CH 295

“Uh …… Where ……”

“Whoa, looks like you’re awake. Can we talk right now?”

“You’re ……!? Shit, I’m stuck ……”

When he saw me, he goes into a rage, but I’ve trained this magic from my previous experience of having my water jail sliced open, so it’s hard to get it off with just a little bit of effort. If you’re a master of Tigre-sensei’s class or a wizard who can manipulate magic better than I can, you’re in luck. 

Now, I’m reluctant to do this, but I wonder if I can get some information about the Gospel’s Descent?

“That spell won’t be easily broken, so it’s best not to put up any unnecessary resistance. Let’s start with your name.”

“……”

“Hmm, you want to hurt again, don’t you?”

He was lying on the floor, silently staring at me and Fath-san. He still wants to resist. I need to interrogate him, but what should I do? When I was thinking about it, Basleigh-sensei squatted down in front of the man and smiled.

“Your stubborn attitude is good. But that’s not the way to behave in front of us. I wonder what good. We’re short on time, so fasting will not do. How about peeling off your fingernails one by one? What do you think I should do, big brother?”

(T/N: Fasting is not eating for a certain amount of time.)

“Hmm? Well, since it’s an attempted murder, how about soaking him upside down in water?”

“Oh, that sounds good. Hmm, burying him in the ground and throwing a rock at his face isn’t so bad either ……”

While they were discussing these horrible things, the man spat and said to Basleigh-sensei.

“I don’t know anything about it, and I don’t plan on telling you anything. More importantly, I can see your dirty panties in your miniskirt, so can you please get them out of my sight? And I think you should consider the age when you wear those panties, you know?”

“……”

The air in the room froze at that moment, and Basleigh-sensei froze with a smile on her face. Ahhhhh, I don’t think I need that information …… Just as I scratched my head, Basleigh-sensei’s knee fell on the man’s face.

“Guaaaah!?”

“Oops, my foot slipped! Oh, I’ve got an idea! Isn’t it a good idea to let that Mr. Wolf or Deadly Bear eat your fist? That’s good …… That’s a good idea ……”

“Of course it’s not good!? What kind of person is this …… She’s worse than us ……”

“Okay, okay, okay, it’s this arm.”

“Gaw.”

“Stop it!? All right, I’ll talk! I’ll talk, so take that dog away from me!”

When the man said that, Basleigh-sensei said “Hmph” with her mouth in a pout and returned the Viking wolf to me.

“I wonder why he’s tame to her ……”

“Well, it’s Basleigh-sensei. So, what’s your name?”

I maneuvered Waterjail into a seat on the wall and asked him his name, and the man opened his mouth with a look of discontent.

“…… My name is Oburaien. It seems that you don’t need to ask, but I’m a member of the Gospel’s Descent.”

“On the tongue …….”

When Oburaien stuck out his tongue, I could see that it was tattooed.

“You have one of these here, huh ……”

“Hmm, looks like you’ve had contact with someone other than me.”

“Well, yeah. Retzel, Kelbrem, the Five, Sonia, and you. It’s really annoying. The next question is, is there anyone else involved in the plan anymore? If there’s anyone else lurking around, you’d better tell us obediently.”

“Will you guys believe me when I tell you that?”

“Mu ……”

I frowned at Oburaien, who smirked back at me. It is true that we have no way of knowing whether or not this is true.

“Stop nitpicking and just tell us already! Lars-kun is a serious person, that’s why you’re having troubles! Let’s beat him up with Fath-san and Makina-chan, who are also martial artists.”

“Umu.”

“I, I’m good.”

“Damn, you’re a crazy bitch ……! Tch, there’s no one else other than me. In the first place, I’m the one who’s supposed to be in charge here, not Sonia. But Sonia doesn’t know that. It’s not like Oriola’s territory, where they directly infiltrated, so I was in charge of monitoring. But because of you guys, I was forced to come out into the open.”

Oburaien tells the truth in a slurred voice. Looking at his attitudes, I have a feeling that this is true around here. But still, to monitor, huh …… Sonia is probably a pawn. It’s quite possible that’s why they didn’t give her a tattoo.

“So that’s it ……”

We can’t be too sure, but it seems that the turmoil in the Glasco territory has been brought to a close with the transfer of the Lord’s position to Lux and the capture of the Gospel’s Descent. I was just curious and asked Oburaien what he thought.

“How did you become a member of the Gospel’s Descent? Kelbrem and Sonia seemed to have no choice.”

“Me? Let’s see …… I have a question for you too. I’ll let you know after you answer that question.”

“? I don’t mind.”

Oburaien nodded his head in satisfaction, glanced at Fath-san and opened his mouth.

“It’s a simple and common story. I’m a skilled fighter, but I lost to you, Fath the Thunderbolt, in a martial arts tournament.”

“Fumu, I don’t know when, but it’s been a long time since I’ve been to a martial arts tournament. About ten years ago.”

“Yeah. I was eighteen, I think. I lost badly. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, so I don’t hold a grudge against you for losing.”

After lowering his shoulders, he continued while looking up at the ceiling.

“The problem is after that. Like the girl over there, the destructive power of my [King Straight] is outrageous. The old lady defeated me, but I still trained myself to be stronger.”

“Well, even my imitation was that powerful.”

“Well, you’ll have to tell me your secret later, okay? Then I met the Lord Founder. He came up to me and asked me to help him, but he kept smiling, and to be honest, he was kind of creepy. I fought with him, thinking he was teasing me, but when we …… sparred for a little, I intuitively said, “This guy is bad”, and my whole body shook. He let me go, but I probably won’t win. There’s no way I can win against that guy. There was something that made me instinctively feel that way. So I agreed to cooperate and became a pawn of the Lord Founder. It became ridiculous to train, I guess.”

So the Founder are so good that a martial artist like him says that he can’t win, huh ……

But still–

“What was the Lord Founder planning to do by sending assassins into the Reflexion kingdom’s territory? Luitzar and others have never heard of such a thing.”

“Who knows. I just do what I’m told. I’ve known Retzel for a long time, though.”

“Are you sure you don’t know?”

“If I did, I wouldn’t tell you about the Lord Founder. To be honest, I’d probably rather be killed here.”

The majority of the people are following him out of fear, so they can’t leave without saying goodbye. After deciding not to say anything more, I asked Basleigh-sensei and the others.

“Basleigh-sensei, Himmel-san. Do you have anything to ask?”

“I’ll take him to the castle and then we can talk. As soon as I know there won’t be any more turmoil here.”

“I’ll ask him during the transfer. I don’t think he’ll talk, though.”

The two of them nodded that it was okay to end the conversation, so I turned to Oberde again and opened my mouth.

“Then I’ll answer what you want to ask this time.”

“Yeah. How were you able to use my [King Straight]?”

I closed one eye and decided to tell him about that.

Next time, convergence!

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“I think we’ve made some progress.”

After a short break, we’ll see if they go to the beach, back to the castle, tamer, or get into quarrels with the idols ……

“That’s so many Events!?”