Chapter 72: Leishas True History
Second floor of the guild. Inside a private room.
They were once again gathered there, but this time, Shien was surrounded by the members of Vivianâs party.
âDid you meet the mistress of that Flowersong Mansion?â
Vivian asked impatiently. She must have been waiting urgently for Shienâs news for some time now.
No way around it.
âAfter we were transferred back to the adventurerâs guild, we originally wanted to go back right away. However, given that the mistress of that Flwoersong Mansion doesnât seem to welcome us, we ended up choosing to wait for you here in order to avoid any conflicts.â
Diere looked at Shien and told him about what happened on their side.
âAlthough I felt that it might have been dangerousâŠâ
âThank goodness they didnât plan to do anything bad to you.â
Lumia and Melika said that. It was quite obvious that they didnât really agree with the plan.
After all, the two of them didnât have the same depth of understanding that Vivian and Diere did toward Shien. Even now, they still thought of him as just a level 10 newbie adventurer, so it was only natural for them to not feel comfortable with leaving Shien on the other side by himself.
Vivian and Deire did somewhat understood how special Shien was though, so they didnât worry as much and was why they ended up choosing to do what they did, right?
Shien understood everyoneâs thought right away, and after scratching his face in embarrassment, finally spoke up.
âI did end up meeting her.â
Shien spoke vaguely like that, which made everyone look at each other.
âCan you tell me what you talked about?â
Vivian hesitated a moment, but she still ended up asking that.
It must be that Vivian actually did care quite a bit about this matter, huh?
âActually, we didnât really talk about anything important.â Shien hesitated a moment and chose to pick what he revealed, âOriginally, I had wanted to try to get some information about her, but they claimed that Vivian already knew who she was, so she told me to come back and ask Vivian about it instead.â
That statement made everyone shift their gaze onto Vivian instead.
That included Shien as well.
Vivian also fell silent at that.
That reaction told everyone that Vivian did indeed know their identity.
âBig sis Vivian?â
âWhy didnât you say anything?â
Lumia and Melika spoke up one after the other. One was confused, the other was suspicious.
Rather, it was Diere who kept her attitude of silence as always. However, that also showed to everyone that she might actually knew something about it.
That was quite normal too.
Based on Shienâs deductions, Leishaâs identity doesnât seem to actually be some huge secret. At least, it was more commonly known than he had thought. It probably wasnât that strange that Diere, who had saw Leishaâs portrait as well as the person herself back at the foot of Mangir mountain range, would know her identity.
Shien even suspected that it was because Diere guessed Leishaâs identity when she saw her that she had ended up picking up the invitation that Leisha had left after Shien had gone away. And why she had taken it out when everyone was looking for Leisha.
As for Lumia and Melika, they had never seen Leisha in the first place, nor did they even know what their target actually looked like.
Under this situation, Vivian was silent for a while before finally sighing.
âActually, Lumia and Melika knows her identity too. Itâs just that since they havenât seen her, so they didnât know just who we were looking for.â
Vivian said that as she turned towards Shien.
âIâve told you before that Jillian was one of the three masterminds of the Old Demon Faction behind the mass assassination incident in the capital ten years ago, right?â
Shien didnât quite understood what the meaning behind that statement was.
âWhyâd you suddenly bring up that poser?â
Shien muttered to himself.
However, right then, Shien suddenly though of something. His eyes popped wide open with shock.
âIt canât be, right?â
Shien thought of a possibility.
âIt looks like youâve already guessed it.â Vivian sighed, âJillian was only one of the masterminds. Back then, there were two other masterminds of the Old Demon Faction that also participated.â
Just who were those two?
The answer came immediately.
âAccording to the capitalâs records, back then, the Old Demon Faction that attacked the capital back then were lead by three demons over level 70.â
âOf those three high level demons, one was a thin old man, one was a seedy looking man, and the final one was a beautiful girl.â
âThe man was Jillian, back then his level had already reached level 70.â
âThe old manâs name is Baydr. Heâs the highest level of the three masterminds. He was the main force behind the assassination plot. Back then, he was also the one who killed most of the targets. From what weâve heard, he was also the one who devised the plot, so he was basically the leader among the three.â
âFinallyâŠâ
Vivian looked as Shien who had fallen silent from her words and gave a bitter smile.
âThe final one, I think youâve already guessed.â
Or rather, it would have been strange if he hadnât.
At that moment though, Vivian sharply changed the subject.
âHowever, compared to the two before, although the last mastermind was involved in the incident, she didnât kill anyone at all.â Vivian so stated, âBack then, she just directly infiltrated the palace. When everyone thought she was going to take action against the royal family and deal a huge blow to the kingdom, she didnât actually harm a single person. Instead, she just stole something important before running away.â
âStole something important?â Shien had a though and hurriedly asked, âJust what was that thing?â
Vivianâs answer to that was unexpected though.
âAs for just what the thing stolen actually was, I donât actually know.â Vivian shook her head, âIt seems to be something very important and secretive. Other than the royal family, it doesnât seem like anyone knows. However, the King himself personally warned that the object in question was extremely dangerous, and that it was something left behind from the war a thousand years ago. If it was used thoughtlessly, it would cause a great catastrophe. Thus, even compared to Baydr and Jillian, the girl who stole that thing was the one who was the most sought after.â
It was for that reason that both Vivian and that knight captain who saw the portrait back then both recognized Leisha, right?
Shien felt like this particular incident seemed to be getting more and more troublesome.
That was because no matter how he looks at it, it sounds like a typical plot progression for a major reveal.
Vivian who didnât know just what Shien was thinking about continued her explanation.
âFrom then on, that girl seemed to have directly separated from the Old Demon Faction. She started a runaway life along with that stolen object. The Old Demon Faction had been sending people to chase after her since then too. From the looks of it, it seems like were trying to purge a traitor, but whether or not there were other goals involved in that is also something that deserves consideration.â
âThe Kingdom is also after that girl to try to recover what was stolen. However, the girlâs abilities at running away really was just too high, and every single time, it was very hard to make direct contact with her. Second of all, the King had personally given the order that caution must be taken if she was discovered. Otherwise, if she ended up actually using that item, the consequences would be unthinkable.â
âItâs also for that reason that when we discovered her this time, the higher ups didnât dare to send anyone to try to apprehend her. Instead, they only sent people to make contact with her in secret to try to figure out her goals here in Lamdrion as well as if there are any danger. Theyâd only decide on what to do after that.â
Thus, Vivian accepted this quest and lead everyone to the Flowersong Mansion.
Likely, after she had been transferred back, the reason that Vivian didnât dare to go find her again was because she feared that particular matter.
âThat guyâŠâ
Shien seriously kind of wanted to strip Leisha naked then.
What was with calling them the bad guys?
You were obviously one of those bad guys at one point!
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