Guild Boss's Ambition

I smiled with relief and looked in the direction where the thief disappeared.

According to the description in the mission scroll, the thieves in this area should have a specific organization. Unless their entire lair is destroyed and the main culprit is caught, the mission will not be officially completed.

"Hmm? You're really good at running—"

Feeling the coordinates of the little fish in my mind, I followed him slowly, giving him enough patience. He might not return to his nest immediately, and might wander around, but generally speaking, every street has a leader. If you gain benefits in his territory, you have to give something to him.

After running a certain distance, the little fish slowed down its pace.

He walked towards the warehouse department.

I took a shortcut and caught up with him.

Finally, he walked into a container warehouse.

"Looks like we can catch them all in one fell swoop..."

I swaggered to the door of their warehouse. There was a dirty teenager guarding the door. When he saw me, he didn't show much vigilance. He just shouted at me loudly: "Stinky woman, if you don't have anything special to do, just go to the side! This is not a place for you to go on a picnic and enjoy the scenery, understand?"

Smelly?

I hate this adjective, it makes me think of zombies with a strong stench of corpses.

As an elegant and beautiful demilich, I am a superior creature who does not need the use of preservatives!

I was so unhappy that I raised my hand and slapped the teenager, causing him to faint.

I really can't understand why the gatekeeper is such a useless weakling.

When I used the key on the boy's waist to open the iron door of the warehouse, the scene I saw immediately made me understand the reason clearly - there were twenty or thirty underage children hiding inside.

Except for a beautiful woman with kind eyes.

It seems clear who the main culprit is.

In full view of everyone, I considerately closed the iron door for them, then lifted my skirt and bowed to them.

"Hello, I'm Bai Ye, a person who is looking for lost items."

Hearing this, the children's faces all changed, and the beautiful woman had a puzzled expression. She walked past the children at the scene, came to me, and asked me politely: "Hello, I am Sister Ailan who is responsible for taking care of these children. May I ask how we can help you?"

What a hypocritical person.

I couldn't help but sneer: "Dear Sister Ailan, do you really think it is necessary to set up guards at the door of a normal gathering place for orphans? And the children here don't seem to be very healthy. How do you take care of them on a daily basis?"

Sister Ailan first showed an expression of grievance, then her eyes suddenly flashed with cruelty, a silver dagger quickly flipped out from her sleeve, and then cut towards my throat──

The blade flashed so fast that it directly cut the artery and trachea in my neck.

But if you want to kill a demilich, this level of injury is still not enough. I only lost about 100 ml of blood, and my wound healed within two seconds. Then I also fought back against the stupid woman who rashly launched a sneak attack.

Since the mission clearly stated that excessive force should not be used, I only rewarded her with a bone spear.

The bone spear pierced her lung the next moment, nailing her firmly to the wall.

There were no thrilling battles, no endless conspiracies and calculations. The whole process was so boring that it made me a little dazed, as if I had just killed a cockroach.

As a thief who enslaved children, I thought she should be stronger, preferably to a level where I am not sure I can defeat her. In that case, I can end her life cleanly. If she lives in Mopolis, there is a high chance that our silly little poster girl will be kidnapped and sold by her.

However, everything must be done according to the correct procedure.

Even if I don't kill her, I believe that the court of the alliance that claims to be bright and just will give her a pleasant death penalty.

After catching the main culprit, the next step is to search for witnesses and material evidence.

But when it comes to witnesses, I can’t help but worry about it.

According to the laws of the Alliance of Light, citizens over the age of fourteen must bear legal responsibility, but according to Uru, underage children will at most be locked up in a reformatory. Moreover, most of the children in front of me should have embarked on the path of stealing because of the coercion of the nun...

"If we hand them over to the prosecutors, they will all be arrested and locked up for a while, right?"

Thinking of this, I glanced at the twenty or thirty shivering children, cleared my throat, and put on a more benevolent expression than the nun, pointing at one of the skinny kids: "You must have been the one who stole my wallet in the market just now, right? Please give it back to me, okay? Don't worry, I won't do anything to you."

Hearing what I said, the other children turned their eyes to that child. After a while, the child walked up to me with fear on his face, handed me my silver bag with both hands, and did not dare to make a single sound.

I took my purse at once, without wasting time in counting the small sums.

I maintained my mystery, patted the kid's head, and asked him in a half-comforting, half-threatening tone: "Don't worry, as long as you cooperate and answer my questions honestly, you will be safe. Do you understand?"

He nodded to me, trembling all over.

I pointed to the unconscious nun and asked him, "Who is she to you?"

"She is... the great and compassionate Sister Ailan."

I frowned and asked him again, "Did she ask you to help her steal things?"

He hesitated for a moment and replied, "No, the nuns didn't ask us to steal anything. We all did it voluntarily."

"..."

I was silent for a moment, no longer trying to get the nun's guilt out of him: "So, are there any of you over the age of sixteen? If so, can you point them out to me?"

Hearing this, he helped me point out two taller boys and girls.

One of them was a human boy, and the other was an orc girl from the cat tribe.

The orc girl has always had a strong slave mentality, so I turned my attention to the human boy.

"Do you have anything to say about this Sister Ailan?"

The enslaved human boy had a very cold expression and a very cold voice: "She is a hateful bitch who forced us to help her steal things. If we refused, she would summon the demons in our hearts and torture us to death. Several children have resisted her, but their endings were miserable."

Summon a demon?

I was surprised by what the boy said.

I pointed to Catwoman next to me.

"Come here, let me check it out."

The catwoman seemed to be very accustomed to obeying other people's orders. She used a humble and humiliating crawling posture, half-crouching in front of me like a real house cat. I sincerely admired the nun's means of manipulating people's hearts.

I gave the catwoman a simple physical examination on the spot.

Then they found out that she was infected with a poison called the Millennium Bug, which was an entry-level skill for necromancers. It was so simple that it could be eliminated with an intermediate light purification magic. It was a kind of poison that was mostly used for teaching purposes.

After realizing that this demon is not that demon, I can't help but feel disappointed.

Then, I cast an advanced light purification magic on these stupid children on the spot.

I continued the nun's lie and said calmly, "The demons in you have been driven out by me. Even if you betray Sister Ailan, no demons will come out to attack you."

After a pause, I turned my attention back to the two older children. "Because you are already sixteen years old, I must take you and Sister Ailan back to the prosecutor's office. When the guards ask you something, you just need to tell them the truth. As long as you don't happen to run into a dinosaur judge, you will probably be acquitted or given a light sentence."

The human boy and the cat girl both nodded to show that they understood.

Next, I turned back to deal with the situations of the other children.

I pointed out the way for them: "Your Sister Ailan will be taken away by the guards in a moment, and you have regained your freedom. You can go anywhere according to your own will. If you still want to survive, you can try your luck in the Temple of Light or the Temple of Life and Death. Tell the priests about your experience. They may have mercy on you and take you in."

At this time, one of the girls raised her hand in concern.

"But aren't temples scary places where murderers hide?"

"Yes! Yes! The nuns always warned us that it was an unclean den of demons!"

"And Sister Ailan herself looks very scared of those priests!"

The other children all nodded in agreement.

At this point, I began to feel annoyed by the nun's brainwashing abilities.

I am obviously a necromancer, not a spiritual counselor.

I decided to use my usual Madonna face: "Children, please believe in my guidance. The evil Sister Ailan has been punished by the light. Now, you must go to the temple to seek the protection of God. They will provide you with water and bread on behalf of Sister Ailan, and you don't have to pay any price..."

In this way, I had to spend a lot of time to persuade those brainwashed children to stop.

But there was only one little girl who refused to leave.

The little girl was about the same age as Ulu, and her body was covered with marks of beatings. But even after years of abuse, she still did not follow the other children to leave the warehouse. Instead, she stayed beside the unconscious Sister Ailan, with a wooden and dusty face, and kept pushing the nun's body, trying to wake her up.

I cast a questioning look at the human boy who stayed behind as a witness.

He explained to me, "She is a mute. We call her Lian'er. She is the child who has stayed with Sister Ailan the longest. It is said that she was only four years old when she came here. But she is very good at stealing things and has always been highly valued by Ailan. Therefore, Ailan usually treats her very well. Of course, if Ailan is suddenly in a bad mood, she will be the first one to be taken out on."

Finally, the boy said: "For her, this is the environment she is most accustomed to."

I understood what was going on, so I walked outside, lit a bamboo tube fuse, and fired a flare into the sky.

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4. Please don’t give your child to others without permission (Xiao Lan)

(Ulu-Lannon)

After returning to the guild with President Ehard, I sneaked to the third floor to find Ebi.

Although I once thought about giving up completely, in the end, I still hope that one day I can sit in his position and assign tasks to adventurers on behalf of the Stone House.

The longer I stay with Ebi, the more I feel that mission assessor is a meaningful job.

It is also a job that I cannot easily get involved in.

Even for an experienced fighter like Hai Lao, there was still one disabled and three seriously injured people on the casualty list during these five months. According to Hai Lao, this number was even considered a very ideal situation.

After signing a contract with a brand new Bronze-ranked adventurer girl, I asked a question to Hai Lao beside me.

"Emi, what do you think of Bai Ye's recent situation?"

“Thoughts have not changed, but behavior has been effectively constrained.”

“Is that so…”

I sighed.

Then I saw the necromancer whose name I had just mentioned a few seconds ago walking up to the third floor square.

It was rare that she was not alone, but was dragging a dirty child with her.

"Is she going to kidnap children?"

Ebi and I made an impossible assumption in unison.

Bai Ye came up to us with a suspicious smile on his face.

I seemed to see the shadow of revenge.

I'm 100% sure she's got something up her sleeve.

"Dear Mr. Ebi—"

Bai Ye spoke in a tone that was brisk, clear, and extremely dangerous: "I have successfully completed the task of catching the thief you assigned to me this morning. Someone from the Procuratorate should come to give you a task confirmation letter tomorrow. Because the evidence has been collected very thoroughly, there will be no problem in general. You can rest assured and pay me the reward in advance."

She spread her hands and asked Hai Lao for money.

Since they were very familiar with each other, Hai Lao simply paid her the remuneration for the task in advance.

Then I couldn't hold back my curiosity: "Um, Miss Bai Ye, may I ask about this little kid next to you..."

Bai Ye immediately showed a happy smile.

"The main culprit this time was a fake nun who kidnapped children. She forced the children to steal things from the market and then brought them back as tribute to her. This child was one of the more than 20 children. She had been persecuted by the nun since she was four years old. Her mind had been brainwashed and strange, so I brought her back."

At this point, I asked another question.

"You want to raise her?"

Bai Ye smiled slyly and said decisively, "No, I don't have any extra money. I brought her back just to try to find a family that would take her in. If I can't find one, I will just throw her on the street and let her fend for herself. Tsk, tsk, tsk, just imagine, can a helpless 12-year-old mute girl really survive in Mopolis?"

"What? You said she was a mute?!"

I immediately picked out this most sensitive word in my life.

Bai Ye smiled grimly, "Not only is she mute, but she is also a loner who is not good at communicating with others. She has even been trained to steal for a long time, so her hands and feet are very dirty. In just the 30-minute journey to the stone house, she stole the wallets of seven passers-by."

I frowned and asked, "Wait, Bai Ye, do you have the ability to cure her oral disease? Like the way you transformed Korolo?"

Bai Ye shrugged, blinked, and replied, "Unfortunately, this child was born without vocal cords. My reconstruction technique cannot reconstruct a person's non-existent structure. And the transplantation of vocal cords just happened to be outside the scope of my past research, as its structure is very delicate."

What Bai Ye meant was - let me restart the live experiment and I will help you cure her.

At this time, Hai Lao spoke and made his position clear at the speed of light.