The Hero Party Couldn’t Kill Me

Chapter 8: Second Revenge (5)

The day before the festival.

I took one last tour around downtown Roswell to gather information.

How the banquet tomorrow will go. Who is participating Other floating rumors.

Of course, Arthur could tell me some of the list of banquets, protection forces, and the deployment situation, but I was thinking of filling in other information that was lacking.

‘… The surveillance has already been tightened.’

I confirmed it by looking at the soldiers passing by me a moment ago. Iris unleashed her own forces all over the city, and she thought that even that was not enough, so she hired all the magicians and knights she could mobilize.

But they only had a lot of supplies, and they could never stop my makeup using a mask. And there won’t be any major setbacks in my plans.

“It would be better to go back at this point.”

Of course, even considering that, it’s better to avoid going around for a long time and arousing suspicion. Especially the day before the operation.

Once I got some rough information, I immediately went back to the hideout.

“You are back.”

Raffaella greeted me as soon as I entered the hideout.

“What happened to the magic you were learning?”

“Shall we try it now?”

In response to Rafaela’s question, I handed her the absolute mask.

‘… Maybe there’s a way to replicate the effect of the Absolute Mask.’

A few days ago, Raphaella, who was reading the magic tower of Blanc’s Tower, said these words.

This was the way to sneak Marion into her mansion.

‘Can you write?’

‘Fortunately, it is magic that draws a magic circle, and most of the symbols and magic formulas are things I am familiar with. Just give me a little time and I’ll figure it out.’

Rafaela was convinced. I believed that she would succeed because her body cloning magic was also learned by her in an instant.

And today, it was my turn to use the magic I had learned so far.

“Let’s get started.”

Rafaela took a deep breath and drew a magic circle with ink on a large white cloth, on top of which she placed a mask the size of the absolute mask.

Then she put the absolute mask on it and quietly chanted.

‘Shhhhh… ….’

An absolute mask that shines with blue light. And at the same time, the mask placed next to it also started to change its shape little by little as it flashed.

“… Shall we check it out?”

After a while, when the light faded, Rafaela carefully handed me the duplicated mask.

I stood in front of a mirror and tried on the mask, trying to change my appearance as if I had never manipulated a mask.

Sure…….

It took more time than an absolute mask, but I succeeded in transforming into the old man I used to walk around downtown Roswell.

“Success.”

“I’m glad. However, this clone has limitations.”

“What is there?”

“Most importantly, this is temporary. When the time limit is over, the effect of the absolute mask will disappear.”

“… How much is left?”

“A… 24 hours. Oh, and of course, the durability is much lower than the original, so you have to be careful.”

It is 6:00 PM now. The operation will probably be all over before then at the latest.

Other problems are minor.

“That’s enough. You just need to be a little more careful when executing the operation. So, thanks. After all, it’s Raphaella.”

“… Thank you.”

When Rafaela heard her praise, she smiled, apparently in a good mood.

And that moment.

Hey.

“Hey, it looks good. So, did the cloning of the mask succeed?”

Mina appeared from behind me and said.

“Come here. Did you get the information from Arthur?”

“Uh, let’s start the meeting soon.”

“Then I’ll call Marion now.”

Rafaela said as she opened the door to her mage tower. After a while, Marion came in and we started a meeting in the hiding room’s living room.

“It’s really fortunate… Tomorrow, that old mage master is not on the attendance list. Besides that, the Rogue Mage Tower is also in a situation where it can’t send a wizard who is good at search magic. If Edmund and you cast a stealth spell on Marion’s doll, no wizard will be able to find the doll.”

“I’m glad.”

“The only thing to be careful of is that Marion should not be seen by others as much as possible. It won’t be easy for her to lose her mana.”

“So I asked Arthur how I could see the garden from inside the mansion. How was it?”

“Fortunately, some of the maids’ rooms can see the banquet through the windows. The room will be empty during the banquet, so you can hide there.”

“What is the distance to the banquet table by any chance?”

“A… About 30 meters? 40 Meters at the most.”

“… That should be enough. The sophistication of the movements will be a little off.”

Said Marion, nodding her head.

She personally thanked her as well. Since she showed off Marionette magic, Marion has devoted herself to mastering that magic whenever she has time.

As soon as she was created, she put effort into concealing the dolls and widening the range of the dolls.

Looking at that, she is a magician with her own talent, like Marion. In fact, the reason why she was so underrated was that she was a wizard who did not even receive proper academy education and only knew how to use magic.

“If there is only one thing that worries me, it is that I am completely defenseless when I am manipulating a puppet. And if I tried to look at Iris through the window, wouldn’t it somehow limit my view? There is a risk that someone will look out the window and I will be found out.”

“To prevent that, I absolutely wear a mask and disguise myself as her maid.”

“But Edmund. If someone keeps staring through the window, I’m sure there will be someone suspicious.”

“Considering that, I’m going to use the doll itself for a while…….”

I was speechless. It seems to me that Marion’s chances of getting caught aren’t that great, but she’s still a risk.

Rafaela, who had been quiet at this, opened her mouth.

“Then, wouldn’t it be okay if I cast a stealth spell on Marion?”

“… Then what about you?”

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“I just need to hide in my blind spot. I always wear a mask just in case. And Mina-sama can also move two people with teleportation, right?”

“It is possible. Mana consumption will be large, but it won’t run out just by moving for a short time.”

In that case, I think that would be better.

Of course, there is a risk of getting caught in the detection magic if you seriously consider the stealth magic.

Especially if it’s the stealth magic of a wizard like Raphaella.

***

“I have a question.”

After the meeting was over and the other wizards had left, Mina called me.

“Tell me.”

“First of all, you know that, right? You know you’re going to attack tomorrow anyway. Whether it’s hallucinations or dolls, people around you will think you did it.”

“… You would think so.”

“Then why make things so complicated and use doll magic? It’s much simpler if it’s just hallucination. No, before that. Do you think the saintess or other nobles will be fooled?”

Certainly, that makes sense. Obviously, if people had reason, they would never go over it.

“First of all, why use doll magic? Of course, that is difficult to detect. Although they know I’ll get my revenge on Iris, they don’t know how or what tricks I’ll get my revenge on. I want to make the most of that.”

“Are you going to make me fool you even if you know? Still. Don’t people think that you’re the reason the iris glows? Conversely, Iris receiving a sympathy ticket….”

“… There won’t be She already has a lot of karma accumulated over the years, and a lot of enemies.”

The groundwork I’ve been working on is for this purpose.

Now the Duke of Valois is anxious to find a way to somehow bring down Iris. The princess is also in a desperate situation.

The show at the banquet is a good reason for them to bite Iris. And with the sins she’s already committed, Iris will never be able to get out.

“… Well, she thinks of what that b*tch has done, and even her nobles in her line have to cut their hands. Then let me ask you one more question. She analyzed the relationship between Iris and her nobles and provoked the Duke of Valois, so why did she bother to turn the public opinion of the citizens of Roswell?”

“Of course, it was to make Iris fall more desperately.”

“Well, I’m not saying it’s completely useless. In the end, it is her princess and the nobles who will bite her that will strip her of her title and punish her. What the citizens of Roswell can do to Iris… There is none.”

It may be true in this world. That’s because the gap between nobles and commoners in status and power is the difference between heaven and earth.

If the lord raises an uprising because he doesn’t like it, it doesn’t happen very often, and even if it does, it is ruthlessly suppressed.

Maybe it’s because I’m from another world that I’ve been particularly engrossed in turning people’s hearts around.

I grew up in a world where the influence of the majority of citizens cannot be ignored.

“… That’s something you don’t know.”

I kept quiet. Then Mina’s expression subtly changed.

Are you laughing at me? Or did he become interested in me, who has a different way of thinking? Mina, who stared at me for a while, said a short word.

“Prove it.”

And before I could answer, he disappeared from my eyes.

***

Operation start date.

I went out in front of Iris’ mansion early in the morning.

Because it was still early in the day, no one was around.

I settled down in a place out of sight of the gatekeeper guarding the mansion and started using search magic.

The person I’m aiming for is one person.

It was Marc, the magician who was appointed as the next Mage Master of the Noir Mage Tower, and who will be guarding Iris’ side today.

I know what he looks like and what kind of aura he exudes because he has already attended noble meetings and so on.

Soon I figured out his location.

Then I took out her orb and gave her her coordinates.

– I checked. Is there anyone around him right now?

– Uh, I’m alone. You can start now.

I sent you a message.

Mark, completely unaware of this fact, was reading a magic book in his room in the mansion.

Then he suddenly sensed danger and stood up.

‘This is…….’

But before he could react properly, Mark was sucked into the shadow beneath his feet in the blink of an eye.

“What is this….”

Marc, suddenly dragged into a strange place, groaned and looked around.

And he was speechless when he saw the shadow golem preparing to punch down in front of his eyes.

The wizard behind the golem looked at Mark and said with a smile.

“It’s been a while, Marc.”