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"Are you glad? Give me the reward from the mercenary guild."

As we walked down the hallway, we talked about a slave who was being made to work in a prisoner's camp. There is no one in the camp who wants to work because of the poor environment but low pay.

But I definitely need manpower.

So I decided to hire a slave. If a slave pays even the minimum wage established by the state to guarantee clothing and accommodation, any treatment will not be a problem. The slaves also have to endure harsh labor and, as a result, there is no fallacy for their employers even if they die.

This reward was used to free Laya and Lilya's family from slavery.

Thanks to the fact that they were there I was able to hide my identity so I just wanted to say thank you.

I didn't have a hard time finding it. If you borrow "Heavenly Compass" from Rio, you can see everyone's current location. I just couldn't help it because you didn't respond to me about the two people who were already dead.

"That's okay. Now it's not even the amount I really want."

If it's a loot, it's nothing.

And now he had me accompanying him to Rio out of interest.

"What do you say?

"Your Majesty! No problem. We have the information you need because you have answered this question honestly. Nevertheless, it seems he only moved the army for private reasons because he was really taking his family hostage"

In salute, the answer is General Urfrog, the commander of Fort Skull.

I've never seen him as Malus next door. Some of me have, but thanks to Rio's prior passage of the story, he had no problem accepting it. I was allowed to be present as someone with information on the Kingdom's side.

We went to a cell in the basement of Fort Skull.

"General Freipest"

"What?

On the other side of the iron lattice was General Freipest, who was commander of the Royal Army.

"Your disposition has been decided."

Even though he had taken his family hostage, he made the military act that wasn't part of the original operation. We must assume that responsibility.

"The kingdom did not respond to the taking of prisoners"

In a village near the border, neither army got prisoners.

Because I couldn't really afford it then, just because I ran away was the best I could do.

The only exception is General Freipest. Originally, only the commander could have been taken prisoner, but the situation was such that he was taken prisoner and taken to Fort Skull.

Because of his identity, the Empire asked for his return to the kingdom. Of course, he didn't ask for the ransom for free.

The opponent is a general, Count.

I get enough ransom.

"But the kingdom refused to return"

"I guess."

General Freipest, who acted on his own initiative for the kingdom, was nothing but shame.

"Will my family pay the ransom?

It is possible for the Count to pay.

General Freipest is loved by his family. My own family will definitely help me if I have the means to help. Yes, believe me, I didn't doubt it.

"Unfortunately, my family never pays the ransom"

"Nah......! That can't be happening. You can't imitate my son abandoning me!

General Freipest has three children.

I have one son and two daughters. Only two daughters were kidnapped and their son was safe. While he was marching, his son kept him away as his main deputy.

In this case, it is conceivable that the son who wishes to obtain the Lord's seat has abandoned his father.

But his father knew best that his son was not such a person.

"No way, something even happened to my son...!

An anxiety-driven general grabs onto an iron lattice.

General Urfrog slapped that hand with a baton, but it endured.

I guess that's all you love about your family.

"No. My son is safe, and my family is free from those who were capturing him."

According to the information obtained, the family, who had been held hostage, had been released the morning of the day they decided to invade.

All the hostages are safe. Instead of a major injury, there was not one loose wound.

He also survives raids by the beast of the end.

"Your Majesty. Apparently he doesn't understand the weight of what he did"

General Urfrog knows what happened.

"May I tell you from my mouth?

"I don't mind."

As the same general, General Freipest's actions were not acceptable.

"I will inform you of the decision of the Royal Army. The Freipest principals were to be part of the motivation to summon demons who, for private reasons, were to move their armies and inflict devastating damage on the King's capital. If you make a mistake, there is a danger that the king's capital was devastated. This sin is heavy enough to amount to treason against the state to punish the Freipest family"

National treason.

It's not like I don't understand the weight of this sin.

"No way......"

And sin was to be imposed on the Freipest family, not on the general himself.

"Second degree relatives have been executed, except for those who are married to another house."

The General has a sister and a sister. Both are off the subject of punishment because they are already married and named different surnames.

My wife and three children, plus my hidden father and mother. My grandfather, who had just lost his grandmother a while ago, had been beheaded.

"Oh no...! All responsibility lies with me!! Please. I want you to sue me directly to the kingdom!

"It's already too late."

Rio will look at me.

Reflect the sight of magic on the walls of the dungeon.

"Ko, this is..."

"Three days ago, the capital of the king."

Square in Wangdu. Previously there was a fountain and it was busy by families with children because the outdoor shops were arranged.

But the shadow is gone because the beast of the end has been ravaged.

That's where only some of the debris was removed and the table was placed.

"This..."

There are five heads on the table just from the neck to the top.

I am so worn out that I can't tell who I am in the wake of stone-throwing from the inhabitants of the Wang capital. Still, the general found out that it was a family.

"The kingdom needed to blame someone for this one"

To get the anger of the inhabitants to go somewhere.

"Except the mastermind, the knight Dolph, has no body left"

Dolph's family is equally punished.

"That wasn't enough. The kingdom has decided to hold you accountable."

It was beheaded and the body was to be used for residents' worries.

In fact, the Wang capital has a quarter collapsed. Those who had lost their homes and jobs were even considered to be at risk of rioting because they were in the tens of thousands.

"If you are a general, you need to move your army as ordered. Those who have removed it will need to be punished accordingly. The military is pretty angry because it costs a lot just to move it."

…… What's wrong with thinking and acting like a family!?

"It's not bad to act. But I acted wrong."

Even if you don't follow the instructions, your family will be killed.

The family is killed even as instructed.

Either way, no decent option was given at the time of his capture.

"So what was I supposed to do..."

"If it's possible, talk confidentially to the country and get them rescued while pretending to obey. Even in the kingdom, there will be a special force that moves in secret."

Secret forces exist in the Empire to carry out assassinations and so on, except for a limited number of them. He also has a rescue capability like this one, naturally.

"Well, I couldn't even afford to think about that"

I couldn't cross a dangerous bridge because I loved my family.

Options other than following instructions had disappeared because of narrower horizons.

"A general is one who keeps the lives of thousands of soldiers. It's not as light a duty as you think. Nevertheless, I also know the feelings of those who think of their families. At least it's warmth from me. I'll send you to your family so you don't suffer."

General Freipest gave up when he realized that was the only way to save himself.

"I just want to hear one last thing"

That's a question from me.

"What?

"Do you have any idea who kidnapped my family?

"None"

That's all I wanted to hear.

I can predict from the testimony of the family that was held hostage that the kidnapper is Lüze. They have fewer gestures than the magnitude of their power, so they have to work in a job called kidnapping because they need to move on their own.

And I guess they freed the hostages intact because they weren't really interested.