Chapter 155 – 155. The Sword of Tyranny (1)
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The elven woman revealed her own name as ‘Tula’.
Tula.
Thermath muttered the elf woman’s name, giving her a nod.
She was wearing ragged clothes, and she handed Toula her robe with the logo of the Roxfield family. She looked apprehensive, clutching at her cloak as Tula cast her eyes at the knights escorting her around with a look full of disbelief and wariness.
“Don’t worry, I’ll escort you safely in the name of the Roxfield family.”
The reason why Summath gave Tula her coat with the Roxfield family pattern on it was to let him know that she was under the protection of the Roxfield family.
This elf woman is protected by our Roxfield family.
If she does her harm to her,
We must bear the wrath of the Roxfield family.
Was it out of anger at the inhuman acts committed by the princess of the royal family of Valois? The eldest son of the Roxfield family, who had a sense of justice, did a lot of favors to the elven woman.
“I-over there….”
“Tell me.”
Toula opened her mouth.
Perhaps thanks to her reassurance while continuing to read, the elf woman with a fearful expression spoke cautiously to Mass.
“Dah, I have a daughter…. I’m sure you’re being dragged along like me…. She must be caught in another wagon…. Could you please save my daughter? Please! Because I don’t care what happens… Please save my daughter!”
It was a very desperate voice.
Fighting her fears, she begged Thermath in an earnest tone.
Her daughter, who was sold along with her, must be dragged along as miserably as herself. Tula begged her thermath to save her own daughter.
“I will swear on the name of the Roxfield family.”
Thermath accepted her Tula’s favor by placing her hand on her own chest.
By staking the name of the Roxfield family.
Her words meant that she would give her life to fulfill her request.
“… Thanks.”
“It is the right thing to do.”
After answering Tula, Themath turned to the mercenary captain who was being held by her knights.
She asked about her daughter in Tula.
She must have been brought to the capital while being detained in another carriage. She judged that she couldn’t be ignorant of the carriage’s whereabouts, since the people escorting the carriage must also be her partners.
“I am just an elf. Aren’t they mere slaves who won a bid in the slave market? I don’t know why the Roxfield family’s Young master is stepping forward.”
Said the mercenary commander.
At those words, Mass twisted her face.
“According to the edict of the Holy Empire, countries that have joined the Holy Alliance strictly prohibit the slave trade of heterogeneous races. I am only acting according to the laws of the land.”
It judges criminals who have violated national laws and cuts off irrationality and irrationality.
To do justice.
Thermath tried to uncover her suspicions that she was related to the Valois royal family, as she showed strong will.
“Do you think you can mess up the deal and get away with it! Princess Catherine must have a grudge!”
“That is none of your business.”
She struck back at the words of the mercenary captain who made unreasonable threats by mentioning the princess.
She staked the obscurity of the Roxfield family.
No matter what happens, she will return her mother and daughter elves back to her home.
“Tell me. Where is the other elf?”
Thermath drew her sword and aimed it at the mercenary captain.
The sharp tip of her knife touched the nape of her neck.
The mercenary captain rolled his eyes while swallowing his saliva at the warning of the blade that seemed to pierce his throat at any moment.
“Brother, what can I say? If you entrust it to me, I’ll make sure you’re honest, even if it means breaking all your limbs!”
As Berban stepped forward, he drew his sword as if threatening the mercenaries.
Like a hound’s lineage, it was very radical.
This is because he went through numerous battles following his father and went through all the battles.
There’s nothing like pain to make someone who is hiding a secret honest. Extreme pain makes people very honest. It was a lesson learned from torturing an enemy spy.
“I-I will tell you!”
The mercenary captain was silent at the end, but a mercenary who appeared to be his subordinate eventually confessed.
The second stage procession is scheduled to follow at intervals of four days.
The only difference is the distance traveled.
He said he was going to reach his destination by the same route.
The reason why the two wagons, the advance party and the second party, went through the same route was simple. This is because you have to enter Lutemine through pre-purchased gates so as not to get caught in the checkpoint search. Because he had to pass only through the gates he bought with money, the route had to be the same.
‘It seems to be true that Princess Catherine was involved. I never thought I would have bought all the gateways leading to the capital…. It’s usually nothing serious.’
I learned that there are not one or two people involved in the slave trade of the different races that Princess Catherine carried out.
Upon learning the truth of her corruption, Summath gave her a disgusted expression.
She and she had a question.
What did Princess Catherine do for,
Did he prepare for the slave trade of different races on a grand scale like this?
“Brother, please issue the next policy.”
At the words of Gu Bellas, Mass opened her mouth.
“Wait in this city. They ambush in advance, set a trap, and capture the rest of the gang.”
Thermae went up to Lutemine, and after waiting for Princess Catherine to inquire about her situation, she waited for her second carriage to arrive.
She pursued the rest of the gang as soon as possible to save the elf mother and daughter, who must have suffered a terrible separation due to her foolish desire.
Four days
In four days, the late wagons will pass through this city.
She catches the gap.
After taking her bribe and arresting all the soldiers who had condoned her slave trade, she made every effort to capture the second wagon as soon as it appeared.
“It could be seen as an overreach. Isn’t it something related to Princess Catherine?”
“It is only to punish the offenders according to the law of the country. The more chaotic state affairs are, the more justice must be upright. I will take all responsibility.”
“… Yes, I understand.”
The knights of the Roxfield family waited in ambush in the city for the second wagon to arrive.
The day passed like that.
A man with two swords at his waist and a slender woman appeared in the city with her hood pressed down.
* * *
It was impossible to catch up with the carriage ahead in the usual way.
The carriage is headed for Lutemine.
Unsure of which route the wagon heading ahead was passing, Druin chose to reach Rutemine, the presumed final destination, as quickly as possible.
“Huh!”
Norien, who was carrying Druine by her side as if she were her luggage, had to swallow her saliva as the pressure that oppressed her whole body.
She was experiencing the power of God, a power that was only allowed to another one.
Every time Druin spurred on her ground, she felt the scenery pass by swiftly.
It was an inexplicable phenomenon.
Should I say that time passed quickly?
In the blink of an eye, the landscape moved quickly and my steps became even faster.
‘This human’s eyes… !’
Cradled by her side like a bag of rice, Norien noticed the blackness of her druin, but the strangely intertwined texts in her pupils were clearly visible.
I’ve heard of it from village elders.
The strangers who have been bestowed with the power of the gods have evidence on parts of their bodies that indicate that they are from the other world.
She said that whenever she manifests power strongly, the evidence shines clearly and distinctly.
“I think I’m going to vomit… !”
Norien raised her hand and covered her own mouth.
Judging from her bluish complexion, she seemed to feel the urge to vomit.
Druin shouted at him.
“Shit! Not with the lower mouth, but with the upper mouth!”
She paused for a moment.
Druin, even her powers stopped for a moment, gave Norrien room to vomit.
‘Damn it, you don’t know exactly where it is, so you’re looking for a needle in the sand. Shouldn’t she have kept at least one guy alive? It’s to save even the coachman’s son.’
She got caught up in something stupid.
Druin frowned as she glanced at Norien, who was regurgitating her stomach.
Let’s wait a minute.
It is to open the Maiden of the Elf Beauty.
And if you’re lucky, you might be able to enjoy mother-daughter rice bowls with the elf Missy, so Druin decided to put up with it for a while.
“Hey.”
“Uh, why?”
After rinsing her mouth with her water, Norien raised her head and answered Druin’s words.
“You don’t know exactly where your mother is.”
“That, right….”
“Is there any way for you mother and daughter to know each other’s location? Then I think it will save you a little effort. You can’t find a needle in the sand, and you can’t shove the whole royal road.”
The destination is the capital, Ruthemine.
The person who purchased the elf was Princess Catherine.
Druin wanted to know why Princess Catherine was buying up the elves that were sold to her slave market. Are you really buying for sexual purposes?
No, it didn’t seem like that.
It seemed that there was some nasty ulterior motive.
It was just a feeling without any basis or physical evidence, but… , Druin was relying heavily on his intuition.
“No matter how much I am, I can’t fight against the whole kingdom. If they attacked the princess, bastards from the kingdom would come from all sides.”
He said he only dealt with up to five women.
Druin gave Norien information he never wanted to know.
“Since I’ve been running with her powers activated all day long, I’m sure she’ll catch up sooner or later. Maybe she just passed by. There are not just one or two wagons roaming the streets.”
If there was any consolation, she hadn’t witnessed a wagon with dozens of mercenaries clinging to it, like the one that transported Norien.
If so, is it in front of you?
No, I can’t be certain. Because there were more than one or two roads leading to the capital of the kingdom of Valois.
“It would have been nice to send a signal first….”
“Signal?”
Druin responded to Norien’s murmur.
“We learn from childhood how to send signals to our distant kin. Like spreading mana, or making the working spirit spin around the sky…. Because we never knew when we would be kidnapped by humans.”
The elves created a signal to announce their location in case they were kidnapped by humans.
Leave a mark,
Spread traces,
The elves, who had to suffer every time from vicious humans, have learned to survive on their own.
“Even so, it doesn’t change that it is still a floating situation.”
Druin shrugged her shoulders.
It’s something I don’t expect at all.
As she clicked her tongue, ‘Should I really raid the palace…? ‘ She just muttered.
“There must be spirits that her mother ministers roaming near the location where her mother is. Because it is the spirits who react most sensitively to the crisis of the spirits.”
“It’s a spirit….”
At Norien’s words, Druin nodded as she looked around her.
It was still a hazy situation.
But if that was the only way to know her location, she had no choice but to rely on it.
Druin searched her surroundings while activating her powers again. And Norien also tried to find traces of her by sending away the spirits serving her. She wandered around grasping for straw, hoping to be near.
And at the end,
Norien found the trail first.
In a city located at the end of the range the spirits were searching for, they found a wind spirit spinning around in the air like a lost puppy.
