This is Welner von Zeavert. Thank you for your service.
Shhh, its the Viscount, I apologize for my rudeness! My na is Gauter of the Guards!
I dont mind. Never mind the courtesy, what we want to report is that this childs father has been murdered. Its at the end of that side street.
Yes. I will go and investigate the situation.
The reason he didnt notice was because it was dark, I thought as I looked across to see Gauter instructing his n to go and inspect the scene.
Although I had just walked up to a dead body, forensics and such techniques were still in their infancy in this world. Maybe they could figure out which wounds were fatal, but that would be the extent of their skills.
However, it was also true that whether a case involving the murder of a commoner would be properly investigated depends on the person in charge of the case. Unfortunately, this was still the case in our society. In addition, the girl raised her voice when she heard my na, but for now I would let it slide.
Well, may we ask you about the circumstances?
The other kid was apparently from the poverty-stricken class, but was it Gauters nature or the fact that I was by her side that made him ask the question so politely? In any case, he seed to have a reputation for being nice to the public.
Ah, yes. My my father and I ca here to get so treats from the nobility.
When there was a party at the mansion of a noble or a big rchant, information about it would spread to the public because of various arrangents involved. People would gather behind the mansion expecting the leftover food to be distributed to the poor at the back gate.
Nobles and rchants were also aware that it was natural to give leftover food and such to the poor, and as a result, it was not unusual to find poor people in need of food at certain tis of the day, even in the aristocratic district.
It seems that we took a wrong turn on the way and when we entered that side street we heard n with knives saying that Zeavertsama was passing by and that they were going to attack him.
Those people seed to be using my na without honorifics, but well, in the current situation, they wouldnt be able to assault , as they were planning to do. Still, I didnt think that they hesitated to attack solely because of this.
Those n attacked us with swords an and my father told to run away
How many people attacked you?
F, four n.
Four n with weapons if an assault did happen, I couldnt tell if Gauter could be relied on, or if he was an ally or a foe at this point. I guess, we could only wait and see what happens.
To summarize the story that followed, the attackers face was masked, so she didnt see it, and both father and daughter were refugees from the old Triot and had no other family mbers. Hmm.
I see, I understand. There may be sothing else we would like to ask, but for the ti being, lets go to the guardhouse. (Gauter)
No, you heard her ntion the na Zeavert, and we were about to be attacked, right? If so, well handle this. (Welner)
N, No, but sir (Girl)
When I interrupted the girl, Gauter was startled. I was serious with my decision.
It will be a little hard for a girl to be kept in a guardhouse.
I was not lying in this nor making it a pretext. It was a bit of a nuisance to explain, and that place would be a stuffy place for a child. Gauter, with a troubled expression on his face, seed to be sowhat aware of that as well. But the fact that he was so opposed to my decision, seed to indicate that he was at least not on the enemys side.
I further added, For now, Ill let her stay at the Zeavert residence for the night. After that, well have another discussion tomorrow. If you have any questions, you can co to Zeaverts and well make arrangents. Its ti for us to go.
I understand. I apologize for the trouble, but I will leave it to you.
Miss, whats your na? (Welner)
My na is Clara.
I nodded lightly. It was no lie that it was ti for us to go. In fact, it was getting too dark to let the woman walk ho alone, so I asked Gauter to lend one of his guards to give the Zeavert residence a heads-up.
I also asked Gauter to keep the fact that we were bringing Clara to stay at the Zeavert house a secret, in case of an attack.
Lets go back, Neurath and Schunzel, watch the front and back. Clara, Im sorry, but youre going to have to follow on foot.
Yes sir.
All right, sir.
Ye, yes.
If she was a real victim, I would have let her get on the horse, but today, I should go with the attitude that I was not going to let a commoner get on the horse like an aristocrat, straddling Disbelt (Brave) and pulling up only Lily. As it turned out, it was probably a good thing that we were not using a horse-drawn carriage.
What impressed a little was that our maid was casually following behind the girl who identified herself as Clara. If there was any suspicious movent, she could imdiately raise her voice to alert us. I guess you could say as expected of my mothers favorite.
As I let Neurath and the others walk the horses slowly, Lily, who was sitting in front of , turned her head and looked at .
Um, Welner-sama.
Hmm, is there sothing wrong?
No, not really, but, you see, youre grinning.
Oops, Ill be careful.
Watch out, watch out, be careful. I have to be careful not to show it in my facial expression.
The other side went to the trouble of throwing in a piece, so I have to make the most of it.
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