[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World

[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 234: First Day (2)

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After all the customers were out, Felice quickly put up a lid marker board right in front of the door. After which, he went straight inside and locked the door of the bar so that no one would be able to open it from the outside.


"Are there really no more customers? "


Rita anxiously asked Felice, while the person who accepted her question simply nodded.


"I've checked all the places, including the toilet. There are no other customers. The magic tool that detects the presence of humans also does not detect anyone other than us."


After hearing Felice's reply, Rita immediately exhaled a sigh of relief.


(Why do you guys look panicked? )


Although Noelle did not ask him, the expression on her face clearly illustrated all those questions.


Felice looked at him for a moment, then smiled wryly.


"I know what you're thinking. Actually, we don't need to do any additional checks, but .. This is just to prevent old events from reoccurring."


"old events? " asked Noelle curiously.


Felice nodded, she then walked towards the counter table and tidied up everything on it while explaining.


"A few months before you joined, there were civilians who accidentally joined us in the meeting. Turns out, he was on the toilet when we closed the bar, so he didn't get out and followed us to the meeting room."


" … Then .. What happened to him? "


Was he forcibly silenced? Noelle naturally thought so.


"He is now a member in another branch. After he heard all of our talks at the meeting, we couldn't just let him go. Dexter initially suggested to brainwash him to erase all related memories, but that way was too difficult to do so the Captain was forced to take the middle ground."


"Make him join the organization, yes … "


Currently, the person in question was working as a civil staff in another branch, so Noelle was not too interested to hear the story any further.


"Then ... For today's meeting, where is the place? "


"You're standing right on it, you know? " Rita who was sitting in a chair suddenly interjected.


Noelle looked there, and found Rita crossing her legs while holding a luxurious glass cup.


"On it ... You mean, it's under us? "


Noelle in disbelief looked at the floor where she stood. No matter how hard he tried, he could not feel anything from down there.


It looked like normal solid ground, there was not enough empty space for one human to occupy.


Then, Noelle recalled the same thing she felt when she had not joined the Lunatic Order. Just then, he managed to sense some human presence from inside the bar building, but all of that disappeared after he stepped his foot inside.


It also matched Felice's previous explanation. Since their detection ability was impaired by the barrier effect, they had to wear a magic tool that could give them access to feel the presence of everyone present in this building.


The secret room underground was neither surprising nor strange. Even so, Noee still felt excited when she heard it.


"Noah, why do you look so excited? "


Rita felt Noelle's enthusiasm, and decided to ask.


"Ahh, I don't know. It's just .. Every time I hear something about the underground building, it makes me excited," Noelle replied with a small smile.


After a short conversation, the three finally left.


They entered the staff room, and passed through one of the doors. Behind that door, there was a staircase of unknown length, pointing straight down.


Noelle still didn't know anything about this place, so she couldn't force her to leave first. In the end, he simply walked down the stairs by following Felice and Rita in front of him.


Slightly surprising, the number of steps Noelle passed was far less than what she had seen before. It's pretty weird, but that doesn't mean Noelle's gonna be so surprised.


He had experienced many other strange things, so an illusory staircase like this would be nothing.


(I don't think it's polite to compare this place to a trap created by a god .. )


Noelle smiled wryly as she continued to follow Felice and Rita. Finally, he arrived at a fairly large room with many chairs and tables.


All the chairs and tables in the room were arranged facing the same direction, two chairs and a chalkboard that was quite large in size.


The three of them were not the first people in this room. By the time they entered, there were already people who had come first and waited for everything.


"Are you the first one to come here? "


Noelle naturally immediately took a seat right beside Louen, while the man she spoke to returned her greeting with a soothing warm smile.


"No, Tian was here a moment ago, but he suddenly came out looking for the Captain."


Noelle was not too surprised when she saw Louen had already come first from her. After all, Louen was on the noon schedule, right after the meeting notice was given. Therefore, he was ready to go to the bar from the beginning.


"I'm sorry for not helping you and Rita. The sudden call of duty was always troublesome." Louen uncomfortably lowered her head slightly. From the looks of it, she was truly sorry for having passed her shift today.


From today to Saturday, Louen has a shift schedule that is quite similar to Noelle. The only thing that distinguishes it is the start clock and the finish clock.


"No problem, we can handle it. Focus on your own work." Noelle quickly retorted while waving her hand slightly.


Not far from his place, Felice and Rita were also sitting and chatting lightly together.


All continued on casually, until finally everyone had already gathered.


There were some faces that Noelle had never seen before, but she knew their names and ages thanks to the clerical register book.


There was a man sitting beside her, making her halfway between the man and Louen.


If Noelle doesn't remember her name wrong, then the man must be Dexter, who is already 24 this year.


Then, there was also a woman who appeared and made the group of women at the end of the room become more complete.


From the very beginning, the Lunatic Order branch in this city did not have many female members. In total there were only three people including Felice and Rita.


The newly-emerged woman is named Mona, and she is a treasurer as well as a secretary who organizes almost all the activity and finance sheets for the team in this cafe bar.


The three were busy chatting while laughing occasionally, whereas the rows of men were just silent without a word.


They were all waiting for the remaining people, namely Dolf and Tian.


Feeling bored, Dexter who was beside Noelle turned to the side, looking directly at Noelle.


"Are you a new kid named Noah? You look better than I imagined. It's nice working with you, you probably already know, but my name is Dexter. Call me as you like."


Noelle nodded lightly while smiling. "It's good to see you, Dexter. It's good to work with you."


While Noelle was introducing herself, the door suddenly opened, and the two figures she had been waiting for finally arrived.


Everyone, including Noelle, stood up for a moment, paying formal respects until Dolf allowed everyone to sit down again.


After everyone sat down, Dolf looked at them one by one, before finally his gaze stopped on Tian.


Dolf nodded, and Tian replied to him with a brief nod before finally standing up and approaching the blackboard.


Tian lifted one white chalk, started drawing something like a concept map there. Meanwhile, Dolf finally spoke.


"Good afternoon, everybody. Sorry to bother you all. But, as you know, this meeting will not be held if we do not have a compelling reason to do so."


Pounding for a moment, Dolf began to take a sitting position with his top slightly leaning forward.


"Before noon, the Church sent us a letter. The letter contains an explanation of what we should all do next."


Tian was still busy with the blackboard, but Dolf did not stop his explanation.


"I'm sure you all know that. There's a fugitive in town. That sounds normal, doesn't it? The thing is, these fugitives are linked to the evil organization we've been after all this time."


After those words were launched, Noelle instantly had a bad feeling about this.


"The demon I'm referring to is Feran Cerces, a comfort woman who knows many Republican officials, as well as the culprit behind the theft and embezzlement of valuable assets from some public figures. As far as we're concerned, he's already run over three million Lunar."


(Ahhh, of course the name will be called .. )


"That's a big amount." Dexter involuntarily commented directly. He was really surprised by that amount of money.


"I agree with you. But that's not our problem. Feran Cerces, that woman has been confirmed as a member of the Swallow Life Order, which we've been looking for all this time."


"Are they finally coming to the surface? Those cowardly rats finally showed themselves, huh? "


Dexter seems to like to comment without thinking.


But what he said was true. Although the Swallow Life Order would make a huge fuss whenever it came to the surface, they were always hiding when it was almost caught. That makes them the most troublesome group to fight against.


"That is how, in short .. The Church asks us to investigate all things about Feran Cerces, starting from his background, the facts behind his work, his reasons for stealing all that money, and many others. For that, we'll split the task."


After Dolf finished saying that, Tian simultaneously also stopped writing. He moved away from the blackboard, then showed it to everyone.


(Group division, yes ... Huh, why am I paired with Elis? )


Of all the groups available, Noelle was paired with Felice. Of course, it's not all without reason.


"I'm sure you're confused by this, but .. I've considered everything. Noah, I received a report that you were a witness when Feran Cerces first showed me. So, I want you to pair up with Felice to gather, as well as provide information to all the remaining members."


"That's no problem." Noelle answered him.


He doesn't mind this. After all, everything was to his liking.


For some time, Noelle wanted to avoid the front lines. So, working behind the desk by being an informant would be a good move.


In addition, as a witness at the scene, he had more access to information covered by various parties.


(I don't think this will be a problem.)


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