The Feudal Lordâs Residence
Leo and I arrived in the town of the Subhuman race, but the atmosphere was as bleak as ever.
Crime is rampant, and neither knights nor vigilantes were doing anything about it.
âComing to this town, it is easy to see how wonderful Lady Kanadeâs village is.â
âIndeed⦠Leo, do you know why I insist on protecting the oppressed?â
âIsnât it to reduce the number of people like us?â
âYes, it is. Thatâs one thing, but⦠Iâm with Kanade onâ âLet go of me, let go of me! My son is in that carriage!!â
It seems we didnât have time to talk.
âThatâs Feudal lordâs carriage! How can a child of a miser like you be riding in it!?â
âThe Lord has kidnapped my sonâ¦!!â
Leo clenched his own hands at the words of the man who was captured by the Knights and lamenting.
As I recall, he said that Mimily was also kidnapped by a noble, had her tongue pulled out, and was almost sold into slavery.
âLeo, was it perhaps this Feudal lord that kidnapped Mimily?â
âYes⦠He is a monster in the skin of a lord. They kidnap good-looking young children of the poor and enslave after removing their tongues so that they cannot seek helpâ¦â
âI see⦠it looks like we will have to deal with that Feudal lord first.â
âLord Richmond?â
Leo, who was biting his lip in frustration, looked up at my words and looked at me with his eyes wide-open.
âLeo, will you help me?
âOf course!!â
Mhm. Good answer.
âThen letâs go after that carriage. Iâve enchanted you with body enhancement, stealth and muffling spells. Now, nobody can see us. Run as fast as you can.â
(What? My voice ⦠Lord Richmond, what do youâ¦)
(Donât be tardy, Leo!!)
I ran fast enough to catch up with the carriage.
(Lord Richmond!!?)
(What are you doing! We are losing the carriage.)
I shouted at the stunned Leo (I donât think he heard me because of the muffling magic), and I followed the carriage.
Leo caught up with me and nodded, perhaps reading my mouth movements.
(Donât start running so fast all of a sudden.)
(Hm? However, we have to follow the carriage.)
(This carriage is going to the Feudal lordâs mansion, so we donât have to chase it, do we!?)
(Oh, now that you say it!)
When I laughed, Leo looked at me, dumbfounded.
It is a habit of dragons to chase after those who run away. It canât be helped. I said something appropriate to cover it up.
After running for a while, we arrived at the Feudal lordâs mansion.
The size of the mansion was bigger than ours, but the bathroom was probably not âWooshletâ or whatever itâs called. The bathrooms werenât automatic, either.
(Leo, first we have to find out where that manâs son is being taken.)
We waited for the man with the child to come out of the carriage, and then followed him and the child in his arms into the house.
(Looks like they are taking him into the basementâ¦)
(Mhm.)
They went down the stairs leading to the basement and proceeded in the dim light.
Then,
(Prison barsâ¦)
Leo muttered as he looked at one of the prisons spread out in the basement.
(Leo, thereâs someone inside.)
(!?)
Inside the cell, several children were frozen and trembling.
(Something like this⦠how is something like this being allowed.)
âNooo!! Donâtâ¦â
Then we heard a scream, probably from the child, and we rushed toward it.
We then saw a horrifying sight of the man using some sort of device to pull out the childâs tongue.
(Let that child goooo!!!)
Before I could stop him, Leo punched the man, so I complained to him, telling him to proceed a little more calmly, and approached the child.
The child was frozen, startled by the man who suddenly got blown away, so I broke the spell between myself and Leo to show ourselves to him.
âW, who!?â
âYou must be surprisedâ¦â
I glanced at Leo and left the explanation to him.
Iâm sure the child would feel more comfortable with Leo, a Subhuman, than with me.
â⦠Do not worry. We are here to help.â