Chapter 149

Chapter 149 Strongest Sage, Obtains Permission

"There"s a letter!"

A certain evening .

There was a letter in the mailbox in our inn"s room when we got back .

No sender is written .

" . . . Is this another hara.s.sment by the city ruler?"

"I wonder if they"ve given up trying to beat us upright?"

Alma and Ruli observed the letter as they said that .

The city ruler"s underlings have been attacking us everyday in this past week indeed .

I don"t blame them for getting suspicious at this letter in this situation, but . . . it"s different this time .

"No, this isn"t from the city ruler . It"s the letter we"ve all been waiting for instead . "

I unfold the letter after saying that .

I haven"t put my guard down, but there should be nothing weird written on it .

The content is in line with my expectations too .

"Look, this . "

I spread the letter .

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Need to pa.s.s you a letter . Will wait on the dungeon floor 2 .

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This all that"s written .

There"s a dungeon map drawn below with sign marked on a location .

This is the place the sender is waiting at huh .

" . . . What does this mean?"

"I can"t think of it as anything but a suspicious invitation by the city ruler . . . Maybe he"s put a trap there . . . . "

"If he wanted to pa.s.s a letter, he could just have put it in the mailbox like with this one . . . . "

"No . This should be different . If they"re going to attack us, they wouldn"t purposely do it on floor 2 and they would have written the appointed time . And above all . . . the reason they gave is too suspicious to be a trap . "

Basically, the higher the dungeon floor, the more people are there .

You"d find someone just by walking a bit on floor 2 .

They would have chosen a deeper floor if they intended to ambush us .

And the reason for calling us would have been a bit less suspicious .

"Then just who . . . "

"This person probably came to meet us as ordered by the king . Pretending to be an adventurer make them less suspicious, and there"s no way a letter from the king be dropped in this mailbox just like that . "

" . . . . I see! It"s true that getting found out by the city ruler will be troublesome!"

"Which means, the king"s messenger is waiting in the dungeon . . . We"ve got to hurry!"

"Yeah . We should hurry but still careful as to not raise suspicion . "

We hurried to the dungeon .

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10 minutes after we found the letter .

We arrived at the location specified in the letter .

There"s no one in the appointed place .

. . . Or so it looks it .

"We"re here to receive the letter . Could you show yourself up?"

I said so and waved the letter toward the wall .

And then a part of the wall disappeared . . . and a man appeared out of thin air .

"Please excuse me . I"m called Eiku . I was ordered to keep myself hidden until Mathias-sama found me as His Majesty believed you definitely would . "

Eiku bowed in front of me as he said that .

His equipment look like that of an adventurer, but . . . his movements don"t .

He"s probably a secret agent employed by the royal family .

The magic he used to hide himself is also one of the less objectionable ones I saw in this world too .

"The reason you rigorously hid yourself that far . . . . is to avoid getting found out by the city ruler, am I correct?"

"Yes . My order is to deliver this letter without the city ruler"s knowledge and to accompany you if necessary . "

Eiku handed over a letter as he said that .

The letter is stamped with the royal family"s crest .

I receive the letter and open it .

The content is . . . written with something that goes beyond my expectations .

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I have received your report regarding the current ruler of Melkia City, Dogiel Melkia .

We have carried out an investigation about his tyranny ourselves, and the situations are just as Mathias reported, it cannot be forgiven .

Thus, the instant this letter is delivered to Mathias, Melkia Household is to be abolished and Dogiel Melkia is to be executed .

In addition, if you wish for it, Mathias and his party, with Eiku as a representative of the royal family, can act as a proxy to arrest the current city ruler .

In that case, you are permitted to execute him on the spot if you deem it necessary to .

As we expect him to put on a resistance, be advised to prepare your force .

But that"s probably not needed if Mathias agrees to take part .

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" . . . Mathias-sama, would you like to act as a proxy for the arrest?"

"Yeah . I"d like to . "

I immediately replied Eiku"s inquiry .

With this, we can make our move now .

TLN: With this chapter, we have caught up with the raw of Shikkaku Mon