THE ADVENTURER OF EDEN
4.6 "Information"

"Fierce clashes" had occurred, making the citizens curious. Leonard was known to them as the one who clashed earlier, but he did not tell who he was fighting.

"Sir Leonard! You're there apparently!"

"So the one who clashed in the sky was you, right?!" asked the two of them, Benzu and Sarah "The seventh-seat Star Knight and the eighth-seat Star Knight"

"Ah, Benzu and Sarah, it's good that you came." Leonard saw two of them. "Let's let me out, but if he finds out I'm "banging" with Shiki, I can hear his babbling."

Benzu and Sarah were astonished to hear that. But shocked as well, Shiki was the one Leonard was fighting against, and he was the "Strongest Adventurer in the Guild"

"Please don't tell Hibari about this, okay?"

"OK." Benzu nodded.

Sarah then talked about something. "True, Sir Leonard, Knight Hibari got the information about Count Erick and Sir Rackham from Sir Walter."

"Huh?" Leonard was shocked too. "What did Walter tell you?"

"I don't know if it's just his assumption or not, but he said that Count Erick and Sir Rackham are NARAKU's collabulators." Benzu said, he also knows this information.

Leonard frowned upon hearing that, and did Leonard have to believe in this information of intersections?

***

Shiki and Yui return to the apartment, Reina welcomes the two of them kindly. "Good day, Shiki-san, Yui-san, are you enjoying your walks?"

"Well, just for a second!" Yui is upset and sits on the bed.

"Sorry, sorry, I was excited to see my old rival." Shiki answered that, grinning. "Indeed we don't fight fiercely, but sooner or later we will meet and fight again!"

Reina chuckled at hearing that. "Shiki-san is very excited."

"Then where's the other girl bothering you?"

"Alicia-san?" Reina answered somewhat. "He left as soon as we had a little chat. I thought he went looking for you."

Shiki was not surprised, it was indeed not a good idea to let Alicia and Reina together. Alicia's stubbornness and Reina's awkwardness, as well as their "past problems" won't make the two princesses better anytime soon.

"Shiki-san..actually what's my fault with Alicia-san?" Reina suddenly asked that.

Shiki blinked hearing that. "Didn't you remember that?"

"I... Not knowing. 3 years ago, Alicia-san told me that she hated me, I don't understand what my fault is. I don't know if I ever made her mad..." Reina shakes. "...but seeing Alicia-san always cold to me, makes me feel uncomfortable."

"Well, that's natural." Shiki was surprised this chick felt so. "I'll talk to Alicia about your relationship if she's in a good mood."

"Boring, aniki. Let them make up on their own." Yui comments after yawning.

"I want it to be." Shiki raised both of his shoulders. "However I've already plunged into the trouble of troublesome these two nobles."

Shiki has resigned herself to the situation if she has to solve Alicia and Reina's problems in her own way. There are still many questions about their relationship, but Reina seems forgetful and Alicia's self-esteem is too high to talk about this.

Even so, Shiki was confident he could find a "clue" that could improve their relationship.

***

Alicia is in a mansion, she meets Freddy, a wealthy merchant in the Central Area and one of the 5 members of Parliament they meet. Freddy is the one who sent Kira and Mira to Alicia, of course this person must be interrogated Alicia to get more information about NARAKU.

"I'm here to talk about Kira and Mira like I want to do." Alicia said to Freddy; "First, I thank you, Freddy. Thanks to you I was able to meet Kira and Mira, then make my burden light after what happened to my parents."

"But you're the first person I should interrogate about them. You recommended Sebastian, so I know you have a relationship with them." Alicia said again; "So..Why is it that you're actually a NARAKU collaborator?"

"No!" Freddy replied firmly, he's not a collaborator. "I don't know who they really are! Someone also recommended me Kira and Mira! Someone named Odin!"

"Odinone..." Alicia repeated the name, knowing that she was one of the NARAKU Generals.

"That's right, and he's General NARAKU too, right?" Freddy just made sure of what he knew.

Freddy also tells how about Odin to Alicia, he who "gives" Kira and Mira to her, then recommends them both to Alfred, then recommend them both to Alfred, butler of the Romanova family as a personal aide to Princess Alicia who was in trouble at the time.

"So you didn't meet this "Odin" in person, but Kira and Mira came straight here. You also recommended them to Alfred about being my personal adjutant." Alicia crossed her arms.

"Really! But honestly it wasn't my idea! Kira and Mira said that!" Freddy said in a panic. "I didn't want to, but they gave me a gift!"

"What gift?" Alicia nanya, she sure isn't money because that's enough for a guy like Freddy.

"Rio! Bring me the scroll!" Freddy yelled at his servant named Rio.

A servant brought a scroll of orange color and gave it to Freddy. "Not a great power, but just a magic scroll..." Freddy opened the scroll directly in front of Alicia as he said that; "although it was very useful for this!"

"UAHHH!!" Alicia screamed because she was electrocuted strong enough to knock her entire body down.

The electricity came out of the scroll, a dangerous magic scroll.

"Aahaha!" Freddy laughed: "This is the end of an arrogant girl like you, Princess Alicia!"

Freddy pointed at Alicia who fell off the sofa, then her whole body could not be moved due to the effects of paralysis.

"I thank this NARAKU! I'll become their collator to get a lot of useful stuff to get rid of everything that's blocking me!" Freddy said triumphantly.

"But first, let's taste yourself!" Freddy's been meaningless to Alicia. "The prettiest girl in the kingdom, huh... I need proof for that!"

Freddy tells Rio to take the handcuffs to tie Alicia, and Alicia points her wand at Freddy.

Rio realized that. "Boss! Watch out!"

"Huh?"

"Wind Blast."

Freddy was hit by a strong wind blast until he was thrown into the top of his mansion which was also destroyed by Alicia's attack.

Freddy fell hard as the top of his house was destroyed. Rio was in ruins and wounded Freddy was in disbelief. "How can...you move right away...?"

"Simple alone, the regeneration of Romanova not only treats all wounds quickly, but also has strong resistance to magic that causes poison, stun, sleep, illusion, burn or freeze." Alicia explained to Freddy.

"The reason why Kira and Mira don't kill me with poison is because I have it and it's a pity that you're not as smart as them, Freddy."

"Gungh.." Freddy's upset.

"Now, what punishment do you deserve? I've been thinking about a few things, and.." said Alicia, but Freddy interrupted her.

"Don't punish me..." Freddy battered said so, "I'll tell you..."

Alicia sees Freddy seriously, and is she going to accept this guy's negotiations?

***

At the mansion of the Edelweiss Family in the capital, Erick talks to Sir Rackham via Call Chip. "I'm going back to the Great Port today."

"Understand." Sir Rackham understood. "But "that man" called me again, Erick, tell me if we want to join NARAKU as one of the "Wicked Generals..."

"I told him at the time, I'm not interested!" Erick said, yell at Rackham.

"(I know. But they, NARAKU, are after your wealth and my power, Erick. They'll probably try another way if we reject this."

"(You afraid of them, Rackham? Someone like you?)"

Sir Rackham, the second-seat Holy Knight. A middle-aged man with gray hair who was neatly combed backwards. A large sword was laid standing nearby, it was a weapon belonging to Rackham.

"Attention and fear are different things. Hearing what they've been doing all this time, they're seriously trying to destroy the balance of the three worlds" Rackham said, he understands NARAKU's unparalleled grand purpose; "If you join them, if you join them, there may be great benefits, but if you refuse, we must be prepared to take any risks."

Erick kept quiet hearing that, a tough choice for him. But what is the decision of the owner of this Great Port?

***

The next morning, Shiki and his three heroines prepare to leave for Romanova City. Alicia tells Shiki the information she got from Freddy, the information that made Alicia suspend Freddy's life trying to frame her.

"Count Erick Edelweiss is NARAKU's collaborator and Freddy's got that information from the third-seat Star Knight, Sir Walter." Shiki understands.

"Is that really important to us????" Shiki nanya it with wonder.

"Sure! It's important! We can tell who to look out for as our "enemy!" Alicia was irritated comically, and the orange-haired girl explained again;

"Added, Sir Rackham was very strong. If he becomes NARAKU's general, even Leonard will lose against him."

"It's a good analysis, but why isn't Rackham the first chair then?" Shiki was curious, and she understood the reason for directly expecting it;

"Ah, I understand. Leonard won three straight tournaments before this and those three beat Rackham, right?"

Shiki still remembers how Leonard's sword skills were from two years ago. The adaptation with his opponent was excellent, and with his sword, Leonard could fight any magic user.

In a way, Shiki had never seen how Sir Rackham fought, so he could not analyze. But the gap between Leonard and Rackham must have been very thin.

And just like against Shiki, when they fought, no one could guess who would win.

"Yup." Shiki agreed too. "I don't believe it yet, but if we get proof, then there's no choice but to believe."

"Hey, aniki! Alicia! Don't wait!" Yui shouted from the wagon horse, she also went down to Shiki and Alicia, then got annoyed at them.

"And don't talk about anything weird! Many people will assume you two are dating later!"

Alicia was astonished to hear that. "You're overreacting."

"And where's Reina? Shouldn't she be with you?" Shiki asks about the woman, and Yui raises both shoulders not knowing. "Somehow, he had brought his own things to the horse-drawn carriage, and when I got there, he wasn't there."

Alicia shakes. "Uh, that girl...! Let's just leave him!"

"You moron? He'll be back, plus without Reina, we can't do anything to GATE" Shiki said, and Alicia had no choice but to wait.

...

Nearby, Reina meets two Priests of Sanctum.

"Mama's so worried, you just walk away and cu

"So yeah, Mama asked me to come back soon." Reina understood, "please tell her I'll be back, after my quest with Shiki the Strongest Adventurer ends."