My alter ego is becoming a big shot - Episode 142
#142
Talent Recruitment (2)
When things are slowly getting dark.
Knock knock knock—
In a carriage driving down a city street, a beautiful woman with pink hair and purple eyes was quietly looking out the window..
Her face had a soft smile and an innocent expression as if she knew nothing, but inside she was never at peace..
‘This···.’
Feeling a sense of discomfort, the woman, Sianna, fixed her gaze outside the window and spread out only a sense of energy to explore her surroundings..
One, two, three···.
Unlike before, the number of ghosts has increased significantly..
Some of them were even following behind the carriage at a certain distance, as if they had set her as a surveillance target..
And when things got to that point, she knew for sure.
‘My tail was stepped on!’
The Immortal Army, the Banshee Queen Olivia, is investigating this place..
But I didn't know why I was caught..
It would have been impossible to detect his identity, which was thoroughly disguised as a human, just through the ghost body..
‘No, you probably haven't figured out that I'm Siana yet. The investigation was started for some other reason..’
If Olivia knew that she was the 'Succubus Siana' and made her the target of surveillance, she would have acted more thoroughly than this..
Now, it would be a bit loose to say that they were targeting her as if they were waging information warfare against ordinary humans..
‘Then where on earth did the tail get stepped on? Probably not as an imperial noble... Oath activity in reverse heaven? Via Oldman?’
Her mind became confused..
However, he would not know anything other than Siana's real name and that her base was the Empire..
They were only at that level of cooperation from the beginning..
‘I was anxious ever since I suddenly lost contact with the guys I sent to Talaria. Could it be that it has something to do with it??’
In the end, she had no choice but to conclude that the location had been exposed through several complex paths that could not be immediately identified..
‘Whatever the cause, I can't stay here anymore if I get this much attention. I guess I should get away first..’
Of course, it was not an easy decision as I had to give up many things..
Isn't the status she currently holds as a nobleman of the Azerion Empire a position that she painstakingly created over a long period of time?.
But it was an unavoidable situation..
Because Olivia was interested, it meant that the Immortal King's eyes were also turned in this direction..
If I delayed like this, I might be taken back to the immortal army..
‘no! Enlisting again! I don't want to die!’
Positions and status can be recreated as many times as you like..
However, if you are caught by the Immortal King this time, you will be subject to eternal servitude until he is defeated again..
‘Okay, let's run away..’
When I thought about it that way, I was able to calm down, but there were a lot of things that I regretted about throwing everything away and immediately hiding myself..
‘How hard have I laid the foundation?!’
Shouldn’t we make at least some arrangements in case we come back later??
You will also need to prepare some funds for a new start.···.
‘···Surely they won't attack right now? A big man like the Immortal King would not come forward in person..’
Even if they do, only Olivia and other executives will make a move..
And since he is in the middle of an imperial city, they won't be able to do things easily on their own..
So, that meant there was at least a few days left until they finished preparing for their visit..
In the end, Sianna, who could not give up her greed, rationalized herself and headed to the mansion..
Among the useful things she had to pack was, of course, 'Andrew Weaver'..
Although there were some limitations, there was no other way to understand the situation around the continent from one sitting..
Clap, clap, rattle.!
When she finally arrived at the mansion, she immediately opened the door and got out, ignoring the greetings of the employees who came to meet her, and went straight to the place where she felt Andrew's presence..
Kwaang—!
A door that makes a loud noise when opened without hesitation..
But I barely had time to worry about that right now..
“Andrew—!”
“Ugh? sister? What happened suddenly···.”
“Get ready to move now!”
“···Oh oh! As expected, you thought so too! What I meant to tell you first···.”
“That's it, let's move right away!”
Andrew, who had been sprawled out in an armchair and lost in alcohol, staggered to his feet under her pressure..
In the meantime, Sianna took care of the items she needed in the sub-space created with black magic and continued to think about how to minimize base loss..
‘I must take care of this... It would be a waste of effort to give up on this matter. How can we not just maintain the status quo? And that is···.’
But while she was busy preparing for a late-night getaway,.
Saaaa—
A cold sensation passed through the back of my neck..
‘ah?’
She knew this feeling very well.
An incomprehensibly thick, overwhelming force that covers the security barriers installed in the mansion..
Deep, dark, heavy and sticky.
Death like an abyss that swallows everything.
It was the presence of ‘him’ that was unexpected..
‘Argh—! I should just throw it all away and run away!’
In the end, Sianna, who had a premonition of her own fate, had no choice but to close her eyes tightly..
***
‘Tovea City... It can't be called a big city, but it's not so small that it can be ignored..’
And a city of this size was bound to have its own thorough defenses against all kinds of abnormal situations..
That said, it's not easy to sneak in quietly from the beginning.···.
It was said that no matter how thoroughly a concealment barrier was built, it would be difficult to completely hide the aftermath of that magical power..
It's an impossible situation to quietly just look at work and leave..
So I prepared.
Weeing— weeing—!
Kwaaang—!
“Ahh! What is it all of a sudden?!”
“Wow!—!”
Emergency alarms rang out all over the city and loud noises erupted in response..
The explosion, which started in both a fancy mansion and a shabby back alley, instantly threw the city, which was gradually sinking into darkness, into chaos..
‘Well then, let’s go.?’
If you find it difficult to move quietly, moving amidst noise is all you need to do..
Hans took advantage of the moment when his subordinates began their activities and quietly infiltrated the barrier that had been laid out in advance..
An ordinary noble mansion encountered in a barrier.
But that was only the outside, the inside was nothing short of extraordinary.···.
‘Really, you paid a lot of attention? Most people probably aren't even aware of these security devices..’
「Abilities including “Way of Magic” and “Magic Control” were activated one after another, and the magic in the mansion was analyzed breathlessly..
From cognitive distortions to concealing energy and barriers that exclude intruders..
Since these were all high-level techniques, it would have taken a considerable amount of time to destroy them properly..
Kwazijic—!
Pajik!
Of course, this did not apply to the immortal king with overwhelming power..
Just by moving while raising his energy to the fullest, the complex magic structure of the security barrier was crushed and neutralized by the overwhelming density of black magic residing in his body..
‘Let's see, then.···.’
Ugh—
From Hans' body, which radiated a presence that distorted space and entered the interior in an instant, a wave of magical power spread throughout the mansion..
At the same time, you can feel the presence of people fainting one by one inside the mansion.—.
Immediately, those who resisted it were caught.
[You were there..]
And the next moment.
Hans was already in front of them..
“Hee... hee hee···!”
What was there was a man with dark blond hair who was shaking violently at the sight of him suddenly appearing through the air.···.
[hmm? you?]
Before I knew it, there was a woman with pink hair bowing down on the floor..
“iced coffee-! King, you have finally arrived. Girl, I waited desperately for the king to come again!”
“Sister, sister?”
Unconditional obedience that can be seen at a glance.
The man next to her had a shocked expression at the sudden change in attitude, but she had no time to pay attention to him now..
“Oh hoho... The girl has been working hard to prepare so that the king can conquer the continent more comfortably and reliably? He secretly hid among humans and survived for a long time with only his loyalty to the king, seizing the opportunity.···.”
The pink-haired woman broke into a cold sweat and desperately made excuses..
And Hans, the immortal king who was quietly looking down at it, was able to immediately sense why she was acting like this..
‘Demon succubus, Syanna.’
Even though he was disguised as a human being so perfectly that even an archbishop-level priest would find it difficult, it was impossible to avoid his “Eye of the Abyss,” which detects all demons..
‘I think he was close to the top 10 even under the previous Immortal King..’
She was a demon summoned from an adjacent dimension, the Demon World, and literally happened to join the immortal army..
After going through the information left in his mind, I realized that although his military power was somewhat usable, he, like Olivia, was a more useful talent in other areas..
‘Well, it's not easy to pretend to be an imperial noble while hiding your identity from a demon. It sure seems like you're very resourceful..’
This means that he even deceived the eyes of the top powerhouses, including the temple, so it could be said that he was truly the best talent when it came to behind-the-scenes work..
Of course, he was just a former executive who went into hiding now..
[Hehehe, it looks like you've had a really comfortable time so far.?]
“That's not true! The girl waits eagerly for just this day···.”
[For something like that, I think it was hidden quite carefully..]
“Ho, ho ho... I am very sorry for not being able to contact you before.···.”
She started making excuses again, but I had no intention of listening to any more of that nonsense..
“···However, with the intention of completing the mission more thoroughly, it was definitely not for my own self-interest.···.”
[Siana—]
“Hmph?!”
Ugh—
The moment he said that name, a strange sound spread and penetrated into Siana's body..
At the same time, the compulsory contract from 300 years ago was renewed and overlaid anew..
“iced coffee···.”
Without noticing that horns had suddenly protruded in the aftermath, she moaned at the energy of the immortal king flowing into her body..
Unlike other undead executives, she was not influenced by the power of death and became stronger than before.···.
‘I finally enlisted again..’
That was enough to put her back in subjection to the Immortal King..
Again—
A single tear falls without my knowledge due to my unwanted re-enlistment..
“iced coffee? Oh, I shed tears of joy without realizing it? Isn’t this truly an expression of my loyalty? Oh hoho hoho···.”
But even then, she kept her mouth shut as her survival instinct told her to..
Hans, who had nodded his head in satisfaction, now returned his gaze to the man who was still stiff and hesitant..
‘What is this guy? My body is full of mana, but I have no traces of learning magic or auras..’
The debaucher-looking man with dull blonde hair froze in his gaze, but Hans looked him up and down, like a predator scanning its prey..
‘There is no sign of training, but his physical abilities are uncanny. It's like... huh? no way?’
Physical strengthening due to external influences rather than growth through normal training.
He knew this phenomenon very well.
“It seems the King has become interested in this child? Andrew! Hurry up and say hello.”
“Yes, yep! hello! My name is Andrew Weaver. Well... thank you very much?”
Andrew, a blond man who shows a foolish attitude in unexpected situations..
But what interested Hans now was his exact identity..
And in order to somehow win his favor, Sianna, who had suddenly become the treacherous treacherous of the century, told him a story he didn't even ask about..
“Andrew is also a talented person I have sought for my cause? Even the king will be surprised to see how useful his abilities are. What kind of performance has he done so far?···.”
And at the end of the story, the information he wanted finally came out..
“···Another surprising fact is that he is from another world! It is said that he is from a completely different dimension, neither the Demon World nor the Spirit World. Oh hoho.”
[···Hoo? It's a different dimension?]
Hans looked at him quietly, his eyes shining..
Although Siana was freely revealing her personal information, Andrew could not even protest and forced the corners of his mouth to smile slyly..
“Yes, yes... Immortal King. I come from a place called Earth. lol···. It'll soon be 9 years, yeah.”
And his answer aroused a special sentiment in Hans..
‘An awakened person from another Earth other than me....’
It's now nearly two years since I was sent to the Outerica dimension..
Because it was the first time I met someone from my hometown..
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