After greeting the morning and finishing my meal, I took the carriage with Alec to the guardhouse.
The guardhouse is located near the east gate from the lord's residence, through the central square. It seems that Dalmatia, who is working as a gofer, already knows the city, and the carriage is going through the city.
The gatekeeper of the guard station also immediately recognizes that it is the lord's carriage and opens the gate, and the carriage passes through it.
The carriage then stopped in front of the building of the filling station.
''Master Cain, Master Alec, we have arrived at the guardhouse.
Dalmatia, who had gone down first, opens the door.
'Thank you,'
Cain and Alec get out of the carriage and head to the reception room of the filling station. In addition to the guards, the knights from the King's Capital are also preparing to be transported inside the janitorial office. When they see Cain, they all stop their hands and salute.
''Mister Cain, it's been a while.''
When he turned at the voice, it was Dime, the Deputy Knight Commander of the Konoe Guard. Wearing the white and silver armor that is given to knights with a position in the knightly order, Cain's face loosened up as well, as he hadn't seen him in a long time.
''It's been a long time. Did the deputy knight commander come all the way out for the transport?''
Cain and Dime shake hands firmly. As expected, it's uncomfortable for a middle-aged man over 10 and 30 to be laughing and shaking hands.
It's true, this time it's the mismanagement of the country. It's so much more than a request from the Prime Minister directly to the knights. You can't leave the capital city because the leader of the group has a royal guard, so I came.
Oh, I'd like you to meet my brother, Alec, the new deputy of Drintle, who is also my brother.
Alec stepped forward as Cain introduced him.
'My name is Alec von Silford, and I've been assigned to be a deputy in Drintle. I'm Cain's brother, but I'm his second son, and you can feel free to call me Alec.
"I'm Dime von Ghazard, Vice Commander of the Kingsguard. It's a pleasure to meet you. Cain has been training with the Kingsguard since he was five years old, so he knows almost all the faces of the Knights of the Kingsguard. And he's stronger than anyone else. And he's even stronger than that Commander Tifana.
Dime says with a laugh, but Alec is smiling bitterly as he looks at Cain's face with a sideways glance. I know he was knighted at the age of five, but as expected, no one can imagine that he is training in the Kingsguard, a group of elite knights in this Esfort Kingdom. The strongest of them all means that they are the strongest in this country as well. Hearing that Cain, who was scratching his head beside him, had that much strength, Alec could only sigh.
''This time, the four main criminals will be transported to the king's capital, but the rest will be turned into criminal slaves since the slavers will be coming this weekend.
Dime nodded at Cain's words.
'First of all, look at the four of you. That was Cain's doing, wasn't it? If that happens, there's nothing we can do about it.
Dime laughs and leads Cain and Alec through. The guard station's inmates are underground, and Dime walks to the front, followed by the two of them. They are followed by a group of knights carrying the four men for transport.
A pair of guards are standing guard in each place, and they look nervous due to the fact that they are imprisoning dozens of people at the same time. Everyone's faces tighten even more the moment they see their lord Cain's face. They descend the stairs with Dime leading the way while saying "good night" to the guards.
The underground portion of the stairs down is a dimly lit passageway, with air flowing but kept minimally lit by the sunlight entering through a slight opening. There were cages on both sides of the passageway, and the raiders were divided into several separate groups of imprisoned raiders on each side of the passage.
The raiders screamed the moment they saw Cain's face.
Some muttered that he was a demon or a demonic beast user, while others trembled and fainted the moment they saw his face. It was clear that they were all frightened of Cain.
I made three faces as I watched them. Dime laughed, Alec smiled bitterly, and Cain had a look on his face, not knowing why he was scared.
'Cain, what did you do to scare these raiders so much? Some of them are even fainting.
Cain didn't kill any of the attackers who entered the mansion. The only person he killed was the one who had captured Enak.
'These guys were just my summons to deal with them.
Cain speaks back as if nothing happened.
Dime had seen Cain's summoned beast before. He had been present when he was summoned in the reception room of the royal castle. The white wolf and the silver dragon gave off a divine presence that was beyond his imagination, to the point where he wanted to lie down flat. Dime shuddered as he imagined those two animals coming together to attack him.
When he reached the far end of the row of cages, he found a row of cages the size of private rooms. And there were several familiar faces: four A-class adventurers and the four main culprits. The Dark Guild's Rick was untraumatized by a blow that knocked him unconscious, but the other three were missing a limb. Stag's recovery magic has only closed his wounds.
The moment they saw Cain's face as he followed the knights, they all began to tremble in unison. Stagg, who was a priest, began to pray for forgiveness for using advanced recovery magic that the bishop class can use.
Only Ellaib is glaring at us.
''Without me, this city won't be able to manage! And I'm the only one who knows where the money is. If you think you can fix the kid, you're wrong.
Cain stands in front of Ellaeve, who has a big mouth.
'Ellaeve, you guys have gone too far. You may have wanted to make this city a better place, but you did it wrong. I believe you will now be transferred to King's Landing for questioning. And I will never forgive you for what you've done to my cat's cottage. And I've already recovered the back taxes from the secret room in your office.
The murderous atmosphere leaks out of Cain slightly. The people in the prison begin to wobble and shake from the killing air. Ellaib was bubbling as he was right in front of them. At that moment, a hand was placed on Cain's shoulder.
'Cain, it's killing you. I'm fine, but the guards and your brother are going to have a hard time with it.
Cain turned back to Alec, and Alec was hunched over. The guards also turned pale and were shaking in small steps.
''Oh, Brother Alec, I'm sorry.''
Alec managed to get up with the help of the guards as Cain retracted his killing intent.
''No, I was surprised. I didn't think Cain's killing spree would be this painful. I'm fine now, thanks to the guards too.''
Alec stood up and patted his dirty clothes as he fell on his ass.
'Then we're going to make the transfer now. You guys, let's get these four guys transported.
Under Dime's direction, the knights unlocked the prison and prepared to carry them one by one. The three men, who were missing both legs, were placed on a stretcher and then tied up and carried away.
Looking at the empty dungeon after the four were carried away, Cain decides to make it a good city from now on.
When he left the dimly lit dungeon, he found the four men in the carriage prison that the Knights had brought with them.
Already the knights are ready to leave and are straddling their horses.
''Then, Cain. Let's train in the royal capital again.''
Dime laughed and waved his hand, signaling the Knights to leave.
Both Cain and Alec just watched the march.
Dalmatia called out in a small voice over Cain's shoulder.
'I have an escort for Master Dime as well. He asked me to help you if you need anything. Please rest assured.''
Cain nodded at Dalmatia's words. It was gratifying to have an escort, but Cain wished he hadn't been called a bug.