Chapter 27:
「The people are being whipped!」 Me
I focused my attention more.
How terrible, their backs are full of wounds, amd covered with blood. And they are trembling so much that they can't aim properly.
「Athena, what is this!?」 Me
「That was Ferg's mansion. Kaito-sama, what should we do?」 Athena
「Ofcourse i am going to save them! Let's go kuroma!」 Me
「Wait, kaito-sama. You can't do that.」
Huh? What is she saying? Those people are in danger.
「Why!? This is now your chance to capture that geezer.」 Me
「There are more people being hidden in that mansion, and i don't know where they are. Ferg said that if i am going to tell anyone, and the king will send someone to raid his mansion, the only one i can save are the people outside. The knights will be able to find the room where the other people are hidden, but they will be already desd by that time.」 Athena
Sh*t! That old geezer! I will kill him myself!
「I want to tell my uncle, the king, about that. But what if my uncle will fail, and the people inside will be killed?」 Athena
Athena's tears are slowly dripping. She's clearly scared, so i calmed myself down and sit beside her, then i hugged her.
「Okay, sorry. I got carried away. Let's think of an idea to raid his mansion without being noticed.」 Me
While i am hugging athena who is crying, she told me about how she found out about that geezer's secret.
She told me that she is walking at the southern part of the capital that day, then suddenly, she saw someone jump from the wall. So she run to help him.
But the geezer and his guards suddenly arrived holding swords before athena can reach them, so she hide at the big pillar of the wall. While she is looking at them, the guards had beaten up the man who falls from above the big walls.
The man cannot move because of broken bones, but he is still being beaten up. Then when the old geezer told the guards to stop. He crouched and then hd that face of the man and then he takes out the eyes of the man.
The man cannot move, and his mouth is being covered, but it is clear that he is shouting in pain. then the geezer and the guards are watching the man shouting in pain, then they killed him afterwards.
Athena was startled and scared becausd of what she saw, so she falls on her knees. But ferg and the guards heard her, so she run away fast. The geezer and the guards didn't saw her face, but she is always wearing the same red dress, so he knew that it was athena.
Then the next day, the geezer came to the duke's mansion to arrange a marriage with athena. Ofcourse the duke and his family, including his brother, the king, refused it. But the geezer threathens them that he will transfer to another country. So they have no choice but to accept it.
Since then, the dule and the king are searching for evidence that would bring down the geezer. But unfortunately, they can't find anything. Athena also didn't tell them about the violence. Because if she do, the king would immediately sent knights to the mansion, and the hostage that was inside might get killed.
I will surely make that geezer regret being born. Death is not enough for him. I don't know why he's doing that horrible things to those people, but i'm sure that there are even more worst things inde his mansion.
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「What!? Is that really true!? You are not just joking right!?」 The king
「Yeah, there's no need for me to lie. I need to save them all, so i won't dare tell a lie right now.」 Me
I am now at the castle's living room. Normally, i should be at the audience hall right now where the people who needs to see the king would go. But i am with the duke and her wife right now, together with athena. So they allowed me to go to the castle's living room.
It's been three days now since i discovered the brutal situation at the geezer's mansion.
On the day that i discovered the situation, i'm thinking on how to search for the hidden prisons on the geezer's mansion. So i tried to practice the magic that i have think of.
It requires a very precise and onpoint control of magic, so it takes me one day to perfect it. And on the day after that, i go back to ralles to pick up albert-san, and we returned here earlier. There's really no reason to call him, but athena and christina-san wants to have him here.
And now, i am at the castle to tell the king about the plan that i have, ofcourse i also told him about the magic that i will be using.
「Can you really do that? That sounds impossible.」 The king
「Ofcourse, i can. You just need to trust me.」 Me
「Brother, you don't need to worry about anything. I know this kid, and i know that he can do it.」 Albert
「Hmmm. If that was the case, then kaito-dono, i will trust you. When do you want to start the operation?」 The king
「As soon as possible. People are being tortured right now, we can't wait for another time or day. Please assemble the knights, and we will start it.」 Me
It's just normal for the government, especially the royal knights, to held an operation a week after it was being planned. I had already wasted three days, i can't afford to wait for more.
「I got it. I will assemble my most trusted people.」 The king
That's good. If they will hold this operation a few days from now, then i will have no choice but to act on my own.
After that conversation, the king called a kid that was around 7 years old, it was the prime minister.
I see, so their prime minister is a cuman huh. She looks like a kid. She was like that cute little girl demon lord from that cute anime where the mc is a girl hero.
The king ordered the her to assemble the royal knights, and take care of the necessary things. So we returned to the mansion and wait for the night to come.
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It is already night time right now, so we returned tk the castle. When we arrived there, fifty knights are standing like they are going to a war. I am at the side of the king, and the king is giving his speech to the knights.
The knights are so fired up. But when the king told them that i will lead the raid, they all fell into silence. As expected, they won't easily trust someone they didn't know, and it is even a kid.
But for some reason, the commander trusted me. I wonder why. The commander saw his subordinates fell into silence, so he talked to me.
「Kaito-dono, i am pleased to meet you. My daughter has mentioned you in her letter. She said that a there is a very strong boy who is just the same age as her. She said that you are the strongest person she ever saw, ofcourse i laughed when i read that. But when i saw you right now, i can clearly see that she is not lying. You are just a kid, but you don't have any opening at all. I wonder just how many battles you have joined before.」
Etto~, Dare? {Japanese word for "who?"}
「Oh right, i have not introduced my self. I am Garza, mika's father. She is the adventurer's guild of ralles.」 Garza
Ah, right. Athena told me that mika's father was the commander of the royal knights.
「I see, but even if you believe in my strength. I don't think you subordiantes would be able to.」 Me
「Hahaha, You are right, but i know they will be able to realize that soon. Just forgive them」 garza
「It's allright. I don't really need the people to believe in my strength. I don't care even if they will think that i am strong.」 Me
It's troublesome if many people knows my strength, they will keep praising me. And they will even keep asking for my help if they have a problem.
「In my case, i want to get respected. So iwant them to know my strength. By the way kaito-dono, can i ask you to do a quick match with me?」 Garza
Huh? He said something outrageous.
「You know that we are heading into a battle right? Why would you want to have a match right now?」 Me
「I jist want to fight strong people. And this can also be a warm up for me before the battle.」 Garza
I see, certainly. A warm up is necessary. I don't need a warm up in games, so i just head to battle with strong monsters immediately after logging in.
「I got it.」 Me
After we said that, garza-san lend me a blunt sword, then we prepared to start the match. Garza-san's hair is red, so he might be using a fire.
「Start!」 Knight
After the knight give the signal, garza-speaks something, but i can't hear it. Then suddenly, a fire is coating on his sword. I see, so it is a magic coating similar to his daughter, mika-san.
He is using fire, so i'm using water magic to coat my sword.
I want to finish it quickly, so i will end this in a moment. I coated my sword with magic, then i visualize a water. then a water is wrapping it. I take my stance, then garza-san rushed at me while swinging his sword from left to right. But i dodge it by jumping upwards, then i landed on his back.
When garza-san turned around to face me, i swing my sword from the top to his head, then garza-san blocked it with his fire coated sword. And when our sword had clashed. A very big smoke had surrounded the area, creating a smoke screen.
That was my plan, to clash the fire and water to create a smoke that would make garza-san to not see anything. While the smoke is surrounding the area, i slashed my sword towards garza-san's neck and stopped it before it hit.
Garza-san felt the sword on his neck, so he admits defeat. And the knights was shocked because of him being defeated by a kid like me.
After the match, garza-san thank me for having a match with him. Then he ask about the smokescreen.
「Kaito-dono, what is that smoke just now?」 Garza
「That was a smoke screen. You can make that by using fire and water magic. You are using fire, so i slashed my water coated sword to your sword so that it would create a smoke. Then i used the smoke to block your sight.」 Me
「I see, so that's how it is.」 Garza
Garza thanked me again for the knowledge he got. Then after that conversation we finally head out.
「Kaito-sama, please be careful. And don't push yourself too hard.」 Athena
「Yeah, i got it.」 Me
「Garza-san, please give the orders.」 Me
「I got it. Everyone, head out!」 Garza
When garza-san gives his order, we head out from the castle gate. Everyone is wearing a black cloak so that they won't be seen by the guards of the mansion.
When we arrived near the gate, the knights unsummoned their horses. And they all hide in different places like trees, pillars, at the back of the houses, at the alley, and etc.
「Kuroma, fly above this mansion and make sure to not get seen. Stay there and i will give you the signal when to shoot.」 Me
Ne~igh!
「Garza-san, i will go inside. When kuroma gives his signal, you can start to raid the inside.」
「I got it. But how would you go inside, and search for the hidden prisons?」 Garza
「Just like this.」 Me
I gathered magic power and then coated it to my body, then i visualize it bending the light that it receives and release it to the opposite side of my body. A light that was infront of me would bend and go around my body then continue traveling.
「Eh? Ehhh??? Kuroma, where is your master? He suddenly disappeared.」 Garza
「Garza-san, i'm here in your front.」 Me
「Eh? In my front? I can hear you, but i can't see you.」 Garza
「This is invisibility magic. I only manipulated the lights, not the sound. So you can still hear me.」 Me
「Is that so? Kaito-dono, that was an amazing magic. You didn't even cast a spell.」 Garza
「Well, yeah. Anyway, Kuroma, fly above the mansion now. Make sure to fly high enough that you won't get seen.」
Ne~igh!
Kuroma then flies above the mansion. I can't see him at all. He is so black so he is blending in the dark.
「Garza-san, i will go now.」 Me
「I got it.」 Garza
After telling him to wait for kuroma's signal. I used my battle cloak on 5%, the everyday clothes i am using is only made of 0.5% magic power, so i'm 10x stronger and faster now than usual.
When i arrived at the back of the mansion, i jumped on the wall.
After i arrived at the top, i looked inside the walls, there are still people training with a bow. And as usual, they are being whipped. They are not the same people from before though.
My blood is boiling because of the sight that was infront of me. I want to release all my magic power and go on a rampage.
But ofcourse i can't do that, so i looked away in order not see the people being whipped.
I am walking on top of the walls. It is wide, and i am using invicibility magic, so i am just walking normally.
When i arrived at the right part of the walls, i jumped to the ground, and i use wind magic so that no one will hear me.
Then i started searching.