Chapter 16: The knights of neighboring country don’t seem to be very good

Barus happily eats the horn rabbit while flicking his tail.

“Luke! You were feeding Barus like this! You look closer than me!”

“Brother,  that’s not the case. Ni san is the one he likes the most. It’s brother who should be giving compliments and snacks, right?”

“… I give him snacks.”

“Yeah, but you should do it more often. When we sign a servant contract, drakes won’t need a meal because they get magic power from their partner, but they still need some luxuries. It also relieves stress, so on holidays, I take him to the forest and let him hunt as much as he wants. “

“Sometimes I take him to hunt.”

“Yes, I know, but it’s rare. Please go at least once every two weeks. Do you know Barus’s favorite food?”

“Orc? I think.”

“That’s the third. This guy likes the goblins that smell and no one eats … His second is beef.”

“Really Barus!”

“Kuu ~”

“Seriously … I don’t think even the caretaker knows that. Luke, why haven’t you told me until now? If I knew, I would have given him goblin meat earlier.”

“That kind of thing should be noticed by the partner brother. “

“You’re right……”

That’s the case when you’re talking about dragons.

Still, my unpleasant feelings haven’t subsided yet … there are no other enemies around … what’s the cause.

“Well … As for these two …”

As I approach the Assassin, one of the knights pulled out his sword and tried to cut him down. In a hurry, I gave him a dropkick and stopped him.

“What are you doing! This guy killed my colleague! Don’t stop me!”

“Brother!”

“Right!”

If it’s my brother! He’ll understand without me saying it! He came to help and restrained the knight with a [Magic bracelet]. The captain was surprised and argued against this.

“Wait! Why do you shackle our comrade like sinners !? No matter if you’re our life-saver, you can’t disrespect him as a knight of this country! He’s still a person! “

“Are you really saying that?”

I was pleased with my brother again!

“What do you mean by this? Can you please explain?”

The princess also joins in … the princess’ knight also

“You’re a female knight accompanying the princess, that makes you a guard knight right?”

“”Yes, that’s right””

“Then you should be an elite and even more excellent than the regular knights. You know why we restrained this knight, right?”

“Stop Luke! As I said before, don’t try to put down people! The captain’s stock has risen considerably just now, but if the captain sacrifices one of his subordinates for his outburst. What would they say about him! “

“If that happens, wouldn’t it be the captain’s own business? … This time, the captain showed courage, so the trust of the members and the princess would have improved. We can trust the captain a little. “

“That’s right …”

“Well, he’s great as a person, but that wasn’t the right thing to do as captain … If the commander of the unit dies first, what would the subordinates do? It’s best for a captain to be ready to sacrifice someone … “

“That’s reasonable but… It doesn’t pose a big threat if there are people who can command. You’re thinking too far…”

“Luke, can you tell me why you detained the knight?”

“Yes, Princess Mifa. We brothers don’t think they’re bandits.”

“Is there any reason to think so? I can only see them as bandits…”

“The equipment of those two people is too expensive compared to the others, and it’s more specialized for assassination. A bandit would never kill a cute young girl. If such a beautiful woman gets caught, a bandit’s usual behavior is to put her up for sale after having fun with her until they get tired. “

All the women of the guard knights are very cute … A thief could never kill them.

“Luke, that’s a bit wrong … I don’t want to tell the princess, but I may not have another opportunity to teach you. Actually a cute girl who has no male experience will not be played with if she’s a virgin “

“Are you saying a bandit could leave a beautiful girl? If she’s a virgin, he might be happy and go, ‘Hyaho! I’m the first one!'”

“Um … I didn’t know until I enlisted, but it seems that virgins sell better when being sold at auctions. Some aristocrats buy virgin women and train them from scratch to their liking. It seems that it’s a common practice. Therefore, it seems that experienced bandits have the skill to judge virginity. If it’s a cute girl, the value can change in millions depending on whether she’s a virgin, bandits are in it for the money you see, that’s what I was taught.”

” Your Highness … this is really not something to talk about in front of the princess! Please watch your words!”

A woman among the guard knights got angry …

“Sorry! The point is, thieves rarely kill young and beautiful women. The exception is if the goal was to kill them from the very beginning. That is, they are more of assassins than bandits. I suspect that the purpose was to assassinate the princess from the very beginning. “

“That’s right. That’s probably the correct answer … but why should this knight be detained?”

“I suspect that the knight is was part of the assassination.”

“What? I’m not a friend of these guys!”

The knight suspected by us desperately claims his innocence.

“I don’t know what’s going on in this country, but even though it’s a public service, the actions of the royal family are usually not publicly disclosed to avoid danger. You can’t plan an ambush without somebody’s guidance. That’s exactly what this attack was… Even though we’re two princes, we’re secretly moving alone without an escort. If we were ambushed, the criminals will be narrowed down to those who knew about it. “

“I see, that’s true.”

“And this knight was the only one who wasn’t poisoned, he also tried to kill the assassin first. We suspect he tried to kill him to seal his mouth. A decent knight would normally say I’m not killing you, I’ll question you first.”

The knight turned deep blue.

“No! I’m not a traitor! I understand that it was a stupid act … but I swear! I’m not a traitor who killed my colleagues!”

“But normally, if he doesn’t speak when questioned, he’ll be tortured to find out who’s behind him. Otherwise, the assassination won’t end since the mastermind isn’t caught. I put the [Magic Seal] on him first and even recovered him to the extent where he won’t die for questioning later. It’s natural to suspect you cause tried to kill him without even asking anything right? I can’t release the restraints until you prove your innocence. “

“I understand your reasoning … but I don’t want to be treated as a sinner like this…”

He cries and complains, but there is nothing to prove his innocence…

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