Volume 5 - CH 17

Act 5-17: Contradictory Action

「Now that you say that, it’s make a sense…」

After I explained my opinion about this incident, the old, cat-face woman nodded in agreement.

「Sure enough, this Ket Nya has already been left in a defenseless state since Sharm-sama got kidnapped by them. Even though this is the best opportunity for them to strike while we’re still unprepared, they didn’t do that for some reason. What is the chance of the one who kidnap Sharm-sama and the one who send the scout come from different group?」

「That’s also one of the possibility but――」

An old fat villager seemed to hestitate to complete his remark.

「Yes. That means we’re under the attack of two strong groups of human at the same time. That’s too much of a coincidence. Even if that really is the case, how can they aim only at my daughter? That’s another strange point about this incident.」

「Yeah, it’ll be limited to the case if someone telling those people about Sharm-sama, right?」

Black haired youth with cat face and bobbed hairdo asked Chigi as if he just came upon it.

「Yes. For now, let’s strictly warn everyone to not leave Ket Nya for now. No one shall leave without permission. We won’t be responsible to anyone who leave the village during this time.」

Everyone gulped their spit silently upon hearing Chigi’s remark.

「If the other party is really strong, they’ll try to break forcefully into the village even if they didn’t hold my daughter hostage. This can only mean one thing, they have another goal.」

Chigi pondered for a while after I spoke but,

「Gil, what’s your opinion in this regard?」

He asked me with solemn look on his face.

「I think the one who kidnapped Shar and the one who was scouting this village came from different groups. The fact that they managed to kidnap Shar so skillfully, and the fact that their scout was found out seems to be contradictory. Supposed that really is the case, our current priority is to repulse the one who scouted this village. Looking for Shar can wait for later.」

But then, their timing was way too good. I don’t think Shar abduction and thief’s raid were completely unrelated to each others. For some reason, I felt that something far more sinister than those thieves were the one who kidnapped Shar.

That’s why in a certain meaning, she was safe. If the person who kidnap Shar wanted to destroy this village, they didn’t have to use such roundabout way, they could just directly trampled this village underfoot.

Well, it didn’t change the fact that those kidnapper’s goal was still a mystery but somehow, I knew that the destruction of this village wasn’t their goal.

「Is that really the only way, Chigi-sama?」

The old woman asked Chigi with a worried  face.

「Yeah, this might be the trial from our guardian deity, Cait Sith-sama. We are left with no other choice they’re going to attack Ket Nya sooner or later.」

Good. Chigi used the name of the guardian deity at the perfect timing. At that moment, everyone’s presence didn’t hesitate anymore. Now we could finally advance the conversation to the next topic.

「What should we do then, Chigi-sama?」

Hearing the old woman represent everyone to ask that question,

「I’ll explain the whole plan to everyone for now. Please remember your role in that plan.」

Chigi then explained his plan to destroy the thieves.

This time, my guts about the one who kidnapped Shar turned out to be right on the money. And I only realized that fact a few months after this day.