Vol 14 Chapter 265 (1/2)
Sevens 265: Plunder
… A village in the territory of Beim
There, the arers in one spot Before the anxious-looking villagers, the ars, and heaping them up in one pile
Starting with food, ornaers, the arsters the soldiers had killed were placed in plain view The notion that resistance was futile on their minds, they abided by fear
The baron who assaulted the village spoke with his vassal knight
“What is this lenience? In Bahnseim, they’d either put up a oods from the start”
The vassal knight looked at the fearful villagers
“The clothes they wear and what they carry on the you’d think to find in Bahnsei ed at all What’s ood at all”
“Could it be they were grouping us with monsters? As expected of Beim: city of adventurers They don’t understand a God da”
The soldiers looked satisfied at the abundance of goods to pilfer At a glance, you could see the soldiers holding up the clothes and decorations they had found
“Oy, trade that withto be married off soon I want her clothes to be the best of the best”
“In that case, give ot there I wanted to make this a present for my wife”
They were quickly treating what they took as their own, and exchanging the thehts broke in between to mediate them
The baron looked around, and scoffed
“Load e’ve gained on the wagons And we’ve no further business… burn it”
Hearing those words, the villagers cried out
“Wait! When you’ve taken all you could, what need is there to burn–! ”
An arrow stuck into the villager who rose to his feet in protest A soldier near the baron had fired it, and other soldiers were also ready with their bows
“And what of it? You lot aren’t my people And I’ve no interest in any of you With so much taken from you, how can you expect yourselves to live on? It’s the least aive You’ll be killed on the spot”
A nus alight With the buildings burning up, the villagers burst into tears And the soldiers fired their arroithout question
But a majority of them were aimed at thethat, the baron shook his head to the side, and laughed
“When it corief… st yourselves”
Saying that, he headed towards the mountain of piled pilfer The soldiers raised cries as they held their fists in the air, pulling the women off by the arms…
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… Redant Fortress
There, Blois saw off the feudal nobles who had departed one after the next since the earlyBut he didn’t have a good enough reason for them to stop
And forrare to find in war, and Bahnseim was no exception More than that, the land of Beireatest hunting ground any lord could ask for
If he poorly tried to stop it, there were surely soet their way
“Good grief, it’s at times like these that one’s powerlessness feels so painful”
There were tiet promoted and stop them But it wasn’t as if promotions were accomplished with pretty words alone, and he hesitated to dabble in the injustice and pillaging he so hated in order to rise in rank
There, froely While res, they were headed his way From build and movements, it was likely a woman
“… An enemy?”
Blois i a few of his , he searched out the black-haired woman he had spotted before only to find her inside the fortress
Leaving a certain roo in the opposite direction from him
“A moment of your time? What is your affiliation?”
Blois called out in a gentle voice, but his hand was gripping the hilt of his blade The knight and soldiers around him ary of the woman as well
But there, a troublesome individual appeared on the scene
“How noisy What’s going on here?”
A voice ca him turn to find Breid Blois kept it in his head that this was going to be a pain
“I spotted a suspicious individual, so I was only calling out to her And this is one of the roos I’d like to ask her”
As Blois seeh Unlike in thethe other day, his air was one of leisure
“She’s no one suspicious I’ll guarantee it Now be on your way”
The black haired… red-eyed fee in expression, and left the spot with swift feet
Blois spoke to Breid
“… Then will you be the one talking?”
He had a bad premonition, and Breid’s ansas just as he expected
“It’s all part of the plan Well, my personal plan, I’ll have to add I’d e into it”
Saying that, Breid entered the room the woman had come out of Blois decided to faithfully report this enerals…
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… Confir that Blois had left, Breid complained to the Baronet
“I’d really like it if you es less conspicuous”
“My apologies And I had the one you just sarite a letter as you specified for delivery”
Breid belittled the Baronet internally as he nodded
(It’s troublesouys have no sense of crisis? Even if they’re abidingfuture exchanges Good grief, incompetent subordinates sure are a pain)
Breid made the proposal
“Let e as well”
He didn’t think he had been outwitted, but for the million-to-one chance, he said as such There, the Baronet didn’t look particularly troubled
“Understood That’s hoe’ll arrange it henceforth In that case, next will be…”
Seeing the Baronet oodhad finished, the Baronet spoke to him
“By the way, captain”
“What is it?”
“It’s about General Blois, he o, he’ll report it to the other generals, and he may take these merits away from you… it is a situation where we uarantee our safety Why not take soainst it?”