I, Kousaka Kyousuke, the Knight of the Helping Table

So... Kyosuke felt that if the account book was found, no matter whether Merlin could survive or not, he would definitely be dead. Kyosuke felt that the most urgent thing now was to confirm whether Merlin had given the account book to others, but he definitely couldn't tell this to Bedivere and Mashu-chan in front of him.

"I'll go change my clothes and then go check in the front hall."

After saying that, Kyosuke left the lounge without waiting for Mashu and the others' reactions.

After entering the dressing room, Kyosuke did not change his clothes first, but sent an email to Lancelot and Gawain to inquire about the account book. The reply was that Miss Meili had not handed over the things yet. Seeing this news, Kyosuke had some thoughts of his own.

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"What do you say? How about we take the things into our own hands?"

It was now dinner time before the evening opening, and Kyosuke, Gawain, and Lancelot were sitting in a corner discussing the feasibility of seizing the account book.

"Well... Kyosuke, your idea is good, but how do we do it? We don't even know where Merlin put the account book." Gawain said vaguely while biting a piece of bread.

"No problem. I know the account book is in Merlin's room. I saw him take it out of the room before. Based on his personality, he will definitely not change the place where it is stored."

"Merlin's room..." Lancelot had a bad feeling, "There are many magic mechanisms in there. It will be very troublesome."

"How do you know so clearly?"

"Merry told us this this morning when she asked us to move the guy's private money box out." Lancelot drank the soup slowly, "I think our best solution is to ask Miss Merry to help us take it out."

"Let her hand it over to the king so that she can betray us? Think about it, Lancelot. If Mashu-chan knew that you bought her photos, how would she react?"

Kyosuke's words reminded Lancelot of the scene where Mashu glared at him and said, "Dad is the most annoying!"

"Mashu! Daddy definitely loves you!"

Lancelot suddenly stood up crying, opened his arms and shouted loudly, which scared everyone in the cafeteria.

In order to prevent Lancelot from making a fool of himself and exposing their plan, Kyosuke and Gawain took Lancelot out of the cafeteria without even caring about their unfinished dinner.

"No! Mashu! Don't ignore Daddy!!"

Lancelot was still shouting at the ceiling before he was dragged out of the cafeteria.

Kyosuke and Gawain dragged Lancelot to his own room and after comforting him for a long time, Lancelot finally calmed down.

"Kyosuke, Gao Wen. Let's steal the account book together!"

"Can I quit this?"

Gawain didn't really want to get involved in this, after all, Kyosuke and Lancelot would be sentenced to death if they were caught, but he, like most other knights, just bought two pictures of the king and placed them on the grid to worship every day. If he was caught, he would be fined at most, but it would not be a capital crime.

"Hey, Gawain-kun." Lancelot patted Gawain on the back and said with a smirk, "Is it really okay? Imagine if the account book was discovered, and it only recorded the fact that you bought the king's photo but didn't buy Gareth's photo at all, what would your sister do to you?"

Gawain closed his eyes and simulated the possible scenario. His face first turned khaki, then liver color, and finally became a dark black. Gawain opened his eyes and gasped loudly, his face covered with sweat.

"Huh-huh-this is horrible. This must not happen."

"right."

Lancelot looked at Gawain with a gloating look.

"Although it's unpleasant to work with a guy like you, this is the only way this time."

Kyosuke was very happy to see that both of them were dragged into this. No matter what, as long as there was someone to accompany him to die, it would be good enough.

Lancelot took out a map of Camelot from his room, spread it on the table, and began to make a battle plan.

"This is [Camelot], Merlin's room is here on the second floor."

Lancelot pointed his finger at the room at the back of the second floor. Judging from the area on the picture, it was the largest room except for the store manager's bedroom.

Kyosuke wisely ignored the red marker on the map that indicated Mash's room (with Lancelot's own protective measures marked around it), and suggested to Lancelot: "Then let's sneak in while everyone is working on the first floor at night. Lancelot, I remember you're not working today, so you can pretend to leave and then sneak back and take turns pretending to be me and Gawain, creating the illusion that we're working on the first floor."

"Why am I on the first floor? I'm more suitable to sneak in. You and Gawain should wait for my good news on the first floor."

"No, since Merlin has set traps in the room, it means he must have expected someone to break in. So it's not safe for one person to break in. At least two people are needed. In this case, in order to ensure that no one else finds you, you can only act as an alibi with [For Someone's Glory]."

Lancelot was not very willing, but he finally agreed with Kyosuke.

Kyosuke knew Lancelot's plan very well. He must want to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in to find out if there are any photos of Mashu. If there are any, he will collect them all. Kyosuke said that of course I have to do this kind of good thing, and by the way, I will collect all the photos of everyone except Mashu.

Kyosuke estimated that Gawain, who was with him, would not be interested in these things, so he could eat them all by himself. Merlin, the money-grubber, wanted 9800 yen for each one, so he could sell it cheaper and ask for 5000 yen. Of course, forget about Gareth's photo, the market has proven that her photos are completely unsalable.

"But before that, there is a problem." Gawain pointed to the store manager's bedroom next to Merlin's room and said, "Both Merlin and Meili have the habit of locking their doors. If we open the door, it will make noise anyway. It will be troublesome if Wang is in her room at that time. So, Kyosuke, your first task is to find a way to drag Wang to the first floor and wait for me to open the door before coming up. I will leave the door open for you then."

"How do we contact each other?"

"I asked Merlin to buy magic props before. They are very concealed."

"What about Mellie?"

"It doesn't matter. She's the one mixing drinks today. She won't have time to come up before closing time."

"What about the ending?"

"Just lock the door with the magic lock, and leave this to me."

Seeing Gao Wen's confident look, Kyosuke felt that it was great to have such a reliable companion.

"Then let us wish our operation a success!"

""oh! ""

Kyosuke held out his hand, and Gawain and Lancelot put their hands on it in agreement.

After making the relevant plans, Gawain gave the communication gadgets he bought from Merlin to Kyosuke and Lancelot. Kyosuke had to admit that although Merlin was a jerk, the gadgets he made were perfect.

For example, this little gadget that looks like a walkie-talkie doesn't look anything out of the ordinary. Just stick a small piece of black paper on the side of your collarbone where it's not visible and covered by clothes. The communication range is 50 meters, which is enough to ensure communication between several people when they are carrying out combat missions in [Camelot].

Afterwards, Kyosuke and Lancelot came to the first floor to ensure that no one would go up to the second floor and see Gawain while he was picking the lock upstairs.

In the bar lobby, Kyosuke also met Miss Meili. Meili saw Kyosuke preparing for work and grabbed him to ask about his well-being. Kyosuke quickly spent almost 10 minutes explaining that there was nothing wrong with him and that Meili was just worrying too much.

"Don't worry, Meili. I'm fine. You're just too nervous. I'll be careful when I work. If I really can't handle it, I'll ask for leave in advance. Go get ready first. Guests will be arriving soon."

Kyousuke said as he pushed Meili towards the bar.

After finally getting rid of Miss Meili's entanglement, Kyosuke saw the store manager Altria preparing to go upstairs, so Kyosuke hurriedly stopped her before the store manager stepped onto the first step.

"Ah, Kyosuke-chan actually came to see me on his own initiative. What's the matter?"

When the store manager saw Kyosuke coming, she took the initiative to rub Kyosuke's head with her hand.

Kyosuke didn't know why, but the store manager became extremely addicted to this action after she came back this time. Every time she saw him, she would touch his head first and then talk about things.

"Kyosuke, say something quickly. I'll need three minutes."

Gao Wen's voice came from Kyosuke's ear.

"Um, manager. I wanted to thank you for taking care of me before."

"That's weird, why are you so polite today, Kyousuke? And didn't you thank me before?"

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Hearing Kyousuke begin to communicate with Wang through the communicator, Gao Wen turned his attention to the door lock in front of him.

He gently touched the door handle, and a purple and green magic circle immediately appeared on it.

"Let me see... this thing..."

Gawain carefully turned the magic circle with his index finger, as if he was unlocking the door of a safe.

"I remember Merlin liked this number... Is that not okay..."

Gawain adjusted the magic circle to a certain state, but the handle made an embarrassing sound and then stopped responding.

Gawain tried several more times, but failed. He was a little irritable and took out a small book and flipped it vigorously as if he wanted to tear off the pages. Gawain read the contents of the small book and the magic circle on the door handle several times before putting the book away.

Gawain reached out and rotated the magic circle on the door handle again, but it still didn't work. When he was about to try again, the magic circle turned into a line of information.

[Don’t try anymore, you muscular gorilla. You can’t do it even if I give you 20 years. Just wait for Merlin to come back and open the door. DA☆ZE~]

"Merlin you goddamn it!"

Gao Wen, who was already furious, exploded instantly after seeing this message. He grabbed the door handle and pulled it back.

click-

Gawain pulled the entire door handle off, and the door lock was successfully pried open (physically).

Looking at the handle in his hand and the already opened door, Gao Wen muttered to himself: "That's good, what should I do next?"

PS1: I feel that this picture is more in line with the Merlin in the Merly state in Mijiang’s mind, a look that looks feminine at first glance but also has vaguely masculine features.

PS2: As the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes. Because a colleague in the company is leaving, the leader plans to give some of the clients of the resigned colleague to Mi Jiang, so Mi Jiang's workload will be relatively large in the next six months. Especially when the handover comes in March, so Mi Jiang will give everyone a shot in advance. Starting from March, Mi Jiang will definitely give up full attendance. However, Mi Jiang will guarantee to update one chapter a day, with a word count of about 3K-3K. If I stop updating on the same day, I will definitely let you know in advance. _(:з」∠)_

Chapter 7 Kyosuke: Even the most gentle girl has a violent side

Gawain tried several times with the door handle that he had pulled off, and when he found that there was no other way except to switch the entire door lock, he chose to give up. He slipped into Merlin's room, closed the door, and said to Kyosuke: "Kyosuke, it's OK. Now you put the king up."

Kyousuke was ready to end his conversation with Altria after receiving a communication from Gawain.

"Then I'll go to work first, Manager."

Altria straightened Kyosuke's hair which she had messed up earlier and said gently, "Little Kyosuke is really hardworking. How about this, to reward little Kyosuke for his hard work and responsibility, how about I, the store manager, treat you to a meal this weekend?"

And before Kyosuke could answer, he continued, "That's settled, work hard."

After making sure that Altria had gone upstairs, Kyosuke gave Gawain an order: "The store manager has gone upstairs. Be careful. What was that noise I just heard?"

Gawain, who was hiding in Merlin's room, did not answer Kyosuke's question. He clearly heard the sound of Altria's high heels stepping on the floor after she went upstairs, which made him dare not make even the slightest sound.

Based on the sound of Altria's high heels, Gawain judged that she had walked for a distance in the corridor and then stopped.

Then there was no sound in the corridor for a long time, which scared Gawain. Just when Gawain thought he had been discovered, Altria finally opened the door of his room with the key.

After hearing the door close, Gao Wen heaved a sigh of relief and said to Kyosuke: "The king has entered the room, you can come up now."

"What was that sound just now?" Kyosuke asked in a low voice as he sneaked upstairs.

"..."

Gawain didn't say anything, but Kyosuke, who had already gone upstairs, didn't need Gawain's answer because he had already seen what happened at Merlin's door.