- Ten days later.

I was visiting the Sankund house again.

"Thank you very much for this.Thanks to you, not only my daughter, but also my maid and escort came back safely. "

"Thank you."

As Acyl sat on the sofa in the reception room lowered her head, so did Rita, who had been kidnapped.Rita was also present this time because she wanted to thank me directly.

"This is not enough to be thanked for just helping out at work."

"But I want you to thank me as the father who saved my daughter."

Ten days after the bandits raided Ajito.

There is a reason why I visited the Sankund house after all that time.

"Are the people who helped you safe?"

By destroying the magic tools, those who were enslaved by the magic tools in the slave trade regained their sanity.Other sold slaves regained their sanity.

The trouble is that those who regain their sanity are confused.

Obey whatever orders you give.Some of them gave inhuman orders, and others were killed the moment they regained their sanity.

Disturbance caused by regaining sanity.

Since the situation is well known, those who are still confused are in the nearest big city, Sankund, protected by the Empire.

"It's only been a few days, and it seems like she's been through a lot, and it's been a few days since she regained her sanity, and she's been confused."

Without sedatives, you will become emotionally unstable.

All we need is time to heal them.

"Hopefully....."

"There is no cure for people in that condition."

I refused because I looked at her like she was trusting me.

It is easy to break the mind with magic, but the mind is not as easy to repair as the body.If you fail to connect at all, there is a danger that it will break again so that it cannot be repaired.

It is the spirit that is so fragile.

"What happened to the bandits?"

Those who were brainwashed and forced to help bandits are more worried than those who were sold as slaves.

A slave can be considered a distinct victim.

However, those who had been engaged in banditry participated in the crime, even if they had been enslaved.Mental damage from guilt awareness is stronger for them.Some of them committed suicide thinking they had attacked.

"I've been protecting you with surveillance since the first suicide.Given their situation, I can't just say no. "

However, there are actually victims who were attacked while being enslaved.

They both suffered as lords who made decisions because they were victims.

"As a helper, I was a little concerned about them, so I stopped by, but I'll take care of the judgment around here."

Stand up from your chair.

Are you leaving already?

Then Rita turned to her lonely eyes.Even though he was released from the bandits and returned to his parents, his capture was a trauma.

"If we're done, we need to find the next one.This is the hard part about adventurers. "

I don't always have a job.I have raised my rank, but the request I take on will also require a high reward.

We also need to go home to gather information that will lead us to work.

"Excuse me."

But the leg that tried to leave was stopped by the butler who entered the room.

"What do you want?"

If you are a man of the Mansion, you know that you are visiting.

As a butler, it would be a good idea to interrupt the response.

"I thought it would be better to make a quick report, so if you'll excuse me."

"... you know what's going on right now."

"Yes, I think you should ask him."

In an emergency situation, we may turn to the Lord for judgment.

But I don't know why you need to tell me that you're an adventurer.

"Please check here first"

How many pieces of paper does the butler have, and Acyl is given a piece of paper.

"This is yesterday's report."

It is rare for a lord to move directly in the field.Therefore, the person in charge of the site will deliver the report of the day, and the lord will rule as the overall responsible person.

It was also the report that the butler gave me the day before.

"What's wrong with the bandit victims?"

The report was a complaint of banditry.

It is the Lord's role to maintain law and order in the Territory.So if you are victimized by a bandit, you will receive a complaint from the lord.

Something normal happens in any city.If the land flourishes like Sankund, there are places where the Knights do not maintain good security.

"Well, here's the report that arrived this morning."

"This is..."

Multiple reports were handed over.

When Acyl finished reading the report with his face sharpened, he looked at me.

Apparently, as the butler said, you have to rely on my help.

"Anything wrong?"

I want you to see this.

"Can outsiders like me see it?"

"I don't mind. If you accept my request, I'll show you later."

"Excuse me."

Review the report provided.

I found out what the problem was simply by looking through it.

"This is a report that was delivered only this morning."

"At least there was no mistake in the date and time of the damage."

The butler answers my question.

All the reports handed over were complaints of banditry.

"... this is troublesome."

"That's right. There can't be five cases of damage a day."

"If that's how you perceive it, you should change it."

"What...?"

Asil looked at me with surprising eyes.

But things aren't that simple.

"When the first damage was reported, you decided to leave him as lord."

"... I had to leave it."

Sankund is in a state of disarray as a result of the slave noise.Not really, but I couldn't afford to deal with the bandit cases I touched on.

According to the petition, dozens of people attacked him.

There are reports of similar appearances in the latest report, so there is no doubt that they are the same bandits.

But the other three cases were problematic.

"Dozens of bandits are attacking us in different places at about the same time."

West, Northwest, Northeast.

It is impossible to attack by the same group at a distance.

"Let's say one bandit is a group of about twenty.There are at least four such groups.Maybe there are more than five.Can the Knights handle bandits of that size? "

"That's...."

I was unable to cope with the noise and made the decision to leave it until I settled down.

"You want us to kill bandits, that's what I'm talking about."

"That's right."

I understand the butler's intention of having me present.

The question is whether Achir, the lord, can make a decision.

"Alright, there's no substitute for the safety of the people."

I'm glad Achir is a good lord.

That's why I can be a common sense adventurer.

"What about the reward?"

If you hire us, you'll need a reward for breaking the rules.

"I accept the same conditions as His Majesty the Emperor.I'll convince the neighbors. "

"Thank you."

Rio had accepted the request on condition that the bandits would keep the treasure they had stored.

Likewise, all the treasure in Bandit Ajito will be ours.

Get up from the sofa and head to the door of the room.

Well, I don't really expect much from the rewards.

Bandits who have recently emerged are unlikely to be saving up.

I just wanted a promise that it wasn't working for free.

"Everybody assemble."