Vol 3 Chapter 10 (1/2)

V3 Chapter 10

Translator: SilverEditor: Namorax

「The Elven Bride」 Part 2

At Teresa’s words, Ariane and I glanced at each other before turning back to her

“I know that this is an unreasonable thing to ask, but I ondering if I could trust you two to find the person who accoht here……”

Teresa had a sullen expression when looked up to stare at Ariane Hermade her appear vulnerable

“Who is this person you want us to find?”

Although Ariane seemed skeptical about this, she looked Teresa in the eyes and asked her to elaborate

“When I was first brought here, it was a maid that informed Petros of the situation Her nao and we’ve been unable to find her”

Teresa replied to Ariane with an earnest expression

“Would this Furani woman happen to be your benefactor?”

Teresa looked confused for a moment before closed her eyes and nodded in response to Ariane’s questions

“Yes, she is certainly my benefactor, but she is also the first friend I made in this human city…… While Petros and his father battled for control of the household, she helped sheltering me Every day she took care of my needs and talked with me”

“Is it possible that she was captured by the bandits ere talking about?”

Ariane brought up a possibility, but Petros denied it

“No, the probability of that is low since she never leaves the city Currently,this city to buy enslaved cri them there are those that kidnap citizens and shi+p them away”

Thesords into Teresa’s ear had been replaced by Petros the feudal lord

“I just can’t understand how you humans think…… You even try to enslave your own kind”

Teresa, the only other elf in the rooreed with Ariane’s throay statement

“Lord Petros, do you believe that this maid was kidnapped by those people?”

When asked for his opinion, he looked tired as he nodded

“Most likely With the slave traders who controlled the underworld gone and the capital still in theinto anarchy This is the result of erness, even with father defeated my power base has yet to stabilize It’d be difficult and ti to find Furani…… Teresa would like to search by herself, but I could never agree to that with the current level of public order”

Petros was probably cautious of retaliation from the previous lord’s underworld contacts

However, if the maid Furani was really kidnapped to be sold in another country, then they should be using the sea route There should be a limited number of places we’d have to search then

“Shouldn’t shi+ps that are illegally transporting people to foreign countries be easy to find with harbor inspections?”

I really thought that thorough inspections would be able to catch the perpetrator so I suggested thes weren’t that simple

“It ht be possible if on-the-spot inspections could be conducted If the shi+p has the backing of foreign nobles then I can’t carelessly interfere without decisive evidence Not tothe inspection could be bribed for their silence…… Currently, I’ my authority as feudal lord to restrict any shi+p fro the harbor, by that won’t last past tomorrow”

Teresa expression became clouded at Petros words Petros took both her hand in an attempt to cheer her up

Even though he is a lord, if the shi+ps were for the official use of foreign nobles then he couldn’t recklessly impose inspections He couldn’t have the shi+ps in the harborloaded either because he currently lacked complete control over his vassals

Still, even though cri countries as slaves, why are they abducting evenon?

“Why is the neighboring country so intent on gathering slaves?”

Even if the country isn’t directly involved in the kidnapping, it wouldn’t hurt to learn the details

“Nozan is not the ones gathering the slaves It appears that the on country gathering them is the next country over, the Hiruku Theocracy Supposedly it to help the criminals attain atone them as laborers in the country’s mithril mines

“Mithril mines, huh”

Mithril was a faame It was a material used in intermediate and advanced level items, so it should be a considerably valuable material in this world

Even if we assume that the slaves were needed toabout the situation that was hard to shallow

It was the criminals In order to attain them, they had to cross another country to purchase them from Rhoden The transportation cost on the return trip should skyrocket

I don’t knowon earth, but it couldn’t be cheap to transport theh a country I couldn’t see much profit on the merchant’s’ side