Encounter (5)
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Among the data left behind by Lisilote, there were also data that Aftel could not access.
Data that can only be read by Risilote herself, which has never seen the light of day.
Some of them were lifted when several conditions were met.
It was not known exactly what the unlock conditions were. However, it was clear that the last keyword for lifting the ban was ‘Resina’.
The lock was released the moment Rey spoke the name of ‘Resina’.
Aftel learned that his base personality was Resina through the unlocked data.
In addition, it was possible to find out what the identity of the data that had not yet been unlocked was and what the hidden mission was given by Lysilote.
Rey heard the information from Aptel and stood in front of the Count.
“There is an arrangement for Lisilote that I prepared for my colleague who will perish.”
To you who will lose your past, to you who will become a fool and disappear one day.
The last gift the Archmage, who does not believe in miracles, prepared for a miracle in the distant future.
“…”
Hearing Rei’s story, the Count had a complicated expression on his face.
“It is said that Lysilote didn’t get along well with the other heroes.”
“Well, we were still colleagues at one time, weren’t we. He must have heard some hateful feelings.”
“Yeah, I guess so.”
The count, who nodded his head, showed his complex emotions as he gazed at the crumbling mountain.
“…you sometimes force me to make difficult choices.”
The Count was only protecting Titty to keep the oath passed down from his ancestors.
The Count didn’t want to sacrifice anything more for Titty, and he didn’t want to hand over Titty’s luggage to Alesia.
The Count sighed and opened his mouth again.
“According to you, the arrangement that Lisilote left behind can only be used after the curse is lifted, isn’t it?”
“That’s right.”
“It’s something that even the heroes of the past couldn’t do.”
“Iknow, right.”
Ray rubbed his brow.
When I remembered the curse that was encroaching on Titty, I frowned.
If only the curse of the World Tree could be resolved, the Counts would be stable, and problems such as Ult’s corruption were solved all at once.
It’s been 600 years, so I could forgive Resina and take away the curse, but it didn’t seem like things would be so easy.
“Can’t we just burn that world tree?”
At Rey’s nonsense, the Count let out a low laugh.
“Do you know what the World Tree is and say such a thing?”
“Isn’t it just a big tree?”
“ha ha ha…”
The Count shook his head.
The Count knew that Rei wasn’t making such an ignorant sound because he was ignorant.
Ray always had a bold idea, and he also had the action to carry out that idea.
However, burning the World Tree was not and could not be done.
“Let’s find another way.”
“Another way…”
Beside the smiling earl, Rey grunted to himself.
If Resina has committed a sin, how much sin has she committed?
Resina’s only sin was to take ‘Genesis’ and use it to save the world.
‘Is that such a felony? Enough to make you suffer for more than 600 years?’
If we compare Resina’s actions to the Earth in her previous life, it was like an American soldier who seized and used a Seawolf-class nuclear submarine deployed for the defense of the U.S. mainland at will.
‘…Doesn’t the World Tree seem to be terrifying?’
The count asked Rey, who was blinking.
“Is the interrogation of the elves invading the territory still in progress?”
“Oh, I’ve digged everything I could dig.”
“…Fast.”
The Count predicted that it would take several days before he had the right information.
Because it took time to cut down a person’s mental power.
If the interrogation had been conducted against the proper knight, it would have been less than a full month, but the opponent was an elf looking for his mother.
Rey shook his head, remembering the elf who was whining right away when he threatened to turn him into an earless idiot.
“I didn’t feel like I was prepared for the situation of being interrogated at all. I quickly squeezed out everything I knew.”
“Do you think that there is no possibility of deception?”
“Well…”
Ray thought about it one last time.
Elf, Miner was a sharp shooter with excellent skills, and even a knight who had reached the level of an expert was hard to detect her presence.
He was obviously very talented, but on the contrary, because he was so talented, Miner would hardly have been threatened directly while performing his mission.
Until now, he would have only attacked from a distance against an enemy who was looking around, so there was nothing strange about his mentality compared to his ability.
“It didn’t feel like a deception. If you’re worried, why don’t you take a look at the elves yourself?”
“Not so. If you have all the information you can get, I’ll have to execute the elves.”
The Count said sternly.
There was no reason to be tolerant of the elves who attacked the lords first, as it was not enough to break into the counties at will.
She was clearly a felony criminal.
There was no room for sympathy even if the elf looked for mom and dad like a baby.
“That… Count.”
Ray giggled and scratched his temple.
“There is one more thing the Count should know.”
“What do you need to know?”
*
On the way back to the lord’s castle, Rey reported to the Count the information he had obtained by interrogating Miner.
Miner’s employer is the Marquis Mathias.
Miner is dispatched to convince Johana to recruit him.
Miner’s mission is to investigate the Count of Phillips and find out about Johanna’s relationship.
There are human resources to support Miner, but Miner is the only one who infiltrated the Count of Phillips directly.
“In summary, this is it.”
It wasn’t that Marquis Mathias did a very bad job.
It was not ordered to do any direct harm to the Count of Phillips, but Miner was sent for the purpose of pre-investigation for talent recruitment.
However, if you were going to do a trick, you shouldn’t be caught.
Moreover, Miner tried to kill Matthew in order to cover up his existence.
Although it was Miner’s arbitrary judgment, Marquis Mathias could not escape the responsibility.
Count Phillips had a complicated head.
In my mind, I wanted to execute the elves who wandered through the counties, but that’s where a problem arose.
“Ray, say it again.”
“I think the elves caught this time are of Resina’s direct lineage.”
“Are you sure?”
“Perhaps.”
During the interrogation, Miner squeezed and recounted what his life was like.
He started such a story for the purpose of buying sympathy, but from a listener’s point of view, it was a tedious lament.
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No matter how miserable Miner’s life was, Count Reiwa wouldn’t even blink.
However, Miner’s ancestry became a problem.
“So… Like Resina’s great-granddaughter. That elf.”
Miner shed tears that he had to be despised and discriminated against by his people because of his ancestry.
Later, though he was still descended from the elf hero who saved the human world, he whined for mercy.
If I had gone to another noble family and said something like that, I wouldn’t have heard it even with the back of my ears.
But this was the Count of Phillips. Miner was very lucky.
Count Phillips let out a deep sigh.
“Whew…”
Count Phillips, who has made every effort to keep the oath of his predecessors to protect Resina.
Only Resina had to be protected from the pact, but it was not pleasing to the Count to directly execute Resina’s few direct descendants.
However, he could not bring Miner back alive. There was so much to see and hear.
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Not all problems could be solved just by doing what Miner did.
Miner’s failure to return means that Count Phillips has a high-ranking force capable of pursuing and subduing Miner.
Once the rumors start to spread, they will be out of control.
If the Earl of Phillips tries to hide the truth by making silly excuses, on the contrary, the eyes of the surveillance will increase.
“I’m in trouble.”
After Jenkinson and Didier made their presence in the Countess of Osiris, Count Phillips was to hold his breath and remain quiet for a while.
But the capture of Miner forced a complete change of plans.
‘We must send Mohammed to the emperor quickly before being caught…’
When nobles with titles and territories hire soldiers, they must report to the imperial family.
Of course, this was more of a privatized statute.
Even if a few general soldiers and expert-level knights were obtained, there was no need to report them to the imperial family.
However, it was not grade grade.
At the grade level, it was literally a one-man corps.
From this point on, they had to report to the imperial family unconditionally.
If an expert-class knight under his command reached the next level, he had to report it as well.
The longer this report was delayed, the bigger the problem.
Of course, it was a long time ago that Mohammed reached the state of Graduate, but it wasn’t until the point in which he reached that state that no one else could know.
As a reminder of the emergence of the Graduate, which had been hidden so far, we had to raise our suspicions.
It will have to bear much higher boundaries and attention than in the past, though.
The Count went to the confinement room, repeating such worries.
As soon as I crossed the soundproof barrier, I heard an elf cry.
“I was wrong, please help me, heh heh heh…”
It was Miner who knew how to make every single thing taste good.
Miner’s eyes were swollen from tears.
Seeing the ugliness of Miner, the count decided to believe Miner’s statement.
“Count, are you here?”
Jenkinson was polite to the Count.
“I will organize the contents of the interrogation and report it.”
“I see.”
“Sa, please save me!”
Miner recognized the Count and cried out.
“My, I was wrong. I told you everything I knew. Just save me. I, I don’t know anything…! I haven’t seen anything!”
Does that mean that the descendants of heroes will be chutae?
The Count, whose emotions became more complicated, closed his eyes and opened them.
“Lay.”
“Yes, Count. Please order.”
“Cut that ear off.”
“All right.”
Miner, unable to keep up with the conversation, opened his eyes, and then screamed when Rey approached with a sword.
“aa!!!”
*
Marquis Mathias was sitting in his office, his expression hardened.
Count Phillips sent me a letter out of the blue with a box of gifts.
When this arrived shortly after sending the searchers to the Earl of Phillips, the Marquis intuitively thought things were going wrong.
Above all, for safety, the expression of the wizard and the knight who opened the box first and checked was not good.
It was clear that the contents of the box were not jewels.
Marquis Mathias slowly opened the box.
Soon after, Marquis Mathias’ expression distorted.
Inside the box was a severed elf ear.
“…”
The Marquis Matthias, having swallowed the insults, opened the letter from the Earl of Phillips.
To summarize the contents of the letter written by following the nobility’s etiquette like a sword, it was as follows.
do not cross the line
“What did this guy do wrong?”
Marquis Matthias muttered, forgetting his body for a moment .
