Chapter 1088 – Ep.1086 Smith, a Black Company in Another World
It took a little longer than expected for Giena to come back to the room.
“It took a long time.”
“Perhaps because they have broad feet as merchants, the number of people who left the city was quite large.”
“You also caught the people who had contact with Lord Belanis, right?”
“Yes. I buried it in a nearby forest and left Meleona as a watchdog.”
“You worked hard.”
I got off the bed, handing over the Mimic to Ardel, which would be in trouble in many ways if I lost it.
“I’ll be waiting outside, so tell Anis and Bellanis that we’ll be leaving in the early morning, so they should get plenty of rest before then.”
“I understand.”
I, along with Ardel, completely erased my presence with the token and left the room and exited the noisy inn. And before we had waited long, Gienna came down through the second floor window.
“This way.”
Even though she didn’t say it, she was fully aware of her role, so I led us straight to the place where she buried her runaway merchants, and I crossed the castle wall once again, wrapped in Ardel’s arms, which were as comfortable as a bed.
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I always feel this, but the mountains in the middle of the night are truly dangerous places.
It was so dark that you couldn’t even tell what was ahead without the moonlight, so before worrying about getting lost, you had to worry about taking even one step without bumping into something.
Of course, it wasn’t a problem for me, who is capable of self-luminous lighting.
“Are you here?”
Applying her fire whip to clear the darkness, Meleona crossed the forest and stopped in a wide clearing, watching the women with only her head on the ground like crops waiting to be harvested. Meleona approached her and got down on one knee.
“Good job.”
“… “I just carried out my master’s orders.”
That’s what she said, but when I touched her cheek and chin to show that she had worked hard, she made a happy noise and blushed softly, even though she was not a prisoner.
“Eight people? “It’s more than I thought.”
If you include the guys and soldiers remaining in the city, the number would probably be 20.
I extinguished the flames with my hands.
As the crimson flames subsided, darkness filled the empty space as if it had been waiting. To be exact, only the area around where I was standing was filled with darkness.
Since the place where we are now is a circular vacant lot, the soft moonlight was shining down in the center where the trees had disappeared.
And the women illuminated under the moonlight were all lowering their heads with pale faces.
Match──!!
Even though there was not much force, the sound of the hands clapping resonated loudly in the quiet forest.
“I only say it once. To be honest, only those who say I lied because I was blinded by gold can raise their heads.”
When I lowered my voice to the fullest level of the dignified speaking style that I had been forced to learn for the sake of dignity, not at the recommendation of the Sith, a rather believable atmosphere was created.
But I guess that was just my personal opinion, so I didn’t make any move to raise my head.
“Didn’t you hear me?”
“That can’t be right.”
“It sounded very good.”
When I asked curiously, Ardel and Gienna, who were standing on either side, quickly answered.
“But why is no one raising their head?”
“Well. “You might be too nervous to hear me, so let’s give it one more chance.”
“Well, it must have been a bit confusing since I was suddenly kidnapped.”
Reflecting Ardel’s opinion, I once again spoke to the potential fraudsters buried on the ground.
“Those who were so blinded by gold that they sold their conscience and took gold with lies, raise your heads right now. “No three times.”
This time, instead of lowering my voice for no reason, I shouted in my original tone so that it could hit everyone’s ears.
“Uh, over there. Meleona? Go and get it out.”
“Yes. “Master.”
Meleonna, who was still on one knee beneath her, enjoying my touch, immediately stiffened her expression as I gave her instructions and approached the woman who had just admitted to being an imposter.
Patter–!!
The process of Meleona lifting Imposter 1 up from the floor was very simple. She just stuck both her hands into the bottom and grabbed Crook 1 by both armpits and just pulled him up as if he was hooking a fish.
“Ugh!!”
Scammer 1, who was pulled up from the floor like a carrot, looked quite pained, probably because his strength was too strong.
Of course, there was no one here who would care about that.
“Bring it.”
Meleona put her hands under her armpits and brought the thief to her side, where she mercilessly threw him to the floor and brought him to his knees.
I asked the fraudster, who was forcibly kneeling and trembling.
“Name.”
“Jay, Jay, Jamie… My name is Jamie…”
A widespread name that can be heard everywhere.
“Yes, there are so many scammers that I can’t remember them all. “How did you scam me?”
“Afterward, a white-haired woman with her hood pulled down was said to have been seen passing through the Alteryn Mountains…”
“Alterine?”
“It’s a mountain range in the opposite direction from the capital.”
“I wanted the gold coin so much!! Please! Please save me!!”
Both his face and his voice seemed quite young.
“How old are you?”
“Oh, I’m eighteen this year…” .”
Tak!
The moment I heard her age, I unconsciously hit her forehead with her hand.
“Meleona. That’s enough, let me go.”
“Yes. “Master.”
Just as Laufen played the role of her perfect pet, Meleona was also a slave, and she immediately carried out my orders without any questions.
“Did you say merchant?”
“Even though I’m a merchant… Would you say it’s closer to a treasurer…”
“How long has it been since you started?”
“Half a year, well, half a year has passed…”
I tried to sigh, but I forced myself to swallow it and washed my face dry for a moment.
“Giena, wait a minute.”
I took Gienna with me and went a little deeper.
“Excuse me appropriately, and if you stole the gold coins, give them back to me.”
“I thought you would.”
“You’re still a kid.”
“… ?”
“No, anyway.”
By this world’s standards, she might be a decent adult, but I wasn’t fully immersed in this world yet, so by my standards, the girl who introduced herself as Jamie was literally a girl. Not a woman, just a girl. It means that he is still a child.
For that reason, I returned to the open space with Giena.
“Since she was honest, I will forgive her by cutting off one of her arms.”
“… To? Ah! Okay, I didn’t do well! Please! Please!! Please forgive me!! Please!!”
Jamie crawled over to me, grabbed me by the leg of my pants, and started crying so desperately that it broke the hearts of everyone who was watching.
“I’ll at least stop the bleeding, so you don’t die. “Take me.”
“Hey!! Please save me!! Please save me!!”
No matter how desperately I hold on, she has the strength to overcome me.
Jamie was held by me like her luggage and disappeared into the darkness.
‘Well, it must have been a good experience.’
Looking at her bottom, it seemed like he was a little tired, but in the end, Jamie had nothing to lose.
“Then…”
I took a couple of steps forward and glanced at the potential fraudsters who were still lowering their heads.
“The fact that he didn’t come forward even when given the opportunity means that he can take responsibility for what he said.”
I walked over to the nearest woman and lifted her chin with my toes.
“Tell me what you said.”
“I am…”
The woman with her eyes down opened her mouth and turned her downturned eyes in this direction, and as soon as her eyes met mine, her usual blue eyes shook greatly.
“Well, I…”
And a woman whose cheeks blushed and lowered her eyes again in a way that did not suit the situation.
‘Now that I think about it, it seems like it’s been quite a while since I’ve had a reaction like this.’
Meleona, Bay, Laufen, and Mirang, who I caught today, looked straight at my face and didn’t show much of a reaction. Even after completely obeying me.
In Jamie’s case a little while ago, his fear was so extreme that he couldn’t even see her face.
‘I was a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bitch here.’
Thanks to this, her confidence in her appearance, which she had forgotten for a while, was revived. Of course, that didn’t mean she was going to relieve me of the guilt of trying to eat up my time with lies.
“It’s the last time. “Tell me what you said.”
“Well, when I was passing through the plains of Gauron, I saw a silver-haired woman with her hood pulled down… He said so.”
“It is a plain that goes beyond here and leads to the capital.”
Even though I didn’t turn my head, Ardel complemented my lack of knowledge behind me.
“Is that the end?”
“Yes, yes! I really am! “I saw it clearly with my own eyes!”
“They say so.”
“It’s not worth listening to anymore.”
“Right?”
As I said in advance, silver hair, that is, Ardel’s white hair, was not a common color on this continent.
Rather, it should be said that it is the opposite.
The silver hair of Ardel’s mother and daughter is a unique color that only her snow fairies can have.
And the only snow fairies left on this continent were Ardel mother and daughter.
Even if that wasn’t the case, there was another reason to conclude that the woman in front of me was a fraud.
‘If it were for a meeting, he would have appeared with knights instead of alone.’
However, the fraudsters buried below were completely excluded from the knights.
If the purpose was simply to move, Ardella, who would have had the mark, would not have bothered to show up.
“Meleona.”
“Yes. “Master.”
Since I had nothing else to do with the con artist, she moved to the side and said.
“Cut out her tongue.”
“Now, just wait a moment! I am not a scammer!! Well, I only told the truth!!”
I screamed loudly, but it was probably a good thing.
