What were you doing before the end of the world? Are you going to be an assassin?

It's not that she can't fight, but when she thought about herself being covered in slime in the middle of winter, Sena thought it would be better for her to go back to the city first. As for the investigation of Kazuma...

"Mr. Kazuma, today's adventure was too miserable. Let's say goodbye here. But I still can't believe you." Sena glanced at Connor and Youyou, and wanted to say her guess that Kazuma had found two senior professionals to act as actors, but the words were suppressed when they came to her lips. For this reason, the beautiful secretary burped very indecently, which attracted strange looks from everyone.

"Could it be that... the Inspector likes to eat roasted toads?"

Sena fled in panic, leaving only two teams of adventurers on the snowfield.

“It’s so cold outside, even our body temperature has dropped. Let’s go back.” Huihui, who was unable to move, suddenly said.

"Wait, wait, wait a minute! Hey, why? We haven't had a good talk for such a long time, why are you so cold! But I saved you!" Youyou leaned on the staff with one hand, and the heat turned into a long white line.

She clearly saved Huihui, but why did Huihui look so ungrateful?

It was as if he was saying, I've already talked to you first!

“Huh, we just had a competition yesterday, right?” Huihui said calmly. Ever since Youyou found her teammates, she felt that Youyou had changed. She had become very, very good, so good that she felt a little jealous.

"I can't use magic today. Didn't you come to me just to compete with me?"

“No, no! I was on a mission with Connor and I just happened to meet you guys!”

The Red Demons were quarreling, and the leaders of the two teams couldn't get involved, so they had to stand aside.

Fortunately, Aqua had a purifying effect. She melted the snow and purified her body.

Maintaining his identity as an Axis cultist, Connor tried to get close to the goddess Aqua for a while. Seeing that the two Crimson Demons were still arguing, Connor asked casually, "By the way, why don't I see the vanguard paladin in your team? Where is he?"

“Darkness…”

Kazuma was in a low mood. Before going out today, they were discussing the issue of Darkness, but were interrupted by Sena who rushed in.

To put it simply, Darkness was called back by her father for a blind date and has not returned to Kazuma's team's base for several days.

"Blind date..." Connor put away the hard bow and put it on his back again. The plot changed a lot because of his existence, but in the parts that did not involve his changes, it returned to its original state.

Just like what was said in the diary, the memory world will change because of qualified people.

With the reminder of the key words, Connor roughly recalled the troubles Darkness encountered.

And it's a big trouble.

Putting aside the blind date itself, Darkness’s blind date’s father, at least his nominal father, the local lord Alderp, is a big problem.

In Connor's vague memory, this lord seemed... to be one of the few pure villains in the Suqing world. Even the villain concentration of those in the Demon King's Army was not as strong as that of the lord.

"You can come to me anytime if you need anything. I'm still staying in that hotel."

Connor didn't take the initiative to approach, but just left an address and a hint, hoping that when Kazuma found out that Darkness was in trouble and wanted to seek help, he would find him.

The icing on the cake is not as good as providing timely assistance.

In addition, he also needs to collect information about the lord first.

After standing in the snowfield for a while, the two Red Demons had stopped bickering and were ready to fight.

Kazuma immediately went over and carried Huihui on his back, and used the lich's skills to transfer some of his magic power to Huihui.

Megumin, who was a little more energetic, didn’t forget to provoke.

"Hehehe, you underestimate my power, don't you? Just now, I used my own strength to make eight stupid toads disappear with just one blow! Youyou, can you do such a thing?"

Huihui lowered her voice and said this in a chuunibyou tone, causing Yunyun to look surprised.

Humph, that’s all, right? Sure enough, he’s still as easy to fool as before! Huihui was feeling proud when she heard Youyou say, “I killed a lot of elite monsters in the forest!”

Youyou put his hands on his hips. Did he really think that the kill records in the forest were all fake? He didn't show the kill record of the manticore because he wanted to save face. After all, he didn't defeat it himself, but took advantage of his teammate Connor.

Huihui must be scared to death, right? Just surrender! Yunyun looked at Huihui confidently.

What are those monsters? Kazuma was confused. He knew too little about this world. A series of things happened to him, leaving him no time to learn more detailed information. He could only wander around Axel.

“Humph, who knows what kind of monsters those are, maybe they’re small creatures like squirrels!” Huihui wiped her face, getting mucus all over it, and denied it flatly.

"you!"

Tears welled up in Youyou's eyes. How could a Crimson Demon tell lies with open eyes?

"Quack! Anyway, I'll compete with you after my magic power is restored!"

"Hmph, let's compete! I won't take advantage of others when they are in trouble!"

The two beautiful girls from the Crimson Demon Clan agreed to fight again next time, and the two teams went in different directions.

“That girl Huihui is really something. She clearly said that we would have a competition after I learned advanced magic…”

Youyou walked in front, kicking up a bunch of snowflakes from time to time.

The two met when the Destroyer attacked, but due to the urgent situation, they were unable to take action; now it is not urgent, but Huihui always hides from Youyou.

“Now that you’ve defeated Huihui, will you go play with her? Will you go back to the Crimson Devil Village?”

Connor, who was following behind and sensing the instructions of the golden apple, said that he had finally realized that these two thirteen-year-old Red Demon children were really just children.

Huihui was afraid that if Youyou won, she would go back to the Crimson Devil Village directly, and she would no longer have a good friend like Youyou in Axel; Youyou felt that Huihui did not take their agreement to heart, especially since Youyou had saved Huihui several times, and of course Huihui had also saved Youyou several times.

Yunyun, who was about to blurt out the answer, was suddenly stunned. She went out to train in order to learn advanced magic and defeat Huihui. Now that she has learned advanced magic, if she can defeat Huihui...

There was nothing left for her to do outside, so she had to go back...

But now...

"We have become friends, and we still have to level up, solve puzzles, and there are still many, many things to do!"

……

When they arrived at the mission area, one hit on the bear was nothing. After being attacked by Connor and Youyou, the bear soon let out a wail and died in the field.

He skinned the bear and planned to make a coat for himself and Youyou, and also took two canine teeth and the bear's paw. The rest wouldn't fetch much if he gave it to the Adventurer's Guild, so he simply let Youyou use magic to get rid of it.

The two men followed the instructions of the golden apple and came to the entrance of a cave. The fishy smell indicated that the unfortunate bear had escaped from here.

"This is...!!! It's a good thing!"

The space in the cave is large and messy.

But Youyou immediately discovered the most attractive thing, which was three small gems.

"Mana ore crystal!" Youyou exclaimed, "This is a top-grade product with a very high purity! As a magician, you should want this item very much!"

Mana ore crystals are convenient items that can replace the consumption of mana when using magic, but they are just consumable items. For ordinary magicians, they may be able to use them multiple times before the magic in the crystal is exhausted, but for Connor, one unit of mana ore crystal can only restore a little magic for him.

It would be better to activate [Bloodline Attack].

"If they are very precious..." Connor did not ask Youyou to take all three, because Youyou would definitely not agree, so he took two, fed one to the golden apple, and kept the other as the public property of the team; finally, the one with the most magic power was given to Youyou.

After a careful search in and around the bear cave, the adventure team found nothing and had to return to Axel before dark.

That night, after a series of hurried knocks on the door, Kazuma's team, which was short of one member, found Connor and Youyou who were studying the pile of drawings.

"We need a Snitch."

117. Professional counterparts but not so professional

"We need a Snitch."

The expressions of the three members of Kazuma's team were very serious. Even the frivolous Aqua looked like a goddess. Megumin did not continue the quarrel with Youyou, which was unique to the Crimson Demons.

Connor threw the pen on the rough paper covered with characters, stood up and invited Kazuma and others in.

"Want something to eat or drink?"

The water was boiling, and there were two sets of cups and plates and a few pieces of cake on the large table, which were reserved for replenishing sugar for the brain in preparation for a protracted battle.

The drawings left behind by the previous generation of qualified people are not all castles in the air. Some of the principles contained in them can be explained using the magical knowledge here.

“I’m very sorry to bother you at this time…” Kazuma also saw the drawings on the desk and knew that he came at the wrong time, but…there was nothing he could do due to the situation.

The three men took off their hoods and hung them on the wall one by one, and then hung their cloaks on the hooks under their hoods.

Fortunately, Connor's room has a living room, otherwise it might not be able to fit everything.

After putting away the drawings, Connor and Youyou sat on one side, and He Zhen and Xiaoduo sat on the other side.

Seeing Aqua and Huihui eyeing the cake on the table, Connor suddenly had another ominous premonition, that is - there might not be enough cake...

It's not a possibility, it's a certainty.

Aqua and Megumin reached into the small tray while saying “I’m welcome”, and only Kazuma looked at his two friends with disdain.

“Would you like some more tea? Coffee or wine?” Connor shook his head and went to get some more. “There are also freshly baked round fennel cakes and cream scones…”

“Hmmmm!” Aqua and Huihui nodded at the same time, with a synchronization rate of 100%.

“Hey, hey, that’s enough! We’re not here for a midnight tea party!” Kazuma raised his voice and held down Aqua and Megumin. “I’m sorry that my friend has caused you trouble!”

"It's okay. We have to eat anyway." Youyou shook her head, got up and went outside to press the hotel bell. Soon someone came over with a cart full of drinks and cakes.

The adventurers' itineraries are very irregular. Unless they are sure that their target is on the plains outside the city, it is common for them to fight with monsters in the wild until late at night. Adventurers who don't like the Adventurer's Guild Bar and think it is noisy will most likely have a midnight snack in the hotel where they are staying.

A large pot of drink had just been placed on the table, the fennel cake had been devoured, and the crazy girl and the brain-damaged girl had already started eating the cream scones.

"You guys...you haven't eaten for a whole day?"

In front of Connor and Youyou was just a small piece of cake and a cup of bitter refreshing drink, similar to coffee. They stared in amazement at the way Kazuma's team ate.

“It’s like this…” Kazuma explained.

In the morning, Kazuma's team, which was still making a lot of noise in the base, was taken out by the Inspector to fight monsters. At noon, when they were busy washing off the slime on their bodies, they suddenly received a message from Darkness. As a result, they have been busy until now. Except for Megumin who ate something because her magic power was exhausted, Kazuma and Aqua have not eaten anything.

“So,” Connor roughly understood Darkness’ current situation after listening to Kazuma’s story, “Axel’s lord wants to bring Darkness and his son together, and is planning a blind date?”

The three members of Kazuma's team nodded in unison. This was how things were.

“Look, after the blind date, we have to get married, right? After marriage, we have to have children, right? No matter what Darkness does, she will leave the adventurous life!” Aqua said in a crying voice, as if the adventurous life was so good.

“There’s nothing wrong with it. After Darkness marries into the lord’s family, she will be the lord’s wife, right? Can’t you walk around freely in Axel?” Connor narrowed his eyes. This group of people still had one piece of information that they hadn’t told him, and that was about Darkness’s true identity.

Before Darkness's noble identity was exposed, Connor himself should not have known that Darkness was different from other ordinary adventurers.

“Actually…” Kazuma knew that if he didn’t reveal Darkness’s identity, there would be no way for the other party to believe him, so he had to reveal everything, “Darkness’s real name is Dustinis Ford Lalatina, and she is the daughter of the Dustinis family, a great noble family in the ancient Kingdom of Belze.”

Pretending to be surprised by Darkness's family, Connor quietly waited for further explanation.

“You must think this is a perfect match…” Kazuma said with dismay, “But it’s not like that.”

“There’s definitely something wrong with this lord!” Huihui shouted from the side. “The Crimson Demons can see through people’s hearts. That lord looked at Darkness with a disgusting look!”

"nausea?"

“It’s the same look a perverted lolita fan gives me!” Huihui puffed out her chest proudly, but Kazuma blocked her mouth with half a piece of cake.

"Can the Red Demons really see through people's hearts?" Connor asked Youyou in a low voice. If they really have this ability... has Youyou seen his own?

“Probably not, but I think you should be a good person.” Youyou thought for a while and probably thought that this was just Huihui’s Crimson Devil addiction.

“Hmm, so accurate?” Connor took a sip of coffee and turned to Kazuma’s team and said, “I think I understand what you mean. You want to find out the secret of this lord and ruin the blind date, right?”

Sneak into the lord's house, whether it's the account book or something else, as long as it can be proved that there is something wrong with the lord.

Kazuma nodded. Even though Darkness wasn’t just a person of poor sexual ability but also a person of hopeless nature, as an adventurous partner, he still couldn’t bear to see Darkness fall into the hands of that lord, even if it meant marrying the other’s son.

Judging from the appearance alone, Darkness actually hit the ball completely in Kazuma's strike zone.

"Where's Chris? Isn't that white-haired thief close to Darkness? I see they always act together."

Chris's true identity is actually the goddess Eris. Darkness prayed to Eris for a friend and received the goddess' response.

"Actually, the one with silver hair," Kazuma corrected quietly. He and Chris had some history, and his most proficient [Stealing] skill was learned from Chris. "She's not in Axel recently. She has other things to do."

"That's why we came to you!" Aqua said, "As a high-level thief, you can definitely do it, right?!"

“Axis believers can do anything if they put their minds to it!”

"Please! Companions are really important to me!"

118. Demonic Power

Sneaking into the lord's mansion is a job that ordinary thieves are very reluctant to do.

Putting aside the powerful military force and defensive barrier of the lord's mansion, what would happen even if he sneaked in? He still had to live in Axel in the future. How could he run away after offending the lord?

But that's only for the Thieves.

In this world, the superior profession of [Thief] is [Assassin], which can also be called an assassin.