Chapter 46 (1/2)

”Hey, teleport us, boy” (Burkhart)

”Burkhart-san, you’ve been ain” (Wendelin)

”Don’t talk about it…” (Burkhart)

It is suspicious whether it is really in absolute secrecy, but all of us, 『Dragon Busters』, got such with a partly forced request frorave Breithilde

The contents of the request: The previous Margrave Breithilde involved ht Baumeister household, and sacrificed a lot of people by foolishly leading an expedition to the Deaia

The death toll for that thoughtless expedition was close to 2’000, but if left alone the 2’000 corpses, left behind in the De undead after a few hundred years passed

As for undeads, if a long tirets, sorrow and malice would amplify in proportion and they would become troublesome existences

If they look at the great number flawed properties in the capital, anyone will be able to understand it

As for the Lingaia continent, with beyond several hundreds kiloion of the Knight Baumeister household, that is in the furthest southeastern part, it should take at least several hundred years until people try to enter the Deain

If, during that time, the undead’sveno

If the undead in the Dest the adventurers Naturally, if they were to investigate the historical reason for that, Margrave Breithilde household, being the cause of it all, should face unfavorable criticism

『Will there even be a Margrave Breithilde household several hundred years later?』 There is no confidence if asked this, but since the Margrave Breithilde household apparently has a 200 year-long history, the possibility of theh

For the sake of the descendants, who haven’t been born yet, we are to cleanse the undeads, who turned undead fro about in the De yet

For that reason it was decided that ould proceed towards the actual site

Fro such private request of an upper noble, it is apparent that Margrave Breithilde is relying on us there

Even the reward becae a hush money

”But, you know, is it fine with such a small number of people?” (Erwin)

”It will be alright” (Burkhart)

Burkhart-san immediately addresses Erw’s doubts

The reason for challenging such do there with a sroup is as follows

If too e crowd of monsters to appear in response

It was one verified point from the failure of the former expeditionary force

Although there are other points as well, I have decided to not talk about the for now

”If you invade with few people, the other side won’t encounter you with more than a suitable number either” (Burkhart)

”That is, I knoe have already experienced a subjugation just recently But, I wonder if ill be able to cope with 2’000 undead” (Wendelin)

”It will be fine We have Elise-jou-chan and you, boy, for that reason with us” (Burkhart)

I’d like hi me 『Boy』 already since I’m a proper adult, but Burkhart-san doesn’t seem to be of the same mind

For him I’m the pupil of his pupil

It ht be inevitable for him to treat me intuitively as boy Usually it will be a rude way of talking to me who has the official position of Baron

As one should expect, he knows about that as well

”Wend and Elise, it is?” (Erwin)

”Ah, that’s right They will take care of extero” (Burkhart)

The strategy, he thought up this time, isn’t to defeat each undead one by one, but it appears that he plans to gather the undead and annihilate them all at once

”Boy, are you able to use ic spread over a wide area?” (Burkhart)

”Yes, I was taught by master” (Wendelin)

As for ic that broadens its e (T/N: No shi+t, Sherlock! E: AOE Turn Undead)

Since the e, you naturally have to use a vast aic appropriate for the target

Besides, it is also related to attribute compatibility

Because if it’s e-scale With this it is also possible to kill an extensive a them to death

Occasionally, there apparently are people who end up being burnt to death because they surrounded themselves with the fire they spread

It’s the sa like the tornado of the wind systeic of the earth and water systeuess?

That doesn’t mean that simply all of it is pointless The earth systeic, I think?

Since it was in with, it was a fact that there was no point in spreading it over a wide area

As for the water systeic over a wide area

In the period of the past wars it was obviously convenient to gather the wounded and cure theo

It seehtly-injured people due to ic to such an extent

Those people were heavily relied on, was so I saw in a book from the past

”Can you also use other people’sover a wide area, boy?” (Burkhart) (T/N: My fingers are itching to siaaman!)

”Yes” (Wendelin)

”Then it will become an unexpectedly easy job” (Burkhart)

Burkhart-san explains his strategy

First off Elise will use her purification ic of the holy system Then I will extend that over the Deic

If Elise uses up her mana midway, Burkhart-san will resupply her with his unused mana

For Erw, Ina and Luise the main role is to eliminate the other monsters who draw close to us

”And Burkhart-san supports us” (Ina)

”As you could expect with this nu of a select few As for being support, that’s because of my suitable ability and because I can keep a secret if requested” (Burkhart)

There isn’t even any doubt about the success of the extermination, but you have to also take failure into consideration I guess that’s why Burkhart-san, orks for Margrave Breithilde, was chosen as backer

”Well then, let’s depart right away?” (Wendelin)

”No, wait” (Burkhart)

Fro 12 years I was also unable to advance ree to search the co it from the territory of the Baumeister household

Thanks to that I didn’t enter some parts of the Dehout almost the whole area freely

Therefore, although I wanted to finish the request byquickly, Burkhart-san stopped that for some reason

”Eh? Why?” (Wendelin)

”I think there is a place, where it would be wrong to not to go first” (Burkhart)

”A place where it would be wrong to not go?” (Wendelin)

”More or less that Deht Bau the feudal lord” (Burkhart)

”No, well, that is certainly true, but…” (Wendelin)

Of course I had realized that, but, honestly, I was unwilling to do so

Or rather, since I’rave Breithilde household’s disgrace, I have ended up thinking it would even be fine if the other party has at least finished their greetings first

”Haa…” (Wendelin)

”Please endure it” (Burkhart)

There even haven’t been h it was only me and the expeditionary force headed to the Des to the Baumeister household

Therefore we have to go greet the the share spoils

If there was an adventurer’s guild branch like in Breitburg, it wouldn’t be necessary

As long as you are registered as adventurer, the guild will deal with the reotiations and you only have to pay the tax

However, there isn’t any adventurer’s guild in the Savage Lands and the Baumeister territory

Therefore we have to directly negotiate with the feudal lord

For exas as the bequest of the expeditionary force, the things that belong to the soldiers obtained during the process of purifying the undead, the rawand athered in the Demon Forest

How s obtained, e have to pay in the end?

Will the payment be in materials?

Will we pay a fixed a?

It was indispensable to negotiate such fine details

”(So it noell, but…)” (Wendelin)

It is a ridiculous story for e Lands in his childhood a training in ic for quite a while, to talk about, but this is this and that is that

Or I should rather say that this is my villainous part

Even if I arbitrarily exploited the raw e Lands, our ho me for it

As for why, that is because it is necessary to have evidence for proving the crime of theft

Even if they dispatch an investigation team, my family’s home hasn’t the ability to proveit was done

People, who don’t even kno much has entered my wallet, couldn’t hand me over to the police for the same reason, even if they kicked up a fuss that I stole their money

”…” (Wendelin)

”Ano, Wendelin-sama” (Elise)

”I understand your sympathy But, leave him alone for a little while, Elise” (Erwin)

It seems Erw could also understand since his relation to his family was as complicated as mine

No matter how much it was for the sake of work, it wouldn’t succeed if I were to go greeting my fa slightly depressed emotions about it

”Haa…” (Wendelin)

”What is it? Are you that reluctant?” (Burkhart)

After teleporting, I stood in front of the Bau time

Honestly, I thought it would be fine, if I didn’t transfer because I forgot about such place, but the teleportation htlessly trained it properly, was as successful as usual in spite of it being several years since I’ve been here

Erw and me have almost the same situation

As children ere unable to inherit the Knight household, we have gained a social status of being independent by being successful as adventurers

Erw has renounced his family’s heirshi+p at the same time he became an adult

He obtained a large amount of money by unforeseen fortune, but since this a talk about a different household already, Erw’s fa like support out of greed

Since it has been almost a month after that hell-like labyrinth capture, you wouldn’t knoill happen from now on related to the speed of information spread and Erorried about this as well

Conversely, how about my case?

Because the previous village head the appropriate next feudal lord, I have abandoned my heirshi+p as fast as possible

Or rather, it was decided fora new court rank by His Majesty

Although I can only say that I entrusted it to the government office to deal with the practical formalities in a hurry at that time

In addition, neither father nor elder brother said anything about this back then, it seems

Saying that it seems like that is because I didn’t actually meet them as I finished it all with a letter

Anyway, for me there isn’t s and the Baumeister household

Reincarnating as Wendelin at the age of six, e I saw in the dream Thereafter there wasn’t much of a contact or should I rather say that I was obviously neglected

It’s not like I was treated particularly bad

It would have been fine even if I didn’t do so the household and just spent ic As result of that I was able to bring an amount of hunted prey to the table as food

If you talk about it frankly, that level of relationshi+p wasn’t souess

Since they were aware of ic, I think it had that tendency all the more

For the southernht household it is necessary to have as cooperative relationshi+p in this somewhat insular community for the relatives and fief’s populace

Therefore my real intention was to become independent as fast as possible

”At this late hour, even if it’s greetings…” (Wendelin)

”Ano, I want to introduce myself to Father-in-law-sama and mother-in-law” (Elise)

”Me as well” (Ina)

”Me too, as third wife” (Luise)

I can can quite well understand the three that they want to extend their greetings since they are my fiancées, but that alone can be deereeable development for Kurt-ani and so on

Different from father who has a mistress, there isn’t any other wife but Amelie-sister-in-law-san for Kurt-ani

Or perhaps I should call it the envy of men Since the nuth, it is equal to telling the other party ”You are poor”

Actually I’ve heard this also becast nobles

Therefore I don’t want to do sos

”Publicly, the boy and Artur are vassals of the same lord” (Burkhart)

I guess ill stay parent and child for eternity due to our blood relationshi+p, but frorave Breithilde

Furtheriven that both of us are officially His Majesty’s retainers and likewise fellow nobles

But in reality there is no way that a Duke and a Knight have the same position

Since there is even a difference in size of territory and econoth, it is normal for most of the Dukes to act self-importantly

And, I aht

Even the econouess we don’t have to talk about that one

Such an aard feeling is a first for me

I end up reed section chief fro about 『Now the temporarily retired director of the department will re-employed as my subordinate What shall I do?』

”How troublesome…” (Wendelin)

And presently this is a fa a Knight and the child being a Baron

Of course it’s about myself

”Give up, it’s work after all” (Burkhart)

”Understood” (Wendelin)

Because it is as Burkhart-san has said, I knock on the door of the mansion

It is pretty much called thean insignificant noble as usual, the size of the house was no more than at the level of a wealthy farmer’s house

”Yes, who is it?” (Maid)

It was my family’s ho the door didn’t change

Although she is called ato help out frorow old if it’s around three years

By the way, she doesn’t even wear maid clothes

Because she was an old woe beyond 70 years, I didn’t think that I wanted to see her in a maid uniform too much either

”This is, Wendelin-sama!” (Maid)

”Yo, Helena It’s been a while” (Wendelin)

Thinking back, I had a lot more conversations with the servants than with my family as child

While handing over the spoils I obtained as result of training ic, I usually chatted with them

”As the gentleo, we heard about the rumors about Wendelin-sama” (Helena)

Such things as defeating the ancient dragon which beca its sphere of influence over thein a do a court rank and getting a lot of rewards and about the hter of Cardinal Hohenheim who is an influential person within the church

Helena knew up until thethe stay in the capital

I guess I should say as expected from merchants, huh?

They brought quite accurate news to the southern reion

”Oi, Helena-san and… Ooh! Wendelin-sama!”

It is a s as servants are elder people who already retired fro immediately circulated to the other servants

Continuing on, the butler Lobus (T/N: >> Robusu <) also=”” shows=”” up=””>

Being a nor like a butler’s dress He is also an old man retired from farmwork and is over 70 years old

He is able to work at this place as father’s assistance since he can read, write and calculate to so out because there’s no necessity for someone with a very advanced expertise

”You have grown big, Wendelin-sama” (Lobus)

”It looks like Lobus is healthy too” (Wendelin)

”Though I don’t knohen death will be visitingbig achieveician” (Lobus)

Since I received many favors from him until I left the house, I wanted him to be as happy as possible

No, if I talked in such way, I feel that he ht feel depressed, but instead it’s the opposite

In order for him to also lead a stable life fro me

Father is one thing, but considering the situation with Kurt-ani, I end up thinking like that

”If I heard correctly, your beautiful fiancée has come here as well?” (Lobus)

”As one would expect of the ojou-sa but lovely Ladies here” (Helena)

”I’ forward to the children to be born” (Servant)

Lobus, Helena and the other servants, seeing Elise, Ina and Luise, shted

Because they are too pleased, it went to the degree that it became a mood that I couldn’t tell them that I was already the head of another household

”At any rate, I’m happy” (Lobus)

”If Wendelin-sama has returned, this Baumeister household will become secure as well” (Helena)

Furthee direction

It appears that they are thinking that I ca the achievements obtained in the capital

As retainer of this Baumeister household or maybe as head of the family

”Wendelin-sae Lands…” (Helena)

”Certainly this place will get wealthy too” (Lobus)

The talks are advancing in an even erous direction

In the past the village head his wish for me to succeed this Baumeister household

This problem was resolved at the time I established a branch family as appointed noble

However, this time they reached the conclusion that if I were to successfully develop the Savage Lands, they would beco their hands at all, even if it would become the Baumeister household’s territory on paper only

Given that it is a place they don’t knohat to do with anyway, it will be fine if they end up selling or allocating it to someone

I also don’t want to think about who the heck the fief’s population is hinting at, but if you consider it this far, it should be obvious to everybody

I guess it will become a very unpleasant story if it comes from my father and Kurt-ani

”(I suppose this topic is bad…) No, I have come here on a request as adventurer I’d like you to call father” (Wendelin)

”Master, it is? Please wait for a minute” (Lobus)

I ask the up the talks, but father, who appeared frorey hair on his head than before

If I remember correctly, he should be around 50 years old now

There were e in this world, but if you considered the ood being a delicate age

”It’s been a while” (Artur)

”It’s been a long time, father” (Wendelin)

We met after three years, but honestly, I don’t knoould be good to talk about

This seems to be the same for the other side as well With that much the conversation between two people ceased in the end

”Excuseyou to listen to a request frorave Breithilde-sama” (Burkhart)

”Request… ?” (Artur)

Father sent a reciprocal gaze athis attitude of it being an errand frorave Breithilde to the last

Going by father’s words, after around the time I was born into the current world, the Bau decent because of their patron, Margrave Breithilde

No rave Breithilde, it isn’t so that can be siimply resolved like that

”Father… ! Wendelin! You are alive!” (Kurt)

”Haa?” (Wendelin)

”Restrain yourself, Kurt! He is Baron Baumeister-dono” (Artur)

Continuing, the eldest brother, Kurt, came out from indoor He seemed to be very surprised to see me

However, I don’t think he is honest with 『You are alive!』

”Elder brother, what’s this about?” (Wendelin)

”No, that is…” (Kurt)

It looks like there is some kind of discrepancy in information

Substituting for the obviously confused Kurt-ani, father begins to explain

”A certain ruovernroup having lost their lives during an underground ruing investigation” (Artur)

I have no doubt that this inforinated from Finance Minister Rückner’s little brother

It has been a little less than a round labyrinth on our first request

Where the flow of information in this remote place is concerned, it will take half a roup

But in case of soate the news by crossing the mountains by themselves without any possession in a hurry That should raise the speed a bit more

They just barely should have received the ruht have died