The Flynn rchant Guild leader is dead. The second child has run away.
Two sentences were enough.
I'll send people over right away.
* * *
The capital, Huiss City.
The atmosphere in the capital was extrely dull, unlike the blue sky despite it not being long since they heard about the victory at Puzzle City.
I dont see smoke anymore.
"The Orsena Estate was on fire, right?
Yes. My next-door neighbor Charles said he saw it.
Ho. What the-!
The man stopped talking and quickly closed his mouth.
Clack. Clack. Clack.
Around ten soldiers fully clad in armor were walking by in formation.
Soldiers were efficiently moving around like this all around the capital right now.
Furthermore, a knight on a horse was moving quicker than they normally did in the capital.
Hey.
The man who closed his mouth asked his close friend in an extrely quiet voice.
Aside from the Dukes Estate, at the palace earlier-
.
Didnt you hear a loud noise coming from there? It sounded like sothing was crumbling down.
I dont know either.
The eyes of the person who responded were slightly shaking.
The palace and the Orsena Estate, which was located in the area with all the residences of the nobles Neither location was close to her house.
That was why all she knew was that sothing had happened.
"I guess we should probably close for the day.
Her close friend quickly put the goods back into the store. She started to move to help him when she saw soone coming toward them and her eyes opened wide. The shop owner, who was putting away the stand, reacted the sa way.
Oh! You are-
Hello, mister. You still have so dicinal roots, right?
Huh? Y, yes!
Please organize all of the ones you have and send them to our estate!
Hey, wait a minute.
The dicinal roots rchant urgently called out to the young boy who was speaking quickly. His voice was a bit cautious.
Did sothing happen?
So of the people around them turned to look at the young boy as well.
This young boy was soone who worked at a Counts Estate and had co from the neighborhood of the nobles.
That-
Furthermore, the fact that he was buying large quantities of dicinal roots must an that sothing had happened.
It was because the person who wants these dicinal roots must be soone at the Counts Estate.
The Orsena Estate caught on fire and burnt down completely.
What?
And, umm-
He looked around, confird that there were no soldiers nor knights near them, and continued to speak.
Ah, I dont know if I can really say this
"Are you really going to be like this? I'm friends with your father.
"Mm, that is true.
That was the reason this young boy was in charge of purchasing goods from this rchant. He approached his fathers close friend and whispered quietly.
I heard that one of the palaces was destroyed.
Huh?
Apparently it was a terrorist incident.
Gulp.
The rchant's pupils started shaking. His close friend, who was listening as well, could not say anything because she was so shocked.
The young boy saw their reactions and grabbed the rchants arm as if to snap him out of it.
Hey, mister.
Huh, huh? S, should we run?
The young boy shook his head after hearing what the rchant barely managed to say.
"The Commander-nim entered the Orsena Estate monts ago. I saw him myself.
Hmm?
I heard that his highness, the Crown Prince, was here as well.
The Commander. The Crown Prince.
The rchants chaotic eyes slowly started to focus again.
The news about Cales arrival at the capital was slowly being spread.
* * *
While that was going on
Rustle.
Human, this place really is almost completely burnt down.
Cale was stepping onto the Orsena Estate.
He had left the issues at the Flynn rchant Guild to the people Alberu had sent and then imdiately headed over here.
Commander-nim.
The knight who seed to be in charge of the situation at the Orsena Estate bowed toward Cale.
Sothing is different.
This was the first ti that the knight had t the well-discussed Commander in person.
He found it difficult to look at Cale.
I feel a sense of pressure. Is this the Commander; is this the hero nad Cale Henituse?
The knight gulped and looked at Cale who was standing in front of him.
Human! Why are you pretending to be strong? Theres nobody here who is strong.
Cale casually ignored Raons question.
He looked around.
To be more specific, he was looking past the troops surrounding the Orsena Estate. He was also looking at the beautiful residences around here as well.
!
Mm.
Click.
There were people peeking through the wall of soldiers despite knights telling them to leave. There were also people looking through their windows.
Subordinates of nobles, staff of nobles houses, and even so nobles themselves flinched and looked away after making eye contact with Cale.
This should be enough.
Cale quietly mumbled to himself.
The king was missing.
The King's Palace was destroyed.
The Estate of the Duke who controlled the central faction at the capital was burnt down.
All of this had happened in an instant.
There may be so nobles who used this chaos as an opening to run. There were bound to be people who try to use this gap of authority for their own benefits.
I'm sure that his highness will take care of everything, but It should be okay for to help out a little bit like this, right?
No matter what happened, the Crown Prince's biggest ally was the Duke's House of Henituse which had his sworn brother and his sword art instructor.
Excuse ?
Cale spoke to the confused knight in charge.
Please report in about the situation.
Ah, yes, sir!
The knight turned his head.
Cale followed his gaze.
The Orsena Estate that was completely black
The main building and all annexes caught on fire.
The main building was maintaining its form as the pillars and foundation were still standing.
Most of the other buildings had been destroyed.
"The start of the fire according to witnesses and the reporter
The knight stopped for a mont before speaking as if he found it to be odd.
The fire did not slowly start from sowhere, but rather everything caught on fire in an instant. They stated that it took less than 10 seconds for everything to catch fire.
I see.
Cale nodded his head.
This was not just any building but a Dukes Estate. Even if a building caught on fire, it was rare for everything to quickly catch fire like that.
The Duke's Estate had completely caught on fire to the point that the crown prince and Cale could not do anything about it by the ti they arrived at the capital.
I thought it was weird because the fire was difficult to contain even with magic, but then
The knight held sothing out.
We found these magic stones all around the Dukes Estate.
It was a magic stone that had turned black from soot.
Was it a magically induced fire?
That is one of our hypotheses, Commander-nim.
Cale hesitated for a mont before asking in a calm voice.
Survivors?
You should probably see for yourself, sir.
The knight struggled to get those words out before starting to walk.
Cale followed behind him.
There were white tents that looked as if they were urgently installed on top of the now burnt garden of the Dukes Estate. Each tent was quite large.
The knight raised the entrance flap of one of the tents and Cale looked inside. Both of them stopped walking.
Is that all?
The knight responded to Cales question with a look that seed to show that his shock from initially seeing this earlier had not disappeared.
Yes, sir. These are all of the survivors from the building.
Less than ten patients were lying down while being treated. Most of them had serious injuries.
The Duke's House of Orsena.
This place was different from the Henituse Estate in the capital.
The House of Orsenas territory was in the capital. That was why they had a five-story main building and nurous annex buildings around it.
As a result, there should have been a lot of people who work here.
They stated that large flas suddenly engulfed the building. They said that they would have died if they did not run through the flas and barely make it out alive.
The flas engulfed the building?
Yes, sir. They said that flas shot up as if they were walls. They also said that they suddenly felt dizzy.
Dizzy?
Cale's eyes sparkled.
Yes, sir. They said that the dizziness almost made them faint. They didn't have the ti to look around properly, but they said that so of their friends around them suddenly fainted.
"Then the reason there are so few survivors-
Yes, sir. The fire was one thing, but it sounds as if sothing else happened inside the Duke's Estate as well.
Cale nodded his head and the knight continued to speak.
"We are still continuing our search for any survivors. As for any corpses we find, we confirm their identity before moving them while making sure to keep the sight as intact as possible. In addition
The knight lowered the entrance flap, looked around, and spoke in a quiet voice that only Cale could hear.
We found the Ducal couples corpses as well as the second son's corpse.
Any traces of young lady Orsena?
None at all. However
He pointed to the tent next to them.
The youngest young lady was found in the playground within the rear garden.
"The youngest young lady?
Yes, sir. She turned seven this year and she is in quite the chaotic state right now-
Shh.
The knight lifted the entrance flap a bit.
Cale looked inside and gulped.
Ooooooooooo.
A child was lying on a bed with her eyes closed. She seed to be sleeping but her body was shaking and she was groaning as if she was having a nightmare.
Aaah!
She scread from ti to ti as well.
Stop.
The knight put the entrance flap down at Cales command.
A royal mage and soone who looked like a priest were inside the tent with the child.
The child's guardian?
The knight imdiately answered Cales question.
"We have contacted the House of Orsenas closest collateral line. However
He continued with a stiff expression on his face.
Young lady Orsena is being suspected of being responsible for the palace terror incident and the only survivor of the House of Orsena is the youngest young lady. We cannot loosen our guard on the child because of that.
He wasnt wrong.
Of course, we are focusing on the child's treatnt and stability.
Okay.
He spoke into the air without caring about the knight standing there.
Ask the Saint-nim and Miss Cage to co to the capital.
I understand, human! What about the unconscious Billos?
Tell them to bring him with them. Please do it as quickly as possible.
But for them to teleport such a long distance-
"Contact Sheritt-nim as well.
Ah! Okay!
The black castle that had returned to the Forest of Darkness
Forr Dragon Lord Sheritt and a few Dragons were there right now.
One of them should be enough.
If at least one of those Dragons ca to the capital with the Saint, Cage, and the others
If a Dragon resided in the capital
Cale-nim.
You're here?
Choi Han was running over after finishing things up at the Flynn rchant Guild.
Two Dragons and Choi Han.
No matter who the hell those Hunters are
They wont be able to touch the capital anymore.
Ill need to go into the building.
Yes, sir.
Hide the information about the youngest young lady's survival and the Ducal couple's death as much as possible.
Yes, sir!
It was at that mont.
Vice Cap, eek, Commander-nim!
A mage was urgently running out of a tent when he saw Cale and stumbled over his words.
Human! I'll be back after contacting them! Ill tell as many Dragons as possible to co!
The invisible Raon comnted and moved away but Cale didnt pay much attention to him.
Inside the tent from where the mage ran out from
Is the child awake?
Yes, yes, sir! She said that she has sothing to say.
Cale walked into the tent.
The now awakened child was holding onto the priests sleeve and shouting sothing.
The fire-, the fire-!
Cale cautiously approached the child.
Of course, he withdrew the Dominating Aura.
The child's eyes were wandering aimlessly in the air and her mouth was shaking.
The fire-!
The child made eye contact with Cale at that mont.
The child looked at Cale's red hair before making a comnt.
"S, shield-
Cale slowly activated his shield.
He then cautiously approached the child.
The shield with silver wings appeared in the tent.
The youngest young lady stepped off of the bed.
Young lady Orsena, you need to rest-!
The priest stopped her but the child reached her hands toward Cale and tried to walk.
Cale walked over and extended his hand to the child. The child grabbed his hand.
Mm.
The childs grip was stronger than he had expected.
Her movents seed extrely desperate.
Cale lowered his body and made eye contact with the child. The child shouted.
"Fire, fire- white magic-!
Cale calmly responded.
Was it white magic that caused the fire?
The child nodded her head and fell into Cales arms before losing consciousness.
Translator's Comnts
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