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Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World – the Apostle of the Gods Who Know No Self-Restraint (Web Novel) - Volume 2 Chapter 43: Transportation
Volume 2 Chapter 43: Transportation
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It was the morning, and after having finished his meal, Cain went to the guard station with Alec.
The guard station was located in the vicinity of the east gate, so from the lord’s residence, they had to pass through the central square. Darmeshia, who was driving the carriage, seemed to already have a grasp on the city’s layout.
The gatekeeper at the guard station immediately recognized the lord’s carriage, and opened the gate, letting them pass through.
And then, the carriage stopped in front of the guard station.
“Cain-sama, Alec-sama, we have arrived at the guard station.”
Darmeshia, having gotten off the carriage earlier, opened the door for them.
“Thanks.”
Cain and Alec got off the carriage and headed for the station’s reception room. Inside, apart from the local guards, there were also knights from the royal capital getting everything ready. Seeing Cain, they all stopped their activities and saluted him.
“Cain-dono, long time no see.”
Glancing around, it turned out the owner of the voice was none other than Dime, the vice-commander of the royal knights. He was wearing silver armour, given to people with high positions within the knightly order. It had indeed been a long time since they had last seen each other, and Cain too, relaxed.
“It has indeed been a long time. Why would the vice-commander come all the way here for a simple transport assignment?”
Cain and Dime firmly shook hands. It did feel strange for a ten-year-old and a middle-aged man in his thirties to shake hands.
“Yeah, well, this incident was due to the government’s mess-up. So the Prime Minister directly requested us. And as the commander has the duty of guarding the royal family, she can’t really leave the royal capital, so I came here.”
“Ah, I’ll introduce you. This is Drintor’s new deputy governor, my older brother Alec.”
Alec stepped forward, introduced by Cain.
“I’m Alec von Silford, newly assigned the position of deputy governor of Drintor. I might be Cain’s older brother, but I’m a second son, so feel free to just call me Alec.”
“I’m Dime von Gazard, the vice-commander of the royal knights. Nice to meet you. Cain’s been training with us since he was five, so nearly everyone here knows him by sight. Also, he’s stronger than anyone. Even stronger than commander Tifana.”
While Dime talked on, laughing, Alec glanced sideways at Cain’s face with a complicated smile. He knew Cain had been conferred a peerage at the age of five, but no-one would have imagined that he was training with the royal guards, where the elites of the Esfort Kingdom gathered. And if he was the strongest of all of them, that meant he was the strongest in the whole country. Hearing that Cain, who was standing next to him scratching his head, had so much power, Alec could only sigh.
“Now then, the four ringleaders will be transported to the royal capital, while the rest of them will be picked up by the slave traders next week and made into criminal slaves.”
Dime nodded at Cain’s words.
“But first, please go look at the four of them. Cain, you did that, right? If ya did, there’s nothing anyone can really do.”
Laughing, Dime guided Cain and Alec. The guard station’s prison was underground, and, with Dime leading the way, the other two walked along behind him, followed in turn by the knights who were going to carry the four criminals.
There were pairs of guards everywhere, their nervousness at imprisoning dozens of people at the same time showing. All their faces stiffened when they saw the lord of the territory, Cain pass by. Dime, telling the guards ‘good work’ led the others down the stairs.
At the bottom of the stairs was a dimly lit passageway, which, although it had air flowing through it, only had minimal sunlight coming in through a small opening. There were cages on both sides of the passageway, the assailants held inside in groups of multiple people.
The assailants all began screaming when they saw his face.
Muttering that he was some sort of devil or demon beast master, they all began trembling when they saw Cain’s face, some of them even fainting. It was obvious they all feared Cain.
Seeing that, Dime, Alec, and Cain all made differing faces. Dime laughed, Alec smiled, confused, and Cain made a face indicating he didn’t know what they found so scary.
“Cain, what did you even do to them to make them so scared of you? Some of them even fainted.”
Cain hadn’t killed any of the assailants who had entered his mansion. The only person he’d killed back then was the person holding Enaku.
“These guys were dealt with by my summons.”
Cain answered, as if nothing had happened.
Dime had seen Cain’s summons. He had witnessed them when Cain had summoned them in the royal castle’s reception room. A white wolf and silver dragon that both gave off a divine feeling that had made him want to prostrate himself in front of them. Dime shuddered, imagining being attacked by those two beings.
They had reached the very last cages that had been lined up, which were all the size of a private room. And inside them were some familiar faces. The four A-Rank adventurers and the four main criminals. Rick, from the Dark Guild had been knocked unconscious with a single blow, so he had no external injuries, but the other three were still missing their limbs. Stagg’s recovery magic had only closed their wounds.
The moment they saw Cain, who was following the knights, they all began trembling. Stagg, who had been the priest, began praying, begging for forgiveness in order to be able to use high grade recovery magic, something only bishops could use.
Only Eribe was glaring at him.
“Nothing will become of this town without me! I know where all the money is. You’re making a huge mistake, thinking a mere brat can govern a town!”
Cain went and stood in front of Eribe, who had been talking big.
“Eribe, you people went too far. You might have been thinking you were helping the town, but your way of going about it was completely wrong. You’ll now be taken to the royal capital for a cross-examination. But I’ll never forgive you for what you did at the Cat’s Harmony Pavilion. Also, we’ve already found the secret room in your office and recovered your stolen money.”
Cain released a slight amount of killing intent. The prisoners all began shaking violently. Eribe, who was right in front of him, lost consciousness. At that moment, someone laid a hand on Cain’s shoulder.
“Cain, your killing intent is leaking out. I’m fine, but the rest of the guards and your older brother don’t seem to be handling it so well.”
Cain turned around to Alec, whose legs had given out and was now sitting on the floor. The guards’ faces were also pale, and they were shuddering a little.
“Ah, Alec-nii-sama, sorry.”
As Cain had withdrawn his killing intent, Alec was helped up by the guards, somehow managing to stand up.
“Wow, that surprised me. To think Cain’s killing intent was so painful. I’m fine now, thanks guard-san.”
Alec, having now stood up, brushed the dirt that had stuck to him when he’d fallen on the ground off his clothes.
“Well then, it’s time to transport them. You lot, carry those four.”
At Dime’s orders, the knights unlocked the prisons one after the other and got ready to transport the people inside. Having loaded the three without legs onto stretchers and tied them in place, they carried them away.
Staring at the now empty prisons, Cain was filled with determination to make the town a good place.
Leaving the gloomy dungeon, the knights carried the four prisoners to a prison carriage and lifted them inside.
The rest of the knights were already ready to depart, sitting on their horses.
“Well then, Cain. Until you come to the royal capital for training again.”
Smiling and waving, Dime gave the knights the signal for departure.
Cain and Alec watched them march off.
Darmeshia told Cain in a small voice.
“I too have attached an escort to Dime-sama. They’ll help out if anything happens. So please, don’t worry about them.”
Cain nodded at Darmeshia’s words. He was grateful that Darmeshia had attached an escort to Dime, although he apologized in his head for the fact that they were insects.
