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| "... Now I see... I fully understand." Luke whispered in an unpleasant tone. It was just after I finished my explanation about the happenings. He was listening to me with a glass of liquor in his hand. After we fought against a group of the men in black, Gourry and I went back to the inn to get back our luggage. Then Luke, Millina, Gourry and I left the block in the center of the city and moved to another block on the edge of the city. There they were developing the area and we could see that they were building the houses, inns, stores... one after another, and such an unplanned development put the block in a mess. As we expected, there area was dangerous and we could see the rowdy guys and mysterious guys pass by. That was the reason why we decided to settle down in the block. We found an inn and bar which seemed to be rather lonesome for its not being old, and we ate our late supper there. "According to your story, I get the conclusion that Laavas is on the side of those men in black. Am I right?" Luke asked me. "Yes, you are right." I answered and picked up one piece of sandwich of the smoked salmon. "Shit! ... I can't believe that Millina and I were deceived by the man!" Luke hissed angrily, but Millina said in a calm tone. "I wasn't deceived. It's you who was deceived simply." "What?" Luke was very surprised. "Do you mean that you didn't trust Laavas at all?" "As I said to you before, I dislike the red headed men." Millina said. "... But... I think that it is your prejudice..." Luke seemed depressed a little. "Excuse me," I interrupted them. "I hear that it was you, Millina, who accepted the job of guarding Laavas. Is that true?" "Yes, it is. There is a story to tell." Millina began her story in the usual calm voice. One night some weeks before --- At that time, Millina and Luke stayed in another city a little bit away from Solaria. She was disgusted with Luke's begging for her love, and she went out to the town hoping to be alone. And she met with a man. The man told her. "I served lord Langmeyer of Solaria city. Frankly speaking, one evil guy is trying to take the position of the lord now, and he has a plan to kill all of the lord's family. I'm going to bring the news to the king and I want you to guard me from the enemy." Millina refused his proposal. Luke said that he disliked the job of guardian because the job wasn't exciting. But Millina's reason was different from Luke's. She thought that the man was a liar. It was natural for everyone not to trust the man. How dare an honest man told the story about the lord's position to a stranger? Usually such a serious story would be revealed after Millina would accept the job of guardian. So, Millina supposed that the man told lies to her hoping to use her. On the day after. Millina found the dead body of the man on the street. It was the time for her to have a suspect. She suspected that he wasn't a liar. She imagined the thought of a man who was in danger of his life. He desperately hoped to find someone to help him and his cornered mind let him the secret to a stranger. He might also hope to let someone know the truth before he would be killed. She wanted to if she was right or not, therefore she came to Solaria city. "... I see," Gourry said to Millina. "It is surprising for me that Laavas hire both of you even though he is on the side of the men in black in Bezeldo." "I think that he has a policy to use anything he can use." Millina held a cup of herb tea with a spoon of brandy. "I wished to stay in the castle several days more and seek for the evidences. But there is nothing for it." "Do you mean that you were seeking the evidences when you and I met in the castle?" I asked her and she answered with a nod. "In the room where we sneaked --- there was an old man sleeping in the bed. He was poisoned." I said. Millina reacted with a slight move of her eyebrows. "I imagine that the old man is lord Langmeyer." I said. "Then, that is the evidence for the dead man's story." Gourry said with a serious look. "Laavas is trying to take the position of the lord. However, what is Laavas?" "Laavas is our enemy. That's all we know." Luke said. "I have another question. What is the masked man? Who is he?" "... I think that the masked man isn't our enemy." I replied. "I can't trust him." Luke explained. "He can be the king's spy. He uses us because it is good for him to cause trouble for Laavas. If it's true, he can't be on our side in the serious battle. Here is another idea. The masked man can be a man of Baitham who fled from the castle. Baitham is alive somewhere and want to come back. This story tells us well why the man knows many secrets about the enemy. Again, if this is true, Baitham and the masked man will use us as they hope, and it's natural for them to hope us to be dead after they'll take the position back." "Then... we can't expect the masked man to help us," I relied. "The easiest way is... " Luke scratched his head and glanced at Millina. "To leave this city, tell the news to the king or someone with the power, and let him care the things." "If you want to do, just go to the king alone." Millina said. "On, no, Millina! Don't be cruel to me!" Luke cried and begged her. "Lina? What will we do?" Gourry asked me with a wry smile, and I could see that he already knew my answer. "Of course! I'll knock down those who start a battle against me! The villains? The lord? I don't care!" "Then we'll go together." Millina said calmly. Luke seemed to change his mind and wryly smiled. "Then stay here until the public excitement over our fight dies down, and rush the castle." "How dare you have such a peaceful plan," I swallowed down the last piece of my sandwiches. "Let's go right now!" |