Shadow Farms
“If Only He Had Hair.
It has been about 3 years passed since the establishment of ‘Shadow Garden’. Alpha and I, we're both 13, and my sister Claire is 15. Nothing matters when you're 13, but it's not the same when you're 15. When the son of the nobility reached the age of 15, they had to attend school in the royal capital for 3 years. Nee-san is the hope of the Baron – Kagenou family, it makes my mother very excited in preparing for the farewell party. Yup, very much expected.
(TN : ‘Nee-san’ is the way MC calls his older sister. ‘Baron’ \= Lowest rank of noble family)
It doesn't matter. Really am. But the problem was, when the day he was about to leave for the capital, he disappeared. That is what caused the turmoil within the Kagenou family today.
“When I got to this room, everything was like this.”
That's what my father said with his sweet voice. His face is not bad either.
“There were no signs of resistance, but the window was seen being forcibly opened from the outside. The fact that even me or Claire didn't realize it meant that the kidnapper was an expert.”
My father was with one hand on the window sill and looked into the distance. Less than this depiction is a glass of whiskey in his hand.
And hair….
“Then?”
A very cold voice was directed at him.
“Very talented, so nothing to do? is that the thing you want to say?”
That was my mom.
“No, of course not. I'm just exposing the facts..”.
That was my father's reply while letting out cold sweat from his face.
“BOTAAAAAAAAKKK!!!”
“Hiiii, forgive me, please forgive me!!!”
By the way, I'm like air. Nothing is expected of me, and I don't make trouble either. It's the best position in this family that I've always maintained.
But, Nee-san is a pretty good person, so it's a little concerning. It happened at night, when I was in the abandoned village, so there was nothing I could do.
I just kept listening to my parents fight, and when I got a chance I went back to my room. I close my palms together towards where Nee-san disappeared, and plunge into my bed.
Then.
“You can get out now.”
“Iya Tuan”
Instantly, my curtains swayed slightly, and a girl appeared wearing ‘slime bodysuit’.
“Rupanya, Beta”
“Iya Tuan”
Like Alpha, she's also an elf. But, unlike the blonde Alpha, Beta had silver hair.
He who has green cat-like eyes, and a mole on the bottom of his eyes is the third person to join ‘Shadow Garden’. Even though I told Alpha not to overdo it, she kept putting them into organizations like picking up stray cats, so the numbers kept increasing.
“Where is Alpha?
“Sedang looking for traces from Claire-sama.”
“Quick response. Do you think Nee-san is still alive?”
“Possibly the magnitude is like that”
“Can he be saved?”
“Iya, can.. but it may require help from Shadow-sama.”.
Ah by the way, they call me ‘Shadow’. Because I am the owner of ‘Shadow Garden’, fufufufu.
“What is Alpha saying.”
“Iya sir. He said since they have hostages, it would be better if it uses full power.”
“Heeh~”
“My blood boils.. “.
I clenched my hand while casting magic instantly to make a small explosion.
There's no specific intent to do it, I just love doing it.
I can hear Beta muttering “As expected..” when surprised.
Lately, I no longer lack training partners, as there are Alpha, Beta, Delta, and others, but something new like this is good as well every once in a while. And most importantly I want to play as ‘strength behind the scenes’, so this is a good opportunity.
“It's been quite a while since I last meant it...”
As of this moment, I have gotten used to emitting an aura like ‘strength behind the scenes’.
And also, lately Alpha and Beta have developed the plot of this story even further, so it has become very interesting.
“As expected the culprit is part of ‘Order of Diabolos’. Moreover, he was one of their top-tier echelons.”
“One of their echelons, huh. So why did they kidnap Nee-san.”
“They suspect him as the descendant of the hero.”
“Hmph, they ******* which is quite observant..”
So yeah, like that.
What's more, they also do research societies and say things like “As expected, everything you say is true..” and “About a thousand years ago, the descendants of Diabolos…” and “From this stone monument we can find clues that indicate the existence of ‘Order of Diabolos’..” and other similar things. I mean, I can't read ancient writing, so how could I know that? I'm sure Alpha can't read it either, so he just makes everything that looks old-fashioned as material and brings anything that feels similar to me, that makes it seem as if we are making progress in investigating the Order. I'm sure it must be like that.”
“Try looking at this document. Here shows the location of the hideout that may be where Claire-sama was detained, based on the last information we got.”
After saying that, Beta placed a pile of paper on my desk. Geez, I don't understand what to do with this. More than half use ancient languages and the rest contain unreadable mathematical equations and the like. Damn, you guys are getting smarter about making things like this. I admit, all of you have become greater than me.
Ignoring Beta's explanation, I took out a knife and threw it towards the map that was on the wall.
Thunk.
The knife hit a certain point.
“In there”
“That place? What's in there?”
“That's where Nee-san is.”
“But in that place, no ad-.. wait a minute, could it be..!”.
Beta suddenly unpacked the pile of documents as if he realized something.
Um, well, I just threw the knife at random, okay?
But, wow your acting is so good, Beta. I can see finally – you'll tell me that that's where the hideout is, right?”
“In conclusion, after comparing from different sources, there seems to be a high possibility that the hiding place is in the location that Shadow-sama has shown earlier.”
Exactly it.
“But, to be able to understand this overwhelming material in just seconds and even deduce its hiding location..
“You're still out of practice, Beta.”
“I'll train even harder.”
Really, the acting is great. Although I knew all this was a charade, I still felt the emotion of what he said. You already have all the important points, Beta.
“I'll tell Alpha-sama soon. Are we moving tonight?”
“Mm.”
Beta bowed, and left this place. His eyes shone, like he felt respect and the like. Let's cheer for her incredible acting.
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