Episode 47.10 (2/2)
”Wha?”
”Besides half of the dragon's meat, I'm offering all the mats including the magic stone to you.”
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”Wha?”
Lecan took the townlord to the courtyard and started taking dragon materials out of <Storage>.
The townlord dropped his jaw.
Lecan kept taking more and more dragon materials out.
The townlord's jaw kept getting lower instead of closing.
”A dragon, a whole dragon intact? Besides the missing meat and a clean cut on the neck, it's the whole thing here. I've never seen or heard anything like this.”
”Half of the meat is yours. Turn the other half into preserved meat for me.”
”Y-yeah.”
”To tell you the truth, I've still got another dragon's worth of mats.”
”W-What did you say?! I see, so that was really your damn-no, your doing. Not just once, but twice.”
”Sure was. And the other one is all Chaney's.”
”What.”
”Eh?”
”I've left them to Chaney's care.”
”Lecan-sama.”
”Chaney. Naturally, you'd sell them to me, wouldn't you.”
”M-milord. Of course I would.”
”Oh today is truly a joyous day. Aah, oh great Elex!”
”Got one thing to ask you.”
”I shall do anything in my power.”
”Prepare this town's <Bell of Truth> to help Rintos's group, a merchant from Chada, interrogate Hotan, a merchant from this town. We've confirmed that the bell hasn't been used in the past year yet. Also, dispatch your trusted representative there. Hotan aka Keibun might be a major criminal depending on the result. That'll be your job as this town's lord to administer justice.”
Chaney explained the circumstance to the bewildered townlord.
Afterward, things simply flowed like surging waves.
The <Bell of Truth> revealed that Hotan aka Keibun was responsible for stealing the goods, so Earl of Rotor arrested Keibun and made him confess everything through magic and tortures. Nuga aka Zeahad's crime was also made clear during the whole thing, he was also arrested and put under harsh interrogations.
The one who planned and gave the orders for the raid was none other than Ceras, the president of Mace Firm. And the ones carrying out the raid were soldiers of Earl Chada.
And just as the truth came to light, a spy Nirfut had dispatched to Chada came back, bringing news about a complicated quickening of the incident.