Chapter 232: Another beastman?

Chapter 232: Another beastman?

What? Did you really build all of this underground in that short amount of time

Uttering such words of surprise was middle-aged man of great novelhall.com

He was Duke Kaion who ruled over the northwestern region of the kingdom.

Not only was he one of the only two dukes in the entire kingdom, he also possessed the largest territory. That being said, his entire territory was an extremely cold region. Whenever winter comes, moving about, even in cities, was difficult due to the heavy snowfall.

At any rate, underneath the largest city in his territory, a railway station was built. He was currently inspecting it.

Even so, I still dont believe that if we ride this train thing, wed be able to travel from here to the capital in just a few hours

Would you like to take a ride, then?

Is it ready?

Yes. Ive already laid down tracks thatll connect it to the royal capital.

Duke Kaion was talking to Luke, the very person who built this underground structure.

That asideLuke-dono, it was to my understanding that you were a boy, but is that not the case?

No matter the angle the duke looked from, the Luke before him looked entirely like a pretty girl.

Ah, yes, I am. I have to look like this due to some circumstances, but I am definitely a man.

I-I see

The duke couldnt begin to imagine what those circumstances might be.

By the way, the duke didnt know this, but the one he was speaking to was only a body double and not the real Luke.

The duke groaned, but at that same time

Damn it, let go of me!

Dont resist and just be quiet!

When the duke turned around toward the source of those shouts, he saw soldiers dragging along someone they arrested.

Upon closer inspection, the one resisting the arrest and making a fuss was an all-too-young girl.

Another beastman?

The duke said so and sighed.

A beastman?

Have you perhaps never seen one before? Well, that girl there has beast-like ears, right?

Indeed

That and their tails are the beastmens most distinguishing characteristics. Their kind live somewhere north, beyond my duchy. For many years, they have been a pest to my territory due to their raids to our villages and cities.

Due to its position as well as the fact that the land stretched widely from east to west, this duchy served as the kingdoms breakwater against the invasion of the beastmen race. Such a role, as to be expected, was not easy to accomplish when they had no idea when or where the beastmen might strike.

As such, it was difficult for the duke to deploy soldiers anywhere outside of the duchy. That was true even back when the royal family requested assistance to repel Marquis Albert.

Capturing the physically strong beastmen is quite a difficult task, but every now and then, were fortunate enough to do so. In order to extract information out of them, I have ordered my soldiers to bring and detain them to this castle.

TL notes: just a reminder on the geography of the kingdom, according to chapter 124, Albert is to the northeast, Schneger is to the southeast, Kaion is to the northwest, Talister to the southwest, and the royal capital at the center.

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