Watashi Ga Betsu No Sekai De Umarekawatta
2-8: Meeting with Baronet Muno 2
By the time we were directed to follow the guards and there were two horse carriages had come from the Baronet to pick us up...
One of them is a two-seater train...
The doors are carved with reliefs that look like they will make fashionable Nobles happy and are also decorated with gold stones that look like gems...
I already knew from the initial examination, but the city is too quiet...
Although it was almost twice the size of the Labyrinth city, its population was only about 1/6...
Houses were standing in line as we left the gate, but in the middle of the road, a lot of empty land was covered with weeds...
"There's a lot of empty land... "
"Miss.do you know of the incident 20 years ago... "
"Yes.although I don't know how many are true, but I've heard common rumors... "
"Most of it is probably the truth.... "
"The "empty land was the result of the King's army burning the city to destroy the many invading undeaths... "
The coachman answered my question while facing the street...
His voice was loud, not inferior to the sound of the carriage...
" The King's army...?"
"Yes, after the undeath had extracted their vengeance by killing the entire genealogy of the old Nobles, they remained within the city motionless..."
So the King wants to do something before they move...
"The "ordinary people who died from the fire prepared by the troops were several times more than from the undeath, because they would not be attacked by the undeath, if they stayed inside the house... "
At least prepare a fire after you evacuate the common people or maybe they don't know about the actual site...
"Therefore, there are many who leave this region..."
"Now, there's not even 20% left of the people from 20 years ago... "
"It's good that this city doesn't disappear even after that... "
"That's because this town has a wall protecting it..."
"The walls were made in the days of the Ancestral King and were enhanced with fixation magic, even if monsters attacked, it would not move in the slightest..."
"A city cannot be made in any other location, if not by a high-ranking nobleman..."
I understand, not surprisingly, that the wall looks beautiful regardless of the poor area...
I heard the sound of collisions and the screams of the people in front of the train...
After a slight pause, our carriage trembled slightly as it crushed something...
"Miss-Miss.I'm sorry for shaking..."
"Some poor people jump..."
Turns out our horse-drawn carriage hit a little girl...
I jumped out of the carriage and ran to the girl...
The girl's HP was rapidly declining...
"Make way...!! "
It's annoying to get past the guys who swarmed the girl on foot...
However, I made it almost on time...
I took out a magic medicine (potion) from my pocket while sitting next to the girl and made her drink it...
He fainted, his breathing stopped...
The medicine came out of his mouth because of that...
His HP had stopped diminishing for a moment, probably because he was a little drunk...
I wanted to press his chest to perform artificial respiration, but it might have been hit by the carriage, his chest was depressed...
It's mustahi like this...
I used the atlernartif way, although I didn't really want to expend the slightest bit of energy to help him, but it would be troublesome, if I didn't...
"Help"
The yellow light spread on the child's body and I had already lowered the effect and made it seem to be gradually healed...
Perhaps because the effect was weak, the girl's HP bar fluctuated for a while, then started to decrease bit by bit...
Looks like I'm going to take out a little treasure from inside my storage...
And I was thinking should I use a drug with unknown effects in storage even while knowing the risks...
"Please let me treat it.. "
"Light Healing "
This was the Light Healing of light attribute magic and it seemed that Tiane was fine...
However, it was only a temporary relief...
"Not good.it's not enough just with Light Healing magic... "
"We have to take him to the priest's temple... "
The people around me deny that word...
"No priest can use holy magic in this city..."
"Everyone was arrested after they were accused of crimes such as corruption and thrown in jail... "
"However he cannot be saved by those wounds..."
"Let her go without suffering anymore... "
Not only was his chest depressed, his arms were also unnaturally bent...
His fluctuating physical strength also began to slowly decrease and his HP was already less than 10 %...
When I decided that giving the medicine with unknown effects was better than letting him die, my scene made the magic medicine (potion) appear in my mind...
The difference between normal medicines and magic is in the reagents and existence of magic power...
The reagent was just an object to fuse magic power with the medicine...
Then, the direct effect of this medicine was due to the presence of magic power...
Well. It feels really annoying to bring out my power, but what can I do...
I poured it three times the amount of magic power normally used to make ordinary magic potions...
As soon as he drank it, his body became wrapped in a red aura, but it immediately disappeared as if it was sucked in...
He has not fully recovered, but succeeded...
His depressed chest as well as his broken arm had been restored...
His HP stopped at about 40%, but it did not decrease when I was watching him for a while...
"Did you save onee chan... "
"Yes.he's fine now... "
"Geez. the same witch is really great..."
"I don't believe such a serious wound can be healed... "
I gave another potion to a little girl who looked to be the sister of the injured girl, she clung to him...
"If she doesn't wake up after 1-2 hours, give her this medicine..."
"Umm. I understand..."
An old woman who seemed to be an acquaintance with the little girl spoke to me while looking hesitant...
"The same magician.thank you very much..."
"However, lowly residents like us can't pay you back... "
"That's because our train hit the girl..."
"I don't expect any compensation at all..."
"Instead, it should be the girl who should get reparations... "
I changed the subject because it looked like I was going to sell myself again...
However.the expressions of the old ladies were gloomy...
"We cannot ask for reparations... "
"It's a crime to block the way of the Nobles' chariot like this girl did... "
"That's right Miss, even if you save her now, she will be captured by the army to become a slave or hanged... "
The coachman added the words of the old woman...
Isn't that too bad...
I saved him after a lot of effort...
I will save him at any cost even, if it is only for my own satisfaction...
If being saved means he is a slave or executed, let's keep him from being saved...
The surrounding people seem to be allies of the girl, the only real witness being the coachman...
Let's teach him a lesson if he rejects my persuasion...
He might betray me later by telling the Baronet what happened here, but instead of being suspicious of everything, let's use whatever methods are available...
"Well, I'm done taking care of that poor girl who got hit by that train..."
"Let's not make the Baronet wait any longer and leave... "
I made the coachman hold one silver coin...
The girl died despite treatment...
The girl's name is still unknown...
"Yes Miss... The girl who ran was pitiful, but it was inevitable..."
This man could read the atmosphere quite well...
It looked like the coachman was playing with a bribe...
Even so, his simple way of speaking like not the polite way from before was also part of the charade...
The adults around also participated in the charade by pretending to cry...
Friendly people what they are... His sister who could not follow the story became confused, but after the old woman whispered something to him, he immediately understood...
We returned to the carriage and advanced to the Baronet castle located on the abandoned land...
At that moment, the battle between 1000 Baronet troops and 3000 goblins began...
Right now, it seems that the Baronet army is benefiting...
I knew that the Baronet castle was vast from the map, but once I actually got into it, it was wider than I had imagined...
There was a forest and a large pond that occupied about three times the area of the castle...
People only occupied a few percent of the entire area, not that maintenance would be difficult...
We headed to the big mansion four stories up the hill in the same area, not the castle...
No problem because of the Baronet...
And of course, that fake hero was also near the Baronet...
Split body demon was also there, but it did not approach the Baronet...
The real body was inside the forest as usual...
It seemed that it did not participate in the battle and only allowed the goblin warriors to do so...
The carriage entered the rotary in front of the mansion while I thought so...
Although there was no red carpet overlay, about 20 maids lined up on the left and right to greet us...
Even though I said maid, they don't wear an apron or white fringe, but just plain navy blue dresses...
It was probably a uniform because they were all wearing the same clothes...
Upon arriving at the courtyard we were greeted by a waiter...
"Welcome, I'm glad you got here... "
"Secilia's magicians are the same and the women's... "
A man in a butler uniform greets you...
I also thank you for the great welcome...
I wanted to ask him why he called me a witch...
"If you have luggage, let me take it for you..."
I handed him some knives and a barrel for decoration...
"Secilia is the same, it's okay to carry a dagger and a stick for self-protection... "
"Wouldn't it be rude to carry a weapon before meeting the Baronet... "
I checked it for a while, but butler san slowly shook his head denying it...
"Not to worry. This is an order from consul..."
"Next, a truly reliable person was on the side of the Baronet similarly... "
"Baronet won't be hurt unless the demon lord attacks... "
"Hoo..it's amazing, I want to meet that person by all means... "
"I'm sure you'll be surprised... "
"Please look forward to it... "
The person this person was talking about was a fake hero...
However, in order to allow the visiting people to bring swords, I think they are too trusting in that fake hero...
Or maybe the demon's goal is to let someone hurt them...
We followed butler san who led the way...
And two maids followed us...
I thought they might be female knights watching over us, but looking at their level and skill, they are real maids...
However, I wonder what this faint discrepancy I feel is...
We arrived in front of the Baronet room guided by the butler san, Lina and Tiane tightly clenched their fists...
He was worried about the dream...
As soon as we entered the room, they saw the Baronet and then they calmed down while looking relieved...
By this, it seems that they have confirmed that the dream is not prophetic...
Thanks to them being calm, I also calmed down a bit...
Due to the hit-and-run case a while ago, my mind had been filled with unpleasant thoughts about how to deal with the Baronet...
Let's make sure the person himself first before making a judgment...
"Hey.you finally got here..."
"Secilia dono the witch, Lina dono the maid and Tiane dono as the maid as well..."
"And that one over there is lina dono's sister, I guess... "
When we entered the room guided by the san butler, we introduced ourselves to the Baronet...
Come to think of it, I never said that Lina and Tiane were slaves...
However, I want to praise him for not ignoring Totona...
"It's nice to meet you, I'm an inexperienced witch and an adventurer, Secilia..."
I slightly lowered my head and lifted my skirt slightly and the three of them followed....
Lina and Tiane bowed while lifting up her skirt without giving her name after seeing me...
And Totona also lowered her head in imitation of the two of them after looking around uneasily...
There were 2 other men and women in the room apart from the Baronet family...
There were two maids in the corner of the room, but they did not count...
First, the man who looks to be a Baronet, he's a fat man with black hair and a mustache...
I expected that he was a typical disgusting man who sat back with his legs outstretched arrogantly, but instead, he sat down with a smiling face...
The second was the black haired woman who had a calming atmosphere, it seemed like she was his daughter...
Although she had black hair, her face did not look Asian, but more like a Greek...
If I had to say, she is beautiful, but she has no special characteristics next to the mole in the corner of her eye...
I couldn't see the figure because I couldn't see it from our position...
And the last one was a macho man sitting on the sofa leaning on the woman, a handsome young man with black hair and black pupils...
Surely this young man is a fake hero...
We can only see him as a refreshing young man with just appearances...
He had a straight sword with a blue sheath on his white knight outfit...
From the outside he's pretty good...
His colleagues were in different buildings along with the split body (Splitter)...
And Lina and Tiane kicked her low like seeing a seranga and Totona as usual, she was timid...
"I understand, so you are a young dono witch who rules over powerful slaves..."
"I just say thank you enough no matter how many times I say it..."
"The area is vast and cannot be called prosperous, but I want you to rest in peace here... "
"It hurts my feeling that I can't give you any significant service, but I will welcome your visit for as long as you want... "
The baronet firmly stood up and approached me to say thank you...
It's quaint...
Ordinarily... The nobleman was arrogant, yet he was very friendly...
Conversely, the hospitality was too suspicious...
I wonder if this person is also a fraud...
I confirm, but he is the real one no doubt and there is no abnormal status either...
"Daddy, I know you love meeting a brave girl, but at least you can sit down..."
" I feel sorry for the little boy... "
This time it was his daughter Baronet who scolded the Baronet...
His tone was as calm as shown by his appearance...
His childish voice was no match for his age...
Is this how people usually act...?
With those in power in the region, why did their territory go through such difficult times..
No. They are Nobles, this is probably an act...
His daughter stood up by borrowing the fake hero's hand, and walked towards Lina, Tiane and Totona...
My eyes did not focus on the friendly-talking Baronet in front of me, but on the direction that moved as his daughter stood up...
"Hello little lady... I am called Soruna, can you tell me your name... "
Her daughter lowered her waist to fit Lina, Tiane and Totona's line of sight and began to speak with a voice that seemed to have a musical note attached at the end...
No good, I think now, it's more important to prevent that young lady...
His daughter who had seen Totona's figure hugged him without looking disgusted...
Tension fell on me, Totona remained hugged by the young lady...
I purposely changed her appearance to that of a demi-human to test the Baronet family...
"Oii... Soruna, your precious dress will be full of hair..."
"After all, what would you do if you smelled an animal... "
"I hate uncles who say things like that desuwa... "
The hero made a rude statement, but Miss Soruna firmly rejected the words of the hero with her childish gesture...
The hero asks for support from the Barone, but...
"It's a beautiful child..."
"Has her appearance until now been magic...?"
The baronet lightly ignored the Hero's words, and asked...
There was no tone of blame in his words...
Instead it strangely felt pure...
I'll leave the hero behind and concentrate on the Baronet...
"I'm so sorry..."
"I've heard a lot about how nobles find beastkin doesn't like it, so I thought at least make it look like a human... "
Even though it was my own reason, it was very noncommittal...
Normally, you wouldn't bring it before thinking of disguising it with magic...
"I'm sorry that you had that thought... "
"However, I didn't know that dogkin girls are cute..."
"I only saw them in the royal capital and arena and they all looked terrifying like wild beasts... "
"I have to revise my thinking with this... "
The Baronet's eyes were fixed on Totona who was being hugged by her daughter..
Well. although she is a temporary demi-human, but she seems to enjoy it...
"By the way, Secilia dono..."
"What's that...?"
"I also want to pat the head of this dogkin girl, may I... "
Totona shook her head while being hugged by her daughter...
I nodded at the Baronet after obtaining Totona's permission...
"Oh.no hairy... "
"Hair is great... "
"In addition to that, he smells very good..."
"Is this smell fruit? I don't know a natural scent like this... "
Hmm... fruit scented...?
I asked those next to me in a soft voice...
"We made a sachet filled with the skin of fruits and put it together with our clothes... "
I don't know very well, but it's like a pot-pourri, I guess...
I knew that Totona was gathering fruit peels, but I actually thought it was for a midnight snack when she was hungry...
Our meeting with the Baronet family unexpectedly ended with a feeling of comfort, but at that moment, a rapid development took place in the forest...
Although the Baronet army was supposed to be on the loose, but suddenly the casualties on their part grew along with the goblin side...
Furthermore, people who had not made contact with the enemy were also victims one by one...
The enemy had set a trap from the beginning...
Speaking of something strange, 10 split bodies appeared near the main demon's body and then, they flew aimlessly over the two troops...
I thought it might use poison, but when I checked their status, I understood the cause...
Most of the soldiers suffered from 'Confusion', and 'Enraged' conditions'...
There may be some magic that can be compared to magic that has no means to resist, but it is very effective when used against groups...
I believe this method is also used to exterminate large groups of thieves...
Thanks to Totona, we became closer to the Baronet family...
"So, you don't issue orders to collect congratulatory gifts from people... "
"of course... I've heard from consul that this year we had a bad harvest...
"If we do things like that, people will go hungry... "
In fact, people are abandoning children and parents...
"Do you know that every village sells their people to the extent that traders even avoid them... "
"Fumu. I can't say that every village is prosperous, but we don't collect taxes to the point where they will starve...
"And this year, according to the consul's advice, we should have already shared a meal with them... "
The villagers I met were all thin, from slaves to the village chief...
I don't think that the village chief is embezzling food...
"There was a girl jumping out in front of our train today... "
"The coachman said that the carriage should not be stopped even, if it would kill the oppressed civilians, is that true...?"
"Unfortunately, that's the truth... "
Ohh...
However, the Baronet's face turned grim...
It really doesn't look like an attitude, 'Ordinary people are trash'...
"Secilia is the same, there's a reason for that..."
"A year earlier, the train that my sister and I were riding on had hit a child... "
"We got off the train and went to help the boy, but we were surrounded quickly and almost kidnapped... "
"Are you talking about the time we met... "
"Aren't the children and people surrounding you part of a group of thieves named Muno Rebel and hiding in the city..."
"It was a consul who told me that they were thieves... "
"You were amazing that time... "
I ignored the princess and the hero who started to seduce...
Moreover, according to the princess, the same situation happened again for five times afterwards...
The princesses were only directly involved in the same incident twice, the rest happened to the maids and high officials...
Especially for the last incident involving a high-ranking official, his carriage was deliberately toppled by an attack from the side...
Although they might have already been exterminated, there were no people affiliated with the organization named Muno Rebel in this entire city...
Of course, since there was someone behind it, it was difficult to judge whether they were thieves just by looking at their Reward & Punishment, but there was no one affiliated with 'Thief'...
"Is the immigration tax also a suggestion from consul...?"
"Actually there was an incident where children and women in this region from the village were kidnapped and forced to become slaves in other regions... "
"According to the advice of the consul, it was decided to impose heavy taxes on people who were not official slave traders or did not have the permission of the village chief to prevent crime... "
So it was taken out of goodwill, yes..
Every Nobles did not want their population to decrease, so there might be a utility aspect as well...
"In hindsight, I didn't see any soldiers or knights at the gate... "
"Your mother has received requests from villagers and merchants about the rising casualties from thieves, so we have sorted out the entire army to subdue them... "
"Because the consul said that there would be no problem even, if the thief attacked, if the gate was closed, I agreed to his plan... "
Okay..that's suspicious...
Didn't he just say that thieves had attacked the carriage inside the city before...
Currently, there were not even 10 soldiers inside the city...
There is only one knight...
The remaining power was too little, even, if the entire army went for conquest...
Frankly, it was unthinkable...
"Is it okay with the thieves hiding in the city... "
"It's okay because the consul says it's okay... "
"In addition, no matter how many thieves attack, I will annihilate them with this holy sword... "
False heroes follow the words of the Baronet...
After that, she started teasing the young miss again, I ignored her...
Consul, yes...
He's pretty trustworthy...
Hm... Now that you mention it, the person called 'Consul' can all just interpret that...
I'm looking for a consul for the whole region, not just the city...
"If possible, I would like to meet with that same consul in person... "
"But of course, he's a little busy right now... "
"He works in a separate building next door... "
"After he's done with his work, he'll probably show his face... "
Separate building yes, no consul there...
That means, what they call consul is a demon...
I'll ask her name for now and check if she's in jail or not...
"Everyone has been calling her consul since a while ago, but I wonder what the consul's name is...?"
"Fumu...I'm sorry, I always call him consul, so I forgot his name..."
"This is one of the things that is obtained with age... "
I tried asking his daughter...
"I should have called him by his name during my childhood, but I often call him consul today, so I don't remember him... "
"I'm sorry, I always call him a consul from the beginning, so I don't know... "
The maids don't know either...
Such a situation is usually impossible...
It would be understandable, if what they had forgotten was a person who was not present much, but was too unnatural that no one knew the name of the top administrative person...
And the strangest thing is...
I saw the people who answered my question...
And no one thinks that's unnatural...
"Hm... What's that...?"
The fake hero looks at the other side of the balcony and asks a question...
There were many doors as tall as the person leading to the balcony in this room, and everything was open...
Since the room was on the top floor of a building on the elevated ground, it should have been cold, but it seemed that the air flow between the room and outside was blocked with a magic called Air Curtain...
Not only was it blocked, I wondered what this strong feeling of being locked in was...
And the view on the balcony presents the entire main road from the castle gate to the main gate straight unobstructed...
What the hero wanted to say was probably a black shadow that looked like people who looked like grains gushing out on the main road...
Did something happen...?
One of the maids said...
"I'll ask about that... "
And leave the room...
From what I see about 10 skeletons have appeared at two grave sites each...
Of course. all the split body demons were in the forest beside the one in a separate building...
I searched the city and found the culprit...
There are people who can use 'Ghost Magic' near the skeleton...
Since those people did not have abnormal statuses, they might have been bribed by demons who acted as consuls to cause an uproar...
It seemed that the skeleton was simply ignoring the citizens, they did not kill them even though they attacked....
However, many people had noticed the skeletons and they ran from them towards the main gate or the castle gate...
It might be unavoidable given the history of this city, but there was no doubt that it was also because there were certain people who led them among the citizens...
Others also came to the balcony as if captivated by the hero...
Next.we also follow the others to the balcony...
Lina and Tiane pulled my sleeves...
"Nee.do you think that consul is behind this... "
"Yes... The idea is the demon... "
"De... You sure... "
I was deep in thought so I answered without thinking...
Well..this is fine...
"There are no consuls in this castle... "
"In exchange, there is a split body demon level 1..."
"Level 1..."
"That's impossible, his main body must be close... "
I also told her the situation...
"The main body is in the woods near the city..."
"Aps... "
"The army of Baronet 1000 was fighting with 3000 demi-goblins there, but they were annihilated because they killed each other exposed by the mind demon magic..."
"The other 10 Splitters were in the forest creating zombies... "
"There are about 100 zombies marching towards Muno city in groups... "
"In addition, the people hiding in the forest turned the thieves and beasts into zombies... "
"Seriously... "
I thought I had already told the two of them about a little bit of my ability, but perhaps he thought it was only effective for hundreds of meters...
I didn't tell her that it could cover the entire region because I didn't want her to guess that it was a unique skill...
Oops.I have to tell him a little more...
I relayed the details about the demon in order...
"So, are you going to casually head to a place where there are level 30 demons alone... "
They raised their eyebrows and approached me...
"Of course we'll relax and have some tea... "
"Did you forget about the skeletons back then..."
"Splitters are divided..."
"What will we do, if the main body has the ability to change places with a split body... "
I intend to defeat him when that happens...
"Well, we have a holy sword for that moment..."
"Because there's a fake hero and his friends... "
"If you depend on such a person, then we'll be done... "
"Demon is very experienced in magic attacks, so we are worried that you will get hurt... "
"There's no way I'm losing and no one can beat me... "
"Don't we already say that you should be more about you than us slaves... "
I appease those who are angry because of his worries...
During a time like this, I should avoid the subject, and divert the argument...
"You guys, even if the demon is the mastermind, don't you think everyone's condition is strange... "
"About that, it was most likely caused by the mind demon magic... "
"But, no one suffers with abnormal status, you know... "
"That's the part, the reason why mind magic is forbidden... "
Come to think of it, that demon was the first thing I saw that had mind magic...
"If you repeatedly use mind magic like Trust, cognitive inhibition, and manipulation of common sense for a long time, it's possible to brainwash people..."
"Brainwashing... "
"You know, if you use magic to infuse 'Crow is white' to people, eventually when you ask "What color is crow" and they will answer "White"... "
"Lies can be the truth if you form beliefs ground works with magic... "
"Although of course, there are individual differences... "
Rather than fantasy, it was more like some kind of new teaching...
"Is there any way to cancel it... "
There seems to be magic to undo the manipulation of consciousness, but it seems difficult for magic that has changed your understanding...
While there seems to be a way to brainwash in reverse, it will take some time...
