The Shepherd Alone on the Hill is a Genius Wizard

Chapter 110 Lord Kadram? (2)

After spying on Leto who was spying for three straight days, he only revealed himself after confirming Leto had stopped pursuing when Meisa just wandered around meaninglessly.

"...I couldn't sense her at all."

"That's to be expected. So, do you think there will be any issues with the walks?"

"Yes. It seems they'll just leave me be as a mood refresher."

Although Meisa could act as heir externally, the absolute monarch she had to obey unconditionally was Head of House Badal.

If he ordered Meisa not to go out, she would have to comply.

But he didn't actively respond even to this sudden outing.

Only the family executives, the 'middle-aged faction' as Turan called them, were making a fuss on their own.

He had somewhat expected it would turn out this way.

According to what he confirmed while investigating internal documents from various archives, the head had been holed up in his quarters for the past several decades, delegating almost all duties to his relatives.

Recently, he had only left his quarters during the war with Zahar and when sending off the Black Spirit subjugation force.

"I was hoping to search his quarters if the head came out himself..."

One of the plans was to take advantage of when the head came out to personally scold Meisa, but it seemed they would have to give up on that.

After briefly discussing that, Turan made Meisa faint like three days ago and injected food.

The same routine repeated for several days.

Walking, sleeping, and food injection.

On the fourth night, Turan spoke to Meisa after she woke up from fainting.

"Let's escape tomorrow."

"Already?"

"If we stay any longer, others will get suspicious. You're gaining weight faster than I expected."

Over the past few days, such dramatic changes occurred in Meisa's body that it wouldn't be strange to call it a transformation.

The sunken areas around her eyes filled out, her wrinkled skin smoothed, and her stick-like body thickened.

Although it was still somewhat dubious, in just a few more days the changes would be obvious to anyone who saw her.

"Let's meet west of Morgen City at noon tomorrow. If I'm not there after about an hour past noon, you should return. It means something went wrong."

One of the good things about having tracking abilities was that there was no need to specify exact meeting locations.

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On the day of escape, Turan woke up as soon as dawn broke and immediately began executing the operation.

The first step was infiltrating the mansions of the middle-aged faction nobles including Kadram to secure documents of their corruption.

In this process, he actively used the mask's disguise ability rather than stealth.

After completing his prepared disguise, Turan immediately approached and called out to her.

"Leto."

At Turan's call, Leto's eyes widened in surprise before she smiled and bowed her head.

"Yes, Lord Kadram! What brings you here—"

"Follow me. I have a task for you."

Turan couldn't be certain if he had perfectly taken on Kadram's appearance or if there was any awkwardness in his voice.

Although Meisa said it was identical when she was next to him, they hadn't directly compared and confirmed.

But Leto followed him without showing any signs of doubt.

When she asked what task he might have for her, he had prepared an excuse to give, but true to her training as an assassin, she didn't even ask that much.

When they entered Kadram's mansion, an elderly butler asked with a puzzled expression.

"Master? Isn't it time for your daily meeting..."

"I forgot something I need."

A look of doubt crossed the butler's face at Turan's words.

Perhaps the disguise was too crude to fool someone who had known him for a long time?

But the butler seemed to think his instinct was just being oversensitive, as he simply bowed his head without saying anything more.

Internally breathing a sigh of relief, Turan led her to the mansion's basement.

"Um, Lord Kadram? Why here..."

A strange unease crossed Leto's face, perhaps because while she had been to the mansion before, she had never been guided to the basement.

Did she think Kadram wanted her body?

Instead of answering, he silently continued walking, and after a moment's hesitation, she finally chose to obey.

The basement was dark with no lights on.

When Leto habitually closed the door like a well-trained maid, the barrier that had been set up inside activated.

"Ugh...!?"

Before coming to find Leto, Turan had used up one person's worth of the barrier caster bloodline's mana stored in the Mimicker relic.

The effect of the barrier he had set up was to slow down and seal the target's movements.

Though the surprised Leto tried painfully to take out some hidden weapons from her chest, her movements were unbearably slow.

Turan leisurely grabbed her hand to take away the weapons, then thoroughly bound her body with the mana-suppressing chains that had been used on Solif in the past.

Feeling the mana starting to drain from her entire body, Leto frantically cried out.

"L-Lord Kadram? What is this—!"

Instead of answering her words, Turan immediately drove his fist into her face.