Chapter 42 (1/2)

“Please look after this!”

I shouted as I ran into the village head’s house, quickly handing over the goldfish I was still holding

At rim, and said to me,

“Did so happen?”

“Probably”

As I laughed aardly, the village head toldto his roo back out with a sword

“This?”

“I used this back when I was young and foolish It’s a pretty good sword considering the soldier who handled it,” he laughed, handing me the sword

“You probably need it, right?”

“How did you know?”

“Call it the instincts of the elderly”

Nodding my head, I chose to believe his words

Worst-case scenario, the village head could also be a member of the Devil Walkers, but as the last tis?

As soon as I recieved the sword, I started running

“May Sermia protect you”

Behind ht just not be the worst-case scenario after all

“Is this the place?”

Following the tracks, where I’d ended up after a full half-day of running was the very edges of the empire From here, it wouldn’t be dom

I investigated the nearby Altiris Castle from where I was

There were hardly any people in the vicinity, nor could I see very much of the territory’s own soldiers

Being the castle of a mere baron aside, for a border castle, there ay too few soldiers Plus, instead of being alert like the sentries they were, these soldiers were all staring off into the distance, looking barely half-conscious as it was

Well, because of that, infiltration was easy, but the problem lay afterwards

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The moment I flicked my sword behind my back, it came into contact with an assassin’s sword

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And so, the battle started