Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattandakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru

During the following day, one of the rooms at the Narson Mansion was surrounded by noisy air.

A line of escorts took the Vallettas to the village of Grisea and returned with the bandits who raided the village.

"Are the Vallettas safe?!?

Hearing that the village of Grisea had been attacked by a group of bandits, Ichirana asked the man of the escort, leaning back from the chair of the long desk where he was sitting unexpectedly.

"All the people of the village of Grisea are intact. On the contrary, we have taken ten of the thirteen men who have raided us in reverse, capturing the leader of the bandits and the other two."

When I heard the escort's report, I got a surprise look at everyone on the spot but the escort.

"... you say you were attacked by as many as thirteen armed groups, and vice versa? And the villagers are intact?

"I checked with this eye, so no doubt about it. Moreover, almost half of the bandits who had been killed had been pierced by a single blow through the steeple, and some had been decapitated or torso mutilated by a single blow from the shoulder to the abdomen."

When the guard man answered that, Zirconia glanced at him properly.

Ichiyoshi is silently staring at the guard man with a rugged look on his face.

"Was it during the day that the village was attacked?

"No, it looks like the villagers raided the village chief's residence in the middle of the night, aiming for a rendezvous when they were asleep. Lord Balin told us that he had escaped the bandits he had raided, woke up the villagers, and fought back in a group to exterminate this..."

"What's going on?

So much so that Zirconia urges the man of the guard who says and stares as if he is hesitant to speak.

"We have confirmed the scene that there was a battle, but the story of Lord Balin and the situation on the scene do not match. Some robbers see combat marks on their weapons and protective equipment, but others don't."

"... no combat marks?

"Yes."

Battle marks are the wounds of weapons and protective equipment that occur during battle, as well as marks of resistance that can be applied to the body.

The lack of it either means he's been killed in one blow by poking a complete gap, or he's been killed where he surrendered and became irresistible.

"You mean they're killing you irresistibly?

"That's right. It's also from behind, being pierced through a steeple or severed in the neck by a single blow and dying instantly. And all of those are blade wounds. It's not an arrow wound. Dear Zirconia, I am afraid that to me…"

"Mr. Zirconia"

When the guard man approached him to say something, Ichigo, who had listened to him in silence until then, spoke to Zirconia.

"Yes."

"Get your plans up and I'm heading to the village of Grisea now. Mr. Isaac, Mr. Havel, get ready immediately."

"Yes, sir."

"We will be ready immediately"

"I will escort the Second Corps Kingsguard. Isaac, tell the Kingsguard Commander to go to the barracks and prepare a hundred men in my name. Equipment can be accompanied by a squire for ten days round trip. Command will be delegated to Isaac until I arrive. It's urgent."

"Ha!"

Isaac was instructed by Ichigo, and when Zirconia received a note running and writing with a feather pen on the leather paper that was nearby, he jumped out of the room with Havel.

When you take a seat following those two, you turn your foot to the door of the room to head to the office.

"Lord Kazura, are you sure that carriages, cloth bags, etc. will depart later?

"That's okay. Best regards,"

The man of the escort opened his mouth to say the continuation that had been blocked earlier when he dropped off the good that was leaving without turning to answer Narson's question.

"Dear Narson, Dear Zirconia, I can only assume that Lord Balin and the villagers are hiding something..."

"Did I say Otis?

"Yes, sir"

Once again, blocked from saying what he was about to say, the guard man - Otis - nods back to Zirconia's question.

"Otis, what I saw in the village of Grisea is useless. Never speak to anyone."

"... is"

"Bring others who accompanied you as escorts, too. Because you say it directly from me."

"Yes, sir."

"And I'll interrogate the captured bandits. Tell the soldiers in the area to hand over the burglars and take them to the interrogation room in the basement. All the rooms are separate. Before handing it over to the soldiers, keep your blindfolds and monkeys on the bandits."

"Yes."

Ordered by Zirconia in such tones as not saying yes or no, Otis left the room when he corrected his posture and thanked him.

"... Jill, can you slit a human shoulder to belly with a long sword with one blow?

"There's nothing you can't do if you want to, but if you can afford such a massive attack, I'd stick it in your belly if I were you. If it's a riot, let's make it easier. But anything can happen during battle, depending on the circumstances then, and I can't say it at all."

"Hmm..."

When Zirconia answered with her eyes open to the door where she had left for good, Narson roared to think as she sat down in her chair.

"Since Lord Kazura came to us, has Jill felt any change in health?

"Right...... the next morning when Mr. Kazra arrived, I might feel that the body fatigue I had been feeling was just a little easier. But I don't know if there's anything in particular after that."

"You're just like me. I thought it was because of the exhilaration that Master Graciol appeared, but this could be because Lord Kazra gave us something like a blessing, or..."

"... or?

"I ate then, maybe because of the cans"

Listening to Narson's dialogue, Zirconia pointed a surprised glance at Narson.

"Jill would know what Lady Graciole said, wouldn't she? Remember, there's one sentence I care about."

"I know the legend for once, but I'm not memorizing everything in the text..."

Narson gave a slightly unexpected look to Zirconia, who answered with a troubled face.

Zirconia was the one who was most thrilled that Graciole showed up, so I thought the legend was everything I remember, but he didn't.

"There is a sentence in the legend that says, 'Strangely enough, the food a man has brought has created power in his body in even a small amount, which has enabled him to save a large number of hungry people'. Until now, I didn't really care that it was a common story in Migawa, but maybe what I told you is telling the truth."

"... for a moment. So the reason we were able to repel this raid of bandits is because 'the inhabitants of the village of Grisea were eating the food that Master Gracior brought'?

"It's just a guess. Not necessarily. Not for the reason that 'I ate the food brought to me by Master Gracior', but maybe it is true that Master Gracior is blessing and protecting the inhabitants of the village of Grisea, and it is possible that someone who is not a resident of the village of Grisea has fought the bandits"

Listening to Narson's reasoning, Zirconia let him hold his forehead with one hand with a rugged look.

They all sound like it, and I have no idea what's right.

"... Something's giving me a headache. Either way, the only way to find out the truth is to ask Mr. Kazra directly..."

"... hard to hear"

Narson and Zirconia sighed, remembering Ichigo, who had left without even looking back with a rugged look.

If our own men hadn't imitated bringing Ichigo to Isteria, there would have been no such thing as an attack on the village of Grisea in Ichigo's absence.

I found out earlier with a good attitude that Ichigo cared about the inhabitants of the village of Grisea, especially the girl named Barletta, and then Ichigo looked rather grumpy in the eyes of the two of them when he left.

As a matter of fact, it's not that Ichigo was in a mood.

Secondly, Zirconia, who was holding her forehead down, lifted her face as she remembered, pulling her strength to grab and lift both ends of the long desk with her hands.

"Huh!... No. I don't lift it."

"What are you doing..."

"If food had power, I could lift it."

Heavy long desks made of thick plates are not a substitute for being lifted very much by the power of one woman.

Whatever it was, if you tried to lift only one side, Zirconia grabbed the edge with both hands to hold it to her desk and tried to lift the whole thing.

Unless you are the owner of extra rigidity, it is impossible to lift it by yourself.

"Well, let's put the story of how food is on hold. You can also ask Lord Kazura to deviate from us in this situation. I can't let you lose your mood any more."

"Well... and interrogate the captured bandits and you'll know what happened."

The door to the room was knocked when Zirconia, who stood up with her hands on the desk, said so.

An escort has returned with his men.

Then an hour later.

Zirconia was headed to the interrogation room in the basement of the Narson residence.

Zirconia has a wooden box measuring 40 cm square with both hands and the box is covered with cloth.

When Zirconia arrived in front of the interrogation room where there would be a burglar, he opened the door to the guard waiting in front of the room and went inside.

Inside the room, a poorly resembled skinhead man is seated in a chair with his wrist tied behind his back and a heavily armed soldier wearing a bright red cape refraining from doing so on either side of the room.

He is a soldier of Zirconia's children, a close guard of the Second Legion.

Zirconia placed a crate on her desk and sat in the chair that was placed opposite the man.

"Hello, I'm going to interrogate you, my interrogator Zirconia. Nice to meet you."

The man looked surprised when Zirconia sat down, staring seriously at Zirconia's face.

"Zirconia is that 'ever-winning general' zirconia?

"Oh, you know me. But I don't like that name. Will you not call me anymore?

"General Evergreen" is the nickname (or nickname) Zirconia was called in the second half of the war, which was fought until four years ago.

In the numerous battles against Barbell, the battles in which she led the troops had never been defeated, for some reason, she hated the nickname.

Zirconia smiled and said so, removing the cloth from the crate she had left on her desk and a small wooden table with a rectangular bronze blade from inside.

One side of the bronze blade is semi-fixed and the other side has a wooden handle.

Lift the handle and the blade will rise, and if you lower it, the blade will touch the table, a simple mechanism.

"Why not? If your troops come, the battlefield will be... oh, hey, what's that?

When I saw the noisy table placed in front of me, the man changed his complexion.

That too should have left traces of blood everywhere on the wooden part of the table.

"I'm sorry. I'm a little busy, I don't have a lot of time. I wish you'd answer the question I'm going to ask now, but if the answer is different from the two of us in the other room, then I'll drop one of everyone's fingers, so I'm going to. Well, here's my first question..."

The man was wary of Zirconia when he said something absurd.

It's as if it's a very unimportant way of putting it, such as a finger amputation, and it's hard to believe the nerves that say it off with a natural smile.

"How many of you bandits were there in total?

Zirconia started asking questions in such a way that she didn't care at all about the reaction of such a man.