Umbra Vitae Vs Thorn Spider (2)

I went near one of the doors, this door was a door capable of space transfer.

I gave the coordinates of where I was going to, then after the process was complete. I opened the door to exit.

The place I was going to was a place known only to me and that person. No, maybe I'm the only one in the world today who knows that person's whereabouts.

I entered an alley and found a staircase, I climbed the stairs and arrived at a place with an extraordinary view.

"Aren't you bored here, Sera?"

There was a girl looking at the view of the city from here. The girl turned around with a slightly surprised expression.

"Mr. Ravendor? Why are you here?"

"I came to pick you up, princess."

I then bowed my head to her and did a knight's salute to the girl in front of me.

"P-Please don't tease me like that."

"Understood, princess." 

"Uhmm..."

The girl looked sullen at what I did just now.

"I was just curious about your reaction."

"Please don't tease me too much, I can get angry too."

"Haha..."

The girl in front of me was Sera, a girl who had a complicated relationship with me in episode 1. And the second and last person I swore my oath as a knight.

Our meeting was a strange fate, I never thought I would meet her in this kingdom.

"So why did Mr. Ravendor find out I was here?"

"Just guessing."

The girl's face instantly became very confused but then laughed.

"Fufu... Mr. Ravendor is as mysterious as ever. From the beginning, it was also strange that Mr. Ravendor seemed to know me so well that I thought he was a suspicious person. Even our first meeting was quite strange."

"Really? I thought our first meeting was quite normal."

"Mr. Ravendor is very funny as usual. How can our meeting be called normal. So what is it that the boss himself came to see me?"

"As I said before, we need to have a meeting. Umbra Viate's first activity has arrived."

"Fufu, I can't wait to see what kind of justice and stories you'll come up with."

...

After that, Sera and I returned to the base together. After arriving at the headquarters it seemed like everyone was present including Michael in the meeting room.

I then walked to the center of the table and took out some documents and photos. I then looked at everyone.

"Since everyone is present, I'll get straight to the point."

I then put a photo of a large man with a wound in the eye.

"As I promised you when I joined this organization, I will revolutionize the slums and create a decent place. It's been some time since I made that promise and today is the time to take the first step towards realizing that dream."

I then held up the photo in front of everyone.

"This person is the leader of an organization called the Thorn Spider that has made a lot of trouble in the slums of Wolfled territory. And the first step to realizing our dream is to kill this person."

Upon hearing the word killing people, everyone fell silent.

Everyone here has committed murder once at least but taking someone's life is still an unforgivable thing. For me who has killed thousands of lives, such moral feelings are long gone but not for them.

(That's why I've spent the past two months changing their mindset to be a little more ruthless.)

"Some are still against this but I want you to understand how many people's lives were killed by this person."

I then put out a newspaper with news of a massacre in the slums.

"As written in the newspaper, another massacre took place in the slums of Wolfled territory. An eye for an eye and death for death."

Of course, this news of a massacre in the slums was manipulated by Esie and I. After all, I wouldn't let lowlifes like them touch my people. Even so, the massacre happened, but it wasn't my people who were the victims but the Thorn Spider members.

"...I understand! As expected of Mr. Ravendor!"

(Eh?)

But it seems that my thinking was wrong, for some reason Joham didn't seem to feel guilty and even strangely looked amazed at something while saying my name.

(What does that mean?)

I astonishedly asked Nifl who had not said anything.

"I don't understand too, master. I don't know why the emotion of amazement suddenly arose from that boy."

(Even you, Nifl.)

"I'm glad you understand. Ahem, then is there any objection to this killing?"

Everyone was silent, it seemed they didn't object either. It was a relief that they had discarded their naive thoughts but it was also a bit unfortunate that most of them were not old enough to be called adults.

"If there are no objections, we'll go straight to the next topic. From the information that Mikhael and Esie got, the Thorn Spider's base has this kind of floor plan."

I held out the paper containing the floor plan of the Thorn Spider headquarters.

After that, the meeting continued and ended after a few hours of trial and error in formulating plans and tactics.

"Alright, the plan will start in 2 days. Until then, you should get plenty of rest. This will be a long and tiring battle."

"Alright, the plan will start in 2 days. Until then, you should get plenty of rest. This will be a long and tiring battle."

"Ready, boss~"

"Understood!"

"Then, I'll be back. Good night."

...

After that, time passed quickly and the day of the Umbra Vitae Vs Thorn Spider battle began.

I went to Father's room as usual but today I didn't come to work to help Father with the paperwork as usual.

"Father, today I'm asking for permission to go out."

"Go out? Do you have any needs in town, if there's anything you want to buy you can ask the maids."

"No, today I will finish the task Father gave me."

"Task?"

Immediately, Father's aura changed.

"Alone?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

I nodded confidently.

"All right, you may go."

"Thank you, Father. Please tell the shadow that always follows me to leave as well."

...

"Do I have to follow the young master?"

"No need, besides it seems like Zend told you, right?"

"That's right. I didn't expect him to be aware of my existence already. It feels like seeing you when you were little."

"No, I don't think Zend looks like me."

"Really?"

"Yes, Zend looks more like his mother now. Those eyes full of trust are very similar to hers."