Chapter 177 - Volume 9 (2/2)

The squad’s objectives were more than half accomplished once Fer and the other’s identities were discovered.

All that’s left to do is to report to the main squad and detain Fer and the two others until the main squad arrives on the Viscount Carrow family and captures the Duchess of Verusenia.

It doesn’t matter whether they are alive or dead.

“If it comes to this….”

The only condition for Fer and the other two to win is to delay the soldiers without letting any of them flee back to disclose the family’s location or if  any one of the three ladies managed to return and notify Viscount Carrow and Duchess Verusenia of the crisis.

The squad leader sneers at Fer who grips the dagger in her bosom in a desperate attempt to make a decision.

“Haha, what a waste of time. What can a knight and two maids do together?”

“Don’t underestimate the power of women!”

“What will you challenge us with, that unreasonableness?  We don’t need to have you alive either, you know that, right?”

If the duke’s household members were present in Viscount Carrow’s territory, then simply attacking Viscount Carrow’s territory with rebel forces would allow them to put pressure on the royal family.

The orders the squad leader received were almost accomplished as the only thing he had to do was to find evidence of the Duke of Verusenia’s family’s presence here, but it would be better if he could get a clear location.

That’s why he was trying to break the hearts of Fer and the others, even if it meant having a conversation that wasn’t necessary.

“You must be unhappy. You are a lowly aristocrat at best, but even you didn’t think that you’re going to be put in a dangerous place like this, right?”

“How dare you!”

“I didn’t know I was going to lose my life in a place like this after serving a master like that too. Don’t you also regret being treated so unfairly?”

“We are here of our own free will. I’m not with you traitors!”

“That’s right!”

“Traitors huh….. ? Now that you mention it, while the center and the north became the main force in the fight against the Demon King, didn’t the south abandon us?”

“That didn’t count as a betrayal!”

“And if you’re going to call it a betrayal, how about the saints at your place? It’s been two years and I haven’t heard from her. Didn’t she also betray you and defect to some country?”

“That is not true!”

“Master Yuru fought for the world!”

“Then why didn’t she come home? The truth is she really got tired of it and ran away, didn’t she?”

“It wasn’t like that!”

“Then why hasn’t she come back yet? If what you guys said is true and she didn’t defect to another country, then it could only mean she either  lost and ran away or died.”

“Master Yuru will not be defeated! She will definitely come back for us.”

“Yes.”

“……………………….”

Everyone in the area fell silent with a subtle look on their faces.

We all look to the side in a strange, aligned, slow motion…. There was a beautiful girl in a black and silver dress with golden hair dominating her face and a soft smile on her face.

“I’m back”

“She’s here! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

The screams of all of them were extremely loud in the quiet, deep forest where no one would pass.