Vol 3 Chapter 10 (2/2)

When I asked Petros about this he said “Certainly” before explaining how things were confounded by Hiruku’s masterful manipulation

“Currently, Hiruku’s chivalrous knights can be seen throughout Nozan Also, the aed for the slaves exceeds their actual value Western Nozan territories have been heavily daed by the recent monsters attacks, and the weapons ations”

I see, thethat they could obtain the highly valuableon

However, that still left the theocracy with the majority of the costs

“In addition, the people that have been chased out of Nozan by the monster attacks crossed the sea and flooded into the city,it even more difficult to enforce public order”

It seeets of the abductors and if one of theed to escape they would be sent back to the Hiruku Theocracy as slaves

“I’ve heard that dark elves had better sight and hearing than regular elves Could you please help me find my friend?”

Teresa bowed to Ariane and begged her for help

“I’ll ask you as well I heard that elven warriors are quite powerful, if you offer us your services I’ll be willing to pay”

Although Petros was a feudal lord he lowered his head to Ariane, a fake er Whenthe appearance of the pair Ariane and I shared a look Her golden eyes were asking me if I wanted to become involved with this

“I will follohatever decision you make, Ariane-dono”

I didn’t reallymy assistance Based on the deteronna do in regards to the request

“…… I don’t how th”

Teresa and Petros had a joyous expression when they heard our answer

They said that the o, and while we don’t knothat time period, we had to quickly find out

We had Teresa and Petros describe Furani’s appearance to us before we tried to set off, but Petros raised his hand to stop us

“Since you’re unfauide”

When he said that the old gentle in the back of the roo A short time later, he returned and was accompanied by a man adorned in an impressive set of armor

The new person took a stand right beside Petros His eyes bulged when he saw Ariane sitting in front of hiain his composure immediately

“This is Gio Clintuso He is the vice-captain of our territory’s knights, and he shall act as your guide”

The vice-captain that Petros introduced quickly lowered his head in a soldier-like entle smile

He looked to be in his early thirties, but his short-cut chestnut colored hair and ht captain I had inhe looked like a civil servant However, his body was considerably tall and toned

“I am Gio Clintos, it’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance”

After greeting us with the sue of a veteran office worker, he stepped behind Petros

“With hi there shouldn’t be many places in town that you can’t enter Thanks in advance for helping find Furani”

Petros and Teresa offered Ariane sincere glances as they thanked her Ariane faintly nodded upon receiving their gratitude

Once everything was settled and ere far enough away from the castle, Ariane adjusted her paces so that she alking beside me

“What’s the matter, Ariane-dono”

When I tried to look her in the eye she would turn away from me for some reason

“I’ because of my own selfishness……”

After a bit of reflection, Ariane looked back at me and muttered that

Although this was a requested froht actually be thinking about the betterment of the elf and hu

Of course, that was merely my own assumption It wouldn’t take a detective to see that I was a little biased in my assessment

“Our objective has si her friend Furani”

She didn’t say anything in response toaway in apparent ehtly rose

“……Thank you, Arc”

Receiving her s to understand the eneration master thief, there must have been an ani to fulfill a beautiful woman’s request