Master of the brave.

"Wait, wait! No hostility, no hostility!

Split up the bush, one man comes out.

Something like the mid-forties when I was a year? Dressed in leather armor, he has a natta in his hand. Is it to show that Wynn and Leticia are free of hostility that is causing the bushes to be heavily divided?

"Throw away the blade in your hand and slowly come out onto the road"

"I get it. Here."

The man throws out the natta he had in his hand, as Winn told him.

"Is this it?

"Keep your hands on your head and stand on your knees."

"I get it. Hey, your brother's the Win squire with the Cornelia princess, right? And that lady of yours, Squire Leno."

"... who are you? How did you know our names?

"The question is simple. Because I was getting your sketches. From your captain."

"Captain?"

"He knows Captain Lloyds. Mr. Wynn."

"Deputy Kelvin......"

As Winn turned around, Kelvin stood.

My breath is a little rough.

"No, I'm surprised. Suddenly, I felt signs that the air had changed. It's good to rush over."

"Air?"

Not answering Winn's twinkle, Kelvin walked over to the man and let him stand up, taking the hand of the man standing on his knees.

"Hey, Kelvin. Long time no see."

"It's not like we're having a reunion greeting. For one thing, let's get away from here. It's not good to be seen like you."

"Ah, oh. Right."

"Mr. Wynn. Please accompany us. And..."

"Brother. The potatoes are scattered all over the ground, so I'll wash them in the river again."

"Thanks"

"Never mind. I'll see you later."

"Sorry"

Kelvin bows her head gently to Leticia, who starts picking up potatoes. And I looked back at Winn and the man.

"People are going to come. Here."

With that said, Kelvin stood ahead of the two and split into the woods.

◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ ◇

"It's been a long time again, Kelvin"

"Yeah, you too, Mr. Redwick"

"What about this one, lieutenant?

"I apologize for the late introduction. Win squire. I'm Redwick. Kelvin and Lloyds are on the verge of corruption."

"Nice to meet you," Winn shook back the hand Ledwick offered.

(atmosphere resembles a captain somewhere)

Is he about fifty years old?

Unlike Lloyds' barrel-like shape and double jaw, there were three scratches on his face that seemed to have been made of sharp nails.

Back length is also approaching wedge height.

For Lloyds and Kelvin's comrades, he was a fairly older figure than the two of them, but Kelvin had a reciprocal attitude toward Redwick. That may mean he's a comrade in the Alliance against the Continent of Demons.

"Redwick is the Knights of Continental Alliance Dispatch, a man who fought shoulder to shoulder with me and Captain Lloyds."

That's what Kelvin said to answer the question Winn was feeling.

"Stop me. It was a long time ago."

Redwick put his nose head on Kelvin's words. Then when I put my hand on my chin, I look at Winn's face like I was impressed.

"I was going to hide the signs completely...

I haven't been on the front lines in a while either. I was going to work out, but are you old enough?

"How long are you going to be on active duty...

Well, those two are special. Winn, your ability to detect signs is better than mine. Because you even notice signs of elves in the woods. "

"That's a big deal."

"And when it comes to the other, it's beyond our understanding"

"You weren't a Leno squire?

"Dear Leticia Van Mavis, Brave man, it's you."

"Hmm..."

(I see)

Redwick whistled and nodded like he was good at it.

Sure, the girl was responding faster to Redwood's signs than Winn.

At that time, she was slightly exasperated.

Because it was immediately contained, it was something that I would finally notice with as many users as Kelvin, but it was certainly something that made me feel powerful.

(If you ask me, it was a sign I had felt several times on the front line back then when I was fighting demons. If so -)

Redwick saw Kelvin half-eyed.

"... didn't you give me a bad illness?

"Lightly embellished."

As Ledwick predicted, Kelvin seems to have challenged Leticia to battle.

(Do you want that Kelvin... I don't want to turn it on the enemy)

"More than that, Mr. Redwick. You didn't come all the way out here to say that, did you?

"Oh, I did"

Kelvin tells me that Redwick, who had a frightened look on his face, corrects his posture.

"It's information from a secret detective. As per the prospect, some troops moved out of the Klefdorf Marquis. In response to that move, Petersia seems to have made a move too."

"Has it moved"

Kelvin's voice became harsh.

Now it was clear that it was through the neighbouring country of Petersia, which is a hostile state, and the great nobility of the motherland, which is also the man who heads the knighthood.

The Marquis territory of Lemursil and the Kingdom of Petersia border each other.

Once the nobles bordering the border have passed, it is easy to break into the empire.

I don't know how long it's been going through, but it won't be for the last year or two, given its proximity.

Maybe there are already a good number of Petersian troops stationed in secrecy within the Marquis de Cliffdorf territory.

I had heard that Alfred had come all the way to the South, where Marquis Cliffdorf's influence was strong, aboard Welt's suggestion, to broil them, who were fumigating their rebellion with themselves as bait.

If there was to be any form of rebellion, Alfred would have created an opportunity for him to put his opponent's actions within the limits of his predictions. If Welt hadn't jumped on Alfred's scattered bait, he would have inspected the aristocratic realm of the South, the Knights, as it were, and planned to go to the Kingdom of Lyon, but that doesn't seem to be the case with the Inquirer.

"We'll have tighter security if we get into Eltz, so it's tonight that the raid will take place - no, probably tomorrow when we get into Elsted territory. Is it time for that camp?

"Yeah, probably"

Kelvin nods at Winn's inquiry.

"Ertz was devastated by epidemic diseases coming from water damage a few years ago, famine caused by crop failure, etc., but it's still one of the country's leading iron blacksmiths and rich land in the barn zone. By letting the Count's family lose their legs, neighboring Marquis Cliffdorf gets the land. That's a well-thought out muscle."

Redwoock says in a strong tone like throwing up.

"But... there is Mavis the Brave in the line. Sure, they seem to underestimate the power of the brave Mavis, but they're still likely to see a good chance of failing where they set up the night raid..."

"If there's anything like a raid on His Royal Highness in the realm, even if the raid fails, you can hold Count Elsted, the lord, accountable, right? Isn't that when you're about to scratch Letty's fame? No matter how much Letty, not all enemies can be prevented in the darkness of the night."

"I see."

Kelvin nodded at Winn's opinion.

Indeed, if Alfred, who was accompanying him, were assassinated, no matter how brave Mavis may be, he would be able to break into his fame.

At least your voice within the Empire should weaken.

Think about what happened after Alfred was ruled out and put the brave man's power in shreds.

"So, what do you want me to do? Kelvin, you can send reinforcements if you want.

"... no, let all the adventurers who are coming with us work. Measures are possible if we know in advance that a raid will take place. Even the captain's private soldiers are not necessarily misled by the breath of Lord Cliffdorf. Then the adventurers we arranged would be more certain. Besides, they should be more accustomed to night activities than we are to..."

So when Kelvin cuts the words, he puts his hand on his forehead and thinks. And I opened my mouth.

"I was still right to keep Leno in my place. Let Lady Leticia stay with you as Cornelia's escort. Redwick, what about Captain Lloyds?

"Of course I'm telling you"

"Then you should be ready, too. We'll take care of this."

Copy that.

When split with Redwick, Wynn and Kelvin hurried back to the camp.

Kelvin was quick when he decided on a general policy.

Instructions were given to the adventurers disguised as miscellaneous husbands who knew the circumstances and let them slip out of the camp in the twilight darkness, lurking in the woods.

The Winns lurked through the camp again in a position where they could see Alfred's accommodation.

Night and a half.

Two figures sneaked out of the house Leticia was renting.

These are the two maidens Stacia gave to Leticia.

The two samurai moved to scratch the eyes of the knight, making sure to cross the shadow made by the fire that was burning for security. It was a way of moving that showed that they were clearly specially trained.

The two samurai, who moved from shadow to shadow, eventually moved to the outside of the village. There was one soldier standing at the outpost.

One of the samurai walked out into the light.

The soldier seemed surprised by the appearance of a samurai who had suddenly emerged from the darkness, but approached him without the appearance of suspicion that a well-known samurai had come to ask him for anything. And in the next moment, he gets his neck scratched by another samurai who sneaks from behind. It doesn't even give you a screaming gap.

As the body of the falling soldier lay quietly on the ground so as not to make a sound, the maid of those who spoke to the soldier turned so that she could pull out a single piece of firewood from the burning fire and draw a large circle towards the outside of the village.

Once, twice, three degrees.

Clearly unnatural fire movements.

(Coming!

Wynn, lurking in the bushes, grabbed the sword hidden beneath the fallen leaves to reflect the light and not be noticed.

Several figures were seen coming out of the woods ahead where the signal was sent.

The shadow who made the break-in into the village waves his sword at the remaining watching knights and soldiers, clearly in a trained and quick motion.

"So, enemy attack!

There seems to be a mix of knights as well as soldiers among the raiders.

The magical glow of physical strengthening could be confirmed everywhere.

The strength of the goodwill visiting delegation of the Kingdom of Lyon is twenty Kingsguard knights, sixty court knights, and two hundred soldiers.

Of course, it's late at night, so the Kingsguard knights from nobility and the knights on duty, those who excluded soldiers, should be taking a break in the camp outside the woods - but it was more armed knights, soldiers, who welcomed the men than they expected.

I see signs of the raiders getting upset. But I can't see you pulling.

The raiders were still more numerous in numbers.

The fact that the purpose of the raiders was to raid Alfred's neck, or in Count Elsted's territory.

We're going to push it out in numbers, even to Alfred's quarters.

(I won't let you!

Kelvin nodded his tongue and rose from the bush, lifting his sword wide above his head. Using that as a signal, Winn also jumped out of the bush when he grabbed the sword he had hidden under the dead leaves.

What would have been a miscalculation for the Raiders would have been that the strength they knew was twenty Kingsguard knights, sixty court knights and two hundred soldiers.

Even if they were wary of the night raids, the number of armed men was estimated to be high and ni, about thirty.

In fact, the number of knights, soldiers, who came out when the raid was found was about thirty.

That led to the wrong decision to push it through. It was erroneous to see that the others could escape from the village, even if they were more attached or not attached, before they rushed with their weapons.

But...

When the raiders noticed, they were completely besieged by as many as three hundred forces of war.

They didn't know.

that most of the miscellaneous husbands who considered themselves out of battle were skilled adventurers.

When it comes to battles such as night raids, the adventurers are more used to it than regular soldiers.

The raiders found no escaping gap and were rounded up or taken prisoner.

Those who lurked in the woods were either captured or destroyed without one by adventurers who specialize in exploration.

At the end of the raider's aftermath, Alfred immediately ordered a line of departure.

Civilians, who had not been informed about the raid, and the underworked women, who were not adventurers, were frightened by the sudden events, but rushed to finish preparing to leave as they were told.

The two samurai, who guided the raiders, have broken into Leticia's rented house after finishing sending the signals and have been seized by two of the waiting leanos and wedges.

No matter how much they are specially trained, they are no match for the two knights who waited full.

"I'm finally going to let you go. Really, I couldn't sleep at night because I was scared of sleeping around."

Lino, who tied up the two samurai, was foolish enough to see the faces of the rendezvous wins.

It seems that Leno wasn't the only one who was wearing out was the imitation of Leticia.

"Oh, but it was really tight ~. You can always be fine with these things ~"

Looks like the dress corset was tight too.

"Only corset, I'm not used to it either. Good day, Mr. Lino."

"Aww... no, if you've been helpful to Leticia..."

Leticia thanked me and Lino is in a hurry.

Rock approached Winn, who was laughing at how it was going.

"What are we going to do with the prisoners?

"I think I'm going to get some information out of Ertz. Maybe there's something going on around the captain because there's no one left."

"There are people who seem to be good at getting out information..."

They both thought of Kelvin's face at the same time and smiled bitterly at each other.

"Anyway, I can't do anything like torture..."

"Me, too."

Winn also nods at Rock's words.

When it comes to hurting prisoners, Winn didn't feel good either, but in reality there are also sacrifices made to soldiers. Alfred won't quit torturing his captors just because of it.

Torture, which hurts physically and mentally to extract information, sometimes makes falsehood true, and was rarely carried out, but the position of torture officer nonetheless exists. Because torture also requires the knowledge and spiritual strength of those who do it.

But in this line the torture officer is just not accompanied.

In doing so, there is only one suitable person for the two of them to come up with.

While some of the knights may be fine with such acts, only Kelvin seems to have the perfect technique to keep them alive and not kill them.

And in fact, Kelvin is now heading away from the Wins' side to a carriage that transports prisoners surrounded by soldiers and adventurers far rear.

Maybe he's already started interrogating me in the carriage.

The prisoners were gathered in the carriage in the rear, probably out of consideration to ensure that nobles unfamiliar with the havoc, starting with civilians walking forward, could not hear screams or anything else.

Winn looked up at the sky as he walked.

Is the dawn near or is the thin rays and sky brightening?

By the time the sun rose, we were scheduled to arrive in the Ersted capital, Ertz.