Shotaro: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
Shotaro screams in shock & horror as his voice is felt across the realm. Last time he screamed like this, he was getting eaten alive by insects.
Granny P.: "Is that... Mugyiwara's voice?"
She closed her book & ran out of the library towards the source of the noise; in her way, she saw Paliv on the way, so she stopped for a moment.
Paliv: "Why was Shotaro screaming?"
Granny P.: "IDK..but it seems serious considering who exactly is screaming."
They reached Shotaro, saw the scene, and immediately joined him.
Shotaro stops, looks around, and facepalms himself.
Shotaro: "DAMN IT!!!"
Paliv: "Mugyiwara, what happened???"
He finally noticed her.
Shotaro: "Paliv, I just came here, & they all we..."
Granny P finished the sentence.
Granny P.: "Dead?"
Shotaro's sixth sense was tingling; he immediately began to inspect.
Shotaro: "There are cuts on the wrist, indicating suicide, but..."
Paliv chipped in.
Paliv: "Maybe they all didn't want to snitch on their tribe."
Shotaro: "If they all committed suicide, where's the knife?"
Shotaro checked the dead, cold eyes of the corpse & turned their heads alone.
Shotaro Mugyiwara: "blunt truma, so it was either this or bleeding.".
Paliv: "Is someone trying to fool us?"
Shotaro: "Someone hit them all in the head & slit their wrists to make it look like suicide."
Shotaro's gaze seemingly wandered off to thin air; he wondered what exactly was wrong here until he got it.
Shotaro: "There are seven corpses."
Paliv: "Yeah, so what?"
Shotaro: "We took in 8 captives; where is the 8th one? the chick?"
Granny P.: "No, we took seven; I counted myself."
Shotaro Mugyiwara was stunned; was there really seven? His doubt only deepened when Paliv added.
Paliv: "Yeah, look, there are only 7 plates of food."
Shotaro: "Are we sure?"
but something was wrong He was sure there were 8 dark elvan intruders so he asked.
Shotaro: "How do you know?"
Paliv: "Well, I was the one managing the intruder's food & hygiene."
Shotaro: "hmm......"
He was confused, bewildered even.
Shotaro: "How can it be?"
As He ran maid to maid, helper to helper, all said there were seven, After the queen got the news, she was horrified too but instantly ordered the seven coffins to be sent back to the dark elf valley, to which Granny P spoke against as the advisor.
Granny P: "It will only rile them up even more if we send the body, they might mistake us for the killers, this will cause war."
Shotaro, meanwhile, was thinking about the situation in his near-aloof state until he suddenly stood up.
Shotaro: "What did you say?"
Granny P.: "even"
Shotaro: "no before that."
Granny P: "dark elf valley"
Shotaro: "I mean the between."
Granny P: "ummm...war?"
Shotaro claps his hand in realisation.
Shotaro: "I got it."
Granny P: "You got war?"
Paliv: "I mean, who does'nt get war?"
The Queen: "The people promoting it."
Paliv: "That does make sense, mother."
Shotaro stopped them from continuing.
Shotaro: "No idiots, I got it. The person who did it... maybe he wants war between the two kinds, like a third great Elvan civil war."
Paliv, ever being the child, plundered upon his words.
Paliv: "Why would anyone want war?What profits can he get?"
Shotaro: "Mercanary merchants, slave traders, medicine sellers, & MORE IMPORTANTLY, the arm dealers.".
The Queen stood up as she got his point, as she was one to get his point, in shock, followed by others.
The Queen: "Wait...that makes sense; why didn't I?"
Shotaro: "Not your fault; you're a monarch, not a merchant."
Paliv: "That means you're a merchant."
Shotaro: "That's not what I meant."
Granny P.: "So what now?"
Shotaro: "Just send letters to the tribe, acting like one of them; it will take a while for them to get it until then me & Kazam will go & find her."
The Queen: "Who?"
Shotaro: "The 8th one."
The Queen: "But there were only 7---"
Before she could continue, Shotaro Mugyiwara ran out of the room to the training ground.
Shotaro: "KAZAM!! Where the hell are you?"
Kazam, who was training in the ground, heard its voice, and in his ever timidness he ran towards Shotaro
Kazam: "I am sorry, My Lord, I was... I was training so I can make use of you on the grounds."
Shotaro: "I don't think squires go to war but Ok I guess"
His eyes went across the boy's body; he can clearly see there was a growth in the muscle mass, & he thinks Kazam is looking a bit manlier than before.
Shotaro: "You're not a femboy anymore, damn."
Kazam: "What, m'lord?"
Shotaro: "Nothing. I need your help."
Kazam: "Yes my lord I was just waiting for an order since you don't ask shit besides cleaning your toilet."
Shotaro: "& Washing my clothes."
Kazam: "Yeah, I know."
After telling him everything, he figured out Kazam was surprised as shit finally settled in his brain, but he knew he need to help Shotaro find the 8th girl.
"Let's Go"