Chapter 4

AS Chapter 4~Eavesdropping~

I threw myself onto the bed of my room and looked up at the ceiling .

When the bed caught me, it sank a little and then bounced back up .

It was not for certain that I would stay in this room, but it was as spacious as the ones at those hotels that cost over ten thousand a night, and at first glance, it was pretty and everything was put in order .

The shower and the bathroom were quite spacious as well .

Actually, everyone was assigned their own room, so one can guess just how big this castle was .

The completely white room as well, even if It’s unused, perhaps they clean and ventilate it, because it’s not dusty at all .

「Something like an assassin, if I properly act as the hero’s spy, then after the hero defeats the demon king, I’ll be a free man . I thought that it would be on easy mode though .

I don’t know if I’m right or not, most likely, I was .

What an awful scam .

Wasn’t this on hard mode?

I was even talking to myself a lot more than usual .

For now, I should find out what the scheming king and the others were planning .

Was it because I had the 『Negotiation』skill?

I could somewhat, understand what the other party was thinking .

There was also the matter of the camera-like thing as well, so I needed to move carefully .

I suddenly thought of it just now, but in the other world, if I turned into a delinquent, wouldn’t I be a pro at stealing things?

I would erase my presence and sneak inside, figure out where all the security cameras were, and move to to the blind spots… .

I could even be a bank robber .

Maa, I won’t do that though .

Now then, speaking of things that assassins can do,

「…the only thing I can do is sneak inside . How annoying . Why is it me . 」

Although I was muttering my complaints, I changed into black clothing .

Within the closet, there should be a change of clothing based on each occupation .

Of course, my status was not seen, so I had to get my own clothes .

I erased my presence and snuck into the castle’s armory .

There was a guard, so I was nervous, but I was able to get what I needed without any problems .

If it were possible to go back to the other world, as I thought, why don’t I become a bank robber or something?

My room too, sorry, but I’m going to use a vacant private room .

There were forty people in my class, and during lunch, twelve of them weren’t in the classroom . In other words, the twenty-eight people here were the ones who were summoned to another world .

With just this many people, the maids who seem nice on the surface probably wouldn’t fully understand that .

Their work even looked perfect, and the trash was piling up in the corner .

I concluded that even if an occupied room increased by one, they probably wouldn’t notice .

「…now then, why don’t we go–」

When I changed into the black clothes, I went out through the window so that people wouldn’t discover me, moving upwards for the time being .

I jumped onto one of the castle’s towers and looked around .

I’ve always liked high places since I was little .

「Ooh… . As expected, how big . This is the royal capital, huh . 」

I could see the entire royal capital from there, and although it can’t beat the industrial district at night, it was a gorgeous night view .

It could be seen that there were several street lights installed .

Any other lights couldn’t be seen from here .

Maa, it was a world with magic, so there should be light magic or something .

Their civilization was at about the same level as Japan post-westernization .

There were still not a lot of street lights, and their usage was clumsy as well .

There were too many lights in the place that appeared to be the town center .

Like that, you wouldn’t know if something happened in the back alley, and crimes would probably be committed continuously .

Moreover, it might have been because it’s night time, but there was no pedestrian traffic .

No, was I wrong to compare it to the cities in Japan?

I pushed it to the back of my mind, and searched for signs of people .

「…ok . 」

There wasn’t anyone nearby .

I headed towards the tower with the heaviest security, probably because the king was there, looked for an open window while in stealth and snuck in .

「Now theen, where is the king, I wonderrr . 」

Walking stealthily, I pressed my ear against the doors one by one .

Although I had heard the king’s voice only once, that ominous and slimy voice was instead something that I couldn’t get out of my head .

I didn’t think anything of it in the beginning, but now, I even got goosebumps .

When I arrived in front of the door of a certain room, I finally got a hit .

This door looked quite heavy .

Was it his study?

I immediately pressed my ear against the door .

「…Maria, how’s the situation with those damn brats?」

「The situation is favorable, otousama . Nobody has noticed it yet . After all, they are children who came from a world without magic . Not even knowing how we will use them, they are in high spirits and are sleeping right now . 」

「Is that so . In that case, let’s continue with the plan . They are prohibited from entering the library . Starting tomorrow, have Saran train them . 」

「Yes, certainly . Everything is as otousama, Your Majesty the King . wishes . 」

…although I had expected this, how scary .

The people who were smiling at us up just a little while ago, were making plans to deceive us .

There were low-lives even on Earth, but because Japan was a gentle country, I had even thought in my heart that this was impossible .

However, even that ended at just that .

I concealed my presence and entered the study as the princess came out of the room .

Even so, having seen her just now, the princess’ face was unseemingly distorted, how dreadful .

There was no trace of her gentle smile .

I wonder if all girls were like that .

A guy like me wouldn’t be able to understand something like being two-faced .

I was wandering around the spacious study, looking for the king .

I liked reading, so I was interested in the books that were lined up, but I needed to control myself here .

I, took out a silver dagger from within my black clothing .

It looked sharp, so I took it along with me when I snuck into the armory .

Within the innermost part of the study, was the king .

He sat at his desk and was intently writing something .

I stood behind him .

I suddenly thought of something .

I could kill this guy right now without anyone noticing .

However, I still didn’t know what this guy’s intentions were .

Why did he summon us?

And, what kind of country was this?

And above all, I still didn’t have the resolution to kill someone .

No, to begin with, I don’t have such a savage personality as to kill here, but even if I had to do that for the time being, I couldn’t kill .

On that day, I returned to my room .

It was not until a month later, when I regretted not killing him at that time .