Ao and I reacted instantly. I stepped in front of Toria-san and deployed a magic barrier.
BOOOOM.
“Huh? That felt weaker than I expected.”
“Ah…”
Toria-san looked momentarily stunned by the sudden attack, but honestly, the spell itself hadn’t been all that powerful.
“Hmph!”
SMASH!
“Fuhaha! Such feeble magic.”
“Guh!”
As proof of that, the former margrave had literally punched the incoming spell out of existence.
Yeah… that was incredible in its own way.
CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE.
“GYAAAAAH!”
A split second later, Ao’s lightning magic slammed directly into one of the attackers, dropping him to the ground instantly. Soldiers rushed over and quickly restrained the twitching assailant. Just to be safe, I expanded my detection magic again, but there didn’t seem to be any other suspicious presences nearby.
“Maintain a perimeter search. There may still be additional infiltrators.”
“““Yes, sir!”””
At the former margrave’s command, the soldiers spread out to secure the area. Only then did Toria-san finally seem able to breathe again.
“Shun-sama, thank you for saving me from danger.”
“You have my gratitude as well. You saved my daughter’s life.”
For once, I decided to simply accept their thanks honestly.
Scrape… drag… scrape…
“Oniichan, I caught one!”
Shiro came running back dragging the other suspicious figure by one leg across the ground.
Yeah… that probably wasn’t the best way to transport prisoners.
The soldiers hurried over and immediately restrained the captured man from her.
“Looks like it’s broken…”
Shiro murmured softly.
The plaza we had all worked so hard to prepare had now been reduced to nothing more than a field of rubble. Not just me, but even the former margrave and Toria-san wore deeply pained expressions.
“Sir, we’ve found fragments of explosive-type magical devices. It appears to be the kind that accumulates mana before detonating all at once.”
“Confirm whether there are any other suspicious objects. There may be explosives planted within the town as well.”
Without a doubt, this was the work of House Kasuak and the Human Supremacy Cult. But for now, the site needed to be secured, so we couldn’t even begin clearing the rubble.
Above all—
we needed to catch the perpetrators.
BOOOOM. BOOOOM.
“W-what?!”
“No way…”
At that moment, another series of explosions echoed in the distance.
“I-isn’t that coming from the direction of the mansion?”
Toria-san was right. The blasts were clearly coming from the estate.
“Shun, go to the mansion. I will continue the investigation here.”
“Understood.”
“I shall accompany you as well.”
“Shiro’s going too!”
The previous margrave and Ao stayed in the square, and we run towards the mansion.
I hope there’s no damage.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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