Chapter 116 – How to Save the Race.
“Huh? Where did Lord Salute go?”
The next day, Lucia tilted her head, puzzled by Benia’s invisible appearance. She also stayed at Sorrent Castle with them, so it would be normal for her to be seen at least in the morning.
“Master went back to the royal capital yesterday because he had urgent business to attend to.”
Just like Anise’s story, Benia hurriedly returned to the royal capital last night.
‘It would be correct to say that he ran away rather than that something urgent happened.’
Last night, Benia must have been shocked by the fact that her student was openly swallowing his cock with her vagina right in front of her, so she made an excuse and ran away, saying that she remembered an urgent matter in the royal capital.
“Hauhn♡ Tiaran, more♡”
Of course, it wasn’t a special secret that they continued their relationship even after Benia ran away.
“Well, he is worthy of being a knight commander.”
However, Lucia didn’t think something like that would happen overnight, but considering her job, she was convinced.
“He was the leader of the knights… He was very strong.”
“Of course. It’s a position you can’t overcome unless you’re that strong.”
The chat continued like that.
“I guess everyone had an uncomfortable night’s sleep.”
“I used good blankets.”
“Yes, I was comfortable thanks to you.”
When Sizak opened the door and appeared and greeted lightly, Tiaran chimed in and Lucia also greeted him accordingly.
“I’m glad. I don’t know anything else, but I need to sleep comfortably.”
They had now been invited to a separate meal by him. And that’s only anise, including tiaran.
“What happened to that Crujild guy?”
“Wait a minute! I’m getting to the point…!”
“I’m fine. It’s actually nice to feel refreshed.”
This was something that had been expected since the celebration was over, and they had been called separately, but Sizak accepted it without saying anything.
“First of all, I couldn’t have detained him under my authority.”
“As expected.”
Sizak said that regardless of whether he is a real hero or a fake one, Crugild is already revered as a hero by the church and the empire has recognized him, so the kingdom cannot ignore the decision of the empire, which is in the position of an ally.
“Ugh, then that guy is roaming around the territory as he pleases?!”
“Lord Salute solved that case.”
“Anise’s teacher?”
When Krusha was disgusted, an unexpected name came out of his mouth.
“It seems like the queen already knew about the existence of the fake hero.”
According to Sizak’s conversation with Benia, he issued an order that if a warrior from the empire causes trouble, he can at least be expelled from the territory under his jurisdiction.
“If anything happens, the queen will take responsibility.”
Tia Ran nodded his head. It may not be without friction with the Empire, but in any case, it would be ambiguous for the Empire or the Church to say what the Empire or the Church should do since they are not expelling them from the country or continuing to detain them, but rather expelling them from their territory.
“He is a wise man.”
Lucia listened to Sizak’s words and glanced at his expression.
‘First, Sorrent will be neutral.’
Since her main family, Erpojanet, belonged to the royalist faction that followed the current queen, she inadvertently focused on her neutral actions.
‘Ugh, no. Because I am now a member of the hero party.’
When Lucia was shaking her head and clearing her thoughts.
“I’m glad the matter was resolved well. Then is there a reason you called us?”
“Now that I think about it… If it’s resolved, there’s no need to call us separately, right?”
Only after listening to Tiaran did she realize that there was a separate reason why Sizak had called them.
‘I’m picky because I’m afraid someone might not be the Margrave.’
Since I wrote in the letter from the beginning that the original purpose was not to celebrate, I did not expect that there would be another intention.
“As you said, I actually have a personal request for you.”
Sizak admitted it coolly, as if he had no intention of hiding it from the beginning.
“Request. Have you submitted it to the guild?”
Even if it was a secret request from a noble, it was customary for the request itself to be registered with the guild, even if unofficially, so Tiaran’s question was valid.
“Of course, check it out yourself.”
Then, as if he had been waiting, Sizak took out the guild’s request form. Tiaran took it, glanced at it, and handed it over to Lucia.
“It certainly seems like there is no problem.”
With the power of Maka, she carefully checked whether the guild seal stamped on her request paper was fake or not and nodded her head. At least it won’t be a difficult request.
‘It’s called custom, but most nobles don’t follow it.’
If you take it to the guild like this, it will be recorded as accepting Sizaku’s request, but the contents of the request form itself will be blank.
“What is it that you are asking me to do so?”
When Lucia relaxed a little and asked, Sizak slowly closed her eyes and sighed as if she was thinking about something.
“I hope you guys can solve the rabbit beastman’s problem.”
“A rabbit beast?”
Anise looked suspicious because what he said was completely unexpected. That’s because, except some, the beast people were people who maintained their wild nature and lived in tribal units.
It was quite strange for a nobleman, or even a margrave who ruled a large city like Sorrent, to tell one of them, who was sometimes treated as a barbarian, to help them.
“Whew, first of all, Sorrent, that is, my family, has been making contracts with spirits since ancient times, especially water spirits.”
“””?!”””
“… Holy.”
Anise and even Tiaran were shocked by the shocking confession that came out of his mouth. Why are they so shocked?
“If it’s not a problem, could you tell me the details of the contract?”
When Tiaran asked cautiously, Sizak nodded his head with a gloomy expression.
“In exchange for gaining the right to control the lower water spirits for life, the male child of the family is made to live in the forest where the water spirits live until a certain age.”
“How should that child be treated?”
When Anis asked, trying to hold back the corners of her quivering mouth, he shook his head excitedly.
“No matter what happened, I only took care of his life and health.”
“Oh, as expected!”
Krusha also covered her eyes, as if she had expected the dire outcome, but she didn’t seem to realize it yet.
“You’ve already been there.”
“””Ah.”””
As if they had belatedly realized the truth after Tiaran pointed out, Anis looked at Sizak with a bewildered expression. Sending the family’s male child to the spirits meant that he could not be an exception.
“… Don’t ask anything.”
Sizak, who received their gaze, just looked up into space with distant eyes.
“Wait a minute! Could it be that the rabbit beastman’s problem is related to the water spirit?!”
Just then Lucia pops her head! As I shouted at the realization that passed me by like the brush of a comb, Sizak nodded his head.
“That’s right. The rabbit beastmen living near our territory recently sent a petition.”
What he held out next was a piece of rough parchment that was not of very good quality.
‘The men of our tribe, whether single or not, are being kidnapped by water spirits and disappearing. We tried our best to save the men, but it was useless.’
There, the language of the kingdom was written, which was vague but gave a sense of urgency.
‘Then, by chance, I heard that the ruler of Sorrent had a connection with the water spirit. Please stop the water spirits. If things continue like this, our species will become extinct.’
It was so urgent that the clumsy kingdom language was written one by one as if engraved, so that the back of the parchment was full of traces of the writing.
“I understand what happened.”
“Me too.”
Lucia looked at the letter with an indescribable expression and shook her head. Anis and Krusha also notice how things are going and look dumbfounded.
“Women were the only water spirits, right?”
According to Krusha’s story, all water spirits were female beings. I wonder what gender is important to a spirit, but that wasn’t the problem.
“Even they are all shotacon.”
This was the reason why, rather than considering spirits as sacred or mysterious in this world, they were regarded with aversion.
“It’s also famous for kidnapping boys who get lost in the forest.”
Of course, he may be happy for a while, but there is no way a boy can stay young forever. In the end, when the boy becomes an adult, he will be abandoned.
“There is no way that boy could have the mind of a normal age.”
As Sizak spoke in a bitter voice, the weight of it was so strong that they fell silent. Yes, the boy is clearly raised according to the spirits’ tastes, so he does not achieve mental maturity at that age and remains a foolish child.
A boy who no longer receives the attention of the spirits and is driven out of their territory will inevitably return to his original village, but how will a boy of his size adapt to village life?
‘Either commit suicide or attack a nearby woman as instructed by the spirits.’
Therefore, in a village near a lake where water spirits lived, there was even a custom of raising boys as girls until they reached their age in order to deceive the water spirits.
“But the rabbit beast remains young until it dies, right?”
That means that for a water spirit, a male rabbit beastman is the ultimate ideal type.
