Another World's Palm Spider

It was close to midnight when Byron looked up from the mass of local affairs to be dealt with.

During the next crusade mission from the Adventurer's Guild, he had already expected such a day—since he became an adult, matters from various places were handled by the current emperor of the empire, that is, his and Simon's father It was distributed to them one after another. As long ago, as princes, he and Simon had to learn to deal with state affairs like this, analyze the key points of each document, weigh the pros and cons of the event, and write their own opinions and suggestions, and finally hand it over to their father to make the decision.

With two talented sons, whether as the monarch of the empire or as a father, Nathaniel Hearst has cultivated the two princes fairly so far.

Compared with Byron, who can deal with state affairs with patience, Simon, who has always been much more active in thinking and character, is more inclined to use force to speak—of course, Simon has a very high talent in military affairs, so this After he and Simon brought back the news about the orc invasion on the border, His Majesty the Monarch of the Orac Empire immediately issued an order to send his eldest son to the border with an elite cavalry.

As soon as Simon left, the many affairs under his hands that had been accumulated because he was not in the royal city for a month were naturally pressed to Byron.Thinking of Simon's face full of relief written behind the thick and heavy pile of documents, Byron felt a little dumbfounded.

He reached out and pressed on the temple.

The originally thick stack of documents had already been shortened by a third, and Byron didn't intend to read any more.He put down his pen, and waved to his attendants to sort out the documents he had processed, and then sent them to the palace tomorrow, while he himself stood in front of the French window behind the desk, and gently opened the heavy curtains to look out.

There was a light wind blowing in the autumn night, and the neat rows of trees planted on the side of the street swayed the branches and leaves gently. The empty street because of the curfew did not feel the magnificence of the royal city during the day at all. It was extraordinarily quiet under the light of scattered torches.

After standing for a while, two soft knocks on the door caused Byron to look away from the outside. He lowered the curtains and turned to signal the attendant to open the door.

After seeing clearly who was standing outside the door, the attendant who had served His Royal Highness for many years immediately stepped aside, closed the door after the other party entered and guarded the door.

"Your Highness." The visitor bowed to Byron. This was an extremely ordinary-looking young man. He looked less than 30 years old, and he was wearing very ordinary civilian attire. Even if it appears anywhere, it will be classified into the unremarkable and forgettable crowd.

Byron nodded: "Go ahead."

"Since 'the one' went out, he has been to three places in total. He first went to the central square, visited around the hero statue for a while, then went to the rich area, and when he was about to enter the rich area, he changed his way to Walk in the direction of the shopping street, and finally arrive at the shopping street after bypassing three tavern alleys."

The young man didn't go into details—in fact, His Royal Highness asked the black-haired young man he followed to detour all the way, which made him think that his tail was discovered at first, but later he saw the young man countless times. Grabbing passers-by and asking about something, he realized that the one he was following was simply lost...

Thinking of the embarrassing and frustrated behavior of the black-haired young man who was being followed for a while, the young man felt a little funny, but the tone of the report still maintained a steady pace: "...and As His Highness predicted, he went straight into the weapon shop with his stuff, and had already contacted the owner of the weapon shop. Originally, we planned to follow His Highness's instructions, but the eldest lady of the Saint Lorgar family suddenly appeared and snatched the weapon instead. Got into trouble with him before us."

Hearing this, Byron frowned slightly: "The eldest lady of the San Lorca family? You mean that Leila Joe San Lorja?"

"Yes."

"Isn't the regular meeting of the Alchemy Association held in a few days?" Byron took two steps forward and began to think to himself.

The young man clearly knew that this was just a manifestation of His Royal Highness thinking about the problem, so he didn't make a sound, but just waited silently.

As expected, Byron immediately issued instructions after catching doubts: "People in that family are notoriously reluctant to go out, so how could such a coincidence happen... Go and find out why she is outside the regular meeting. Days leave the tower."

"Yes." The young man paused and continued: "The two had a quarrel in the weapon store. According to the description of the person who arranged in the weapon store in advance, he verbally angered the young lady, so he was rejected by that lady. The eldest lady called the guards and locked them in the dungeon of the king's city."

While listening, Byron, who sat down after returning to the desk, suddenly curled his lips indistinctly when he heard this: "That is to say, he is still locked in the dungeon of the king's city?"

"Yes." After the young man replied, hesitation suddenly flashed across his face, but almost immediately, his expression returned to normal: "Your Highness, I have asked about Leila Joe Saint Luo on my own initiative. Ga’s instructions to the guards are said to be to shut him up in a nearby cell where there are no prisoners and starve for two days to punish him for offending the young lady. Since the warden’s son is an alchemist, Saint-Lo Recently, rumors spread from the Jia family that they would re-select a spouse for the young lady, so the prison officer agreed almost immediately. Because of this, the detention did not go through formal procedures, and there was no relevant incident record. "

Byron showed a thoughtful expression, and after several seconds of silence, he tapped on the edge of the table with his fingers, and his voice was steady but with a hint of majesty: "I see. You have done a good job, but about your good I hope that there will be no next time for the behavior of claiming to inquire about the news."

"……Yes."

Byron watched the young man bow respectfully and take two steps back before turning around to go out. He relaxed a little and leaned back in the chair when he was the only one left in the room.

The midnight bell rang suddenly, and at such a moment of complete silence, the ringing of the bell from far away was particularly clear.

Byron closed his eyes.

Aize, who was imprisoned in the dungeon of the royal city... what will he do?

Ever since Aize said that he had a lot of money, Byron had a vague idea of ​​testing Aize.

Although Ai Ze once promised in disguise that he would not harm people, no matter how harmless Ai Ze looked when he said such words, it could not change the fact that he was a humanoid king-level monster. Byron no matter what Neither could easily fully trust Aize's promise.

His temptations started a long time ago - for example, he didn't stop Aize from going back to the lair to get what he called "valuable things".

During the period from Agra City to Wangcheng Road, Ai Ze was kept in his sight almost all the time, this guy really behaved well along the way, eating human food and sleeping on human bed , living a human life without showing any unaccustomedness at all, the attitude of seeing nothing new and unfamiliar, and doing everything naturally and without obstacles almost makes Byron think that he is actually not at all. He was just a human being, and there was no such thing as a king-level ghost spider following him until Aize followed him back to the royal city of Glarui.

Byron, who was busy running around as soon as he got home, did not relax his observation of Ai Ze. In fact, he had arranged everything a long time ago, and the test method that he had thought of from the beginning was also brought by Ai Ze with his "valuable money" The stuff" officially begins when you head out.

Yes, Byron planned to let Aize sell off the property in his lair that once belonged to passers-by or other adventurers, and let people come forward to pester Aize when he was about to let go-Byron must know that without him In the next situation, whether Aize will really keep the promise he made.Of course, it would be best if Aize didn't do anything, then his last temptation would be completely over, but in case Aize broke his promise...

The space masters and enchanters that had been deployed around the weapon shop in the commercial street were enough to trap him until Byron arrived on the scene.

However, everything that was originally planned has changed. Leaving aside why the eldest lady of the Saint Lorgar family left the tower outside the regular meeting time of the Alchemy Association, her appearance replaced the role arranged by Byron. Became the one who challenged Aize.

It's really a strange coincidence, how could she appear in the shopping street on a day when the San Lorgar family couldn't go out, and just happened to enter the weapon shop and ran into Ai Ze reselling her dagger?

This thing is really strange.

Although her appearance made Byron's entire plan a lot more dangerous, as far as the current situation is concerned, Aize's performance is still satisfactory.

As for whether Aize will do anything else after being imprisoned in the dungeon of the king's city-this remains to be seen.

Instead, Aize's current experience gave Byron another idea.

Yes, it was the "supposedly" that Aize blurted out before.Since Ai Ze would say something like this, it means that there are other spiders around him, and, with his cover-up and refusal to speak out, Byron knows what the other party is worried about without even thinking about it——Ai Ze After all, I am still afraid.

From Byron's observation, the root cause of Aize's fear lies in him. At first, he was afraid of being discovered by him, but later he couldn't hide his identity and was afraid that he would turn his back on him. Finally, he found that he was surrounded by other spiders. He knew that the only thing he was afraid of was that he would deal with the spiders that followed.

He thought he knew why Aize cared so much about his emotions, but, leaving aside any emotional factors, Aize's danger level as a king-level monster was very high, as far as Byron investigated. According to the data, the ferocity of Nether Spider is such that he has to join forces with Simon to have a slight chance of winning.On the one hand, he didn't want to head-on without being sure, and on the other hand, the ghost spider in human form was too different from the rumored one. Considering the two together, Byron gave up the idea of ​​attacking the ghost spider and tried to control it instead. Everything that lives in Aize, of course, also includes the spiders around Aize.

And Ai Ze, who was imprisoned in the dungeon of Wangcheng, offered him this opportunity on his own initiative.

If he doesn't do anything, will Aize send the spider who has been by his side to ask him for help?Or would he simply be unable to restrain himself and escape from the dungeon that destroyed the royal city?

Byron got the answer almost as soon as this idea popped up in his mind - there was a "bang" sound from outside the window, like the sound of something slamming on the glass, which made Byron almost reflective Instantly cast a defensive light magic.

The milky white brilliance superimposed the candlelight in the room, presenting a very warm hazy orange.

Byron stood up and opened the curtain, and was taken aback for a moment.

I saw a palm-sized spider with slender legs and white body pawing on the glass outside the window. Probably because the glass was too bright, it was slowly sliding downwards, and its body was still moving while sliding. Shrinking, it looks like a feeling of moving at a high speed and hitting the glass and knocking his head, because it feels so stupid, Byron immediately understood that this was probably the one following Aize The spider is gone.

I don't know if it's because it's a spider that came out of a nest, why it looks so...

Byron squeezed back the smile that was almost on his face, stretched out his hand to open a window, and the white spider, which had shrunk to almost the size of a grain of rice, immediately cheered up when he saw Byron open the window, his slender forelimbs struggled to pull Twice, came in through the gap of the opened window——

"Master Swordsman, please help my boss!" It may be because of his size, although the voice of the little spider is a little soft, but the eagerness in his voice is still very obvious: "He was imprisoned underground by the hateful human beings. Alas, Master Swordsman! Bring the boss out, okay?"