Chapter 443: At Toka Village (2/2)

Gloria, who was also present there, was enraged.

“You can’t really deny a superior’s orders now…”

“…I guess that is also true.”

Unlike the female knights’ squad, bureaucrats of the office can not really have a say in most things like how Gloria applied to be Lithia’s escort this time. The grief of court service.

“…Even then, I wanted my father to at least have the backbone to admonish him…”

“Let’s have that talk later…… I am sorry, but even though I can use healing magic to heal injuries…… ah, right.”

Lithia remembered the magic tool for healing which she borrowed from Jin. She had kept it with the golem horse to return it to Jin this time. She went rushing to fetch it.

“…Surely, if… we… use this…”

Lithia came back, out of breath, and used the magic tool without even letting Gloria ask any question.

The magic tool with the medicare effect activated, returning consciousness to the four of them, who were paralyzed.

“T-this place is?!”

“U-uwaah, save me, please!”

“Father!”

“Viscount!”

Bolton was surprised at where he was while Viscount Buyer entered a panic state.

“……Gloria, is that you? And that is… quasi-baron Farheight… was it?”

Heintz Lash calmly analyzed the situation. He grasped that the vice-commander of the female knights’ squad Gloria and the current landlord of Toka village Lithia Farheight was in front of him.

“A-awawawaa……”

And the last one, the coachman, was shaking. Lithia enquired Heintz and Gloria enquired her father about the situation.

“………”

“What? Last night’s commotion…… to think such events took place at the mine… i-is this village going to be safe…?”

“What…? …Oh my… that is a breach of trust, isn’t it, father?!”

Lithia was shaken from the threat of the huge centipedes while Gloria was enraged about the mining situation. And during all this, Viscount Buyer had just been muttering about something, unable to talk properly. It seems he had taken quite the hit to his mental.

“…I understand the situation. Ms. Gloria, it was good that you did not need to go check on the mine.”

Gloria said, feeling goosebumps as she imagined Gloria facing off against the huge centipedes.

“That said, we’re talking about 5 of these monsters, you know? Can we really evacuate the village if we start now?”

As she truly understood how despairing the situation was, even the cheerful Gloria looked pale.

“That reminds me, Deus Ex Machina was protecting us… Did he come to this village?”

Heintz spoke up, remembering about the fact.

“Eh? Master Machina was?”

“Ah, right, I remember now. Just when we were out of options in front of those monsters, 5 golems under his orders appeared and helped us escape… I do not have any memories after that but…… perhaps he took some kind of measures?”

“…Now that you mention that, it was loud and noisy for a while with flashes and what not but all that also died down after a while.”

“Flashes? Those monsters didn’t release any light, though…”

“What? But, there were flashes of light in the night sky, for sure…”

“Hmm… This is being optimistic but… if Machina were to be the one behind those flashes then…”

Heintz stated his guess. However, Bolton was still in disbelief.

“Ehh? Are you telling me he defeated 5 of those monsters?”

“If it’s him, then maybe…”

“E-either way, we must make sure of it… Ms. Gloria, on second thought, could you go take a look? However, with utmost caution. Take healing medicine as well, just in case.”

Lithia handed over the last medicine she had been entrusted with by Jin.

“Listen closely, no matter what, don’t do anything reckless. You must return unharmed. I’ll be making the decision to evacuate the village or not entirely based on that.”

“I understand. Leave it to me. Then, I’ll be heading off.”

Gloria mounted her horse once again and was just about to leave the village in high spirits when she realized something.

There was something at the place where the 4 of them were lying unconscious.

It was a piece of paper.

“I dealt with all the Giant Peeders. There’s no danger anymore. Deus Ex Machina.”

Gloria, who was about to leave the village once again, turned back and went to show that to Lithia.

The whole group was relieved to see that. However, a confirmation was indeed still needed so Gloria still went off to check.