106 – engagement – 1

Lucille was to deal with the new river spirit.

The expression ‘dealing’ is a little strange, but if you can use the river spirit to perfectly measure it, there is no other word to describe it other than ‘dealing’.

“But are you okay?”

“Lucille will be able to communicate with the spirit of the river?

But that’s a story of the distant future. You won’t have to worry too much about it right now.

I patted the concerned Baltin on the shoulder and turned my head.

Now that the spirit side is over, all that’s left is…

“Uh… uh… buy, save… save…”

It is time to punish the shaman who tried to increase his power by sacrificing himself.

Sasdin, who had been begging and wriggling on the floor like a bug, started a fight as soon as he met my eyes.

“Hee, hee! The devil!! It’s the devil!! To annihilate the spirits!!”

Might as well destroy that sh*t.

But Sasdin, utterly terrified, cried out urgently, trying to get away from me.

“You’re a princess… Princess…!! Those who have tried to persecute and go against nature from olden days were very dangerous…!! You shouldn’t let such a person be around you! It’s sure…! It’s sure to have a bad influence on the princess…”

“…Sasdin priest.”

Did he think that the only way he could live was Lucille? Sasdin hurriedly crawled away and pleaded with Lucille.

It is truly a plea that cannot be heard without tears.

That’s why I showed a tear-stealing performance, the skill ‘Crocodile Tears’, but the merchants near me seemed to be rather pissed off and held onto their sticks.

“I’m a princess… how many things I’ve done for the royal family… and there are many nobles close to me! So Jebaal…”

slowly. Lucille turned her gaze to me.

“why?”

“Master. Master, aren’t you close with nobles too?”

“Are you like that?”

In addition to the main story, there were definitely cases of being involved with nobles when doing side quests.

And among them, there are definitely people who can be called my friends.

“I was friends with the great nobleman Marquis Lacey Trahlman and I cured the son of Count Reuter Gassorder from mental illness…”

In addition to that, it can be said that they are friendly enough to have solved the problems that occurred in the territory of some other nobles and prevented the attacks of monsters.

Of course, I can’t say that there are no nobles who hate me, so the nobles who don’t like me will try to attack me. Still, there must be someone who can stop it.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t block it.

“I see.”

“that that…”

“and.”

Lucille held the wand with both hands and smiled.

quite.

chilly

“Insulting my teacher. I can’t forgive you.”

-puck!!

“Queueek!!”

Nice shot.

Is it okay to use the waist?!

A proper wizard doesn’t just suck his finger when his magic power runs out.

All basic jangbeop (杖法). So, I learned about hitting with a cane, and, of course, I also taught Lucille how to burial.

Lucille, who defeated Sasdin with a wand, following the chess technique she had learned from me, growled in the most cold-hearted way.

“I’ll make you pay for what you’ve done. No matter what.”

“Ah… ah…”

Is it because of Lucille’s bloody tone? Or was it because he was right with the cane?

Maybe it’s because of the damage suffered by the river spirit’s extinction.

In the end, Sasdin passed out from foaming and I raised my hand to the merchants approaching to kill him.

“Don’t touch me.”

“But, sage! That damn shaman was a priest and condescending until now…”

“If you were going to do human sacrifice, wouldn’t it be okay to be summarily executed?!”

“Of course it is, but it is.”

I lifted the fallen Sasdin with telekinesis.

“The last scapegoat is to become the scapegoat yourself!”

Originally, the state wanted a public execution, so let’s make it a scapegoat for the kingdom.

The disposition of Sasdin was accomplished quickly.

He was taken to the royal castle and tortured quickly by the Intelligence Department and the Lily Knights.

Since then, quite a bit of evil about what Sasdin has done has been revealed.

After successfully communing with the river spirit, he offered virgins every few years to receive strength from the river spirit.

I wondered why this didn’t get caught, but there was a reason.

Sasdin is the river spirit’s companion. To be precise, most of the virgins who were used as scapegoats were refugees, and among them, only the weak with nothing.

Secretly kidnap them, or buy them from human traffickers for a small sum and offer them to the spirits.

Afterwards, he not only acquired strong magical powers with the power of the spirits, but also killed disciples who wanted to become priests by secretly communing with the spirits of the river.

Of course, there were many other minor sins. Hiring mercenaries to pressure the merchants to extort a lot of money, or taking part of the income from the festival.

Among the guilds that want to participate in the festival, the guilds they don’t like are not allowed to participate on their own.

“…It’s my own negligence.”

The queen was quite depressed when Sasdin committed more crimes than she thought.

The queen, who was reading the report with her head lowered sullenly, brushed her face and let out a heavy sigh.

“They say the kingdom was in chaos because of the demon king… I never thought something like this would happen in the capital city. This is entirely my fault as the queen.”

“…It’s not your Majesty’s fault. It’s my fault, the Ministry of Information and the Prime Minister, for not finding this out…”

“It’s because the warden only stayed on the battlefield and didn’t pay attention to the capital! Kill me! Your Majesty!!”

Queen.

Chancellor and court wizard Lukel. General Leoden who was out on the battlefield and several other ministers were quite bitter about this incident.

“…I owe the wise man again.”

“Never mind.”

okay. This is not the Queen’s concern.

Sasdin decided to hide it, and some nobles or ministers who were bribed by him posted false reports and even covered the queen’s eyes. What can I say?

Of course, there will be some evaluations that a person of the level of a queen is incompetent because she can’t grasp that, but let’s move on because she did other things well.

I especially like that it doesn’t disturb me.

“I need to inform the world about this and warn them so that this does not happen again.”

The Queen was quite serious. If you take responsibility for management, there will be a blow to you too, but to tell you that.

have a conscience

“Then, with the property confiscated from Sasdin and the royal family, we intend to pay compensation to the victim’s bereaved family and hold a memorial service in honor of the victim.”

“okay.”

“So. Sage. Can you hold a sacrifice to appease them? And an official to help Lucille prevent this from happening…”

“Ah. I won’t do that.”

I cut a line to the queen who secretly expected me while feeling depressed.

A few days after the meeting. An execution ground was set up in the plaza of the kingdom’s capital.

It was Sasdin and his men who were brought to the place of execution. Even though they knew this, it was a few ministers and nobles who defended him and accepted bribes.

Of course, not only them, but also those among the nobles who were weak in crime were punished by demotion or fines.

Of course, it was not without opposition from the aristocrats and their sympathizers who were punished for taking bribes.

But what can I do?

Marquis Lacey Trallman, the highest noble in the kingdom, and Count Reuter Gasorder, who had quite a strong influence among the nobles, openly defended the royal family.

After all, connections are the best in the world.

“Kill!! Kill!!”

“Hang it and burn it!!”

“Tear off limbs and feed them as dog food!!”

“Kill it!! That crazy old man!! Kill it!!”

Excited.

People gathered in the plaza bring rotten tomatoes, eggs, and stones and start throwing them at those who are going up to the scaffold.

Some people were angry because of that, but what to do?

Preparations for the execution have already been completed.

“Kill!! Kill!!”

People who want blood are crying out.

Today’s kick-off event to further increase their excitement.

Sasdin’s enumeration, that is, the punishment of tearing limbs to pieces, was about to begin.

“aaagh!!”

Chains were tied to both arms and legs of the desperate Sasdin. The cheers intensify as the rope is caught on the cow for execution.

Among them, there are those who praise the queen for punishing Sasdin, and me and Lucille for solving this problem.

Don’t worry about that because it’s a wind catcher sent by Lukell.

“Oh ahhhh!”

“Kill!! Kill!!”

I don’t need to see more.

The stronger Sasdin’s screams, the stronger the cheers of the people.

Listening to them, I put on my hood and laughed.

f*ck me if anyone sabotages my achievements.

“Hey! Sage-sama! What are you looking at? I’ve got a nice request! Let’s go together!”

Baltin, who had gone to the adventurer’s guild, approached with a lively shout.

okay.

The important thing is not that these bastards get executed.

“What?”

“Destroy the monsters at Tosdino Farm. After that, they say there’s a lamb party at the ranch. Are you going to do it?”

A ranch where you raise sheep?

Then, if you do well, you can also request a shepherd there.

“Of course.”

At least one more quest needs to be resolved.

***

Gathering in the meeting room were those who could be called the king’s leading figures.

First, of course, the queen.

And next is the court wizard Rukel, who can be said to be her closest aide.

And next was Ishina, the captain of the castle’s garrison and the leader of the Lily Knights, the kingdom’s knights.

Originally, General Leoden should also have participated, but he could not leave the battlefield for long, so he left on the day Sasdin’s execution was decided.

In addition, at the conference hall where some of the kingdom’s leading ministers gathered, the queen broke silence and opened her mouth.

“I’m glad this was easily resolved.”

“It is.”

I was literally very fortunate.

What would have happened if the sage hadn’t solved the problem with Sasdin?

The fact that the mountain sacrifices, and this time the nobles were offered to the spirits to open the festival, would someday be known, and it was certain that the kingdom would be greatly criticized not only by many countries, but also by the kingdom’s nobles.

“The kingdom could have taken the lead in the tribal council created after the plague incident, but…”

There is nothing to say when it comes to what kind of tribal federation can lead a country where even its own country cannot crack down on it.

Still, I’m glad this is it.

It would take a hit because there were already victims, but anyway, the kingdom’s power alone was enough to cut off the cancerous masses of the kingdom, including Sasdin.

Even if there were blows, there would be no significant loss of position in the tribal federation.

“No matter how many times I thank the sage, it won’t be enough. Lukel. Did the sage want anything in return for this job?”

“There is not.”

he is a strange man After all this much work for the kingdom, he was not so greedy.

“But what is he doing now?

“Well…”

Lukell groaned for a while before answering in a timid manner.

“At Tosdino Ranch… He said he would come after some sheep.”

“…What?”

Tosdino Ranch is a ranch adjacent to the capital and is a large ranch where you can get wool and lamb.

Wool is often used, but good shepherds are hard to come by.

As such, the ranch often entrusts shepherding requests to strong and capable adventurers.

Of course, it was not a high-level quest like D rank, but one of the quests that adventurers avoid.

To think that a sage who was strong enough to save the kingdom and annihilate the spirits was doing such trivial things.

“under.”

When I think of the sage, I really can’t help but laugh.

I can’t get the hang of it

What does he want and what does he want to achieve?

Everyone in the conference room put their heads together and thought about it, but no answer came out.

“Keuk… Anyway, let the sage stay in the kingdom for a longer time…”

It was then.

When the door to the conference room burst open, all eyes turned to it.

– Again. again.

The heels of the boots hit the marble floor, revealing slender legs wrapped in white uniform trousers.

A voluptuous pelvis nestled on firm thighs. A narrow waist that does not suit the pelvis.

Although it is wrapped in a classy white uniform, it has a prominent chest that cannot be hidden at all.

The queen tilted her head as a beauty with a black bob cut that barely touched her shoulders came in and knelt on one knee.

“Meet Her Majesty the Queen.”

A polite but cold voice.

The queen sighed as she stared at the young beauty’s blunt expression like ice.

“Welcome. Marquis Lacey Trahlman. I want to thank you for this.”

Lacey Trallman.

A woman called ‘iron-blooded’ in the world, who became the head of the Marquis Trallman family a few years ago, beating her older brothers who were candidates for head of the family.

She has excellent qualities and leads young nobles, and has the nickname of ‘Swordswoman’ for her excellent swordsmanship, as if dancing, and is respected by numerous swordsmen on the continent.

“You don’t have to feel particularly burdened about helping the sage. He’s my close friend and business partner.”

“I see. But the family’s dominance isn’t over yet, so it’s not easy to go out, so I didn’t come out of the territory despite the royal family’s instructions. What did you come for?”

Lacey responded calmly to the slightly sharpened Queen’s question.

“I’m about to get engaged to my close friend, the Sage, at least superficially. I beg the royal family’s permission.”

At those words, the queen frowned again and sighed.

After crossing a large mountain, another large mountain appeared.