Isekai Online's
Chapter 26 - Princess Nekoya Inn
A horrendous incident occurred in front of the entrance of the Nekoya Inn. The two horse-drawn carriages of the girls attracted the attention of the passing NPCs. Amongst the horse carriage, a mysterious figure entered the Nekoya Inn and came out together with a figure known to some NPCs.
The figure was Mile Sinov who moved quickly to observe the girls who were inside the horse carriage. Some of the royal troops were observing from a distance, as if wanting to see the situation that was going on here.
Suddenly, Mile Sinov pulled a girl from the horse carriage and took her to the Nekoya Inn. After which, some servant girls of Nekoya Inn started to come out and help the few remaining girls enter the Nekoya Inn.
A big question arose from the NPCs who witnessed this incident. Their gazes seemed to question “What has happened?”. It was not uncommon for some NPCs to accidentally enter the Nekoya Inn and order some food to see the situation.
Meanwhile, deep inside the Nekoya Inn, in the main hall belonging to Mile Sinov, were three people sitting opposite each other. They are Hans, Mile, and the girl figure who claims to be the grandson of Mile Soniv. For some reason, Mile looked so hesitant when he saw that figure.
“Smale-like short hair, black ears and tail, Fire-tiper magic, black-colored eyes, and great magic capacity. How do we test all that?” ask Hans.
Mile bowed speechlessly at Hans question. He himself was still looking at the girl with a sharp gaze, as if he could not believe what Hans was carrying.
“N-Grandmother?” the girl was a little frightened as she said it. In addition to the ears and tail are black, other features that are on his body need to be proven.
“I don't want to believe about this, but why did you grow into a teenage girl so quickly?” said Mile.
“Well, I want to know about that too. Actually, what has happened to you guys?” hans stared hard at the girl.
The question that came suddenly made the girl panic. Although his body has a size that looks mature, but his brain is the same as a child who is confused to answer questions.
“If this proves to be true, it means the remaining girls are other children who somehow turn into teenage girls. Uh! I remember this!” Hans took out a camera from his inventory and a map of the location he had stolen from the crime scene.
“What is it?” asked Mile who was curious about the thing in Hans' hands.
“In that place, I found a map showing the location of the Nestrad Kingdom. See this, some of the places that have been marked are teleportation magic circles that have been spread and see from the spread it is aimed at the path that children often pass. Moreover, while I was inside the location where they were kidnapped, some of the strange equipment standing there was very suspicious. Well, look at your granddaughter's situation like this. Somehow, I can understand what the tool stands for.”
Hans gave Mile a map he found, the map containing the point of spread of the teleportation magic circle attracted interest in Mile's eyes. It seemed, he found the benefits of this information to his benefit. Hans didn't mind it, as long as the contract agreement between himself and Nekoya Inn went on, sharing information like this wasn't a big deal to him that a Player.
“You don't have to memorize it, I gave it to you for free. Well, just think of this as part of our future cooperation” said Hans.
“Oh, this makes me a little curious, can't your race beat someone from the smell on his body?” ask Hans.
“It is true that we can recognize a person by his body odor, but our race changes affect the smell in his body. Although this girl is my granddaughter, but the smell on her body is very different. Something has changed inside him.”
“Why don't you ask a question about yourself? Didn't you spend more time with your grandchildren?”
“It's true, where should I start?”
“You want me to ask?” goda Hans's.
“Please...” Reply Mile.
“Good little girl, if it's true she's your grandmother, how old is she?” hearing Hans question this, a small muscle wrinkle appeared on Mile's head.
“U-uhh.. Um.. Etto.. 357 years?” reply the girl.
“When you're in this room, usually your grandmother sits in which chair?”
“D-In the chair that Onii-chan sits in.”
“At lunch, she prefers to eat together or eat alone?”
“N-Grandmother prefers to enjoy her food alone.”
“Well, last one. Is your grandmother the type who doesn't care about her clothes?”
“E-Eh? N-Grandma always cares about her clothes.”
“Well, he's your grandson” Hans said.
“Where do you know? And why is that?” reply Mile with a slightly angry tone.
“With age no longer young, hair loss becomes an easy thing to realize, they can attack any race that has hair, for your case this. Where I sit, some of your hair loss can be easily felt, seeing its length is quite short, I think this is the hair feather on your tail. You can measure it yourself if you don't believe” Hans said as he picked up the remains of hair stuck to the chair.
Mile fell silent and covered his face. The red hue on his watch was slightly visible from behind his sidelines.
“Looking at your tableware that is still left here, you prefer to eat alone, and it is the same as what your granddaughter said. Well, your workspace is very dangerous if it can be entered by others. So, it justifies what this granddaughter of yours said. Although the reason is to keep this room confidential.”
“And for the last, somehow every parent has the same hobby to fill free time. Some of those hobbies are making simple clothes and it seems like you really like making your granddaughter new clothes. At least, you're still trying to keep up with the young boy's taste buds” after saying that, Hans picked up a book containing rough sketches of children's clothes tucked behind a desk.
Mile was still speechless in shame and covered her face.
“Not to be ashamed to admit it, this is an easy thing to do or you want to do a DNA test to be more accurate?”
Hearing unfamiliar-sounding terms, Mile rose from her embarrassment and looked at Hans.
“Test DNA?” her cat's ears moved indicating curiosity within her waking up.
“It was just a small test to find out if he was still one of your lineages or not. Normally, some parts of the body are needed but isn't the hair on your body just a sign that she's your granddaughter? Supposedly, what you're worried about is..” Hans looked at the girl's body.
Hearing Hans who suddenly fell silent. Mile immediately looked at his grandson.
“Well, what I fear is the side effects of his new body” Hans continued.
“What does it mean?”
“This is the same as we buy fish that live in fresh water and then put it in salt water. The sudden difference makes the fish body surprised, it could have died, or survived by adapting to its new environment. Something similar like that.”
Hearing Hans explanation, Mile stood up and hugged his grandson. A haru feeling that he was feeling now poured out, even though he did not seem to believe completely Hans' words, but the possibility of such could have happened and it haunted his mind.
The two of them hugged each other and teardrops were visible.
“Oh, Yulianna.”.
“Grandmother..”
This heartwarming sight made Hans feel uneasy to disturb him. But, an urgent situation was happening right now.
“Well, I understand you're trying to understand each other's feelings. But what about the other girls? Uh, I mean kids who turn into girls?”
“Ah, some of my subordinates are taking care of their” Mile back to her original self.
“Yulianna, take a rest. You better get used to your new body.”
“Em..!”
It was a little strange for Hans to see a girl acting like a child. His brain slightly denied that he was still a child of such body size.
The girl named Yulianna left this room. After confirming Yulianna's departure, Mile opened up a serious topic of conversation.
“Where did you get something like this?” Mile opened a location map showing teleportation traps.
“This sounds very absurd, but the girls were found in a dungeon called Deep-Forest of Death. My friends that I'm not sure can still be called friends or not, they left me to explore that dungeon. Maybe you can look up that dungeon information from some Player, isn't that your forte?”
“Ah, I almost forgot your friends that.”
“Actually, I have no use going into their party, for that.” Hans opened the party panel that was active and pressed the option of leaving the party.
[Do you want to leave the party? YES/NO]
Hans suppressed the YES option option, and the participation status within the party disappeared.
Mile suddenly stood up and walked towards his desk. On the table was a paper that rolled thick enough and grabbed it. Mile then sat down opposite Hans.
“Kurasa.. This is enough as your payment to find my grandson.” Mile gave me the paper roll.
Hans who received it instantly opened the scroll and read the contents.
“It is not ordinary land, the buildings and land in it store valuable assets that are able to cover the losses of Nekoya Inn if it goes bankrupt.”
“Isn't this the equivalent of a long-term deposit? Are you sure you gave it to me?”
“My grandson's price is nothing compared to Nekoya Inn.”
“I understand this house building is just a distraction building, but at the bottom there is a diamond excavation hole that is still unexplored.”
“I-This is too much for me, actually a few Gold Coins is enough to pay for it.”
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Mile was speechless, from his gaze he was waiting for Hans to agree to his payment.
“A-Ah! All right.. I accept this as payment for your grandson's case.”
Hearing Hans reply, Mile smiled in relief. To him, giving Hans a residence to have as small as it was was no big deal. If there were any interesting cases, rumors, or information, Mile could have gone to Hans's place to sell it.
A thin panel sprung up in front of Hans. The panels appeared and piled on top of each other in Hans' vision.
[Detective Book Case has been updated! 1 Case Closed!]
[Special Quest – Princess of Nekoya Inn (Case Closed)!]
[Detective Special Effect Active!]
[Congratulations! You have risen level 30 to level 60! Now you can take special classes in the Adventure Master Guild!]
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Special Quest – Princess of Nekoya Inn (Case Closed)
Mile Sinov, owner of Nekoya Inn and an information network service provider, has one problem at hand. The grandson who was very close to him suddenly disappeared on his way home from school with his friends. There were no eyewitnesses in the incident. Based on the known information, his grandson had disappeared for three days. There are reports coming to the royal soldiers about the disappearance of the children.
Main Objective:
[1] Find evidence of kidnapping!
[+] 1 Evidence: MOCAD-system
[2] Find the victim!
[+] Victim found: 32/32
[3] Save the victim!
[+] Survivors: 32/32
Optional:
[1] Arrest the perpetrator!
[+] Perpetrator caught: -7/7
[2] Kill the culprit!
[+] Assassinated \= 7/7
[3] Clean up the evidence!
[+] Main Object: 3/3
Difficulty Level: [Uncertain]
Recommended Level: [Uncertain]
Reward: License of Canary Hills
Time Limit: [Uncertain]
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Hans slightly understood why Mile had given him the certificate of ownership of the building and land. Thanks to another active skill, it should have doubled the reward he received to a hundred fold and if he got ownership of the diamond excavation, how many diamonds were there in it?
Seeing this large sum, Hans hesitated to accept it. Although this is a game, but the payment for the Quest this time is very large. This was an advantage he had not imagined before.
“With these conditions, can I destroy the market price of Isekai Online?”
“Huh?”
Hans was heard by Mile.
“Ah, it's okay. By the way. I want you to find me some information about monsters and someone” Hans said.
“Is this our first business?” fashion Mile.
“Yes, this will be our first business. I'm looking for a noble named Barknelyn, judging by his noble status he's a Viscount from the Nestrad Kingdom. Ever heard of his name?”
“Viscount Barknelyn? I know him, he is a loyal customer who often uses information services Nekoya Inn.”
“Ah, if you know her, I want information about her.”
“What's up with this Viscount Barknelyn?”
“You don't know it?” ask Hans.
“Hmm??” Mile just tilted his head.
“He was involved in this incident and by accident, your grandson entered into one of his screenplays.”
“HAH?!” Mile was shocked by this new fact and suddenly the aura in this room turned into heat.
Hans sensed something bad was going to happen, so he stood up and tried to leave this place as soon as possible.
“Well, I want detailed information about this Viscount Barknelyn. I'm sure you'll find something detailed about him” while saying that, Hans walks away near the exit.
“Ah! If you've got the information. Please send some people to my new place.”
Mile simply nodded, the tail behind him seemed to stand up and his gaze was engulfed in flames of anger.
Hans smiled as he looked at her and left.
“Oh, one more thing, Mile!” said Hans.
Mile only glanced at him but her ears prepared to listen.
“Happy hunting!” hans said, closing the exit.
Given these events and information, Nekoya Inn applies new rules in its information buying and selling policy. Every customer who comes and makes transactions involving information, all information about him will be collected so that the occurrence of this double-edged knife can be anticipated.
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