[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World

[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 262: Discussion (1)

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The twenty-four-hour house arrest has ended, and now Noelle can freely roam to all the places she wants in the city.


Of course, the first place he came to was an inn, where three police agents he knew lived for a while.


Sitting on one of the benches of a nearby restaurant, Noelle only glanced for a moment while smiling faintly.


"I'm sorry I just met you. You know the situation has become more complicated lately."


Behind him, a woman and a man were sitting side by side without the slightest look towards him.


Noelle had deliberately requested this method of communication because she did not want to take the attention of the agents of the Lunatic Order. The restaurant is quite 'shady', and rarely anyone uses it to exchange information.


Of course, that was the main reason Noelle brought them here. If he were to have a conversation in a place that was indeed often used for information transactions, it would be even more suspicious.


"No problem. We also have to deal with a few things before we finally get a chance to meet you here."


The man beside the woman replied in a whisper, making Noelle nod.


"So? How's your situation? "


As Noelle asked, she could feel the woman sitting right behind her nodding.


"The information you gave us about Feran Cerces is more than enough. With that information, the police officially stated that they would join the pursuit of the Swallow Life Order. You've given me an incredible lead. Besides ... Since the information claim is on my team, we will all get a promotion soon. But of course, there are still many procedures to take care of."


"That's it, huh? "


At least, the news that the police are getting involved is a good thing. With this, the church will not lack personnel, and the police can provide their assistance at any time.


In addition, the police force also had strong ties with the military, so if any traces of the Swallow Life Order were caught, it would be the case, all the parties working together could exert a greater force to capture them.


The situation has changed. The members of the Swallow Life Order were stronger than everyone expected, and they also cooperated with other organizations like the Hermit Cult. Not much is known of the two organizations, so this is more dangerous.


In the raid that night, neither the Swallow Life Order nor the Hermit Cult members were found alive. It is regrettable that the church lost the source of information, but they cannot protest against anyone, given that the situation will only worsen if they are allowed to live.


The only person alive today is a man named Dwayne Lee, who the church suspects is a spy from an unknown party.


They decided to keep Dwayne Lee's identity as a spy from leaking to any organization, as they could use him as a temporary affiliate.


At the very least, the corpses of the members of the Swallow Life Order and Hermit Cult would be guarded until the members of the upper echelon of the church came to inspect it.


Noelle only found out about it from Dolf, and she was completely shocked by it. There is a party called the 'Twelve Prophets' who ruled as the upper echelon of the church of Goddess Zelica.


There was not much information about the twelve figures, but Noelle was told by Dolf that they were all direct messengers of the Goddess herself. Arguably, they are representatives, or extensions of the Goddess.


One of them was a person who had the ability to check the memories of corpses. It was only a matter of time until the church party regained the tail of the Swallow Life Order that was detached.


"The situation is getting better, but .. we're really sorry. If only we had come sooner then … "


The woman behind him spoke in a voice full of regret. He asti was still thinking about Gild's matter until now.


If only he and his team had returned to the city of Fencen earlier, then they could have informed Noelle of Gild sooner.


At that apology, Noelle only responded with a short head-belt.


"No, this is also beyond my estimation. It's all happening much faster than I predicted."


Noelle was quick to get information about them, but the movement of all parties was much faster than she thought.


Noelle had originally predicted that the pursuit of the Swallow Life Order would take place a few days after she sent out the information.


You could say, this is an unexpected variable.


Moldy was easy to find because he left many obvious traces. It all started with research done by Dexter and Mona. Afterwards, Tian finds similarities between the case he's been in with the one Dexter and Mona have faced before. Just like that, they ended up tracking down Moldy's whereabouts.


"Do you need anything to compensate?"


Just being forgiven won't make them taste better. It was because they knew very well that Noelle already had a good view of the old man they later knew as Gild.


Meanwhile, Noelle, she had already thought of everything she needed. Result—


"I'll save that for later. I might need your help."


For now, he doesn't need any help. All the cases are over, and the strange creature that appeared in Felice's room has also been confirmed as a 'threat message' from Silis who is a member of the Hermit Cult.


However, there was still one thing that bothered Noelle.


He still hasn't found the man behind Mona's attack.


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After returning to her own apartment, Noelle immediately sat on the sofa and drew a symbol on the paper.


A cage with two small white mice was in front of it, and Noelle took one of the mice, then burned the symbol-figured paper after wrapping the mouse with it.


『You finally called me. There's a lot I want to talk about.』


"Let's talk about everything one by one" Noelle replied in response to the sound coming from the rat.


"First, I'd like to ask you about Voyager's current situation."


Noelle already had a brief understanding of what was happening, but she still wanted to hear the situation directly from a figure who had a connection with the party.


Noir has also told about Gild who is the contractor of one of the outer gods belonging to Voyager.


Without the slightest pause, the rat replied, 『Not so bad. In fact, it can be said that Voyager currently does not have the slightest problem. The new contractor for the old man will also be determined soon.』


"Once, yes … "


『That's a relief, but at the same time also worrying. Absolutely amazing because Voyager accepted your offer for a truce for three years.』


"My offer? " Noelle slightly tilted her head in confusion.


『Ahh, correct. That's your contract partner's offer. I don't know the details, but Voyager didn't really mind accepting the offer.』


With a frown on her forehead, Noelle immediately asked Noir.


(Hey, what offer did you make? )


Without her guessing, a dry laugh did not emerge from the depths of her mind, but from one other rat that had previously been completely unchecked.


"So you can transfer your consciousness to animals, huh? "


『Hehe, if that brat over there can do it, then there's no way I won't. Precisely, this is very easy as I only need to dominate the small consciousness of this rat.』


『Who do you call a boy, bastard?』


『Keh-hehe, in essence, the offer I made to them did not harm you at all. You'll get a peaceful time without interference from them for at least three years. Thank me.』


"But ... Why did you make that offer? "


『Isn't it clear? I don't want them to interfere. Three years should be enough to solve everything.』


" ……… "


Noelle didn't really know what Noir was talking about at the moment, but she understood that Noir couldn't possibly answer.


At the very least, all Noelle could do right now was to let the situation flow, and wait until there was a clue as to what Noir was planning.


From the looks of it, Noir did not really wish to be free. He has another purpose. A goal that not even Noelle herself knew of.


As if sick of seeing Noelle's interaction with Noir, 'He Who Likes Fairy Tales and the Past' finally interjected.


『But the mission was really surprising. Unfortunately, I lost sight when your contract partner took over your body.』


『Hehe, what a pity, it takes a greater power than that to peek through《All Fiction》, you won't be able to see anything with that narrow view.』


Another word that Noelle did not understand appeared.


He knew that Noir took over his body when he lost consciousness, but he really did not know anything that happened back then.


《All Fiction》, or whatever 'They' say, Noelle can't interpret it at will.


Although curious, Noelle did not plan to pry about it for now. There's still time for that.


Besides that—


『Ahh, by the way I have to tell you something.』


"Whatis that? "


『You have guests.』


"Guests? "


Noelle immediately frowned. Those words had many meanings, and he had a suspicion of the situation he was in.


『It would be better for you to see it for yourself.』


After the rat made a sound, a faint image was clearly imprinted in Noelle's mind.


It depicted an island with the ruins of a building, and the picture instantly turned into a scene on the edge of a cliff, with a young blond man standing while staring at the ruins of the building.


"Cryll … "


『So? What do you want to do now? I purposely didn't do anything just so she wouldn't run into trouble, you know? 』


Thats odd. If 'She' wanted to, then 'She' could have just done whatever 'She' wanted.


Of course, killing or completely ignoring Cryll's presence there was a theological choice Noelle could think of. This time, however, he pondered something else.


It took a while until Noelle finally made a decision.


" … I'm sorry, but can you let him into your dungeon once again? If you can, I want you to send him to the mist island."


The decision Noelle made and expressed almost without the slightest problem.


In fact, the figure he thought would hinder his goal was precisely to remain silent without saying anything.


With the shape of the mouse, Noir calmly bit the half-sized bean from his body.


Given that Noir once said that he should not go back to Olivia and the others, Noelle thought Noir would stop the decision. Noelle was wrong.


The appearance, or involvement of Cryll may be a variable that has absolutely no effect, or a major impact on the plan.


In that case, Noelle wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to let Cryll understand the situation.


It might be useless, but it was still a relief when someone else could figure out the situation now.


『It's easy. But, you know it's not cheap, right?』


"Yes, I know. Just tell me what you want."


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