Chapter 195: Gathering information

“Did you hear that? Things at the front are pretty intense.”

“yes, I heard that our side took a lot of losses. They seem to be really determined, regardless of the casualties.”

“If we keep going like this, won’t we be the losers? What is the great general thinking?”

“It seems as if they have gone crazy, like that time….Hey, and in the end what happened with the youth issue? It’s been almost a year and….”

“Tsk, stop talking about it. Give it up already, don’t you understand? If he started a war, it’s because they have no hope anymore.”

“Damn. But was it even necessary to start the war? There’s still the next generation and the generations after that. Even if that happened, we could have simply waited. Now look at the mess that formed.”

“Well that’s how things turned out, what can we do? Go and talk to the great general or the king if you think it’s unfair.”

“Hey! You don’t need to be sarcastic. Damn it, I was just saying that because now we’re going full on to that place.”

“What are you complaining about? If there was no conflict, you wouldn’t even have enough to eat. For us it’s more like a blessing. I hear you have a third wife to support now.”

“Tsk, you don’t understand. It was a mistake to have more than one wife. It’s not as good as you think. All the time fighting and asking for money. My life is hell, to the point that, if you ask me, I’d rather die on the battlefield.”

“Hey, don’t say that. When we get back, I’m getting married to my girlfriend. We even already bought our house and everything. With this I’ve got the wedding and expenses covered for a while, so I can spend a lot of time with her.”

“Oh!?, congratulations? You had that well hidden from you… quite a bit, actually. I thought with your face… hey, is she human or some humanoid race, right?”

“You idiot! What do you mean!? Of course she human!!.”

“Uhmm… just in case, you didn’t kidnap her against her will, did you?”

“That’s true. Even though we’re your friends, we don’t support that kind of thing.”

“It’s not too late yet. Be obedient and tell us where you’re holding her captive.”

“You sons of bitches! What are you trying to insinuate?”

“Let’s be honest, on a scale of one to ten, 10 being handsome, 5 being average and 1 being ugly, you are… visual pollution.”

“Don’t be hard on him, he’s just a little…, No, dude, I give up. How did you even get close to a woman? It’s hard just looking at you.”

“We’ve been friends since we were kids, but I still can’t look at you while I eat.”

“Did you dabble in taboo magic or something…? We’re your friends, but…”

“Stop Now!!, you miserable idiots!!!!, just so you know, I’m marrying Claudia, the guild’s receptionist, the one you all failed at flirting with.”

“What?!!!! Impossible!… Oh!!,I know what is happeningso it finally happened.”

“Haaah, the day finally came when Roran went crazy.”

“We knew it would happen, but it’s difficult to watch when it does… though maybe it’s just his face.”

“Poor guy, he was born with a destiny that made it impossible for him to come into female contact. yes, with a destiny… and a face…”

“They’re bastards!!!, I’m not going to invite them to the wedding…”

“Yeah, we get it, dude, believe me we get it… snif...I’m not crying, it’s just…”

“Let’s change the subject, I feel bad now.”

“Will there be a way to get him back on his feet?”

“You idiots!!, I swear to…”

“Oh, come to think of it, the great general’s youngest son is said to have disappeared, and that’s the reason for the intensity of things.”

“What!?, damn it… You know how those nobles take care of their blood. Fuck, if it’s true, we’re the ones who will suffer if he goes crazy.”

“Yeah, that’s why I didn’t want to bring it up. I just hope it’s a rumor.”

“Damn, it was already getting weird to me that they were hiring mercenaries so energetically and paying so well. Maybe they’ll use us to make their own way with our sacrifice.”

“Haaaah…, no matter how sad Roran’s mental problems are, saying something like that lowered my spirits to the bottom.”

“Worst case scenario, let’s sacrifice him and escape. Anyway, he’s already gone crazy.”

“You pieces of crap, it’s over. I’m going to break this 20-year fucking friendship! You bastards, you’re the ones who are going to die for talking bullshit.”

“Yeah, die and leave me. I have three wives and two mistresses to feed. I can’t die.”

“Son of b… Where did you get two more mistresses? Wasn’t three already hell…?”

“Well, the thing is…”

*****

My senses were focused, listening intently to the conversation of one particular group that seemed well-informed. Leaving aside the possible ill fate of the ugly guy, who was supposedly getting married when the job was over.

While I side with his friends in believing he is insane, his face is even worse than the blacksmithing instructor’s, and, even if he is not insane, he may well die for the flag he raised. That’s what I call a fate…poor.

My goal here is to gather information for my next moves.

The reason I wanted to come at this precise time, and why I was even willing to risk missing the academy with both identities, is that this period would possibly be when I could fulfill my purpose.

The problem is, from what I could hear and listen to since I arrived in the city closest to my teleportation point, I was totally lost.

The only thing my alternate self knew about this place was through information obtained from an informant, and it was focused on my target.

In that report they were not very accurate with dates, only with the events my target experienced.

I changed my appearance a bit and when I saw that there were no walls on the coast, I took my dopelganger to keep me company, changing his appearance for something masculine, a person without striking features, and then I headed to the place where information could be gathered following the cliche I went to a bar, and yes, it was effective. I am already understanding what I have to do .

Indeed, I was in the right kingdom and the right city. The problem is that I had actually arrived even earlier than I thought would be the most optimal time. If I’m not mistaken, it’s a year… very early.

But, still, I already had that in consideration. And the fact that there is a war now means that the second or third most optimal option comes into effect. and by aligning it with the information that my alternate self had, I can see the way to fulfill my objective.

“Hey, you know, I’ve noticed that, when we’re nervous, we tend to summarize and explain what we’re doing.”

“Who’s nervous? I’m not. I just think that way because it helps me focus on what I have to do. I explain to myself to sort out my thoughts and plans.”

“There’s no use lying to yourself, also don’t you think we should stop talking to ourselves?”

“Well, you’re in front of me, and if I stop paying attention next to you, it’s like a different person, isn’t it?”

“Yeah, but if we keep going like this, maybe the fat guy or someone like him will come back.”

“Well, yes, but if two people sitting down don’t talk at all, don’t you think that’s weird?”

“Well, yes, leaving that aside with everything we’ve heard, we have no choice but to cross over to the other side, after all.”

“Haaah… It would have been easier if he was already in this place, but we already had this in mind, that’s why we didn’t bring any of the girls.”

“We don’t have any more choice. Now let’s see if we can make it to the end. If we’re lucky, it’s the second best scenario.”

“Now we have to be mercenaries. It’s the quickest, but we have to be careful.”

“Yes, with what I’ve heard, the standard of power around here is much higher than that of the kingdom.”

“because of the situation there are some things that we can use to our advantage. so I think we have to separate at a certain point, but, even so, it’s also possible that you might be useful when I cross over to the other side. It’s hard to make a decision.”

“Hey, who was the doppelgänger again?…oh! is it me…, Yeah, I think you need help if it’s the third scenario, but it would also be better if I stayed on this side.”

“Haaah, well, we can only create a doppelgänger with all our stats and even an ability. If we sacrifice that, we can create two or three with thirty percent of our strength each, but no skills.”

“Damn, that’s not good. Besides, I only have one parallel thought.”

“Yeah, it’s not worth it. Well, it’s not like I could…”

Parallel Thought (A)

“…..”

“Hey, when the hell did ’parallel thinking’ level up?”

“Hmmm. The last time we checked our status was yesterday, before we met Selene to meet Lyli.”

“Ohh, that means it went up yesterday. we don’t know what the ascend requirement for this skill is. Hmmm, what could…?”

I was surprised that I suddenly had the skill ascend, when I conveniently needed it, and I started to think, with the help of my doppelgänger, what was the requirement that ascend this skill.

Among everything I did yesterday, there were many things, but I couldn’t think of anything that deserved it. But I remembered that I had another way to ascend skills without fulfilling requirements, and it was…

“Dual Synchrony .” (x2)

Me and my dopeelganger came to the same conclusion.

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