Kaiko Sareta Ankoku Heishi (30-dai) no Slow na Second Life

... That's why.

The sudden Mithrill convoy raid resolved in the form of the safe capture of the culprit (one dead).

Personnel involved in the convoy were fortunately injured by an escort adventurer, but there was no other rule in their lives, and all the manpower and feet escaped and were safe.

I was most fortunate that the human damage was minimal......

... That's why there's nothing to be done.

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"... you know what I mean?

"Yes......!" "Sorry......!

Back in the village of Lax, we started by investigating the raiders we arrested.

That is, Zester, the brave man of the hammer, and Altamir, the brave man of the bow.

"Last time we welcomed you as a guest, but not this time. He's a thief who tried to rob the village of its precious possessions in any way. Don't think you'll be treated the same way."

"" Yes......!

As if to demonstrate that declaration, the two Zesters, Altamir, were seated directly on the ground.

He sees no longer a willingness to defy and doesn't even take him into custody, but he responds quite seriously with weapons, confiscation, and a watchman.

"I'll check first......, is your body okay?

"Yes?"

"You mean the injury? I got it handled right, and it doesn't matter...!?"

I feel worried about the injuries I sustained during the battle, but I didn't mean to.

"We would both have eaten Mithril. The aura volume also increased for that matter, but does it have any other impact?

"Yes, no..., nothing in particular...?

"Speaking of which, the aura that went up then is back to normal, too. I can't believe I ate the metal myself. It all seemed like a bad dream then."

The two men, who also unraveled the brainwashing magic and extinguished the red light in their eyes, were just rational and the investigation went smoothly.

Eating Mithril in the same way, Pigallo destroyed himself.

I guess it still has a lot to do with the amount of intake that the two of us didn't.

Pigallo was devouring as he bathed, while the two consumed only about a bite.

That became a divide between being crushed by too much power or not.

"But still, there's no way I'm good for my body by eating metal. Be very careful with sequelae, etc."

"Dear Darriel!!"

Something came flat with Zester crying.

"What a care to fools like us! Even though you can't complain about being hung around the gates of the city by us sinners and others, that heart of mercy is just the son of Lord Aranzil!

"Huh!? Son!?"

Don't talk to me.

Altamir's surprised next door. I'll seal your mouth.

"I don't care about it there..., it got me back to my sanity because of it. I've got a lot to ask you."

I tried to hear it from Pigallo, but he vanished without even answering.

Asking the two of you would be the best solution.

"First of all, why did you do this?

"".................. ugh!! "

Like a child who was blamed for the prank, the two pressed silently.

I guess so, too, especially like a child who has no motive and made a prank, neither of us has a definite motive for this act.

That's why I keep going.

"I guess they were both manipulated by someone"

"Manipulated...!?"

"There was a red light in your eyes during the crime. It's a magical feature of brainwashing used by the Demons."

Brainwashing magic is magic for hanging on intelligent bodies such as humans and demons, unlike serving magic that manipulates small animals.

Serving magic that governs instincts does not pass on highly intelligent and judgmental creatures.

Enlarges and rampant the emotions that only the intelligent body possesses for its high intelligence against the other hand. It is the brainwashing magic that causes you to lose your normal judgment and manipulate it the way the operator wants it to.

"You must have some brainwashing magic on you guys. Soytz is the mastermind behind this case"

And what comes to mind is the cape outfit that abducted them.

Zesters three brave men defeated at the Fortress of Rasparda.

He said it was the mysterious figure who was supposed to have been captured by the Devil's side to recapture them and hid his whole body in his cape.

"It was that cloak that set you up to rob Mithril by brainwashing magic on you and the others, considering the situation back and forth. Do you remember anything?

"That's..."

Zester has a difficult look first when asked.

"... I don't remember. There's something like a pocky blank in my memory...!

"Me too..., my most recent memory before the interruption is that I was indeed hit by the Four Heavens King and I couldn't move...!

Again.

Although I expected it, I sighed at the response, which fell short of expectations.

"... the magic of brainwashing flies back and forth memories. The memories in the middle of being hung will be obscure."

Has the cloak of the mastermind done so much calculation and brainwashing magic on the Zesters?

"From the circumstances, it would also be a cloak that blew Getemono Law into you and the rest of you by eating Mithrills and empowering you. I know such a backhand and who the hell are you...!?"

Very concerned, enough to even feel a sense of crisis, but there is nothing more to be heard and the mystery remains a mystery.

"This case will not be punished with this."

"No! You can't end it!

Zester went wild with his voice.

"Whatever the reason, it must never be tolerated, such as that we commit theft, which we gave the title of brave man. Please punish us severely at the hands of Aranzil's son Darriel!

So stop saying things every time.

"Me too..."

Altamir said mysteriously.

"... if it's true, I want to return what I stole, make amends, but I won't return what I ate. I'm sorry if you don't impose heavy penalties for that."

I'll charge Mithril's loss firmly to the center guild, so we're good, right?

You're responsible for the men who appointed you brave, aren't you?

"But either way, I think you and the others will be stripped of your brave title."

Even an unprecedented attempt to appoint multiple brave men has led to scandals so far.

'The attempt was a mistake' may also come to the conclusion.

"Fine, I'd rather hope so"

Zester said.

You want it?

"That's what I found out in this case. I need to be a true brave man! Now I just want to refine to enhance myself!

"Right."

"It doesn't matter what the title is! That's the lesson I've learned this time that something like that confuses people! We will refine for Dear Darriel in memory of the liver that it is important that the heart and strength be commensurate with the brave!!"

Why me?

I don't know where the respect for me has stayed since my origins were found, Zester.

Something was so serious that I was bonded and torn apart, but should I have kept it a secret?

"Me too..., the brave man is already a dustbin"

Altamir said.

"I actually figured it out. I didn't seem to have so much hope of becoming a brave man. I don't want to be a brave man."

"We're going back to the center guild. And I want to return the title of brave man, atone for his sins, and then I want to get back from scratch."

"This is also a setback for the Multiple Brave Selection Project. I knew brave men were the only ones."

The two nodded at each other.

Now that they have returned the rank of brave men and Pigallo is dead, I guess the center guild attempt to send out two or more brave men, as I say, will end in failure.

I hope my chances of hurrying to crusade the Demon King fade and relax and stagnate in peace.

……

... but.

There are other feelings.

It was all the more creepy that I just found out about the existence of the guy who was acting like a mastermind in this one thing and I didn't get anything about who he was.

Mystery figure in cape costume?

Let the Four Heavenly Kings have a drink to take away the Zesters.

At first, it disrupts the hearts of the mighty chosen by the brave, and puts them into brainwashing magic.

And I know how to multiply the amount of aura by eating misrills, etc.

There's too much crap in this mastermind behavior.

And most of all creepy......

"What did you want?

That is.

The purpose of the mastermind in this one matter is unclear.

You wanted a misrill?

But that doesn't make sense because the Pigallos ate them on the spot they took them from.

Or maybe he wanted to use the Mithrills and empowered braves for something further, but that also made him dizzy, not knowing what I had stopped him from doing.

Uhm.

Something is disgusting.

How does the mastermind cloak feel about this end?