Evade The Hero and Flee!

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

3. And so the story begins. (3)

Its weird. Its weird. Its weird.

What is this? Its easy. Way too easy.

An easy job like this might as well be given to new agents that just graduated from the training centers. No, even easier. Its about as easy as the trainees graduation exam.

But theyre paying me this much? Does the organization have that much money lying around?

No, even if it was, they shouldnt be giving me a job this easy when Im busy with instructor work. It reeks of something awful.

The problem is which side

Is it the organization? Whats the problem? Did they find out about my embezzlement of some of the Utopia Project funds?

Or when I made deals with the non-humans, did they find out I did a deal with them to sneak some of the cash into my own back pocket?

Or did one of my bloody disciples finally decide he or she wanted payback for all that time?

No, I cant rule out the possibility of the Empire. Its normally an irrelevant place, but that insane imperial princess could have dug a trap by removing all the key information.

Like a master fisherman throwing out a baited line waiting in anticipation for the big catch to bite.

But knowing my life so far, if I ran away thinking with that logic, it could just as easily turn out it actually was just a plain easy job, and I got scared for nothing and ended up getting chased by the organization! Is the sort of story that could happen.

So do the job and infiltrate for the time being. If I get caught by the organization then I can use my connections Ive made till now to do something, if I get caught by the princess, then I need to bide my time and run away.

Unless I end up waking up without arms or legs and a I still love you even this way! type yandere is around, hm. Uhh now that I think about it that could be more than possible. Normally reality is a lot worse than fiction. But I just imagined it. Damn it.

Ill give it a shot.

Just a barony. And one far out in the countryside to boot. So I infiltrated in to collect information.

Id hoped the information Id find was something along the lines of an evil god cults hidden hideout, or some anti-empire resistance organization, those kinds of uneasy expectations!

Wow, isnt this way overdoing it?

No matter that this is the literal middle of nowhere of the empire, theyre all but openly stating that theyre an anti-empire rebel(AER) army.

A month since I was hired as a gardener, today as well I received orders that I couldnt tell whether they were gutsy or just plain stupid.

Now, do it like this.

Yes, boss.

I took a pair of gardening shears and trimmed a bush in the garden to form a shape, this is a perfect AER symbol.

The emblem engraved on the statue far away over there was the AER symbol along with the houses symbol.

There were already so many AER symbols everywhere that if this was the capital, the entire family would already have been arrested to be served the full torture course.

No, right now Im so damn anxious at this point Id actually prefer it if some AER members showed up, isnt this apprehensive feeling because of some different reason entirely?

If theyre outright plastering the symbol everywhere the empires army could just charge in at any moment and take us all in!

Is this a trap, or is this the Empires trap! At this rate surely it wont end up with me in the imperial prisons shouting Im innocent! and either my former subordinates or the princess herself showing up and making me choose between marriage or death, right?

Ohh, youve got good skills.

Ive done this since I was young. If I couldnt Id have starved to death.

I push away my unease for now and show off my shearing skills.

Hmm. Although Id learned this on the fly but this is still an imperial gardener-level skill!

It would be hard to see this level of skill in a rural barony.

The princess as a kid was filthily hard to please so since most people assigned close to Her Highness lasted three months tops, 1 month at the shortest and so I had to pick up the slack and learn the other employees skills.

Well because of this her half-imprisoned knight order all became multitalented. Because they couldnt even run away.

Its done.

Ohh, perfect. Good work, Kisen. Ill put in a good word for you to my lord and have you as a permanent gardener for the family.

Thank you, boss.

Although I say that with my mouth please dont. I dont want to go into the AER.

To be honest theyre all just playing on the Emperors hands, every time something big happens in the Empire he just grabs a few of them and executes them as a distraction, I have no wish to get tangled up with them any time soon.

As for the personality of our emperor, you could say its trash among trash. Even our boss whos the head of an evil among evil organizations would be a saint compared to him.

Considering the purges in the imperial court were worse than the purges at the organization, I think that explains it all.

What kind of imperial court has more purges than an evil organization. Because its the strongest? Is there that many talented people!

But I still have a really bad feeling about this.

As it stands Ive already gone and made three more AER symbols where theyre already overflowing.

Although to them its a symbol of secrecy, to think theyd go and stamp this pushover-confirming symbol which is known to just about everyone among the empires agents and personnel alike.

And the organization ordered me to collect information. If I had around another month then I could grab everything I need to, but theres no guarantee that the imperial army wont charge in first.

So

You are already surrounded!

D, damn it! Shit! Destroy all the important information, meet up at the promised place!

Then will you come quietly with me?

Hell no.

If I go Im dead.

No, dying is the easy way out.

To think Id go back with my own two feet to a place that starts purges out of boredom, a political fight when theyre bored that makes me struggle with my brain.

And under the premise of marriage to royalty, and among them, that imperial princess. There is absolutely no reason for me to voluntarily return that insanity among insane worlds.

Then, I, your disciple will escort you personally.

Very unlike his normal behaviour he formally bows his head and pulls out a greatsword, and as he did the others pulled out their weapon as well and pointed them towards me.

Ha. Seriously. Damn hes brought a lot of them. Just the ones in my field of vision alone number around at least fifty, and considering hes also brought others like the ones with the bows surrounding me as well, hes probably brought at least a hundred fighters?

Did he bring everyone in the Darksword or something?

Do you really think you can take me?

Ive grown a lot since then.

Rein said the exact same thing not so long ago and he wasnt much.

He was always the weakest among us.

Youre that confident, and yet you bring the entirety of the Darksword on me?

I was taught to prepare for the worst even if the probability of victory was over 90%.

I never taught you to use that on me.

Wow, look at those sparkles.

Sword ki is a given, theres a few that looks like theyre going to hit sword aura soon as well. Ah, this is dangerous.

Should I just run away and yell to the imperial army its an evil organization!

No, since the princess started all this they could yell you evil cur! And blindside me instead.

In that case I need to finish it here.

Damn it, I need to sneak back to the organization to pack what I need and run away again

To start with Ill send a help call with the voice of my soul.

-Dont wanna.

An immediate answer came. Says no.

-Haaang, youve done neglect play with me all this time and youre calling for me as soon as you disciple shows up to stick something pointy in you? Do I look that easy to you?

That alright, lets try this.

-If I die Ill tell my disciples the password to my safe!

-Wazzat for? To let me have fun under a new owner?

-No, because Im certain that the kidsll melt you down the moment they see you.

- Wut. Whats with that weirdly convincing argument

Eh, it worked.

To be honest from Rood or any of the others of Sias cohorts point of view this kid was nothing less than the demon king of the end of the century.

-Hmm dont really like it cause it feels like Im losing out but if owner dies thats that too

-Ill take you around from now on. The organizations already fubar. It made a deal with the imperial princess.

-Hmm hmmmmmmmm. Ah, dunno. If you lock me away one more time then I really dunno whats gonna happen then.

And the thing connected to my soul, is speaking to me. To call its name. To open the gate, and let it come to me.

The feeling of summoning a contracted spirit that Id read in a book. Maybe, this would be similar to that as well.

This was a miracle made due to a ritual of a different type of contract. Because it was the only object that I, without any mana whatsoever, that every other summon rejected, could successfully contract with.

Magic?

Werent we told Instructor Naruan couldnt use magic?!

Do not be alarmed and attack!

The men that were shocked by the silver light in my right hand charged in.

But, the face of their captain Rood was the only one to pale at the sight.

C, could it be

Come

And that could is right. Yep. Its exactly what youre thinking of.

Arcadia.

A flash of silver light lit up the night sky.