Volume 2 - CH 57

Chapter 2-57. Explaining the Current Situation

Targa nodded deeply to Gilnia's words.

Magic crystal…….

Targa was asked by Asure to distribute them beforehand.

These crystals are special and expensive, moreover he needs to deliver them because these crystals can project the live video and sounds.

The heck, these crystals were like a modern live stream device.

Targa was assigned to distribute them to various towns.

He had to deliver dozens of precious magic crystals in a week.

Asure is trying to match the moment he usurps the crown.

Therefore, a considerable number of video crystals, communication crystals, and personnel are required.

He had to spend a lot of time delivering the crystals, but that deadline was up to tomorrow.

There are 17 video crystals and 20 communication crystals currently collected.

But that amount isn’t enough.

And there’s another thing to mention, the Kingdom of Garrot territory is vast and the worst thing is, he needs at least 25 pairs of these crystals  to deliver to various places.

"Is there anything we can do?"

Tenda asks Targa.

"For now I'm waiting for a report from the Kingdom of Salettana. There are some places that require some, but ... We’re having a hard time distributing them. I know that we’re in a hurry and this task is important. But ... "

I've heard that both communication crystals and video crystals take a considerable amount of time just to create one.

These delicate objects are slowly created by three magicians, more or less around one month, and for another note, these crystals are characterized by being extremely fragile.

It's a good thing to lend them, but what if they are broken or in the worst case missing or they don’t want to return them.

We have prepared the amount for that amount, but the current situation is that it is difficult to lend it.

"It's better to give up the information from the Kingdom of Salettana. It seems that we can only collect it in the Kingdom of Garrot for now..."

I guess it takes a long time for the information from the Kingdom of Salettana.

We don't know how long they'll arrive, probably not so soon.

"Targa-dono. Do you know where you have to distribute the crystals?"

"Yes .... But I was struck by the fact that we didn't want to recklessly lend them as long as it could be destroyed from this side. Another reason may be that I'm still able to lend them, but I can't leak the aristocrats Asure-sama's plan. Because another problem will appears

... "

"Well ... If you really need help. I'll try to help you."

"There's no need ... Someone already covered that. The crystal's placement has already been dispatched and the soldiers in charge should have completed the preparations. Baltic-sama covered that area."

"What !? Baltic-sama did that !?"

Gillnia screamed with a very surprised tone.

I think I've heard the name Baltic somewhere, but who was it again ...

Looking at the appearance of Gillnia and Targa, I can see that they are quite high-ranking nobles.

However, the inconvenience of this body is that I cannot hear them clearly even if I really wanted to.

I decided to listen to their story and find out what kind of person Baltic was.

"Is it that Baltic-sama has become our ally?"

"That's right. Now Baltic-sama is steadily preparing for the usurping. Asure-sama hasn't been able to act openly, but the King and Rudd-sama haven't noticed our actions. That's why he (Baltic) decided to do it. "

"Well ... if Baltic-sama joins us, it's really a big chance for usurps to succeed. But why did the schedule get shortened like this?"

"Oh ... It's because …"

Targa hurriedly explained what had happened so far.

It seems that things were going well without any problems in distributing the crystals.

He said the rebel army also increased their strength as Baltic directly joined and asked for cooperation, and the crystals were distributed earlier than expected.

That was unexpected help.

It seems Asure has an interesting story to tell later.

As a prelude, Targa told us that King and Rudd were colluding with a slave trader.

He never heard of it, so he didn't think about it, but Gilnia was surprised to hear that news.

But that's not the only problem. Targa told us in detail what he heard from Asure.

The content was about war.

He says they intend to make the Kingdom of Salettana insecure and cause a war.

The disappearance of Satella, the source for the war, and he made it difficult to let us know where Alena is.

It seems that he is rushing to reveal Alena and he is trying to bring her to war by slamming the fact that he is enslaving the lord's daughter.

This is the same info that I heard yesterday when I rescued Satella.

It's been a bit of a disturbing story recently, but it seems that we can't stop the war unless we do something by tomorrow.

The king and Rudd will send soldiers to the Kingdom of Salettana tomorrow.

If the main soldiers leave the country of Garrot, Alena's whereabouts would be revealed.

That fact should be passed on not only to the Kingdom of Garrot but also to other neighboring countries.

If that happens, it will no longer be a problem only for this country.

In the first place, is the problem really because the lord's daughters became slaves?

The biggest problem is these two were illegal slaves.

Slave traders were attacking a certain territory, killing the lord and forcing the people of that territory into slavery.

If the daughter of the lord who was enslaved were found, anyone should go out to find out how the territory under that lord was.

They can also hear from the daughters who were enslaved.

The discovered facts so far is [There was raid on the certain territory and illegal slaves]".

So the first thing that can be suspected is the country where the daughters of the lord who was enslaved, and the slave traders in that country.

What is the slavery status of that country?

Does the country allow slave hunting?

Other countries will ask that kind of question.

The kingdom of Garrot would have intended to wage war without valid reason.

This kind of situation is really annoying.

I never had any kind of conclusion about it yesterday, but after I took a rest, it came out unexpectedly.

"In other words ... The investigation team is going to find the girl named Alena, who is the main source for the war. The main army will leave tomorrow. Before that, we have to make a fuss and eliminate the departure itself."

"Currently, Asure-sama and Baltic-sama do not have the power to stop the investigation team, because they are restricted from the king's order ..."

"Okay, let's distribute the crystals soon. Layton!"

"Yes"

"Tell the soldiers about this and distribute the crystals as fast as possible! You don't have to put any charge on it!"

After hearing the order, Layton bowed and ran outside.

What a quick move even though he is an aristocrat ...

Targa went out after that.

All that remains here are Tenda, Gilnia, Satella, and me.

It seems that it was a difficult story for Satella, and she seems afraid.

It seems that she ran to me only when her sister's name came out, but other than that, sge was particularly interested in listening to the grown ups.

Tenda seemed to put his hand on his chin and think about it, but he thought that this was not something that he can do by himself, and he was silent from beginning to end waiting for the conversation between Gillnia and Targa to end. It's not something he can get involved in easily.

After some minutes of silence, Tenda calls out to Gillnia.

"... So, we can't do anything?"

When Gillnia heard it, he smiled with a bitter smile and scratched his head, expressing that it can't be helped.

"To be honest, I'm really glad you want to help us, but ... I need Tenda-dono and Uchikage-dono do their best tomorrow ... It would be really helpful if you could keep quiet for now ... … ”

"Hmm … if you say so. Ouren-sama, it seems we'll hide for a while."

With that said, Tenda also went back upstairs.

Satella still hugged me since we were in Gillnia's office and sat on a chair there.

Gillnia also sat on his char. Satella opens her mouth as soon as they sit in their chairs.

"Uncle"

"U-uncle ………… What is it?"

He doesn't look that old yet, but I wonder if he is an uncle from a child's point of view.

Satella has called Gillnia uncle without any malice.

It seems that he was a little confused, but he immediately regained his mind and Gillnia kindly answered Satella.

"Where is Alena?"

"... probably in the Kingdom of Salettana."

"Don't you go to help her ...?"

"I'm planning to go. But I can't go yet. Even if I go, I'll have to secretly rescue her, so it's quite difficult to rescue her."

Upon hearing the words, Satella leans her head with a difficult expression.

"Why secretly ...? You didn't do anything wrong."

"... I don't know if you can understand this because this is a bit difficult ... but the girl named Alena is the trigger for the war, moreover the problem in this has not even been solved yet. In addition the fact of slave hunting does not disappear. If Alena is found in the Kingdom of Saletana, other nations will blame the Kingdom of Saletana. To avoid something like that happening, we need to secretly rescue Alena. "

Certainly it is going to be troublesome if she is spotted in that kind of situation

I don't know how other countries will react if Garrot doesn’t do anythng.

We have to do it as soon as possible ...

I wish I had moved a little earlier ...

However, even if I have come this far, I won’t be able to do it by myself..

In the end, I’ll regret it .

The operation will start tomorrow.

The crystals will be managed by them.

Satella remained frowned, but it seems what he said transferred well, and now she didn't say anything to Gillnia anymore.