Skeleton Knight, in Another World

"I'm sorry, Lord Arian. Let's try to rush ahead."

As Arian stares at Ponta with her nose facing each other, she stands up holding Ponta as she speaks.

"Bandits?"

"I hear you are."

He answers Arian's question concisely as he takes up the luggage bag that was placed at his feet and walks out again toward Landbart.

Looking into the sky, the thickness of the clouds had increased somewhat and was becoming slightly dimmer than earlier.

"It could rain..."

"Well, when we get to Landbart, we should look for an inn first."

Leaking out of concern about the suspicion of clouds, Arian also looks up into the sky and agrees.

From there, using a combination of [Dimensional Walking Method (Dimensional Move)] and others, a large city was seen spreading across the hemline in a slightly overlooking fashion, crossing several hill ridges.

The city, which stretched across the coast, was surrounded by a large double waterway connected to the sea. The waterway appears to be quite wide and small hand rowing boats can also be seen crossing. The city walls are also built around them, but they are not that high compared to other city walls at about five meters high.

A large harbour has been built on the sea side, and from here we can see how many (what) ships are berthed. We also see ships crossing offshore, telling the story of the vibrancy of this city. It just doesn't look like a very large ship, and small ships seem to dominate from medium sized to small.

Because of the reddish brown roof of the city of Landbart, the landscape is quite changeable, sandwiched between the greenery of the fields stretching out into the hills and the blue of the sea. Is it in that the somewhat shady weather makes the city dull and visible, which would otherwise be brightly colored?

As we approach the city, we rub off one after another with people and things entering and leaving the city of Landbart.

We also line up in a long line of snakes at the north side of the city gate that goes into the city. He crossed over a splendid stone bridge hanging on a large waterway in a queue of digested slow moves, paying an entry tax and finally entering the city.

The hustle and noise of people crossing the city, carriages, etc. were vibrant with the wind blowing everywhere, such as cloudy skies. Is the city relatively new, too? There are still many stone walls with beautiful colors, but there is a slightly cluttered atmosphere. A number of alleys are strewn to sew between them. However, many people were seen sitting on the ground in the hidden alley, as well as people dressed in shrouds. Is the difference between the rich and the poor intense, and the atmosphere that is not very good for security can also be seen there.

It caught my eye that a large building was being built in the square in front of me as I proceeded along the boulevard. Dewstores line the perimeter of the building, with many entering and leaving through large open entrances and exits. There are various shops lined up inside, and customers can see shopping compared to the product.

Apparently it's like a permanent market, kind of like a little department store. It was a market in a format that I haven't seen in the city I've visited before, but it's either familiar to me.

A mixture of various foods and cluttered smells is causing Ponta to snap his nose busily in Arian's arms to calm him down.

"Why don't you ask me a little over there?"

When I look at Arian in front of one of the stores around the market, I nod as I agree.

The store seems to be chopped up with a fine middle-aged man, clapping his hands and offering a discount. What I'm selling is like squeezed juice with fruit like orange. The color of fruit juice is just red.

Excuse me, can I have two?

"Hey, thanks every time! Two seconds."

When the shopkeeper smiles and takes the fruit placed aside, he takes out the squeezer-like object.

"Two silver coins? That's expensive."

"No, my knight. If you return the cup, it will be half the price."

After cutting the fruit in half, the juice is transferred to a wooden cup while squeezing in the squeezer.

Apparently, it was the price including the price of the item.

"Ask properly, do you know where the lord's mansion is?

"Are you a lord? Then take the street in front of this market and cross the first waterway."

The shopkeeper gives them one straw at a time in a cup with fruit juice. Pay two silver coins and receive that cup.

"Did you come to see the rumored bride when you came to the Lordship's mansion?

"Rumor Bride?

The shopkeeper looked surprised when he tilted his neck while holding the cup he had received.

"Huh? I thought I was here to see the Elf bride who became the lord's queen..."

Myself and Arian face each other at the same time to the answer of the shopkeeper. Exactly. She also circles her eyes in surprise. The hood was about to fall and I rushed to put it back on.

"Owner, I'd like to hear more about that."

"Yeah, yes. About a month ago, the lord gathered the neighboring lords for a ceremony. I saw it a little while during the debut in the carriage, but hey, you were beautiful."

Do you recall the sight of the time, nodding frequently and looking in a direction that is not arm-wrapped?

"Haven't you done anything to your neck? Something like metal."

Arian leaves a step forward and asks questions to the store owner who is in a state of emotion. What she's saying is, "The Eclipse Collar." This is a magic item that can't be used to think magic. All the elves that have been imprisoned so far have been embedded because they can drastically reduce the fighting power of a magically good elf.

"No, you weren't wearing that, were you? They had fancy hair decorations."

The shopkeeper said as he twisted his neck and remembered what was going on at the time. Arian's eyes roar all the time saying what the hell is going on, but as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't seem so strange.

Othi is too prominent to be suspicious of the opposite from around, such as a wedding with such impeccable metal rings in front of other lords and inhabitants. Then you either made them hear what you threaten to say by other means, or you entered into a marriage at the will of that elf woman?

"Was that married lord named Lundez du Landbalt?

This is the name of the person who bought the elves from that organization, which was written in the contract of sale of the Elves.

But the shopkeeper's answer was unexpected.

"No, that's the previous lord, isn't it? You are married to your son, Lord Petros."

"The lord took his place?

"Yeah, about a month ago."

Hearing the answer, once again, myself and Arian looked at each other.

corner of the square with the market.

Hand Arian one of the cups with juice that he had in his hand. She receives it in silence and can claw the straw placed in the cup.

I mimic it myself and suck up the juice from the hollow straw through the gap in my armor. Its taste, which is raw but sour and sweet, resembles orange juice very well. However, the fruit juice is bright red and slightly sour.

Straw straw, it's convenient to drink without taking off your armor.

"Just now, you think it's true?

Arian, who was sipping juice from straw straw as well, opened his mouth first. Ponta is desperately concerned about the cup at her disposal, but she remains cuddled and immobilized.

Since then, the owners of the other shops and the residents who were nearby have been asked around about the marriage, but they all talked more or less about similarities and stopovers.

"The person who supposedly bought the elf was a former lord, and the bought elf was given to the wife of the current lord"

Squeeze as you summarise what you just heard.

Is this marriage forced or dependent on your own will when this happens? That will be the focus.

"If the captivity or imprisonment of elves is illegal in this country, I don't think I would bother to declare my marriage in front of other lords and inhabitants to reveal it..."

If it's possible that you can't do it...

"Would it work if I wore the" Devil's Collar (Manabyte Collar) "on my ankle or something?

I don't need to wrap anything around my neck behaving because it's a collar. It would seem normal to fit it in a discreet ankle, etc., if it had a similar effect on the foot. That way, he looks like he's been greeted by his wife and can be imprisoned with dignity, and there's nothing to be said from the country.

But in Arian's next words it was lightly denied.

"That doesn't do much good when it fits in my ankle."

"Phew, then I can't help it. Don't weaken the line."

Arian looked at his words as if he had said something, but kept quiet and put his mouth on the juice again. I can see the color of confusion in her eyes. That won't do.

If you come after the kidnapper, anyone will be confused if you hear that the person who was kidnapped is married to the kidnapper's son.

It would be a waste of time for us to stick our faces together here and guess the truth about each other. If this happens, it might be quicker to go talk to the person directly.

There are two ways.

How to sneak into the lord's mansion as usual, look for the back of the elf and listen. Another way is to visit from the front and ask for a visit to the back of the elf.

If you say that you have entered into a proper marriage, you will not be able to send a messenger from among the Elves and drive him back without his permission. If you do that, it's like saying it's black.

"What shall we do, Lord Arian?

Ask Arian in front of you with two suggestions.

She seems to meditate and contemplate future responses. She may have chosen the former without ever wanting to get lost, but to say that the latter method is considered as an option here may have had an effect on Carthy the other day.

Kersey lived in a city of people while being an elf, and many people around her embraced it. I guess I had less of a shock for her.

Eventually she opened her gold eyes firmly and told them in a clear tone.

"I'll go to the lord's mansion and ask to see him as a messenger."

"So I suppose I will refrain from serving as an escort to Lord Arian, as I did last time."

That said, she lifted the corner of her mouth a little and broke her rapport.

I get her cup to return the cup I drank the juice from, and I turn my foot to the store. But there was anger in the hustle and noise of the square, and the neighborhood was bothered.

Looking at him, he seemed to be rubbing a middle-aged man and a pair of parents and children. The people around them pull like a tide just because they're sorry for the rubbing, and they all walk away early enough.

"How dare you steal people's products!

"No! My daughter just picked up what was falling and tried to give it back, never stealing etc...!

"Shut up! Don't let the displaced style excuse you!!

It seems like the owner of a store selling vegetables is the good middle-aged father who wants to. The one being yelled at is like a mother with a little girl and a young boy in her arms.

It is difficult to say that the parents and children are not very pretty and dress slightly thinly dirty. He's desperately bowing his head to the store owner as he refrains from crying girls and boys like he caught fire. The little girl can tell if she was stretched out on her cheek or if she is red and swollen.

I just don't see it and I hang up.

"You don't need to hit a young child that hard?

"Ugh! Why don't you come in from the side and pinch your mouth?

When the store's father turned his face bright red and yelled at him and turned this way, he shivered as soon as he changed his face to bright blue. The change in complexion is like a litmus test strip.

Put your hands on your hips and deliberately approach the two you were arguing about as you glitched the armor you could see under your jacket. Behind me I heard Arian take a flashy sigh.

"Yes, no, this is the..., not the knight. This kid's got people's products."

I stare at the girl at the edge of my sight as her gaze swims away.

"How many were stolen?

I deliberately ask in Dos' gracious voice in order to make that gaze point in this direction.

"One, one..."

"How old?

When he asked again to intimidate him even lower as he put it on his opponent's words, the store's father moaned as if he was cramped with words.

"... no, nothing has been stolen..."

When I finally said that to squeeze it out, I pulled in to hide behind the space of my store with amazing. If it was a slightly forceful exchange, I am reflecting but not regretting it.

He crouched to gaze at the girl who was crying, clasped his hands and activated the magic.

"[Healing (Heel)]"

The soft light overflowed and the light converged on the girl's swollen cheeks, bouncing. The girl seems surprised by the magical light and forgot to cry, with a decent face.

"Oh, uh, thank you, knight"

Give up the boy who was crying as the girl's mother thanked her and bowed her head. Besides, he nods to Eagle Deep Fried, raises one hand and responds, turning straight to the girl and offering her a cup in his hand.

"Let's do a special trick for your daughter. Take this to your uncle over there and he'll give you a penny."

When I pointed to the shopkeeper who bought the juice earlier, I saw the shopkeeper laughing bitterly over there.

The girl is tilting her neck with an alternating look at the cup in her hand and her mother. When the mother thanked him again and bowed her head, she took the girl with her to the juicer's shop owner.

"Ark, I think we should find the inn first."

As I was dropping off my parents and children, Arian's voice hung from behind me. I look up into the sky as I see the cobblestones in the square increase the marks of pomposity and Shizuku.

From the thick, dripping clouds, the rain grains were starting to fall zero. People crossing the city also pass by early enough.

There was also quite a wait to enter Landbart, so I stood up sighing that it was going to be another day looking for an inn to visit the Lords Mansion.

"Well, suppose we look for an inn before the rainfoot gets real"

Even Arian and I went around listening to a place with an inn during the light rain, and when we managed to find an inn, it was long dark around the corner.