“Thank you for coming. Please have a seat.”
It’s been two weeks since the goblin subjugation that took place in an outskirt village.
I was spending my days doing my usual requests, but I heard that the Margrave had a report about the incident, so I headed to the Margrave’s mansion for the first time in a long time.
I was immediately ushered into a waiting room, then the Margrave came shortly after.
“First of all, I lodged a strong protest with Count Bakuak on this matter and demanded compensation, and I received a ridiculous reply.”
“Ridiculous reply?”
Knowing that Count family, it’s not surprising that there will be a ridiculous response. However, the Margrave also had a stunned look on his face, so it must be a reply that is not a good one at all.
“He replied that those two people did not exist in their house.”
“What!?”
“In other words, he wanted to erase the existence of those two and make it seem that they never lived in Bakuak House.”
“What a brute move……”
“Of course, I can’t accept such a reason. I have reported the whole incident to His Majesty through the Ministry of Internal Affairs.”
I never thought Count Bakuak could be that stupid. I guess he was really a hopeless person. There’s no way he could hide something like that.
“His Majesty summoned Count Bakuak and was apparently quite angry, as he could not allow anything to happen to the Margrave who is the protector of the country. He ordered the forced replacement of the head of the family and a heavy fine. It will be a while before the fine is received, but we can consider this matter closed.”
“Do you think Count Bakuak will do anything more?”
“I don’t think so, or rather, he wouldn’t be able to do it even if he wanted to. If their House were found to have ties to a dark organization, or they start bothering us again, it wouldn’t be surprising if their House collapse.”
“If I recall correctly, they were a group that cared about honor. They will likely be quiet for a while.”
In a way, I feel relieved that they will no longer be bothering the people in town.
The Margrave went on to tell me about the two of them.
“That third son has become so honest, as if a burden has been lifted from him. It seems that losing his sister was quite a shock. However, this case is inexcusable. No matter how much he was instigated by that dark organization, one wrong move could have wiped out the entire village. The third son will be sent to church and will live in faith and labor for the rest of his life.”
“It was too late for him to understand everything.”
“Exactly. He said that he will now spend his time quietly praying for his sister’s soul.”
It’s only when you lose someone important to you that you understand a lot of things. From now on, I want you to live my life without straying from the path.
“And as for the woman from that dark organization, we were unable to investigate her in detail.”
“You weren’t able to investigate?”
“She kept silent during the interrogation and did not speak, then she killed herself with a knife that she had hidden.”
“In that case, it’s impossible to investigate any further huh.”
“Mmm. We couldn’t find anything from her belongings either. This is the end of the investigation, and we’ll just have to leave it to the government.”
The Margrave also spoke with a wry smile.
The hidden knife was almost like a concealed weapon and would never have been found during a normal body search. They are already considering measures to prevent the same thing from happening again.
Well, this is not our area to intervene in, so we can only leave it to them.
“Now that the assessment is over, I’m arranging for you to receive the reward the next time you go to the guild.”
“Thank you very much.”
“I’m the one who should thank you, you guys really helped me out. If you don’t have anything to do, I’d like you to stay here in the southern frontier for a long time.”
“For me, this is also the place where I started being an adventurer, so if I have the opportunity, I would like to continue my adventurer activities here.”
I’m more concerned about the future than about money. There are a lot of very good people in this town, and I would like to come back as an adventurer someday.
That is also my true intention.
I’m sure Shiro and Ao are thinking the same thing.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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