Chapter 76

“… you really don’t know”

Looking down at the man with the eye patch who was lying limp and motionless, Gray, with a furrowed brow, muttered to himself.

The twin swords used by the man with the eyepatch are lying nearby, and there are traces of blood and broken teeth on the ground here and there.

Since then, the man with the eyepatch resisted considerably even after he was caught.

He doesn’t divulge information, and on the contrary, he begins to take an attitude that provokes Gray. He even told Gray that he was going to sell the children he had kidnapped along the way for a penny.

Well, before he could say it out loud, he was beaten so hard that all his front teeth were lost, and he fainted at once.

Gray then asked the unconscious man with the eye patch a series of questions as he magically doused him with water to wake him up. He told him that if he didn’t answer or if he talked about something irrelevant, he would break his limbs.

Eventually, he gave out information that they were mercenaries, that they were kidnapping children on request, and that the reason for this was to find so-called skill-bearing children, among other things.

However, as to what they intended to do with the client and the children with skills they had gathered, he was adamant that he did not know. The man with the eye patch said that he was drinking at a bar in town when he was approached by the client.

Although he thought it was shady, he said that he accepted the job because the work was not difficult and the payment was good.

Of course, there was no way that such a thing would work for Gray, and although he repeated the “question” many times, he never answered until the very end.

Therefore, Gray changed the contents of the “question” and asked about the place and date of the transaction, and he confessed to it plainly.

And about the man with the eyepatch saying something that bothered him when he saw Emilia, it was said that their client had said that they didn’t need to worry about the ‘Battle Maiden’.

(Emilia and her team are the highest ranked adventurers in the area. If they were to accept the request and start investigating this matter, they would be able to get a foot in the door right away….or so.)

There is a high possibility that the person who sent the request to the ‘Battle Maiden” at that timing is also possibly involved in the crime.

However, I tried to cajole him about the Philo trading company, but the man with the eye patch reacted as if he really didn’t know anything about it.

So, thinking that he really might not know anything about the client, Gray decided to go back to the square where he had just left and join Emilia.

As for Emilia, she took the kidnappers one by one to a little distance from each other and then interrogated them in turn.

Normally, even as a ” battle maiden,” she would not interrogate people in this way. Therefore, Emilia did not know what to do or how much to do, so she was quite nervous inside, contrary to her appearance and attitude.

(…Gray, please come back soon.)

It was a relief, however, that the kidnappers, abandoned by the man with the eye patch, were quite docile and answered honestly what they were asked.

“Ai hon knoh,.Ai hon knoh……..Ai hon knoh.”

A man with half of his face swollen and bleeding from his mouth and nose answered.

This man had been knocked unconscious twice by Gray, and had lost several teeth and was unable to speak.

(This guy too)

Emilia let out a small sigh.

Some information was obtained, but all answered that they did not know the important client.

Of course, there was no way to settle for that, so I hurt him to the point where he wouldn’t die, but the answer didn’t change.

(Well, I was able to inquire about the place and time of the deal…now I just have to meet up with Gray.)

Just as Emilia was thinking this, there was a rustling sound and Gray returned to the plaza, dragging the man with the eye patch behind him.

“Gray!”

Emilia’s face suddenly becomes happy, and the kidnappers’ pale faces become even worse.

“I’m sorry. I made you wait…”

Saying that, Gray threw the man with the ragged eyepatch.

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After meeting up with Emilia, they share the information with each other.

After confirming that there is no contradiction in the content, we discuss what to do with the kidnappers.

“For now, let’s kill them…we need to confirm whether the information you asked is genuine or not.”

“Oh, and we need to get those kidnapped children back to their parents. So calm down for a moment.”

The trading place that these guys were talking about was close by, and we still had some time to spare. So we decided to take the children to a nearby adventurers’ guild for protection first.

When I looked inside the carriage where the children were, I saw that the inside of the wagon’s top was a cage, and more than 10 children were locked in it.

When the children woke up, they were huddled together in a corner, crying and shaking in little voices. Perhaps they were afraid of the man who had yelled at them that day, so they kept as quiet as possible.

……Tch

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