Black Haired King

"Long time no see, Count Arnold"

"Yes, long time no see, Duke of Septembalm"

I thank the Duke of Septemberme for standing in front of me. Next to the Duke of Septemberme stood the grinning Lady of Septemberme.

I have already broken up with Balm, Mr. Dangen's apprentice, who helped where he was being attacked by warcraft on his way here. I try to get him to tell me he will ask tomorrow.

After breaking up with him at the gate, he was immediately led to the mansion of the Duke of Septemberme, thanks to a prior mention. And let me get inside the mansion. To this day.

"Looks like the Safe Dragon has been crusaded, huh?

"Yes, I managed to take him down. He was strong inside."

I sit in the recommended seat with a bitter laugh. Rona tries to stand behind her, but she lets me sit next to her when the Duke doesn't mind. Rona seems a little awkward though.

"You're a boulder. Your martial arts will be considerable within the kingdom. You'll be rewarded for this."

"Ha, that's gratifying. Then you just want to ask for a civilian. We really rely on Christians, and there's not many of us who can."

This will be a serious problem for you. Christians lead the way, but they have a lot to do because of the size of their territory.

Victoria, Patricia is helping us now, but that's not a very good situation. I wanted to do something about it. Will you send it if I ask His Majesty?

"What's wrong with the civilian that's been here?

"Most of the clerks I've been with wore clothes, etc., so Christian looked into it and made me quit. It was a time of war, too, because it was pretty bad. I left only the decent, but that's tough."

"I see. You have a lot to do from scratch where you rule. Your Majesty will consider the area."

Well, thank you. I'm sure Christian can't handle it. With that in mind, speaking of which

"Speaking of which, isn't your brother-in-law up there?

I haven't seen Victoria's older brother, Brother Gail. I think you'd say hello if you were there, but are you going somewhere?

"Is that Gail? Actually, there have been a lot of murders in this city. Gail and Gemrud are leading the investigation."

"Murder... is it"

"Oh. It's only aimed at women, and six people have already been harmed. It's all in a state where all the blood in your body has fallen out and dried up."

... What is that? Is that possible? Both me and Rona look difficult. If it's just a woman, Lorna can be targeted. We need to be careful.

"The crime is being committed at midnight, a situation where we are collectively mobilizing soldiers in this city to look for them day and night. I'm sure you'll find it soon, but I want you both to be careful."

"Right. Okay."

Then we talked lightly and decided to let him stay at the mansion. Though the soldiers rented accommodation because they would not be able to stay tomorrow, including a break.

After talking to the soldiers about tomorrow, we decided to take Rona to Mr. Dangen as planned.

The city still feels a little less lively because there was talk of murder. There are only men out there, and there don't seem to be many women.

"After all, does the earlier story matter?

"Maybe. Well, there's soldiers patrolling everywhere, so I think it's time to get caught."

Walking through a city that got a little lonely, talking about its causes, I finally got to where I wanted to be.

A peek inside saw Balm wiping his weapon in the back, so he goes inside without ringing it as usual. When we went inside, Balm seemed to notice.

"Welcome aboard, Count Arnold! I'll call my master right away!

That's what I said, but it went further back. In the meantime, Rona was looking at the shelf where the dagger was located. Because it is also one of today's purposes. I didn't tell Rona.

"I'm here."

Looking at it for a while, Mr. Dangen appears with a glimmer from the back. This guy hasn't changed at all.

"Long time no see, Mr. Dangen"

"Oh, it's been a long time. You got caught up in something terrible this time?

"Ha, I managed to accomplish that."

"So, what can I do for you? You're replacing Raydiant, who's not on his hip?

"No, I was thinking about talking about you and buying a dagger that suits her."

I decided to tell Lorna's surprise face elsewhere, first of all, about Raydiant.