"Lewd girl." Myla mutters.

Kurotsuchi's small face becomes even redder.

"Heiii...These clothes, I thought they were only for lewd purposes, but wearing them makes me want to sneak around."

It seems she has grown fond of those tights.

Staring at her too long will get me in the mood, so let’s get down to business.

"Do you know about the strange group appearing near the northern borders?"

Kurotsuchi immediately nods her head and urges Myla to explain with her eyes.

Myla elucidates.

"I have been aware for quite some time, even before you come here. They are little more than a bunch of ruffians, but their boss seems to have a good nose, and they have ducked our raids three times. I sent a secret agent to track them, though it seems she was discovered and has since gone missing. If they were rebels, it would be easy to crush them."

"They’re a criminal organization. Chasing with an army will just scatter them." Sekrit walks in and gives her two cents.

A group of low-grade ruffians is not much of a threat, but on the other hand, there are plenty of small fry to go around, so there’s no point in just crushing their limbs. The only way to destroy them is to seize the boss, but that’s tricky when he has a sharp nose.

Either way I look at it, this isn’t a problem I can deal with by leading soldiers.

If the boss is as sharp as Myla said, mobilizing the army will cause them to immediately cross the border.

"Then it has to be infiltration." I mull in loud voice. 

"Are you telling me to prepare an infiltration unit? If you give me two days, I can arrange for covert squad of about 20……" 

I grin at Myla.

"I’m going to infiltrate."

Time seems to freeze along with Myla’s movements.

"Your Majesty will personally lead the covert squad?"

"No, I’m going by myself. Against someone with a sharp nose, ten or twenty people will be discovered right away."

Myla shakes her head as her movements resume.

"No no no! You’ve got to be kidding! In what world does a king dive into a criminal organization by himself!?"

Panicking, her tone becomes strange.

"To be honest……I’m bored. I’m tired of doing nothing."

Myla hits the nearby table, "This is mad!"

"I’m not going for a fight. I’m just infiltrating, I should be fine."

Sekrit grabs Myla's shoulder and grin, "You may not know but he is used to casual adventure."

"Yes. We were risking our life in the wild for months....various things happen." Kurotsuchi adds.

The ravages of war have not touched the part from the capital to the northern border and the highway is properly maintained.

Making up my mind in the morning, I depart the Hyuutia mansion on horse and arrive near the border the next morning. Sekrit and Clementine accompany me. 

However, in the middle of the journey, Myla waits for me with Kurotsuchi behind her.

"I am sorry, Hiro-sama. I couldn't stop this woman." Kurotsuchi sighs.

"We would have been fine on my own. It’s dangerous, you know?" Sekrit turns her words to the noble woman with braided long blond hair. 

"Let me clear at this point, I have beaten everyone from this region's nobility and quietly joined your kingdom. I have become among the top person in this kingdom with Your Majesty’s backing. If anything happens to Your Majesty, the next day I will be fucked like a rag doll and disposed of. If you die, it’s also over for me! To hell with it your warnings!"

"Wow. This noble daughter knows how to curse!" Sekrit teases.

"Shut up!" Myla yells with slightly red face.

I see, anyways――

"You’re wearing those clothes after all."

While Myla is wearing plain clothing, Kurotsuchi is wearing unremarkable traveling clothes meant for stealthy operations and a hat.

Underneath it is her skintight outfit.

"You really like it."

"It’s form-fitting and easy to move in……it also has a high degree of protection against the cold."

I brush my hand over her stomach.

"Other than that, what about the attention you get from men?"

"When they gaze at my thighs and ass, there’s an indescribable sense of superiority……wait, no!"

The woodland area of the border is coming into sight.

"There’s nothing we can do if they are hiding there. Well, thugs are humans too. They want alcohol just like they want women. They also want elaborate food."

"To begin with, their source of income is slave trading. There are no customers or slaves to capture in the forest."

Speaking of illegal slave trading, it is still a business.

If customers come and there are no products, the business cannot carry on.

"Take the town of Megis for example, it is a rural town in the royal domain with no distinctive features. The value of the position of its governor would be upper middle, where a bureaucrat who has fallen behind would be happy, and a successful one would be lamenting about the demotion……recently, the town has been quite prosperous."

"It’s decided, let’s go."

We approach the town of Megis.

"First we wait for nightfall and learn the shifts of the lookouts, then we search for an open space where it is likely for a base to be……"

I pull the hand of the mumbling Rebecca, and points to our front.

Clementine boldly walks up to the wooden gate.

"Wait! Infiltrate! We’re infiltrating!!" Myla desperately calls the short blond haired girl in revealing outfit who nonchalantly strides nearer to men.

Kurotsuchi sighs.

It’s too late. Clementine has already made eye contact with the guard so there’s no point in making a fuss.

"Who the hell are you?"

The guard turns his wooden rod at her.

"Just a mercenary. I heard stories about how money can be made in this town."

The two guards look at each other and scoff.

"Heh, a whore?"

He swiftly sticks out a hand and touches Clementine exposed boobs. 

After he gropes for a minute, Clementine grabs his hand and kicks his leg. He falls with face hitting the ground.

"Hahahaha. Treated like stick by a girl!"

The other two men laugh at him.

Then, they become aware of us. 

"And who’s that? They seem too pretty to be tagging along with a hoodlum."

They are stunned by Myla and Sekrit's beauty. Then, they leer at Kurotsuchi from head to toe and gulp their saliva.

Kurotsuchi is in shock.

Her clothes are meant to keep her from standing out in the public road, not to help her blend in with thugs.

"She’s my woman of course. I’d be lonely at night if I didn’t have her ass."

I fondle Kurotsuchi’s ass over her clothes.

"Urk……why is such a man……"

She quickly acts along.

Now, she’ll portray the image of a poor girl who was forcibly made to be a thug’s plaything.

The guards make no attempt to save her, and simply sigh disinterestedly.

"He’s a thug no matter how you look at it. Alright, get going."

I pass through the gate, my hand still grabbing her ass.

Sekrit explains.

"They revealed their nature the moment they let us pass with that acting. Real guards would have thrown us out or tried to save you."

In other words, the town of Megis has shady guys coming and going frequently.

"Our first stop is the bar."

"Right. This traveler costume is too high-grade, huh?"

Kurotsuchi takes off her outer shirt to uncover the skintight outfit.

She hooks her arm around my left arm and seems more than happy to behave like a prostitute. Clementine whose attire is slutty as well, hugs my other arm. 

Myla sighs and Sekrit grins, enjoying the scene.