- As she was hiding with him in a back alley full of warehouses and killing people, he pointed at a ship.
“That’s the boat.”
“Oh yeah?”
Candace, who had figured out which ship it was and was going to ask without hesitation, tried to approach the ship but could not.
It was because the man caught her.
“Why?”
“Well, you can’t just leave! Do you know whose ship that is? “It is the ovary at the top of Titeri.”
“What is the top of Titeri?”
Candace scratched her cheek with a puzzled expression. Why on earth she was doing this was something she, as a foreigner, could not figure out.
The man sighed and started talking about the top of Titeri.
“Well, the top of Titeri… It’s on a different level from people like us rolling around in the back alleys. There are also rumors that nobles are watching over… …. “Even the government offices have their backs.”
So, if she tries to solve it by force as she has done so far, troublesome problems will arise.
‘That might be a bit troublesome.’
Candace stepped back, looking slightly embarrassed.
Of course, she was not afraid just because she was linked to royalty or was near to the government’s authority. Because she was not someone who wanted to do it.
However, she was the chairman of the wizard council of the Republic of Tamora. After all, she was a representative of a country, but sneaking into another country without notice and wandering around under a false identity could have been a diplomatic issue if she had been discovered.
“Is there no way?”
They found a ship that Ayla may have been on, but they can’t leave like this.
When Candace asked with an embarrassed look on her face, the man cautiously opened his mouth.
“I am. There is a method I have thought of. that is… You may have to spend some money.”
“Money? “That’s no problem.”
Money wasn’t something she had to worry about.
Her family had a business of their own, so she was born into riches, and the academy paid her well. When she departed the duchy, Roderick even gave her an amount of money to cover travel expenses. No matter how much she objected, he continued offering it to her, so she had no option but to accept, she explained.
And the dignity maintenance fee paid by the council was quite a bit.
There were times when she wondered if it was acceptable to buy information from a back alley information dealer at the expense of maintaining dignity, but what else is ‘maintaining dignity’ if it is not to break into the top of someone else’s country and turn it over like a robber ship, but resolving the issue quietly with money?
“If you say so .”
The man led her somewhere and explained the situation.
According to his investigation, one of the crew members was involved in illegal gambling and the situation was very bad.
The explanation was that if she bribed the sailor with money, Candace might be able to get the information she wanted.
She was wondering if something like this would happen, so She called him first. “It’s time for an appointment soon, so all you have to do is go and convince him.”
“Oh, are you doing something?”
She despised the way he spoke ‘Sister, Sister’ and believed he was a useless man, but it was not apparent that he was just being referred to as an information broker with this partnership.
She prepares a solution before the customer even asks.
Thinking that she should leave a generous tip after work, Candace moved to the meeting place near the lighthouse. It was a secluded place with few people going around.
And not long after, a man with broad shoulders came sauntering nearby. The atmosphere was very similar to that of the sailors on her younger sister Natalia’s ship, and she could tell that he was a sailor just by looking at him.
“You stay here. Don’t eavesdrop.”
Candace, who was hiding in the grass, alerted the informant before approaching the man. Even if he wanted to eavesdrop, he couldn’t because of her soundproofing spell on him, but she was still saying it just in case.
“Yes, sister!”
After hearing his obedient answer, she approached the sailor and tapped his shoulder. The sailor, who had been looking around for the woman who had summoned him, was startled when she appeared silently and tapped him on the shoulder, causing him to hit her buttocks.
It was truly an unpleasant sight.
“W-what! Did you call me? “There’s money to be made?”
When she asked how they summoned him, it seemed like they summoned him under the pretext of money.
“Okay. If you just answer my questions, I’ll give you any amount of money.”
As Candace grinned, baring her teeth mischievously, the man stood up with an eager expression and shook his ass.
But upon hearing her question, the sailor’s face turned pale.
“W-what are you talking about? A little girl? There is no one like that on our ship.”
Although he was clear in words, judging from his embarrassed expression and stuttering, it was a suspicious situation where he was hiding something.
“Well, if you’re going to ask such useless questions, I’ll just leave.”
The sailor said this and was about to give up, but Candace was not one to miss this opportunity.
She used her magic to float a bag of gold coins in front of the sailor.
She doesn’t know who strictly controlled it, but she thought the gold coins jingling in front of him would be too tempting for someone desperate for a penny to refuse.
And just as she thought, the man stopped in place. Then she unconsciously reached into his pocket.
But it is impossible to answer before answering. Candace pulled the bag back into her hand as if she was fishing for a fishing rod.
“Uh-huh, Where? You have to answer first. I’ll ask again. A man without a right hand, a man with a scar around his eye, and a girl with blue eyes. They came with you, right? “Where did they go?”
“Well, it came with me halfway, but I know where it went! They dropped me off midway.”
The man who could not escape the temptation of money ended up revealing everything he knew.
“You got off in the middle?”
At an unexpected conclusion, Candace collapsed helplessly on the floor. She thought she would finally be able to find out Ayla’s whereabouts, but there was a wall again.
“Well, you can tell me where you got off.”
The sailor, who wanted the bag of gold coins, swallowed his saliva and opened his mouth. And at those words, Candace’s eyes, which had been spellbound, sparkled again.
The man said it was somewhere in the middle of the sea, but the answer was not very helpful to her as she was not from this country.
She hurriedly took out the map of the Inselkov Kingdom and a writing utensil she had with her. She also had a map of tourist destinations, so it was mainly just tourist destinations, but it would still be more helpful than just hearing about it.
The sailor drew a circle around the location he remembered and happily accepted the money bag.
“It’s a secret that we met, you know?”
“Yes, of course! If I get caught by the captain, I too will die.”
The words were short, but the sailor spoke loudly when money was involved. Candace laughed at that sight but gazed contentedly at the map with a circle drawn in the middle of the ocean.
If they had transferred to a ferry here, they wouldn’t have landed so far away.
‘If you think about the mobility of a ferry boat, this is it.’
Fortunately, Candace, who is an islander and knows a little about ships, drew the expected landing range on the map and got lost in thought.
they could start from there.
It was a very satisfying result for both the crew members who received the money and Candace.
When the sailor returned, the intelligence merchant who was hiding in the grass hesitantly came to her side.
“Did you get anything, sister?”
“Oh, he’s a very big guy. Thank you for your hard work.”
Candace gave him a pleasant smile and tossed him a bag of money. It was a pocket containing slightly more money than was handed over to the sailor.
“Yes? Well, you’ve worked hard so far?”
“Now that I know where to start, I can go alone.”
He would have been paid well, and he would have been able to escape from his scary sister. It was a very welcome event, but the information merchant felt somewhat sad.
It seemed like they had become quite attached so far.
“Why are you crying? Don’t you have enough money? Give me more?”
“No, that’s not it .”
He was confused and didn’t know why he was doing this, but then decided to follow his heart and clenched his fists and shouted.
“Well, I want to take care of you until you finish work and pass away! If I know geography well, it will be helpful and not a hindrance.”
Candace looked puzzled as she looked at the information dealer hanging on her pants. She couldn’t figure out why this was happening.
But what he said was correct. It would have been easier if there was help from locals. It would be more helpful if it were an information dealer who knew everything in detail.
“Okay? Okay, then go quickly and borrow two horses. I also bought camping equipment because I might have to sleep outdoors. Is that enough to cover the expenses?”
When Candace shrugged her shoulders and asked, the information merchant’s eyes lit up with an expression of excitement.
“Yes, sister! I’ll be back soon!”
Saying that a mysterious subordinate had appeared, Candace shrugged her shoulders and looked at the back of the intelligence agent running away.
And as Candace expected, Bernie was quite helpful when it came to information.
This was thanks to the fact that there was nothing she didn’t know, including hidden caves on the coast and side roads that others didn’t know about.
But despite Bernie’s efforts, unfortunately, Candace’s detector did not light up.
He asked with a dejected look on his face as Candace put the detector in her pocket with a disappointed look on her face. It was because he was tired of the situation repeating itself for several days.
“Isn’t this here too?”
“Huh. “I don’t think there is one around here.”
She exhaled. She then began to have her suspicions about her invention. She was like, ‘Is this working?’
However, she said when she tested it with Ophelia’s other magic tools to see if it worked well, she realized that it worked well and that doubt soon disappeared.
