Episode 108 Returning Hero (4)
Bikir rode his horse to Underdog City.
A city that was once appointed as a deputy consul and took charge of public affairs.
Bikir drove the horse while looking into the alleys of Underdog City.
The security of the city has improved a lot.
First of all, there are noticeably fewer vagrants and drunkards, and the environment on the streets is clean.
The only odd thing was that the children were rarely seen.
Children are always running around the alleys, but strangely, there were no children in all the alleys.
There were a few children who seemed to be running errands from time to time, but they were always accompanied by their guardians.
Either he or she hurriedly runs into the house as if there was something scary outside.
“……?”
Bikir tilted his head and rode his horse towards City Hall.
Eventually, I see the front gate of the city hall, which I missed a little.
It was the first time I heard it when I briefly escaped flood damage to cure the ‘red death’ in the past.
< 移木之信 >
You can see the Chihuahua’s workmanship clearly hanging on the board.
It was made in the past when Bikir burned 10 billion on a stake.
Upon entering the city hall building, the appearance of busy staff was revealed.
Bikir dismounted without saying anything and headed inward, past the busy staff.
It was to meet Chihuahua Baskerville.
Before long, I see a female employee busy working in front of the deputy consul’s office.
I guess it was the first time I saw this face, but it seemed like a newcomer.
Knock-
Bikir knocked on her desk once.
However, the female employee only frowned for a moment as she was so busy with work, but did not respond.
Bikir knocked on the desk one more time.
Smart –
but the female employee didn’t react this time either.
“Take a ticket and wait.”
He only said one word in a very businesslike tone.
“…”
Vikir nodded after thinking for a moment.
Currently, Vikir is listed as missing and is not officially a sub-consul.
So, in principle, it was right to take a numbered ticket and wait.
Especially since I have no intention of making a fuss.
< Waiting number 3021 >
Bikir accepted the waiting ticket and quietly sat down and waited.
“…”
None of the employees walking past with their faces buried in paperwork cared about Bikir.
how many hours did you wait
Soon, Bikir’s turn came.
The 3020th civil petitioner in front of me woke up after finishing all his duties.
When Bikir just got up from his seat and was approaching a female employee.
…bang!
The desk in front of me trembles as if it will break.
A male employee jumped up and shouted in an excited voice.
“This is news from the Red Awl Castle! Vikir-nim has returned to life!”
“What!? Really!?”
“It’s true! It’s true! It’s a message from Morgue’s fort commander himself! They say he’s leaving the Red Awl Castle and coming this way!”
Then there was an uproar.
The atmosphere in the city hall quickly turned into a boiling mess.
“Bikir is alive!”
“The return of the hero! The home! Contact the Baskerville home right now!”
“Bikir-nim is coming this way! Roll out the red carpet right now!”
“What if there’s only a white carpet!?”
“Even burst your nose and make it red! Say welcome with all your might!”
The city hall staff threw away all the important work so far and started moving quickly.
It was the same with the female employee standing in front of Bikir.
“What to do with this! We have to prepare to greet Vikir right away!”
She threw the 3021st waiting list and tried to run out.
……I would have done it if Bikir hadn’t stood in her way.
“Wait. I have to deal with my complaint first.”
“If it’s urgent, please submit it! I’ll do it right away when I go to work tomorrow morning!”
“It’s too late then.”
Then, the female employee stared at Bikir’s face as if it was absurd.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t respond right now! A VIP is coming! That’s a very noble person! I don’t know what kind of business he is in, but the situation is such that later…!”
“I need to see the secretary.”
When the name of Chihuahua Baskerville came out of Bikir’s mouth, the female employee hesitated for a moment.
If it was enough to find the office manager directly, it was still quite a powerful person, so I couldn’t ignore it.
So the female employee took the documents while giggling.
“Ah! What kind of work are you doing right now when Vikir-sama is coming… The secretary is too busy. If you have a meeting, tell him you’re there. If that’s the case, you could have canceled the meeting sooner. Isn’t it?”
The female employee glanced back at the other co-workers who were busy preparing for Bikir’s welcome and noticed the ‘true complaint’ in front of her eyes.
And soon, she holds out a piece of paper in front of Bikir.
“Please write your name and purpose of visit here! Oh, as soon as possible!”
Bikir silently did as he was told.
-Name: Bikir van Baskerville
-Purpose of visit: Resurrection (生還)
Then, the female employee grabbed the documents from Bikir’s hand.
Having dealt with so many complaints, there is no hesitation in dealing with nobles.
Without even reading the paperwork, she immediately knocked on the secretary’s office door.
“Chihuahua-sama! A guest has come to a meeting!”
Then the voice of a Chihuahua came from across the door.
“What? I don’t have a meeting today?”
“Is that so? But you have a guest!”
“They said they haven’t scheduled a meeting! And what are you talking about when the current meeting is also canceled? Vikir-nim is on his way right now, so send him back! But I’m sure he understands.”
Then the female employee knew that and turned around as if she hadn’t read the document.
Then, he sighed at Bikir, who was standing still, and shook the papers in his hand.
“Chief Secretary, there is no meeting today. And today, you are busy with an emergency, so the meeting itself is not possible. From next time, make an appointment before meeting. What was your name? Please contact me and come…”
And a moment. The woman’s body stiffened.
She put on a dazed expression for a moment, as if dreaming, then put on her glasses once more and looked at the papers again.
And soon, the letters written in the name of civil petitioner number 3021 are clearly formed on the female employee’s glasses.
-Name: Vikir van Baskerville
-Purpose of visit:
As a female employee from Resurrection (生還) stands blankly holding documents, the busy employees passing by look at the contents of the documents she is holding one by one.
“Hey! I’m busy, so what are you doing without the red carpet… Huh!?”
“Sir! Don’t block the road… Huh!?”
“What is it that you are staring at so intently… Gup!?”
People who flock around the female employee one by one and become rigid.
Their number was increasing.
Soon, the entire city hall staff gathers around Bikir, and everyone freezes as it is.
Inside the office, submerged in silence as if it had never been busier.
After such a long silence.
“Customer number 3021 will enter….”
Only the female employee’s voice, as if crawling in, echoed in a small voice.
* * *
Chihuahua Baskerville said as he watched Bikir burst into the office.
“Oh. But this time you came through the door. The other time it was the window.”
It seemed that he had become quite accustomed to Bikir’s eccentricities.
As soon as Bikir entered, he sat down on the sofa.
And there was one child who came running towards Bikir.
“Dad! Dad!”
Just a Pomeranian. It was ‘Pomerian La Baskerville’.
Vikir grabbed the Pomerian by the waist and lifted it up.
“Not my father, but my uncle.”
“Samchun! Samchuun-!”
Pomeranian laughs as if he likes Bikir.
She clung to Bikir’s side and soon dug into his waist.
“Samchun
!
The Chihuahua’s training must have worked, Bikir thought.
The Pomerian held out a rat to Vikir, but it didn’t look like a rat kept as a pet.
It was because he was so ugly and skinny that he had only bones and skin.
So, Bikir only nodded moderately.
“It’s a cute rodent. Be careful not to get plague.”
“Hehe. Ung Samchun!”
Bikir stroked the Pomerian’s head once, then turned his gaze to the Chihuahua.
Chihuahua roughly explained what Bikir had been curious about.
Bikir also talked about what had happened in the past.
Chihuahua was always amazed and amazed at what Bikir said.
“Oh my God! So did you come after finally defeating the unidentified monster that was found in the sea at that time?”
“We couldn’t completely kill it. However, it was fatally injured and fled to a cold and barren place, so it’s presumed that it froze to death or starved to death.”
“Kyaa! As expected, our deputy consul!
This time it was Bikir’s turn to ask questions.
“Have the problems of Underdog been resolved?”
“Oh, thanks to the secret solution the other day, everything worked out well. That friend of Xindi Wendy did a very good job.”
However, the Chihuahua’s expression, which had been talking with a bright expression, turned dark for a moment.
Bikir asked without losing sight of it.
“Is something wrong?”
“…Actually. There is one case that even Sindi Wendy has not been able to get a clue about.”
The Chihuahua stood up and pulled out a sheet of paper from the bookshelf.
< Serial kidnapping case of infants in the US >
It was about an unsolved case taking place in the city of Underdog.
“Recently, children from the slums have been disappearing one after another. It’s a serial phenomenon… It doesn’t look like kidnapping for money. The tail isn’t caught well.”
“Is it the same crime?”
“I guess it is. There is no physical evidence.”
“Sindy Wendy is a capable human being, so we’ll get a clue soon.”
“I hope so.”
The Chihuahua shook her head in pain.
at that time.
“Dad! Uncle! This is baba-”
The Pomerian grabs Vikir’s arm again and stretches out.
Bikire had no choice but to turn his head at the pomerian’s clinging to his arm with his whole body.
It felt more pampered during our brief separation.
“Yes, Pomeranian. What’s the matter?”
“mouse! Mouse!”
Pomerian held out a mouse to Vikir again.
Vikir
nodded appropriately and tried to live up to Pomerian’s expectations.
At that moment.
I looked at the rat in the cage once more.
Looking at it, I noticed something strange.
Vikir narrowed his eyes and looked at the rat.
The rat smelled of death.
Looking closely, the rat had already died a long time ago, only its bones and skin remained. And
the Pomerian was playing with such a mouse.
“…!”
Bikir half-opened his mouth involuntarily. The mouse
that is now dancing on the Pomerian’s palm. It was a skill of death that can
be manipulated
with mana.
“Pomerian.”
”
Oh, Samchun
!”
Did you know how to do it?”
“Ugh…… One night, two nights, three baam…”
The Pomerian wiggled his fingers vigorously, then spread all five fingers out.
Vikire nodded.
” Five nights ago?”
“Ugh.”
“Who taught you how to play with rats like this?”
“Try the tribe!”
Vikir was silent for a moment at the Pomerian’s words.
The Pomerian was discovered in the village of the Rococo tribe.
Black magic It was assumed that he had acquired the secret technique of the Rococo tribe, famous for necromantic arts, over his shoulder, but it was not certain.
‘At this age, he has already received mana?
The children of the Baskervilles and the Morgues, who are said to be a gathering of geniuses, barely feel mana at the age of 8.
But Pomerian felt mana at the age of 5 and was playing with it freely
.
Vikir pondered for a moment.
A magical genius appeared in the Iron Blooded Swordsman, and the identity was an illegitimate child left behind by the family head a long time ago.
‘If Hugo knew this, how would he react?’
Vikir tried to guess Hugo’s reaction when he saw the Pomerian, and
if he knew Hugo, he’d probably say,
“…granddaughter. Besides, he doesn’t even know what kind of bastard blood is mixed in? Such a useless thing!”
There was a high possibility of this reaction.
Hugo initially judged all of his children based on efficiency.
Women are less likely to wield a sword than men, so there is a high likelihood of negative evaluations.
Moreover, magic, especially black magic!
That’s Hugo Among the enchantments that I don’t really like, isn’t it the cheating
of sama?
Vikir closed his eyes and struggled. ”
The Baskervilles have few daughters. No, there are almost none. I have to search
all the distant relatives and maternal relatives to find only a few, but Hugo doesn’t even know their names. In
the first place, Hugo’s direct lineage had only one daughter. “…the Pomerian is the only one,”
Vikir
muttered as he looked down at the Pomerian clinging to the bridge.
Pomerian la Baskerville.
She is Hugo Les Baskerville, the current head of the Baskervilles. Sosaeng’s eldest daughter, Sosaeng’s first wife, Sosaeng’s only daughter.
In other words, it is said that she is a direct descendant among direct relatives. The
first daughter of the first wife’s first daughter. How will Hugo react? Is it a good thing to introduce Hugo to a Pomerian in the first place?
Bikir shook his head, remembering Hugo’s cold expression,
‘I know what that cold-blooded man would say when he saw a Pomerian.’
It is obvious that he will say harsh words in various ways, such as saying that he is useless, that he is scrapped, that he is a mongrel, etc.
Or he will send a cold and emotionless gaze as if
he is looking at an inanimate object.
While Vikir was thinking about what to do with the young Pomerian in the future,
something bumped into the window
.
Chihuahua quickly took out the letter and read it,
then turned to Vikir with a shocked expression and shouted,
”
Mr. Vikir! Trouble!”
“Something?”
“At Bob’s House! Go Lord! Not directly! As soon as I heard the news of
Bikir-sama’s life, bar bar bar…!” At the same time, there was
a noise that interrupted the Chihuahua’s speech .
The sound of
panting
.
