Chapter 44: It’s just so hard to believe

Chapter 44: It’s just so hard to believe

I gathered my best soldiers and headed toward the wasteland.

My goal was to investigate the villager, or rather, the city in the said wasteland myself.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

But Dant-sama, you dont have to go yourself. Well do it for you.

The one to ask me was Bazara, the commanding officer of the elite group I brought along.

He has served my family for more than a generation now. Partly thanks to his combat-type Gift, he was a fighter who could take down an orc by himself, with plenty of room to spare.

To be frank, theres something that worries me. That worry is what made me decide it will be better if I came with you.

What worry is that, if I may ask?

Hmmits possible that Lord Alberts son, Luke-sama, is in the city in the wasteland.

What?

Everyone thought that Luke-sama would certainly be the one to inherit the whole Albert territory.

However, immediately after their blessing ceremony, he was apparently sent away to some undeveloped land instead. This was only a rumor though. Lord Albert and his estate has yet to release any official statement on the matter.

And perhaps to keep the public from knowing for certain, even Ia governor of a regionwas left in the dark.

On the other hand, news about Lord Alberts second son, Raul, inheriting his Gift [Sword Master Techniques] were spread across the land right away. The fact that Luke-sama wasnt mentioned as well meant almost for certain that he failed inherit the said Gift.

Even so, that alone shouldnt have been enough for Luke-sama to be sent away that quickly.

However, if Luke-sama didnt get a Gift at all or if the Gift he got was deemed worthless, then his exile made sense.

I stared at the wasteland ahead, wondering if this was the undeveloped land that Luke-sama was said to be sent to.

All the same, its just so hard to believe a city can be built in this wasteland in such a short amount of time. Ahh, well have answers once we get there.

The other person called it a village, so I decided to call it that as well for the meantime.

I still wasnt convinced a village could have such magnificent walls though.

In a city of comparable size, it would take a while before the proper authorities were notified and a little bit more before we would be let in.

To my surprise though, it didnt even take a minute before we were given permission to enter.

Dant-sama, do not worry. I know not what lies ahead, but in the end, this is a city in the middle of nowhere. As long as we are here, no harm shall ever come to you.

Bazara confidently promised me so.

Whats?

When we passed through the gates, we were confused once more.

Instead of a city, what we saw were fields.

Farmlands are inside the walls?

Normally, fields and such were kept outside of city walls, and inside of it were mostly houses and other buildings.

It went without saying that building walls to surround such a vast area of land cost a lot in terms of manpower and money.

Theres a second layer of walls thereis that where the people here live? Ha, this city is much smaller than I thought then.

Bazara said so, relieved.

I, on the other hand, became even more frightened. How can they build so many walls?

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