Tracking.
Tracking.
“The secretary is dead?”
“Then who will do his work now…?”
“That’s what the new branch manager’s secretary will do! Anyway, he’s a very big guy! this! If you kill the secretary, you get 100 penalty points! Isn’t 100 penalty points expulsion from the association?”
“that’s right! Hehehe. Maybe one person will be kicked out soon. It’s not me anyway, so I wish one of the guys I don’t want to look at would be framed and kicked out!”
“Is there anyone you like?”
“With those words, you are also added. You bastard!”
Unlike the receptionists, who were filled with shrieking screams and dizzying confusion, the wizards spread out here and there on the second floor were giggling and joking around as if they were violating someone else’s house.
In the end, is it a complete failure to stop Master? no. It hasn’t completely failed yet. Master, I had no choice but to quickly find Master somewhere here and prevent the next victim from appearing.
That’s when I turned my back and tried to go down to the first floor again.
“Wait a minute! Wait! Everyone, please stay where you are!”
The urgent voice of the receptionist who had been talking to me so far resonated on the second floor. The buzz that had filled the second floor died down, and our eyes focused on the receptionist.
The receptionist swallowed and spoke in a low voice.
“Everyone in this room right now. Please write down your identity before you leave. I have to hand over the list to the security forces that will be coming soon, so I’ll be sure to ask for your cooperation.”
As another receptionist quickly left to collect the papers, the wizards began to move slowly, noticing each other.
“Isn’t there a disadvantage if I write my name there?”
“Ah, I think I need to go and see the request I received earlier.”
“me too! me too!”
“I remembered all the faces! I know that those who do not write their names and leave without permission will be penalized!!!”
“shit. I should have jumped earlier.”
“I know.”
The receptionists who had left the reception desk spread out in different directions, writing down the identities of each one. Although they fell into a panic for a moment due to the death of their secretary, seeing how they came back to their senses and handled their work skillfully, I could tell how accustomed they were to someone’s death.
“What’s your name?”
I thought about answering the receptionist’s question with a lie for a while, but there was a possibility of a bigger misunderstanding if I tried to avoid a momentary crisis without any preparation.
Lying isn’t something you do spontaneously, it’s something you have to do after making various preparations.
“Marnak My name is Marnak. It enshrines the goddess of maintenance who protects daily life.”
“Yes…”
The tip of the receptionist’s nose as he wrote down my name and personal information was red hot. In a state just before the cry burst out.
“… The branch manager’s secretary who passed away must have been a good person.”
At my words, the receptionist’s tears eventually burst. She wiped away her own tears with a handkerchief and opened her mouth.
“Sniff. He was a really nice person… Really… He was like a father among the staff…”
My heart was a little heavy.
“You must have gone to a better place.”
“Is that so…?”
Even in the midst of crying, she didn’t stop, meticulously wrote down my impression, and bowed her head to me.
“Thank you for your cooperation. We will definitely find the culprit who killed the secretary. Really.”
My heart felt three times heavier. If the real culprit was Master, their wishes would never come true. One city could never handle Master.
“Priest, you can go and see. I think it’s hard to help with what you’re trying to do because everyone is distracted right now. If you come back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will help you then.”
“it’s okay.”
All I wanted to ask anyway was, have you ever seen a woman with blue hair? Leaving behind the receptionist, who was still sobbing, I moved to the first floor where Giselle was waiting.
The uneasiness that pierced my heart didn’t go away at all. I had to find Master as soon as possible.
After descending the stairs, I headed to the spot where Giselle said she would wait. Giselle, who was sniffing after taking a big bite of the meat-filled sandwich, saw me and swallowed the food in her mouth.
“What happened up there? It was a bit noisy.”
And next to her was a blue-haired woman sitting in front of a sandwich that must have been mine. Yes, Master.
As I looked Master in the eyes without speaking, Giselle looked back and forth between me and Master, then shrugged.
“I didn’t find it, I was just eating here, so I walked in through the front door over there and invited them to sit down. Yes?”
Master Prydiya nodded lightly and smiled at me.
“Yuna. I heard that you were looking for me. Do you have something urgent to say? ah.”
Master slowly reached out and tapped the sandwich in front of her.
“Master Lee ordered another sandwich for Yeoni. Yeoni, don’t you prefer something with a crunchy texture rather than a sandwich with lots of meat like this?”
Every word he spoke to me overflowed with warmth full of love. I could have passed without asking here, but running away like that was not my way.
“Master.”
“okay. Yuna. Master Lee doesn’t go anywhere, so feel free to talk to him anytime.”
I looked straight into my blue eyes and asked a question.
“Did Master do it?”
A pair of blue eyes twinkled softly.
“Master Lee, Yeon-i, doesn’t seem to have an idea of what you are asking. Could you ask a specific question to make it a little easier to understand?”
“So…”
The reason the question didn’t come easily was because I hadn’t decided what to do next.
If the real master killed me, what should I do?
In the end, I forcibly spat out the words that didn’t come out well.
“Did Master kill the association’s branch manager and secretary… or did he deal with it? neatly.”
Two slightly enlarged eyes. Master narrowed her eyes and tilted her head.
“hmm? Are they both dead?”
“yes? Didn’t you know?”
Master Prydiya nodded lightly.
“Yuna. As you may have heard earlier, I had just walked through the front door. It happened that the two of them had something to do, and they both died…”
Master said, ‘It’s a bit annoying.’ He muttered and smiled softly at me.
“Did Yeon-i really think that Master Lee killed the two of them himself?”
There was absolutely no reason for Master to lie to me about this. The tension I had so far was pushed away like an ebb.
I was just nervous really.
I felt a little helpless and a little embarrassed at the same time. Why do you misunderstand and worry alone? The ball was slightly hot. Ashamed.
“Sorry for pointing it out.”
At the same time as my apology, the sandwich Master ordered for me was served in a bowl. Master took the bowl and smiled as she pushed the sandwich in front of me.
“Misunderstandings can be resolved through conversation as we do now. Yeon, you have solved the problem at hand in a very smart way. You honestly asked Master Lee directly. Rather, does Master Lee want to praise our Yeon-yi for his straightforward solution?”
That compliment made me even more ashamed. To misunderstand such a master and set the mood by himself and ask questions.
Grabbing the sandwich placed in front of me and taking a bite, the fresh crunch spread in my mouth. I couldn’t taste it, but this crunchy texture was one of the few ways I enjoyed food. Master’s consideration was even in the sandwich.
“I really have no face.”
“I have already forgotten this master. Did something just happen?”
A bit of a playful tone. Master also took a bite of the sandwich placed in front of her, ignored it, and chewed and swallowed it. Master took a sip of water and then slowly opened her mouth.
“Come to think of it, I don’t remember seeing Yeon wandering anywhere with you. So I think you deserved that misunderstanding. Even if you see me as Yeon-i, I seem to act comfortably without any hesitation, but when Master Lee kills someone, he tends to make various preparations so that there is no problem.”
A white finger tapped his chin as white as a finger.
“To take this case as an example, Master Lee went to see the lord of this city right after Yeoni broke up with you. To get a document seeking official cooperation from the Mages Association here.”
“Are you talking about the lord…? But isn’t there any reason why the lord would make such a document right away when he asked me to visit him?”
“I happened to have a little connection with the lord of this place.”
Master held out a piece of paper requesting cooperation from the Imperial Wizard Association and a bracelet engraved with a thornbush pattern.
“It’s something I received for helping the ancestors of the lord of this city a while ago. I showed this bracelet and asked for help, and the lord readily filled out the document.”
Help the lord’s ancestors? I realized anew that Master had lived much longer than he seemed.
“If you were seeking cooperation… you weren’t trying to deal with the branch manager and secretary here.”
Master smiled brightly.
“That’s another story. Master Lee keeps flirting with the magicians and is chasing those who want to take care of their own interests. If the identity of the person revealed at the end of the investigation was the branch manager or secretary here, wouldn’t it be possible to just leave it alone?”
Master was also Master. either in a good or bad way. However, Master’s way of handling things was much more rational and calm than I had expected.
“Yeon, I’m really sorry that you misunderstood me. Come over to my room later and give me a little rub on my shoulder. That is enough for this pretty and understanding Master.”
“I will…”
“Then go ahead and finish your meal. After dinner, there is work to do.”
By the time I finished my sandwich, some of the receptionists came down to see if the upper floors had been sorted out, and identified the people on the first floor one by one.
“I ate them all.”
“okay? Then follow me. both. Aren’t you both here to see what I’m doing? It’s okay to watch as much as you want.”
Master rose from her seat and walked towards the second floor with light steps. Afterwards, Giselle and I stood up and followed Master shoulder to shoulder. I started talking to Giselle while playing with my feet.
“Why don’t you ask before I come down?”
“I? To your master?”
Giselle laughed.
“Your master barely talks without you. It is very burdensome and difficult to talk to. Besides, wouldn’t your teacher be stronger than you?”
“Yes?”
“So you should ask, not me, who I’m not very close to. Besides, there’s a saying that’s perfect for this kind of situation.”
“What is it? that is.”
“When you don’t know, half go if you keep your mouth shut.”
Giselle patted me on the shoulder and said.
“I will live long and thin. So, you, who are strong, suffer a little. Instead, I’ll work my head really hard. It’s good?”
“I have absolutely no idea what is good, but…”
“You will come to know it naturally when you spend time with me. I’m completely different from Jamel. That too in a good way. oh it’s gone Let’s hurry up.”
We hurriedly walked again and caught up behind Master.
Upon arriving on the second floor, Master immediately approached the receptionists and handed out the documents she had prepared in advance.
“I want to check the condition of the corpse a little bit.”
The receptionist carefully read the documents Master gave her, then opened her eyes wide.
“The lord’s representative with full authority?!”
Master smiled as she was handed over the documents.
“Then I will go up. And those two are in my company, never mind.”
“iced coffee. yes. yes!”
Master gestured to me.
“Follow Yuna.”
“Ah yes.”
The branch manager’s office was on the fourth floor of the building. We passed the third floor and climbed the stairs one by one to the fourth floor.
“By the way, Master.”
“Feel free to ask.”
“Why do you want to check the body of the branch manager?”
“Think about it. Yuna. Dakia, your colleague. Even though he has a strange talent, aren’t wizards passionate about learning?”
Master’s words made me feel strangely uncomfortable. Yes, sorcerers were very lazy to learn because of the vast amount of ancient languages that were naturally implanted in their heads. But just because Dakia can easily memorize spells, are you trying to figure out how to do it?
It was a story that made no sense. If you’re a real wizard, you’ll just use magic the way you’ve been using it. It was clear that he was not going to try to make life easier by learning new things.
“I’m sure it is.”
“Master Lee thought there was someone else who lured the magicians and put them in vain. So this morning, I slightly chastised the wizards who were trying to find your companions and tried to find the one who possessed them. But unfortunately, the instigated wizards don’t know anything properly like wizards.”
“That’s why you tried to investigate with the cooperation of the association.”
“yes. However, as soon as Master Lee headed for the association, unfortunately, the branch manager and his secretary died.”
Her blue eyes, resembling the deep sea, curved in a beautiful curve.
“Isn’t the culprit trying to hide his existence because he saw Master Lee beating nine wizards lightly and judged that he couldn’t handle it himself? Perhaps the branch manager and secretary must have known exactly who the culprit was. Otherwise, there would have been no need to eliminate the two in such a drastic way.”
Upon arriving on the fourth floor, Master reached out and slowly turned the doorknob.
“Master Lee thinks that someone who uses this radical method won’t give up chasing your comrades just this once. It’s always good to get rid of the seeds of trouble ahead of time, so be aware. There…”
Two heads, severed, were raised. One head was placed on a desk that seemed to belong to the secretary, and the other was placed in the middle of a huge desk in front.
Master Pridya looked at the two heads and smiled softly.
“I’m pretty good at chasing people.”
