She Professed Herself The Pupil Of The Wiseman

Chapter 467 - 254: Underground Pipeways (1)

「Th-That's nonsense! There's no such passage in my mansion!」

When the soldier leader asked more about the underground pipeways Mira mentioned, the proprietor of the mansion replied with a loud shout. But it was easy to see that it was a reactionary response out of desperation. But then he continued, claiming that Cait Sith was a fabrication of Mira, not to mention that receiving information from someone who was supposedly somewhere else was impossible.

「It's one of the abilities of summoners. We're able to communicate our thoughts without needing our voices.」

She added that it was one of the fundamentals of summoners, and that a bit of re

「So a prince gets all sweaty and nervous when dealing with the Justice Minister's aide? Hah.」

It seemed like the soldier leader actually led a menial lifestyle that was almost painfully so, which the other soldiers recounted amidst their laughter, before starting to say, 「Lord Desmond, please watch your step here,」 「There's a step here, please mind your footing, Lord Desmond,」 「I believe the suspect went down these stairs, Lord Desmond,」 and so on.

Clearly teasing their leader, Desmond, addressing him in an awfully polite way.

「Listen here, we're in the middle of work…」

「My deepest apologies, Lord Desmond.」

「Duly noted, I won't let it happen again, Lord Desmond.」

Desmond had enough when they reached the stairs, so he glared at the soldiers, and all of them instantly straightened their backs and saluted him in unison.

They were right behind Fuzzy Dice, who had entered the underground pipeways ahead of them. It was normal for them to be tense in such a situation, so poking fun at each other was a good way to alleviate it. But even as they joked, they never let their guard down, and moved as a cohesive unit of soldiers.

(They're more of a merry bunch than I thought.)