Baby Princess Through the Status Window - Chapter 123
Translator and Editor: Nana and Tea
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Chapter 123
“Are you alright?” As soon as Siervian saw Delphi Borgir, she couldn’t help but ask. The Justice Guild Master appeared before her, significantly injured.
“I’m fine. It’s not as serious as it looks,” Delphi reassured her, though the smell of blood lingered in the air. Roid, who had temporarily dropped his act, cautiously held his sword with his hand, on alert.
“It seems there’s a problem,” Siervian commented. They had entered the expected location, the backdoor of the restaurant’s kitchen. However, it was entirely isolated from the area where customers were.
“I will explain everything in due course. Oh, you don’t need to worry about them.” Delphi indicated the staff, who were dressed as ordinary employees, but Siervian’s status window revealed they were all disguised Justice Guild members.
“Let’s go this way,” Delphi directed them.
“You mean through this door?”
“Yes.”
He pointed to a shabby small door that seemed to lead to a storage area. Delphi squeezed his large frame through it first. Roid hesitated, unsure whether they could trust these people, but seeing that Siervian had checked their status windows and found them all to be normal, she followed the Guild Master through the small door.
“Princess, we will check the place first.”
“It’s okay.”
Inside the door, instead of finding the expected storage room, they were met with a surprisingly long staircase leading downward. Following the narrow passage that seemed to lead to an underground space, they were astonished to find Maison there.
“Greetings, Your Highness,” she said, revealing her true face this time.
Certainly, Maison had previously guided them to this restaurant while disguised as a man, and then she vanished into the alley. Yet here she was, without any other visible doors or corridors in this underground space.
‘Is there another passage somewhere around here?’ Siervian wondered as she looked around.
The underground space was dimly lit overall, seemingly to avoid detection by magic. The only source of non-smoke-producing light was a few scattered torches. The place seemed hastily constructed, with bits of dirt here and there. There were no doors visible that could be identified as such, and they seemed to evade magical scans as well.
‘Is this another of Maison’s works?’ Siervian pondered. It appeared that these people had countless ways to operate without triggering magical alerts.
‘I wish I could learn a few of their techniques,’ she thought to herself. Considering the Empire’s daily life was infused with various forms of magic, knowing such methods could undoubtedly prove useful.
“She’s Vice Guild Master Maison, you’ve met her before, right?” the Guild Master said to Siervian who was observing Maison curiously.
“Yes,” Siervian replied, confident that he had no intention of revealing Maison’s disguise skills.
‘I should pretend I don’t know anything. Even if I suspect her, I shouldn’t show too much interest. It has already attracted too much attention when I acted unfazed upon encountering Maison before. I should behave as if it’s been a long time since I last saw her.’
“Once again, I apologize for bringing you here, Your Highness.”
“It’s alright. …It seems there was some trouble.”
The Guild Master said his injuries were nothing serious, but from Maison’s status window, it seemed otherwise. Judging from his level and build, he appeared to be a skilled swordsman. But how did he end up with those injuries?
The realization struck Siervian that it might be related to the task she assigned.
“Let me tell you the result first.”
“Yes.”
Although Siervian answered calmly, her fingers fidgeted as if trying to suppress her nervousness. She tried to remain composed, focusing on the Guild Master’s face, determined to stay strong no matter what the news.
“The request you entrusted to us was a success. However, there is a problem.”
It was about the allergies to Harmin leaf.
The Guild Master presented the results confidently, along with a disturbing revelation.
Siervian instinctively checked Delphi’s emotions, but his status window showed nothing significant.
[Delphi Borgir]
Mood: Confusion
Thoughts: What should I do about this…? I’ve gathered the information, but I didn’t expect to be caught.
‘Caught? By Marquis Pacour?’
It could be a more serious matter than she thought. Siervian considered how far his actions were discovered and whether her own actions had been exposed.
‘Could it be that they sent an assassin for this?’
Various thoughts raced through Siervian’s mind. The tension in Maison’s face increased as she observed the Guild Master’s scrutinizing expression.
The Guild Master had been monitoring the client’s emotions and firmly decided to reveal the shocking truth.
“To start, I have confirmed that everyone on the list you provided has been killed.”
“Everyone…?”
Siervian was at a loss for words to describe her emotions at that moment. She hadn’t expected such a thing. Was it because she never thought they were all killed in the conspiracy? Or was it the sense of desolation for her terrible prediction?
“Yes, I went through records from the past 100 years.”
It was even longer than she had imagined, Siervian’s eyes shook at this revelation. She hadn’t considered this aspect at all. The allergy didn’t appear recently, so what could have happened in the Empire since its establishment?
“I have confirmed that even those whose deaths were labeled as accidents were killed intentionally. Many accidents seemed suspicious when we investigated.”
“….”
“And especially in cases where there were people related to those who died not long ago, we made sure they were not really accidents. The results point in this direction.”
The Guild Master handed over the report he had kept close. As Roid reached out to examine the document, Siervian didn’t stop him. She trusted Roid and let him do it.
“Take a look, Your Highness.”
Once he confirmed that there was nothing unusual, Roid gave her the document. Although she didn’t sense any traces of mana, she didn’t stop him. He trusted her and believed she was capable of handling the investigation.
After confirming that everything seemed normal, the Guild Master explained, “This is our secret code. Typically, along with the documents, we provide a string that can be decrypted once the client fully pays the fee.”
That made sense, so Siervian nodded in agreement. Then, she took out the pouch containing the remaining payment. At some point, she realized that this amount of money could be easily spent without much thought.
“I understand. But you must explain in detail about the problem that has arisen.”
Although she already had a rough idea of the issue, she deliberately asked for more information. This was akin to a test for the Justice Guild. While they were trustworthy, she needed to make sure they weren’t hiding anything about the task.
And especially in these critical times, she needed to know the full truth.
Fortunately, the Guild Master confidently assured Siervian, wearing a self-assured expression, “Here it is.”
[Adante Roid]
Thought: Her Highness is quite sharp. It’s good she didn’t pay the fee too readily. If they had any thoughts of deceiving her, we could have made them regret that decision.
Standing nearby, Roid nodded slightly, appearing to agree with the Guild Master’s assessment.
“I have confirmed it,” Maison, who was also standing nearby, replied in a calm voice. However, there was something suspicious in her thoughts.
[Maison]
Thought: It’s good that the payment was made properly. With this, I can cover the losses incurred this time. Nobles usually show some attitude when receiving information, but as expected of the Princess, she’s a good customer.
‘Losses?’ Without showing any surprise, Siervian redirected her gaze back to the Guild Master.
“Here’s the deciphering key. However, you can use the document to check the details later. I’ll give you a brief explanation now,” the Guild Master said.
“Yes, I’d like to hear about the problem that has arisen,” Siervian replied, her heart pounding loudly. Even if the Guild Master couldn’t read status windows like her, the tension in the room was palpable.
“During the process of infiltrating the target’s base, our presence was detected,” the Guild Master revealed.
“What…!” She was taken aback. Although she had expected some investigation, she hadn’t anticipated such a bold approach as directly infiltrating the Duke’s mansion.
“However, they did not discover that it was us who infiltrated. You can rest assured about that part.”
[Delphi Borgir]
Thoughts: I was so cautious that we may have to move the Guild building to avoid any potential tracking, but well… many guilds relocate their buildings due to financial reasons, so it won’t raise any suspicions.
It seemed the Guild Master chose this option to erase any traces. The losses that Maison mentioned were likely related to this.
Regardless, Siervian realized that the reputation of the Justice Guild, which valued justice highly, was well-deserved.
“The fact that the client was not exposed is also confirmed. However, the Duke’s side must have noticed that someone was investigating them. …If we keep an eye on that, there’s a possibility of finding out what they were investigating,” the Guild Master explained.
“Ah…” Siervian wasn’t entirely hopeful. If the Duke suspected that someone is investigating the deaths related to Harmin allergies, it would be risky. It was highly likely that suspicion and potentially harmful magical arrows would be directed toward someone like Siervian, who had the same allergy.
—
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Rate the novel on Novel Updates.
Join our discord to receive the latest updates as soon as possible!
Comments for chapter "Chapter 123"
MANGA DISCUSSION
What Are Pilot Novels?
Pilot novels are novels that will only have a few chapters released from our group. We hope that someone else can continue these novels for the enjoyment of everyone!