Chapter 206 : Chapter 206

Chapter 206: Reina (3)

There wasn't another reason why I came down here myself.

It was to confirm the opinion from the person involved directly, but there was also a performative action underlying it to make her seriously reconsider once again.

However, I didn't expect this.

‘Why is that visible now.’

A golden aura was appearing from Reina.

It was [Gaius’s Insight] activating for the first time in a long while.

The Great Thief, Ian Gaius was telling me.

To grab her.

He says Reina will inevitably be helpful to me, so I must grab her.

‘This is driving me crazy.’

I pondered.

In fact, it was a problem that didn't even need pondering.

Because [Gaius’s Insight] had only told me the correct answers until now. This trait was my true weapon and the driving force that allowed me to come this far.

However, it is a bit baffling when it pops out of the blue like this.

Why, you ask?

Because Reina is currently a civilian.

She was special when her body was taken by Lilith, but now that Lilith was ascended by Uriel, Reina is a civilian. No, honestly, she is in a state worse than a civilian because she even gained a disability.

In other words, the risk burden is high.

‘At least give a hint about what part is special. And how she will be of help to me. Isn't this too vague.’

[Gaius’s Insight] does not kindly inform me of things like this.

It just tells me that it is simply good.

Should I say it is an answer sheet, but without the solution process.

‘Well, even that alone is incredibly good though…….’

I need to at least get a sense of how special she is, so I can think about utility and usefulness regarding how to use Reina in the future.

Right.

As expected, what catches my mind is that uncomfortable-looking leg.

It wasn't simply out of consideration that I told the two of them to leave this place, even while giving up a talent like Rachel.

‘Because there is already the case of Mr. Parnaci.’

Accepting just Reina?

It is not even a problem.

If there is a problem, it is that Shadow here is a villain organization.

That is the problem.

Shadow has just started to spread its wings, and there are numerous obstacles and enemies in the sky where we must glide.

We don't know what dangers and crises will strike in the future, and in such a situation, there is no capacity to look after Reina one by one.

A colleague who does not possess even minimum martial power is, speaking coldly, a burden.

However, since Shadow does not abandon colleagues──,

‘……It is better not to even start in the first place. Since there is no need to go out of the way to create a weakness.’

Just Mr. Parnaci is enough for such a case.

Knowing this, Mr. Parnaci did not join Shadow, and we are also not recommending him to join.

No matter if [Gaius’s Insight] tells me the answer, whether to choose that answer or not is solely my judgment.

In my view, it doesn't seem like there is a wrong answer in this case though.

‘Whatever it becomes, it is all a problem I have to figure out.’

It is still baffling though.

Anyway, since the situation has changed like this, I should also reconsider again.

First, let’s confirm the person’s heart.

“Reina.”

“……Yes, yes! Captain!”

Reina, who was just looking around perhaps because she was extremely nervous, answers my call while stuttering.

“I heard from Rachel. You want to stay in Icata?”

“Yes! More precisely, I want to stay in Shadow, not Icata!”

I sighed inwardly at her following words.

“Ah! That doesn't mean I will play and eat here! I meant please accept me as a thief too!”

This is getting thicker and thicker.

“In that state? You. Are you aware of what your physical condition is like right now?”

At my question, Reina’s eyes changed one hundred and eighty degrees in an instant.

“I will work hard. I can do it.”

I stared at Reina’s eyes for a moment.

It seems reckless, but the look in her eyes is sincere.

“The reason?”

“The grace of saving me. I definitely want to repay it!”

A loud answer.

I said to Dayle and Luis who were standing behind me and watching this spectacle before I knew it.

“To the conference room.”

***

An executive meeting was held so suddenly.

Since the scale of the guild is growing now, accepting a guild member was not a problem I could decide arbitrarily, and I faced Luis and Dayle with the table between us.

I was curious about the thoughts of the two before [Gaius’s Insight].

“I am telling you in advance, excluding personal feelings.”

“I understand.”

“Understood.”

“So. What shall we do? What are your thoughts?”

I looked at Dayle first.

“Dayle. You speak first.”

“I am in favor.”

“Why?”

“Because there are only men in our guild.”

“…….”

I pondered for a moment.

Whether I should get up right now and smack the back of this bastard’s head or not.

Beside me, Luis let out a sigh as if the ground was caving in, and I glared at Dayle and spoke.

“Do you listen to my words with your nostrils? What did I just say. I said exclude personal feelings, didn't I?”

“I did exclude them?”

“But? The reason is like that?”

“No, what about it? Isn't what I said right? That there are only men in our guild!”

Dayle protested shamelessly.

“No. There are undead too, right? How gloomy the atmosphere is! Historically, for an organization to last long, the harmony of yin and yang must be achieved. Our Shadow is also gradually growing in size now, and in order to regain the appearance of the old past and live a long life, we need to switch up the atmosphere around this point.”

“So. You mean let’s accept the admission because she is a woman right now?”

“Not just a woman.”

Dayle, who grinned, shakes his finger left and right and continues his words.

“A pretty and lovely woman.”

I ordered immediately.

“Luis.”

“Yes.”

“Cut off that bastard’s finger.”

“Aaaack! Wait a minute!”

When Luis rose from his seat, Dayle shouted hurriedly.

“Listen! Just listen for a moment!”

“Spout it.”

“It, it’s not anything else? I'm saying the enhancement success rate went up every time Rachel came!”

So Dayle’s argument is this.

The power given by the opposite sex.

He says that strangely, when Rachel was coming in and out of Lunatic to act as our insider, work went better and the success rate of enhancement and invention was good.

He says the Shadowless Bomb, the upgraded version of the Soot Bomb, was also made that way.

……It is a claim that makes me really want to beat him up like a dog.

Well, I know what he means.

I have seen a similar story on Earth.

‘Efficiency goes up when with the opposite sex rather than being with the same sex.’

I had heard there was a research result stating that the desire to look good and be acknowledged by the opposite sex improves the brain's concentration.

‘But it’s absurd since a guy who was betrayed by a woman is doing this.’

I looked with pathetic eyes at Dayle, who was extremely excited and repeatedly asking for agreement saying ‘Admit it? Admit it?’, then turned my head.

“Luis. And you?”

“I am also in favor for now.”

For now?

“Speak.”

“First, she has a loyal personality.”

“Right. I was going to say that too!”

“You shut up. Dayle. Ah. Keep speaking, Luis.”

“Yes. Master might not know, but yesterday Dayle and I had a talk with her, and she confessed that she knows what happened to herself and how it was resolved.”

I tilted my head.

“Is that so? Strange. I thought both her body and mind were eaten by Lilith.”

“She said she had a dream according to her words, but the important thing here is that she voluntarily confessed that she ‘knows’ even though we didn't ask. Couldn't she have pretended not to know even while knowing? It was a situation where that was possible too.”

That was a valid point.

Though it would depend on the person's tendency.

If one was saved by someone and knew that someone was a villainous thief, the psychology of the majority of people would be to hide it and pretend not to know while watching the situation for now.

However, Reina asks to be accepted as a thief while revealing all secrets, saying she will repay the debt.

“She has a conscience.”

“Yes. Actually, after confessing like that, she made a promise along with an expression of gratitude. That she would definitely repay the grace somehow.”

“She said that just now too.”

Her character passes then.

However, just because her character is excellent didn't mean she could enter Shadow.

“Second, it is the point that there are no special reasons for disqualification.”

But it seemed Luis’s thoughts were different.

That there is no reason for disqualification.

He says that is the reason for approval.

I looked at Luis with questionable eyes.

“No reason for disqualification?”

“Yes.”

“What do you mean? She has a leg, doesn't she?”

“Why is that a reason for disqualification?”

“Of course…….”

I paused while trying to answer, ‘because it is clearly drawn how it will turn out.’

Come to think of it.

How can I be certain of that?

No one knows human affairs and I myself survived proving these words at every moment, but I, the very person involved, made such a mistake.

Even after seeing [Gaius’s Insight].

“We can find out through a test whether it is a reason for disqualification or not.”

“You mean let’s give her a chance to take the qualification test.”

“Because that isn't difficult.”

So that’s why he said ‘in favor for now’ earlier.

‘As expected, he is reliable.’

Hearing Luis’s logical opinion after listening to Dayle’s bullshit, I felt my mind clearing up and my chest bursting open.

Luis’s words were right.

It wasn't too late to give a chance first, and then make the judgment.

“The third is Ms. Rachel. Work performance ability, quick wits, sense, individual martial power, etc., Ms. Rachel is a talent literally optimized for the profession of a thief. If Ms. Reina comes into Shadow, we are gaining her as well, so there is no reason to oppose. And the fourth.”

What.

Is there more?

“We are short on hands.”

“……Huh?”

“More precisely, time is short. For me to take charge of all the work of Shadow and the work of Lunatic alone, the time given to me is insufficient. Don't I have to sleep too.”

The last one was an extension of the words he said last time.

I'm tired so I'll pick someone to work with.

I, who suddenly became an evil representative, nodded and spoke.

“I will review it positively.”

Like that, the executive meeting ended.

There was useless nonsense in between, but in the end, the conclusion was reached to evaluate via the qualification test.

Shadow’s qualification test was a stage that evaluated everything about a thief.

So for the task, we traditionally chose one among the requests that actually came in and assigned it.

I brought the request file Luis brought.

They are all requests that came in from Mr. Parnaci.

The number was not large as the system wasn't fully established yet. However, they were still composed of things with guaranteed secrecy and high profitability.

‘The problem is that the difficulty is also high because of that.’

It can't be helped.

This is the name value of Shadow we have to bear.

As time goes by, the name value will become higher and the quality of requests will also go up. Accordingly, the difficulty will rise even more.

In a way, it is a situation we intended, but we can't properly solve even these?

Then it was better not to even start.

Anyway.

‘What would be good…….’

I am telling you in advance, but there is no going easy.

If [Gaius’s Insight] is the correct answer this time too, she will overcome it on her own no matter what request I decide on.

I just hope that she and I discover that specialness.

It was when I was looking through suitable request forms to assign to Reina like that.

The moment I read one request form, I had no choice but to stop the finger that was turning the paper.

‘What is this? This came into this side?’