The square that passed through the gate was noisy.
People who have run into the city with a fear of being attacked by beasts just before. It's a group of helpless people who can't abandon the confusion and just roar in the darkness.
"Thanks for your help. Without your help, you would definitely have been harmed."
As the elder captain said, there were many injured people, but no residents or soldiers died.
"Thanks again for the emergency,"
After confirming Ted's name and lodging, the captain led the soldiers to the Royal Castle.
"Well ... what happened--"
"Mr. Aldis!"
As Ted looks around at his members and opens his mouth, he hears the voice of a boy who has not yet begun to change in the crowd.
"Cyrillic?"
The main voice is Cyrill, a merchant apprentice at Lovell Shokai. The boy who triggered Aldis to come to Leiting. The small boy, still twelve years old, still separated the adults around him and sewed between the people to come to Aldis.
"Mr. Aldis, were you safe? I was worried that I heard you were out of the morning in response to a subjugation request."
"As you can see, I'm fine. But what happened, Cyrill? Just leaving Leatin for half a day seems to be in a lot of trouble."
"I don't really understand that. I didn't really change anything until after lunch, but when I noticed ...
Kirill's anxiety appears as fluctuations in her dark blue eyes.
"Mr. Aldis, do you know what's going on outside? Rumor has it that a lot of beasts are coming to Ratingin?"
"Oh, it seems like a flock of beasts-and an extraordinary number surrounds the letin. When I saw the east gate, it was over a thousand, but maybe more now."
"Thousands ...!"
Cyrill is more than expected.
"That's ... more than a regular soldier in Ratingin ...!"
Of course, most of the enemies are insignificant beasts, such as grass wolf. But, as Ted defeated earlier, the "Beast King" class would be heavy even for regular soldiers. In addition, Aldis confirmed the presence of the demon, albeit from a distance.
"Is there anything left in the hands of the Ratingin ..."
"I'm sure we'll have a request for mercenaries."
Ted speaks ahead of Aldis's thoughts.
"Let's go back to the inn anyway. Whether you have a request to participate in the war or not, you should be as prepared as possible."
"Yes, exactly as Norris says."
Cyril speaks as if she remembered beside Ted and his friends talking about the future.
"Ah! Yes, Aldis! Marrieda was looking for him. You can go back to the inn and go to Litte Shokai."
"... Maryda? Ah, I see. I'll definitely come. What will Cyril do?"
"I will go to" E "from now on"
The good thing about being out of sight of soldiers in dealing with foreign enemies is that fire burglars are more likely to appear in such chaos. At worst, the general public may become a mob and begin looting.
For this reason, each firm immediately dispatches skilled workers to warehouses and unloading areas to secure and protect their loads. This is called "load control" among merchants. There are several strong men standing behind Cyril. It is probably Cyrill's role to guide them.
"I see. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. In that case, it's better to hurry."
"Yes, so we're done. Don't forget to go to the Litte Shokai."
After saying that, Cyril took the men and ran to the place with the unloading place.
"Okay, let's hurry back to the inn. What about Aldis?"
"I first come to Litte Shokai before returning to the inn."
"I see, later."
Aldis breaks with Ted and turns to Litte Shokai.
The boulevard where you can usually hear peaceful noises is different today. It's not as pleasing as the plaza in front of the west gate, where piercing angry characters fly, but the voices spilling out of people's mouths don't feel as usual.
"Are you a marida?"
As Aldis stepped into the first-floor store of Litte Shokai, he saw a rush like a field hospital.
"--I don't need that kind of information! It's more of a priority to search for the thoughts of the upper class than it is now! ――Securing charcoal, coal, and oil is our priority! That's why it's a bad idea that people are angry with the residents! --- Huh! Why isn't the warehouse being restrained?! Lovell firm is already getting people out of it! I'm going to catch two or three mercenaries right away!-Oh, Aldis, you're in a good place! "
Marida, who had been giving instructions to the left and right in rapid succession, noticed Aldis's visit and called out.
"I just wanted a skillful mercenary! I'll give you one gold coin a day, so why don't you use my bouncer?"
"turn down"
"I don't even show my thoughts and answer immediately !?"
"Is that your only job? If so, I'll go back."
"Cho, choc! Wait a minute! Rather, there's a different story! Just go inside!"
Marida leaves the response to a middle-aged man, pulls Aldis and goes upstairs.
"Hey, are you good? I'm an outsider, but it would be bad if you weren't in charge of an emergency in such an emergency."
"That's not good, but it's a story that everyone can't tell."
After entering the reception and closing the door, Marrieda cut out as she had little time to sit down.
"How much do you know the situation?"
Contrary: "It's just that a lot of beasts surround the surroundings of Laytin .... I just came back. When I returned to the city, I repelled some beasts at the west gate, but sometimes the beasts did. It's strange to think of coming straight to the city without any reason. Why did you suddenly come in a swarm and attack? "
Mysteriously, Marida nodded at her.
"That's what it's like ... the sword isn't the cause, right?"
"Is the example sword the red sword that Cyril brought back?"
"What is the only common sword that I and Aldis know?"
"Well ... I don't know much about that sword either."
Cocoon "This sword looks like this sword, and it's an abnormal situation soon.
Certainly, he had been clinging to a strange human figure every night since he got it in the Forest of Caucasus. I know it's suspicious. As pointed out by Marrieda, the sword was wrapped in a cocoon and the timing was too right.
"What's going on in your dream?"
"As I said before, if you know everything in your dreams, you won't have any trouble."
Marrieda added that he had never anticipated this.
"... It's an inconvenient power."
"Nuhe! Rainy day certification !?"
The real intention of Aldis leaking out and damaging Marrieda plainly.
"Would you like to check if you are worried? If the sword is the cause, just throw it away in a secluded area. If this situation goes away, the story will be quick."
"Huh? Ah ... I wonder if it's okay ... But is there no problem with Aldis doing that ...?"
At first Marrieda was hesitant, but aside from throwing it aside, she is convinced that she only checks if herds of beasts respond to the sword.
"Then we'll borrow it, and come back without worry."
However, if this is clearly the cause, that is not the case. Arrested Marida, and Ardis left the Litte Company with a sword wrapped in a cocoon.
Sentry "Well, well ... you can go outside the wall if there are few ..."
On the boulevard, Aldis looks around the city walls surrounding Leytin from all sides.
A bonfire filled the castle wall without any gaps, and a small torch flame circulated beside it. Even during normal times, there will be alert lights and personnel at night, but in emergency situations, the numbers are incomparable.
"... should you just fly the sword?"
Easily fly to the skies and cross the walls of Leytin, which is good for Aldis. However, as the beasts in the sky are becoming increasingly vigilant, it is highly likely that they will be witnessing the sky, even though the night is spreading. In fact, here and there we can see sporadic flying beasts intercepting with bow and arrow.
Aldis climbs to the tallest clock tower in Leiting and looks out from the wall.
"I'm increasing"
In his eyes, the swarm of beasts still swarming to the walls of Leytin. Before they returned to Leiting, they felt they were in excess of a thousand, but now the numbers are bloating.
Vulnerable The walls are not enough to break at the beast's body. But you won't know what will happen if you are under stress for a long time. Even more so if a powerful monster is mixed there.
Immediately, Aldis floats the sword in question in the air with magic, moving it over the wall, where the sentry would not be able to reach, and moving out of the wall. After changing directions, changing height, and manipulating the sword for a while to watch the beasts move, Aldis sighed briefly.
"no good"
The beasts show no reaction to the movement of the sword, but merely rush into the city walls to the city of Ratingen. No attempt was made to move the sword into the middle of the flock.
Eventually, as the night spreads to the horizon, Aldis recalls his sword and descends to the ground.
"How was it?"
With that foot on her way to the Litte firm, Marrieda asks in a waiting state.
"The swarm of beasts and the sword are probably irrelevant, because they didn't react to this."
When Aldis responds with a red sword wrapped in a cocoon, the young chairman looks unusually difficult.
"Hey, I'll return as promised."
"No, Aldis can have it."
Marida waved his palm left and right to Aldis who offered his sword.
"What? Are you afraid to keep it near now?"
"That's not the case. I was going to give it to Aldis anyway."
Aldis shrinks her dark eyes to Marida, who looks glad.
"That's as expected?"
"I don't know when, but that's what Aldis should have, maybe."
Probably because of Marida's saying, there was a scene in the dream where Aldis had this sword.
"... I see. If that's the case, I'll take it with you, but if something strange comes out of the cocoon, I'll just throw it away."
"Please do"
Marrieda responded with two smiling faces.
With his sword in hand, Aldis leaves Litte Shokai.
I feel like I was struggling with trouble, but Aldis was surely concerned about the sword. Sometimes he brought it back from archeological sites in the Caucasus forest, and sometimes provided Nere's hair.
For the past few days, I've stayed at Ratingin to see the sword in action, but I don't need to carry it myself. It's not bad to hunt with Ted every day. But I should return home soon.
"Would you like to get rid of the flock outside and go home?"
Muttering in a light tone, as if to start cleaning the garden, Aldis walked down the noisy avenue to the hotel where Ted and others were waiting.