Reveal

The moment Volya, Markos, and Romain enter the room, they see an unusual sight.

Miklos and Alfred look reluctant in front of Helena, who is sitting in front of them. Between them and Helena, three girls ask a lot of questions to her. They are Valeria, Anna, and Frida.

Meanwhile, Gracia is standing near the entrance and notices three of them entering the room.

Volya immediately comments,

"My... More rigorous than your reaction, Markos,"

"I know," replied Markos as he tried to hold his laugh

Romain also tried to hold his laugh and closed the door behind them. Volya then asks Gracia,

"How long did they do that, Gracia?"

"Err... Around ten minutes or so," replied Gracia as she laughed at Volya.

"Did they ask you anything regarding Helena?"

"Nope... Not at all,"

"Did..."

"Yes, I told them that I am that Smiling Angel of Death... But, none of them reacting that bad at me,"

"Eh?"

"Even Valeria and Anna hugged me after I told them," said Gracia as he smiles at Volya

"Isn't that good, Gracia?" said Volya as he pats her head

"Yes, it is,"

Before Volya could say anything, the other person in the room looks at the man that just entered the room.

Helena smirks at Volya and Volya immediately says,

"At the end, you tell them about your status, huh,"

"Of course..." replied Helena

"But, are you certain that no one is eavesdropping on your conversation?"

"Ahahahaha... You don't need to worry. Gracia already learned a bit about your detection magic, and she said that she wants to try it today," continues Helena

Volya looks at Gracia and smiles a bit at her, who is talking with Markos now. He then whispers and asks Helena,

"Did you tell them anything about our meeting?"

"Not yet... It's better if Sir Thomas tell them about it," replied Helena

"All of them? And meet with Sir Thomas? Are you sure about that?"

"Yes,"

"What if those guys are suspicious of our movement?"

"I know one small information that could help us pull that meeting,"

"Huh?"

"If you know a better way, please inform me,"

"Alright... If I found one,"

Volya then sighs and feels someone pull his cloth. Before he could do anything, he was dragged to the corner of the room by Valeria, Anna, and Frida.

Volya looks at their faces and immediately knows what they will ask. He then peeks at Romain, smiling at him.

He then makes a sign,

"Please help me!"

Romain notices the sign, but he only smiles and replied,

"Good luck, my the God and Goddess on your side,"

"You goddamn Ambros' Brat!" shouts Volya in his mind

He then immediately looks at Valeria that stands in front of him. She then asks Volya,

"Why didn't you tell us about this?"

"About what? About the prostitute that Reginald asks us to hire?" replied Volya

"No... Not about that!"

"It's about Hel... I mean Lady Estrudiantes status!" continues Anna

"Ah... just I thought..." replied Volya as he is searching for help once

"So you know about it since start?!" said Frida

"Well... Yes..."

"Why you didn't tell us?!" asked Valeria

Volya takes a deep breath and replied,

"Well... If I tell you about that, she will mad at me,"

"Huh?"

"And if Reginald knows about that, I believe the situation will be a bit harder for all of us," continues Volya

"You... you are right..." said Valeria knowing about that

"But, if you say that she is the Queen of Haegia... They will not..." said Frida

"I doubt it could change anything, judging on how he acted behind us," replied Helena, who overheard them.

"But..."

"Even if he didn't kill them in front of us, he could make anything seem like an incident. Just like Dominik's case," continues Helena

"You... you are right..." continues Anna

"And if something happened to me as A Queen of Haegia, then my Kingdom relation with Ostonorid will turn sour," said Helena as he walks towards Frida, Anna, and Valeria

"But, if you are hurt..."

"If something happens to me as Helena Petrov, then the case will be different,"

There is a brief silence between them with Frida, Anna, and Valeria gaze at Volya. Volya takes a deep breath and says,

"Even I resigned from her... It's no use for me to debate with her,"

The four of them then sigh with Helena laughing at them and pat Valeria's back. After that, she makes a gesture for everyone to gather around her.

She then says,

"I want to share with all of you another task given to us,"

"Huh? Another task? From Sir Lawrence?" asked Frida to Helena.

"No... It's not from Sir Lawrence. But, from Sir Gill," replied Helena

The moment Helena mentions that name, Frida, Anna, Valeria, Miklos, and Alfred look quite surprised. At the same time, Romain, and Markos were more surprised and looked afraid.

Volya looks at Gracia and uses telepathy magic at her,

"I assume you know something that I don't know..."

"Why do you think so?" asked Gracia with a grin

"Well... You are not surprised like the others..."

Gracia only giggles at Volya and points towards Helena. Volya looks at Helena and notices Romain and Markos already join the crowds with Markos saying,

"Are you sure to tell them about it? What if someone overheard us?"

The other looks at Markos with a puzzled face while Valeria starts to ask Markos about it. Before she could ask him, Helena answer Markos,

"You don't need to worry... I get a piece of small information that most of the soldier and Reginald himself leave this mansion this morning,"

"Huh? The last time we passed the gate, we still see some of the soldiers around us," replied Romain

"I think they are there to fool us as if he is still in the mansion," replied Helena

"Why are you sure about that, Helena?" asked Volya

"It's because Gracia and I accidentally sees him leave the mansion with his chariot when we almost arrived at the mansion," replied Helena

"Huh? And they didn't notice both of you?" asked Anna

"Seems so..."

The other look at each other until Markos asks Helena,

"Maybe you know something about why he left this mansion?"

"I believe I overheard some of the soldiers mentions about a meeting at Lokaraine..." replied Helena

"Lokaraine? Isn't that at the border between Ostonorid and Wraitus?" said Miklos.

"Then, we could assume that he has a secret meeting there," continues Alfred

All of them nods at each other, then Valeria asks Helena,

"What about the task given by Sir Gill, Queen..."

"Just call me Helena... Right now I am Helena Petrov, not Helena Estrudiantes," cuts Helena

"But..."

"Just do it..."

When Volya and Romain see their interaction, both of them giggle and Volya comments,

"Ah... Just like us when we first become Adventurers..."

"You are right," replied Romain

As they observe the situation a bit more, Volya gives signs to Gracia to check their surroundings. Gracia nods at him, and not long after that, she gives a sign that everything is fine.

Helena notices their interaction and then cuts everyone a bit. She then explains the order given by Thomas to them with addition from the King of Ostonorid himself.

Hearing that news, most of them look a bit pale. Everything is so sudden and with Anna asks Markos,

"Markos! You know something about this?"

"Yes... Because I am the one who leads them to Sir Gill's mansion," replied Markos

"Then... Why didn't you tell us about it?" asked Anna.

"It's my order to him," replied Helena

Everyone looks at Helena, and then Helena explains, at first, they didn't want to involve anyone from the group. But, judging from the situation, they indeed need their help.

Helena then explains more the reason for taking such action to them. Valeria, Anna, Frida, Miklos, and Alfred listen carefully and give their thoughts about it.

In the end, Valeria says,

"Haaa... Seriously... With this situation... We don't have a choice, right?"

"You could decline it and work like usual," replied Helena

"And leave our stupid leader with you? Like hell, I will let that happen,"

"Eh?"

"We will join all of you... And I believe this could stop that man wrongdoing,"

"Hopefully, we can do that..."

All of them nod at Helena and start to ask any information that they already gather. At that moment, Volya then open up a piece of information,

"I have one possible information for this,"

"Is it about that Lady Taylor?" asked Helena

"Yes,"

"Lady Taylor? Who is that?" asked Valeria.

"She is the owner of the well-known Brothel here, Silky Honey," replied Volya

"Brothel... Wait... Is this the place where that prostitute come from?!" said Anna

"Yes, it is," replied Markos.

"Why did all of you come to there?" asked Valeria preparing to lecture them

"An order from Reginald for his party," replied Romain

"Eh? Then why the prostitute stay with you?"

Romain, Volya, and Markos look at each other until Volya replied,

"Their owner... Alma Taylor was the one who requests us to look after them,"

"Huh? Why didn't you reject that request? I believe..." said Anna that interrupted by Markos

"We want to reject it... But, she knows our meeting with Sir Gill,"

"Eh?"

"At that moment, we are on the losing side," continues Romain

"And because of that, we can't do anything aside from accepting her request," said Volya

The other looks surprised when Volya, Romain, and Markos mention that. Frida then asks them,

"Are you sure no one followed you back then?"

"Affirmative," replied Helena suddenly.

"Then, how does she know about it?"

None of them could answer that question. Volya then continues,

"At least I could assume one thing... She is also targeting Reginald,"

"Why did you think something like that?" asked Alfred

Volya then mentions what he felt back then and how he can't read her at all. The moment they hear that, Miklos asks them,

"Then, could we assume them as our allies?"

"For now, we could assume that... But, if their result is different, we will assume them as our enemy," replied Helena

"But..."

"Our order to apprehend Reginald, not to murder him," continues Helena.

All of them couldn't reply to Helena after hearing that. Helena then sighs and continues,

"We don't have more information about this case at all..."

All of them sigh together with Helena until Romain says something,

"Wait... Didn't Reginald already hire many adventurers before?"

"Based on his behaviour, we could assume yes," replied Miklos

"Then... What happened to the previous adventurers?" asked Helena.

"The Guild from the capital hasn't informed me yet," replied Markos

Helena nods after hearing Markos' answer and then says,

"Then, we will wait for the information from Markos. After that, we could inform Sir Gill about it,"

"Aside from that, we need to find out whether this serial killer is connected to Reginald or not," continues Markos

"I agree with that... And please remember that this mission is more dangerous than before and even they will cut the ties if Reginald knows about our task," said Volya

All of them nod at each other after hearing Volya's explanation. After that, they start to work as usual for the rest of the day.