I Became a Dark Knight the Empress Is Obsessed With

36 – Underground Pass – (3)

I see a woman sitting in front of me.

He is wearing a translucent black veil, so it is difficult to tell what kind of expression he is making. However, the dark eye makeup made a strong impression.

Judging by the skin color and clothing, he looks like a Middle Eastern person. I didn’t know there was such a race among the characters with illustrations in Raising Empress. Even if it does, there’s nothing strange about it.

First of all, the atmosphere was unusual. A slender body, but majestic. His naturally sensitive senses also let him know that the woman in front of him was quite strong.

“Kuhm.”

unexpected situation.

I’m nervous.

Somehow, I even invaded their stronghold.

I hadn’t thought of this from the beginning. There must be a lot of heads, so I was planning to attack as peacefully as possible, but these bastards were more vicious than I could have imagined.

Aren’t corpses with missing organs everywhere, or are they dragging mangled slaves? Life here was worse than a stone rolling by the roadside.

For me, who has lived a normal modern life, it was an outside demonic scene that was hard to believe. No matter how hard I tried, it was unbearable.

In the end, the faucet hit the jackpot with the rest of the money.

That’s how it’s like calling the master of the thieves’ guild after all.

I was going to pierce in moderation, but a big deal appeared. In the description in the game, the Thieves Guild was a group that had considerable influence even in the underworld, but how big would the leader be?

I heard the pimp I hit call Hilda the Thistle as it crawls on the ground. maybe that’s her name

“Whoa.”

As the awkward silence continued, Hilda, the master of the Thieves Guild, let out a small sigh.

Then he raised both hands. A euphemism for not having the will to fight.

The next thing Hilda said was shocking.

“It’s been a while, Fried. You’re here to get what I asked for before, right?”

what?

Embarrassed and unable to answer, Hilda looked at my expression and shrugged.

“Don’t make that face. Even if I say I’m sorry.”

Hilda slowly approached me.

“Originally, I was going to go find it from this side, but things got a little twisted.”

“…”

“What if I broke all of their limbs anyway? I could have just said my name.”

It’s like talking to a close friend.

I realized when I saw her attitude.

This woman knew me, Fried to be precise.

What Millia was looking at with bewildered eyes was felt through the spine without looking back.

“sh*t.”

It is unfair.

Fried Iscoval.

I don’t know how many times I’ve been asked.

What the hell were you usually doing?

How could a knight of the empire have any acquaintance with a tycoon who became the master of the thieves’ guild?

“It’s just fine. Let’s talk inside.”

*

so now

It was like sitting in a small drawing room at the back of a bar with Hilda, the master of the thieves’ guild, across from him.

As if meeting an old friend, Hilda leisurely offered her a glass and poured her water. Seeing a few brown leaves floating on the surface of the water, it must be cold.

“It may not suit a high-class palate, but it’s a luxury item here.”

Hilda offered tea with a smile, and I just held the cup with a confused expression.

“Why? Are you afraid it might have been poisoned?”

“No what…”

Like the poisonous weed found in Melina’s room, this world is a place where the threat of poisoning is scattered. Even Hilda is a visual that seems to have a good understanding of it.

I paid attention to that thought, but it seemed unnatural.

Hilda said while resting her chin gently.

“Could I poison our regulars? You can rest assured.”

… … Were you even a regular?

“You really didn’t take poison?”

Hilda took my glass and drank it in a very natural motion.

Then, looking at Milia standing awkwardly behind me, I said,

“Please sit down, too.”

“Ah, yes.”

Milia looked back and forth between me and Hilda.

That’s just embarrassing. I’m embarrassed myself, but what a third person would do.

In the end, when the conflicted Milia sat down, Hilda looked at her and raised her eyebrows.

“Are you Guardian Knight Millia?”

“……..”

“I knew it.”

The pale white lips visible through the veil twisted.

“I’ve heard rumors. The Empire’s guardian knight, Milia Liantour. The fast Milia. Liantur’s offspring. And the concubine of the border guard.”

“Meat?!”

“Whulleong, was it?”

“No… that’s, Cough Cough.”

Milia let out a terrifying scream at those words, but then she repeated her cough as if she could hear it.

Rumors have already spread to the underground canal? Hilda giggled, probably reflecting my astonishment.

“hahahaha. Living in hiding underground, I often hear various stories from above. easy”

While continuing the conversation skillfully, Hilda suddenly stopped talking.

And he turned his sharp eyes towards me.

“By the way, Fried. I probably would have asked you to visit alone.”

A sudden change of mood.

Hilda’s calm eyes seemed to reflect inside me. It gives me goosebumps.

“……Sorry. I’m not in a hurry.”

In the end, I had no choice but to gloss over it.

It’s not good to be suspicious.

After trying to answer in a subdued voice, Hilda tilted her head slightly and pushed back her chair.

“Well, that’s understandable. Similar to ours, the imperial family must be in a mess. In such a situation, it’s not strange to bring a girl you can rely on.”

No, that’s not my girlfriend.

But he didn’t object. It is a specification to be suspicious after unnecessarily talking about it.

“therefore.”

Hilda clapped her hands as if Saddam had finished here, then pulled out a box from her bosom. It is a small box with a gold frame. A box that, at first glance, appears to contain valuable items.

“Did you come to find this?”

Hilda put the box on the table.

The gold ornaments on the hinges glistened in the soft candle light.

“I had a hard time getting it. Did you spend more than half of the money I gave you for expenses?”

“You’ve suffered.”

“What. I’m doing it because there’s still a lot left.”

I picked up the shaker and tucked it into my sleeve.

I’m not sure, but it’s something that Freed requested through the Thieves Guild before being possessed. If it’s enough to ask the thieves’ guild master, it must be an important item. It is right to accept it once.

Check the contents later.

“Hilda.”

“yes?”

“I have a favor to ask of you.”

But this is not the purpose of my visit. He came to seek cooperation from the mouse king, the ruler of the underground canal, against the threat of the second act.

“I want to meet the mouse king.”

“what?”

When I brought up the story, Hilda narrowed her eyes.

Maybe even Hilda doesn’t know. As she was about to lose heart, she narrowed her eyes.

“……Where did you hear that? Black market? I don’t think so. There’s no way I made a mistake…… then…”

A look of obvious bewilderment.

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Does that mean that the existence of the mouse king was a thoroughly kept secret? If so, my sudden mention must have come as quite a shock. It meant that the thieves’ guild lost in a clandestine information war.

Hilda, who was muttering to herself, looked at me.

“Well… I don’t think I have any intention of answering.”

“right.”

“Sigh.”

The ground sighed, and Hilda lifted the veil.

A more beautiful and graceful face than I thought caught my eye. Hilda put her index finger to her lips.

“I don’t know where you heard it, but I hope you don’t go around bragging about it. It’ll make everyone in trouble.”

“I swear.”

“…First of all, I’d like to hear why you want to meet him. If it’s not the same reason, I’ll get really angry.”

Hilda’s eyes were sincere when she said that.

But without the veil covering her face, the feeling of intimidation had diminished.

I got to the point.

“Hasn’t there been a strange group of people entering the underground water canal lately?”

“…”

Hilda puts on a blank expression.

“Looking at the reaction, you’re right.”

That’s probably the cult’s nemesis.

He must be making a fuss with the idea of slowly taking over the gutter. It must be a very unpleasant situation for Hilda, who has to meticulously manage the organization.

Hilda crossed her arms and said, as if she had no intention of lying.

“Yes. Outsiders came in a while ago. But, it’s to the extent that I can solve it on my own. There’s no need to go all the way to the Mouse King.”

“I don’t think so.

“…”

“Weren’t they so easy-going? They couldn’t have known where they came from. They would have been thoroughly covered up. They were fanatically loyal to the superiors, so interrogating them would have been useless.”

I leaned over and continued.

“They’re the cult bastards.”

“what?”

“The cult intends to use this underground aqueduct to assassinate the empress at the bureau meeting to be held next month.”

The second act is set at the funeral of the deceased emperor and his princes and princesses. For nearly a month, the empress hadn’t been seen. As such, at this time when everyone’s anxiety was growing, Lynthia had to appear at official events in order to inform the entire continent that the empire was still alive.

At that moment, the killers of the church will aim for Lynthia’s life.

“The Church is plotting an assassination through the underground waterways of the ancient empire. It is of course you who live here who stand in the way.

I spoke with as much force as I could.

“The death of the mouse king and the collapse of the underworld order, isn’t that a situation you don’t want too?”

Hilda’s eyes wandered as if she couldn’t keep up with my words.

Milia also held her breath the moment she heard my last words.

However, as expected, he was quick to understand the situation as the head of the thieves’ guild. Hilda untied her arms and stood up.

He still says it with a dissatisfied expression.

“You seem to have changed a lot since before, Fried.”

Hilda paused and looked at me.

Light gray eyes covered my whole body.

“I know your story well, but I can’t guide you to the Mouse King. We have many difficulties on our side. But, we can tell the story.”

Hilda bit her lip in anger.

“So, what do you want from us?”

*

The thieves’ guild master, Hilda, was left alone in the room. The reason I’m sitting still is, of course, to clear my mind.

“Write it.”

When I click my tongue and apply strength to my hand, the tin cup I handed you earlier is bent.

Unable to control her anger, Hilda smashed the chair across from her with her front paw.

Kwajik.

“shocking.”

How long has it been since he was dragged by a leash in a conversation?

It was a shame.

There’s nothing going on these days.

Indeed, Fried was right. The strange guys are expanding their power by using the entrance to the underground as a base. However, it is not easy to catch them all because they move too stealthily. Hilda herself knew best that she was overpowered.

And to think that their identities are the terrifying foreign church, and they want to occupy this place. It was a story that was too risky for Hilda to dismiss as nonsense.

More than anything else, Fried wanted to meet the Mouse King. It’s a word that an ordinary person would never know. The moment he said it, he had to admit that at least Fried’s words weren’t child’s play.

In fact, the deal he brought out was also very tempting.

In the end, I listened to the story as if the liver and gallbladder were all given away.

“No matter how angry you are! About that freed!”

got angry

Fried Iscoval.

True to the term mad dog, he was actually a maniac. At first glance, it seems taciturn and serious, but it was all pretense. Whenever he had a chance, he would beat people or hurt prostitutes. Because of that, Wonseong was not the only one.

Still, one money is a lot of customers, so they treated me kindly. Because that’s the job of a salesperson.

The old Fried looked anxious, as if he was being chased by someone. Hilda had already seen through the fact that she was violent on the outside, but felt fear more than anyone else on the inside. Madness, shall we say?

But today’s Fried was quite different.

There was a strangeness in the eyes that seemed to be concentrated on the edge of the cliff.

The old look is nowhere to be found. Thinking about the reason, Hilda let out a blank laugh.

“Does people change when they are in a crisis? Or does a position just make a person.”

The purpose of Fred’s coming here was to protect the empress.

Wanting to protect someone, that Fried.

Are there any other two words that don’t go well together?

“What, can’t you?”

Hilda took out a crystal ball from her bosom.

“I never thought the day would come when I’d bring this out.”

This was almost the only contact with the Mouse King that Fried was desperately looking for.

mouse king. Ruler of the subterranean waterways. A person wrapped in a veil who cannot even see his face unless he is in charge of a Hilda-class role.

To be honest, Hilda herself had never been alone with him. I didn’t have to, and I didn’t even want to.

However, as the situation was the situation, it was also her turn to roll for her own rice bowl.

Hilda tapped the crystal ball and cleared her throat.

After this, I was going to be as servile as possible.