Episode 87 – A clue to solving the problem
“This is the place where the raid took place.”
The investigation team of the Alberium Kingdom and the Imperial Knights of the Bregern Empire, who had left Alvern, were able to arrive at the point where the prisoner convoy had been attacked after several days of travel.
“Um… ….”
A moan escaped from Seluna’s mouth as she looked around the assault site.
All that was visible at the raid site were dark human bones visible through the ashes, iron bars that appeared to have been attached to wagons, and various pieces of metal.
“Sir Seluna. Can the elemental spirits really find traces of the raiders here?”
Anna approached Seluna and spoke to her in a worried tone.
It was impossible for her to find any traces of the assailants in this place, which was nothing but ashes and scraps of iron.
Seluna opened her mouth to Anna’s worried question.
“Don’t worry. Sir Anna. Alberium kingdom’s elemental spirits have the mysterious ability to find out the identity of an attacker even in a place where there are no traces.”
“I hope that is true.”
Seluna answered Anna’s question with her chest proudly stretched out as if she were confident.
Anna seemed a bit worried about Seluna’s confident appearance.
However, the problem had not yet been resolved, and it was just the moment to start solving it.
Alberium Kingdom’s elemental spirits touched the ground and put their hands in the ashes while wandering around the raid point.
From Anna’s point of view, it was to the point where it seemed that the Elementalists were not investigating, but were just touching things.
“Sir Seluna. How the hell do the Elementalists find traces here? It seems to me that they are just touching here and there.”
“Whoops, a Elementalist can find traces just by putting his hand on the ground or touching the items left here. That’s because we receive help from the spirits.”
“The Spirit’s help?”
“Yes. After all, the Elemental Spirit is a being who can communicate with and communicate with the Spirit. There are many things that the spirits can see even if the spirits cannot see them. One of them is to look up the memories standing on the ground.”
Despite Seluna’s kind explanation, it was difficult for Anna to understand how her elemental spirits could find traces of an attacker here.
All she could understand was that through the spirits, she confirmed that it was the memories left on this land.
“Then, if the elemental spirits read the memories left on the ground in this region through the spirits, can we also know who the being appears in those memories?”
“It gets a little difficult from there. Even a low-ranking Elementalist can do it lightly by simply looking at the memory, but now, tracking the existence in the memory is not a difficult task even for an intermediate level Elementalist.”
Seluna seemed to be trying to tell Anna that she should not be impatient and be patient with her.
“It will take some time, so please be patient.”
“Yes. The memory of the earth remains for a couple of months at the longest. The incident happened about 20 days ago, so that’s enough.”
Then Seluna put her hand on Anna’s shoulder.
“So, don’t worry. We brought a skilled spirit among the spiritists of the Alberium Kingdom, so we should be able to find those who attacked the prisoner convoy within a few days at the most.”
“I see… ….”
At Seluna’s words, Anna nodded her head and turned to her imperial knights.
Turning to the members of the Imperial Knights, she ordered her carriage to be guarded.
“You mean guard the wagon?”
“Yes. Even when her guests go back, they have to ride in a carriage. Because there is no one to protect but us. Still, they will provide some convenience, so keep the machi well.”
Although there were some people who lamented that they had to protect the wagons even though they were known as the Imperial Knights, everyone agreed that it was for the convenience of the guests and started to work.
How many hours had passed like that?
“I found it!”
It seems that one of the Elementalists has found something.
When the elemental sage said that he had found something, everyone in the room rushed to where the elemental sage was.
“What did you find?”
“Seluna. Here, there is a dagger they seem to have discarded.”
What the spiritist took out was, surprisingly, a broken dagger hidden among the grass.
“Isn’t that just a broken dagger?”
“No. I asked the spirit to find out, and it was the dagger that the raiders used to open the oil barrel.”
“Is that so? Sir Anna.”
Seluna nodded at the elementalist’s words, and she looked at Anna and said.
“Yes, Lord Seluna.”
“Once you have one dagger, the rest is only a matter of time. Whoops.”
“You mean just finding one dagger reduces the investigation time?”
“Yes, that’s right. If you search for the memory of the land that is entangled in this dagger, you will eventually be able to find out who used this dagger.”
While doing so, Seluna was looking at her Elementalist who had come with her.
“Is it possible?”
“Of course you can. If you wait a moment, we will find out who used this dagger and where it was purchased.”
Seluna smiled and asked the sage if it was possible.
Seluna just nodded her head as if she was satisfied with the Elementalist’s quick response.
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A day has passed since the joint investigation of the Alberium Kingdom investigation team and the Imperial Knights of the Bregern Empire.
The spirit sage who found the dagger was able to find out who used the dagger.
However, reading memories after that time revealed that he had mercilessly killed the injured dagger’s wielder, who appeared to be his comrades, and burned them as well.
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Sometimes, the elemental sergeant was frightened when he heard this memory at the cruelty of burning even his comrades.
However, with the help of a fellow Elementalist, he came to his senses and reported what he had seen to Seluna.
Then, Seluna listened to her elementalist’s report and began to rummage through the list of people who had dinner among the beings in her own head.
And soon after, she found a group that could kill even her comrades without hesitation.
However, the number reached 10, so it could be a waste of time if you make a mistake.
So she organized her data once again in her head.
We needed to find an organization close to this location, one that could kill comrades without hesitation, and yet be large enough to prepare for an ambush.
However, strangely, among the organizations in her head, there was no organization that met the conditions she presented.
Only one group, called Demon Followers, was very similar to this.
However, they had one drawback: they did not know the exact location.
In the first place, the evil god followers she pointed out did not have a clear base.
For them, the base was just a space where they temporarily gathered to carry out the same mission and then dispersed after completing the mission.
So it was understandable that Seluna had a headache.
“Sir Seluna. They say the elemental spirits found out who did it.”
An elven escort who came to escort her Elementalist with her Seluna came to her.
The news he brought made Seluna jump up from her seat.
The word that she found out who raided the prisoner convoy at this location made her hip-heavy Seluna stand up as well.
“Ah, Lord Seluna. I was going to send someone to come and get it.”
Anna had already arrived at the location of the elemental sage.
“No. He always cares so that we can do a good investigation, so we should come first.”
Anna and Seluna were able to look at the Elementalist only after exchanging a couple of blessings with each other.
“Hmmm. So what exactly did you find out?”
“Oh, yes. That is why the Earth Spirit said that he felt the energy of evil spirits from those who wiped out the convoy and kidnapped the prisoners here.”
“An evil spirit?”
At the sage’s words that the spirit felt the energy of evil spirits from the criminals who attacked the prisoner convoy, Seluna made an expression that she did not understand, and Anna shook her head with her eyes tightly closed. .
Seluna was surprised to hear that it was an evil spirit, and Anna shook her head when she heard that the prisoner had been kidnapped.
“What is the probability that the fact is wrong?”
“You can think of it as almost non-existent. If nothing else, there is nothing like an earth spirit to read the memories left in the earth. Also, the spirits never lie to the contracting party because if they lie to the contracting party, the contract is immediately terminated.”
In short, it was an explanation that what the spirit said was not a lie.
At this, Anna and Seluna looked at each other, and the two contacted the organizations they belonged to.
Anyway, this chase seemed to be going on for a very long time.
