How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Chapter 141

Tung!

The ceiling cracked and a black seal fell down.

A familiar outfit wearing a black mask. He was an assassin who attacked Bailyn’s carriage.

“Are you here to retaliate?”

Xian aimed his sword at the fallen guy.

However, there was something strange about it that he really came to retaliate.

First, there was no sign of anything other than the guy in front of him, and second, he didn’t look too strong to have come alone to retaliate.

“I am Teren, a servant of the Kazar family.”

Sure enough, he raised both hands to show that he had no intention of attacking.

“The master who appreciated your skills wants to hire you.”

“employ?”

Sian let out a laugh.

Now that I see it, I’m not here to retaliate, but to hire someone in reverse.

“why me? I’m busy leaving the desert soon.”

“I’ll give you information about the current situation of Princess Haeryung.”

At those words, Xi’an’s eyebrows twitched.

Aside from offering information as a reward, how could they know that he was looking for the lord of the sea?

“I only said that next to the carriage… … .”

“… … .”

“Huh.”

Terren didn’t say anything and kept his mouth shut, but he seemed to understand.

Among those who were escorting the wagon, there was a spy. Spilling information to this Kazar family.

‘It’s quite fierce here too.’

It seems that the quarrel is so severe that they planted spies and started an information war.

However, Xian was not particularly interested.

I was curious about the information of the Princess Haeryung, but wasn’t that something I had to get from here?

In the first place, how much would you know if you knew in this western desert far away from the eastern sea.

“I know what you are thinking, but my master knows more than you think. You don’t have any particular loyalty to Bailyn or the Drach family, do you?”

“What do you know?”

“I don’t know. But my master once served the Winter Serpent. Just like you.”

Xian’s eyes blinked at the name that appeared out of nowhere.

Why did Psyche suddenly appear?

[Eh.]

Even Psyche himself was not aware of it.

“It was a long time before I came here in the desert. Maybe he had a connection with the Princess Haeryung at that time.”

“‘Maybe’?”

“Because I don’t know exactly.”

Teren said so.

Hearing that, Xian pondered for a moment.

No, I pretended to be worried and asked Psyche.

‘Are you acquainted with the owner of this place?’

[Can’t you guess anything?]

‘They say they know you.’

[Yes… … No, I usually spend a lot of time alone… … . There were no subordinates or familiars.]

As Xian looked troubled, Teren spoke in a slightly faster tone.

“The master is showing great interest in you, the familiar of the Winter Serpent. The master said that winter snakes do not have familiars.”

“I’m the only one, though.”

What I just heard was true.

“The owner is also amazed by it. You also want to talk… … In fact, hiring is just an excuse, and he wants more conversation.”

Terren was impatient, as if he had been ordered to bring him.

Xian shrugged.

“Let’s meet again.”

I don’t want to get involved in a quarrel between Khazar and Draq, but it’s possible to have a little talk.

If you can get the information of the King of the Sea with it, it must be cheap.

Of course, it’s all lies and they may be plotting evil plans.

‘It doesn’t matter.’

It didn’t matter to Xian.

Because he had invincible skills limited to demons.

‘If you try to hit the back of the head, you can subdue it with Ravi, extract only the information, and organize it.’

He said he would not use Ravi’s power if possible, but this case is of course an exception.

Cyan nodded, and Teren’s expression sighed.

“good night. Follow me, servant of the winter serpent.”

“Call me Xian.”

“i get it.”

It is very strange to say that it is the servant of the snake of winter.

Of course, that’s why I’m being invited.

[How about it, it sounds good.]

‘you hate me.’

Xian followed Teren and left the inn.

* * *

The Kazar family’s mansion was much larger than Bailyn.

There was a small oasis inside the mansion, and the size and grandeur were incomparable to Bailyn’s mansion.

The difference in prestige between the two families was immediately apparent.

“In Pandaemonium, two families are fighting for power. One is Drak and the other is Khazar here.”

Entering the mansion, Teren briefly explained the situation in the city.

According to him, two families are fiercely competing for supremacy in this huge city.

Pandaemonium is the largest oasis in the area and is located not too far outside the desert.

Thanks to this, the fight to get this city was only fierce.

“The fact that Bailyn’s daughter came for marriage… … .”

“I wanted to replenish power in Drach. These are the guys who have been losing to our Kazar lately.”

And Khazar sent an assassin to stop it, that was the story.

In the end, it failed because of Xian.

“It’s good that you invited me. If it wasn’t for me, I could have stopped it.”

“I’m just following the master’s will.”

It was said that he did not know.

The place where Xian was guided was next to a small oasis in the depths of the mansion.

In the residence built there, there was a man named Kazar’s head.

“Ha ha ha! Nice to meet you, I am Jiren, the head of Kazar.”

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Jiren Kazar. He was also a Lizardman like the others.

The only difference was that it had a very long mouth, giving it a crocodile-like appearance.

“This is Xi’an.”

“hehehehe, you already know. Psyche-sama’s ministry?”

“yes.”

Xian nodded, and Jiren’s eyes shone.

He snorted and asked Xian with an expectant expression.

“As far as I know, he says he doesn’t hire a familiar, but I managed to catch his eye.”

“How did the kite reach you?”

“Hasn’t he, by any chance, been talking about me?”

“yes?”

“I asked if you were talking about this Jiren.”

Xian hesitated for a moment, then quickly asked Psyche.

‘Does he know?’

[Mmm… … well… … .]

‘Do you know or don’t you know?’

[Sometimes I seem to remember, and sometimes I don’t… … ah! I once saved someone who was about to freeze to death.]

‘okay?’

[After that, I was annoyed by babbling around. I’m not sure what he was doing.]

In any case, it seems to be spherical.

“I heard that there was a child who saved himself in the past.”

“Really?”

“After that, it helped me a lot while staying there.”

“ha ha ha! I bet you remembered!”

He didn’t say that he had been eating until just now. It was something I didn’t have to say.

“Oh, I really almost died at that time. Because of my youthful energy, I recklessly headed north because I wanted to escape the boring desert.”

“From this hot region to the cold north?”

“Thinking about it now, it was a bit extreme. I was at an age where I wanted to deviate… … . Thanks to that, it got so cold that I almost froze to death.”

While talking like that, the crocodile head chuckled.

It was like a very funny joke.

“By the way, is Psyche still there? I heard that you were away when I checked out for a while before.”

“What you heard is correct. You are still away.”

“Huh! I’m so sorry about that. I always wanted to repay that time… … .”

Hearing that, Psyche spoke in the middle.

[Ah, tell me what happened. Receiving something in return, with something I don’t even remember.]

Xian delivered it as it is. Just put on a little weight.

“It will be fine if you don’t reciprocate. When I was talking about you, you said you weren’t expecting anything in return.”

“Oh, is that so? He is a very merciful person.”

[I have another mercy. Because your heart is broad and beautiful.]

Xian seemed to know a little how to treat Psyche now.

When you’re talking nonsense, just ignore it. Then they talk alone, smirk alone, and play on their own.

“Oh, yes. I was called to talk about employment. what a simple thing Pandaemonium has been quite tense lately. Drach and our Kazar are fighting whenever they see each other.”

“I roughly heard it from my subordinate.”

“Then let’s talk faster. Won’t you be our mercenary? If it’s Psyche-sama’s familiar, it’s sure to be strong and reliable.”

“Um… … .”

Is it a mercenary job again?

Maybe it was because of Queen Garcia’s work right before that, so I didn’t feel that craving.

Above all, there was not enough information to make a decision yet.

“I heard that you want information from the lord of Haeryung.”

“Is that what you have?”

“Of course. The demon of the eastern sea far away from this desert, but still the great demon. Of course, news will come when I get to my location.”

Xian thought for a moment. There was definitely a return.

“I’ll have to think about it first.”

But it is also not the time to decide. About the power structure of Pandemonium and things like that, all he had heard from Jiren and Teren.

You’ll have to do some research before taking on the job.

“It is good. Oh, I’ll give you a room. Would you like to sleep? There are plenty of rooms left.”

“it’s okay. There is an inn that I caught.”

“I’m sorry.”

I might refuse, but I can’t go after lodging.

Xian politely refused and left Jiren’s mansion.

[Are you going to do it?]

Psyche asked as soon as he came out.

‘well. They say they need the information of the Princess Haeryung, but I don’t think it’s absolutely necessary.’

[Still, the child seems fine.]

‘It must be because he compliments you.’

Shouting to Psyche, Xian returned to the inn room with the cracked ceiling.

Come to think of it, that must be reimbursed by the Kazar family… … ?

* * *

It was night.

The hour of dawn when even the grass bugs are asleep. A black figure slid across the roof of a building.

The figure eventually stood holding on to one of the windows.

Then.

Quadruped!

He smashed through the wooden window at once, and stabbed the bed with his sword like a shotgun.

“… … !”

But his eyes widened.

It was because the sword that stabbed the bed didn’t have the expected feel.

Instantly feeling a cold chill, In-young turned around at once.

“This is true.”

A corner seat in a dark room where the moonlight doesn’t shine.

A black sword was fired from there.

The masked Lizardman who had just turned around died without a single scream.

“I can’t sleep.”

Xian swung his sword and wiped off the assassin’s blood.

Then, signs began to rise one after another around the inn.

Seeing what happened to his colleague, he realized that he had already been caught.

And among them, there was one particularly large sign.

A feeling that I had felt before.

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Jiren Kazar.

[how did you know? What they are trying to do in the back.]

When Psyche asked shyly, Xian answered.

“Well, I just thought it might be because it’s a devil.”

[you… … Isn’t the prejudice against us demons too bad?]

“It’s even more absurd to think that it would be good.”

At that time, a huge sign of courtesy approached.

Located under the inn, the presence soon thumped! He stepped on the ground and quickly came up to the floor where Xian was.

Then he stepped on the window frame and broke into the room.

The eyes of a red reptile glowing in the dark.

“Tsk, you noticed that.”

He tore off the window frame he had grabbed and chewed it with his teeth.

The sharp teeth in its crocodile-like mouth were reflecting the moonlight.

“Say it straight-forward. Where is Psyche?”

“why? You said you didn’t need it in return?”

woo. He spits out the piece of window frame he had been grinding his teeth on.

Then he smiled and replied.

“Hey, what is the answer? Did you really believe that? That b*tch is my prey!”

The reason why he headed to the northern land in the first place was because he wanted to increase his own power by eating the Great Devil.

In the past, I failed due to lack of strength, but now I am confident. Because over the years, he himself has become incomparably stronger than before.

Hearing Jiren’s words, Xian glanced down at his wrist.

[I-I didn’t believe it either, of course!]

The completely unbelievable answer was coming back.