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The Story Of A Certain Adventurer (3)
“Nice to meet you, mayor. We came after undertaking the Feudal Lord’s request”
“Aa, welcome. Please, have a seat”
We who were let into the mayor’s residence, were able to meet the mayor. The mayor sends the maid off to get tea and took a seat in front of us. His face looks terribly exhausted. I suppose it can’t be helped. Monsters have appeared in the town that he has been entrusted to. I think he’ll be exhausted even if he doesn’t want to.
“Then the affair you came here for is, the matter regarding the monsters, is it?”
“Yes. On the matter of dead spirit type monsters becoming a frequent sight within this territory recently, we’ve undertaken the request from the Feudal Lord. Though we’ve been to the other places where monsters were seen, we weren’t able to find any specific clue so, we came here”
“Here, unlike the other villages, have actually fought with the monsters. We also want to ask about how it was like”
To the Lynk who speaks to the mayor unreservedly, Marie-san knocks his head. Well, it’s Lynk’s fault this time.
“That’s right. They were different from the monsters until now. They would recover no matter how much they are wounded”
“Haa? What’s that. Isn’t it invincible”
“Something like that, how did you defeat it?”
“It’s not like I’ve seen it personally but, it seems lopping off their head can defeat them. It’s just that because they are strong ordinarily, it seems even lopping off their head is difficult”
……It seems it’s going to be tougher than anticipated. It might be better to talk to the Feudal Lord once about this matter.
After that, we spoke with the mayor for a while but, because what we heard is the same as what we heard from the villages and town, we decided to leave the mayor’s house.
We were talking about what to do from now on while walking on the streets when
“Pl, please wait!”
, we heard a voice calling out to us. When we turn back, the one who came was the maid who we also met in the mayor’s residence just now.
Her being out of breath would mean, that she probably ran all the way from the house. We wait for her to settle down.
“So, what’s wrong, for you to chase after us”
“Y, yes. The truth is, there’s something I want to tell you……it’s just that, if it’s here then the public gaze is……”
The maid looks around restlessly. I wonder if it’s something that would be bad for other people to hear. We look at each others’ faces and, decided to lead her to the inn. If it’s over there then there’s no need to be concern about the public gaze.
After that, we who have returned to the inn listen to the maid, Merlu-chan, who said she had something to tell us. She seems to be nervous being surrounded by us but, little by little, she starts talking.
“Th, the truth is I, when the monsters attacked this town, wasn’t in this town. I returned to the village nearby. To my parents’ home. After that, I returned because I heard that monsters have attacked the town but……everybody is somewhat strange”
“Strange? Who are you referring to?”
“The mayor and the others. When I talk to them, though everybody replies normally, they seem somewhat timid and nervous. It’s as though, they are afraid of something”
As though they are afraid of something……the matter of the monsters……doesn’t seem to be it.
“I also initially thought that because monsters appeared in town abruptly, they became that way because they don’t know when it might happen again but, that wasn’t it”
“That wasn’t it? Is there something?”
“……Yes. I got off work early on that day by chance and I was told by everybody that it’s fine to go back early on that day. I went back as I was told on that day but, I forgot the necklace that I’m always wearing in the changing room. So, I returned to Mayor-sama’s residence to retrieve it but……”
When it reaches that part, Merlu-chan’s face turns pale. Marie-san and I stroke Merlu-chan’s back, Lynk and the rest look over worriedly.
“You don’t have to push yourself. Your face is turning so pale”
“N, no. I’m the one who said I want to talk. And, I returned to retrieve my necklace but, there was no one in the house”
“No one?”
“Yes. And then, after looking around inside the house, I heard the sound of wind blowing by. I look for the source of that and, there were a couple of gaps between the shelves. Even though it should’ve always been arranged properly……and then, behind the shelves was”
“Hidden passage?”
Merlu-chan nods to Lynk’s question. There’s something like this behind the shelves in that house. I wonder what was it made for?
“It might have really been better if I hadn’t gone but, my curiosity at that time got the better of me, I went down the stairway. When I reached the very bottom, there was a single path, voices can be heard from within. I timidly proceed down the passage and, a single room came into sight. Over there, I saw a certain something”
“A certain something……is it?”
“Yes……the mayor is handing over to a black-robed person, human corpses that appear to be dead”
……What exactly is going on? To think that the black-robed person we were searching for is connected to the mayor. Furthermore, handing over a dead person’s corpse would mean
“Yes. In the next moment, I saw moving corpses. Though there were 5 in total, they turned into zombies and skeletons in the blink of an eye”
Don’t tell me, is it related to the case this time? We didn’t think of that. To what Merlu-chan has said, everybody fell into silence.
“So, are we going right away?”
“No, we aren’t prepared. Let’s leave it to tomorrow. More importantly, what about her? Returning her to the mayor’s house after hearing that is……”
“I, I’m fine. Besides, I’ll instead be suspected if I don’t return”
Merlu-chan who has finished her talk, says that and left the inn. I’m worried about her so I decided to follow. Lynk and the others also said they’ll come but, we’ll be suspected if we go in a group so, I have them let me go by myself.
It’s already evening by the time we arrived at the mayor’s residence. Merlu-chan returned normally but, I who was bothered by the talk just now, investigated a little……and, I suddenly hear a shriek.
I who knew immediately who that shriek came from, climb over the fence and enters the house. Please forgive me for kicking the door down.
What I saw when I enter the house was, on Merlu-chan who’s pushed down onto the ground, the figure of the mayor who’s riding atop that Merlu-chan and swinging a knife down.
I immediately release a light bullet and repel the knife. Then, I immediately close in and release a kick that’s aiming towards the mayor’s plump stomach. The mayor who received my kick without any time to avoid it moved back from above Merlu-chan. Whatever the reason may be, riding atop a girl is unforgivable.
“Merlu-chan, let’s run!”
“Ye, yes!”
I pull Merlu-chan’s hand and was planning to run but, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be that simple. When I realise it, we are surrounded. By the soldiers, maids, and mayor. Now then, I wonder what should I do.
