The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 110

Chapter.26 Visit to the next town

***

“Do you like it?”

“Of course.”

Ricardo nodded. Rieden smiled slightly. A man who still shines with color even after 50 lines.

The more you do that, the easier it is to deal with.

“Then, please give me this.”

Rieden took out a vial from his pocket. Of course, it is not a drug that destroys the brain. This was extreme medicine. It doesn’t just destroy the brain. If you eat it you will die. A deadly drug that ends one’s life without a word.

It was a drug that was often used because it was easier to make than a drug that only destroyed the brain.

“The characteristic of this medicine is that it has a slightly bitter taste. It is unsuitable as a poison. “Isn’t poison a colorless, odorless work of art that must be drunk without feeling anything strange?”

“This… how?”

Ricardo asked a question. Rieden just continues to laugh.

“However, the moment it tastes bitterness, it dies. Because it’s that extreme. I would like you to give it as a gift to the Baron or something in your lordship’s castle.”

They searched the capital, but it is said that the emperor suddenly took action and sent a rural nobleman down as his direct subordinate.

According to the dukes, they were just playing around in the back room, and since it looked like Deadran City, which was originally under the emperor’s direct control, would be transferred to the duchy, it seemed like they had hurriedly selected random nobles and sent them down.

I don’t even know the circumstances of Deadrun City.

There was a message from the nobleman who had spent so much money to make him run away as usual, as if he was just reaching out because he didn’t want to lose his direct command.

Then there is no need to hesitate any longer.

He will die in Deadrun City.

“The medicine is bitter, but it is different from common poisons. You wouldn’t know that he died from poison, so just… Treat it as sudden death. “It’s a shame that a young person has to die so young.”

***

It’s been a few days since I came here.

Currently, I’m just chilling in my office.

Knock knock-!

I turned my head when I heard a knocking sound. Since taking office, I have been doing absolutely nothing. Doing nothing but pretending that you don’t want to do anything anymore. It just stayed like that. The normalization of Deadran City began after Rieden and his group were eradicated.

“Come in.”

As I answer, acting as Baron Evolk, the door opens and a gray-haired man comes in. A chamberlain named Ricardo has managed the lordship castle of Dedran City for generations.

“Are you experiencing any inconvenience?”

The chamberlain asked with a kind smile. Of course, there are no inconveniences. It doesn’t matter if it’s uncomfortable.

It’s not like I’m going to stay forever.

But this guy.

At the time of Count Dedran’s arrest, the discord was so severe that he was beaten by the Count, so he was not taken to the capital like other nobles.

After that, he is still carrying out his duties as chamberlain as if he had something behind him.

Also to the crown princes after Count Dedran.

When I asked Verna, she said that she had been a very conniving person since she was young. He looks exactly like Count Dedran.

There is even a shameless story about how Count Dedran even tried to lay hands on his own sisters, whom he considered tools.

Isn’t he crazy?

I wonder why he wasn’t captured along with Count Dedran.

My goal at the time was to deal with Count Dedran, so I didn’t look into what was happening to the others.

Ricardo continues to giggle in front of me. It’s just disgusting when you know what’s going on behind the scenes.

“There is nothing particularly uncomfortable.”

“Then I’m glad.”

Ricardo nodded and set down a tray of tea and refreshments in front of me and said.

“I have prepared tea. It is a specialty tea produced only in the Southern Kingdom and has a unique aroma. And the refreshments are also top-notch.”

“is it? Thank you for that. “Leave it there.”

Then Ricardo started to look regretful. As soon as he made eye contact with me, he took the tray and walked away.

But I didn’t miss it.

The way he continues to pay attention to his teacup.

What is this?

“What is this?”

Rurin, who was dozing in front of the window, comes sniffing. Lurin’s nose, which reacts to food, boasts the best performance.

***

A voice came from inside the door. This is possible because the door is slightly open.

“Wake up, it’s almost night time. Why are you doing this?”

“You too, wake up. “I’m usually like this.”

Ricardo bit his nails as he overheard the voice. I will either drink tea and die quickly or eat snacks and die, thinking that they are tantalizing people.

“That smells good!”

“okay? “Do you want a drink?”

at las!

Ricardo shouted happily at the door. A voice urging you to drink tea. It’s so desirable. Those who need to die must die quickly.

“But it’s annoying that that guy brought it earlier.”

“why?”

“I don’t like it.”

The woman’s voice was heard again. Ricardo was so angry that he didn’t like it that his anger rose to the top of his head.

How dare you judge me?

Things like trash. Ricardo spat on the ground.

This was a couple I didn’t like from the beginning.

“Well, it smells good.”

The man seemed to have taken the tea first, and there was a sound of slurping.

“Wow, it’s bitter. Does it just smell good? “Is there a car like this in the Southern Kingdom?”

“Are you using it? Then I don’t eat it. “I don’t like what I wrote.”

Ododog.

And soon the sound of snacks being bitten was heard.

Pooh wow!

Hehe! Hehe!

“This is too bitter!” That guy I don’t like! Food must be used and it must also be killed. You are so bitter! What should I do with this? My mouth feels numb. Argh! Annoying!”

A whining voice.

But it was strange.

Rieden said that the moment he tastes bitterness, he dies.

However, both were evaluated as bitter and did not die. Surprised, Ricardo opened the door without realizing it.

The teacup was clearly empty, and the floor of the office was dirty with the refreshments spit out by the woman.

Even now, I’m huffing and stamping my feet. It’s a fuss itself.

Was there not enough quantity?

That can’t be possible.

Rieden said that even if you put just a little bit, you will die. Apparently, they put a lot into each bottle.

It was like a ghost crying.

Thanks to the dragon heart embedded in El’s heart, Ricardo had no way of knowing that Lurin was a dragon, so poison was useless.

***

Merhin’s headquarters, operating in secret in the southern part of the empire, recently moved to Dedran. Merhin is a secret organization made up of assassins. It is an organization that mainly carries out assassinations of prominent figures and takes care of the dirty work of nobles.

Mekan, the leader of Merhin, had recently had a close relationship with Rieden.

“hmm. So, you two got together and tried to rob the safe and run away?”

“Please save me. Commander! It all depends! “There is a situation!”

Mekan was interrogating two gang members in the headquarters warehouse. A very typical sight.

Mekan stood up as if there was nothing more to hear.

“Really! My son is sick! Commander!”

“Oh, then what about you?”

Mekan pointed next to the man who was begging for his life the whole time.

“I feel sorry for this guy’s situation… .”

“Hehehe, look at these guys? Merhin’s safe is my safe. Is it okay if I start talking nonsense about someone who tried to steal my money? “Is this the end?”

Mekhan pressed his finger against the forehead of the kneeling men. A subordinate who touches his own.

There is no need to wait any longer. What Mekan can’t stand the most is having something that is his own touched.

“Bury them both.”

Mekhan eventually said this to his other subordinates and stood up. The leader of a large assassination organization. Of course, his sword skills were quite excellent.

“Aren’t you doing something interesting?”

A man who appeared in such a warehouse.

It was Rieden and his right-hand man Bernetto.

“Hey, Rieden, why did you come all the way here?”

“I have a little favor to ask you.”

“Is that so? “Then please go in.”

“No, before that… “You’re doing something fun. Can I interfere a little bit?”

Rieden asked with a strange smile. Mekan could not refuse Rieden’s request. That’s because Rieden’s resourcefulness was extraordinary. It is thanks to this man that a ton of money has been flowing into Merhin recently.

Moreover, Mekhan nodded because his skills were similar to his and he thought that this alliance should be maintained for the time being.

“Do whatever you want.”

After hearing the answer, Rieden approached the two kneeling people.

“There is a fun game. “Maybe I can survive?”

Rieden laughed heartily, took out two daggers from his arms, and threw them in front of the two men.

He then crouched down and picked up a dagger.

And then he plunged the dagger into the floor. Then the blade of the dagger plunged into the hilt.

“One of the two is a fake blade. I’ll give it to you, so stab each other. Can I buy one? If you just leave it alone, both of you will be buried, but you will have a chance to live. “Isn’t that a good gamble?”

Rieden stood up again holding the dagger. He then mixed it up in his arms and threw it back in front of the two men.

The two men looked at each other. Rieden took his gaze away from the men and turned to Mekan and asked.

“You two got into the safe to help each other, right?”

“Well, that’s right. It’s very shameful. Wouldn’t it be better to just ask for more work? “It is an act of betrayal and treason.”

“Hehe, wouldn’t it be okay if we spare one person? Men who were trying to help each other are now trying to kill each other. How fun is it?”

Rieden spoke with a sinister smile and Mekhan nodded.

“Oh, I see.”

This is because that bad-tasting idea also resonated with Mekan.

“Look over there.”

The two men were already glaring at each other, each holding a dagger.

“Finish it in one shot. You have to hit it with all your might. “Only then will I save one person.”

Rieden spoke again.

Then the two men shouted at Mekan.

“So are you really going to save me?”

“Well, that’s what I decided to do, so I have to do it.”

When Mekhan answered, the two men glared at each other again. It was a look in their eyes where any sense of camaraderie had already disappeared.

“Brother, is this what you are doing?”

“shut up… ! “If only you hadn’t said it was a perfect plan in the first place!”

Anyway, both are assassins. He knows better than anyone else the critical points that can kill an opponent in one hit.

The two men glared at each other and plunged their daggers into the other’s heart.

Blood spurts.

No one survived.

Surprisingly, both people had blood flowing from their chests.

“Yes, you… !”

Slurp.

Two men collapsed at the same time.

Rieden started laughing very loudly when he saw that.

“this? “When did you change it?”

Even Mekan opened his mouth with an expression of surprise.

Then suddenly I realized: When Rieden stood up to mix up the fake daggers, he threw two real daggers in front of them.

“Hahahaha as expected, Rieden. “I’m still a sewer.”

“What are you doing? “Isn’t it really fun to see a little hope for life rise and then die?”

“okay. It’s fun. ha ha ha!”

The two men came up to the headquarters building laughing. As soon as I put my butt on the chair, the impatient Mekan started asking questions.

“Of course, you didn’t come all the way here for entertainment like that. What’s going on?”

“They say a new lord’s representative has arrived.”

“Hoo again? “It’s so boring.”

“He wasn’t the Count I wanted, but he suddenly changed again, and this time, I wanted to make an example… .”

Rieden brought his hand to his throat and pretended to cut it. Mekan understands immediately and nods.

“What kind of person are you?”

“Nothing special. I researched him through various routes, but they say he’s just a country baron. They say it’s the emperor’s whim, but if this guy isn’t around, things will go right as they want… .”

“Why is that difficult? It’s not that difficult to be a baron without a knighthood. Hehehe.”

“But still, since you are a noble, I ask that you take care of it clearly. I tried using poison first, but it failed despite the Chamberlain’s distrust. It looks like he spilled some medicine on the floor, but I don’t like how he doesn’t think about his mistake and just makes excuses. Tsk tsk.”

“It may be a question. I’ll send my immediate subordinate. His skills are clear. He is called Merhin’s number two.”

Rieden stood up with a satisfied smile upon hearing Mekan’s words.