episode_0147

I have only experienced one battle in my life.

When barbarians invaded my territory when I was young, there was only one time.

Other than that, there was no reason to experience such a situation in the first place. There was no war in this world, and there were no battles between territories.

Moreover, even if I had stepped forward myself, I had no reason to deal with the bandits. As a person from Delkisi, I had a very strong body and knew how to use a sword, but I was a woman after all.

In this world, unless there is something truly special, women rarely take on men’s work.

So, this situation is one of those ‘special situations’.

To be honest, I was very nervous before I came here. Smoke was rising from inside the cave, so I thought it might be a little dangerous.

The opponents were sword masters who manipulate aurors—that is, people who could be on the same level as the teachers who taught me before. Considering that my teachers all left in disappointment when they saw my talent, I fought the sword master and showed overwhelming skills. I didn’t think it would work.

I just kept in mind that the people with me were the ‘Grand Duchess and the Earl’s Lady’, and that ‘Aurors’ didn’t work for me anyway.

“Kwaaak!”

“Save me… … !”

hmm.

But I guess I misunderstood the other person.

Is it possible that there are surprisingly few sword masters?

There were people who could handle magic, but I blocked most of them while they were flying, and the rest fell helplessly from my sword strikes.

The sword was put in its sheath and tied with a string. I thought it would be better to just subdue it if I was going to feel bad about killing someone for no reason.

Sigh!

When I struck the person’s head with my sword, the person whose head I hit opened his eyes wide and fell sideways.

I controlled my strength in my own way.

“… … I’m sure he’s not dead, right?”

“I can see his chest moving and he is breathing.”

Diane and Amelia’s voices were heard from behind.

“Awesome, Elsie!”

Adele, who had not been showing her ‘delkisippa’ temperament recently, saw my sword strike and her eyes sparkled. No, I just swung it with force.

Honestly, I wish you would refrain from looking at me like that.

Diane was glaring at me with jealous eyes over there. Of course, that wouldn’t mean she would stab me in the back, but—

“Wow… … !”

When I saw the man fall sideways after being hit in the stomach by a fireball thrown by Diane, he seemed really angry.

Still, it was a bit hard to tell Adele not to do that, so I tried my best not to pay attention to Diane’s gaze.

“Monster, monster… … !”

“Uh huh.”

When the person who was crawling a few steps in front of us turned to look at us and shouted that, Amelia threw a rock at the person’s head and knocked him out.

“How dare you look at someone.”

“… … .”

oh.

Diane’s gaze left Naina for a moment. Well, Amelia’s expression was a little scary.

“Hmm… … First of all, has the entrance been roughly organized?”

In another way, it was a little scary to change the sharp eyes to normal eyes in an instant.

“Yes. I think most of the people here have been dealt with.”

The cave was much deeper than it looked from the outside. However, it was not narrow. It seemed to have been created by digging out a natural cave by hand. There were wooden pillars here and there like a mine, and the interior was decorated as much as possible to resemble a house where people live.

The passage leading into this place had a thick wooden wall and a door installed. Maybe that’s why it wasn’t widely known even though it was here so proudly. It was near the road, and it looked so overtly like a place where people live that people were less suspicious. It will be

If anyone had any doubts, they would have at least lied. There would be nobles who would look after them.

… … Of course, I broke that thick door. When I was a child, I used to break wooden tables by hitting them with my forehead. It wasn’t that difficult. In fact, the hinges on the door didn’t hold up as much as the door.

Perhaps due to proper ventilation, there was a burning smell and thick smoke coming from above, but thanks to the high ceiling and pipes leading to the outside, there were no major problems.

Well, since he would have been living inside, he would have probably cooked at least on a regular basis. There would have been at least a chimney.

Because it was burned so quickly, there would have been a lot more smoke than would have gone into the chimney.

“Smoke is coming from over there.”

Amelia said that and moved her hands.

It was like drawing something in the air, and as soon as Amelia finished the movement, an angled letter appeared in the air and disappeared, creating a small whirlwind.

The dust that settled on the floor drew spirals, and the smoke filling the ceiling also moved, making my vision a little clearer.

“You’re great, Amelia.”

Diane spoke with genuine admiration. It did not sound like she was being sarcastic or flattering.

“Among these, my swordsmanship is the worst, so I need to help at least in this way.”

And as Amelia spoke so proudly, Adele looked at her with a slightly complicated expression.

… … hmm?

Could it be that what Diane said bothered you?

But before I could think deeply, Amelia took a step forward, and I quickly followed behind her.

The people who had already fallen were not tied up.

Because there were fourteen giant wolves camped outside the cave.

If you’re going to run away, run away.

*

It was not that no one resisted.

As Amelia said, most of the people tried to run away as much as possible, because they knew that if they even hit or hurt Amelia or Diane, it would be the end of them.

However, there were still people who kept running and refused to die. Of course, there were people who slightly resisted just a little while ago.

It may be said on purpose, but the sword was pointed towards Adele.

Well, if you think about it, the most worthy opponent among them was Adele.

At least in other people’s eyes.

But that would be troublesome.

I threw myself to the side and was hit by that sword energy instead.

“Elsie!?”

I heard a scream from behind me.

My clothes were slightly torn and a few pieces of cloth flew, but I was safe. If it was pure magical power, it simply wouldn’t work on me. And Auror is a type of magical energy.

“Are you okay, Adele?”

When I stood up and said that, Adele nodded, her eyes sparkling.

For some reason, Diane seemed to feel uncomfortable seeing that.

And a little bit of Amelia too.

No, but the situation was unavoidable. We couldn’t just stand by and watch Adele get attacked.

Of course, the two of them didn’t say anything about it, probably because they thought there was nothing they could do.

And when I turned around,

There was a sound of something cutting through the air.

Oh my.

I swung my sword and struck down two flying bolts. The eyes of the people in the room were briefly focused on the bolts lying helplessly on the floor.

“… … .”

Um, well.

In the novel, it seemed like the crown prince and Brother Harvey could compete, but it seems like there is a contract between the sword masters.

Situations like this happen when you just gather a bunch of people together.

“Everyone.”

In the silent room, Amelia took a step forward and spoke.

“The smoke is probably burning the parchment with the information written on it. Could you please stop it now?”

“… … .”

“If you stop now, I can overlook your stalking of us.”

At Amelia’s words, some people in the room looked at each other.

And one of them quickly ran and entered the inside of the cave.

wise.

Anyway, besides the people from Delki City, one more person is coming.

… … By the way, did you write that Melia was following us in the Intelligence Guild?

If I had written it down, my brother would have been mad to the core.

hmm.

*

“… … The guild leader ran away?”

“Well, there was an exit that we didn’t know about!”

The members of the Intelligence Guild, who had heard that the older brother was coming in person, were all kneeling on the floor.

From what I heard, it looks like some people managed to escape. When I looked for the exit, I found that they had dug a fairly narrow tunnel deep.

There seems to be no point in looking for it now. We could have found a rat or something and chased it away, but honestly, there was no need for us to go that far.

Because all we want is information from the Intelligence Guild.

Among them, the count’s information. It’s good to have it, but if you don’t, that’s okay.

Becky disappeared from our mansion, and we knew that we were taking her with her, but we didn’t have clear evidence. Even if we knew that was the case, we were the ones who suffered first, so the ‘justice’ was also on our side.

“Well, okay. If that’s the case, I’ll spare you all.”

Amelia spoke to the gang members with her arms crossed.

“Of course, if you betray me, I will chase you until the end.”

“… … .”

… … Amelia looked scary even to me when she said those words.