Dorei Tensei – Sono Dorei Saikyou no Moto Ouji ni Tsuki –

"I was wondering if you could follow us."

Celia and Fiel are as surprised as I am, but Naya is not moving at all.

From that state of affairs, I'm sure Naya was in touch with something.

"Neya, when did you get in touch?"

Looking at Naya's face, she shakes her neck slightly.

"I do it regularly, but I didn't expect to come. It's just that Venetnash wouldn't be surprised to take action."

Given the number of days from the Kingdom of Euresia until we arrive here, we should leave when we head for the mountain.

Turning again to the Venetians, I felt something uncomfortable.

Something is missing compared to the usual members.

Speaking of which, I don't know if that curly girl was a fender.

Usually there would be five people lined up behind Venetnash, but there are only four people lined up now. Still, it doesn't seem like something is going on because no one cares about it.

"Wallace, the details are fine. I want Benetnash to come with me, so just keep quiet."

Celestia pushes Naya and Fiel on their backs and opens the merchant guild door with momentum.

"Have you finished seeing His Majesty, Benetnash?

"Yes, Your Majesty gave me permission to come here."

"Well, then you didn't even have time to slow down."

"Yes, I was hoping to go to the southern continent when Naya contacted me, but it seemed to have gone to the mountains, so I think something went wrong..."

It's just a mistake, but as Venetnash said so far, Seretia calls the name Venetnash from the front.

"--------------------------"

Benetnash lowers his head with a confident face and chases after Celestia.

Looking forward to seeing what you see, I decided to follow you.

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The Venetnashes were brought to a cave in the rocky zone, far from the town. The carriage was only halfway there, and from there we had to cross the steep road so that we had to split up into the horses that the Venetians rode on.

"What's in this?"

In front of the dim cave, Celestia showed a blatant rejection and stopped her foot.

As far as magic sensing is concerned, it can be seen that there are multiple humans inside, and in a sense Celestia's choice is correct.

"I hear something...."

The hooded Fiel reacted to a faint sound from the back of the cave as his ears twitched.

And if so, Celestia would listen.

"... please... grow up... please..."

"I can really hear something...."

Celestia's feet are turned to the opposite side of the cave.

"Hey, where are you going? Venetnash seems to have something in it."

"I know, I know. Well, Wallace is in the lead, because this is an order."

"I'm going first, even if you don't tell me."

Most of the dark caves are submerged in the sea, and only a portion of the edges are somehow accessible. Natural light from high ceilings plunges in like lighting and feet look good.

As I walked down the road, I heard a voice that I had only heard slightly until now, as a clear word.

"So don't move!

"Ghaaaa!"

"Why do you want to be beaten?"

The deepest part of the cave was an unimaginable expanse of space from the entrance, where many ships docked.

The biggest one is the two masts, which are quite large.

Plus, there are lights everywhere and everything you need for life.

And most of all, the men with their hands tied behind their backs were lined up, beating their bodies with swords with fenders in their sheaths.

"Ah, Mr. Benetnash, Mr. Neya! You were able to rendezvous."

A fender's sword turned around broke the man's jaw with that momentum, but the man fainted laughing.

"Benetnash, what are these ships and men?"

A pirate who was ravaging this area.

Benetnash answers my question flatly, as if it were nothing.

Celia and Fiel looked surprised at the answer, but Neya didn't change her expression.

We've just learned about the pirates, and it's impossible to tell the Venetians in advance. ----That means....

"As we arrived here, you predicted that we would not be able to procure a ship, so you took the lead."

"It's not that big a deal. It was inexplicable that Neya-sama's contact had been interrupted since I went to the mountain, but while I was on the move, I started heading back to Schlester again, so I thought I would definitely need it."

"Nevertheless, I am impressed by the skill with which it was handled. You know exactly where the pirates are."

I didn't have the option to take the pirate's ship.

Whether it's a difference in birth or experience, Venetnash's focus and ability to act is remarkable.

"Since Venetnash is a former pirate, we know what pirates think in our hands," Naya said.

"Neya-sama!

"Isn't that good? Nothing to be ashamed of."

Venetnash was always in a hurry to find out if he didn't like being known as a former pirate.

I see, so...

I glanced at Venetnash with admiration at the desire and focus that was different from the others, and how the masculine power of action came from there. Then he glanced back from Venetnash.

"My skin has nothing to do with the former pirates," Venetnash shouted.

Certainly, many people who work at sea have burnt skin.

When I saw the men tied up with ropes, my skin was burning black in the sun.

If we knew that Venetnash was a former pirate, there would be a few people who saw it with those eyes.

However, the skin of sunburned men is not only black but also rough, similar to that of Benetnash.

"The skin of Benetnash will be born. You just have to be grand."

"... thank you."

"I seem to have misled you, but I was watching because I was impressed by Benetnash's ability to act. I don't care about ex-pirates."

Venetnash did not reply, and lowered his head and ran under the fender.

I had no choice but to see him off in silence.

"... did you say something that bothered you? ……

"It's just a cover. Benetnash seemed to care about that skin."

"It's not something I care about."

"After all, Mr. Wallace is not the one to judge by his appearance. If we knew that Benetnash was a former pirate, we all tied that skin to the pirates at first."

"So you were wearing that mask before?

"That's not why, but it's one reason."

Even in Venetnash, when you approach the pirates and wonder if they make such a boring thing a complex, you will be bewitched by the pirates.

Everyone looks at me for some reason, even though I'm not looking at Fiel or Celestia, who should have been in front of the pirates.

"What did I do?"

"You're the head of this group. What are you gonna do to us?"

My eyes stagger with those of Celestia.

Apparently, these pirates think I'm the only man in the world who's leading them all.

When I tried to correct it, Celestia stopped me with a smile.

It's an interesting face to say that you should keep doing it.

Maybe you should do it because it's troublesome.

"Venetnash, you knew that knowing about the pirates was the subject of an assassination."

"Naturally."

"You didn't stick out to the guards and you kept them here, so you left it up to Celia to decide whether to use them or not."

I waved back to Celestia, but I was slightly paid back.

Looks like you shook it at me because it was still a hassle.

"What were you talking about?"

The pirates look at me and Venetnash with suspicious eyes.

They don't even seem to realize why they're being held.

"We're talking about putting you out on guard duty or going on a voyage to the southern continent."

"Huh? Who's going to the sea where the monsters are? Then it would have been better if they'd just stick it out."

"... I see, that's a correction. Nothing. We don't have to push you out. We have no choice but to kill you here and get the ship or let you go on a voyage alive."

If you're going to the mainland, you'd better have the biggest ship possible.

When that happens, the number of sailors is also very necessary, and we will talk about whether to let them work for free or hire new ones.

It takes money and time, and inevitably we have to use them, but forcing them to do so is unlikely to produce good results.

I'd rather have them carry it on their own than force them to do so...

"That's fine, Celestia."

"--That's right, it would be nice to push out this pirate and imitate the merchant guild in favor of him, and if we had a ship, we could do something about it."

Celestia's cold voice blurs the faces of the pirates.

The answer is that we ignored the two choices and didn't need them from the beginning.

"I understand, I will happily transport you to the southern continent!

The living voices of the pirates echo in the cave.

I'm glad you're a good pirate, Wallace.

An unfaithful smile froze my spine.