Gather Divine Coins and Gacha! - Chapter 81

"Hey, hey—thanks for coming to pick me up!"

It seemed they knew the direction I was in, but couldn’t see me, so I called out as I climbed down.

"Yeah. Looks like you’re safe. For now, get in the carriage. The young ladies are here."

"Sure thing."

I was thinking, “Nice, the gate opened even though it’s the middle of the night,” but Seriana was with him too, huh.

Sorry you went out of your way.

Guess I’ll act meek.

"I’m hooome!"

I opened the door and stepped inside, and noticed it was bright in there.

I hadn’t realized because the thick curtains were drawn, but there were lights on the ceiling.

Must be an expensive carriage.

"Mm."

"Nngh……"

"What was that noise?"

So the geezer was riding it….

"What are you doing? Sit down already."

Ah, there you are.

Seriana and Elena are sitting on the seat across from me.

They’re beckoning me over, so I head toward the two of them.

"Any injuries?"

"I got punched in the stomach. I treated it with a potion and the pain’s gone, but something might’ve been cracked?"

"Show me later. So, what happened?"

What happened, I wonder?

Even I don’t know.

For now, I’ll give them the explanation from when I woke up, and hand over the map I scribbled here and there along the way.

Once I knew the direction I flew straight here, but it’s better than nothing.

There are things I’ve also tossed into the 【Hideout】, but…

The geezer’s here, so that can wait.

"That’s all? Didn’t you get anything out of it?"

Big sis?

"I told Grandfather about the 【Hideout】. That you can hide yourself in it. Sorry, okay?"

I see.

Then it can’t be helped.

"…I didn’t look inside, but there are things like letters and maps."

"When we get back, take all of that out. Is Grandfather’s study fine?"

"Mm. We can move even with just this map, but more information is better."

"Okaaay."

If they’re specifically saying the geezer’s room, then it seems like they’ve explained the 【Hideout】, but did they tell him it’s like a warehouse or something?

I think this is probably fine, but….

When I casually looked out the window, the clock tower caught my eye.

It was past two.

"Faaah…"

Crap.

Once I became aware of the time, the sleepiness….

"Hold out a little longer."

I usually go to sleep around nine, you know?

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"Mmnnng～…"

I give a big stretch.

Man, I slept like a rock.

I got tossed onto the wagon bed while still tied up, and after that I stayed tense the whole time….

No wonder I’m tired.

"Awake? Morning."

"Mornin’."

Since we were injured and all, Elena was in the 【Hideout】 too, but it looks like she got up first.

"I’ll make breakfast, so go wash your face."

Much obliged.

Thanking her, I head to the washroom.

I wash my face, fix my bedhead, and while I’m at it I check the bruising from where I got hit in the mirror—there’s still a little discoloration.

I pat-pat it, but there’s no pain.

Looks like it won’t be a problem.

When I return to the living room, the meal is ready.

Maybe she already finished eating—there’s tea in front of Elena.

"Thanks for the meal."

"Here you go. You can eat while you listen."

Is this about last night?

"I went inside with you, so I don’t know the details either. But apparently, among the letters we brought back, there were names of foreign nobles and trading companies. The young ladies have been at the Knight Order headquarters since morning. Alec is gathering information at the Adventurer Guild."

I see, I see.

"Anything else you noticed?"

"When we came to the capital from Lortle, I’d slipped in with a Holy Coin collection unit, you know."

"Yes. You said that."

"One of the people from that unit was there."

Come to think of it, what happened to those guys in the end?

Did they slip back into the royal capital again?

"…I see. Can we look at that on there?"

She asks while looking toward the monitor.

"Yeah. It’ll be from after I woke up, but I’ve got it recorded. Want to watch?"

"No, let’s wait until the two of them get back."

She hesitated a bit, but decided that.

It’ll be one-and-done, and that’s probably better.

I wonder when they’ll be back?

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Sera・【Hideout】【Prayer】【Mira's Blessing】・【Floating Orb】【Shadow Sword】【Scarlet Bee Needle】・7 cards

Seriana・【Range Identification】・【】・19 cards

Elena・【】・【Green Fang】・1 card

Alec・【】・【Red Shield】・2 cards