Chapter 102 (2/2)

A reply came back immediately and, along with that, the delegation leader, Earl Covemainne got off from the most luxurious delegation's carriage.

(Remia) 「Ooh, Earl! You seem to be safe, that's a relief! It was truly a hard time for having such unfortunate event, but this is a splendid thing to see…」

Her Highness Princess gave her words of grat.i.tude to the Earl.

Even though it's a 『grat.i.tude』, she can't afford to say any words of apology to him due to the fact that this case was the work of bandits.

Bandits are stateless. They do not pay taxes in this kingdom and they might also have come from another kingdom.

However, if the princess apologizes here, it means that her kingdom has accepted this matter as their own responsibility and would become a major political weakness for her kingdom.

Therefore, it's impossible to break the status that this is just an unfortunate event and it has nothing to do with the kingdom.

(Remia) 「So then, how's the damage!? Did the bandits run away!?」

Her Highness Princess asked so and the Earl replied while smiling.

(Audyst) 「There are no casualties nor physical damage on our part. In fact, we also have destroyed and captured the bandits. Hey, bring them here!」

The Earl ordered the rear guards and they immediately brought in three bandits who were tied up.

(Dalisson's People) 「「「「「Huh……?」」」」」

The people around the princess unintentionally leaked their voice and turned pale.

That is already an expected reaction as they could identify the bandits who are currently right in front of them.

They are wearing old clothes, a matching swords and boots, trimmed hair and cleanly shaved face, though it has grown a little in these past two days.

Even if they changed their clothing, they will still want to change into the expensive ones. They also used their usual swords and boots as they might already be accustomed to using those as well. Perhaps, the bandits thought that we don't know anything about another kingdom's equipment.

However, it was obvious from the eyes of their own kingdom's royal officials and soldiers.

((((Our… military personnel…)))))

(Audyst) 「We will bring these prisoners back to our kingdom, torture them and make them spit out all of the information they have. We will also inform all of it to this kingdom as well, therefore we would like to use them to eradicate all of the remaining bandits that are probably still in hiding.」

Everyone from Dalisson Kingdom was in turmoil, and among them, there were several people who were very shaken about what the Earl had said.

(Minister) 「I-in any case, we cannot trust what the bandits have to say! We should kill them now!」

Suddenly, one of the ministers began to say so.

(Military Official) 「Yeah, we can't be sure as the bandits could run away and kill more people! It's best to kill them here!」

While saying so, several military officials tried to pull out their sword, but the delegation escorts were standing in front of them.

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Since the prisoners are all behind the Earl, it is an obvious reason for the escorts to act like such because another kingdom's military personnel are trying to pull out their swords against the Earl, who is the delegation leader.

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