Chapter 283: Effect of the Lady Switch
“I’m sorry for making you wait. Given the ti, I had already retired for the day.”
The one that arrived and sociably spoke to was a well-fleshed man on top of being as tall as Maxwell.
He had an order on his chest, and the sword on his waist was also well-decorated. I couldn’t see any practical equipnt on him, so he might have been a guard leader by na only.
That said, he seed sociable enough, so we should be able to hold a proper conversation.
“Oh, you need not worry. Everyone here has treated well, so the ti went by fast.”
I took the lead in the conversation. If Maxwell did it, there was a chance that they could figure who he was based on his voice. He has talked to the guards here several tis during the Evil Dragon subjugation.
As the guard leader sat in front of and pulled out the interrogation docunts, I started to explain the situation.
“So to sum it up, you ca to the Scion mountain range for the Fang Wolves, but then discovered a suspicious group?” “Indeed. At first, I thought they ca to hunt the sa prey as us, but they seed to have too many children with them, and I started to suspect them when they did not descend the mountain even as nightti ca.” “And when you followed them, you discovered that they were conducting a Devil summoning?” “That’s right. Moreover, the children seed to have been enslaved by using a drug. Fortunately, this skilled magician—Err, Aste, managed to protect them.” “Aste?”
I couldn’t introduce him as Maxwell, so I just borrowed Aste’s na. Hearing that, Maxwell repeated the na in wonder, but I elbowed him in the stomach and made him quiet down.
This might have looked like an elderly abuse, but this old man wouldn’t be hurt by sothing like this. Despite going on and on about being bad at close combat, his body was quite sturdy.
“Ghh!?” “Oh, what could be the matter?” “N-Nothing, I just choked on the tea.” “Ahh, it is too hot. Please be careful.”
Even as the man chatted with us, his hands didn’t stop recording what he heard in the docunts. It was quite amazing that he was managing to stay in the text field without even looking down on it.
Perhaps he had been assigned to the captain post due to his skill with docunts. It was quite plain, but it also ant that he had continued making steady results.
“You said the children had been drugged, but do you know what type of drug it was?” “I daresay it was the Living Doll. They did not react to my words, and they looked and acted like dolls.” “Living Doll… Another forbidden article.” “Indeed. As such, I thought it would be bad to leave them be.”
I put a hand to my cheek and leaned my head to the side to look slightly troubled. That made the nearby guards sigh in admiration.
Ha ha ha, quite sexy, aren’t I? You youngsters wouldn’t last a second in the face of my lady mode.
…Saying that made depressed, though.
“Aste dispelled it with the Antidote spell, so there should be no longer a danger to their lives.” “I see. It would have been better to leave one to definitely confirm the cri… However, leaving a drugged child would be quite pitiable.” “Thank you for your understanding.”
Living Doll did not bring danger to one’s life. So, as he said, it might have been better to carry one of them without dispelling the toxin. However, the guard leader didn’t bla us for our careless action, showing his understanding.
“We can get that information out of those n. It appears that they have gone under harsh torture.”
The man had been carried here with his lower half still exposed to the world. In other words, everyone could see his genitals burned due to my Warm failed edition spell. It wasn’t hard to guess what happened after seeing that.
“W-Well, I suppose we should call it youthful indiscretion… That is the face of a foolish man who harassed a young maiden with sexual statents.” “That ans, you did that?” “Uh… W-Well… Yes.”
After digging my own grave, I dropped my head in sha.
Of course, this was all an act. As if I would feel ashad of burning his thing this late in the ga. Still, I thought a girl of my age would normally have been embarrassed about it, so I acted the part.
As expected, the young guard nearby held his nose and turned away. His face was flushed to the point you’d wonder if he was alright. I could even see blood tickling through the gaps of his fingers holding his nose.
It seed that the bashful figure of a maiden was too much stimulus for the youngsters.
“Sigh, hey you. I’ll give you half an hour so go cool your head.” “Huh, That’s… I, e-excuse !”
He seed a little reluctant, but the young guard gave a bow and rushed out of the room. It seed that blood rushed to his head there. Quite a sinful appearance I have.
“Apologies for that. These youngsters aren’t used to seeing beautiful girls.” “Calling beautiful… I am honored.” “This is a frontier, so everyone is familiar with each other inside the town. Seeing a beautiful person like you is too much stimulation for the young knights.” “Are there so few people in this town?” “Yes, even after the danger of Colchis has gone, the fact that it lived nearby remains rooted. As expected, people willing to live here would decrease…” “You could increase the sightseers instead.” “Sightseeing… That never crossed my mind. I see, taking people to sightseeing tours to Colchis’ nest with the knights might be worth considering.” “That is quite a bold idea.”
Even I didn’t expect him to suddenly jump to the idea of making the Evil Dragon’s nest a sightseeing area. I just voiced a wild idea, but the people of this town seed to have quite the tough nerves.
“Oh, right, I still haven’t heard your na.” “Ah, I am called Haua. You can find at—”
I gave him a random inn and na to record in the docunts. Naturally, I didn’t really reside in that inn, so it would be impossible to contact .
It would be a problem if they kept calling over and over as well. Besides, the important ones here were the n I brought, not .
Moreover, if my na reached the central figures of this kingdom, soone even more troubleso could co rushing here. It was better to withdraw as quickly as possible.
“I understand the situation now. We will investigate this ourselves. I will contact you for the details at a later day, so I hope you will remain in this town until then.” “My apologies. My circumstances compel to hurry, so that would be difficult… Could I give you the Guild registration number of my friend instead? It is soone like my guardian. I wander around all the ti, so it would be easier to get into touch with them instead.” “I see. That reminds , you did say you ca to hunt Fang Wolves. Alright then, I shall send the details to that number. I might need you to co here once more, however.” “If the circumstances allow it, I will co as fast as I can.” “That would be great.”
This registration number was not mine but Maxwell’s. From now on, it would be unrelated to Nicole.
Haua was sothing like Maxwell’s spy, so it wouldn’t raise any suspicions even if they arrived at Maxwell.
On top of it, it was my plan all along to give them this number.
And with that, we threw the follow-up investigation at the knights and decided to return to the mountains.
Author’s note: Cool your head = Co back after quick enlightennt. (TLN: indirect way to say go rub one out)
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