Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

"... even though I know I don't have to worry. Anyway, both of you, go inside."

Lorraine looks a little frightened and invites us into her room.

Augley immediately pulls in a panicked look and goes inside both of the two of them, who were on his shoulders.

I went inside Lorraine's room, making sure no one was behind Augley, and closed the door securely.

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"After all, the same"

and sari, and Augley, who unloaded her luggage (...) onto the bed, said so.

There's already another one there, apart from the two I've just brought in.

Unlike me or Augley's, the person was tied up by witchcraft.

The circle of light is tying hands and feet.

It would be quite advanced sorcery.

It doesn't look like it could be used against me or against Augley.

The further away the magic is from its own body, the more difficult it becomes to maintain it again over time.

Using magic props is another story, but it wasn't, and it was difficult for the scale to maintain this kind of magic with only the technique.

By the way, it's the man who's being caught.

He is quite a beautiful man if you look at him, and he is the type I don't see inside in such a rural village.

Beautiful people, both men and women, are rarely taken by people from the city when they are small.

It's not that it's a slave, it's often an apprentice in a store, or, sooner or later, an adopted child.

To slaves exactly when it comes to a less secure place, something can happen, but for once, slaves are illegal in Yarlan.

There is no one who does it in a big way.

That's not why it doesn't exist. That's a little bit, but all this is human darkness.

I don't like it.

Even though the Knights and the Autonomous Regiments worked hard, it was a mess.

"That's what I'm talking about. So, whether Augley is in charge of a woman who doesn't even look like that, or a suspicious masked figure is at the helm of it, or a member of some slave organization is secretly trying to stun a young woman, or something. In the first place, the slave business is hard to do in Yarlan, and it makes money. It would be safer and quicker for you guys to make your adventurer run than it is for you to do that right now."

Whether it's a follow up or an odd trust, it's a dialogue based on the assumption that me or Augley could dye their hands in slavery operations if there's a rational reason.

... you must be kidding me about the boulder, whatever.

"Is this guy... doing color tricks?

Ask Lorraine how things went without Augley going into the area.

"Oh... because I said I needed to talk to you. Let me in, we were having some decent conversation, but suddenly I tried to sneak in, so I just punched in a dirt arrow (Gi Velos) and let him pass out."

"Also, it's noisy... that's pretty painful when you hit it straight"

Augley said that to tremble.

The dirt arrow (Gi Velos) is a basic and simple mechanism magic that says it strikes out a mass of dirt, but it is said to accurately reflect the magician's skill.

It's also easy to beat out about a few iron plates if a mage like Lorraine really lets it go.

Make that... just a villager?

"Hey, is this guy alive...?

I put such a question to you.

"It would be obvious. No matter how much I am in such a small village, for whatever reason, I know that suddenly killing people is not a good idea. You guys do, don't you?

"Well,"

"That's right."

I don't know what to say about people, but that was the obvious story.

Plus, it's only natural that there are other reasons...

Lorraine quietly formed a mute sorcery and then got to the point.

"So. I wonder if these guys are Seylan himself or one of them. What do you think?

I know you're probably passed out, but the range seems to be set so the three of you on the bed can't even hear you.

I will answer that question with confidence.

"We doubt that, too. However, with all three of them... it's hard to figure out what to do in the future. There are other possibilities. And... didn't you feel weird?

"... sure. Something suddenly struck me like people had changed. That's... more than acting..."

That's what Lorraine says as she moans her jaw.

Plus Augley says.

"It was Felicie who came to me... remember? Felicie."

"Ah. That's the girl they introduced you to in the tavern, isn't it?

"Yes, yes. I'm that girl, but I knew things weren't right. I didn't faint you right away, but if you catch me, you'll storm out like a beast. It was like losing your mind. It didn't look like it was moving by its own will."

I mean, that's the thing.

Me and Lorraine passed out relatively quickly, but I thought something was wrong.

That means they didn't feel anything like a sign of their will, anywhere they came to visit us.

The doll is moving according to some kind of order.

It is such a feeling.

However, it will be quick to finalise, but you will need to confirm.

"There is no sign of witchcraft. However, given what happened, that's likely enough. They were being manipulated. That's the possibility... I have to make sure, someone, wake me up"

"What if we get busted again?"

While clapping his shoulders, Augley says,

"I don't have a choice. If that happens, I don't know how to get it back to sanity any more than it's not magic. In that case, we'll have to either let him pass out again or let him sleep by magic, and get Seylan himself early on."

Sure, that's right.

"Then... for now, you'd better be pretending to be the wind you're fooling. I'd be in trouble if they thought I'd noticed and got away with it. And you should go check on the village. There may be other villagers in similar condition besides the Felicies"

"... what if it was all the villagers or something?

Augley said an ominous dialogue.

Lorraine nodded at this,

"I see," setting the stage "? Maybe that meant making all the villagers actors."

He gave me horrible consent.