The attack will commence in an hour. After receiving the report from the girl, leader decided to commence with the attack immediately. With the absence of the guards, the presence of one adventuring party and a mysterious fox masked woman, the advantages were bigger than the disadvantages.

  “Midy, I would suggest staying out of sight for tonight.”

  “Oh? Give me your reason.”

  “While these adventurers can be handled by our numbers, the mysterious woman may be a different story. Acting alone means that she has more options for her actions.”

  “Expin.”

  “A regur adventuring party would choose to protect each other. Making sure that all of them are in danger would prevent them from going off on their own. Unless of course, they are a heartless person.”

  “Go on.”

  “I feel that this woman may be more trouble if fought and she may even directly target you if she notices you.”

  I smile at him. I see him shiver.

  “Good. That is exactly what I am looking forward to.”

  “Midy?”

  “Tell your men that if this mysterious woman decides to come to me to not interfere. Do you understand?”

  “Of course, midy. I will make sure to inform them.”

  “Well, if any of them decide to not listen, they will die. Easy as that.”

  “Of course.”

  “Now, bring the throne here. I like this view.”

  Leader leaves as we return to our tent. The girl is inside and she stands up as I enter.

  “No need. You did well today. Make sure to rest.”

  “O-okay.”

  “If all goes to pn, I will need you to take care of another person. So, it is for the best for you to rest until then.”

  I rex in the ten as we wait for the scheduled time.

  “You already understand what to do, right? Or will you let her bde pierce through me.”

  I look at Sylvia and she gazes back. She does not answer. This mysterious woman is the spy father is referring to. Normally, a spy would be unassuming and mindful of their actions but the girl referred to her as a nice person. There are only two possibilities for her tonight. If she decides to run, she has made the right decision but if she does not. Then, I get a new toy.

  “Make sure to hide yourself well. We do not want to scare away the prize, after all.”

  It did not take long for all of it to begin. The attack proceeded as pnned. The adventuring party put up a good fight and they killed around 15 bandits but they are now surrounded. Our mysterious woman on the other hand has been going on a spree.

  “So, she did decide to fight, after all. Do you think that is a good decision?”

  I look towards Sylvia and she shakes her head sideways.

  “That is right but it seems that this spy is truly a nice person.”

  She has already killed around 30 of them. She has killed twice as much as the adventuring party has. Granted she does have a significant advantage with her speed and their mage has not been casting for quite some time. Wait, their mage has not been casting?

  “Oh! I see. How smart of them.”

  Suddenly, a torrent of magic swirls in pce as a massive amount of water falls sweeping away all the bandits. The woman uses this opportunity to grab all the remaining vilgers and assist them in running away. Did they pn this? I guess this adventuring party must not have been underestimated.

  “Ah, they lost.”

  They lead all the remaining vilgers away from the pce. Wherever they are heading must be where the guards and their guild master could be. Following them is a foolish endeavor as leader recalls back all the remaining bandits. I lean back and rex myself. Then, moving faster than my eyes can see. A dagger stops right in front of me.

  “That was a good show. Did you feel confident enough to get rid of me as well?”

  The woman tries to force her weapon into me but Sylvia’s grip is stopping her. She tries to push harder but Sylvia stops her. She then pulls herself. Making Sylvia lose her footing temporarily but Sylvia does not let go. The woman spins in midair and twists Sylvia’s arm as Sylvia is forced to release her. The woman now stands there.

  “Well? It would be easy for you to run away. Why are you not doing so?”

  The woman moves again as Sylvia matches her. She is faster than Sylvia but since I am her target, it makes it quite banced. Sylvia does not need to move as much as her as it seems she is very determined to take me out.

  “Are you not worried? Do you believe you can kill me? Do you find yourself thinking that if you let me go, I would continue to do as I wish?”

  Another exchange of blows. Sadly, their fight is too fast for my eyes to see. I have a vague feeling that Sylvia can only respond to her. Sylvia is steadily losing ground. She is slowly getting closer to me as she is being pushed back by her speed. It seems I will need to save her today. I prepare the item given by father.

  “How long will this take? Just run away and leave. You cannot stop me.”

  How these words affected her is something I do not know but I see her for a moment before she becomes a blur moving faster than she did before but I already know what is going to happen. Her actions earlier already show that she has great accuracy so even without seeing, I already know where she will be. I move my head ever so slightly and raise my arm and as I feel the contact between her weapon and the throne, I attach to her the magic sealing device.

  “Ah. What a fool you have been.”

  Of course, even if I knew where she would be, her speed is still something that I cannot match. For this to work, Sylvia had to stop her for a single moment. Having lost access to her magic, the woman becomes slower. I grab her hand and pull her face just in front of mine.

  “Welcome home, pet.”