Plain Girl Hero of Darkness
He Who Spreads Death - (5)

“The top of the head is a blind spot, but you should not let your guard down just because you have a high place. Your enemy might jump into a higher position. Z often reminds me of that. ”

No one can answer his advice. The body of the Heat Haze agent whose head was crushed fell to the ground. When one of the agents falls, Alvin hears a sound similar to the crushed fruit. When the last corpse slammed onto the ground, the girl landed. He shook the blood on the fog-covered sword to the ground.

“... What an incredible leap, and swordsmanship is too fast for the eyes to trace. You really are a monster. ”

"I'm not a monster, I'm Olivia. Hey, why do people keep calling me a monster? ”

(Ngga, why can't Author call you a darling rather than a monster, if you don't mind. :v)

Alvin mocked Olivia who tilted her head in confusion. After seeing Olivia's movements that were beyond human reach, Alvin could find no other way to describe them.

Normally, he should have been dismembered by the attack. Instead, the ground was littered with the corpse of the Heat Haze agent, while the girl was still standing. It's worth Zenon dying at his hands, Alvin thought as he grabbed the multi-segment whip at his waist.

(To stop the elite units deployed from being annihilated, my only option is to escape.)

As Leicester said, the main goal of the Heat Haze is intelligence gathering. Fighting is the last option.

- Anyhow.

Alvin bent slightly, shifting his center of gravity to his right foot. Olivia in front of him smiled, sure of his victory. He lowered his ominous black sword.

(But even if I have to run away, I have to remove that grin from his face!)

Alvin raised his left arm upwards, and whipped Olivia. Shortly before the scythe at the end of the whip hit her, Olivia turned around and dodged the attack.

(I know you can avoid it. That's for sure, analyzing your abilities. But you shouldn't dodge, you should have blocked it with your sword. It was fatal to avoid this weapon!)

Alvin shouted in his heart, and gently flicked his left wrist to the right. The multi-segment whip turned around and hit Olivia—'s back

“—Hmm ~ very interesting weapons. This is the first time I've seen him. ”

The multi-segment whip shattered along with the scythe, and fell out of Alvin's hands. Olivia's palm hit Alvin's stomach in a counterattack.

“... K-Why?”

“Hmm?”

“Why... Can you detect an attack from behind you?”

He had no eyes on his back, so the attack should have landed. Alvin maintained his fading consciousness, and asked him again.

Olivia leaned into Alvin's ear and whispered:

“The killing intent on your weapon is too strong. Even a sleeping bird will notice. "

What kind of shit is that.

With that in mind, Alvin's vision faded into darkness.

Royal Army Tavern, Silver Moon Pavilion

(It's been this late ... Major's been gone too long, where is he?)

It's been two hours since they returned to the tavern, but Olivia's still missing. Claudia felt she had to look for him, so she closed the book in her hand. Right now, Claudia heard hurried footsteps from the corridor. They got closer, before finally stopping in front of Claudia's room.

“Nona Claudia! Sorry, but Mrs Olivia, Mrs Olivia has ...! ”

After knocking on the door in a hurry, the maid shouted Olivia's name in panic.

Claudia immediately got up from her chair, and ran to open the door. In front of him was a pale-faced servant trembling.

"What happened to Major Olivia?"

After saying that, the maid rushed away without waiting for Claudia's reply. Claudia followed the waiter to the entrance of the tavern, along with Ashton who heard the news.

“Oh, Claudia and Ashton. I'm home!"

They found Olivia covered in blood waving quietly. Beside him was a man lying face down on the ground. He looked breathable, and had yet to become a corpse.

The waiter who felt he had done his job fled to the kitchen.

"Major!? What's going on here!?"

Claudia was surprised, and rushed to Olivia and patted her whole body — and heaved a sigh of relief. Olivia wasn't hurt, she was covered in blood belonging to someone else.

“Is Olivia okay?”

Ashton asked. As Claudia nodded, Ashton's tense nerves loosened, and he sat on the ground.

"Claudia, it's okay now, right? It makes me ticklish."

Olivia said while writhing.

“Now is not the time for that! I also wonder where you went, and you came back covered in blood? ”

He was too panicked now, and forgot about it. The man on the floor was wearing a black mask and black clothes, and was definitely not an ordinary citizen.

“Erm ~ Mouse gutter, from Heat Haze or something.”

"Heat Haze ...? M-You mean the spy agent Heat Haze of the Empire !? ”

Heat Haze are known for their exceptional intel gathering abilities and exceptional combat prowess. Claudia found out about them, and checked out the agent Heat Haze who was lying down again.

“Ho ~ so they're spies. They're very bad at hiding, which I never expected."

Olivia smiled, but Claudia could not smile.

(Heat Haze appearing here is definitely not a coincidence. They may, no, they must be spying on us.)

He still needed to ask about what had really happened, but the Heat Haze agent in front of them was definitely captured by Olivia. In any case, Claudia ordered Ashton to tie the spy to a pillar inside the bar to stop the escape attempt.

“-In that case, can you tell us how you caught the Heat Haze agent?”

Claudia was furious that Olivia took action without telling anyone, but she held back her anger as much as possible, and asked with a smile. Olivia's face stiffened, and she began to explain.

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"- I understand. I understand now. Simply put, Major, when we left Canary City, you already noticed that we were being watched?"

As Claudia's smile deepened, Olivia felt that something was wrong. He was not sure of the reason, but Claudia looked extremely frightening now. Olivia learns that she must behave at her best at times like these. After all, he was a good learner.

“Then, why didn't you tell us earlier?”

“Ehhh.. But I told you there was a rat...”.

Olivia protested softly. Claudia's smile finally reached her limit, and she turned into a demon in Olivia's eyes.

By the way, the demons depicted in the picture book had unraveled and messy hair, and chased after the people around with swords and sneaky smiles. Olivia felt they were very scary, and also made her nostalgic. She was frightened by the demon stories when she was young, and hid under a thick blanket at night, afraid of being attacked by them.

“Who will understand if you use ambiguous words like rat got !?” Claudia raised her tone.

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