Regressor, Possessor, Reincarnator

Episode 100

Arcandus and Sonned finally arrived at Elpis.

Allen was able to meet them right away the next morning after hearing the news.

There is a rule that no outsiders can be brought into the Academy, so Allen rented rooms on the top floor of a decent western inn.

“Sir, it’s been a long time. Confucius’ great name is said to have been sleeping in this area.”

Soned still had a warm smile on his face and shared his thoughts with him.

“It is very nice to meet you again. I don’t know if it feels that way more because it’s a time when I wanted you guys to come up .”

“Haha, is that so?”

“Yeah, let’s talk about this in a little bit… How is your son? The curse would have been all right.”

When Allen wanted to put off an important story, Sonned gently started talking with him.

“After I get my health back, I’m learning top jobs under me. I don’t know if it would have happened by now.”

“It must be dawn over there, isn’t it already?”

“I don’t have to get up now. In a little while, it’ll be time to help Karik’s job and learn the top job.”

“Oh, that’s right. Wasn’t Karik the one who originally decided to come to the city?”

At Allen’s question, Soned proudly opened his mouth with the face of a mature merchant.

“It’s my first time, so of course I have to come. Unless nothing special happens, the first ascent is not the boldness of youth, but the prudence of middle-aged people.”

Just like me, worried that my hair will fall out more after I wake up. Soned said so and smiled cheerfully.

The fact that his expression had improved from before seemed to be a good thing.

“Isn’t it natural for a powerful person like you to look after you? Heh heh, when is the last time you are so condescending to a letter of recommendation?”

Allen neatly ignored her words.

You just don’t have to answer questions that don’t need to be answered.

“You seem to be doing well… Then, Arcandus, how are you?”

“Can I have something to say? Better than living drunk. Although… No trace of his father could be found.”

Arcanthus had less apparent sharpness than before. But Allen could guess the fact that he hid the sharpness in his stomach.

“is it? Let’s talk a little bit about that. It’s a guess, but I think I’ve found a clue.”

[Someone is listening.]

Allen’s voice echoed through Arcanthus’ head. Allen’s thread came out quietly, taking over his feet and starting to fill it up.

Arcandus matched his words according to Allen’s intentions without a single expression on his face.

“Yeah, that kind of boring story just makes you tired.”

“That is correct.”

After grasping the atmosphere even to Sonned and arguing skillfully, Allen gave orders to Linbell and Enelia, respectively.

“Inellia, can you make a spirit tea for me? I can’t forget the scent I smelled last time.”

[Cut off the sound so that the voice does not escape with the spirit.]

“And Linbell, if you go down to the kitchen and get some good refreshments… If not, you can check the nearby tea shop.”

[Make sure there are no suspicious people around here, and try to look around so that there are no eavesdroppers.]

Inelia’s expression was close to making up on her own, so she nodded as if she had heard such an order.

“All right. I’ll prepare it soon, so please wait a moment.”

“Yes, Confucius. I will bring you the best refreshments possible.”

However, Allen was surprised to see that even Linbell became calm in an instant as if her usual appearance was a lie.

Linbell and Enelia were absent for a while.

“Then we can talk more. Yeah, Arcanthus I heard you got some precious alcohol… .”

“Yes, Soned-sama was there too, so I definitely remember it. A medicinal drink from an elf I know… .”

“ah! Are you talking about that time? I wonder if I could have made such a drink by mixing herbs… .”

Allen’s thread was not enough to fill the floor, so he started climbing up the wall and up the room.

That’s when Inelia came back and got out of the car, talked for over ten minutes and started to talk about the hardships she had been experiencing while packing the squall for months.

“So, Confucius, how hard it takes to convince those who are reaching out to each other to grab weapons… .”

Linbell is back.

At that moment, a thread surrounded the door, and the entire room was covered with Allen’s thread.

“Wasn’t there anyone eavesdropping on the room? Is it the same around you?”

“Yes, downstairs and outside walls. And I checked all the people within 100m, but there were none.”

The sound stopped. As if it was noisy, the room was filled with silence.

Allen turned and looked at Enelia for a moment, then she nodded and sighed.

“You can tell me now.”

“What the hell is going on, Master?”

Sonned, who had just grasped the situation by the atmosphere without saying anything to Allen, and adjusted it, put on a serious expression.

“Are we being eavesdropped? Or even being targeted… .”

“First of all, can I ask a few questions first?”

When Allen asked with a serious face, Sonned backed away without a word of complaint.

“Did you find the red-covered magic book that I asked for?”

“… Couldn’t find it.”

“A procession of carriages that I had never seen before in the territory, or figures moving without signs?”

“As Confucius said, I tried to mobilize my personal connections as much as possible, but… , mostly vagrants or bandits. There was no place like the top.”

Allen asked him to wait for a while, and then asked Arcanthus, who was thinking.

“Arcandus, have you ever seen people sneak into a mansion in the Countess capital?”

“Yes, my men have found it a few times.”

“Did you track where they went after they left the mansion?”

“Yes, but… Most of them disappeared at some point and went into vain. The rest were just residents.”

Allen remembered what had happened in the mansion.

At some point, those who appeared next to their father and servants and maids he had never seen before.

And the administration that is maintained while consuming a lot of armament despite the obvious lack of budget.

Wherever he goes, events that occur like novels and Julius who solves them appropriately.

And, those who can handle space movement artifacts on the subject of one branch manager and insert even the apostles into the ring bridge.

Blame decided that Allen didn’t get much information, so he just moved on… .

‘I grabbed the tail.’

That was his mistake.

An organization that did not even know the reality before the return.

A secret force that helps Julius by his father’s side.

Found their clues here.

“So, Confucius, when you have finished thinking, could you please explain?”

“I am of the same opinion.”

Allen smiled as he looked at them as they waited for him to sort out his thoughts without a little rush.

“Yeah, of course I should. Now is the time to know.”

In the months without Allen, they inflated their power by not betraying him and faithfully completing the report.

At that level, it was safe to say that at least the least trust between each other had been established.

‘No, if you can’t keep this secret, you’ll just fail again this time.’

Allen truly felt that way.

If you can’t tell me one thing and you’re just in awe, it’s better to put away all revenge and eat the crumbs that fall next to Julius.

“Have you ever had any doubts about my orders?”

Sonned pondered for a moment at Allen’s question, but it wasn’t Arcanthus.

“Yes, there was. I just decided that it is not a story that will be brought up without trust from both sides.”

No matter how much he fought for succession with his younger brother, Allen and Julius had a good relationship.

It was just a good thing, and rumors were circulating near the academy that they had a very good relationship with their brothers.

But Allen rakes in those who have a grudge against Julius, and guards the mansion as if to guard his family?

“To be honest, I was worried that I might just be being used.”

Arcandus did not hide his thoughts, judging that the reason Allen spoke out was to show his sincerity.

At Arcandus’ attitude, Soned sighed and nodded his head.

“… Yes, that’s right. To be honest, even with magic books, I was skeptical that there were black deals that even the most conscious merchants had never heard of.”

Everyone else was showing their sincerity, but I couldn’t get it out by myself.

“If it goes on like this, the successor’s position would be certain, but even if it was to create a personal power, it was difficult to guess the reason we gathered us instead of them.”

Allen listened to their words and raised the alertness in his heart.

The illusion that they were ahead of their return had to be completely abandoned.

‘The place where he became an apostle became known within a day. If that’s the case, it’s right to think that my actions so far have been exposed to some degree, if not all.’

Allen had escaped the city secretly, so it was clear that they had followed the movements of the circle devotees to find out Allen’s whereabouts.

There was a high probability that he noticed the insider inside the ring bridge, or because he was always monitoring them.

‘Fortunately, not everything was caught, but… .’

If even this amount of information had entered Julius’s ears, he would have doubted him.

‘… It’s a pity that there is no intelligence organization under your control at this time.’

It was a pity that I couldn’t guess their exact size.

If I had known that much, it would have been much easier to plan a countermeasure.

Allen felt more acutely the need he felt when he commissioned Blaim to be the true culprit of the harvest festival.

Inelia was also dealing with ten or more people alone, and she knew that it took time to raise her subordinates under Arcandus.

However, the fact that he had no choice but to let go of his hand during the period in between was disappointing.

‘If you feel like it, I want to hire the Queen of Shadows, no matter how much it costs.’

It was impossible, as she must have already run away somewhere.

“Before I explain everything, there is something I need to tell you first.”

Allen, the fundamental reason why I did this.

“Where should I start talking? , okay. That would be great. It would be better before Julius became a fool yet.”

Inelia and Linbell had already finished the story, and Besttla had heard the story.

“In the Reinhardt family, there was an older brother who did not act like an older brother and a younger brother who did not act like a younger brother.”

The story of the younger brother who had been taken away by the devil began.

“Think carefully and give me an answer. Give yourself plenty of time.”

It was late at night when the whole story was over.

Allen walked to another room, leaving Soned and Arcandus in their thoughts.

Enelia and Linbell decided to sit in the next room without waiting for him tonight.

Because I wanted to contemplate by myself today.

I also entrusted the bracelet artifact with telepathic function along with Bestla, so we will have time to talk to each other.

It was also the right time to make a seat once.

The dark and drenched hallway evokes many thoughts.

Allen thought so.

You’re talking about demons and everything you don’t even know.

“I get used to it the more I say it.”

This means that many people have become involved in their own and their younger brother’s work.

Even if I want to stop now, I can’t stop.

Allen laughed at the sight of himself leaving the two of them to rest as if caring.

“What do you want me to think about?”

Allen knew they would accept their own story to end.

The fact that Arcanthus and Soned are pensive is proof that there are more things to consider in their relationship.

It was impossible to deny his relationship with Allen so far. Relationships with people around me, including business, were too late to step out now.

You know everything about it, but you speak like you care.

Allen suddenly felt that he was a little different from before.

Not to mention the reason.

‘… Evan, Ariel, William.’

Am I doing the right thing or am I doing the right thing? It is a useless philosophical argument that cannot be answered and no one can give an answer to.

But there’s nothing better to pass the time blankly than to ponder a problem that has no answers.

Allen turned the doorknob that came closer.

It wouldn’t hurt to dip myself in a philosophical pit as much as tonight.

The moment I crumpled up into the dark room, one corner of the room was exceptionally dark.

It’s like attracting light.

It’s so dark without a single moonlight? Allen’s muscles were repositioned in an instant. Turn her body and exit her room. No she tried to get out.

However, goosebumps rose from the nape of Allen’s neck, and the first thing he felt was his breath.

“Does your baby feel good?”