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A cell in the basement of a guard station.

So the bandit woke up.

Are you awake?

There was a guard captain waiting to wake up in front of the thief.

Be alert to the fact that a man was nearby while unconscious, and stare sharply at the other person's eyes to find out who they are.

At the same time, he turns his consciousness around to desperately explore the situation in which he is placed.

"......!"

But I found myself and Ira near the entrance to the dungeon, breathing hard.

I put it on the side that Isla was hitting and putting it on against the bandit, but apparently it was the right answer.

"Did you get a little idea of the situation you were in?"

"... ahh"

"This is a dungeon. All my people, including you, are captured here.If we all work together, we may be able to escape, but that's not a good idea. "

"Of course, I'm not going anywhere."

Currently, I do not communicate with my colleagues.

Still, I decided not to be foolish enough to attempt a reckless escape.

"I am Captain Vargas of the Guard.I have a few questions for you. "

"I'm sure our people are safe."

"Of course they're all safe. It's up to you to believe the words of people like me, but if you're a fellow leader, you'll believe me and be honest with me."

"I won't forgive you if you put your hands on them!"

Female bandits bark.

But barking was the limit in a situation where some of the unbound weapons had been removed.

Above all, I have no intention of accusing a thief of any more crimes.

"I know. Unlike bandits, we're good guards.I'm not going to hurt you, whether you're a bandit or not. "

"... we didn't even want to do that."

I heard the bandit murmur because it was a quiet dungeon.

"Janice, you're not a bandit, you're an adventurer."

"That's...."

The Adventurer card was held in Balgas's hand.

"I'm sorry, but I had my medical examination done.Ah, the adventurer who captured you advised me to let the female soldier do it. "

"Yes."

Janice doesn't have the mood to respond.

I threw it away when I became an adventurer.

You can't survive in a world of adventurers who need power if you care about such things.Some female adventurers sell charm to men, but Janice didn't want to choose that way of life.

"Well, it's not important to me."

The important thing is that Janice was an adventurer.

Some former adventurers have become bandits for some reason, and others who are adventurers but do not go through the guild have been asked by bandits to help.

"I checked a little after I got my name.Looks like an A-rank adventurer based in Felbeth. "

Felbeth is the name of the city of the Gardis Empire.

However, it is now a city that has been destroyed.

"That's right. It was such a big city, so I had a lot of adventurers and I was in a position to put together women adventurers.Until that day.... "

Female adventurers tend to be seen below male adventurers.Janice, who deals with Hulbert, was also seen to be below strength, especially for those who deal with melee weapons that require strength.

In such a situation, he built up his track record, established his position by making his surroundings aware of his strengths, and was always admired by other female adventurers.

The more women adventurers, mainly Janice, came together.

But that was until Zeon destroyed the Gardis Empire.The events of that day brought Felbeth under the control of the monsters, and the evicted Janice fled and lived a daily life by hunting the monsters.

"We lost our freedom from the day our country was destroyed."

The escaped Adventurers of the Gardis Empire had two options.

Move to another country and start with nothing.

Stay where you were in the Gardis Empire and continue your adventure.

Freedom would remain if the former were chosen, but many people were desperate to escape and did not have any other equipment and minimal baggage.Besides, it was not easy to recover because the weapons were worn out in the battle as we ran away.

Those who choose the latter and choose to remain will be asked to hunt monsters overflowing from the Glenvarga Empire.At that time, we were able to get support from the state to buy weapons again and get the funds necessary for maintenance.Because weapons were cheap, it was the country that was in trouble with the adventurers dying.

Janice chose to remain in the Gardis Empire.

"I'm not so attached.Still, I don't intend to be cold enough to overlook my troubled home.If you say that hunting monsters helps me, I'll stay. "

In fact, it was true that Janice had led the female adventurer to prevent the monster from attacking.

"So, why is someone like that a bandit?"

A fine woman who is helping us in our devastated homeland.

"I don't know that!!"

Janice's words echo through the dungeon.

That's all I meant.

"I don't even know."

Words that cannot be explained without knowing the circumstances.

But from the beginning, we figured out what was going on, and we fought.

"Looks like you're right."

Janice's sincerity was also conveyed to Vargas.

"Yeah, we're not lying."

I was able to grasp Janice's current situation.

However, I didn't even know why I was in such a state.

That's why I was asked to accompany you to the interrogation.

"Explain it to me as well."

"Oh, I'm sorry. As they predicted when they fought you, it seems that you were somehow close to brainwashing."

"Brainwash!?"

Janice roughs up her voice.

No one is surprised to hear that they were brainwashed.

"Let me check first, do you have any memories of banditry?"

"... yes"

"Well, brainwashing is not like tying up your will and manipulating it."

Brainwashing is difficult to manipulate the opponent as you wish.It's a well-known adventurer like Janice, and if it's strong, it's a respite.

"It's probably like pushing a will somewhere in my heart."

"So why...?"

"I thought you hated the Glenvarga Empire."

"... that's right."

Janice admitted it lightly.

I was able to get support during the collapse of the Gardis Empire, but I was able to get a refund for that support.In addition, most of the rewards were spent supporting the refugees and rebuilding the Gardis Empire.

Janice and her adventurers were forced to live a critical life.

However, if you complain about the current situation, you will be chased because you have received support.

They had no choice but to obey the Glenvarga Empire.

"We are not the only ones who are dissatisfied.Many adventurers in that country are dissatisfied. "

Janice and the others were struck by dissatisfaction.

As a result of the amplification of dissatisfaction, the Glenvarga Empire could attack and take away the opponent.

That was why I would have been a bandit if I had noticed.

"Thank you for noticing."

If I interrogated him without knowing the circumstances, the story would have been lost.

"We have a good wizard."

Melissa was the first to notice.

When I saw the bandits, I noticed that Janice and the others also had forces similar to Slave Magic .

It was easy to exterminate, but simply exterminating it would not solve the situation.

"This is like a continuation of the request I took on.I thought it had been resolved, but the request wasn't closed. "

Not only do you turn people abducted by magical instruments into obedient slaves, but you also become your fellow bandits.

We succeeded in capturing them, but the problem wasn't completely solved yet.