Magicraft Meister Part 3

Yes, who is it?

The door opened about five centimeters and the woman looked out and answered.

"Well, my name is Kleine, I'm staying in the room across from yours. There has been a theft. ......

Hearing the word "theft", the woman rushes to close the door, but <> prevents her by clamping her toe in the gap.

"Can I talk to you for a moment?"

"I ...... have nothing to say to you!"

"No, you don't, but we do. Can you let me in for a minute?

No need. If you persist too long, I will call someone.

But Kleine is nonchalant.

"Go ahead. You'll be the one in trouble, though.

What do you mean?

...... dagger

What?

The woman reacts to 's mumbled words with a jerk, and her grip on the door slackens slightly.

Immediately, <> puts her foot in the door and pushes her way into the woman's room, twisting her body even further.

"What the ...... is wrong with you!　Really, I'm going to call someone.

"Come in. I've been sent by the Czar to retrieve the dagger and apprehend the culprits.

!

< reveals her purpose, the woman turns and leaps out the window.

.......

"Oops, that's not going to happen!"

There <> was waiting for her.

"Ugh... ......"

"Give it up, Mr. Echter."

"What the ...... do you mean by that?

"I already know. ...... that there's a dagger hidden in the bottom of that bag.

...... who the hell are you people?

"Agents of the Emperor, let's say."

"......"

She's gone. She seems to have given up.

ties her back with the rope she has prepared.

He puts a <> around her neck so that she can't use magic.

He then leaves the room with <> and takes the woman away.

He tells the innkeeper what happened, and leaves some money as a reward for his trouble.

"Got her."

The time is 6:15 p.m.

"Hey, hey, you're not going to make me walk all night, are you?"

Now <> and > are walking westward along the road with their captive.

The stars are twinkling in the sunset sky.

The woman was worried because they were walking so slowly without stopping.

"Don't worry. They will come for you soon."

A pick-up?

I see it.

Looking up, Alfredo's eyes followed the light in the dark night sky, but it was different from the stars.

It was coming closer and closer.

"It's the chief <."

"Hurricane?　......<>......?　Isn't that the airship of the <>?"

You know about this?

"Of course I do. Of course. They recently built a museum to commemorate him.

The Adriana Memorial. ...... Look, we're about to land."

The hurricane landed in the wilderness about a kilometer from the town of Ulm.

"Thank you for your efforts, Alfredo," said Clyne.

"Thank you for your time, Chief."

Is that the woman who did this?

Yes. And the evidence is in this bag.

......

The woman stares at Jin, who stares back at her.

"Yes, you are the Magecraft Meister. ......"

And you are?

I'm Adelina. Also known as Addy.

That's not an alias, is it?

What makes you say that?

Because that's what an Echter operative is supposed to do.

"I see. So you've got everything figured out.

"No, not everything. ...... Well, come on, get in."

<

The Hurricane takes off quietly.

The aircraft turned its nose to the west and headed for Leuthart.

Once again, the plane was going at Mach 2, its maximum emergency speed.

A little after 6:30, the <> arrived at the house in Leuthart.

There, the guards who had come after receiving a call from Daikie were waiting for Jin and the others.

"Jin-sama, is that her?"

"It seems so. This is the evidence bag. It has a double-layered bottom where a dagger is hidden. But right now it's just a dummy dagger.

"I'll take it."

One of the guards took Adelina and the other took the bag, put them on a carriage, and returned to the palace.

* * * *

"...... Is that all?"

"Jin-sama, thank you for your hard work."

Cocona thanked Jin who let out a sigh of relief.

Dinner is ready.

"Oh, thank you."

In the dining room of the house were Erza, Reinhard, Bertsch, Goh, Rubina, and Merce, who was feeling better.

Once Jin, Daikie, and Cocona are seated, dinner begins.

"First of all, let us congratulate Miss Merce on her recovery. And to celebrate the end of the case."

Daikie, the host, declares a toast.

Goh, Rubina, Merce and the other minors drink the recently purchased grape water, while the others drink the recently purchased wine.

"Cheers!"

Everyone chants and raises their glasses.

"Mel, this is delicious!

"Oh, really".

Rubina and Merce had already become good friends.

Goh looks at them with a complicated expression on his face.

"Goh, it can't be helped.

Jin consoled Goh.

"Oh, Jin-sama..."

"At the age of Goh and Rubina, it's easier for them to be with other people of the same s*x.

"Is that so?"

I think that's true.

Erza said the same thing and Goh smiled bitterly.

"Besides, Rubina doesn't seem to have many same-s*x friends her own age.

"Oh, that's true.

"Well, I guess it's the same for Goh."

Ugh...

"But if you start showing up at social gatherings in the near future, you may naturally make friends ......."

Elsa gave me a strange comforting look.

"That sounds like trouble too."

"Well, it can't be helped. It's part of being an aristocrat."

"Don't worry. Daikie will keep such troublesome things to a minimum.

"I hope so. ......"

The night sky is full of stars.

The night in Leuthart passed peacefully.