Yobidasa Reta Satsuriku-sha Chapter 19 (1/2)
Know your Enemy
Hifuical tools that functioned like la back to the hotel, Hifua after dinner Since he had rasp of the basic letters and their readings
Incidentally, thebetter than a candle He bought a total of five pieces; one each was given to Origa and Kasha at the hotel
The tutoring went sorasp their pronunciation They ritten in a horizontal fashi+on and repeated the them
Since constant repetition was a shortcut, though this ht it regardless
「 Master, is upto here sufficient today? 」
「 Heneral characters and pronunciations froht now If necessary, I will ask later 」
「 Please leave it tomaster’s speed, it won’t take too much time 」
Kasha was carrying out her weapon et along quickly and felt a little lonely
Should I ht Kasha, but she didn’t want to disturb Origa
While Kasha was pondering these deep thoughts, all the while cleaning nonexistent marks on her sword, Hifumi had cleared up his study material and stood up
「 Because of Pajou’s troublesome state of affairs, we have to enter Vichy toe, I’ll have to ask you two to be the coachain 」
「 Understood 」 (Kasha)
「 Of course 」 (Origa)
Hifumi nodded at their responses and retired to his room after breakfast
Origa waited until the door to their roo her bed A flih it was usual for Origa to sleep like this, Kasha vaguely noticed her figure
Slender arive off a “womanly” impression(Kasha)
Understanding herat her own ars
She sighed again
「 What’s wrong? 」
「 It’s nothing We have to leave early to withto be a turbulent day 」
Origa laughed gently in agreement and turned off the illumination tool
The next ate that faced Vichy to see off the trio
A thin fog had coht
Though Sabnak was pleased at the arrival of the reinforce were senior to hih he had an attendant helping hi
A e came from the direction of the hotel
「 Good ?」
「 Just seeing you off Frohway for two hours till you reach the stronghold at the border Since there are troops on both the Orsongrande and the Vichy side, please show the permit to both 」
「 Got itWell then, see you 」
Hifue followed slowly in his wake, both slowly vanished into the hway
Sabnak continued staring for a while at the spot where they disappeared Pajou’s voice rang out from behind him
「 Hifumi-san? 」
「 Now it’s possible to leave this place… So? 」 (Sabnak)
「 It’s the incident of the ician from Horant, the one called Strauss The analysis of his body, except for the dagger, there was no indication of high social standing However… 」
Visibly penetrating Strauss’ chest was a oal
Based on the build of the body, it seemed more than 50 years old and considerably thin The movements displayed in the Marquis’ h not co type evil ic, surmised Pajou
「 The corpse can be sent to the capital today for further investigation 」
「 Body strengthening ic… Could it be, the one that set Gothras free was Strauss? 」
「 No, the ti 」
「 Then how… 」
「 Gothras ic tool, but he was frisked before being put into prison Did someone pass it to him for him to escape? … In any case, it is necessary to search within the royal capital for this possible accomplice 」
Even as she said this, Pajou was at her wit’s end to even start looking for clues
As the carriage rolled on in a leisurely hold on the edge of the road came into view
Seeing that the so-called demon seemed to have left already, Hifumi felt let down
「 That’s the border? 」
There were no walls or fences or such, the highway just ended at a 2-storey stronghold Both sides had just one large building each, nothing else
According to Kasha’s explanation, if one left the highway, they are immediately attacked by monsters As a result, it was unnecessary to build walls
The central building functioned as a checkpoint for both countries The large buildings on each side housed their respective border security soldiers According to a treaty, 10 soldiers froned there
Seeing the stronghold co
「 …… It’s too quiet I can’t feel any indications of a single person inside, much less 20 」
「 Eh? 」
「 Arm yourselves immediately I smell blood 」
Kasha and Origa did not understand, but believing in Hifumi, did so instantly Their reactions were a result of constant training
The carriage was stored, horses were dismounted
Drawing nearer cautiously, several soldiers were visible on the ground in front of the stronghold
The trio did not rush forward, carefully approaching the bodies
「 This… 」
Seeing the state of affairs, Kasha gnashed her teeth
An inspection of the path leading to the stronghold showed soldiers lying dead everywhere on the stone pavelance, it was obvious that their lie directions, completely motionless
Ast the bodies, soht
「 Everyone… Dead? 」
「 No, one person is alive 」
S the corpses, Hifumi crossed the border and crouched down near a fallen soldier
「 Oy, get up 」
A young wo froround completely unresponsive She had disheveled red hair in a berry cut
「 As expected, she’s dead Master? 」
「 No, this fellow is uninjured 」
While saying that, Hifuer at a vital point located on the thumb side of the wrist
「 Adadadadada!? 」
The female soldier jumped up because of the sudden acute pain, with teary eyes put some distance between her and Hifumi
That agile move didn’t improve the impression
「 Why did it fail?? 」
「 I know if you’re dead or not even if I can’t see you 」
「 That doesn’t explain anything! 」
「 I wasn’t explaining 」