, came out of someone else’s mouth.

William couldn’t open his mouth easily.

The more I spoke, the more I felt possessed.

“I will grant you that dream.”

“… How are you?”

“well. i can I can lift you to any position you want.”

“How can I trust you?”

His reaction, which had always been angry, changed.

Inwardly, he called out joy and continued.

“Then would you believe me if I gave you a wild dog?”

“what?”

“It’s better to start with something than to start with no capital. A wild dog is the most appropriate to start in an appropriate position.”

“… .”

William shut up.

It was absurd.

It is said that a person who does not know who he is comes to him and gives him a stray dog.

I don’t know who he is, but unless he’s a really rich man or noble.

that was impossible

No matter how small the wild dog is compared to other large organizations, it is still a place that has made a name for itself.

There were also quite a few point organizations.

“Why can’t you believe it?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Wild dogs are also used by many aristocrats! Do you think you can have a place like that?”

A group used by aristocrats as information dealers and contract killers.

On the contrary, even if you are a noble, you can try to occupy this place and suffer damage in reverse.

“So, you tell me. Will you believe me if I give you this place?”

“Is it just believing? If you really do, I will serve you as your master for the rest of your life.”

“Oh yeah?”

It was the answer I was looking for.

As they were about to speak to him, the door to the room they were in was smashed. Beyond that, life spurted out incessantly.

“Eh, why are the claws of wild dogs?”

wild dog’s claws.

They are the elite of the wild dogs, who are in charge of the contract killings.

Their skills were comparable to those of low-level or intermediate-level knights.

“Kill!”

they rushed at me I dodged the sword of the guy in the lead and grabbed his neck.

Wooddeuk-

He twisted his neck and said to William.

“You’ll have to keep that in mind.”

Wow!

The side of the door was ripped open and the man flew away.