It's Sudden, But I'm Coming To Another World! I Wish To Live With Peace

Chapter 6: For now, Tell Me

When we reached Tiez, the captured bandits were directly imprisoned in the barracks prison.

Then they invited me to have a celebration party, but I politely declined.

After I came to this world, I was sleep deprived. No, not even once did I have enough nights to rest. The second time when I went back up the mountain was not too tiring because I was often carried. But still, the last time I slept, the time did not even reach 1 hour, before Illias-san woke me up.

When I complained about it, one of the knight's grandfathers said that I could use the bed available in the barracks. So, after I cleaned up and borrowed some clothes, I went straight to sleep. And finally, have a nice night.

I can't believe that I slept well in the barracks. For some reason, his bed was pretty good, could it be that they prepared his bed for me?

By the way, right now, other than my sore muscles, my physical condition is perfect.

And my stomach started to rumble.

“I need food..”.

I started to get out of the bedroom.

When I wandered around, I met one of the knight's grandfathers .

If not mistaken, he is one of the spearmen named... What was his name earlier…?

I remember that he introduced himself briefly.

If only he had a Japanese name, maybe I could remember him. My memory isn't so good that I can't remember many names at once.

“Ah, that's you! Looks like you had a good rest last night. ”

“Yes, thank you. Hmm, what's your name again?”

“oh, My name is Karagyugjesta Domitrucovcon.”

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Hmm. Now I don't even have the confidence to remember anyone. I'm sure the other grandparents also had long names.

"Sorry to say this, but I can't remember."

"Ha ha ha! Many have said that. Its alright. Just call me Grandpa Kara. "

“Thank you.. By the way Grandpa Kara, can I get some food to eat? I haven't eaten anything but peanuts these past few days.”

“Ah, that's not good. If you don't mind the rest of the food, I got some from yesterday's party.”

To be honest, I have no problem with any kind of food.

Kara's grandfather then drove me to the cafeteria, and there was still plenty of leftovers.

Everything looks weird. Suitable for junk food lovers.

"Do you want me to warm the soup?"

"For now, I don't mind anything as long as I can eat it."

Saying so, I started to eat the cold meat along with the soup.

Normally it doesn't taste so good, but since I'm so hungry, I can tell you it's good.

For the first time this world's food, it's not bad either.

They use a spice that tastes rather funny and has a strong aroma, but because of the spice, the meat does not smell fishy.

Herbal vegetables are also present in this simple soup.

However, it seems they do not use salt in any of the dishes.

The salt that is usually taken from the sea, in a country surrounded by mountains and forests should be a valuable item or not even circulate.

To a modern person like me, the food without seasoning was a bit bland, still, it was much better than peanuts.

While I was eating, Grandpa Kara who had disappeared went to get me a wooden jug filled with water.

“I want to bring you alcohol, but Illias seems to have a problem with something. Can you meet him after this?”

"OKAY. But before that, should we clean this place first?”

“Hohoho, thank you.”

Then we cleaned the dishes.

After chatting for a while with Grandpa Kara, it was decided that I would visit the break room next to the prison where Illias-san is now.

It seemed like this barrack was like a guard gate protecting the main castle gate and the resting place of the knights guarding the area around the castle.

Originally, Grandpa Kara and Illias-san were knights tasked with patrolling the city around the castle. But suddenly Illias-san got the order to subdue the bandits.

Also, it looks like this kingdom is called, 'Tiez'.

“Hei, Illias. I took the boy with me.”

“Ah, I understand..”.

Illias-san said while sitting on the chair. He seemed to be thinking of something.

“From the look on your face right now, it looks like he hasn't admitted anything yet.”

“I leave it to someone who is an expert in this type of task, but still, it was a waste, and it seems like he chose to die if we try harder than this.”

Looks like they're talking about something dangerous huh…

"Confess? are you interrogating the bandits?”

"Ah yes. Even though we caught a group of bandits yesterday, there is still another gang somewhere in Tiez territory. And since there was no dispute between them, it seemed like they had interacted with each other and exchanged information with some unknown method.”.

Well, from the size of the gang of bandits we fought yesterday, it was not enough to fight one kingdom.

“There's not enough information I know. So, can you explain more about the current situation?”

“Ah, correct..”.

It began when the king of the Garne Kingdom of a neighboring country made many changes.

His new king strengthened their national power well and restricted the activities of the criminals.

Because of this, the criminals have no choice but to leave Garne and flee to the neighboring country.

One of them is Tiez.

The Tiez region was a region comparable to Garne, but there were many forests and mountains here. This was the perfect place for the bandits to set up a new headquarters.

In recent years many cases of looting have occurred. The knights began to take action to reduce it. But, the bandits would always run away whenever they saw the knights present, and when they saw there was a gap in the knight movement, they would start looting again.

"I understand. Have the knights ever tried to catch them using bait?”

"The knights did try to hide inside the carriages, they even wore the same clothes as the merchants, but the knights still failed, as they used Detection Magic."

Even if we are not within their sight, the Detecting Magic seems to be able to sense the existence of Mana within a certain radius.

Indeed, if we have the Detecting Magic, then we can find anyone even though they are in hiding. If the knights were to disguise themselves, they could not hide the high Mana from them, so the bandits must have considered the situation dangerous.

It's like a magic version of a heat sensor. It seems very comfortable to have.

"However, the fact that they can check the amount of Mana on people means that if you use the Detection Magic from your side, can't you find it?"

“There was a time lag when that method was used. When they checked us from within the forest, and sensed our detection magic, they immediately ran towards the deeper parts of the forest.”

Ah, I forgot about that. They told me yesterday when the detection magic was used, the other party would also notice it.

“I thought with the speed of knights, it was enough to chase them while using detection magic.”

"of course. However, they escaped while spreading the Magic Sealing Stone.”

"Magic Sealing Stones?"

"What's? You don't know about that? Son, where are you from?”

"This one."

Illias-san said while showing the transparent stone with a faint greenish-yellow color.

It was roughly the size of a marble, and did not seem to be specially processed.

I got the impression that it looked more like a glass stone than a gem.

“This stone has a certain Mana compressed in proportion to its size. The moment the magic touched it, the stone would react and damage the magic construction, then spread it as Mana. It was a stone that completely sealed magic.”

What a killer fantasy.

Ever since I came to the world of magic, I have had a strong desire to learn magic.

But, there are Items that can stop any magic? Huff…

“By the way, is this stone a valuable item?”

“This kind of stuff... you can buy it with kids pocket money.”.

Oh, just that cheap? Really true?

"So, are magic users nearly helpless in real combat?"

“You mean Knights with Magic specialization? Hmm, if you are an expert in using magic, you can fly a Magic Sealing Stone with your magic. But if your opponent suddenly throws the stone at close range, you will be powerless. In war, by carrying a large Magic Sealing Stone, magic cannot be used throughout the battlefield.”

"I'm just curious about something, wouldn't it be impossible to use Detection Magic if you were to bring this stone?"

Of course, I have such a question.

“Well, it's possible if you use it in any direction. That's why you need to focus on the direction you're going. For example, if any of your comrades are carrying Magic Sealing Stones nearby, you should exclude the direction of your comrades. So, you need a technique, but it's not a difficult technique. If you get used to it, you might be able to use magic while carrying the Magic Sealing Stone. Although there are limitations.”

“So, those bandits are quite skilled..”.

“Yes, but well, depending on the training they undergo. Still, it is difficult to know what size and who carried it, so it will be difficult to use magic while carrying the stone in battle.”

“By the way, the Magic Sealing Stone was stored in one room in the cave yesterday. If you want to detect the surroundings, avoiding the direction of the room is enough.”

Hmm, so. it is a stone whose neutralization range depends on its size.

In addition, because it is affordable, it can be thrown away.

And if we throw it away while it is on the run, we can effectively disrupt the pursuit party's detection magic.

What if the merchant brought the stone?

No, that's not good.

Having the means to undo the detection magic would make them look suspicious.

Is it not difficult for the bandits to attack the merchants who carried the stone?

“What if instead you give the stones to the merchants? Wouldn't the bandits be more vigilant and reduce the amount of damage and looting they did?”

“Of course, the first detection magic can be neutralized. But they could use detection magic again while avoiding the direction of the person carrying the stone.”

“What if we bring it in bulk or just one in big size?”

“Say it worked. Then the bandits had no choice but to take the risk. And if we put up the bait, we might catch them someday, but before that happens, there will be a lot of casualties. In the end, it was hard to get everyone to agree with that suggestion.”

Yeah, that's true. Not many traders are willing to take risks with unavoidable sacrifices.

If the bandits needed to reduce their looting even further, they would definitely look for new methods and become even scarier.

When searching for their prey, they will be more careful and only attack those they believe in.

Conversely, if we search for it without much planning, they will escape using stones.

Really, a troublesome bunch of bandits.

Taking this into account, it seems that it is really good luck to the knights that the stranger, me, who does not have a normal human Mana accidentally found the headquarters of the bandits and leaked that information.

No wonder they were so excited.

“In the end, it is necessary to once subdue them for eternity.”

“Ya, and when I finally thought that I could catch their tails.

Finally, back to the problem now.

Without any information from the captured bandits, the level of damage could only be slightly reduced.

No, this is not the time to be happy just with a little less trouble. If the other bandits started to reactivate, in the end the result would not change at all.

“By the way, is there no brainwashing magic or manipulation magic?”

"There was. But, it was necessary to send magic into the head. And I don't know how, they planted a small Magic Sealing Stone inside their heads. Taking them by force, can cause them to die. ”

Shit, they're very thorough.

If only there was surgical technology, but, given the standards of this world, that would be impossible.

Proper extraction by magic is possible, but, first of all, it cannot be done because the stone planted in the head is the thing that negates magic.

Even so, the fact that the bandits did not give up on the gorilla interrogation frightened me.

Is their brotherhood that high? No, it's not that. The other bandit gangs didn't even help them when we went to capture and destroy them yesterday.

So, is information regarding other bandits more important than their own lives?

“I'm curious about something.. Can you let me interrogate them?”

“???”

Illias-san and Grandpa Kara looked at me with strange faces.

So, I went to the interview room, no, I mean the interrogation room with one of the bandits.

I didn't want to torture, so I planned to do it in a way similar to the one in the detective drama.

Inside the room, we both sat in chairs.

"Huh!? Who are you, boy !? ”

"I'm the new interrogator."

“Hahaha, after the knights, now they send bean sprouts!? Oi, oi, is the Tiez standard this low!?”

“Well, no need for brute force to conduct interrogations. Besides, I don't like to hurt other people.”

“And he's a coward!? Just kill me! I have nothing to say to someone like you!”

Shit, he's scary.

There was a lot of hate from him.

Seeing the new wounds on his body, he might have already been interrogated and tortured by the knights.

But thanks to seeing those monstrous knights, I'm not too scared if it's just this!

"Then, can you at least tell me why you can't talk?"

"Huh!?"

“Currently, I'm trying to get information from you. But if you can't speak, I want to know the reason. "

“Are you stupid? Why should I talk to my enemies?”

“You know... I heard from the person in charge, because you have killed many people, it seems like you will not be able to avoid the death penalty.”

"of course! Therefore, just kill me!”

“I want to know about one thing. Why did you stubbornly refuse to cooperate even if you knew you were going to die? Even if you leak a little information, you will eventually die. Moreover, the ones who will get into trouble are those who are gangs of other bandits, your business rivals. And usually, wouldn't it be better to die peacefully after leaking a little information, than to die from torture?”

“……”

“At least for you guys, it seems like selling information about other bandits is scarier than dying itself. That's why, I want to know why.

"What's the point of telling you that?"

"Well, at least I'm satisfied."

"Huh!?"

“If you can satisfy me with the reason why you can't divulge any information, we don't need to torture you at all. Don't you think it's profitable on both sides?”

“……”

“Not that I asked you to sell your friend. I only suggested that you could die peacefully after you told me the reason. But, if by any chance, there's also a reason why you can't even tell me that, what to do. Then I will hand over the rest of the work to the knights.”

Now, what are you gonna do?

Well, that last one seems like a threat and it doesn't sound good, but my mouth slipped, how else…. I hope it works.

“... No problem even if we die. 'The Person' can give us eternal fear, wherever we are.”

Oh, he finally gave me some information.

"You can't talk about it in detail, can you?"

"true."

Well, there are several ways to tell it to others, it is tantamount to selling information.

But he gave me some valuable information, so let's think about what action needs to be taken after this.

First, he said, 'That guy'.

That is, there are very dangerous people in this entire gang of bandits.

Perhaps, it was worth saying that 'That Man' also threatened the other bandit gangs.

That means, the gang of bandits that made headquarters in the Tiez region must be revolving around "That Man".

So, what kind of relationship do they have, is it cooperation? or obedience?

Furthermore, it seemed like there was a way to make others who dared to betray would regret the decision even after death.

I suspect that their family or someone important to them will be killed.

But, this bandit, his family had been killed in front of him. And it's hard to think that his wife has been taken hostage.

Also, it was not enough to instill eternal fear.

Wait..Maybe the word I need to worry about is, ‘abadi’ fear.

I can imagine what it is, but it's just a fantasy of mine. There's no point in worrying about it now….

Just in case, let's ask the experts later.

“I understand.. alright. That's enough, thank you.”

Then I decided to stand up and leave.