Chapter 24 (1/2)
A man clad in black mutters as he examines the faces of each of the rope-bound children, one by one
“……Hm Now then, is this it?”
The one who answered was another man, dressed entirely in black
“They don’t have any particularly outstanding talents, but this should be enough for the harvest”
For convenience, let’s call the former Black-Garb A, and the latter Black-Garb B
The two of them wore masks to hide their lower faces and their bodies were covered in black overcoats
Their eyes were sharp and each one so
Black-Garb A & B were inside a gloomy cave
Light shone in from the entrance, but the interior, where the children were imprisoned, was quite dark
“Well then, should we move out soon……?”
“I suppose so It’s one thing if there are children of value here but it can’t be helped if there aren’t any”
“……I only heard rumours of one person”
“Rumours?”
Black-Garb B asked in response
“Yeah 《Baby Scarlet》――apparently there’s a baby coined as thus”
“Are you saying a baby possesses a title?”
“Who knows, I don’t know the details, but…… at any rate, he fought at Ranzrack Fortress and brought down the leader of <black wolf=”” fang=””>, Goleth of the throwing spear, by hi”
Black B raises his eyebrows in question
“A baby did……huh?”
“It’s pure rumour However, I did hear it fro=””> so it doesn’t necessarily seem like a joke”
“……It’s such a groundless rumour that I feel more inclined to believe it…”
“If a baby proficient in ainst the mercenaries at least
Still, defeating that Goleth is probably too exaggerated of a rumour”
“That baby, how old is he?”
“He has yet to reach one year of age”
“……Huh?”
“Apparently he’s the fourth son of the fortress’s defence leader, Viscount Chrebl
In other words, he isn’t even a year old yet”
“You’re not confusing him with one of the older children, are you?”
“Viscount Chrebl had 3 children with his fore Even the third son is 16 There shouldn’t be any mistake”
By the way, the age of adulthood in this world is 15 years old
“……He’s too young”
“Indeed Hypothetically, even if he had the aptitude for e
Consequently, I’ve decided to verify the target with my own eyes this time”
“……Hold on, it does indeed seem ridiculous but……”
“I understand your feelings, but events that appear to be nothing but absurd do occur in the 『Underground』of this world from time to time
……Well, anye’re vacating this place
It would be utterly pitiful if ere discovered now”
“Iz’zat so? The es is flawless
How stupid…… When there’s no way beings such as faeries even exist”
“The lord governing those villages isn’t an idiot
Moreover, faeries do exist I’ve seen them before when I was little
Although I haven’t seen them at all recently”
“So they can’t be seen by evildoers? How is that…”
Black B says doubtfully and stands up
And then he turns to the shoulder of his couard at the cave entrance and calls out
“――Hey, we’re going
……Oi, what happened?”
At Black-Garb B’s voice, the watchman’s shoulder shook
――No, theviolently――and just like that, the man collapsed in the entrance
I, crystal-like, card-shaped object
“――!? Who!?”
Black-clad A astutely questioned the identity of the stranger
However, we had no reason to answer
“ル卜――《Flame lance》!”
“ル卜――《Flame lance》!”
The ones lurking at the cave entrance, Julia-kaasan and I, fired 《Flame lance》 with a cross-like trajectory from either side of the entrance
“Guoh!?”
“Guaah!!”
We held back a bit because of the children there, but there was enough force to render the black-clad duo helpless
My 《Flame lance》 was aimed at Black-Garb B, while Mum’s 《Flame lance》 knocked down Black-Garb A
Casting a backward glance at Julia-kaasan as efficiently tying up the black-clad men, I head in the direction of the children
“――We’re rescuing you now”