“I’m sorry, we arrived late. What happened to the injured?”
About ten minutes after the accident, a few soldiers stationed at the city came to the scene of the accident.
They all seem a little anxious.
I wonder if something else happened.….
“The injured have been treated, and although they were seriously injured at the time of the accident, they all recovered safely.”
“I see, that’s good. Thank you for your help.”
First of all, when I told them that everyone was safe, the soldiers who rushed to the scene were glad and they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as I was wondering how to explain the accident, I notice Shiro and Ao peering inside the carriage.
Looks like they found something.
“Shun-oniichan! Come, look at this!”
We (me, Sue, and the soldiers) headed towards where Shiro and Ao were pointing.
“Did somebody tamper with this?”
It is the axle of the carriage, but the broken surface is clearly wrong.
“There are traces of deliberate damage.”
“Right. In this case, the commotion just now was done on purpose, wasn’t it?”
The soldiers bit their lips.
Just what is going on?
“Before we got here, there were brawls in three other places at the same time. Maybe they were trying to delay us in coming here and hopes that someone will die.”
“But who would set up such cruel thing?”
“That-, well, we still have to look into that. As for the next step, we have to inspect the carriages around the city.”
The soldier, who I was talking to, instructed another soldier to inspect the carriages. They want to make sure that the same thing doesn’t happen again.
We also need to be wary about this. I somehow felt that there is a nobleman who could do something like this, but there is no way to pursue them because there is no proof.
At this moment, new reinforcements came.
“Oh, I see. Thankfully, Shun-sama and the others just so happened to be here. It was indeed a blessing in disguise.”
After hearing about our deeds, the head butler praised us.
“Hello, head butler-san. So, you also came to the scene.”
“Yes, this is an emergency after all. One wrong move and it could have crashed into a store or a house and cause an even more serious accident.”
It was a big accident, so as expected, the head butler of the Margrave’s mansion would also come to the scene.
Now that I think about it, this time, it was an isolated accident. But if there was one wrong move, the carriage might have crashed into one of the buildings in the surrounding instead.
While I was thinking about this, the head butler started talking to me and the soldiers.
“Shun-sama, I’m sorry to trouble you again, but the lord has something to talk to you about after this. Can you come back with me?”
“Yes. I have something I’d like to confirm as well.”
“Thanks.” Then the head butler faced the soldier and asked him for a favor. “Oh, and I’m sorry but I would like you to inform the garrison commander to head to the mansion as soon as possible as well.”
“I understand.”
As expected, some kind of trouble did happen.
The fact that we’re also involved means that it must definitely have something to do with those nobles.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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