chapter_003_Steal

Mr. Lawrence, your female companion is not a nun." The woman who claimed to be Isabella suddenly changed her tone and her tone became sharp. "And, she is not even a human. Are you blinded? Mr. Clarford Lawrence. Or... is there another reason?"

The woman who called herself Isabella, her words hit Lawrence hard.

How was Hero's secret exposed? And when was it exposed?

"It's not a nun, this is not that important, right?" Although the heart was already shocked by the words of the woman who called herself Isabella, Lawrence knew that she had to remain calm, otherwise it would be even worse if she saw the flaws. "As for Miss Isabella, what you said, 'not human' - if you apologize, I can still treat this as a joke."

For people on this continent, the four words "not human" are usually spoken by the people of the church, and the objects referred to are "witches" or "heretics" who will be arrested in the Inquisition or tied to a cross to perform stolen execution. Even among the closest friends, these four words cannot be used as jokes. It is precisely because there is light and shadows, that the church that exudes light will have shadows that are darker than other places.

"Well~? Forget it, you really don't know better... Even if you know, I can't give up on the mission." Speaking of this, the woman who claimed to be Isabella stood up and said while walking towards Lawrence's side, "So goodbye, Mr. Lawrence, I hope you have a good dream."

"You...what..." However, Lawrence, who was about to stand up, found that his body became as heavy as it was filled with lead, and the eyelids in his eyes suddenly became extremely heavy, "...did..."

Dong.

A few seconds later, Lawrence's upper body fell on the wooden table and made a dull sound.

After seeing Lawrence fall, the woman who claimed to be Isabella took out something strange in appearance from her cloak and hung it on her ear.

"Black Hawk, this is a hummingbird, do it."

The word "taken" made Lawrence force his last bit of energy. Obviously, the target of these people is in addition to the silver-white ore called "Sakurashi", and his companions, Hero, who is a virtuous wolf.

"Gold..." Before leaving, the woman who claimed to be Isabella took a last look at the bag of gold on the table and said to herself, "Who could have thought that gold that has served as a hard currency for thousands of years in human society will become an ordinary metal in just a few decades after the wormhole technology matured? Sakura stone... is the most valuable thing now."

However, what the woman who claimed to be Isabella did not notice was that Lawrence, who was lying on the table, did not fall into a coma, but forced herself to hold on to the last bit of energy and wanted more information.

"Sparrow, there is no harvest here."

"Well? You have found a clue? I hope you won't be in vain."

The voice of the woman who claimed to be Isabella gradually became lower, and the last trace of clarity of Lawrence was finally swallowed up by endless tiredness, and his consciousness fell into darkness.

－－Wolf and spices (wolf and spices)－－

When Lawrence woke up again, he found himself lying on the table, and the bag of gold was still lying quietly at his hands.

However, for Lawrence now, no matter how much gold it is, he cannot attract him. What he is most concerned about now is whether Hero is safe or not.

After waking up, Lawrence did not waste a second, quickly went upstairs, came to the door of his room and Hero, and left behind the people who were obviously unconscious on the ground and on the table.

However, when Lawrence pushed open the half-closed door, the scene behind the door was indeed the kind that Lawrence was most reluctant to see.

The room behind the door was empty. The open window exposed the room to the bitter cold wind in the morning, and the curtains were blown away.

"Hero! Are you here?" Lawrence was still hoping that the last glimmer of hope would not be shattered, "Hero! I'm here! Come out quickly!"

At this time, Lawrence hoped that the lively and cunning figure he was familiar with could suddenly appear, using even the most mean words to harm himself, who was now with a weak face.

However, until the cold wind took away the drop of the corner of Lawrence's eyes, there was no tears that could shed, and the figure did not appear.

The fantasy was shattered after all.

"Hero! This time, let me save you!"

Dong!

Lawrence hit the table with his fist. Then, he turned around and left this room again, where she had no sign of her figure.

After going downstairs, the people in the hotel seemed to have begun to wake up one after another.

After hesitating for a moment, Lawrence finally brought the bag of gold to himself.

Perhaps, for the woman who calls herself Isabella, gold is meaningless, but in the world where Lawrence lives, gold can do many things.

The people in the hotel were awake later than Lawrence, which may indicate that they were fainting later than Lawrence. Finally, Lawrence got a useful message from a stout Northland mercenary - before he fell into a coma, he did see more than one black shadow and sneak into the hotel.

Just as Lawrence was about to leave the hotel, the big bell in the center of the town suddenly rang continuously. This rapid sound meant that the town was attacked.

"The soldiers who were watching the night in the bell tower woke up..." Lawrence whispered to himself, "Who are they and how did they do it... The church really has such strength?"

After walking around the town for a while, Lawrence felt deeply afraid of the woman and the strength of the organization behind her. It is not difficult for many strength to massacre this small town, which is not a big one. However, it is not possible for any force that Lawrence knows to let everyone in the town fall into a coma without being seen by anyone and not hurting anyone.

And the other most important thing is that the silver-white ore that originally gathered in this city so that wise people could make a fortune and greedy people would lose a lot of money, all disappeared overnight.

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