Chapter 13 (1/2)

Chapter 13

Translator: SilverEditor: Kaio

「Just Passing By」 Part 1

Past the vast forest that was located east of Diento, the first rays of the sun illuns of activity could be noticed as the city quietly awakened

At the heart of Diento was a castle owned by the Marquis Inside, an elderlyhis head in his hands

With white hair that reached his back along with a white mustache on his face, the master of the castle was this stout man, Marquis Triton of Diento

“Why is it that? Didn’t the report say that two giant basilisks appeared near Rubierute? Shouldn’t the presence of such monsters have thrown the territory into considerable disorder?”

The reason Triton’s head was boas due to the report that his spy in Rubierute had delivered this

In the report, one of the two basilisks had apparently been subdued by a group of adventurers After that, said adventurers teamed up with one hundred and fifty soldiers to subdue the second one However, the five-man adventurer party and the soldiers sent as scouts were said to have suffered heavy losses when they attempted to overcome the second basilisk The main force, on the other hand, received only minor casualties

“Well, Messenger-dono from the East said that the technique was still quite experimental, and that I shouldn’t expect h, for one of theroup of adventurers, I must be cursed with terrible luck If the soldiers had to deal with the two basilisks simultaneously, then ood ae would’ve been dealt”

As Triton said this, a h His handsthe parts of his head where the hair was thin

He was the Consul of Diento, Cyrus Dorman

“There’s no way for them to have had thirty shi+elds ic resistance…” Triton muttered resentfully

“As for this report, concerning the bait for the capture of the “commodity’’ set by our liaison in town…It seems that the bait wasn’t taken, nor were they even able to meet with the other party While the a low on the bait If no other measure is i spirit beasts, it will be difficult to capture them”

Upon hearing the report, Triton face becaoing well recently had only increased, and the built-up frustration caused hirily pull at his hair

“damn it! The next one! Their base should be in the forest at the base of the Calcutta e Have they contacted us yet?!”

“The forest extends a great distance from north to south, so to determine the exact location of their base is a bit… And since it’s difficult for a large subjugation unit to go through the area, it’s unlikely for them to have been subdued However, if a powerful monster were to come down from the mountains… it would be difficult to speculate ould happen”

“Contact the liaison again and tell hi clients if the bait isn’t stocked up! The act of capturing spirit beasts in and of itself isn’t even against the law!! Cyrus, look for a new trading partner to secure more bait!”

“Is it alright? Isn’t there a chance that theythe inforh the peddlers?”

Cyrus had an anxious look on his face as he protested, but Triton see hi more than a small annoyance

He even crudely refuted it

“Hmph! When it comes to trash of such level as bandits, you siht!! Not to enerate soood publicity Hahaha”

Triton’s belly shook disgustingly as he laughed, and Cyrus took that as his signal to leave and quietly exited the room

At the sound of thebell, I woke up on a bed inside the inn

Ponta had her head buried under the blanket, leaving only the sight of her fluffy green and white tail So her mouth, she would let out a small squeal fro delicious in her dreams

Although she had the appearance of an o nuts and berries over meat

I woke Ponta by scratching behind her ear, leading to one of her hind legs kicking out Her jaws opened wide and let out a big yawn With a jump, she leapt from my shoulder to her usual spot on top of h places

While Ponta was riding on ht it yesterday when I saw it at a street vendor’s stand While it would also conveniently cover ht it primarily because it’s quite suitable for covert operations

However, while the flashi+ness of the armor may be covered up, the black cloak paired with the hele coine that I could pass for a certain person named Vader

Although I would no longer have people staring at me due toattention for another reason entirely

I called out to the uncle cooking in the kitchen behind the bar as I left Since this place only served food at night, it’s necessary for et breakfast from the street stalls

There werepotential custo, my vision was suddenly covered by a fluffy tail

Did Ponta find so of concern? This see that she wanted Ponta’s eyes would become locked towards a certain direction, and my vision would be filled with only her tail

I adjusted Ponta back to her proper position on ht her interest It seemed that the stall sold her favorite kind of nuts The husks were a light brown color, and between the cracks, green nuts could be seen They looked like pistachios

“Kyun!”

She see for me to buy some I handed five copper coins over to the saleslady and and received a small sack of nuts in return I peeled the shells off and fed Ponta two or three nut at a ti happily as she chewed on theround, only to be crushed under my feet as I walked by

For the past few days, I’d been strolling around the city with Ponta on top of my head

I checked all over town, but I had yet to find any information about the enslaved elves implied by that male elf In all honesty, since I had no idea where the elves could be and since I couldn’t si around the town…

In addition, since the ie in this lucrative business, both the vendor and the customers must possess quite the amount of power behind them

If that’s the case, rather than the general area of the town, the nobles’ district located near the feudal lord’s uards with very little pedestrian traffic,it hard for a person to sneak around there

Don’t get , I’h it ht be i some spare time Without any sort of purpose, I would’ve likely shut myself up inside my room at the inn and simply played with Ponta all day

Anyway, I hadn’t even particularly thought about what I’d do if I had found the captured elves Since I was trying to be inconspicuous, I think I would secretly help if there’s a chance for me to do so

When I thought about how the elves of this world were being unjustly persecuted, I was left with an indescribable feeling

Though I had yet to see one, do beast people also exist in this world? Judging froht be persecuted in a similar fashi+on as the elves…