It happened early in the morning, two days before the festival.
For some reason, the area in front of the Margrave’s mansion gates was in complete uproar, with a large number of soldiers gathered outside. We had been in the garden doing our morning training, but the commotion was so unusual that we all stopped to look toward the front gates.
“W-what’s going on out there?”
“Haa… It’s probably people connected to House Kasuak. We already confirmed yesterday that they’d entered the territory.”
“““Eh?”””
Emilia-san spoke with an exasperated expression, while Sue and the others stared in shock.
“As soon as the news reached the Royal Castle that a member of House Kasuak had been detained for unlawful entry, they immediately sent people rushing here to the frontier territory. That’s why I reinforced the gate guards. They’re most likely demanding the release of those adventurers.”
From House Kasuak’s perspective, they were probably just doing what any noble family would do. But for the Margrave’s household, this was an absolute headache.
At that moment, the former margrave slowly rose to his feet.
“It can’t be helped. Let’s go hear what exactly they’re shouting about. Shun, you’re coming too.”
“Eh? Me too?”
“That’s right. You’re capable of staying calm and making rational judgments.”
For some reason, I ended up accompanying the former lord as he strode toward the front gates.
“Oh, there he is. The boss of the beastmen finally showed up.”
“A filthy creature that threatens the noble race of mankind!”
Standing outside the gates were several men who looked like soldiers.
No, more importantly, these idiots had just openly picked a fight with the former lord. A heavy wave of killing intent began swelling from him.
And that phrase—the noble race of mankind—really bothered me.
“I see. I thought something felt off about you people. So you’re followers of the Human Supremacy Cult.”
“That’s right! Anything other than the exalted human race is a harmful existence!”
“We will not tolerate a mere beastman imprisoning our young master! Release him at once!”
I remembered hearing that those adventurers sought fame by hunting beastmen, but I had wondered why they’d go so far out of their way to do something like that. So this was why. It was the influence of some blatantly suspicious religion called the Human Supremacy Cult.
“Hey! What do you think you’re doing?!”
At that moment, reinforcements finally arrived, and the tense standoff abruptly began to shift.
“Tch, more soldiers!”
“You’ll regret treating us so lightly!”
The two men causing the disturbance immediately fled like startled rabbits. The soldiers quickly gave chase after them.
“So it’s the Human Supremacy Cult… To think something this troublesome was backing them. They’re even rumored to have ties to underground organizations.”
“That sounds unbelievably dangerous. No matter how you look at it, they’re an extremist group.”
“Indeed. We need to strengthen security immedia—”
BOOOOM! BOOOOM! BOOOOM!
Right in the middle of our conversation, massive explosions suddenly rang out from the direction of the town center. Smoke rose high into the air.
There was no mistaking it—something serious had just happened.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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