CH 65

Sharp perception knight

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The knights of Resenburg, they were thought to all be dimwitted.

A guy like Paul who was hitting Funayama and the girls with a stick, so that they would all become timid, they arranged beforehand that all 50 people were eaten by orc mages, it was thought that it was just an incompetent misuse of authority.

"Gert ... as expected, I think it's a misunderstanding ..."

"No, that's not the case. There must be something ..."

I asked Kondo to make a list of the boys, finished the care of the chairman, and came to the building where the teachers were detained, but there were two knights on night duty when there should only be one tonight.

The original night duty charge seems to be the knight spreading cards similar to playing cards on the table, but apparently a knight called Gert who remained voluntarily is paying attention to the second floor.

"The youngest guy ..."

"Aah? What happened with the youngest guy?"

"He was clearly different from yesterday."

"Well? I didn't feel that way, I think you think too much."

Apparently last night's worries were right.

Furudate-sensei, who heard that I was proceeding with the rescue operation while eating the sandwiches I delivered, was suddenly feeling lively after his tension rose.

"If it's my misunderstanding, there's nothing wrong with it, but what if it's different?"

"If it's different ...?"

"What if they were told they'll get help?"

"No, no, where and who could they get help from, there's no such person."

"Fifty people were said to have died last time."

"Huh? How does a guy who was eaten by an orc mage come to help?"

Gert began to speak again to his fellow knight as he turned his attention upstairs.

"Do you really think a pack of orc mages arrived?"

"Aah? What do you mean?"

"If they really encountered a pack of orc mages, wasn't the armor of those who came back quite unblemished?"

"Yes, was it ...?"

Apparently, those two did not participate in the previous actual battle.

"What would you say if it wasn't or mages?"

"I don't know for sure, but I think they could have escaped when they made a mistake?"

"Then, did the fifty people who escaped contact them?"

"Maybe ... not all fifty people, but isn't this the place where the security is weaker than the camp?"

"Well, add the adults here to increase the number of people ... it's possible ..."

It's not the correct answer, but I feel that he seems to be a difficult guy who doesn't trust his companions words and is skeptical of them.

"Rondal, I'll look around the building for a moment. Upstairs ... be careful."

"Will you be okay alone?"

"Yeah, I'm a knight of Resenburg who has been rigorously trained here, I won't get caught off guard by some kid."

"That's right ... but negligence is your biggest enemy."

"Okay, I'm going to tighten my mind."

As Gert walked out of the building, the remaining Rondal cleared the cards on the table and began chanting.

"Mana, oh mana, oh mana that governs the world, gather, gather, gather in my body, return, return, return and become my power, strengthen!"

After chanting, Rondal seems to close his eyes and listen.

[ Basten, that was the body strengthening magic chant just now, wasn't it? ]

[ Yes, maybe he's looking for signs upstairs by stengthening his hearing. ]

[ You can do that ... ]

[ It depends on the person, but it seems that this knight named Rondal plays the role of a scout. ]

[ Maybe he can even hear the conversation on the second floor? ]

[ It depends on the rate at which it can be strengthened ... ]

[ I have to tell the teachers ... Basten, tell me when Rondal is about to come upstairs! ]

I hurried to move upstairs and thought about going out of the shadows, but I wasn't good at speaking aloud, so I fetched a piece of paper and a pen.

The teachers were gathered in the shared kitchen.

I came out of the shadows and asked them not to speak with my index finger on my mouth before the teachers spoke.

"Kokubu ..."

Sato-sensei called my name and closed her mouth in a hurry.

Then I pointed to the first floor and everyone seemed to be convinced.

[ Kent-sama, Rondal is going upstairs! ]

Once again I put my index finger to my mouth and then hurriedly dived into the shadows.

I heard an unlocking sound, followed by footsteps climbing the stairs.

Rondal, woh went up the stairs, yelled at the teachers gathering in the kitchen.

"What are you guys doing at this time!"

"What are we doing ... We just got together and are talking ..."

The one to answer Rondal was Oda-sensei, the oldest.

"What are you planning?"

"Plan? What are you talking about?"

"Don't act confused, are you thinking of escaping?"

"We can't do that. If we escape, won't the students be harmed? And even if we get out of here, where will we go? What's outside? We don't even know."

It seems that Rondal is unable to contest the words of Oda-sensei, who is coherent despite just being a math teacher.

"You have training tomorrow, go to bed!"

"Okay, but I'd like you to allow us to take a break to chat."

"Hmm, you guys shouldn't think about anything unnecessary and just follow our instructions, go to bed!"

The teachers who were gathering in the kitchen were forcibly disbanded.

Rondal was watching until everyone returned to their rooms.

With this, it is not possible to contact all the teachers at once.

Then, on behalf of them, I chose Oda-sensei.

If it's someone simple and easy to talk to, it's Sato-sense, who is in charge, but when I heard the coherent and calm answer from before, Oda-sensei seemed to be more suitable.

I'd like to get in touch with him, but Rondal didn't seem to be in a hurry to go downstairs.

On the other hand, Gert, who went around the outside of the building, carefully explored the surroundings and occasionally turned around to see if there were any abnormalities in the building.

I can't speak aloud while Rondal is listening for signs, so I have to rely on writing.

However, a teacher who is blind at night needs a light to read letters, and if the light is turned on, the light leaking from the window is likely to be noticed by Gert.

After about 20 minutes, I confirmed that Rondal had returned to the first floor, and then contacted Oda-sensei.

After blocking the windows and doors of Oda-sensei's room with a shield of darkness to prevent light from leaking outside, I turned on the magic tool of light, and Oda-sensei quietly got up from the bed.

I made a gesture to be quiet just in case, he nods as soon as he saw it.

I asked Basten to keep watch on the first floor and explained the situation in writing while paying attention to the sound as much as possible.

[ They are suspicious of Furudate-sensei's attitude. Don't talk about rescue operations. ]

[ He is still not good at acting. It can't be helped, we have no choice but to continue pretending that nothing happened? ]

[ I don't want to change my schedule. Please plan to do it the night after tomorrow. ]

[ Okay, I'll tell the others not to let the knights catch on. ]

[ Please. ]

As I expected, Oda-sensei seemed very calm and relieving, but Furudate-sensei, the youngest, is acting with a suspicious behavior.

I hope since the knights will keep an eye on him he won't say anything unnecessary ...

After finishing the written conversation with Oda-sense, I was looking at the first floor from the world of shadows, and Gert came back from the outside.

"How is it outside?"

"I don't feel any abnormalities for now."

"Well ... the guys upstairs seem to have gathered in the kitchen and talked about something."

"What, is that true?"

"Oh, when I listened for signs, it seemed that they were gathering, so I went to find out."

"So what were they talking about?"

"I don't know that much, but it seems like they're planning something, so I gave them a warning."

"Really ..."

Gert folded his arms and began to think about something.

He looked at the ceiling with his eyes closed, and opened his mouth with a big nod, perhaps he made up his mind.

"Rondal, I'm going to report this to Camilla-sama tomorrow."

"Gert, I don't know what you're feeling, but isn't it a little too hasty?"

"But it's too late if something happens. Shouldn't it be decided by Camilla-sama, not us, whether it's late or early?"

"But at most it's just speculation."

"That's why we should ask Camilla-sama's judgment."

"Hmm ..."

This time it was Rondal who folded his arms and thought about it.

"Okay, then I'll report. You'll be working until dawn, right?"

"That's right ..."

"I will return to the garrison at the end of the night shift. Whatever the case, I'll report it instead."

"I see, it would be great if you could do that ... So what will you do tonight?"

"I usually fall asleep, but we'll take turns waking up. It's going to be tough to stay up all night because it'll affect tomorrow's work."

"That's right ... Then take a rest first, and I'll wake you up when it's time."

"Got it ..."

I don't know how much the tension of Furudate-sensei was, but I didn't expect it to be so troublesome.

[ Hmm ... We were a little too naive about the knights of Resenburg. ]

[ Kent-sama, I'll watch here, so please go back to Volzard and rest. ]

[ Yeah, I don't think they will do anything anymore tonight, but the problem is what happens when they report to Camilla. ]

[ Well, I'll follow this guy called Rondal. ]

[ Yeah, I'm planning to watch Zae and the others handling of the garrison carriages, but let me know when he reports. I want to see it directly if possible. ]

[ Okay, I'll take Hirt for contact. ]

I asked Basten to watch over Gert and the others and returned to Volzard.

When I briefly talked to Reinhardt, he advised me to change my strategy.

[ Kent-sama, this may make it so you need to speed up the execution of the operation. ]

[ If Camilla knows the contents of the rescue operation, the chances of failure will increase. ]

I have only told the teachers that the knights of Resenburg will be incapacitated, but from the situation when fifty people were rescued, if the knights who participated in the actual battle knew, the danger of being put to sleep might be detected.

According to Corey-san, from the apothecary, there are some medicines that you should be aware of as well as sleeping pills, and if you take them, the sleeping pills will not work along with it.

If the sleeping pills do not work, there is no choice but to incapacitate them by force.

If it's with the power of my current genus, it will be possible to suppress them with force.

However, there is a risk of injuring or even killing the other person.

[ Reinhardt, depending on the movement of Camilla after she hears Rondal's report, can the strategy be executed even in the daytime? ]

[ The placement of the knights and the whereabouts of your classmates are unknown and the possibility of multiple unforeseen circumstances cannot be ruled out. ]

[ Which is easier to do, deal with them with sleeping pills during the day, or hope the strategy has gone unnoticed? ]

[ It depends on how much of a response Camilla takes, but it's annoying if the knights of Resenburg get serious. ]

[ That's right ... Yeah, then, be ready to move. ]

[ I understand. ]

I asked Reinhardt to be ready to take action, and I decided to sleep between Mart and the rest.

Yeah, it doesn't work to have only one at a time in order, but it seems that the sleeping position changes depending on the order.

The next morning, after breakfast, I headed straight to the garrison's dormitory.

I collected the lists, the girls' part from the dekoboko sisters and the boys' part from Kondo.

After that, once Zae and the others learn how to handle the carriages, the preparations are almost complete.

At the horse-riding ground, the garrison members were exercising the horses.

During this time, the stable-hands seem to be cleaning the stables.

I've heard that horses are afraid of monsters, so I can't bring out Zae and the others right now.

It would be difficult if the surprised horses went out of control.

"Oh, Kent, you're early, what happened today?"

"Good morning, Raymond-san. I'm planning to rent carriages from the horse-riding grounds today ..."

"Oh, I heard, I wasn't told who, but Kent will use it ... I mean, you can't handle horses yet?"

"Yes, I'm planning to have my genus pull them, not horses."

"Speaking of genus ... Is it the lizardmen from before?"

"Yes, if it's a horse, you have to put on equipment, connect it, and give instructions to move it, so in that respect, if it's my genus, they can judge and move by themselves."

"I see ... Then, all you have to remember is how to remove the brakes and how to pull it, wait a minute, I'll take this one back now ..."

Raymond-san took the horse back to the stables and took me to the depot where the carriages were located.

There are more than ten carriages in the depot.

It seems that there are types such as two-horse wagons, four-horse wagons, and box wagons.

Raymond-san brought me to the front of a two-horse carriage.

"There are various shapes of carriages, but this two-horse one is the basic type. I think that the ones in Resenburg are the same, so if this one can be handled, others will be okay."

"Oh, Raymond-san, is it okay to call my genus here?"

"Oh, I told them to keep the horses away from here, so it's okay."

"Thank you. Then everyone come out."

Five undead lizardmen, led by Zae, lined up.

"Wow ... these are so powerful ..."

Raymond-san also has a good physique, but Zae and the others have a physique that is on another level, and the black shining outer skin doubles the power.

"Raymond-san, my genus Zae, Tsuo, Kame, Suo, Tala."

"I'm in your care, Raymond-dono."

Raymond-san's eyes widened when he saw Zae and the others do the knights salute together.

"Well, these guys are surprising, they talk and salute ... no, no, I want to scout them for our corps."

When Raymond-san began to explain how to handle the carriage, Hirt popped up.

"Goshujin-sama, Basten wants you to come."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Apparently, Rondal went to report to Camilla.

"Sorry, Raymond-san, can you continue to explain to Zae and the others? It seems that the situation has changed a little, so I'm going to scout."

"Oh, it's okay, I've already explained most of it, so it's okay for these guys to go too."

"Well, then, if something happens, I'll ask them to come, so can you tell them some more detailed things until then?"

"OK, I'll do that."

I asked Raymond-san to take care of Zae and the others, and hurriedly dived into the shadows and moved to Basten.

[ Basten, what's the situation? ]

[ Kent-sama, he's about to report. ]

When I looked out, Rondal walked up to the front of Camilla's office.

He saluted the knight guarding the door, took a big deep breath and then knocked on the door.

"Who is it!"

"I'm Rondal in charge of the annex."

"Come in!"

Contrary to the harsh voice, Camilla sitting at the office desk has a soft expression.

"What's wrong?"

"Yes, I have something I'm worried about, and I would like to ask Camilla-sama for her judgment."

"Well, what are you worried about?"

"Yes, actually ..."

Rondal reported to Camilla that the youngest teacher had suspicious behavior and that they were gathering and talking in the middle of the night, as if he was the one noticed it.

"Hmm, it certainly looks suspicious ... but they can't do anything alone."

"Yes, I think so, but there is one more suspicious thing ..."

"Well, what can I say ..."

Camilla smiles thinly while listening to Rondal's report.

"I would like to say this first, but this is just my imagination and I have no intention of condemning other knights."

"Hmm ... is it related to others?"

"Yes, it's about the second actual battle that took place the other day ..."

Rondal once again spoke as he inferred Gert's reasoning.

[ Hey, Basten, is he trying to steal credit? ]

[ Yes, it seems like that. ]

However, Camilla, who had been listening to the story with a smile until then, became more strict as Rondal's story progressed.

"So what you are saying is that those who participated in the battle are reporting lies to me?"

"No, no ... this is just an extreme theory, and it is possible that they really were attacked by orc mages and escaped through a gap ..."

"Hmm ... I see ..."

Camilla seems to be pondering, with her arms folded, her body resting on the backrest and her eyes closed.

Rondal corrected his posture as he was glared at by Camilla, who opened her eyes, as if her thoughts had come together.

"Bacchus, tell Levic to come here!"

"Yes!"

When the secretary who was entrusted as a messenger for Camilla leaves the room, Rondal went pale.

Camilla glanced at him and opened her mouth with a smile so that he could clearly see it.

"Don't be so nervous, make sure if there are any suspicious points, even if they're coworkers, otherwise the skill of the corps will only drop. Even if you're misunderstanding, your actions are not wrong. Be proud and wait."

"Yes, thank you."

As I always think, Camilla is really tolerant of her coworkers.

Half of this would be fine, so if you had treated us with a tolerant attitude, I think things would have changed.

After waiting for a while, the footsteps running down the hallway echoed and the door was knocked on.

"Who is it!"

"I'm Levic, I'm here according to your call."

"Come in!"

The knight who came in with a slightly pale look is familiar to me.

He's probably the knight who commanded the second battle.

Depending on his report, the rescue operation may need to be accelerated.

I sent Hirt to summon Reinhardt.

Well, how will you act?