— In a Dungeon Area
There were 4 people who seemed to be in a group, who were in trouble... 3 of them were breathing heavily and the group leader had lost his sword...
"Damn, why is this monster here! My sword was immediately destroyed like this, is this really a Rank S test?! No wonder Rank S Adventurers can be counted on the fingers, damn it!"
— Back to Gadra's room
"Rumors? What are you talking about?"
"Fhmm you don't know yet, so here's the thing... since a few years ago the ratio of the number of tourists and merchants has become quite unbalanced where the number of merchants has slowly increased. But coincidentally at that time there were also many incidents of missing people until several corpses were found whose blood in their bodies had been completely drained" Gadra
"That, isn't it very dangerous, has it been investigated?"
"In fact, our Union has been given an Investigation Ration from the Kingdom itself, but in the middle of the Investigation Quest being implemented. The quest was canceled and deemed unnecessary because the Estizen Knights would handle it, of course that makes the public even more suspicious, if indeed the case was that urgent why didn't the Estizen Knights and Adventurers simultaneously handle it?" Gadra
"It was at that time that I used my authority as the Branch Chief as well as the Captain of the Royal Expedition Team to investigate with my private team to various locations in the capital, such as the church you went to for example as well as several other locations such as an underground aqueduct and several others.. in fact we did not find much because when in the church for example we met an adult man wearing a white priest's outfit with gold interludes." Gadra
"At that time maybe none of my Expedition Friends were aware, but Instinctively I often meet with Strong People I realize that this man is not an ordinary person, not to exaggerate things, it's just that I think my boss, the head of the Adventurer Union, is already very strong but somehow this person gives the same strong feeling of pressure as my boss."
"So you think that person has something to do with the Missing Persons Case and the Slave Trade?"
"Maybe... maybe more, because my acquaintance who works at the Central Palace sometimes when doing night patrols at the Palace often sees Prince Jercnix making transactions with foreign groups that are apparently led by the priest, doesn't this need to be investigated?" Gadra
"Then why are you telling me all this? I'm sure I'm just a common adventurer who wants to climb the ranks."
"That's easy, because I smell the same cunning that I used to sniff out from my superiors in you, believe me Mr. Kraugel. My nose never misses" Gadra
"Then what needs to be done going forward? Honestly, I don't care much about this Kingdom, if you don't benefit my future."
"Khohoho, of course that's easy to talk about, but how about we invite in our guest speaker who will be our next Informant." Gadra
"Informant? Who are you talking about?"
"Please come in, I'm sure an important person like you is quite busy, don't you think? Mr. Reinhard Harling Dayrich"
Enter the second guest, a young man with magenta hair, silver eyes and a uniform he had seen before...
Khoho This man, the one who was on the streets with the Knights earlier with the lizard monster...
"Then I don't need to introduce myself anymore, I Reinhard Harling would like to share my information and assumptions since a few years ago I was appointed Captain of the Holy Knights and often came to work at the Palace Center.. before that.."
Kraugel and Reinhard shook hands to get to know each other, during the handshake the room was so quiet that the sound of crickets in the window was clearly heard...
In essence Reinhard explained, that every time he patrolled, he always found Prince Jercnix walking around the Palace, but for no particular reason his instincts told him not to reveal his existence to the Prince.. or even somehow he already felt something was wrong with the Prince himself...
Then he worked for a few days, when he was given a special request from the Prince himself to capture an Earth Lizard who was the descendant of a dragon that failed and merged with the Earth Spirit ... At first Reinhardt didn't think much of it because the Prince said he wanted to tell the kitchen maid to cook him the lizard because he wanted to try the flavor.
After getting the lizard back, Reinhard left the castle just to train at the Holy Knights' training center until late afternoon. Then he went on patrol for a few hours until night, and around midnight, after finishing some paperwork, he suddenly felt a surge of magical energy coming from somewhere around the castle. He spent about an hour looking for the source but couldn't find anything, and eventually, the energy faded. That's when he remembered a pretty special place in the central part of the castle — a sealed training room that only the prince could access once he turned 21, and only the prince, the king, and a few important people even knew where it was.