118 Chapter 7-6 Chamber of Commerce Raids

"That made that noise... all the time"

It was Jean who accidentally walked by and heard the noise in front of me.

Mr. Jean has a very grumpy look, slapping his desk with his fingers into a ton.

Because he was off duty today. What's more, I got caught up in all this noise when I was putting a long time off duty on family services.

That face, which is likely to be mistaken by a bandit if you make a mistake, is getting steeper every time you listen to me.

Fortunately, however, it is not to me or the Amurs that Mr. Jean is angry, but to the guards who freed the intruders and, conversely, tried to catch Kelly.

"Well, there's nothing at all wrong with Tenma and Blanca on this matter, and it's too much with Amur, but is there room for circumstance... but with Amur, I'll be prepared to hold him for about two days. Even those guys are recognized guards by the state. The problem is with the guards... as far as I can tell, it's unlikely that they were taking bribes... ahhhhh."

Jean, who was originally a Kingsguard, was not involved in such an issue, but he couldn't say so at the time I was involved, and Jean became chief executive in a disintegrating manner.

This is like all the commotion about me is going to the Kingsguard, and Jean, who was just there, pulled the poverty lottery. Moreover, because of the title of Deputy Commander of the Kingsguard, there is no way to escape, and he is in office with his head bowed to his family.

Why the commotion about me is the jurisdiction of the Kingsguard, because the Kingsguard is the best elite unit of the King's Army, and because the Kingsguard's best friend (royal family) is kind to me, and I know a lot of people in the unit, it's much safer than leaving them to the guards poorly. I don't feel like I'm being treated as a dangerous person, but I decided not to think deeply about it because it's easier for me to have someone I know in charge than for someone I don't know.

"Ha... you can go home, Tenma. Home search after this..."

I didn't miss the last word Jean whined. Anyway, it sounded like a very interesting word.

"Mr. Jean, can I follow that, too?

"Decided not to... No, wait..."

Ms. Jean immediately tried to dismiss it, but cut the words and thought along the way, and made the guard, who was nearby, speak up and bring the paper, and start writing something with Sarah.

"All right! Tenma, sign here, please"

The paper Jean asked me to sign says' Request Form 'on the top. The content is "Request for cooperation in the search of George Highland's home, representative of the Highland Chamber of Commerce". "George Highland," he says, is the name of the intruder who is the culprit of this commotion.

It seems that the Highland Chamber of Commerce is medium-sized as a chamber of commerce in the Wang capital, but until a few years ago it was a small chamber of commerce.

It is not so rare that the Chamber of Commerce, which rides well in time or grows in a few years because of her husband's talent, does not fall into those two categories, but rather with the ever-blackening rumoured Chamber of Commerce, which has risen around a strong deal.

If you are searching for a normal home, you will rarely ask the adventurer to cooperate, but if you are searching for a place like this Highland Chamber of Commerce where you do not know what will happen, you may ask the adventurer to support the search.

"I have no problems with my abilities. I'm a party to the case, and I hit and put on a clear identity tenma to make a request," Jean said.

In addition to the 10,000 G of the base fee, the conditions are said to increase the reward depending on the degree of activity.

Jean said she wanted a few other trustworthy moves, so she introduced Blanca and the Dawn Sword and immediately asked for them. That said, Blanca seems to have gained recognition in less than a minute, as she has been booked in a separate room in the same building. As for "The Sword of Dawn," I told him about the inn I was staying in, and a young Kingsguard flew away immediately.

"It's after noon now... if I could, I'd just like to step in before dark."

Looks like Jean went to get the Dawn Sword, but also issued a warrant to the Royal Castle to get permission to search the house.

I feel that hiring us is arbitrary, but the Highland Chamber of Commerce was originally going to step in if it had a chance, so I've been marking it for a long time, so I don't need to worry about it because permission will come down without any problems. Besides, Jean is the deputy captain of the Kingsguard, so he's allowed to carry out this kind of operation at will.

"Ooh, Tenma. That's kind of weird. Well, let's just think of it as a pocket money... most of all, your daughter can't participate and seems to be infidel."

Blanca appeared laughing happily from behind me as I moved to the conference hall at the operation meeting.

I hear Blanca went to Amur's before she got here and told her about the house search. Amur, who heard the story, said he told the guard on the lookout that he wanted to join because he was also a related party. But he refused to join, so he snuck into the futon and slept unfaithfully.

It should be noted that Amur has been treated as a criminal so far on the paperwork, but the actions of the guards who were obviously harmed are strange, so until the relationship between the Highland Chamber of Commerce and the guards is confirmed, he will be placed under house arrest in a single room used by the Knights, not in the dungeon of the Knights Branch where we are.

Although there is a relationship between the Highland Chamber of Commerce and the guards, however close to black, Jean decided to stay in Amur because he said, "You'll be acquitted, but I want to keep it that I caught you because I got my hands on the guards."

However, when it is clearly confirmed that the guards had problems, they may now say that the Knights have unfairly captured Amur, so I want you to give me a break because I will pay the corresponding compensation at the time of liberation, Jean had asked Amur.

Amur also accepted it and was placed under house arrest, but was not allowed to take part in the operation by the boulders.

"We need the fact that Amur is being caught in the Knights Branch. You can't just go out there."

"Sure."

When we got to our seats face-to-face, an operational meeting began as if we were waiting for it.

The operation was not particularly unusual, but was divided into three parts: search, siege, and assault. The squad that laid a siege net while the search squad was looking into it stopped the escape, and the guerrilla squad focused on capturing or disabling the fugitives.

The search (break-in) squad consists of fifteen selected from the Kingsguard and the Knights, led by Mr. Chris.

The siege squad consists of a hundred chosen from the Knights and Guards, led by Mr. Edgar.

The guerrilla squad consists of fifteen Kingsguards and a group of Adventurers (us), led by Mr. Jean.

The Highland Chamber of Commerce is a three-story building a short distance from the boulevard, built independently of the surrounding buildings, on square land surrounded by passageways.

The search squad enters in a consolidated fashion, but the siege squad creates a group of five men each, placing the group in five pairs on each side. The guerrilla squad will have five pairs of three and a total of seven pairs of "Dawn Sword" and "Tenma Blanca" waiting around the Chamber of Commerce building to monitor the entrance and exit of the Chamber of Commerce.

There are four entrances to and exits from the Chamber of Commerce.

First the entrance and exit in the front of the store. This is the biggest place, but the search squad is going in from here, so it's expected to have the fewest escapees. Two groups, including Mr. Jean, are in charge.

Next is the entrance and exit of the goods, which are the major entrances and exits. Since this is the most likely place to escape, the Dawn Sword, with one large number, and another set will be in charge.

And the back door in the kitchen. It's small here, but the least popular (one person), so you can't be alarmed. Two groups of Kingsguards are in charge, but one group stands by at a distance so that they can go to the entrance for backup at any time.

Last but not least, I'm in charge of the rooftop entrance and exit. Honestly, this entrance and exit are unlikely to come out, but I can look around, so I'm in charge of Blanca and me with mobility.

Up to the roof, I carry Blanca by flying magic, and when something happens downstairs, it takes the form of jumping straight down.

Also, I rely on my group for "three servants"... and Slalin Shiloumar Solomon will also participate. It should be noted that Namitaro seems not to be good at terrain like this one (in person) and rarely participates. Most of all, after he said he wasn't good at it, he also said, "I don't know how many buildings will collapse if I storm in a dense area anymore," so there are some aspects that helped even me. Whatever, I'll be the one paying compensation for the broken building...

"Whoa! Looks like you broke in. Solomon stands by over, Slalin traps at the entrance and exit. Blanca, Shiloumal, get ready to jump anytime. I'll cover you from here."

At my direction, each of them will be placed.

Soon afterwards, those fleeing the entrance appeared, and the engagement with the 'Sword of Dawn' began. Then, a little late from the entrance, I started hearing intense noises even at the back entrance.

"Blanca, go cover the back entrance! Shiloumal is the entrance! There's more resistance than I thought, I know it's okay, but if we keep this up, this one could do more damage."

"Respond!"

"Gaw!"

Because they are both in a state of turmoil, my magic threatened to damage even my allies. That's why I decided to ask Blanca and the others to go downstairs.

The two beasts did not hesitate at all, and ran down the wall as if they had fallen backwards on the battlefield under their eyes (...).

Those who fled to the two docile appearances stopped moving in surprise. The guerrilla squad defeated the enemy without missing the gap, capturing everyone in minutes of the thing.

"Looks like the battle has begun inside the store. Whoa! Slalin, we've got customers coming this way!

Expand your exploration and find out what's going on inside the store, and it looks like the battle has begun downstairs, and you can hear the rage so far.

And then five reactions began to move towards those of us who thought we were fighting Mr. Chris and the others. I started to hear chatter and noise from the entrance and exit. Perhaps the arrow in the arrow barrel is making a noise because of the rush up the stairs.

But don't you realize I'm here? All five of them seem to have bows and arrows. Maybe he came to the roof with the intention of covering the battle outside.

"There must be enemies waiting outside! I'm gonna shoot you from the top. Whoa, whoa!

The five of them came out without alarm, trying to kick through the door on the roof.

And stunningly trapped. Looks like they're still coming up to cover the outside. Thanks to this I was easily powerless.

As a matter of fact, I sprinkled water right outside the door and wet it in advance when I found out that the five of them had come to the roof. That's plenty enough to hold water, too.

And when the five of them stepped into the water reservoir, they unleashed a thunderous magic stun to exhaust it.

"You can't move for a while. Let the Golem watch you... Solomon, you can take a break. Slalin, follow me."

Downstairs, Chris and the others are struggling, but the enemy appears to have taken the stairs and are struggling with an attack coming from above them.

But if I attack here from the top, the opponent will be sandwiched the other way around, and the situation will be reversed. However, if you don't get close enough not to be noticed by the other person, you will be stuck in a room upstairs or on the third floor, causing a little trouble with your captivity.

"Slalin, I'm gonna ram you right into the middle of the other guy, so I'm gonna need you to disable the shooting leak."

I chose a simple and most effective method because I didn't have time to set up a detailed operation. It's the simplest way to do it, in the name of exhaustion.

"So... assault!

Remove the workout stick from the bag and run down to fly the stairs at once.

Eight enemies, each of whom seemed to have quite a bit of skill, lined up on the dance floor upstairs, using the interests of the heights to respond with spears and bows, without sending a search squad led by Mr. Chris.

But he wasn't paying attention behind it, and he didn't notice me approaching. Most of all, even if I had noticed, I hadn't thought about changing plans.

"Behind you, you're away!

I'm going to stick it between the eight of us, and I'm going to bounce the first one around my body first. Then swing the stick and destroy the two left and right.

At this time the other five noticed me, but they kick down the two of them in front of the stairs before they move out. Two or three of the knights were involved in those two, but they were soon seized by the other knights. Three left.

One of them tried to stand up to me, but the other two ran up the stairs at a glance.

"Slalin! They're gone!

Speaking to Sularin, who's supposed to be coming after me, the two escaped are taken in by the emperorized body of Sularin and can't move.

"So, last minute!

The last one who stood in front of me was surprised that his buddy had escaped and that his buddy had been caught in an instant, exposing himself to defenselessness in front of me. So if you aim at your jaw and stick out the stick, the man collapsed off his knees and stopped moving.

"Mr. Chris, it's over."

Speaking to Mr. Chris coming this way, Mr. Chris looked bitter. Whatever, it's like they took my best shot at it. It's about Chris, so I guess it's more of a problem that Jean might dislike me later than that he embezzled me. So,

"Thanks to Mr. Chris and the others for drawing their attention, you were able to defeat the victim without letting him out."

That made me smile awesome. I guess you figured out what I was trying to say.

"Right! As planned!

I don't know when he set up the operation, but that's what he wants to do.

"Well, let's get to work! As per the meeting, divide the three of us and find out. And maybe there's something else lurking around, so be very careful. Somebody get these guys outside before I do."

As Mr. Chris clapped his hands and offered his support, the knights began to move tediously and quickly scattered.

Only to be chosen as a boulder-critical squad, the individual seems to be quite highly proficient.

"So, Mr. Tenma. Where do you think it's suspicious?

From the side, Mr. Chris asks me, for some reason, with a great armband, so I don't know.

"It's all about this store, isn't it? Good luck."

I said and tried to leave the place. Seems like you want me to join the search, but if you even look at the crappy material of the aristocracy, it's definitely going to be a pain in the ass.

"It's just a little bit, hey? Just a little, just a little, just hang out with me!

Mr. Chris joins hands, lowers his head and asks him to do so. If this were the opposite of men and women, it would definitely be the kind of line that would take you to doubt your lower heart first. Well, apparently there are a lot of reverse patterns these days...

"Then it's just a little bit. We'll just take a look around the ground floor and the warehouse."

If you look around the warehouse properly, one or two suspicious items are going to come out normal, so you should point that out. So when I headed to the warehouse, I quickly found something suspicious... it's a staircase to the basement too.

When I happened to take the medicine bottle that was on the shelf, I dropped the weight like the copper that was placed there. And because I felt uncomfortable with the sound of the floor where the copper had fallen, I found the entrance to the basement. The underground entrance was politely manipulated to interfere with the magic and did not appear to have caught on in the first 'exploration'.

"Mr. Boulder Tenma! Oh, my God!

Mr. Chris immediately tried to break into the basement, but he couldn't dare let Jean, who was outside, report it and ask for instructions. It's not a good idea to break in without reporting, most importantly because there were ten reactions to the 'exploration' I used the second time. And the appraisal results of that reaction sucked.

Race... Elves

Title… Slave

state… debilitating

All ages were falling apart, but this was the information common to the ten people underground.

When I saw this, I felt like I had a headache.

It's not that there are no elf slaves in this country or anything, it's that there are elf slaves hidden underground (...).

Elves are often common in many stories: "Proud" in "Excellent Eyebrows" and "Preferred for the Forest" in "Good at Magic". And that also applies in this world.

Sometimes, in some stories, 'exclusive to other races', but as far as I can tell, I've never heard of it.

Ningro, fall into the friendly category. Well, they don't condone roughing up the woods, but when they replace us with this, it feels like 'I don't condone those who destroy my own house,' so we all recognize it as a natural course of action.

Such elves can also fall into slavery if they sin or bear debts in human society.

Elves are basically a serene family that likes beautiful woods and quiet places, so many people live more qualitative lives than luxurious ones, but some people dye their hands of evil or lead self-depraved lives because there are also personal differences in elves, and most of the slaves in the elves are such people.

Moreover, elf slaves are popular, so many are traded for a considerable high price, and those who become owners are allowed to restrict their actions to the point of being imprisoned, and as a result rarely see elf slaves walking around the city.

And because elves can be sold at high prices, some of them are dropped into slavery by illegal means. The most common is kidnapping.

And the elves in the basement are more likely to have been enslaved for kidnapping and other things than they were hidden. In the first place, we don't go down with permits to sell or buy slaves outside of designated locations. Even if it's 'transfer of slaves', not a deal, it's a decision that needs to go through slave traders, bureaux, guilds, etc.

I hear you found the basement.

Jean, who received the report, came to me and Chris.

Ms. Jean began to prepare herself for the break-in, listening to a detailed report.

But I'll wait for it.

"Mr. Jean, if a large number of people went in and the enemy was hiding, this one could also suffer major injuries. So I think you should ask Slalin to see what's going on first."

"That's right...... is Slalin all right?

Mr. Jean doesn't seem to know the true power of Slalin.

So I make a serious face,

"If Slalin really planned the assassination, he'd be able to do it without even his grandfather's hands or legs"

I tried to say. This is true. Whatever, in Grandpa's case, he believes' Me or Slalin won't do that ', so he's always defenseless in front of us. So if you want to assassinate me, that would be like twisting the baby's hand. Well, that can't happen even if the heavens and the earth flip.

The knights around them half-hearted the words... or hardly seemed to believe them, but Jean and Chris seemed to think of something in my words, and both of them had their faces drawn.

"Then please. Don't push it."

"Yes. Then, Slalin, please. Let me know right away if anything happens (...)"

Slalin let her body play like a snort only once, then she went down the stairs.

I told Sularin in front of Jean and the others that something was definite, so Sularin has been instructed to turn back as soon as he gets to the elves.

The basement is only about the same area as the building on the ground floor, but there are four barns and three rooms, and we can see that the Highland Chamber of Commerce is putting considerable effort into the slave traders' trade.

"Welcome back, Slalin... ok. Mr. Jean, it seems Slalin has found something very difficult."

Approximately five minutes after Slalin went into the basement, he pretended to hear reports of Slalin returning and told Mr. Jean about the slaves in the basement.

"Oh, my God! We're on our way to the rescue now!

"Mr. Jean, wait a minute"

Mr. Jean listened to my report and immediately tried to break into the basement, but I stopped Mr. Jean again. The knights looked a little uncomfortable about it, but I kept talking.

"Talking about Slalin, she says the majority of slaves underground are women, some of them dressed up close to naked. What would they think if there were a bunch of murderous men in there? I think it would be a good idea to get ahead of Mr. Chris and the women of" The Sword of Dawn "and let them put on their clothes and calm down before heading to the rescue."

"Yeah, I think I'd better do that, too."

The men obeyed without saying anything because Chris, the only woman in this room, agreed. Mr. Jean was only married, too, and he didn't dispute my thoughts.

"Then it's time to procure clothes. Bring your clothes from one end of the line! And have someone come outside and tell the women of The Sword of Dawn why"

The knights, instructed by Mr. Jean, each fished out a costume for the sales office. I don't know the shape of the elves being enslaved, so it's like a break-in robbery to be collecting allowances and clothes gradually.

In the meantime, I made a suggestion to Mr. Jean, did not participate in collecting clothes with the knights, and fished other product shelves.

"For what you've been doing, you've got good quality stuff."

What I'm fishing for is a shelf of groceries and a drug-related shelf, and I thought I'd make a meal of the elves that would be debilitating.

I don't know the extent of the debilitation until I actually looked at it, but I thought it wouldn't be that bad even if it was placed as a commodity, and I put all the ingredients together to try to make it look like a good soup for my body and digestion. Most of all, even normal soup can be dangerous when it is too debilitating, so I think I need to check it out before meals.

And the ingredients are mushrooms (dried goods) with nourishing properties, as well as rice, to the herbs that make up the poison and wound medicines.

I couldn't find just rice, so I use the cooked rice I kept in my bag.

What I'm going to make from this ingredient is "Seven Grass Porridge Style Heavy Water." Originally made to revitalize a weakened stomach, Seven Grass Porridge is also used as a sick cannibal. I thought if I made it with herbs, it would work great.

The medicinal herbs and mushrooms I use are not dangerous because I choose something that is not harmful to my body even if I eat it raw.

"First powder the mushrooms, put them in a pan with hot water, then add the chopped herbs too, pick a salt... and then take the ac, take the ac again, take the ac... add the rice, stir it... just keep simmering! Does it taste a little bitter?

In the middle of taking the ac, Mr. Chris and the others went down into the basement. Then shortly afterwards I heard voices coming from the basement, and Jean and the others went down around putting in the rice and stirring it around.

He also thickened in good shape, so as he was cooling while stirring the contents of the pan, Chris supported him and the first one came out of the basement.

The elf was like a woman, a beauty with a neat face, as most of those who had heard of it, though they had done so.

The elves who came out later also felt that the individual differences were various in the aesthetic form of something and that one end of the feelings of those who wanted the slaves of the elves could be understood.

If testimony is obtained from these elves, the majority of George Highland and Highland Chamber of Commerce officials will fall into slavery.

But first...

"Try it because it's stomach friendly and you've got heavy water that's good for digestion. At the same time, we will treat you."

Help the elves recover physically and mentally first.