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Chapter 62 : I'll Take Him Down
“When are the barbarians leaving?”
“They say they’ve finished their final preparations. They’ll arrive within a week at the latest.”
“It seems they intend to meet the deadline.”
“Would they really be late for an important inter-city negotiation?”
“There’s nothing more foolish than trusting a barbarian. Their sense of time is unreliable, so track them thoroughly and report back.”
Е̇_n̊ üm̄ӓ
Time passed, and the secret negotiation between the two cities was just around the corner.
The city government’s negotiation team was busy as a bee.
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There was a lot of work to be finished, and the reactionaries revealed their true colors and constantly threatened them.
The complexions of the working-level officials, including the aide, turned dark.
Only Councilor Giselle, as if boasting of his innate dignity, showed no signs of being flustered.
“You seem very busy, is there anything I can help you with?”
Е̂ n̊ ü m а.
“……”
Even Giselle had times when he couldn’t control his expression.
It was the moment Claire approached with a bright smile.
“...I’m fine.”
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“I don’t think so. The workload is heavy for the number of people. Wouldn’t it be a little easier if I helped you?”
The aide behind Giselle nodded his head vigorously.
Е n̆_u m̄.а . їd̆
The aide, who hadn’t even been able to get a proper nap, would welcome it if anyone could lessen his workload.
“This is the city government’s business. It’s not something a corporate lackey should interfere with.”
“I am also a member of the negotiation team, officially appointed by the council.”
“The head of the negotiation team is me.”
It was a fierce battle of nerves.
Giselle, who was putting up a wall, was Giselle, but Claire, who persistently showed her face despite the blatant cold shoulder, was also brazen.
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The one who was dying was the aide caught in the middle.
“Then I’ll be waiting outside, so please call me anytime if you need a hand.”
Although Claire was brazen, she did not insist.
So Giselle found it hard to get angry.
As she said, she was a member of the negotiation team.
There was no reason to kick her out.
Wе̊ b̃ń_ö v̂ӗ l̈ Ėnù m̌ а
The best thing to do was to give her the cold shoulder until she got tired of it herself.
“She seems to be anxious.”
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“Yes?”
“She wouldn’t be without pride, but she’s clinging on persistently.”
“If she’s that sincere, wouldn’t it be okay to open your heart to her soon?”
“I shouldn’t give her any room so that her influence doesn’t get in. Have you forgotten that I can’t even move around without an escort now because of the greed of those merchants?”
Е ňu mа̀
Due to the successive attacks, Giselle’s vigilance had reached its peak.
For now, he planned to exclude all entrepreneurs.
His subordinates were collapsing one by one from overwork, but… Giselle held his ground.
He thoroughly adhered to the principles he had set.
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For an elf, loftiness took precedence over physical fatigue.
“Thank you for allowing me a private meeting.”
Web̈n оv̈ el Е̄n.û ḿа̇.
The battle of nerves between the two finally came to an end the day before the negotiation.
The groundwork was already finished.
Since the room for tricks was blocked, Giselle responded to Claire’s request for a private meeting with a broad mind.
“What’s your business?”
“I will also be attending the negotiation tomorrow.”
“I’ll allow it. But your opinion will not be reflected.”
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“I don’t mind. I’ll just quietly stamp my seal according to the negotiation results.”
“...?”
Giselle frowned.
“You’re surprisingly obedient.”
“It’s what I’ve prepared for.”
“The losses could be immense.”
Е̄ n̊ ú m̃ ȧ
“I told you I would cooperate fully. It seems you didn’t believe me.”
How could he believe her?
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Giselle narrowed his eyes to gauge Claire’s intentions.
“Instead, I’ll ask you for one favor.”
“Do you want a personal favor?”
“No, that’s not it…”
Ē_nuḿ а ..і̊d̃
Claire, who had been confident, somehow mumbled her lips and then said in a reluctant tone, “I’d like to reinforce my personal escort.”
***
[How did it go?]
“It’s going well. I’ll be attending the negotiation in person tomorrow.”
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[You’ve done well. You can’t miss this opportunity. Use this as a chance to build a friendship with the city councilor and increase your influence.]
“Yes, Sylvester is my family’s. I can’t let a stone that has rolled in take it away.”
Е n ūm̃.а
[I believe in you.]
Thud!
“...Haaah.”
Claire, after finishing her call with her father, collapsed on her desk.
Her stomach churned with nervousness.
She knew well that a lot was at stake in the success or failure of this negotiation, even without emphasizing it two or three times.
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On a grand scale, it was the revision of the company’s future strategy and losses due to a failed bet.
Personally, it was the loss of her qualification as a corporate successor.
Failure was not an option.
“Ugh, really. If it weren’t for the councilor, I would have slapped him.”
Just like that, Claire grumbled and raised her hand.
It was the first time in her life that her pride had been so scratched.
Е ṅ u m̌а
Giselle had not given her a single opening.
In Claire’s judgment, this bet was a half-success.
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Although Giselle, being as rigid as he was, would somehow make the negotiation succeed, Sylvester’s contribution would be nil in the process.
Even if it was a gamble with a lot at stake, what couldn’t be done, couldn’t be done.
Since the other party had no intention of clapping with her, it was right to just quit and think about the next move.
“Just you wait, if it’s a lie.”
Е̇ ñ ũ m а
Nevertheless, Claire stubbornly clung to Giselle.
It was all because of one man’s proposal.
Thanks to that, she really had no way out.
If the negotiation broke down, Claire would have no room for a comeback.
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Even if the negotiation went well, if there was no raid, she would only have gotten on the wrong side of Councilor Giselle, so it was a loss.
“I have to hope for the best.”
Ě ñ ùm а̊ . i d́
But if it went just as that man had planned…
Claire could grasp a lot in her hands.
***
“Phew, it’s finally over today.”
Hella said, chewing on beef jerky.
Her posture, with her spear stuck in the ground and leaning against it, was crooked.
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A strong atmosphere, like that of a neighborhood thug, emanated from her.
Whack!
“Ugh!”
The divine punishment for her lax attitude was a fist that came down on the crown of her head.
Hella jumped up and down.
The sound, like a watermelon breaking, made it look like it really hurt.
Е̌_ṅu m ã
“You reckless fool. If you’ve received a request, do your best until the end without being careless.”
Drexier looked down at Hella, dusting off the fist he had brought down.
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“Hey, really! Just say it with words, old man!”
“You don’t listen to words.”
“Do you think I’m a teenager in puberty?!”
Hella’s protest had no persuasiveness.
Е̄n ũ m а. і d̊
No one in the mercenary group, who had shared joys and sorrows with her, took her side.
I patted her grumbling shoulder and said, “Don’t let your guard down. The day of is always the most dangerous.”
“You too with the nagging? What’s so dangerous? No matter how shameless the corporate guys are, would they really lay a hand on a negotiation team from another city?”
She wasn't wrong.
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No matter how powerful a corporation was, directly touching the ruling class of a city was a shortcut to ruin.
“In terms of experience, I’m your senior. How’s my judgment? Killer, right?”
Еnu m̄â .іd
“A senior should have something to learn from to be a senior.”
“What, you bastard?”
“Don’t take my words lightly.”
The miscalculation was Centrim’s ambition.
Centrim, from the position of a corporation, had tried to sway even the city government, the direct ruling power of the city.
Well, if you thought about it, it was no different from what they usually did.
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It was just that the social position of the target was high.
If the aftermath was perfect, there was no need to worry about the backlash.
‘In fact, the aftermath was perfect.’
The negotiation team had all died, and the full story was not revealed.
Because the conflict between the two cities had deepened and a war had broken out, the investigation into the truth had been pushed back.
In the meantime, it was not a difficult task for Centrim to conceal and manipulate the truth.
We bn̈ о̆v е l Е̄ nū mа̄
“Watch your back.”
“...What?”
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“An internal person will cause a commotion. The estimated number of people is two or more. The confirmed enemy is the dark mage, Mezaire, and the suspicious person is Felix. We also need to consider external support.”
“No, what are you suddenly talking about… Wait, a dark mage?”
Hella’s gaze, which had been fixed on the one word I had let slip, changed.
“Is it true?”
W̊e̊b̀n̆ӧ vѐl Ѐn.ůmа
“It’s my mission. I don’t talk nonsense.”
My ability had already been revealed once.
The Whisper of the Great Nature.
Although it was a misunderstanding that had arisen from a misunderstanding, the Drexier mercenary group trusted my information power.
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“These bat-like bastards, I’ll just…!”
“Calm down. Act as usual.”
Ẇе̌ b̌_ṅov̊ ё l. Ѐ n u̇m̆а
I stopped Hella, who was panting and about to rush at the enemies.
“If you know the traitor, you should get rid of him right away!”
“It will interfere with the negotiation.”
The priority was not the prevention of the raid, but the negotiation.
If they showed a messy state to the barbarians before the negotiation even started, they wouldn't know what kind of whim they would have.
If that happened, all the work they had done so far would have been in vain.
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“Tell Drexier to change the escort deployment first.”
Councilor Giselle’s perception of contract killers had changed over time.
From a lower-class person he couldn't associate with, to a hunting dog whose skills were worth seeing.
But a hunting dog was just a hunting dog, and there was no human trust.
Therefore, the escort of the negotiation team was entrusted to the Drexier mercenary group, and the external security was entrusted to the contract killers.
It was a deployment that could perfectly respond whether a raid occurred from the outside or a disturbance occurred from the inside.
W̌ ēb̃ n о̆v̈_е̇.l Е ñ.um̆а̇.
That is, if the assumption that a contract killer would betray was not certain.
If a contract killer betrayed from the outside, it was a structure where the inside would be surrounded.
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“Mix the personnel of the contract killers and the mercenary group. So that they can be suppressed immediately in case of an emergency.”
“I can ask the old man for that as you say, but then should I drive all the suspicious personnel to the outside? First of all, there should be no harm to the negotiation team.”
“No.”
If only the dangerous personnel were driven out, it was highly likely that they would notice, and the risk of being surrounded would not disappear.
Е n u.ḿ а̂
Also, a dramatic scene came out when faced with a life-or-death danger.
And if that danger was within a controllable range, it was like a play that was being staged.
“Send Mezaire inside and stick her next to me.”
Of course, not everything in the world went according to plan.
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A variable that could exist in a million.
That too, I had prepared for by drawing Claire to my side.
Е̇ ǹ.ümа̃
“I’ll take him down.”
A dark mage was not scary.
The World Tree, as if showing its confidence, raised its branches high.
***
“Welcome, I am Giselle, a councilor of Gellerg City and the head of the negotiation team.”
The negotiation team from Pelsier had arrived.
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There were seven of them.
Since it was a secret negotiation and it was this side that was in a difficult position, they had kept their escort to a minimum.
“Oh, it’s definitely different.”
“Quiet.”
Hella’s rude act of admiring them like a country bumpkin, unbecoming of an escort, was immediately suppressed by Drexier.
‘I understand how she feels.’
Ĕ ǹ um̀ а
That was how unique their appearance was.
While the negotiation team from Gellerg City was dressed in suits and showed courtesy, their attire was lax.
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Their faces were painted with dye, and tattoos were visible on the exposed skin between the torn clothes.
They were people who were preserving the traditions of a tribal society in a developed world where the city was a city of night and civilization flourished.
“Welcome. I am Kalcorum.”
Even his name had a bizarre pronunciation.
Е̄ n ũḿа
At the short answer, Giselle’s eyebrows twitched.
Giselle let out a shallow breath.
It was still a tolerable line.
“You must have had a hard time coming a long way. Please come inside.”
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The Pelsier negotiation team moved according to Giselle’s guidance.
The destination was a spacious conference room inside a temporarily built building.
Е̇ñu m а . і d̄
No one but the negotiation team was allowed to enter.
It was an artificial enclosed space created by their social status.
Therefore, they had no way of knowing what was happening outside.
The opposite situation was also the same.
“Are you confident?”
Claire asked me in a small voice while we were moving.
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“What about you? Are the escorts you brought reliable?”
“They are my private soldiers.”
If it was the personal escort of a large corporation’s successor, their skills were beyond question.
Since they were also her personal subordinates, any damage would be a loss.
She had bet everything on this matter.
“There will be a response from the outside. I’ll suppress the inside, so you deal with the outside.”
Ẁ e b̃ nо̌vе ľ En̆ ú.ma
The traitors were at most two.
It was physically impossible to defeat all these people with just two and even clean up afterwards.
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There would be a large number of accomplices.
Whether it was an army or a gang.
“I’ll trust you.”
Claire’s voice scattered with the sound of the door closing.
Е̌ n̊um а .і̊ ď
“It’s been a while, young man.”
Mezaire approached me.
The escort personnel were divided into pairs and were tasked with patrolling the inside of the building in rotation.
It was intentional that Mezaire and I were paired together.
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“Don’t be nervous and let’s go. No matter how many complaints there are, they wouldn’t be foolish enough to carry out a raid on the day of the negotiation.”
I held back a sneer.
Wе̌ b̄ň о̂ v̄ё ĺ Ӗ nǔ m̃ă
To me, who knew her inner thoughts, the old woman’s words were just ridiculous.
“Let’s do that.”
But I played along with her.
The moment Mezaire revealed her hidden inner thoughts.
That moment was her last.
(End of Chapter)
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