Hey, teleport us, boy. (Burkhart)
Burkhart-san, youve been made to accompany us once again. (Wendelin)
Dont talk about it (Burkhart)
It is suspicious whether it is really in absolute secrecy, but all of us,Dragon Busters, got such with a partly forced request from Margrave Breithilde.
The contents of the request: The previous Margrave Breithilde involved my ho, Knight Bauister household, and sacrificed a lot of people by foolishly leading an expedition to the Demon Forest, located at the south-eastern end of Lingaia.
The death toll for that thoughtless expedition was close to 2000, but if left alone the 2000 corpses, left behind in the Demon Forest, would end up turning undead after a few hundred years passed.
As for undeads, if a long ti passes after they ca forth, such things as regrets, sorrow and malice would amplify in proportion and they would beco troubleso existences.
If they look at the great number flawed properties in the capital, anyone will be able to understand it.
As for the Lingaia continent, with beyond several hundreds kiloters of undeveloped land after the inhabited region of the Knight Bauister household, that is in the furthest southeastern part, it should take at least several hundred years until people try to enter the Demon Forest once again.
If, during that ti, the undeads malice beca worse completely like a festering venom, they would end up becoming very strong.
If the undead in the Demon Forest left, there would be countless victims amongst the adventurers. Naturally, if they were to investigate the historical reason for that, Margrave Breithilde household, being the cause of it all, should face unfavorable criticism.
Will there even be a Margrave Breithilde household several hundred years later?There is no confidence if asked this, but since the Margrave Breithilde household apparently has a 200 year-long history, the possibility of them to continue to exist should be quite high.
For the sake of the descendants, who havent been born yet, we are to cleanse the undeads, who turned undead from the forr expedition soldiers roaming about in the Demon forest, as they arent very strong yet.
For that reason it was decided that we would proceed towards the actual site.
From the point of receiving such private request of an upper noble, it is apparent that Margrave Breithilde is relying on us there.
Even the reward beca a reasonably large amount of money since it was also including hush money.
But, you know, is it fine with such a small number of people? (Erwin)
It will be alright. (Burkhart)
Burkhart-san imdiately addresses Erws doubts.
The reason for challenging such domain with its many monsters living there with a small adventurer group is as follows.
If too many people intrude there, it will trigger a large crowd of monsters to appear in response.
It was one verified point from the failure of the forr expeditionary force.
Although there are other points as well, I have decided to not talk about the for now.
If you invade with few people, the other side wont encounter you with more than a suitable number either. (Burkhart)
That is, I know we have already experienced a subjugation just recently. But, I wonder if we will be able to cope with 2000 undead. (Wendelin)
It will be fine. We have Elise-jou-chan and you, boy, for that reason with us. (Burkhart)
Id like him to stop calling Boyalready since Im a proper adult, but Burkhart-san doesnt seem to be of the sa mind.
For him Im the pupil of his pupil.
It might be inevitable for him to treat intuitively as boy. Usually it will be a rude way of talking to who has the official position of Baron.
As one should expect, he knows about that as well.
Wend and Elise, it is? (Erwin)
Ah, thats right. They will take care of exterminating the undead in one go. (Burkhart)
The strategy, he thought up this ti, isnt to defeat each undead one by one, but it appears that he plans to gather the undead and annihilate them all at once.
Boy, are you able to use magic spread over a wide area? (Burkhart)
Yes, I was taught by master. (Wendelin)
As for magic spreading over a wide area, its simply put magic that broadens its magical effect over a vast range. (T/N: No shit, Sherlock! E: AOE Turn Undead)
Since the magical effect will be spread over a wide range, you naturally have to use a vast amount of mana. It doesnt make sense without using magic appropriate for the target.
Besides, it is also related to attribute compatibility.
Because if its magic of the fire attribute, it will spread fire on a large-scale. With this it is also possible to kill an extensive amount of monsters by burning them to death.
Occasionally, there apparently are people who end up being burnt to death because they surrounded themselves with the fire they spread.
Its the sa with sothing like the tornado of the wind system. In reverse, there isnt much of a point using magic of the earth and water system, I guess?
That doesnt an that simply all of it is pointless. The earth system is used for sothing like civil engineering magic, I think?
Since it was magic affecting a wide area to begin with, it was a fact that there was no point in spreading it over a wide area.
As for the water system, I guess it is about spreading healing magic over a wide area.
In the period of the past wars it was obviously convenient to gather the wounded and cure them in one go.
It seems the limit was healing slightly-injured people due to mana, but even so, there werent many people who could use magic to such an extent.
Those people were heavily relied on, was sothing I saw in a book from the past.
Can you also use other peoples magic for your magic spreading over a wide area, boy? (Burkhart) (T/N: My fingers are itching to simply call the whole thing AoE spells, but thats too ga-like. Gaman, gaman!)
Yes. (Wendelin)
Then it will beco an unexpectedly easy job. (Burkhart)
Burkhart-san explains his strategy.
First off Elise will use her purification magic of the holy system. Then I will extend that over the Demon Forest with my wide-area-diffusion magic.
If Elise uses up her mana midway, Burkhart-san will resupply her with his unused mana.
For Erw, Ina and Luise the main role is to eliminate the other monsters who draw close to us.
And Burkhart-san supports us. (Ina)
As you could expect with this number of people. It is a gathering of a select few. As for being support, thats because of my suitable ability and because I can keep a secret if requested. (Burkhart)
There isnt even any doubt about the success of the extermination, but you have to also take failure into consideration. I guess thats why Burkhart-san, who works for Margrave Breithilde, was chosen as backer.
Well then, lets depart right away? (Wendelin)
No, wait. (Burkhart)
From 6 years old until becoming 12 years I was also unable to advance my training in search magic to the degree to search the completely untouched, undeveloped land by casting it from the territory of the Bauister household.
Thanks to that I didnt enter so parts of the Demon Forest, but it beca possible to move throughout almost the whole area freely.
Therefore, although I wanted to finish the request by moving quickly, Burkhart-san stopped that for so reason.
Eh? Why? (Wendelin)
I think there is a place, where it would be wrong to not to go first. (Burkhart)
A place where it would be wrong to not go? (Wendelin)
More or less that Demon Forest is part of the Knight Bauister households territory. It is normal to go greeting the feudal lord. (Burkhart)
No, well, that is certainly true, but (Wendelin)
Of course I had realized that, but, honestly, I was unwilling to do so.
Or rather, since Im going there to deal with the Margrave Breithilde households disgrace, I have ended up thinking it would even be fine if the other party has at least finished their greetings first.
Haa (Wendelin)
Please endure it. (Burkhart)
There even havent been many investigation teams sent in. Although it was only and the expeditionary force headed to the Demon Forest that entered the Savage Lands, it officially belongs to the Bauister household.
Therefore we have to go greet them to get permission. There is also the necessity of discussing the share spoils.
If there was an adventurers guild branch like in Breitburg, it wouldnt be necessary.
As long as you are registered as adventurer, the guild will deal with the remaining negotiations and you only have to pay the tax.
However, there isnt any adventurers guild in the Savage Lands and the Bauister territory.
Therefore we have to directly negotiate with the feudal lord.
For example, in this case, it will be about such things as the bequest of the expeditionary force, the things that belong to the soldiers obtained during the process of purifying the undead, the raw materials procured from the monster who ca attacking and dical plants gathered in the Demon Forest.
How much, from all the things obtained, will we have to pay in the end?
Will the paynt be in materials?
Will we pay a fixed amount of money after selling the spoils in Breitburg?
It was indispensable to negotiate such fine details.
(Sohow I feel like doing it now as well, but) (Wendelin)
It is a ridiculous story for , who endeavored in thoroughly exploiting the Savage Lands in his childhood a training in magic for quite a while, to talk about, but this is this and that is that.
Or I should rather say that this is my villainous part.
Even if I arbitrarily exploited the raw materials of prey and minerals in the Savage Lands, our ho isnt able to do sothing like punishing for it.
As for why, that is because it is necessary to have evidence for proving the cri of theft.
Even if they dispatch an investigation team, my familys ho hasnt the ability to prove my cri as they dont understand where, how, and how long it was done.
People, who dont even know how much has entered my wallet, couldnt hand over to the police for the sa reason, even if they kicked up a fuss that I stole their money.
(Wendelin)
Ano, Wendelin-sama. (Elise)
I understand your sympathy. But, leave him alone for a little while, Elise. (Erwin)
It seems Erw could also understand since his relation to his family was as complicated as mine.
No matter how much it was for the sake of work, it wouldnt succeed if I were to go greeting my family that should have already abandoned . I ended up having slightly depressed emotions about it.
Haa (Wendelin)
What is it? Are you that reluctant? (Burkhart)
After teleporting, I stood in front of the Bauister households mansion after a long ti.
Honestly, I thought it would be fine, if I didnt transfer because I forgot about such place, but the teleportation magic, having thoughtlessly trained it properly, was as successful as usual in spite of it being several years since Ive been here.
Erw and have almost the sa situation.
As children who were unable to inherit the Knight household, we have gained a social status of being independent by being successful as adventurers.
Erw has renouncedhis familys heirship at the sa ti he beca an adult.
He obtained a large amount of money by unforeseen fortune, but since this a talk about a different household already, Erws family shouldnt be able to demand sothing like support out of greed.
Since it has been almost a month after that hell-like labyrinth capture, you wouldnt know what will happen from now on related to the speed of information spread and Erw was worried about this as well.
Conversely, how about my case?
Because the previous village headman, Klaus, tossed the outrageous bomb of being the appropriate next feudal lord, I have abandoned my heirship as fast as possible.
Or rather, it was decided for to abandon at the ti of receiving a new court rank by His Majesty.
Although I can only say that I entrusted it to the governnt office to deal with the practical formalities in a hurry at that ti.
In addition, neither father nor elder brother said anything about this back then, it seems.
Saying that it seems like that is because I didnt actually et them as I finished it all with a letter.
Anyway, for there isnt much of love or attachnt towards my parents, siblings and the Bauister household.
Reincarnating as Wendelin at the age of six, my only mory from before was the knowledge I saw in the dream. Thereafter there wasnt much of a contact or should I rather say that I was obviously neglected.
Its not like I was treated particularly bad.
It would have been fine even if I didnt do sothing like helping the household and just spent my ti studying and practicing magic. As result of that I was able to bring an amount of hunted preyto the table as food.
If you talk about it frankly, that level of relationship wasnt sothing that could be seen by the surroundings either, I guess.
Since they were aware of being able to use magic, I think it had that tendency all the more.
For the southernmost remote, poor Knight household it is necessary to have as cooperative relationship in this sowhat insular community for the relatives and fiefs populace.
Therefore my real intention was to beco independent as fast as possible.
At this late hour, even if its greetings (Wendelin)
Ano, I want to introduce myself to Father-in-law-sama and mother-in-law. (Elise)
as well. (Ina)
too, as third wife. (Luise)
I can can quite well understand the three that they want to extend their greetings since they are my fiances, but that alone can be deed to be a completely disagreeable developnt for Kurt-ani and so on.
Different from father who has a mistress, there isnt any other wife but Alie-sister-in-law-san for Kurt-ani.
Or perhaps I should call it the envy of n. Since the number of wives is a baroter for the economical strength, it is equal to telling the other party You are poor.
Actually Ive heard this also beca the cause of bloodshed amongst nobles.
Therefore I dont want to do sothing like greetings.
Publicly, the boy and Artur are vassals of the sa lord. (Burkhart)
I guess we will stay parent and child for eternity due to our blood relationship, but from the public standpoint we are fellow vassals of Margrave Breithilde.
Furthermore, it has resulted in us being at the sa situation given that both of us are officially His Majestys retainers and likewise fellow nobles.
But in reality there is no way that a Duke and a Knight have the sa position.
Since there is even a difference in size of territory and economical strength, it is normal for most of the Dukes to act self-importantly.
And, I am a Baron while father is no more than a Knight.
Even the economical strength, I guess we dont have to talk about that one.
Such an awkward feeling is a first for .
I end up rembering my middle-aged section chief from my previous life fretting aboutNow the temporarily retired director of the departnt will re-employed as my subordinate. What shall I do?
How troubleso (Wendelin)
And presently this is a family having a strangely reversed phenona of the father being a Knight and the child being a Baron.
Of course its about myself.
Give up, its work after all. (Burkhart)
Understood. (Wendelin)
Because it is as Burkhart-san has said, I knock on the door of the mansion.
It is pretty much called the mansion of a noble, but with the Bauister household being an insignificant noble as usual, the size of the house was no more than at the level of a wealthy farrs house.
Yes, who is it? (Maid)
It was my familys ho after approximately three years, but the maid opening the door didnt change.
Although she is called a maid, given that she is simply an old woman coming to help out from the neighboring farm family, you couldnt visibly see her grow old if its around three years.
By the way, she doesnt even wear maid clothes.
Because she was an old woman with an age beyond 70 years, I didnt think that I wanted to see her in a maid uniform too much either.
This is, Wendelin-sama! (Maid)
Yo, Helena. Its been a while. (Wendelin)
Thinking back, I had a lot more conversations with the servants than with my family as child.
While handing over the spoils I obtained as result of training my magic, I usually chatted with them.
As the gentlen of the rchant group ca so ti ago, we heard about the rumors about Wendelin-sama. (Helena)
Such things as defeating the ancient dragon which beca undead and the elder dragon having its sphere of influence over the monsters living in a domain close to the capital, also about the matter of obtaining a court rank and getting a lot of rewards and about the matter of being engaged to the granddaughter of Cardinal Hohenheim who is an influential person within the church.
Helena knew up until the martial arts tournant and the duel uproar during the stay in the capital.
I guess I should say as expected from rchants, huh?
They brought quite accurate news to the southern remote region.
Oi, Helena-san and Ooh! Wendelin-sama!
It is a small mansion. The majority of those working as servants are elder people who already retired from working on the farm. The news of returning imdiately circulated to the other servants.
Continuing on, the butler Lobus(T/N: >> Robusu > Marurene > Kurara
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