Mission No.3 Little Devils (21)
The sun has not yet set even though all the female crew members have finished bathing.
Of course, Ewald and Pionir had to wait for almost two hours after getting out of the bath, but knowing that the washing time of their female companions is so boring that it cannot be compared to that of males, they just stretch out proudly.
“Master, Master! Master, Master!”
“… Don’t say it four times.”
“It feels really, really good to have a bath!”
“… Is that so?”
“Export this to the demon realm, export it.”
“… I said something like export and sat down.”
And then, the devil?
“… Didn’t I tell you not to talk about the world over there?”
Usbel, sitting in her chair with a sullen expression, twirled her fingers together.
“Pionir, find a good restaurant.”
“Where are you going?”
“Reverse station.”
“Let’s go, you guys.”
It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a horse so tired. Ewald smiled bitterly at the thought that this might be the first time he has seen a horse loosen its legs.
I guess it wasn’t all that hard.
‘Still, I’ve made them drink the potion properly, so they’ll be active soon.’
Ewald tied the seven reins together and walked slowly down the road to the post office.
On the way, he thought that he had done well even if he hadn’t collapsed, but a fairly large stable came into Balt’s field of vision.
It’s a disaster.
The post office was also quite large, probably because Schhattenberg was one of the largest cities in the empire. It is large enough to accommodate almost one hundred fills.
Glancing at the well-equipped training facility and playground, Balt came up with the idea to quickly return his horse.
“Excuse me. Is anyone there?”
A man with a face covered in hay turned to Ewald.
“What are you doing?”
“I came to exchange parbals.”
“Oh, could you wait a minute?”
After waiting, the man quickly took over the reins from Balt and disappeared into the post office, checking the condition of his horse.
Ewald pulled out of his bosom the horse badge he had received from Marcus.
The man who took her horse brushed her hand and walked over to Balt.
“Suma, well received. Thanks for your efforts. Please write your name on the ledger.”
Ebalt, who wrote the name Ebalt Kitska clearly and distinctly, passed his pen to the man and opened his mouth.
“Would it be possible to rush a horse around tomorrow afternoon?”
“Yes?”
The man smiled and asked.
“Did the kids taste it? Tomorrow afternoon will be tough.”
Bald, who asked what this human was talking about, made a slight impression on his face.
“Not the words I just said, but urgent words.”
“You mean something else?”
“Yes.”
“Ah, there is nothing left to say right now?”
“… Yes?”
“I have no words.”
No words at the post station?
In response to an absurd story, Balt held out his foot map to his man.
“I am on a mission. You have to rush horses first.”
“Oops, this is true.”
The man scratched her head once and smiled softly.
“I will give you a word. There is not a single word besides what you have said now.”
A joke Ewald looked annoyed and moved her body to where her man had disappeared.
It makes sense that there are no words at the post station…
“… Her?”
Does not exist.
My stable, which should have been full of horses, was full of hay. Indeed, as her man had said, there were no words other than the seven horses returned by Ebalt.
No words at the post station?
The man who had followed Ewald cheerfully opened his mouth.
“I wasn’t lying. As you can see, there is none.”
“… What happened?”
“That is…”
The man scratched her head again with a puzzled look on her face.
“Ha ha, I don’t know how to say it.”
“Look, what are you going to do if there is no standing horse at the post office?”
“That’s true, I don’t even know how to explain…”
“Isn’t that against the rules?”
Ewald looked at her man with her frustrated face, but couldn’t come up with a clear answer that it was her man.
“That is… Is it actually against the rules?”
But Ewald couldn’t even get angry properly. After all, this man is just a manager. Besides, he’s smiling with such an apologetic face…
“What happened?”
“Yes… Did you?”
“Don’t ask, just talk.”
“Hey, I know you’re in a hurry, but if you wait a week, you can get an urgent horse. I’m really sorry, but could you please wait?”
One week?
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“… It won’t be that long.”
“Ha, you seem in a hurry.”
It’s absurd to say that he’s stuck here for a week when he doesn’t know when he’ll analyze Schheim. However, Ewald, who couldn’t bear to lose his temper at this childish man, turned to the man with a face full of annoyance.
“Are you in charge?”
“Because I am in charge.”
“Hi go.”
Ewald sighed and regained his composure.
“Who took it?”
“That is… Are they tall people?”
Tall people?
“Originally, I should have sent you back, but since you brought the White-Haired Horse Cattle, I’m only telling you the circumstances.”
It was fortunate that I brought the best footplate from Marcus. However, it does not change the fact that he cannot borrow a horse because he does not have a horse at the post office.
Ewald snapped.
“I won’t hurt you, so talk to me.”
At Ewald’s urging, the man who made a troubled expression again began to speak to her with a face that could not be helped.
“The Sangjugwan took it.”
“Sangjugwan?”
Are you a bureaucrat again? Ewald put on a disgusted expression.
“Stop saying you need a hunting horse because it’s fox hunting season…”
“Did you all drag them out hunting?”
“That’s it.”
Ewald let out a sigh.
The man in charge of the station cannot block the order of the resident governor, so this man did nothing wrong. Instead, Ewald, who began to get irritated at the person who asked if it was the permanent residence, spat out a short curse.
“Still, he’ll be back within a week, so if you urgently need to go after that…”
“It’s not possible. Is it late.”
“But there is no way.”
“… Hi go.”
The man bowed her head to Ewald.
“Sorry. It’s because I’m in a position where I have to.”
“… That’s it. It’s not that he did anything wrong.”
The fault lies with the top-ranked bastards who used the station for personal use, but Ewald, who had no intention of interrogating the person in charge of the lower ranks, turned his gaze toward the castle walls of the estate.
“Instead, I will prepare with the best guys in a week. I am so sorry.”
“Excuse me.”
Ewald began to speak calmly.
“Do you know where the fox hunt went?”
“I know roughly the location.”
Ebalt nodded his head and made a dreadlocked expression.
“That’s all right. Please tell me the location.”
“… Yes?”
The man looked at Ewald with a strange expression.
“What do you plan to do?”
“We have to bring it back.”
“Yes?”
The man with the frightened face of hers grabbed Ewald’s arm.
“Aww, stop it. I’m not the kind of person who would give it up silently, and then it would be a big deal.”
“It’s my case, so I’ll take care of it.”
“And I’m in trouble too.”
Only then did Ewald grasp the situation.
It is also a problem that the person in charge rushed to dispatch on a personal matter, and it might be difficult if the resident governor heard the location of the fox hunt.
Above all, as the person in charge said, isn’t it a position that needs to be done?
“I’m sorry to trouble you. You must be busy too.”
Besides, I didn’t want to embarrass the apologetic person with a face like that.
Ewald tutted and put a hand on his side.
“What is the name of the residence hall?”
“Yes? Are you the manager?”
Nod.
“This is Viscount Pelut.”
“Viscount?”
The resident governor of a city the size of Schhattenberg is only a viscount. Thinking that his title might be a bit low, Balt tilted his head and the man cautiously continued.
“He is the son of Count Pelut.”
“… Aha.”
It’s the count’s deputy. Or maybe you’re in succession class.
“Well, it seems like it will only take a long time to talk about Yeongji. What are you going to do?”
“I’m in the middle of the hwangmyeong training, so I have to take the horse.”
While Ewald said that, he secretly looked into her man’s eyes.
“Was it Hwangmyeong?”
She had a somewhat bitter face as a man, but she did not dissuade Ewald. I just nodded her head with a face that said so.
That bothered Ewald.
“There is no difference. All right. There is a forest about three kilometers north of here…”
After moving her gaze to the man’s hand, Ebalt nodded and then turned his body to the large castle.
“Is that Pelut Castle?”
Ewald pointed his finger at the only castle in the city. Her man nodded her head.
“By the way.”
It wasn’t too late.
Ewald stared at the dusk that had just begun to spread and moved his body. Then he looked back at her with a thoughtful face and said to her man.
“Hey, I’ve never met you before.”
The man who had been looking at Ewald’s back with her bewildered face seemed to have noticed something, and she let out a short sigh of relief, then she put it on Ewald’s back and she screamed loudly.
“Go carefully!”
* * *
“Uh? Master?”
“Captain, how many good restaurants are there…”
“Go. After the dinner, don’t wait for me and have a good rest.”
Ewald, who cut Fionir’s words and entered the lobby, approached Elif, who was in charge of the luggage, and began rummaging through his backpack.
“Where are you going?”
“I have some business to do.”
Ewald grabbed a few items from his backpack and wrapped his gear around his waist.
There are swords and potions. I just had to do this.
However, the crew members who were watching Ebalt pack his equipment gave Ebalt a seriously burdened look.
“What’s wrong, mister?”
“I am resting. I’ll be back by tomorrow morning.”
“Where are you going, where are you going?”
Until he told me, Usbel ran around Ewald with the momentum to keep jumping.
“It’s crazy.”
“Where are you going, where are you going?”
“… Pelut Castle.”
“Are you going alone?”
Shupea opened her mouth like that while chewing on snacks. However, Ewald only nodded his head after sneaking a look at Shu Pea’s face.
“Can I help you?”
“Are you okay.”
“I want you to treat me like a crew member. Don’t take it all on your own.”
It was a sharp tone, but Ewald grinned and shouldered the backpack containing the necessary items.
“It’s strategically saving it.”
“Hey, is that so?”
“Eat well, get plenty of rest, and prepare to throw up in three days.”
“I am terribly anxious.”
However, Shupea, who didn’t look too anxious, took a few snacks to her mouth.
“Come early if you can, Mr. Wouldn’t it be nice to toast together?”
Ewald grinned and turned toward the door.
“I won’t let you go if you drink until dawn.”
* * *
Ewald, who arrived in front of the castle easily because it was in the middle of the city, scanned the fairly sturdy walls.
“… It’s really, really big.”
After organizing the scenario, Ewald looked up at the castle towering so high that his throat hurt.
It’s a Count’s castle, so it’s probably the size.
However, Ewald approached the castle gate, reminding himself that the owner of the castle, the son of the castle owner, was taking a pabal without fear and was hunting foxes.
Obviously, the viscount will not be in the castle, and he plans to dig up information and invade the forest where he is hunting foxes.
Naturally, a guard stood in front of Ewald.
“The entry time has passed. If you have any business, please come tomorrow.”
Of course, Ewald had no intention of coming back tomorrow morning.
“Do you have a viscount?”
“… I don’t know who you are, but you shouldn’t call the viscount so carelessly.”
Contrary to expectations, Ewald missed the timing to get angry at the polite guard’s tone.
If you said, ‘Yes, man!’ Or ‘Cheers!’ Or acted arrogantly within the expected range, Balt scratched his head and opened his mouth to the guards in a polite tone as he was about to blow up the castle gate and enter.
“Hey man, I’m sorry.”
“Tell me.”
“Go quickly and bring out the viscount.”