Vol 1 Chapter 14 (2/2)
Lockwarde-san’s house was in decline No, it collapsed
If they couldon their old friend Zelphy-san
“Without doing whatever you can accomplish, why must you continue to find fault in Lyle-sama’s work? Or could it be that if Lyle-saem from him? Just how selfish must you be?”
“E-even I’m…”
Looking at Lockwarde-san’s mortified face, I tried to insert myself between the two, but the Third put a stop to that
『Lyle, how about you leave this one to Noveirl’s sake as well』
He stoppedNovem confirmed my lack of action, before she continued to berate Lockwarde-san
“Even if they’re laughed at, even if they’re carrying sha it their all I think that those who merely watch fro about it”
Lockwarde-san also tried countering
“And that’s why I properly sought out assistance… what do you expect irl like me can do!?”
I looked at the two of them
The Third Generation offered me some advice
『Novem-chan took it upon herself to play the villain in your place Originally, that was so you’d have to say to her, Lyle』
The First also told me
『That’s right! Get a grip on yourself, ya’ bastard!』
The Second offered the First a friendly reminder
『Do you co all this troubleso whatever you just said in front of a mirror』
In front ofand tears strea-willed demeanor she carried up until just before was nowhere to be found
She wanted her precious things back
But doing that alone was impossible
She probably agonized over it, and I understood her impatience
I pulled Novem into the house As we passed by Lockwarde-san, I spoke
“We’re departing toroup on standby outside the entrance, that’s the bandit subjugation force Do whatever you want”
“Eh?”
Saying that, I entered the house, taking Novem by the hand
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Theof the next day
I looked at the gathered carts, wooden poles, and boards, and nodded
“If it’s this, there’ll be no s when seen from afar”
『Fuether with so little time The merchants seemed to be quite wary of it as well』
The Seventh looked at those packed into the carts and confirmed the completion of our preparations
These were the gathered adventurers… with all one hundred and thirty spread out, it looked like an army from afar
(There are a few others here too)
『… That Aria girl’s here too』
I shi+fted my eyes and found the red-haired Lockwarde-san
Seeing her, Nove, but she seemed a little relieved
“Are you sure it wouldn’t be best for her sake if she didn’t come?”
As I said that, Novem shook her head
“She had that sort of personality froret, perhaps she lost went down the wrong path… though it’s just my arbitrary predictions”
We didn’t have any work for a majority of the personnel We seriously just hired them to head to the destination point Those with actual ere less than ten percent of those present
It was a job where they truly just had to stand there I advertised it as such, and that hy they gathered en masse
Naturally, we didn’t have tiht
『You understand, right, Lyle? The war has already begun』
On the Seventh Generation’s words, I silently nodded
“Now, let’s depart”
And on my words, Novem nodded as well
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An abandoned mine near Dalien…
There, with his gathered treasure to his back, a single man sat on top of a wooden box
In his hand was a red gem
Gazing at the treasure in his right hand, the man smiled
“I’ve gottennice Because of this, I was able to cleanly sweep out all the monsters that had stuck themselves to this area”
He had grown a scraggly beard, and he was a largely built ht had surpassed two meters
His twenty three subordinates looked at their leader and laughed to themselves
“As expected of our leader Even so, I never thought a pampered noble brat would come at us head on”
As one of his hter
In front of the twenty three, he inforation force
“After he’d uild, of course they’d co sole all they ith their troops of clay”
The inforh to them
Altogether, thethe adventurers in Dalien
They bought necessary supplies in town, and when they werepreparations to take theot their hands on inforroup
Fro were adventurers toting cypress sticks and shi+elds of wood… What’smuch skill
“Theyto surprise us with numbers and demand our surrender… but we can’t have that, can we? We won’t end in a place like this”
The large man had ambition
He wanted to leave behind the status of a bandit and lead a mercenary troupe
In the queue of legendary mercenaries ent on to becoside them
He had drifted into Dalien, and even ht his own subordinates in and sold the treasure they collected to amass funds for their next plan
The reason they never plundered Dalien was so they could live the lives of mercenaries there from here on
And the card they needed to play to grant that desire had descended a them
“As long as we have this gereen noble brat co, then we’ll just take his head”
“Leader! The woman the kid has with him’s quite the looker!”
As one of his subordinates said that, the large man smiled
“I see! After I’ve tasted her, I’ll let you guys have a bite”
“Hehe, well thanks for that She’d had uild”
The portion of the group that had infiltrated the guild kept themselves informed on Lyle’s activity
They planned to use that to make their own names stand out
“They’re practically co to us to offer us a chance to raise our names Men, put your spirit into it!”
“Yeah!”
The bandit brigade boasted high morale
The reason was the red gem the man clenched
In it, various close-combat-specialized skills were recorded
It was the precious treasure handed down through the Lockwarde House for generations
… The brigade prepared, and lay in wait for Lyle to arrive