Magicraft Meister Part 3

The next day, the 8th, Prince Zifora and his party, including Jin D, arrived at Basisus on the shores of Lake Yateau in the early afternoon.

This is the southernmost town of the Principality of Norway, and if you go south along the road, you will pass the border with the Principality of Mimakha and reach the town of Koradar.

It was an ideal town to investigate the friction in the fishing industry in the lake.

Since there was a great possibility that the investigation would not be completed if the identity and purpose of the group were discovered, Jin D. got off the early and was traveling on horseback with Prince Zifora and the others.

Of course, Jin D is riding a golem horse.

"Your horse is wonderful!

Prince Zifora envied him,

"I heard that you rode a golem horse when you escaped with Lord Rhodes.

Jean, Commander of the 2nd Corps, said something like that.

"There are many people who own golem horses in the <>.

Jin also explained.

"I hope we can catch up to that level as soon as possible.

Prince Zifora said sincerely.　

One of the Commander Jean's trusted subordinates had some knowledge of this town, so he was entrusted to show us around,

"Let's stay at the lakeside inn.

He found a nice inn for our research.

The inn was located on the shore of Lake Yato, and its specialty was fresh fish from the lake.

The innkeeper also owns two fishing boats and fish are always available.

"We got one large room and two private rooms.

So the prince and Jin D. have a private room, and the commander of Jean and his accomplices have a large room.

Reiko disappears and stays with Jin D. She puts down her baggage and goes to the room with Jin D.

They put down their baggage and had a meeting in Jean and his group's large room.

"Well, we've got our accommodations as planned..."

Prince Zifora presided over the meeting.

"I guess we'll stay here for a few days and see how it goes," Jin D. said.

Jin D. said, and the Commander of the Jean Corps nodded.

"I guess so. Considering the grave situation that the merchants who go in and out of the ...... royal castle were under the influence, there is a possibility that there are several such people in this town as well.

"I have brought the Weckener with me, so I can use it at any time. However, it is difficult to use it because the contents of the brainwashing or suggestion will be forgotten if it is deactivated.

"I see. ......"

In fact, it is possible to on the subject and record the contents of the brainwashing, but this is a secret for now.

"First, let's see how the fishing is going to be tomorrow morning, shall we?"

Prince Zifora said to Jin D.

"Yes. We can watch from the sky if necessary, but it would be bad to bring a <> near here.

The commander of the Jine Corps affirmed Jin D's words.

"That's right. In that case, I would like to ask Jin-dono to let us observe it from the sky from the beginning.

"That would be fine. Shall we do it tomorrow?

No, tomorrow I would like to confirm what we can do on the ground for now.

"Okay."

With that, we broke up for the day, and we were to nourish our energy for the next day.

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Jin-D is staying in a private room, but naturally, <> does not need to sleep.

So we decided to do our own investigation.

I brought along the in my baggage.

This time, I brought five Shinobi from the first to the fifth.

Please investigate.

I understand.

The five shinobi disappeared into the darkened streets of the town.

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This is a rare case that they themselves do not know what they will find or what they will find.

(Anyway, if you find something out of the ordinary, report it.)

Shinobi leader Shinobi 1 orders Shinobi 2 and below..,

（Understood.)

The four disappeared into the city at night.

(...... Now, let's do our own investigation too.)

Shinobi I also decided to investigate the town of Basisus.

First, he sneaks into a bar that he sees.

Even though it was called a bar, it looked deserted and lackluster. Shinobi I guessed it was because there was not much economic activity.

"......We'll be fishing tomorrow morning, so we'll have to moderate our fishing."

"......Not at all, I'm going to kick Mimaka's boat to the curb."

(Oops, I think you just hit the nail on the head.)

Hearing this line from a fisherman who seemed to be kicking around the fishing boats of the Principality of Mimaka, Shinobi I decided to stick with the man.

The man drank cheap sake for about 30 minutes, then parted ways with another man who seemed to be his friend and went home.

The man walked slowly down the main street, somewhat unsteady on his drunken feet, turned a corner and returned to his lakeside house, where he went to bed with a few complaints from his wife.

(Hmmm, do they bother to brainwash men like this?)

Shinobu Ichi felt a little less confident about the man's appearance, which was so normal.

Shinobi-Ichi was a little unsure of himself, because the man seemed so normal.

Shinobi 2 was gathering information not at the bar but at the diner.

"The catch has been a little bit down lately, hasn't it?"

"Yes. "Yeah. The Mimaka people have been disturbing us sometimes."

"Those little boats of theirs, kick them to the curb. Isn't that what the deputy said?"

(......)　Is he some kind of lord of this town?　(......) Apparently, he is the source of the barbaric acts.

Based on this information, Shinobi-Ni heads for the residence of the deputy.

I had a vague idea of the location from the conversation in the cafeteria.

(It seems to be a mansion in the center of the town.)

In the Principality of Norway, the houses of ordinary people have something similar to a nameplate, so you can tell who lives there.

However, there is no such a thing in the residence of a deputy, so we decide to break in for the time being.

(There is no security at all. ......)

< will enter the house.

Nevertheless, we must not let our guard down and aim for the back of the house.

(...... I hear voices. Is that the deputy?)

In what sounded like an office, I heard a voice arguing with what sounded like a secretary or an assistant.

"...... I'm telling you!　You don't have to worry about those Mimaka guys!"

"But sir, we're neighbors, we need to be a little more careful, or we'll have diplomatic ...... problems."

"Well, what do you care?"

"So, half of our lake is also the territory of the Principality of Mimaka. ......

（Oh, I think you're right.)

Shinobu-2 listened more closely.

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Shinobi I and Shinobi II managed to get some clues, but Shinobi San to Ko had no success, so San and Four went under Shinobi I and Ko under Shinobi II.

The leader, I, left the supervision of the fishermen to San and Four, while he himself contacted the old man and took charge of the whole situation.

The rest of the night passed uneventfully.