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I brought Elmer with Melissa and Illis to Master Keith, Alistair's lord.

The aim is to commute Elmer's sentence.

"Well... is that child the mastermind of this case?"

"That's right."

Elmer answers nervously.

It looks awful, but it's solid enough compared to other kids my age.

"Now, are you aware that you've done something you shouldn't?

Gently ask Master Keith to speak to the child.

In fact, they're not wrong because they're eleven year olds.

"Yes, I hired a bandit to rebuild the Gleasons. Plus, they're attacking merchants to get more money along the way. This is not acceptable. Plus I had a plan to make him assault the body of an adventurer, the cause of my father's death. I had a lot of problems with my family being gone."

……

Master Keith can't even react.

It was easy for him to predict that another person would negotiate in a practical way. That's why I thought Elmer himself knew little about the situation.

But now I know from what I'm saying I understand the situation.

"Thou hast fled to my realm while thou hast sinned, and thou hast sinned in this land."

Merchants who used the streets around Alistair have also been the victims of banditry.

More raids in the city. This was the problem as a lord.

"Sinned in my realm, captured by those whom I hired. Therefore, they will let me judge you for my extraction. All right?"

"No problem"

If I hadn't sinned in Alistair, I would have had to return to where I used to work evil by then.

But Master Keith decided to judge Alistair because he was guilty and because he caught him here. Of course, he would give various gifts and take into account the other side, but he made it a priority to appeal that he could have given a firm punishment to the inhabitants.

"Good boy. Now, more than this-"

――

I was just about to say punishment and I was worried about the person who stood next to Elmer.

"Is he good?

"Would you at least be able to talk if you care?

"Please."

It was Robin standing next to me.

I came to say a lot knowing that my child would be punished because of me, but I was too annoyed to let him talk in [Labyrinth Magic: Silence].

I said something. I did, so I disarm the magic.

"-! Please wait. This kid is not bad at anything. Everything is my sin..."

"Shut up."

When Master Keith says it quietly, it's amazing and I can't say anything.

"About punishment, but let us both be criminal slaves"

……

Robin is breathtaking at the content of the punishment he was told.

If we fall into criminal slavery, we must continue to work forever, according to our master's orders. You should think that unlike slaves who have been enslaved because of their debts, they will never be freed from the status of slaves.

Besides, the labor imposed is harsh.

That's why most people die without being able to achieve their full life expectancy.

"I'm thinking of pioneering it when next year's seed planting season is over and settled. You will be asked to engage in this task as an adult. Be prepared."

"... Yes"

Robin is also not given the right to choose his job if he does not have the right to demand that his sentence be lightened.

I just have to reluctantly do the job I was told to do.

"Except I'm not gonna let that happen to my kids."

Pioneering is difficult without power.

It's not going to be a big battle force where I've had one more child.

On the contrary, they lose money because they spend money on the costs necessary to feed their slaves.

If you're going to use child slavery, you should let them work like small-timers.

"You get to work as a small-time user until you grow up. Then, when I grow up, I get engaged in pioneering, etc."

"Yes......"

Elmer accepts.

But it's a common understanding among all of us, including Master Keith, that he's a smart kid after talking to me a few times.

"Master Keith."

"What?

"I demand a commutation of this child's sentence."

Elmer is looking up from surprise.

"But there's no way you don't punish criminals. Can we have enough in return to make the sentence lighter?

"I can."

I gathered all kinds of information to find Elmer and Robin in this case.

It wasn't just the two of us who had the information we could get at that time.

Give Mr. Keith a few materials that he had compiled in advance.

"This is..."

Master Keith looks at the material with great momentum.

"When did you get this stuff... and how..."

"It hasn't taken that long"

In fact, for about an hour - I scrutinized the information gathered by the labyrinth nucleus while Robin was passing out, and had Melissa, who was also good at this kind of work, compile it.

"I can't tell you how"

"That's what I'm talking about"

Of course, Master Keith, who knows I'm the labyrinth master, realized that he used the power of the labyrinth to gather information.

These are words for two people who don't know about the Labyrinth Lord.

"Even this information is only part of the whole"

"What...?

"You may give us all the information, including the rest, as consideration for the commutation of your sentence."

"Are you sure? This is pretty valuable information to me."

It is information that cannot be ignored for the lord.

"That's okay."

I decided to give you some information lightly.

"Um..."

"What?

Elmer, with a bewildered look on his face, asks.

"The information is very important, and you try to use it for me, right? How can you get that far?

"Right. This is information about an agent currently in Alistair."

We knew there was an agent.

Rio, the emperor, said the Glenvarga Empire was also sending them to gather information about me previously active in the war.

It's not surprising that other countries that are not parties were allowing intelligence agents to infiltrate.

Rather, he needed a lot of information because he was not a party.

I thought I'd look for them, but we couldn't tell the intelligence from each other, not the professionals they'd find.

That's why I gave up on intelligence.

But as a result of relying on Incheon, everyone's location was clear about the intelligence agents in the city.

Not only was it possible to locate the agents, but it was also possible that Rio was keeping his word to us and withdrawing the Imperial agents.

We kept our word to discipline, rather than saying that we do the same thing, so if we rely on the power of the labyrinth, we can be sure of the presence of the intelligence agents, so it is possible that we were forced to retreat using the Emperor's authority.

"You can't have such valuable things used for me!

As a lord, I can't see an agent in my city.

"Quite a few intelligence agents are diving in. We can't even blame ourselves for all this diving in, so we have a responsibility."

The war that broke out earlier in the spring brought attention to the quality of adventurers on the periphery.

Indirect, but we can also say we have a cause.

"Besides, you showed in your conversation with us that you were good."

Elmer is excellent.

As much as anyone can use it as a labor force, I want you to acquire professional knowledge.

That's almost like pre-construction, and the women are totally liking Elmer.

"If you're beneficial to us, you can return it to us in the future."

"Okay."

reluctantly convinced me.

"What do you do about the latent intelligence agent?

"Whatever you want"

"Thank you"

Intelligence wants to live quietly. As far as I'm concerned, I'm only in the way.

I want to process it by the end of the day if possible.

But most of them are just those who already have permission from their lords to live normal lives. Just because we find out you're an agent doesn't mean we're handling it on our own.

But I got permission from the lord, so I got a big name.

Thank you. I'm going to get a temporary reward.