A brave man may not live, but he cannot die

Chapter 84 I think this suitcase is also wanted by my sister

"left?"

Pepe was dumbfounded. She had brought a level 0 containment item this time just to check on that person, but the target of the mission ran away?
Ankuya said as he ate, "The focus of the investigation should be on the Goblin Cave itself. The academy is still investigating this matter. We are looking for the demon believers hiding in Eswell. If something really happened that day, we might be able to find clues from them."

Pepe remained silent.

Quinn was quietly looking back at the divination screen.

The woman who killed him, though her face was obscured by the sunlight, bore the same characteristics as Pepe: blonde hair, blue dress, height, and so on. The only difference was her voice. The lolita voice of the person in the divination scene was more hollow, as if devoid of any emotion.

Judging from the current development of the situation, Pepe will not suspect me for a while.

But the scene in the divination was clearly at the entrance of the tavern, which meant that he did not run away. Why is that?
The time must be today. If Quinn could leave the tavern, he would immediately return to the academy and stay there until Pepe left the city of Eswell.

It seems that the problem lies with the pen in her hand.

"We have used Containment Item 0-14 [Heaven's Gate] to examine the target's memory and confirmed that they are demon warriors sent to the human world by the Demon King. We are now executing the purge—"

Containment. Check memory. Purge
"Oh, sorry, sorry."

As if accidentally, Quinn knocked the pig bone off with his arm.

"It's okay, don't worry about it. I'll clean it up after dinner." Before Mrs. Selvy finished speaking, Quinn took out a piece of paper and bent down.

Not only did he pick up the bones, but he also carefully wiped the oil off the ground.

"Hey, Strange, you are really clean. You are not as good as a young man." The old lady scolded her son, but the boss was thick-skinned and turned a deaf ear to her.

As Quinn was mopping the floor, his eyes were always on Pepe's boots.

It's not because he has a foot fetish.

It was because next to Pepe's seat there was an oil-wax leather suitcase, which was much larger than an ordinary suitcase and was 75 cm long.

It was because of this box that Quinn did not escape in a hurry.

As he went upstairs, he keenly noticed Pepe staring at him. After becoming a thief, Quinn became extremely sensitive to gazes, which was one of the reasons why he did not dare to act rashly.

Of course he could find an excuse to run away, but Quinn was afraid that running away would directly lead to the occurrence of the divination event. The principle of the process was unclear, but the fulfillment of the last divination had already made this clear.

No matter how cautious you are, no matter how foolproof you think you are, you will fall into a trap.

The boss said he was unconscious, but Quinn remembered the process of absorbing the potion clearly, and naturally remembered the sentence that popped up in the system -

【Stole her box.】

Could that box be Pepe's suitcase?

Pepe didn't let her boss touch her box, saying it contained "important things."

And the boss also said at the time, "You're fiddling with these dangerous things every day."
Could it be that the strange pen is stored in the box?

Connect all the assumptions: Assume that the system popped up some kind of hint, assume that the pen was the reason why his identity was discovered, assume that the containment object was in the box
Then I will steal the box, and this deadlock will be solved, right?
Pepe was alert, but not much. After Quinn took the thief potion, as soon as the idea of ​​stealing came to his mind, more than a dozen ways of stealing emerged, like the super thief who had attained enlightenment in Longchang.

The most troublesome person was Gu beside her. Quinn felt a little scared when looking at him. Compared to the boss, this one-armed old Deng looked more like a master.

Quinn was slightly startled. Only then did he realize that when he was looking at Gu, Gu was also looking at him.

Or rather, Gu had been watching him.

Quinn quickly averted his gaze, pretending it was an unintentional glance.

…..Why do I feel nothing when this old man looks at me?!
Shit, that’s bad, he won’t notice anything, right?
"As for Ankuya, he wanted to improve so much that he handled the problem a little too roughly."

Ankuya commented on himself: "The Academy and the Church have worked together in the wars against demons throughout history. How could he be so rude to his brothers from the Church? So I judged him seriously -"

"Teacher Jacob, don't you hate the Vatican?" Pepe asked blankly.

"Of course, I've always supported improving relations with the Vatican, so I said he was being impulsive. That's not the way to go. He's not up to the task. Only a fool would be willing to hand over such a big responsibility to him."

The boss's expression was as ugly as if he had eaten shit.

"That's too much."

This was completely different from what she had expected. She had never expected Grindelwald to have such a close intellectual. Pepe couldn't help but smile shyly, "This will affect our relationship as colleagues. Professor Jacob, you are so upright."

Ankuya put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and said, "Because Ankuya was too impulsive, the academy gave me, Jacob, the task of investigating the demon clan—"

"Ms. Pepe, if I can help you, please feel free to come to me. We are all family, and I will fully cooperate to investigate this matter thoroughly, of course..."

Ankuya hesitated for just the right amount of time before continuing, "You know the relationship between the academy and the Holy See. There are still many people who misunderstand the Holy See. If others knew I was helping you, it might be a little troublesome. So, just come to me secretly, and don't go to the academy."

Quinn was so moved that he almost cried.

Even if you don't do anything, you still want to cause trouble for others. Haha, you are such a good guy.
Pepe was so moved that he almost cried.

Are you going to help me even if you are under pressure? There are still many good people in Ashwell!

"Teacher Jacob, thank you!"

Pepe stood up and kept bowing to Ankua.

Seeing that Pepe was about to be led into a ditch, Gu finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Your Highness, wait a minute."

"——Lao Gu."

The boss suddenly said, "Let's go have a cigarette."

Gu frowned and said in a cold tone: "I quit smoking. Now I have to deal with His Highness's work problems."

"Let's go." The boss, wearing flip-flops, casually put his arm around the disabled old man and led him to the stairs without saying anything. "You're already buried in the earth, so what's wrong with smoking a few more cigarettes? You're all retired, so let the young people do their jobs."

Gu had no choice but to go downstairs reluctantly.

The boss's voice echoed in the stairwell: "You guys chat slowly, we need to smoke for a while, ten minutes. Oh no, twenty minutes, in the toilet, and we won't come out until we're done-"

Quinn's eyes narrowed.

opportunity!

"Teacher Jacob—" Quinn suddenly said, "It's getting late. Shouldn't we set off? It's not good to keep people waiting too long."

"Eh?"

Pepe asked in surprise, "Is Mr. Jacob going to the Branson family too?" "Yes. They have a congressman, and there are some college work that needs to be coordinated."

"Then" Pepe looked at Quinn again, "Isn't Mr. Strange a bartender in the tavern? What does he do there?"

"He likes the eldest daughter of the Branson family." Ankua chuckled: "He goes to pick up girls."

"Is that Shadel Branson?!"

"Yes."

Pepe clenched his fists excitedly. "I have something to ask Ms. Branson. She was one of the witnesses to the incident that day. Could you help me make an appointment with her? My identity doesn't allow me to move around in Ashwell, so..."

"It's my duty!" Quinn patted his chest loudly. "Brother, your business is my business. I will definitely help you get out and restore the facts of that day!"

Pepe was about to cry. Why were all the people in Ashwell good people?

"Mrs. Selvy, thank you for your hospitality. The roast suckling pig and buns are delicious. We'll take our leave now." Quinn stood up and whispered to the old lady beside him.

Old Mrs. Selvi smiled and said nothing extra.

"Come back next time, and Mr. Jacob too."

Ankuya also nodded with a smile.

Quinn looked calm as he walked towards the box.

I think someone wants this suitcase too.

Old lady Selvi has severe presbyopia, so there is no need to worry about being seen by her at this distance.

Although the box was right next to Pepe, Quinn was confident that he could take the box away quietly.

Just need to attract Pepe's attention.

Quinn and Ankua's eyes met.

His mouth opened and closed, and the shape of his mouth vaguely resembled the secret code he had practiced to steal the hero's ashes -

Hold on!

Pepe was secretly feeling guilty. Teacher Jacob hadn't eaten much since he sat down, and he just kept chatting with her about work. Now she was leaving. Would he get hungry on the way?
A pleasant smell suddenly approached Pepe's nose.

The deep, lingering scent of sandalwood is the perfume used to mask the cigar.

When she came to her senses, the white-haired man was already right in front of her, so close that she could almost see the light stubble under his tall nose.

"Jacob."

"Don't move." He lowered his eyes, his thick and long eyelashes were even more beautiful than those of a girl. "There are sesame seeds on your face."

The fingertips brushed across his face without any explanation, and Pepe was stunned and at a loss.

Have I met him somewhere before?
"Do you still have sesame seeds?"

Pepe didn't understand why Jacob stopped here and looked at her tenderly.

"Gone."

Jacob smiled and stepped back, waving at her.

"I just think you're cute, Miss Pepe, and I want to look at you a little longer."

In the toilet on the first floor.

Gu looked at the old man sitting on the toilet, holding a cigarette with his toe-cleaning hand, smelling the low-quality tobacco in the air, and asked dissatisfiedly:

"What are you doing? Ankuya has a bad temper. He just wants to tease Your Highness, but now he's clearly trying to trick you. Are you going to let him ruin Your Highness's work?"

The boss tutted indifferently.

"Although the kid has a bad temper, he never does anything rash. He won't hurt Pepe."

".The target that Your Highness is looking for is Quinn, right?"

Gu's eyes were as cold as a deep pool without ripples.

"Yeah, who knows?"

".Is he related to the demons?"

"It's nothing. I checked him while he was asleep. But that kid's background is probably not simple." The boss exhaled a puff of smoke. "Even if he's a demon, so what? You're the renowned Bavarian Sword Master. Even a general of the Demon King's army died at your hands. Isn't that enough for you to kill demons?"

".This is not a reason for you to let him go. His Highness is simple-minded. What is your purpose in leaving them alone together?"

"Of course, it's to let the little devil do bad things without worrying about it."

A murderous aura as strong as substance burst out from Gu, and the temperature in the toilet seemed to drop to freezing point.

"Galen, I need an explanation."

The boss threw the cigarette butt into the toilet, unbuckled his belt, turned his back to Gu and started peeing, completely ignoring his old friend's anger.

"Look, you're anxious again. He slaughtered the Bavarian royal family back then, and you're anxious too. Now he only has one hand left, and he left it there on purpose. Pepe is twenty-one years old this year, and her mother can't have another child. These two are the last of Bavaria's royal bloodline. Do you really intend to let Pepe be a nun in the Vatican for life and let the Bavarian throne fall into the hands of outsiders?"

Gu remained silent.

"Do you know what Cin Cin wrote to me?"

The boss took out a crumpled letter from the pocket of his beach pants and threw it to the old man behind him.

Gu browsed the letter, and finally, his eyes moved.

There was nothing work-related in the letter.

"…Pepe definitely wouldn't dare go look for her sister, so she'd only come to you. Find a way to get her to stay in Eswell longer and mend the sisters' relationship. There aren't any Vatican officials in this city, so she doesn't have to pretend to be the Pope's daughter all the time. She can make friends and enjoy her youth. Please, Brother Galen."

"Don't worry about whether it's a good idea or a bad idea. That bad kid will definitely find a way." Galen smiled and said, "I guarantee that Pepe won't be able to leave even if he stays with us for a year."

".What about the demon clan?"

"The Pope doesn't even worry about the demons, so why are you worried about chicken feathers?" The boss aimed his aim at the younger boss, whose urination was not very effective due to bifurcated urination. This bald, obese old man said the coolest words in the most calm tone:
"I, a former knight of the Brave Squad, am still in the city. Even if the Demon King comes, what will happen? Hmm?"

(End of this chapter)