I’m an Adventurer! ~Musou Skill is Plane Magic~
Episode 144 - Suspect secured!
The Adventurer didn't get any good information. Some of them were a little cloudy, so I'm sure they know something. I used to tease, threaten and flick money, but I couldn't pursue it any more if they said, "It's going to be our credibility problem," "I swear to God, I'm not involved in crime."
"Neither did the traders. I thought it might be light for a junior, but on the contrary, I didn't know anything. The people of this city are thorough."
"But I'm pretty sure you're dealing with Jarkin. Look, this cloth pattern is used by the westerners in Jarkin. Looks like you're doing quite a lot of work."
Looks like Luca and Samantha, who hit the merchant, were empty too. Samantha's expanded cloth was a pretty handy cloth with several flower and leaf patterns knitted in two colors, green and orange. It is certainly a pattern that we don't see much in the Kingdom. But that just widened the candidate area, so I guess it's a long way from our original goal. Samantha seems happy to have a rare cloth.
"Oh, wow. I know where you're going! Just across the border, Bifront!
I was waiting for three members of the port search party in the Adventurers Guild meeting space, and they opened the door and rushed over here. And I think I've got the information. That's the woman of the sea! I can count on you at these times.
"Really!? We were so empty, Kikka!
"Hey, I don't know how to handle this, Arnya. That's Dr. Fish."
Uh-oh, it was still early in Samara's season.
Oh, Samara is the name of the fish? How did the season lead to the information? When I heard the story, it looked like this.
The three men who went to the port first talked to the men on the boat because they would be lighter than the crew. That's the same idea as Luca and the others. It seems that there is communication of will within the companions.
Then some of them remembered the red-haired, tall female adventurer. About fifteen days ago, they asked the harbour crew if they could give me a ride on the boat to Jarkin. But they refused everything. However, because she was gone the next day, the legs thought, "I'm sure someone put her on because she was defeated."
The kickers were glad to have the information immediately, but the key question, "Who put him on where?", no matter how much they asked, no information came out at all. The sailor told me about it, but I can't tell you that I helped with the stowaway. They said they couldn't hear anything.
The three people who decided that no more information would be gathered in relation to the ship said that they had decided to talk to fishery officials. However, fishery officials said that their mouth was stronger than that of sailors.
It seems that cross-border fishing of any kind is a double crime of poaching and smuggling, and if they find out, they will fall into slavery immediately. I'm in the middle of a war, and I'm on the front lines as soon as I'm a slave. There is no guarantee that he will return alive. What's more, a sailor's slave is more likely to get on board. There are beasts in this world's ocean, so there are many dangers. If thrown into the sea in battle, it is unlikely that as many swimmers as possible will be able to return alive. That's why they can't say they crossed the border. Even if you do it on a daily basis.
That's why the fishermen who came back to the harbor didn't have any compelling information.
While walking halfway through the harbor, Argna raised her doubts when she saw the fish being loaded.
Miya? Why is Samara here?
Hmm? Samara is that blue silver fish? Hey, did you come here to catch it?
Samara is an early summer fish. We need another month or so around here to get it. "
"Whoa! Where would you catch that fish now!?"
Samara comes from the west on a warm current. Now it's on the west side of Jarkin. "
Chukota, that fish came from there!
"... proof of immobility across the border"
The fishermen seem to have tried to fool around, but there's no way they could have fought the Kansai Okan in a tongue battle. He finally admitted to crossing the border and confessed that one of the fishermen had carried the red-haired female adventurer to Jarkin as a stopgap. I see, the fish decide. I didn't know that fish lovers in Argna were useful other than meals.
"I've never seen Samara, neither dried nor salted! The raw samara can be salted or melted! Meunière is here today!
That's why Argna offered me about a metre of blue fish similar to sawara. You just wanted to eat it, didn't you? Well, thanks for saving me in the end.
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The city of Bifront is a port town near the mouth of the river that flows from north to south and is also a fortified city. If the fortress of the Elz River, the border with the Kingdom, is breached, the city is the next line of defense.
From above, we can see that the city is surrounded by semi-circular walls about five meters high, centered on the harbour, and inside there are fortresses guarded by even stronger walls. General houses and shops are built to be sandwiched between the two walls. Most of them are multi-storey apartments, which are fairly dense. Alleys can be seen everywhere that people are best at crossing paths. If there's a fire, it won't be stylish. Is it okay because it's made of stone?
Jasmine's sister asked a fisherman to land near the coast at night. It is highly probable that I stopped by this city. If you stay here, you'll find it with signs, but the population density is a little too high to understand. Looks like we're gonna have to break inside.
We hid the ship in a mountain that slightly inland and decided to enter the city in the shade. The coast was monotonous and there was no place to hide the ship.
Dresses are typical civilian clothes in Jarkin. The clothes were also sold at the store where Samantha bought the clothes, so I bought them there. Even if a soldier finds out, this outfit can be deceived. Luca and Samantha didn't go to waste. After all, I'm the only one who wasted my legs... I'm a little depressed.
I'm the only one who's going undercover this time. If you sneak into the middle of the night and look for it, you can't use listening. In this world, most people fall asleep at night. Exceptionally, there are only soldiers around. Nevertheless, I can't ask the soldiers around. I'm being held hostage as a suspect. So I'm the only one who can tell Jasmine's sister by the signs.
Christella and the others said, "If anything happens, it's terrible!" But my secret ability is a specialty that I trained against monsters in the Great Forest. Yes, 'something' will never happen. If anything happens, planar magic is light and versatile. There are many ways to deal with it.
Take a leisurely stroll past the city walls and walk slowly over the city at night. The range of signs is narrowed down to about a hundred meters in radius. If you don't narrow it down to this point, the population density is too high and the processing is too tight.
From the north side of the city, it circles around the castle wall. There are not many fine buildings along the castle wall. Looks like he's half-slumbed. I think there are people living one step closer to falling into slavery. Old buildings and dirty alleys, but high population density.
Wow, right next to the four kids sleeping, there's a man and a woman who think they're married! You got nothing else to do!... no. It's a long night, but the area is dark. There's nothing I can do. That should increase the population density.
I thought this was the kind of place a hostile country could hide... but I don't know. Have you accidentally taken a place in the city, or have you already left the city? I don't think I've been in town since the beginning... I probably don't have any food.
The end of the journey southward along the walls of the city was the mouth of the river. From here, heading north along the river, there is a port. The river to the port is the warehouse district. If you can hide outside the castle walls, this is the only warehouse town.
This warehouse town is also unexpectedly crowded. Probably sailors or slaves before they were sold out. It is packed in the corner of the warehouse. The living environment seems to be poor.
As I slowly explored the signs and went north, I encountered some noise as I approached the port.
"There he is, this way!
"The one who attacked the castle lord! Turn around and don't let him get away!
"I don't care, I don't care what you do!
Several soldiers were driving a woman from the port to the warehouse district. As you can see from above, the soldiers are successfully guiding the women into the trail. I see that I have a good understanding of the local geography. Without realizing it, the woman is increasingly heading for the trail.
That's Jasmine's sister. I'm growing taller and fleshy, but I'm pretty sure this is a sign. What are you doing raiding the castle lord? Raid the Imperial Prince if you are avenged by the village chief. There would be no point in attacking the wooden edge castle lord so close to the front line. Still acting with momentum on the spot. Well, if you say so.
"Ah! It's a dead end!? There's no more bullshit!
Jasmine's sister was finally pushed into a trail. We're still a little far from the soldiers, but it's only a matter of time. Jasmine's sister pulls her waist sword and waits for the soldiers. Oh, my God, she's a baby-sitting girl.
Walk down the skywalk and jump off the last three meters or so, landing in front of Jasmine's sister.
"Wow!? From above!? Ambush!?"
"Wow, hey, it's me, Jasmine!
Surprised at me suddenly jumping down, Jasmine's sister slashes her dagger at me with both hands. Talk to Jasmine twice or three times.
"Eh? Oh, beet!? Why are you here!?"
"Talk to you later. I'll run now. I caught you."
When I hold Jasmine's waist, I surround my surroundings with a flat surface and suddenly float to the sky. I mean, when I hugged you, you grew up around your waist, Jasmine!
"Wow!? What! Flying!? Magic!? Beat, were you a wizard!?"
"So, I'll talk to you later. I'm leaving town for now, so hold on tight."
As we went up to about twenty meters over the sky, we saw soldiers crawling into the trail. I was supposed to hunt her down, but she was nowhere to be found. Mmm, the killer should just disappear, Mysterious. It was a pretty good performance. Now that we've secured our goal, let's get back to everybody. Operate the plane toward the mountain.
"Wow! It's flying, it's flying! Ahahaha!
Jasmine's sister seems to have forgotten the crisis. Get a little nervous! It's your head that's flying, you barrel girl!