Chapter 58 - 61: Persuasion (1/2)
”Wow...”
I muttered unintentionally while looking around the checkpoints at the border to the north east.
The reason I muttered is due to the enormous amount of knights patrolling the border.
Did they bring a while army for this?
What're you going to do if another country attacks. That trash...
Well, I was certainly expecting soldiers, but this amount is ridiculous.
”The devil of the shield will surely escape to Silt Welt! Do not miss him!”
”Roger!”
So insufferably annoying...
They are being strict enough with the border patrol that not even ants can escape.
If it were just Raphtalia, Firo, and I we may be able to break through the front, but now we have to worry about the second princess.
It is probably impossible.
Even If we do charge in from the front the other Heroes may also be here...
Well they shouldn't have recovered completely from the last wave yet though.
Me charging in alone while they try to sneak past is also not going to work...
However, how did they find out I was going to Silt Welt?
Either way, my imagination is running wild.
”What do we do?... We can't pass the barricade, should we change roads?”
”Impossible...”
The second princess mutters.
”Why would it be impossible?”
”This seems to be an emergency deployment. Warnings will resound once people cross national borders, and soldiers will rush there.”
”That's pretty severe...”
I imagine something like an infra-red alarm system. These guys probably have something like this set up along the border.
Even if we just camp a mountain it will only be a matter of time before we are discovered.
”Firo can you evade them while pulling the wagon?”
”They were warned. It is impossible to get away since they have the warning line.”
”Hmm... They are strangely detailed.”
”This is my mother's emergency plan, no expenses were spared since it will be used in emergencies after all.”
”It's quite elaborate...”
My Killing intent rises.
Though there is nothing I can do to release it.
”Can't we escape to Silt Welt through another country?”
The closest border is here, and we cannot choose any others.
We ended up bumping to a villager from the neighbouring village.
”Ah...”
Raphtalia and the villager makes eye contact and there is a mysterious silence.
”Hero of the shield-sama. It is dangerous here. I recommend you take a detour.”
We were found out immediately?
I must reconsider Raphtalia's disguise.
”Ah, our country has improved a lot thanks to the seed Hero-sama gave us. Thank you.”
Now that I look carefully. This guy is from the neighbouring country.
Moreover, this guy looks like he's been peddling.
”I think your disguise will be fine if you add a little more dirt. I only recognized you since she is such a beautiful Raccoon Demi-human.
Or did she become a celebrity when we were peddling?
In the first place when I bought Raphtalia the slave trader said that the raccoon class's appearance is slightly bad.
Since they are very wary, they are able to disguise themselves.
”I'm sorry for everything.”
”Don't even think about it. Compared to what Hero of the Shield-sama has done for us, this much is nothing.”
I give him some silver in exchange for food.
Our food problem is quite serious due to Firo.
During our fugitive life-style her stomach rumbled non-stop.
I'm afraid she'll drop in speed.
Our only advantages are Firo's speed and disguise ability.
It is practically our life line against bounty hunters and adventurers on the road.
”Oh a peddler? I want to buy something.....”
Oh shit!
A soldier approaches the guy from the neighbouring country.
”...Hero of the shield-sama?”
Shit, we've been discovered by a soldier! Just as I was about to order firo to silence him and run-
”It's me. I co-operated with Hero-sama during the wave.”
Ah now that I look carefully he's one of the volunteer soldiers.
That reminds me, after parting with trash I couldn't follow up on any of the others that came with me to the castle.
I was a little worried, but it seems like they're co-operating with us?
Though at that time I did not know about the story of the Devil of the shield.
It must have been a considerably hard decision to go through with.
They might even have been demoted.
”...Did you get demoted?”
”No, for some reason there was no blame.”
”I see, then you're on border patrol without getting demoted?”
”It's not like that. the majority of the knights are concentrated here.”
Just for me!?
Hey hey. Just how much does trash hate me? It seems they really don't want me to go to Silt Welt.
Catching me might not even be their true purpose here though.
There must be something I don't know concerning the country called Silt Welt.
It might not impossible to proceed after all.
My best hand = Whatever the enemy hates.