Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

a few days later.

On his day off, Cardin came to Jack Carter's tavern "Cat's Dinner".

"Oh? Mr. Cardin, long time no see."

"How are you doing?"

Cardin walked naturally to the bar, where Jack Carter placed a glass with orange juice on the table as usual.

"Of course I am doing fine. What brings you here today?"

"How's the information I asked you for last time?"

Before the vacation was over, Cardin approached Jack Carter and asked for "missing person information."

"Don't you see who I am? That's what you came here for."

Jack Carter smiled and pulled a thick book from under the bar.

"You want me to investigate whether there are people who have something in common among those who disappeared without a trace in dungeons, habitats, etc."

"Yes."

Jack Carter quickly opened the book and began to look for something. Soon he stopped and looked at Cardin. "I didn't expect it, but there are people who have something in common."

"is it?"

"Honestly, it's a little hard to find strange commonalities. Because most of the people who find dungeons and habitats are mercenaries, knights, and magicians."

Leaving no body behind means the most likely scenario is that it will be captured and eaten by monsters.

“But in the process of finding common ground, I discovered strange things.”

"strange things?"

"Students from the Hero Academy disappear regularly every year. Sometimes one, sometimes three?"

Hearing this, Cardan remembered the demons he met in the orc habitat and the Fram he saw in Trafalgar City this time.

"The missing students were all talented students who were in the top five of their graduating class at the time."

"Isn't their disappearance a simple accident?"

Death is an accident that can happen at any time in dungeons and monster habitats.

"That's possible. But it's very strange. It doesn't make sense that the bodies of students who regularly go missing every year are never found."

Hearing this, Cardin nodded in agreement.

"So, did all the students who were taken away become demons?"

Here again a question arises.

According to the information Fram heard from Mathias, the demonization cycle takes about 2 years.

So where are and what are the students who regularly go missing every year doing now?

The students who were taken away long ago must have become demons.

“Are there any students coming back?”

Have any students who turned into demons come back and pretend to be human?

"No, not at all. Not even one. Occasionally, a mercenary or a knight would appear after disappearing for two or three years."

"That's it."

Cardin smiled wryly and nodded.

"Four people have almost been kidnapped by the demons this time."

Klose, Lucas, Arad, and Esther.

With luck, they rescued Cardin, a student who was nearly captured by the demons.

"The demons are indeed targeting students."

The reason why the demons kidnapped the students is still unclear.

We can only speculate that it was to turn them into demons, but that is not necessarily accurate.

"I asked around, but unfortunately, this is all I can find."

"That's enough. Thank you for your hard work."

Cardin smiled slightly and took a sip of the orange juice in the glass.

"Ah, Mr. Jack Carter."

Cardin, who was drinking juice, seemed to have thought of something, put down the glass and continued asking questions.

"Do you know anything about Duchess Florian?"

"Duchess Florian?"

Jack Carter asked rhetorically, tilting his head.

Probably because of the characters that had no connection to Cardin.

"Of course there is information. What do you want to know?"

"Can you tell me everything?"

"Of course. Well, first of all, Duchess Vanessa Florian is the wife of Duke Roderick Florian."

There is nothing special about the basic information.

She is a foreign noblewoman who came to the Kingdom of Libera about 10 years ago when she was young and married Duke Roderick Florian.

He loves art and has donated a lot to various organizations to help people in need.

This story alone cannot be associated with the "demon clan".

"Now that Duke Roderick Florian is ill, the Duchess is managing the Duchy of Florian."

A woman now active as the Duke's deputy as his condition worsens.

Why would such a woman have a wild boar tattoo on her back?

"Is the Dukedom of Florian far from here?"

"No. It's not that far. It would take about a day by carriage."

Clang!

Jack Carter pulled something from under the bar and unfolded it on the table.

What he took out was a map of the Kingdom of Libera.

puff!

He pointed at the map and said.

"This place southwest of the capital is the Duchy of Florian. It's a fairly large and peaceful place."

Cardin quickly memorized the place.

"Let's just meet her once. If we show Luna Duchess Florian, we'll know if she's a demon or not."

But under what name should I meet her?

"Matthias said he met Duchess Florian at the party."

Although she can't be expected to show up at the party.

The best strategy would be to go directly to see her in the Duchy of Florian where she is.

"You can go there under the pretext of a dungeon raider."

Cardin continued to worry.

Soon Cardin drank the orange juice in one gulp and placed the empty glass on the table.

"Would you like another drink?"

Jack Carter seemed to be waiting and came over to ask.

"No, it's okay."

Cardin smiled and shook his head.

"Yeah. I heard you made a name for yourself in Trafalgar City."

"You've been out for a short time, and you've already heard the news?"

"It's been half a month since we won the defensive battle against the Goblin Legion, hasn't it?"

Half a month had passed, and the news of the victory in the defensive battle and the outstanding figures had spread throughout the kingdom in sufficient time.

"Thanks to this, Mr. Cardin's reputation has risen. In the future, clients may appoint Mr. Cardin as their sole commission."

"That's more troublesome than I thought."

Cardin said with a smile, and Jack Carter spoke again curiously.

"Tell me about your college life. Treat me as an intelligence agent and don't talk about personal matters at all."

Seems very curious about Cardin's college life.

"Nothing special. Just a monotonous and similar daily life."

Cardan only experienced a lot of special things, but most of them were related to the demons, so that part will be omitted altogether.

"Aren't you going to strive to graduate first? Take your time. I heard that rest is also a part of training."

"Yeah, I slept well too."

The conversation between the two became longer and Cardin was not able to return to the academy again until late at night.

"Mr. Jack Carter is a real chatterbox."

Of course it was not enough for Cardin to just hear about his daily life, so Jack Carter told Cardin about his daily life and the special experiences he had personally experienced.

Of course, there was nothing worth listening to.