The World-Class Extra’s Walkthrough - Chapter 18

Episode 18

Reasonable Doubt

Kertion Imperial Palace.

“…Say it again.”

A sharp and heavy voice came from behind the curtain.

The magical power contained therein swept through the crowd of people, buzzing with a strange resonance.

Emperor Bareshan.

The momentum of the man who rose to the top of the empire was enough to tug at the hearts of everyone here.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

The Marquis of Royt, kneeling and prostrating, quietly opened his mouth.

“His Majesty, 3rd Prince Gilroshan, entered the enemy camp saying he would be of help to the empire rather than return to the safety of the imperial palace. “This is not a lie at all.”

“That’s funny. When you say that, doesn’t it seem like he left for some sacred royal duty?”

“Here comes the truth. His Majesty, the 3rd Prince, only wants to regain the great wealth of the empire…” “

Stop, stop! How far are you going to make me laugh?”

With that, the curtain lifted and the emperor walked out.

Madness flickered within his strangely distorted expression.

“Everything is true.”

The Marquis of Royt, who caught a glimpse of that face, lowered his head again.

However, Emperor Bareshan’s voice was bitter.

“Well, that guy got sick from the prophet’s disease, so he predicted all the events and saved his own life, so he went to Auracus himself to retrieve the ring that the Emperor lost?”

“That’s right.”

Then the emperor laughed.

“That’s really funny. There is no comedy. He’s my son, but he’s trash. Marquis. “You sure you don’t know?”

“….”

Instead of answering, the Marquis of Reuth bowed his head deeply and thought to himself.

‘You crazy bastard. No matter what, he is my son.’

The Marquis was not the only one here.

All the great and small officials of the imperial palace were gathered together and listening.

Yet, by calling his youngest son trash, he is throwing the prince’s reputation into the gutter.

I was really appalled by An Ha-muin’s attitude.

“….”

The Marquis had no choice but to quietly lower his head.

The opponent was the emperor.

No matter how much he is a sword master, he is someone I cannot even dare to talk to back.

Emperor Bareshan muttered while stroking his clean-shaven chin.

“Okay, whatever. There’s no way you could lie to me. He’s useless, but you never know. Maybe he will achieve unexpected results…”

Puhuhuhuh again.

Fortunately, the emperor was reacting as the third prince expected.

“…It wouldn’t be a bad idea to trust the Third Prince at least once. your majesty.”

But right then.

The emperor suddenly stopped laughing and turned his eyes somewhere.

“Duke Penn! “Are you there?”

Then a young knight with an honest look walked forward and bowed his head to the emperor.

“Did you find it, Your Majesty?”

‘Shedrick Fenn’, commander of the Imperial Knights.

He was an undefeated knight known as the ‘Spear of the Empire.’

‘Why is the interest suddenly increasing?’

The Marquis frowned quietly.

Shedrick Fenn, like himself, was one of the three swords of the Empire, but honestly, it could not be said that they had a very close relationship.

This was due to his tendency to be blindly loyal to the imperial family.

‘He went from being a commoner to becoming the emperor’s son-in-law and even receiving the title of duke, so it would be natural for him to be loyal without any hesitation.’

But that loyalty brought with it much bloodshed.

This was because the cruel nature of the emperor was revealed through Shedric’s sword.

So, seeing the Emperor’s mouth open, the Marquis of Reut could not help but feel ominous.

“Duke Fenn, select attendants who are particularly skilled in stealth and secretly infiltrate Aurax.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“And until further instructions are given, please watch the Third Prince from afar.”

“I understand, Your Majesty.”

“…?”

The Marquis of Reuth could not believe his ears.

‘You’re not going to rescue the 3rd prince from enemy territory, but you’re just going to watch him?’

why?

For what purpose?

In fact, the reason in Emperor Bareshan’s mind was extremely simple.

‘That guy is a guy who can have other thoughts once he gets the ring.’

Because he didn’t trust his son at all.

However, if he could use the Third Prince’s activities to retrieve the ‘Tears of Dawn’, he was willing to do so.

Even if I were to exchange rings with my son….

‘It’s a very big burial.’

Bareshan disappeared behind the curtain, leaving behind a cruel smile.

“….”

“….”

The crown prince and the second prince quietly followed him.

The Marquis of Reuth stood up as he heard the secretary’s voice announcing the dissolution.

‘There is no interference, but I must inform you that surveillance has been placed. But…’

How on earth do you send a message to the 3rd prince in the middle of Aurax?

This was a problem that even the Marquis had to worry about.

* * *

“You have a knack for coming out of the wrong places?”

“It’s common for everyone. “How can you see anything if you’re covered in that black thing?”

“Don’t worry, your thin hair is very visible.”

“joy.”

After confirming that Irgal was sitting there, I tried to close the door.

‘I guess I came to the black market because I needed something.’

It was just an unpleasant encounter by chance, so I just ignored it and went to another room.

All traders on the black market have the same list of items.

So there is no reason to sit with an uncomfortable person.

“Anyway, I didn’t like meeting you and let’s not see each other again. “Have a painful transaction!”

“Hey wait!”

The moment I was about to close the door, Irgal suddenly screamed.

“Oh what? why?”

I frowned as I was wasting time, but what Irgal said was very unexpected.

“Why don’t you come in and do business together? “I think we have similar goals.”

“…How do you know my purpose?”

The answer that came back was a masterpiece.

“There’s no way I wouldn’t know your purpose, right?”

I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut as the words struck me like a dagger.

A proposition that had been put aside for a while suddenly came to mind.

It was like that.

This guy was a player character.

‘I don’t know what happened.’

This guy was in the place I should have been in, and I had accidentally entered the body of the third prince.

If Irgal is truly a player in < The God-Forsaken World >, he might be able to predict my moves like he just said.

‘Does this feel really bad?’

And it was also very dangerous.

Since this guy and I are both in the revolutionary camp now, there was no need to fight openly.

As the game’s story progresses, if anyone switches to a different faction, the situation immediately changes.

They can immediately point their swords at each other.

And it was me who was at a disadvantage.

First of all, I had never even seen Irgal’s face properly.

‘I have to stay as far away from Irgal as possible.’

Having come to that conclusion, I clearly rejected Irgal’s offer.

“I’m sorry, but I have no intention of sharing my secret dealings with you. “Okay then.”

“Now wait a minute! “Listen to me for a moment!”

Why is this kid so squishy?

I tried to close the door immediately, but Yrgal quickly got up from his seat.

And he even took long strides towards me.

I could feel Kals and Tyrvaen tensing behind me.

“What is it? Come on?”

I flinched at the intimidating feeling emanating from the large figure with no visible face.

“I know what you came here for. ‘Shield of Balance’. “I’m sure you came to buy it too, right?”

“….”

At that moment, I felt my blood go cold.

As he said, the shield was a necessary item to solve the case of children dying.

It was also one of the three items I decided to get from this black market.

Yes, you definitely know my purpose, right?

Are you saying you want to interfere because you know everything?

Are you going to threaten me like this?

‘Then you can’t just suffer.’

I gritted my molars and glared at the guy in the shadows.

This guy was dangerous because I couldn’t predict it, and there was a possibility that he could turn into an enemy in the future.

I don’t know exactly what Yergal’s combat power is, but if it really couldn’t be avoided, it might be better to get rid of it now.

It would be a little easier to get rid of it in a back alley, out of sight of the city guard.

gulp.

‘But should I really kill him?’

You have to have blood on your hands like this?

At that time, I was in trouble and had a very uncomfortable feeling.

“…Gilroshan.”

Irgal came a little closer and called my name secretly.

I lost every sense in my body.

Now you have to decide.

Should we really deal with him?

If so, what should I do?

So can you take care of it?

‘Damn, I don’t want to do this.’

However, the words Irgal spoke to me, who was in conflict, were completely unexpected.

“Please help me.”

Do you want help?

What do I do?

Irgal swallowed dry saliva, glanced at the black market merchant, and started talking really nonsense.

“I don’t have enough money. So, just a little bit.”

“…huh?”

“You need the Shield of Balance, and I need it too. yes?”

“Is that so?”

“Then how about we pool our money and purchase the Shield of Balance as a set?”

I can’t believe my ears.

Wasn’t this bastard a threat?

“therefore! Let’s get a 1+1 discount together! how is it? “Isn’t it tempting?”

…another convenience store calculation method.

Irgal was very serious, but I was dumbfounded.

Now he wasn’t threatening me, he was asking me to make a joint purchase.

My mind went blank and I barely came to my senses.

“Hey, talk about bullshit at a dog cafe….”

Ugh, let’s stop.

I’m just annoyed.

‘what? 1+1?’

Is there anything this child of darkness can’t do?

After all, you are asking me to lend you money!

And that was nonsense.

Trading on the black market doesn’t work that way.

Want to buy two?

Then you may have to pay more.

If I couldn’t win against the black dealer sitting at that table, this place was worse than not coming.

As the gatekeeper expected earlier, even your panties may be taken off.

‘You mean this guy doesn’t even know that and just comes and sits here?’

That moment when I was looking at Irgal with sorrow.

‘uh? wait for a sec.’

There was an idea that crossed my mind.

…Is this okay?

After gathering my thoughts in an instant, I opened my palm to Irgal.

“Okay, I’ll do as you say, so give me the money first.”

“huh?”

“I’m going to sit at the table, so ask for money.” “You want 1+1?”

Then Irgal seemed to hesitate.

How come it seems like I can see all the facial expressions even though I’ve never even seen the face with the hood up?

“no? Then quit it. “It’s not that I have any regrets.”

“Oh no! no! “I will trust you and leave it to you.”

For some reason, Irgal handed over all his gold coins to me.

’92 gold coins.’

First of all, it was more than I had and objectively it was a significant amount.

It was especially difficult to hand it over to the person who had been growling just a moment ago.

But Irgal handed it over to me intact.

‘It looks like you really need the Shield of Balance.’

Is this guy also moving to prevent that event?

“….”

My thoughts become needlessly complicated.

For now, let’s focus on the situation in front of us.

I put Irgal’s gold coin in my inventory, went into the room, and sat down in front of the table.

The female merchant, whose face was covered with a mask that only exposed her eyes, looked at me and smiled quietly.

“Are you finished with the story?”

“Yeah whatever. Roughly.”

“So what do you want to do with the deal? “The person who came first was talking about the Shield of Balance.”

“How much is that?”

“I will accept only 120 gold coins.”

That’s exactly as much as I have right now.

“…I know how to hit the eye tag properly.”

“yes?”

“Oh, I know how to pay the price very well. “Because it’s such a good product!”

“Yes, I understand you are doing that….”

A dark merchant writing down a contract with ease.

But I had no intention of doing that.

“But in addition to the Shield of Balance, do you also sell ‘Death Dice’?”

Then everyone felt their shoulders stiffen.

That was because of the ‘dice of death’ I mentioned.

“Isn’t it me? “What are you saying now…?”

“Yes you bastard! “Are you really crazy?”

In particular, Kals and Tyrvaen lowered their voices and started to lose their tempers at me.

This ‘dice of death’ was a type of gambling using dice.

‘Just hearing about these two people remembering the third prince who was a gambler makes me sick.’

This was a story I came up with after learning that this black market operates in a form combined with a gambling house.

Just looking at it, the structure is like that, right?

The doorkeeper, the hallway, the secret room, and even this ‘dealer’.

“Lowering! Come all the way here! “Are you trying to gamble again?”

“Have you forgotten that your life is at stake!”

…There’s a storm raging in my ears.

And here’s another one.

“You…! What are you doing now?”

Irgal, who had entrusted all his assets to me, also had his hood shaking.

But I grinned across the table.

“Let’s get started, shall we?”

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