Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

37.

Alan came back to his senses from under Loki's gaze.

"How is it possible? How can you come back?!? This doesn't make sense."

Lokixi immediately covered Alan's mouth with her hands, looked left and right in panic, and put her fingers in front of her lips.

"Keep your voice down! Everyone is still sleeping."

Alan blinked and looked down at Loki's hand. The latter also looked at Alan and blinked, then pulled her hand back at the speed of light, subconsciously pulled the hair on her forehead, and spoke in a whisper.

".I just came back to see if you are okay. Now it seems that everything is fine, and you have successfully joined the Greyrat family. Congratulations. Don't shout, I will leave here later."

Alan looked at Luo Qixi's face and was still a little overwhelmed.

'Why? Why did Luo Qixi suddenly come back? The plot until tonight was still under control, but what is the situation now? What do you mean by check if we are okay? ? '

"We just came back to see each other. We don't have to travel in the middle of the night. And you've seen me leaving now. Paul, Senis, and Rudy are not going to see me? Doesn't this contradict what you said?"

Luo Qixi scratched her face, not caring why Alan no longer used honorifics this time. After thinking for a moment, she decided to tell Alan the information she had learned, even though Alan seemed fine now.

"I came here because I found it when I passed by the Adventurer's Guild of Regate City in Donadi Territory."

She took out a carefully folded piece of paper from the pocket of her magic robe, glanced at Alan's expression, and handed it to him.

Alan frowned, took it and unfolded it, but his expression was surprised.

It was a job-hunting advertisement. The paper was old and it was obvious that it had been posted for some time. The handwriting had a distinct aristocratic tone.

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To all adventurers:

My name is James Boreas Greyrat. My beloved son, Alan Boreas Greyrat, recently disappeared in the Jaw of the Red Dragon on his way to school. I am very worried. So far, the search teams we sent out have not found any trace of him.

I am sending this recruitment letter, hoping adventurers can help me find my beloved son.

His beloved son Allen is only nine years old, but he is already as tall as an adult woman with a sturdy build. He has brown-gray eyes, slightly curly hair, raised eyebrows, sharp eyes, and often slicks his hair back. When he talks to people, his eyebrows will unconsciously rise, sharp but steady.

If you see someone like this, please provide clues to the Royal Capital Boreas Palace.

If the clue is verified, you can get 200 gold coins.

If you can bring your beloved son back home, you will get one thousand gold coins.

Sorry to bother you all.

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Alan squinted his eyes and read the letter, then he was silent for a while, then he looked up and spoke to Luo Qixi carefully.

"I'm sorry, I bumped into you unexpectedly, so I subconsciously hid something from you, also considering concealing my whereabouts."

Seeing Alan raising his eyebrows involuntarily, Loki blinked and felt a little embarrassed.

"Well, I understand that adventurers don't tell the truth. Actually, you did tell the truth, but you never said what kind of trouble you got into. I just made a strange guess. Sorry."

Alan looked at Lokixi and was still very confused, so he opened his mouth to test her.

"But even so, you don't have to come back to question me about this, right? You can just write a letter. So I guess there's something else going on, right?"

Luo Qixi hesitated for a moment, then took out a piece of rough paper with slightly curled edges from her wizard robe and handed it over again.

Alan reached out to take it, unfolded it and looked at it, his expression suddenly became gloomy.

This was a reward poster, with concise and crude wording, which formed a sharp contrast with James's missing person notice.

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Night Lion Thieves Group Bounty Order:

Subject: Alan Boreas Graylat.

Features: Brown hair, gray eyes, and a sour face that makes people look unhappy.

Reward: One thousand gold coins.

The swordsman's level is Water God Style - Advanced. He killed nine of my best fighters in the Jaw of the Red Dragon. If you are interested, I suggest you deploy personnel to carry out "hunting" in a targeted manner.

Special statement: Only corpses are needed.

After the success, he contacted the local Night Lion Thieves Gang and exchanged money for the goods.

This reward is valid for a long time.

Night Lion.

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Alan squinted his eyes for a while, then a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I see. No wonder Luo Qixi came back suddenly. A reward of one thousand gold coins was offered for the bandit gang. Tsk tsk, James, you never disappoint me. Killing people is obviously much faster than bringing them back to the capital, right? The wanted order is so blatant. But why didn't I hear Paul say that? Philip asked him to help find out the news."

Alan looked up at Lokisi, who looked a little overwhelmed.

"Was this wanted order also found in the Adventurer's Guild? To be honest, Uncle Paul has also secretly helped me inquire, but it seems that he has not yet learned that I am wanted."

On the way back, Luo Qixi had seen these two very different "missing person notices" many times, and she also realized that this must have come from the Boreas family in the capital. Combining the information of this missing person for hire and the reward, it is clear that James wants Allen to die, and the disappearance of his beloved son is just to maintain the dignity of the nobles on the surface. This situation of being strangled by the family made her a little unsure of how to talk to Allen.

After all, he ran away from the village because he didn't know how to read and was looked down upon by the villagers. But he was just looked down upon, but Alan was specifically named and wanted to be killed by his father.

"This child is only nine years old. I don't know what kind of trouble he got into in the capital. Murder? Arson? It doesn't look like that. I don't know why he was so cautious and scared all the way. I'm afraid he had some idea of ​​the future he would face. But even so, he still gave me the only money he had."

She took a deep breath and replied.

"Actually, I got this from three thieves who suddenly jumped out of Senli when I was on my way to Ligate. This bounty should only be spread in a small range in the gray area. I only found out about the search for people to hire in the Adventurer's Association, and didn't get any other information. The Adventurer's Association in the Kingdom of Asura is really sparsely populated, and there are not many commissions at all, so I saw it right away."

Alan's brows twitched wildly.

"On the way to Liget City, thieves suddenly jumped out of the forest?? Are they looking for me?"

Loki nodded.

"According to them, there seems to be a group of thieves searching for you eastwards in the forests of the lower jaw of the Red Dragon Mountains."

Alan looked a little unhappy when he heard this.

".This.This shouldn't be the case. The traces I left behind point to the north. How could someone be searching in the southern foothills of the Red Dragon Mountains?"

(End of this chapter)

38. Chapter 38: A twist in the storyline? Alan hesitates

38.

Lokixi showed a nostalgic expression.

"I asked, and there are indeed several groups of bandits who went to the north. The group that went south of the Red Dragon Mountains is just this one. They seem to have a base for human trafficking and smuggling in the forest, so they have gathered people to keep looking for news about you. That's all the news."

Alan narrowed his eyes.

"So you were worried that the bandit gang might have already come to Buena Village, and that something bad might happen to the Greylat family, so you hurried back here so that you could lend a helping hand if something unexpected really happened? Is that so?"

Loki glanced at Allen, then shifted her eyes and nodded.

"Yes, I am also worried about Rudy. After all, he is my first disciple. So how are you guys doing recently? Has the village been harassed by outsiders?"

"No~"

"That's it."

Alan looked at Luo Qixi with an unpleasant expression.

"It's another butterfly effect caused by my behavior, but this time it's a bit tricky. If I don't handle it well, it might even affect the subsequent plot. If Lokishi stays in the Greylat family for another year or two because she's worried about him, what will happen then?"

'Rudy and I will become adventurers with Loki and earn money? And then save enough money to go to the magic university? This will completely change the plot. How will the childhood and adolescence be defined? And will Alice meet Rudy?'

"No! I have to turn the plot back to the original path. Use words to induce Luo Qixi to leave as soon as possible, so that the butterfly effect can be minimized to the greatest extent."

"I see. So you were relieved to see that I was safe and sound, because the thieves who came to my house as expected did not happen?"

Loki nodded. Looking at Alan's solemn expression, she thought he was worried about thieves coming to his house. Considering the current situation, she carefully spoke to try to comfort him.

"It seems that you must have walked on the road since we separated that day. This way, you would not leave any traces in the forest. So the thieves lost track of you and naturally couldn't find Buena Village. You don't have to worry too much."

"Yes, it was indeed a false alarm. Will you still travel as planned?"

"Yes, I'm relieved if you're all right. I'll continue my journey as planned."

".That's it."

After saying this, the two were silent for a while. Loki stepped lightly on the ground in embarrassment. She had rushed back in a hurry. Now that she had confirmed that nothing had happened in the Greylat family, she didn't know what to say.

"That"

"By the way, how did you deal with those highway thieves?"

Luo Qixi was stunned, frowned, and looked directly at Allen with a look of anger.

"I killed them and disposed of their bodies. Their deaths were not a pity."

Under Loki's gaze, Allen realized that there was distrust in his words, but he only subconsciously felt that Blue Mother was kind and was afraid that she would let the thieves go out of soft-heartedness. Because Loki asked too many questions about Allen, the thieves followed the scent and chased to Buena Village, and even secretly sent people to track Blue Mother.

Thinking of this, he bowed his head and apologized.

“That’s not what I meant, but thank you.”

Loki looked at him, smiled, and tapped Alan's head lightly with the wand in her hand.

"After all, I used to be an adventurer, I won't make such a mistake."

"Feel sorry."

The two continued to fall into silence. After a while, Luo Qixi patted her face gently.

"Well, now that you are confirmed to be alright, I should go out for travel as planned. Goodbye, Alan."

Alan was stunned for a moment, but he deliberately led the topic to the current situation, so he just blinked and then nodded.

"Then don't we need to tell Master Bao and the others?"

"Ah no, it's too late. I'll leave now, and you don't need to tell them I came back, this is for the best."

After saying that, Loki looked up at Alan, the moonlight flowing on her pupils, and the corners of her seemingly cold mouth curved into a bright crescent.

"However, it seems that you have been living well in the Greyrat family since we separated that day. You don't look as anxious as you did two months ago. You look much softer now than you did two months ago. This is good, as you have restrained a lot of your aggressiveness."