Chapter 63 - Elves rescue, the first one. (1/2)

Chapter 63 – Elves rescue, the first one.

The robot swiftly dispatched the soldiers, while Mea and Torraine were running away with the surprised elves.

Apparently, the elves also understood that Mea and others weren’t enemies.

Seeing that image, I breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back on the chair.

「Looks like it somehow went well.」

「Indeed. However, with this, other teams have lost leeway in time…」

I nod with a wry smile to Ayla’s remark.

「Yeah. Well, to begin with, we planned to do all of this fast so the Emperor won’t catch a sniff of it.」

While I covered with those words, inside I was a little nervous.

If in the worst-case scenario, the Emperor will hear of this in a week, it means that we have only seven days to identify whereabouts of all elves in the capital.

While it seems that Aifa had ideas about whereabouts of almost half of them, Ditzen and Yuri were yet to produce much results as they basically were fumbling in the dark.

Luckily, each elf seemed to be engaged in some sort of work, so they are often seen moving around, surrounded by soldiers.

In other words, with good timing, we might discover them right away.

「It all depends on luck now.」

Whispering so in a very quiet voice, I sighed.

【Elf]

Strong wind blew.

Clouds of dust rise, followed by the sounds of crumbling stone walls.

It was already after the imperial troops were defeated that we managed to confirm that sight.

「B-brother…!」

Being unable to properly respond to the trembling voice of my little sister and the sensation of having my clothes pulled on the hem, I put my hands on my sister’s back.

After all, in front of us was a golem that looked like a misshapen square box. The golem, completely unlike his previous movements, gently stopped and slowly turned its face towards us.

Two human figures appeared from behind it, with their faces covered by robes. Being obscured by shadows only small parts of their faces could be seen, but most likely both of them were women.

Without a doubt, the creators of this golem.

「…Y-You are…」

「Nevermind that, just run!」

Who? The moment I tried to ask that, a woman, running forward, shouted that in a strong tone.

Young. The voice felt very young, almost childish. And it also seemed to have no hostility.

「…Understood.」

Answering briefly, I pull sister’s hand.

Maybe they didn’t expect that I would immediately agree, but a bit of confusion could be felt from the women.

「…Then, follow us!」

However, the woman immediately came back to her senses and ran ahead without even glancing at us. As she ran past us in no time, sister and I involuntarily looked at each other, but the person who was running behind her called out to us.

「This is a request from Aifa-san. Please, follow us.」

Being told that, I was convinced.

「…! Brother!」

My sister spoke in a very excited voice.

「We act, at last!」

After saying that, we also go after the woman.

Finally, this time has come.

It would’ve been easy to get away by ourselves, but it undoubtedly would’ve brought troubles upon other clansmen. And while thinking so, we spent quite a long time unable to move or act in defiance.

Only because everyone was a precious family, were we able to understand that everyone else had the same thoughts. And because of that, it was even harder to act.

From the conversations of the soldiers, I knew that Aifa, an excellent magician, was elected as a court magician.

When I heard it for the first time, two thoughts ran through my mind. First, is that whatever was the reason, Aifa who obtained certain status, will be able to save everyone.