Chapter 8: Chapter 8 – Investigation

"So... Is this it?" - Noire

"Yes... Is it bad?" - Cillia

"Yea it's... Very run down... You live here?"

"Yes, I'll... Go and tell other there's visitor"

With a look of worries, Cillia went in through the front small double door, it's a small orphanage with barricade windows... 

Jezz, if you told me there's a zombies outbreak around here, I'll believe you, all the windows are broken and board up, broken door reinforce with wood scrap... Do they not receive... Or did the criminal stole their funding? 

After a while, an old lady with clouded magenta eyes and brown one piece clothing come out of the orphanage

"You are all the guest yes?... Come in, come in..."

"Coming in~" - Noire

"Nya~"

Coming inside the orphanage, the inside are just as expected, run down but clean

Broken roof, floor, painting that's been torn into piece... A huge hole on the wall... 

"This place Is very run down... What happened here?" - Noire

"The kind of things you would expected to happen when you build a nice orphanage in the slum district... Not much donation... Criminal stole orphanage funds... Child broke a wall cause they can't use their power properly..."

"You sound strangely calm" 

"Oh oh oh, well, so long as there's food, and place to sleep for the kids, this old bone can be at peace... Is what I would say but... Haahh..."

"Is there a problem miss?" - Fita

"Criminal, that's what... I'm too old to deal with them, and the Nobles too busy dealing with one another... If I were my younger self, I would deal it myself but... ... You there, boy"

"M-me?" - Harvet

"Yes... Those muscle look refine... Could you help this old bone with the criminal? I can't pay you at the moment but..."

"Wait, do you know where the criminal are? What about telling the guards?" - Noire

"If I told them, the criminal would just move their base, cautious bastard... They probably have a spy among the guard to leak info for them... And let's say that's how the orphanage lost a young teacher..."

"Is... It possible to save her?" - Noire

The old lady look back, and silently shake her head

Walking on we finally got into a guest room

"She... was found Beheaded, in front of our orphanage on top of the trashes... The massage, are loud and clear... I don't even know which guard to trust... As how I tracked them, shadow magic"

The old lady sat down on thin carpet with patches, and signal us to do the same

"Uff... My back has been hurting these days..." - Old lady

"So... Can you tell us the whereabouts of those criminal?" - Fita

"Well, hmm... Do you know this area?"

"Yes, I'm pretty familiar with the area around the slum district" - Fita

"Alright... The Sinoah alley... Hmm, from it's front entrance, the 5th section, on 4 way road go left, then 4th section, on 3 way road go right, walk past 18 house, to the left should be their hideouts, a small building... Hmm, it have a second floor..."

"Any visualization?" - Fita

"Sadly no, I'm only able to mark them, I know and feel where they are, even if they're down underground or up in the air... Oh! It have a basement, I just remember it..."

"... Why are you-"

"Trust you? Well, when I see Cillia, and how she tells me there's a visitor, I took a notice about how happy she look to have all of you here, she's a cautious one, and I trust my instinct... You can called me Umi"

"Nice to meet you miss Umi, you can call me Fita" - Fita

"Call me Harvet!"

"Niya!"

"Erina's the name!" - Noire [Erina]

Right-o Erina is da nam- huh? 

I notice someone peeking in... It's Cillia, and other kids, I beckons them to come closer... Cillia does exactly that, while the other kids watch, when Cillia's close enough, I grab her and made her sit in front of me, and with that... I start my head patting sessions

*pat-pat-pat*

"Eh?????" - Cillia

"Hmm, yes, head pats are nice aren't they? *pat-pat-pat*" - Noire [Erina]

"Um... yes?" - Cillia

I peek at the children that's peeking at us, they stare at me

I move closer to Harvet and I whisper to him

"Take out the weapons" - Noire

"! Understood" - Harvet

Harvet put his bag out from his back and put it in front of him, from the inside he took out the weapon... The SNACKS

"""!!!""" - Peeking children

I took one of the snacks and bite into

"Hmm~ delicious"

""'...!""" - Children

The children are drooling, they watch me with sparkling eyes, full of interest

"Want some? Then come here" *pat-pat* - Noire [Erina]

"""..."""

Patting the carpets, beckoning the children to come, one of children, one with black hair, come closer... 

*pat-pat* "there there, here ya go, a cookie"

"..."

He took a bite of the cookie... Then proceeds to devour it

"...!... Yummy!"

"""...!"""

Watching one of their friends eat it as if it's the most delicious things in the world, all the other children rush at me

"C-can I have one?" - Pink hair girl

"I want one!" - Red hair twin tail girl

""...!"" - Cute quiet twin shotas

"Alright alright, don't rush, there's enough for everyone" - Noire [Erina]

"Here you go, and here's for you~" - Harvet

"Yummy~" - White hair girl

"Here some tea nya~" - Niya

*nom-nom-nom* - Dark blue hair wolf boy

Their smiles are so precious~! Ehehehe, getting their attention to me then brought out the snacks is a good idea

Watching the children eating happily, my heart burning with desire to protect their smiles

A way to make them happy... First, clean up the criminal, second... Give them work to do so they can buy the stuff they want?... Hmm... Yea, doesn't seem bad, they'll also gain experience with working... Although I want them to just play and eat, I can't just keep on funding the orphanage, if dad somehow loses revenue then the orphanage will also be in danger if dad only give funding... This is a fantasy world, there's a lot of jobs around like Adventure Guild... But I need it to be a stable and safe job... 

"Fufufu, my, it's been awhile since I see the children this happy... Sorry, for not being able to serve even the cheapest tea"

"No, it's nothing to be apologetic for" - Fita

"Yea nya! You don't have to apologize!"

"Fufu, my, what a lovely family~"

Fita, Harvet and the old lady continues their talk, while keeping their voice down as to not worry the children

"So, do you have any idea of how many members do they have?" - Fita

"Hmm, I wouldn't say I know but... Let's say there's more than 20 of them"

"That's a lot, if there that much member, yet they have a small base... there's probably a 'Main Base', while their small base is their 'Raid Base'" - Harvet

"I see, that does make sense, and explain why they can relocate easily" - Umi

"Hmm, you don't know? Aren't you like, an adventurer?" - Noire

"Fufu, despite how my magic is, I'm only a miner in the past you see? I usually use my Shadow magic to see past the darkness, and mark other people so I can rush to them regardless the place they're at *nom* Hmm? Quite a sweet treat this is..."

A miner, surprising, she probably had quite a lot of saving... Had... 

"Anyway, I should probably stayed here right? What about you sis? Wanna come with pops?"

"U-um, I'll stay..." - Niya

"Alright, you two stay here and protect this place, while I'll go see the criminal hideout with this muscle head" - Fita

"W-what do you mean muscle head!? I don't always think with muscle alright!?"

"Yea-yea, say that to your boss"

Fita get up, and start walking out of the room as she say that

"Hey! Wait up!"

And they both disappear to the outside world

Tbh, this is the more realistic outcome, no way in hell should a Duke children be the one to clean the criminal up like in those manga I read in the past...

"Uhh, I think we don't bring enough snacks nya" - Niya

"No more snack..." - White cat girl

"Snack..." - Red hair twin tails girl

"... Hungry..." - Black hair boy

"Hm? Well... Let's go shopping then?" - Noire

"... Is doing really seem like a good idea nya?"

"Nope, but hm... It's noon... Might as well, Hey!"

Calling out to everyone, and gaining their attention... 

"Wanna grab a bite at a restaurant?" - Noire

"... Can we really?" - Pink hair girl

"Yep, you can eat all you want there! It's my treat!"

"""!... YAYY!!"""

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""HORAYY!!""

"Fufufu, I do hope I'm included" - Umi

"Of course you are, everyone, get your clean clothing! Then we'll rolled out!" - Noire

Every children in the orphanage that have dirty clothes goes back to their bedroom, some come back with clothing that have hole in it, so I lends our clothing that's in the backpack

"Is everyone ready? Alright, let's go!"

""""Let's go!!""""" "-nya!"

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==[Fita]==

"... Is this it?" - Harvet

"Seem like it... Magic Skill, [Tracking]"

Activating my Magic skill, a purple magic circle start to form in front of my right eye

"... Lots of people going in and out of this building... And I can just senses the aura of brutality" - Fita

"Don't know how sensing that would feel like, but I do smell alcohol, and wine..."

"Yish, they really are low life, they murder a girl, then buy entertainment with the money they gain from it" - Fita

"You... Don't you feel like there's something wrong with your wording there?"

? Did I say something wrong? Is it because I said that casually? 

"I'm not wrong am I? And I'm a Detective, being emotional at every encounter will just get in my way... Let's just go in, and hunt down some demons"

"... Make sense, I guess" - Harvet

We're going into the building, opening the door revealed a very ordinary slum living room with kitchen... 

"Huh? Who the hell are you? Walking into someone's house like this, get out would you?" - Ragged man

"Excuse us, we're a traveler, and we're wondering if-"

As Harvet starting the useless talk, I move and throw a throwing knife at the torturer forehead

"Wa!? Fita! Why did you-"

"You really can't tell by look? That guy's a torturer, he look at us as if we're dinner, and there's no reason to negotiate with these criminal in the first place"

"But how else are we going to get information!?"

"You seriously think they won't lie and just cooperate? I'm a Detective, not Interrogator, [Tracking]... There, lots of foot prints..."

Moving a heavy looking long table, that isn't heavy at all, and removing a tile floor, I open up the trapdoor to the basement

"After you, knight" - Fita

"... Alright"

Harvet jump in, ignoring the ladders, I jump right after him

"This is pretty deep, [Hop]!" - Harvet

Harvet put magic power into his feet, presumably to bounce and softened his landing

*Pomf*

"There you g- Gah!?" - Harvet

I landed on my legs on his shoulders, squatting, then getting up right away

"... I'm not heavy *stomp*"

"Gah! I didn't say that you're heavy- Ow ow ow!! Stop stomping me!"

"This is... Ga! Intruder!!! There's intruder!!" - Thug

The thug follow the sound of our voice and notice us, then process to start shouting as if his life depends on it while running away from us

"Great! Just great! What am I supposed to do now?" - Harvet

"How about fighting? Aren't you a knight?"

"I'm having a field disadvantage at the moment! I'll die if I fight here!"

"Really now?" - Fita

"Yes! Don't you know fire can create explosions in confines spaces!?" - crying Harvet

"This place seem open enough for me..." - Fita

I heard the sound of footsteps, I equipped my glasses and use the Magic Skill attach to the glass

"[Far sight]"

The glasses shone, and a Magic circle revealed itself inside of the right glass

"10 enemy coming, 2 Heavy, 5 light spearman, 3 cloaked, 3 way intersection in form of Y, light spearman from left, the rest coming from the right" - Fita

"Alright, better get ready then! Cause I ain't fighting any heavily armored enemy!" - Harvet

"You'll need to take care of them, I don't have the equipment to deal with them properly" - Fita

"Ugghh, why did I agree to be a part of this mission!? And get off of me already!" - Harvet

I get off from Harvet's shoulder, pulling out my machete, Harvet pull out his sword, we're ready for clashes

"There they're!" - Cloaked man 1

"Don't know how you find this place, but I'll make you regret getting in here![Charge]!" - Heavy 1

Heavy charging in, that guy have bow and arrow... [Darkness Veil]

Casting dark magic and making everyone blinded by darkness, I pull and throw the knight right at the bow guy's face, missing the Heavy Charger, I follow by running past the charger while throwing my knifes at his back knee joints

"GRAHH!?" - Heavy 1

"GAH!?" - Harvet

"!" - Cloaked man 2

Here we go again with the moaning in pain sessions... Wish I could just shut them up

I behead the archer with my machete, along with Cloaked man number 1, then my magic ran out

"So... Who need some beheading?" - Fita

"U, graahh!!" - Spearman 1

3 Spearmans thurst their spear forward

*clang*

And they all being swiped out of their original trajectory by a blade

"Hmp! I hate how you work your battle, lady!" - Harvet

"Well, let's see how long we can fight together" - Fita

"Guh, you think I'm some easy prey!?" Heavy 1

"All I see is a barking pig that doesn't need my attention" - Fita

"Graaaahhh!! [Rage], [Charging Tower]!!!" - Heavy 1

"[Iron wall], [Charge]" - Heavy 2

Heavy 1 come from our back while Heavy 2 come from the front, both aim different target as to not hit each other when they missed

[Rage], pain nullification huh

"Take him" - Fita

"Alright [Flaming Slash]" - Harvet

"Hrmp!" - Fita

As I dodged Heavy 2 and kick his shield side to the right wall, Harvet shoot out a mana slash of flame, it hit Heavy 1, engulfed his whole body

"GRAHHHHH!!" - Heavy 1

While being blinded by the flame, Hervet went in, and attack Heavy 1 chest from the side with a pommel strike

"HAAAH!!" - Harvet

"Graah!?" - Heavy 1

"Hmm, guess that's how he fight" - Fita

"You think you can take us on woman!?" Cloaked man 3

"I can, not the Heavy fatass tho" - Fita

"HAAAHH!" - Spearman 2

The spearmans and Cloaked man 3 comes in along with Heavy 2 that come from my back

That spearman there... Trying to hide your obvious intentions of joining Heavy 1? Not happening

I dodge and slash the spearmans attacks, performing a backflips, and as I do so, I throw knifes at spearman 4 that's trying to join up with Heavy 1, and rolled forward to dodge Heavy 2

"GRAAH!? MY LEG!" - Spearman 4

"HAAH!" - Cloaked man 3

Cloaked man 3 coming in with a machete

"Hmp!" - Fita

"...!?" - Cloaked man 3

I kick his machete away with my right foot, and dive my own into his head

They have the equipment but they're... Weak in terms of combat, the spearmans is novices, Heavy and Cloaked have some experiences, but this can't be their main force... Where's the main force at?

"URAAAGHHHH!!" - Heavy 1

A red, fiery aura cover Heavy 1, making his skin red, and pupils whites

"Berserker...*sigh* Great..." - Fita

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==[At the same time... At a rooftop, near alleyways]==

"Hehehe, target spotted" - Cloaked man 3

"It's nice that the children comes out by themselves like this" - Cloaked man 6

"Heh, that's right, it's time for a party! Tonight, we'll have that Shadow bitch's head! Along with all the remaining moneys they have!" - Cloaked girl 1

"Don't be too excited now, we need the kids alive" - Cloaked girl 2

"Let's go... And party hard!" - Cloaked man 1

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