Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival-Chapter 226.2

I would not lay hands on Duke Helton. It was Elena’s job to do something about him without affecting the surroundings. To achieve that, I sneaked into the headquarters of Herman Trading, which was Duke Helton’s source of funding, and looked for something that would connect it to Solhoss Kingdom.

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But I think it would be difficult. I didn’t think they were stupid enough to hold on to something like that. But Herman Trading made a mistake here.

I think it was Herman Trading’s sole decision to sell the villagers. Even if they were acting on orders from their home country, they had been operating in Cleydale for twenty years and were looking for their own “profit”.

Human trafficking. If there was evidence of trade in Solhoss Kingdom, which was illegal in Cleydale, then it would become the fault of Duke Helton, who invited them.

The adventurers I defeated also had the mark of Solhoss Kingdom on their identification tags, so they must have been employed by the country. But they, too, were looking for profit and helped with human trafficking.

…That village couple asked me to save the village. But unless we cut off the source, even if we destroyed one branch of the barony, the village’s debt would not be cleared, their situation would not change, and there was nothing I could do about it.

“Nero, hide around there.”

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“It’ll be fine.”

I gently stroked Nero’s neck as he stared at me while hiding in the darkness, and turned around to look at the huge mansion in the distance.

A little way from the town where Duke Helton was based, there was a mansion where the president of Herman Trading lived.

The store was in the town, but I came to this mansion instead because the store only had normal security, and this one had unusual security.

There were some people there who were obviously strange. If it was a big trading company, they might have connections with the underworld and pay the thieves’ guild to act as security instead. But the only place where such normal people were was the store, and the people guarding this mansion were clearly people with high combat abilities who were used to fighting in the underworld.

I couldn’t tell their exact fighting power because we were far away, but judging from their movements and footsteps, their fighting power was over 500… some even reached 1000.

At least rank 3 or higher. Maybe even rank 4 or higher. In fact, one or two of them… looked around as if they had noticed our gaze.

There were also several dogs loose in the large grounds. That’s why the dark side spies couldn’t investigate them all. It would probably be difficult for Sera or Viro to infiltrate by normal means. I guessed that only Solhoss people or people from the underworld were allowed to enter that grounds.

The guards walking normally would be Solhoss adventurers. So, could the people walking like they’re muffling noise be from the dark side of Solhoss Kingdom?

…No, that might not be the case. There might be people from the state, but organizations like the dark side don’t give important jobs to people who aren’t loyal. Even that Grave, although twisted, had the highest loyalty to the state. I don’t think such a person would allow Herman Trading to do as they please. If so…

“…Cleydale’s Assassin Guild?”