The Adventures of Clara

Scintillating Plan: Results

Behind the north gate of Denia is a huge chasm separating the northern and southern regions of the continent. Until now no one has been able to ascertain how deep or what is in the abyss.

Further north is the wild land that humans left behind three hundred years ago. It is now inhabited by ferocious monsters.

For hundreds of years emperors of various generations had already led mankind to reclaim this region, but its progress was extremely slow.

Until now, the area that has been successfully retrieved and new habitable as far as the City of Lonely, about 1200 kilometers from Denia City.

While the furthest fortress of the empire was about 4000 kilometers from Denia City.

This distance was very far not even reaching half of the northern region.

No doubt the northern region is a favorite for criminals to escape. That was why the security at the north gate was extremely tight.

Another way is to jump over the gorge directly. Of course this way is almost impossible to do considering the special properties of the Abyss.

Another way is to pass through the Dragon Valley. Put this aside too.

In conclusion, although attacking Denia City sounds crazy and unreasonable, the reality is that this option is the most likely to be done. Of course, almost all criminals do it secretly or through back roads.

Every day felt heavy for the soldiers who were in charge of guarding the north gate. But these two days feel a lot heavier. Most likely all of this will continue for the next few weeks.

Currently two guards were asking the carriage owner various things while the other two were checking the items inside.

Thimoty would not let out a breath.

He who should enjoy the bonus of a newlywed leave and a friendly honeymoon with his wife should now be willing to delay and very likely cancel his plan.

All of this started with a report that made everyone who heard it in an uproar, especially the city guards.

The empire's most wanted criminal, the mastermind of the Byzantine incident, Hymne Blackjack, is rumored to be hiding in the city and is looking for a way to go north.

If the worst situation occurred, the guards were very likely to be made scapegoats by the upper echelons. That was why they frantically combed through the entire city many times. But the results remain nil.

Even Mr. Darton, someone Thimoty admired so much, had to take to the streets. This just shows how precarious the current situation is.

Contradictions you say?

The problem was solved two days ago?

Yeah ....

Actually, Thimoty accidentally heard a secret that should not be known to a mere guard.

Ok. Ok.

Actually his wife told him this problem even though he had desperately refused to hear it.

The secret that the fugitive intended by the letter, the mastermind behind the two-harj incident, has not yet been arrested and his whereabouts are unknown.

"How's it?" ask Thimoty.

"There's no problem. All the items are appropriate" replied his colleague, Titti.

"Then I'll go report. You check again just in case." said Tenor.

"Yes, yes." replied Titti, indifferently.

"Yes God. Do we have to keep going like this for the days ahead?" the guardian named Sugar. "Don't you think this sucks, Mr. New Bride?"

"Yes, this sucks. So stop complaining and quickly do your job."

"We checked it and found nothing wrong. Haa. It's not noon yet but it's hot. Can't the villain come in the rainy season."

"Yes, yeah."

Sugar does like to complain so people who know it will be immune after a while together.

"Sir Merchant, you didn't bring any strange things, did you?"

"No, no. Of course not. Who do you think I am? Ten out of ten people who knew me called me an honest merchant."

"Like that. So we don't have to worry."

Thimoty once again sighed watching the silly behavior of his friend.

After a while, Tenor returned with an eccentric dressed woman.

"If it's not wrong to name Rumia, an adventurer," Thimoty recalled.

The woman without much ability to cast her spell briefly, after which she smiled. Thimoty's hunch is not good.

"There's nothing wrong" he said.

"Then I can go, right? My schedule was pretty tight this time," the merchant asked.

"certain. Of course not."

"Huh?"

"The guard lord who had complained earlier, brought him inside for further interrogation."

Sugar caught him. Undoubtedly the merchant would rebel, shouting the injustice he was experiencing.

"What does this mean! Didn't you say there's nothing wrong!"

"yeah. Nothing wrong, anyway. Except for the traces of the use of magic in your carriage, there is nothing wrong,” replied the Witch.

"... What's?"

The merchant looked very confused. The other guards were just as confused as well. After a while Sugar managed to bind the rebellious merchant.

"Didn't you admit you couldn't use magic? But strangely I felt traces of second-rate magic usage in your carriage. Moreover, the type of magic used was also very suspicious."

"Tu-wait. Magic, what magic?"

"Sir guard. Please."

Without further delay Sugar dragged him into the interrogation room.

Feeling uneasy, Thimoty asked the Witch.

"Miss Rumia, what do you mean?"

"Silver. It's only a faint one, but I found traces of magic use. I'm not too sure either, anyway. Yeah, call it woman's intuition" Rumia explained. “Better than sorry later, right?”

Thimoty shook his head weakly. It is true what he said. But still ....

Perhaps realizing Timothy's worries the witch comforted him,

"Don't worry! My intuition is rarely wrong ... Usually, that's it."

Which adds to Thimoty's worries.

"Elaine oh Elaine's. Come here and let this poor man hold you" Thimothy lamented inwardly.

The sun is almost at its peak causing the temperature to get higher.

And at this moment Timothy could clearly see the sweat that fell like a waterfall from the faces of his colleagues. His body condition was not much different either. He even began to hear murmurs that more closely resembled the prayers of his friends,

"May be just a pay cut."

"maybe the pay cut isn't much."

With Mr. Darton taking over directly, the interrogation went very smoothly. It did not take long to extract various kinds of information from the Merchant.

The merchant trains were dismantled to look for evidence. From there found a variety of contraband items and even a small child.

With such clear evidence, the merchant immediately spilled everything. But he still insisted that he never remembered smuggling humans.

In other words, there was nothing wrong with Clara's plan.

He just picked the wrong person at the wrong time.

On the bright side, thanks to him a smuggler was caught.

Grand Scheme Clara. Raph,

it ends in failure.