212 – Married Mercenary Corps (4)
Monia poked him in the side when Chester’s expression became strange after overhearing the guard’s conversation.
“Chester, what’s wrong?”
“No. That, …… I can’t remember the name. That ruthless blacksmith.”
“Harold?”
“Right, Harold. The ruins that Harold requested us to go to were the ruins of the Thirteen Heroes, weren’t they?”
“Yes.”
“I heard it collapsed?”
“Huh? Collapse?”
“Yes. So the monsters inside came out.”
“Be scared. After all, did you do well not to accept that request?”
“My words.”
It could be seen as an incident related to them, but that was all Chester and Monia’s feelings about the outcome of the incident. I was uncomfortable with that request, but I was good at not accepting it.
* * *
“Keep, ugh…… !”
After hearing the news that the ancient ruins had collapsed, people who were interested and traveled to see the ruins were soon attacked by monsters staying near the ruins.
It was a distorted monster.
To be more specific, it was a monster with the shape of a human body that was inflated and distorted.
Each monster had a different appearance, but nothing deviated greatly from this description.
A monster that seems to have been made of humans. That was the identity of the monster that roamed the Ruins of the 13 Heroes.
All of those monsters had neat weapons somewhere on their bodies that were well preserved in the ruins, and fought with terrifying power with their distorted bodies and weapons.
The monster, which was running amok aiming at the humans around it, found another monster around it, and immediately rushed to the monster and stabbed it.
When one of the two monsters died, the victorious monster took the weapon from the fallen monster.
“Yes, yes! aaagh!!”
The moment the weapon was seized, thin tentacles protruded from the weapon and burrowed into the monster’s body.
After a while, the monster transformed into an even more bizarre figure, holding two weapons and checking the surroundings for prey.
A monster who, despite not having Iji, fixes his glasses as usual, using a small arm sprouting from the nape of his neck.
That monster was called Harold by people before he was alive.
As Harold thought about various things in his vague consciousness, he remembered a couple of mercenaries that had angered him.
And he set out on a long journey to find them, even to himself he didn’t know the destination.
* * *
“Hmm.”
“Hmm.”
Unlike usual, Chester and Monia were spending a long time being caught in front of the checkpoint.
So far, there have been no major problems in other cities or villages, but as expected, since it was only the capital of a country, people like Chester and Monia were not welcomed in.
Two reasons. It was Anubis and Rex.
Ant looks like a wolf, but it is so small that no one considers it a threat. However, Rex, who grew up and became huge, and Anubis, who looked suspiciously strange and somewhat suspicious, aroused people’s doubts, worries, and anxiety.
That was the biggest problem.
Just in case, I wondered if the two couples in front of me were devil worshipers.
Unidentified creatures made of black fur and strange magic tools made of gold, no one but devil worshipers could suspect.
The towns and villages I have passed so far have not dared to offend them because ‘I can’t handle the devil worshipers rampaging’.
However, this was not possible when it became the capital of a country.
But at the same time, since it is the capital of a country where all kinds of people come and go, it was also just as suspicious without arguing that they were devil worshipers.
“Do you want to go inside first?”
The guard clenched his chin and pointed to the inside of the checkpoint. Chester and Monia nodded and left the horses, Jordi and the tiara, with the guard and entered the checkpoint.
When Chester and Monia went inside, a woman who seemed to be a knight was sitting in her seat, as if she had been informed in advance.
“A knight? A woman?”
Chester was surprised to see the female knight.
It’s not that there aren’t female knights in the Kingdom of Beend, but most of them were decorations for nobles to splendidly dress up, and the actual work as knights was done by men.
I had never seen a female knight take on any duties like here in Jaim Kingdom.
The female knight gave Chester a displeased glance for a moment as he unknowingly said that, then pointed in front of her.
“Disarm all and sit down.”
At the same time as he was told to disarm, the guards in the room grabbed their spears and aimed them at the Chester family.
– Growl.
“Gureureung.”
Ant and Rex showed their teeth and grunted, but Chester calmed them down and began to unarmor as instructed.
While he was unarmed, Rex, who had left it on his desk, was being pointed at an object that seemed to be a symbol of the religion here. In fact, there was no way that would work for Rex, who was not even a devil.
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Chester, worried that Rex might do something, first took out Anubis and set it aside.
“It’s expensive, so don’t touch it carelessly.”
As she put down the seemingly expensive Anubis and warned her, a foolish-looking guard nodded her head, saying that she understood, and was scolded by the senior next to her.
Next, release the machete and set it down.
Next, I untied the dagger from her chest and set it down.
Next, I unhooked the dagger from my waist and set it down.
Next, I untied the dagger behind my waist and set it down.
Next, I put down Rotten’s cutlass, which I had been carrying but had no use for.
Next, I set down my crossbow.
Next, I put down the rope that I carry around my waist so that I can quickly use it in case of crisis.
Next…….
“What, what? Those?”
“Isn’t it heavy to carry around like that?”
The guards who saw Chester and even Monia unpacking and laying down all sorts of tools, starting with the axe, slowly began to look tired.
It is a checkpoint in the capital where all kinds of people come and go, and I have seen heavily armed mercenaries and wandering knights. But I’ve never seen people who wrap everything around like they do.
It was only after the tools were piled up in one corner that Chester and Monia, unarmed, were able to sit in front of the female knight.
“… ….”
The female knight was looking at Monia with her face a little likeable.
She became a knight in the body of a woman, and she liked Monia, who was not only defended by men, but also wore armor like that to fight on her own.
“Then, let’s start the interrogation now. First of all, what are the names of the two of you?”
“Chester.”
“Monia.”
“Do you have a last name?”
“No.”
“Yes. Me too.”
A female engineer starts writing a report, one page for each person, in response to the two’s answers.
“Relationships.”
“The couple.”
“Husband and wife.”
Monia smiled as she clung to Chester as she answered, and some of the guards blushed at Monia’s laughter.
“I am currently being interrogated. Don’t play around.”
“Why are married couples doing this?”
Monia grunted and pulled her body away from Chester.
“What is your occupation?”
“Mercenary.”
“Are you my wife?”
“… ….”
“Chit. I am a mercenary.”
Monia grumbled that she didn’t like her because she was a rigid person, and she glanced around.
‘…… Chester should be able to pick up tools without hindrance. Then I…….’
Be prepared in case you fight these guards and run away. So, as Monia made her playful movements, she was gradually relieving the tension of the guards surrounding her.
It actually worked, and at first the guards, who had been aiming their spears all the time, relaxed little by little.
Chester noticed that too.
“A mercenary.”
“I have heard rumors of a mercenary carrying a black creature and a golden staff. I heard that the Golden Thrush Merchant also requested…….”
“Hmm. The golden thrush corps is too big. Even if I call someone from the branch here, they won’t get a proper answer. First of all, mercenaries are right.”
While the interrogation continued, the mercenary who was checking the backpack was startled when a large glowing blue mineral came out from under the backpack.
“What is this?”
“…… What is that?”
“A gift from a friend.”
Chester deliberately gave a non-trivial answer. However, the grace of the top, which looked too bright, was an item that no matter how anyone looked at it, it cost a lot of money.
Originally, in a place like this, they aim for the upper hand and take away some of the opponent’s belongings.
If you sell that and share it all, you’ll be able to secure a portion.
“Big, big.”
Perhaps thinking of something similar, one of the guards coughed and tried to collect the grace of the top.
The moment she put her hand on it, the moment Chester tried to move after seeing it, the female knight said.
“Stop.”
“Yes?”
“Knight, what?”
“I told you to stop.
When the female knight drew her sword and glared at it, the guards were frightened and bit the hand that was taking care of the grace of the top.
“I warn you in advance, but I have no confidence to protect you if the man in front of me runs rampant.”
The moment the female knight drew her sword, something like a small tentacle from her sword penetrated the female knight’s hand and dug inside. .
Am I wrong? Monia, Rex, and Ant’s reactions were too unusual to say they saw it wrong.
“Dad, Dad! That person has grown up!”
“Ah, the devil speaks! How can a non-human speak the words of a human!”
The moment Rex said this in surprise, the guard, who had been aiming a religious symbol at Rex, was startled and tried to stab Rex with his own spear.
However, the thrusting spear was caught and blocked by the woman knight’s outstretched hand.
“It seems that life is not wasted.”
While talking, the female knight roughly pulled her spear and pulled her guard in front of her, and then she swung her sword and cut off her guard’s waist.
Blood splatters everywhere, and the inside of the checkpoint is instantly filled with the foul smell of blood.
“Aagh!”
“Yes, a person!!”
“Stay still.”
The guards made a fuss, but their bodies froze involuntarily at the low words of the female knight.
“Oh, blood. I don’t clean this well.”
“Hmm. Yeah.”
The female knight snorted when she saw Chester and Monia, who were already holding machetes and axes, while she glanced at her guard for a moment.
“I have no intention of swinging a sword at you. As she said earlier, if that happens, the lives of the guards here will not be covered.”
At the words of the female knight, Chester looked at the dead guard and asked.
“Is that sword an ancient artifact?”
“…… Yes. I picked it up from the ruins of 13 heroes.”
The female knight saw Anubis.
“That cane is also an ancient artifact, right? That creature must also be related to the ruins.”
Rex wasn’t a creature related to ancient ruins, but Chester decided to pass it on because he misunderstood it.
“So when a request came up to interrogate you, she stepped out. I didn’t want to kill a worthless person as a devil worshiper.”
Next, the female knight smiled bitterly.
“I lost my comrades at the Ruins of the Thirteen Heroes and was able to escape alive alone. …… I wanted to talk to people who have experienced other ancient ruins.”
Chester was convinced when he saw the female knight saying that, and then the guard who the female knight cut her in half.
‘He’s crazy.’