536 Ninth of the Green Moon ② - Inquisition

What guided us was a building called the Conference Hall, right next to Castel Genos.

Usually, it's also this place where the Chiefs exchange words with Melfried and others.

It is a large and splendid building built of grey bricks.

With the guidance of the Genos warlords, we were led to a room deep in the building.

In front of the door, as many as four guards are withheld.

Two of them were guards of Genos, and the other two were soldiers of the king's capital.

"Only seven people are allowed to enter the room for questioning. Otherwise, be modest here."

Donda-Lou and Dan-Lutim followed the word silently.

And Ai-Fa, Shmiral, Zida and Barsha will keep their swords and capes.

Schmiral, in particular, had been carefully checked for possession of poisons and the like.

So finally, the door is opened by the hands of the martial officers.

First of all, between the little ones, a new door lies behind them. In the meantime, four soldiers refrained.

(Even if Zida blows a grass whistle, do we need to break two doors)

I still can't help but think about it, hoping I just want to avoid that happening.

That's how we were led to a deserted room.

"Sit down and wait until you have a touch"

A martial officer who has guided us so far states so and stands instead of a closed door.

The room was lined with seven chairs in the center.

And there is a horizontal table in the back, with several chairs lined up beyond it as well.

(... you're in a similar situation to when you confront Cycleus)

Thinking that way, I lowered my back to the chair.

The order is, from the right, Ai-Fa, Me, Schmiral, Michel, Mime, Zida and Barsha.

The room was large but killer landscape, and besides the chairs and tables, no other conditioning seemed to be prepared.

However, the front wall has a book on one side and a huge stone statue in the left and right corners. He is an ambitious figure with the head of a lion and the upper body of a man, as well as the limbs of a horse, which he has also seen in the dining room of the VIP hotel. He even has a spear in his hand, so he must be a fighting god or some kind of stone statue.

"... you're not guilty of anything, so you don't have to be scared."

Such a voice can be heard from the left hand side.

When I looked, Zida was speaking to Mim in the next seat.

Mim nods, "Yes," as she stiffens her fists on both knees.

The bright mime seemed to be in a lot of this tight air, too.

So, how much time has passed - after a bell rang somewhere far away announcing Jomtien and a few more minutes passed, a new martial officer came into the room.

"Your people have come. Take your seats and welcome them."

The martial officer appeared not from the door behind him, but from beyond the front book.

That's how all of us get up and new soldiers come out of nowhere.

The soldiers of the king's capital, engraved with the lion's crest on their chests.

Just like last night, ten soldiers at a time stood first along the left and right walls.

Then finally, the nobles show up.

Marquis Marquis Marquis Malstein, First Son Melfried, Thousand Lion Chief Ruids, Auditor Tall On - and the last time Auditor Dreg showed up, there were signs that Mim would swallow a scream.

Dreg was not sexually punished, he was carrying a black lion dog.

Dreg lined up in the seat at the right end and the lion dog nodded beside the table.

The chain tied to the lion dog collar is unwrongly hooked onto the back of the chair.

"Well done. It doesn't matter, make it easier."

By the call of Malstein, we fell back again, too.

Malstein is still smiling at Eagle Deep today, and Melfried is faceless when he is masked.

Compared to last night, only Polearth had a missing facial rash.

And a man named Ruid, the chief of the thousand lions, was dreadfully armored and stood up to protect the back of the two auditors.

Therefore, only four nobles sat in a splendid seat against us.

Clerk, check your name.

When Malstein told him so, the last small man who came into the room finally gave him a "ha".

"Let me check with you. In order from the right, in the people Ai-Fa by the woods, in the people Asta of the emigrants, in the families Schmiral by the woods, in the people Michel of Turan, in his daughter Mim, in the people Zida of Masala, in his mother Barsha - is there any difference?

"There's no difference. However, Asta, like Similar to Similar, should be a family by the woods."

Ai-Fa responded that way in a quiet voice.

The clerk shrugged his neck slightly, and now read out the names and identities of the noble people.

What turned out to be that Dreg had the title Third Son of the House of the Duke of Derm, and that Talon was descended from the Baron Berry family.

"Now there will be your inquisition. Please know that any falsehood in this setting is considered a treason to Selva, the Kingdom."

"… Got it," replies Ai-Fa again.

Then he laughed like Dreg had just made a little fool of himself.

"Nevertheless, it's a lot of fumble to the numbers. If I wanted to interrogate all of these people exactly, it wouldn't be enough no matter how long I had. I'm so confused as to where to start."

That's how Dreg turns his bloody eyes to the clerk who held him back at the edge of the table.

"Hey, let my last name, which I refrain from over there, carry booze and a glass of booze"

"Is... is it a liquor and a glass?

"You'll need to moisten your throat because it's going to be a long stretch anyway. We need to nourish the liquor."

The clerk spoke across the book as he pushed the bewilderment under his courteous expression.

They were already waiting, and a cute faceted surname brings a bottle of fruit liquor and a glass of vitreous liquor placed on a silver basin.

When the glass was filled with reddish brown fruit liquor, Dreg drank it up in one breath.

"Hmm... the only thing that seems fun about being driven to such a peripheral land is being able to mouth this fine fruit liquor"

"That's enough, Lord Dreg. Blunt your head with alcohol, and you'll find it hard to tell the truth."

Saying so, Tall On is smiling calmly. He doesn't want to take Dreg seriously.

Since yesterday, I haven't grasped the relationship between these two names.

Even though it's Tal-on who's older, it's Dreg who's making it look great. Is that because Dreg is in a higher position, or is his identity not what it is, and Tal-on is just a matter of indifference? That's what I didn't know for sure.

"Now let's begin the interrogation. … First of all, the people by the woods, I will be at the Ai-Fa in the house of Fa"

Ai-Fa was silent and turned back toward Tal-on.

Tal-on is blinding himself to the written spreading on the table.

"Around the end of the Yellow Moon last year, you encountered Asta, an emigrant people, in the woods of Morga... Is that true?

"Um, it's the truth"

"So why did you welcome Asta to the woods? Until then, the people by the woods had set themselves up in a closed learning, with little interaction with the people of the town, supposedly."

"I met Asta when the sun was about to set. Throw it away like that, and Asta would not have been able to go down to town, nor would she have been attacked by a forest beast and lost her life. Much lost, but first I decided I should sit back and listen, and I decided to invite Asta to Fa's house"

"So did you ask about Asta's identity after you invited her to the house?

Once Ai-Fa shut her mouth, she pondered.

I guess I'm trying to use that memory to remember the details of the time.

"No... I even asked you right after we met, but at that time I got no guidelines at all. Even when I heard the words Selva, Genos, and Morga Mountain, Asta was decent, so I didn't think it would be clear, so I took her home."

"Hmm. It is said that Asta did not even know the name of the continent Ameshorn, rather than the kingdom Selva, but shall it be true?

"Yes, it's the truth"

When I answered, Tal-on smiled, "I see," and Dreg smiled spirally, "Han."

"So in what language did you explain your qualities to Ai-Fa? Please be as precise as possible, Asta."

"Yes, I was born in an island country called Japan, and I have never heard of a continent named Ameshorn. And I explained that I must have died in a fire in my hometown."

"Hmm. I don't even know why you were falling in Morga Forest like that, do you?

"Yes, it is. Even myself, it's a distant story. But that's the only truth for me... and I said," If that's not true, think I've lost my mind by hitting you in the head somewhere. "

"I see. So, what decision did you make, Ai-Fa?

"... At least I didn't think Asta was lying. So I decided I must have lost my mind because of some circumstance, as I said myself"

"So you welcomed the insane human being as a compatriot?

Ai-Fa closed her eyelids only for a moment before watching Tall on as she tried.

"It wasn't until about five days after we met that I recognized Asta as a family member and gave her a woodland outfit. In the course of those five days or so, I decided that Asta was a man of enough credibility"

"Hmm. In just five days, I wonder how I could have felt like that"

"If you live in the same house for five days, you'll know your heart. Also, the day after we met, I was saved by Asta."

"Did they save your life? That's your first ear."

The Schmirals, who watched this interaction quietly, looked back at us unexpectedly as well.

Ai-Fa stays in a crisp look and overlaps words with paleness.

"The morning after we met, we were purifying ourselves in the river of Rant. That's when the serpent of Madarama came running down the river and hit me."

"Maddalama serpent?," and so Mulstein also speaks to the crackling.

"Were they encountering Morga's Three Beasts Madarama? That's the first time I've heard that, too."

"The serpent of Madarama was originally deeply wounded. Perhaps he was dropped into the river, losing his battle with the Wolf of Valve or the Red Wildlings. It was a code that the three beasts who left the mountain could be handled in any way, so I didn't let anyone in particular know... but did I have to do something about the laws of Genos?

"No, that's not what I'm talking about... it's just that I was never surprised because the three beasts of Morga, the protector of the sanctuary, should rarely show up in the outside world"

Malstein regained his gentle smile and gave a salute to Tal-on.

"I'm sorry for the unnecessary words. I'd like you to continue your interrogation."

"Yes, so... Asta saved my life. Are you saying that you considered yourself not a bad person, even if you were insane?

"Mm-hmm. Besides, I taught Asta something called the excellence of a delicious meal. And as we spent time together, we were supposed to understand what kind of person Asta was."

After saying that much, Ai-Fa brought her head to try again.

"However, in those five days or so, I did not decide to welcome Asta into my family. By then, I was still thinking of dropping Asta off in town when the time came."

"When the time comes, you say?

"Asta didn't know any of the woodland scriptures or the laws of Genos. Even if it were to be lowered to the town in such a state, it would only feed the outlaws. Also, if you mouth Morga's grace without knowing anything, you will be skinned off your head. So I figured I'd tap into every living thing I had and then take it down to town."

Indeed, Ey-Fa insisted that way at the time. It was only because of the eyes of the nearby people that he left behind his father's woodland costume.

"But then I'm going to be involved with the Lew family along with Asta... where I was able to reconnect with my old friends from the Lew family. I sincerely thank Asta and hope to continue to be a person in the same house from then on I guess"

"I see. Is that where you're supposed to connect with the Lew family of the chieftaincy muscle? That's quite an interesting story."

Tall on is smiling, but his eyes are still not smiling at all.

Then Dreg, who drank several glasses of fruit liquor, snorted "solder".

"If I had words like that, the sun would really be going down. In short, are you just relieved of your feelings? If a man and a woman live under the same roof, nothing is unusual. Problem is, we're going to have to talk about it."

"Talk ahead?

"Oh. You took in the Lew family and let the Chieftain Muscle Sung family lose its legs. What were your thoughts there?

"... Indeed, we, with the Lew family and hands, were to uncover the sins of the Sung family. But that's because the Sung family originally sinned and there is no such thing as thoughts on our side"

"Hmm. I guess that Sung family was against you guys doing business in town? It would have been convenient for you if the Sung family had been crushed as such a disturber."

Ai-Fa slightly frowned and gave him a contemplative look.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what the word means. Perhaps you think we put a knife to the Sung family, the disturbers, in order to earn copper coins in town?

"Hmm. Can you prove otherwise?

"I don't know what to bear as a testament, but the Sung family was actually guilty. Asta just realized that fact sooner than anyone else."

"Hmm. The Sung family was committing a great contraindication of harvesting the grace of the forest without fulfilling their giva hunting job, I suppose. Is that the truth?

Ai-fa turns her gaze to the grinningly enquiring tall on.

"I didn't think you'd be questioned about that now. Everyone living in Sung's settlement had pleaded guilty to that sin, and the grace of the forest was hidden like a mountain in the Sung family's pantry. Do you need any more proof?

"We're just listening later. It's unacceptable to make a mistake somewhere, so we need to double check."

I'm sure the Chiefs, too, had this kind of interaction going on over two days. Now it was also taken for granted that Graf-Zaza would be irritated.

"And with the same time, another sin of the Sung family was to be uncovered, so... By the hand of your Lord Melfried."

Melfried nodded silently.

Dreg giggles spirally again as he makes his new fruit liquor pour into his lowest surname.

"It has been a disastrous year for the Sung family. Still, it's a lot more convenient, and old evil has been revealed from next to next."

"Isn't that because Camua-Josh stood around like that"

Melfried doesn't try to tell me anything, so I decided to make a statement.

"At the time, there was only one person, Kamua-Josh, connecting the people of the woods with Melfrid. Or until the disturbances in the Sung family subsided, we didn't even get a chance to talk to Melfried. Of course, it is a pure coincidence that the people of the woodland were to uncover the sins of the Sung family during that period... I guess the part where I think the coincidence passes had the effect of Camua-Josh's shady bridge"

"... hmm, that abominable Guardian"

Dreg turned away the fruit liquor with a face that didn't seem funny.

Tall on smiles are also somewhat bittersweet.

"Surely that Mistress was testifying that way, too. In the first place, I suggested to the people of the woodland that they should do business in the lodging town, and so on... If we pursue this one case, it seems that most of the stories end up in that lodging town."

Apparently, for both of these names, Camua-Josh was an unseen being.

I make it, I'm a trump joker. I sneak up on you.

"... you seemed to think that the people by the woods conspired with the Marquis Genos to break the Earl of Turan's legs, we hear. Is that the truth?

and ai-fa cut straight into the pretense.

Tall on flushes that question with a soft smile, and Dreg hoists his mouth hatefully.

"Even if they suspect it that way, no wonder? For the Marquis de Genos, the Count Turan family was blind, and for the Luu family by the forest, the Sung family was blind. It would be a natural story to think that we've put our hands together to get rid of your disturbers."

"If we replace the word" interrupter "with" sinner, "I don't think there's anything funny about it. The Sung family and the Count Turan family were secretly working together to do evil, so the people by the woods and the Marquis Genos were supposed to be able to hold hands to defeat their common enemies, right?

"Hmm. If only the Sung and Count Turan had really sinned or something"

That's where we're going.

Ey-fa responded with a sober voice, exercising the spiritual power of steel, never expensive.

"Swear to God, there's no darkness behind us. From before I was born, the Sung family was surrounded by the rumor that they were rotting their souls. We have only uncovered the sins of the Sung family so that the people by the woods can take the right path. I swear to Mother Forest that there is no falsehood in this word"

"Mother Forest, huh? You don't even seem to realize it's against the discipline of the kingdom because of its wording."

Dreg roughly put his drinking cup on the table.

"Look, folks by the woods. For the people of the west, the only absolute God is Selva, the Western god. There is no god to worship but Selva and his seven little gods. Only liberal people in Selva are allowed to treat forests, mountains, rivers, etc like gods."

"Free pioneers...... sorry, I have little to know about those people"

"A free-flowing people refers to a few clans who are the sons of Selva, the Western god, while refusing to be the people of the kingdom. There must be some descendants living in Genos."

To Tal-on's words, Ai-Fa nodded "um".

"We hear that a human being with a Mr. in his name is a descendant of something called the Free Explorer. But are those also now the people of the kingdom?

"Genos is the territory of the kingdom, so naturally that happens. However, in order for a freelance people to become a people of the kingdom, they should be forced to abandon Mr. and the god of the earth… In this Genos they still seem to be allowed to have Mr."

Tall on looked at Malstein on the side, but the person remained silent, smiling.

It was 200 years ago that the town of Genos was founded, so it was the then Lord of Genos who allowed Mr. to be retained by the liberal pioneers who originally lived in the land.

"So we should have had Mr. and the god of the earth abandoned when we welcomed the people of the woods as the people of Genos. But even then, the Marquis of Genos, like his ancestors, trampled upon the teachings of the kingdom."

Plus, when Dreg stirred up, Malstein responded "Yes," in a relaxed tone.

"It was roughly eighty years ago that the people of the woodland emigrated, so the then Marquis of Genos would be my great-grandfather. Under what arrangement, unfortunately, did you allow the people of the woods to have Mr. and the god of the earth, and unfortunately there are no words left to convey it"

"Hmm... the story is that in the first place the people by the woods were a family that flowed from Jagal, but even in Jagal there is no such thing as a lesson with Mr. and the god of the earth. I wonder what that means?

That was the word directed at Ai-Fa.

Ai-Fa is leaning his neck just a little bit.

"Whatever you're asking me about, I'm not likely to be answered by me or anything else... but the legacy remains that the people of the woodland may be a clan born between Sim and Jagal. So, isn't it true that Sim's lesson was taken over by the people by the woods?

"Well, do you admit that the people by the woods are Eastern bloodlines?

"It's not just the east, it's the east and the south."

"Hmm. I don't care what you think of that shallow black skin, it's the eastern bloodstream."

Dreg grabbed the liquor cup by making sure it was taken away, and drank the remaining fruit liquor with one breath.

"Whatever it is, you have been against the laws of the kingdom from the beginning. The woods and the like are called mothers, and noble bloodlines, but with men and the like, such imitation is not an acceptable act for the people of the kingdom."

"... but was it the Marquis of Genos eighty years ago who allowed it?

When Ai-Fa asked Urung, Tal On gave him the odd laugh of "Ho Ho".

"So if the current Marquis of Genos commands you to abandon Mr. and the god of the earth, will you follow it?

Ai-Fa narrowed her eyes slightly and smiled a tall on straight.

"I am not in a position to answer such inquiries because I am a person in the house of Fa who is not a chieftaincy muscle. If you want to know the answer, you should invite the Trinity Chiefs here."

"Really? So why don't you just let me know how you feel about yourself, Ai-Fa in Fa's house? With that, I won't be questioning you for treason, so please think of it as a public discourse and answer me."

Ai-Fa said in a quiet, resolute tone, looking toward Tall On as he explored.

"It can't be possible, for example, to abandon my mother's forest. It would also be tantamount to ordering the people of the West not to abandon Selva, the Western god"

"Really?", Tal-on smiled so smiling.

It was a laugh that seemed somewhat satisfying.