CH 79

[Puzzling Meeting Latter Part]

The meeting about the future course of actions continued without making a conclusion.

Eugene, the chief of Devon Village, also turns pale when he heard that the lot of people hunters are connected to the lord or the Royal Guard Knight Order.

“Frick-sama… what should we do? I was thinking of appealing to the lord if it was the Vigilante Corps, but…”

Finding out that the lord who he tried to appeal to might have been involved with these evil deeds, anguished expression floats on Eugene’s face.

Although it is not a definitive information, the possibility is not zero.

That said, when nearly 200 people went missing… we can’t leave it as it is either.

I’m unsure of what to do in this situation.

Perhaps because she sees such expression of mine, Suzana opens her mouth,

“In any case, it doesn’t seem to be a good idea to have a quarrel with the heir of the Radcliffe family and the lord of the territory, Gile-dono, while investigating the sighting of Abyss Walker. I think it’s essential that we continue the investigation prudently.”

The only thing we can do now is to collect information as Suzana said.

Fortunately, it seems that the workers are no longer being sent out of the mine now.

“It’s regrettable, but in the current situation, we have no choice but to do so.”

“About the people hunters we have caught, what should we do with them? If we let them go just like that, there is a possibility that they will intrude on the villages again.”

Having listened to the talk, Noelia asks about the treatment of the caught people hunters.

Right now, we’re tying them down in a house in this village and leave them there, but… as Noelia said, we can’t let them go just like that.

“Well, I think it is okay, because we can insist that we helped the villagers as outsiders with good intention. The other party did not have the crest of Radcliffe family after all. If we hand them over along with a letter detailing the acts of injustice they had done to the villages, I think it would be taken as a form of a scandal of former Vigilante Corps members.”

Suzana offers a plan on how to handle the captured people as if to help me who is having trouble answering.

I see, that’s right.

The other party did not possess the Radcliffe family’s crest or anything related to the Royal Guard Knight Order.

Everything is just their testimony.

It is clear that the lot of people hunters are connected to the people of the mine, but their connection to the lord and Royal Guard Knight Order is only their own acknowledgement.

Suzana was saying that we should just pretend not to know the information obtained from the people hunters, and hand them over to the Vigilante Corps as ordinary criminals.

“Do you think they will fall for it?”

“I think they will. Since the price for failing the dirty work requested by a noble family is death.”

The eyes of Suzana who said that seem to shine a cold gleam.

“In that case, let’s just say that we just caught them because they had done acts of violence in the villages we passed by. Noelia, could you write a letter to give to the people of Vigilante Corps?”

“I understand. It will probably be difficult for the villagers to hand them over to the Vigilante Corps after all; I will prepare a letter that describes their deeds and obscure the important parts.”

Noelia says so, lay down a paper on the table and starts writing the letter.

If they bring a note from the noble daughter of a frontier count Noelia, the people from the Vigilante Corps wouldn’t turn them away.

After all, it is also their job to crack down on criminals after being transferred control from the kingdom army.

Looking at Noelia’s letter, Eugene, who have a pale face, immediately shows a relieved expression.

“I’m grateful for getting an accompanying letter from the daughter of the Hero Lloyd-sama, Noelia-sama. I will take responsibility of bringing the captured lot back to Inbahanes’ Vigilante Corps, so please leave it to me.”

When dealing with nobles and similar organizations, they will be more understanding toward the words of the daughter of the Frontier Count Noelia than me, who is just an adventurer.

“Although it would be a troublesome journey, but I’m counting on you Eugene-dono.”

“This is all we can do, so please do not worry. And if you would like to continue the investigation, feel free to stay in the village. We will provide you with food and accommodation.”

“I appreciate it. The investigation would likely take several days after all.”

After deciding on how to handle the people hunters who attacked the villages, we decided to set our base in Devon Village for further information gathering.