An Assassination That Poses No Threat

"Weren't the dead members of the Ingla Family? Why is he so agitated?"

Seeing that the hotel staff were about to leave, Suika finally spoke up and asked.

Zofia shook her head

"He is indeed not a member of the Ingla Family, but his sister is the mistress of Ingra, and the Rust-Copper Knight Olmer is his nephew."

He was one of the high-ranking members of the Knights' Alliance and also the financial backer of the Boiling Blood Knights, to which Olmer belonged.

That Rust-Copper Knight is arguably the most dazzling new star in the Boiling Blood Knights over the past two years.

"He died so mysteriously; it's perfectly normal for him, as both the benefactor and the uncle, to be anxious about it."

"I see. But now that someone from the Ingla Family is finally dead, he won't just start making baseless accusations and causing trouble for me, will he?"

Suika said that the plot of "beating the younger one and then the older one comes" is too cliché.

She's not the protagonist of some cultivation novel; she doesn't need to enjoy this kind of treatment.

"No, once you've cleared your name, any further contact with you would be considered disorderly conduct."

Besides, with your mist magic, do you think he could find you if you wanted to hide?

Zofia reached out and tapped Suika's forehead.

"Hey, it seems Auntie is right!"

"Hey, what did you call me!" Zofia raised her eyebrows like a cat with its fur standing on end when she heard Suika's words.

"I've heard it before, Maria called you aunt... Hehehe, aunt, hehehe..."

As Suika spoke, the more commas Zofia drew on her forehead, the more exasperated Zofia became, and then she angrily pinched Suika's cheek.

"Stop talking..."

The leader who was chatting with someone outside twitched his ears, and after confirming that the people inside hadn't said anything of interest to him, he left the hotel with his entourage.

Zofia followed Suika to her place.

"Tsk, the environment here is really nice... no wonder it's so expensive."

Especially this balcony, from which you can see almost the entirety of Kawaleriel.

From this perspective, it does seem to be worth the price!

After entering the house, Zofia looked around at the surroundings, marveling at the sights.

"You've never been here before?" Suika asked curiously. Her aunt wasn't exactly poor; she should be able to afford to stay here for a couple of days during the off-season.

Zofia rolled her eyes at Suika.

"My family owns several estates in Kawaleriel. Am I crazy to come here and spend so much money to stay in this overpriced place instead of staying at my own home?"

"That's true! When you're traveling, it's perfectly understandable to find a nice hotel to stay in a place where no one else is staying. But if your home is right next door and you're still staying in a hotel, either there's something wrong at home or you're having an affair..."

Suika also realized that even the richest person wouldn't leave their own home to stay in a five-star hotel or a presidential suite.

"It seems your suspicion should be dropped after today."

"But speaking of which, you've run into a lot of trouble these past few days. I've been here for so many years, and I don't feel like I've had as much experience as you have in just a few days."

Zofia marveled at Suika up trouble.

What are your plans for the future?

"Plans? After watching the game, we'll go to Kjerag for a stroll, and then Columbia? We'll see how it goes!"

Suika shrugged, indicating that she was just wandering around and looking around.

Maria called to check on her while they were chatting, and she was relieved to learn that everything was alright.

"Come visit the tavern more often in the next few days. The atmosphere here is just as good as the arena... You're just incompatible with the arena; you always get into trouble when you go there."

Zofia couldn't help but laugh at this.

Suika declared that while she might not excel at anything else, she was incredibly obedient.

Moreover, she felt it was indeed strange that she always caused trouble whenever she went to the arena, and she felt that she and the arena were incompatible, so she decided it was better not to go.

For the next few days, she behaved herself, going back and forth between the hotel and the bar.

Occasionally, when they went out to visit a few attractions, they were always accompanied by Zofia or Maria.

As for Uncle Młynar, who was elusive and rarely seen, she had only met him once, but he had no interest in her.

Moreover, the uncle, who exuded the weariness of a middle-aged corporate slave—having worked overtime for a month straight and accompanied his boss on a business trip for several days—made Suika subconsciously keep her distance.

A week later, after watching today's match, Suika told Maria and Zofia, who were standing next to her, that she was preparing to leave Kawaleriel.

"Oh! You're leaving already? The finals are still a few days away, aren't you going to watch them?" Maria, sounding a little reluctant to part.

"I've been here for over ten days. I've watched most of the matches I wanted to watch and visited all the attractions I wanted to see. It's time to explore other places. After all, I'm Catastrophe Messenger on a journey, and staying in the city for too long will make me lose motivation."

Suika answered with a smile.

"Perfect timing, the compensation from the Oversight Council will be issued to you tomorrow. Remember to collect it before you leave," Zofia reminded her.

"Alright, you've been saying that the gifts from the Oversight Council are very interesting and valuable. I'd like to see just how interesting and valuable they are..." Suika replied with interest.

That evening, Zofia treated Suika and Maria to a delicious meal at a nearby restaurant before they went their separate ways.

The next morning, Suika received the commemorative gold medal with a somewhat strange expression.

This commemorative gold medal was made for the Black Knight, who won the triple crown a few years ago. The front of the medal features the Black Knight's face, while the back features her palm print.

It is said that only one hundred Black Knight gold medals were made at the time. Due to an accidental fire, the factory samples were damaged and production could not continue. Black Knight did not leave any new samples, so these one hundred commemorative gold medals have become top-quality gifts with extremely high collectible value.

Suika's strange expression stemmed from her planned next stop, Kjerag, where the Black Knight was currently located... and she wondered if bringing this thing there would make her seem like a fanatical idol-chaser.

However, she naturally wouldn't return something so exquisite; instead, she decisively accepted it.

Then, after packing my things and shouldering my backpack, I left the city, which was still filled with laughter and joy.

"Hmm, why isn't Droplet Village on this map? I was planning to go check it out before I left, maybe I'll run into Little Ma or Civic."

After flipping through the map for a long time, Suika couldn't find a place called Droplet Village along the way to Kjerag or nearby. She sighed with regret.

Although she understood that the plot hadn't reached that point yet, the Grani and the Knights' Treasure incident hadn't happened, and she probably wouldn't encounter them even if she went to Droplet Village.

But everyone needs something to look forward to, right?

However, this idea ended before it even began.

She was very disappointed that she couldn't find the place on the map.

Chapter 269 A Threatless Assault

Less than two hours after Kawaleriel, her phone suddenly vibrated.

"Hmm?" Suika picked up her phone with some confusion. It was normal that there was still a signal here, since she was on foot, and the signal coverage around the capital city was relatively longer.

But she had already said goodbye to everyone she knew before leaving.

She's only been out for a short while, so who would call her now?

"Message, I've received a message. Someone wants to harm you. If you sense something's wrong, run back. I'll arrange for someone to pick you up right away..." As soon as the call was answered, Zofia's urgent voice came from the other end.

"Hmm..." Suika stopped and raised her eyebrows, turning around to see several masked men in black surrounding her.

She sighed.

"Auntie, I think it would be better if you told me earlier next time something like this happens."

"Could it be that they've already..." Zofia's voice was clearly flustered upon hearing Suika's words. She didn't even refute Suika's way of addressing her, even though Suika would usually turn pale at the mention of that word in front of her.

Suika's fingers tapped lightly on the microphone.

"Don't worry, these are just small fry; they can't hurt me."

Don't send anyone over, lest people think you're helping outsiders and resent you.

After all, who knows when I'll be back in Kawaleriel again, but you still have to live here, right...?

As Suika spoke, she snapped her fingers.

It was noon, and on an open road, Dense Fog suddenly rose up, enveloping the area within several hundred meters.

In truth, Suika had dozens of ways to deal with these people, but she chose the already exposed method of creating a fog field.

The reason was simple: she found the attack too strange.

Even though she was better at using her fists than her brain, something just didn't seem right about the other party's brazen "attack" in broad daylight.

Therefore, having some suspicions in her mind, Suika didn't use techniques like Mount Oe Tempest or Three-Step Ruin, nor did she use Ice Talisman: Ice Storm or Flying Technique to dominate the field. Instead, she used the most revealing technique, [Misty Enigma].

Then, to her astonishment, she saw the attackers, as if they had anticipated this, take out a special pair of glasses and put them on. Suddenly, they were no longer bothered by the fog and quickly regrouped. In the pitch-black Dense Fog, they began searching in the direction where Suika had been before, in standard combat squad formation.

She suddenly appeared behind the last person, snapped their neck, removed their glasses before anyone else could react, and then disappeared again.

By the time the enemy discovered them, only the corpse of a teammate whose body was gradually cooling down remained.

Suika, after keeping her distance, picked up the glasses and stared in disbelief.

Looking through these glasses, the people not far away emitted a striking green light, and even in this pitch-black place, their outlines could be clearly seen.

"Infrared tactical goggles!!!" Although she wasn't a military enthusiast, she had heard of such a common item.

She thought this kind of thing only existed in places like Columbia, but she never expected to see something so advanced in a country dominated by ancient knights.

She hadn't expected that the other party would use something like this to break her "Originium Arts".

It must be said, the person who came up with this plan is a genius.

If one's "Originium Arts" truly involves creating Great Fog to obscure vision, then facing this technological suppression, there really isn't a solution that can be found in the short term.

Unfortunately, the mist wasn't his Originium Arts, but rather himself.

These people are essentially operating inside her body, so she can easily control their every move.

They couldn't possibly use something like that to find themselves.

Now that she understood the principle behind the matter, Suika no longer held back against these people.

After all, regardless of who sent them, once they made this choice, the outcome was no longer up to them.

After all, if one is the one who loses, a quick and painless death would be the best possible outcome.

So... Suika felt she needed to properly teach them the principle that when a person is killed, they die.

Five minutes later, the Dense Fog dissipated, Suika was no longer there, leaving only a pile of corpses with their eyes wide open in death.

After a while, a second group of people caught up.

"Report, they're all dead." The person in charge of examining the bodies said to a leader in the crowd after finishing the examination.

"They're all dead? How did they die?"

"Their necks were all snapped from behind." The person conducting the inspection admitted with a chill down his spine.

Although I didn't know these people, I could tell from their weapons, equipment, and physique that they were all rigorously trained soldiers.

But they all died here under mysterious circumstances, and in exactly the same way.

The fact that they could easily kill all these warriors using the same method can only mean that their opponent was far stronger than them.

To their opponents, they were less like enemies and more like meat on a chopping board, to be played with at will.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have acted this way.

"Hmph, are they trying to intimidate us?" The leader sneered and prepared to lead his men to continue the pursuit.

"Mr. White, although the Armorless Union's assassins are consumables, they cannot be used up casually."

You brought them out with my written order, but they all died mysteriously. This puts me in a difficult position!

Just then, a voice came from the crowd. He looked over and saw a man and a woman who shouldn't be there had appeared in his group.

"You two Lazurite, I know I was wrong in this matter. Come here and I can compensate the Armorless Union."

But as you've seen, if that target could easily kill the members of the Armorless Union, then she could easily kill the Ingla Family..."

White hadn't expected that his unauthorized use of the Armorless Union's members, without his consent, would be exposed so quickly, and that the person responsible had already come to him.

"Mr. White, I must remind you of something: the Commercial Union, the Armorless Union, and the Knights Association have jointly signed the investigation results regarding this matter."

It clearly states above that Ibuki Suika was not the instigator of this incident.

"But didn't the higher-ups say she might be involved in this?" White asked, unwilling to give up.