"If the story I heard is true, it should be all right here,"

　Ray muttered as he looked around the room.
　Near there are figures of Elena and Nact.
　Vichela, Bune, and Esetus remained watchful of the men who had fainted near the entrance to the battlefield.
　Even though they have found out the location of the hidden room from the men, Nacto is here because he thinks it will take a thief to manipulate it, and Elena is in the custody of a woman.
　But one of the reasons for this combination was that Vihela said she was waiting at the door because it was unlikely to be a battle.

"... oh, I'm sure." It's exactly what I heard."

　Nacht moved the floorboards as he examined the room's floor, where he found the stairs.

"Oh, apparently it's right,"

　Ray muttered involuntarily as he looked up the stairs.
　But Elena, next to Ray, opens her mouth with a wry smile.

"They don't have the courage to tell lies in that situation,"
"Well, their fear of Vihela... well, in a way, it can't be helped."

　Fear may well be engraved in his heart, having fought against the so-called mad beasts.
　It was impossible for the men to be disheartened when Vihela was questioned with a fierce smile in such a situation.
　If these were the men Ray and Sett had captured, it would have been a different story, but they fought against the Vihelas... more accurately, the men who had been trampled down were nothing more than money-hired slums.
　As a result, the Rays would easily learn of the existence of the dungeon.

"Here we go,"

　Just in case, Nact, who is also a bandit, advances to the front, followed by Ray and Elena.
　The stairs leading down to the basement take less than a minute.

(Perhaps it was because of the dungeon that they had used this building as a hideout. they wouldn't bother to prepare their own dungeons.)

　When Nacht looks around thinking like that, his voice suddenly rings.

"Who...?"
"Was there anyone caught?" Wait a minute."

　Fortunately, there are several lighting magic items in the basement that Ray and his team use to move toward the voice.
　Eventually I came into view of the prison where a woman was in a moving leather armour.
　Ray and Nact approaching him with a moment of fear, but Elena next to him breathes a sigh of relief.
　I was terrified that it was two men who showed up, but Elena... more precisely, she was relieved by the appearance of the same woman as herself.
　Feeling it as the same woman, Elena approaches it alone, winning Ray and Nact, who try to approach the dungeon.
　Fortunately, there's only one woman in the prison now, but it's a small prison where five or so people can't move around.
　The woman looks grateful to Elena as she approaches her.
　Elena is the first woman to see in her life, as well as the person who came dashingly to her crisis. It didn't take long for the expression of gratitude in his eyes to turn to worship.

"Are you all right?"
"Yes, yes!"
"Well, first of all, do you have a key to this door?"
"...no. The men who kidnapped me have it..."

　a woman who looks down ashamed of not being able to answer her Goddess of Salvation.
　But Elena draws a connecting sword from the sheath of her left hip and swings it with magical force, as if she had nothing to worry about.
　A shrill metallic sound echoed round him, and the next moment the dungeon door itself was cut in half lengthwise and fell to the ground.

"That's all right now. I'd like you to tell me a lot of things, if possible, but would that be all right?
"Yes! Of course! Can you tell me your name? My name is Sonlissa."

　Elena smiles and opens her mouth to the woman -- Sonlissa -- who moistens her eyes.

"I am Elena," That's Ray and Nact. ... Well, the environment is a little bit bad here, even if I were to listen to you. Tell me above."
"Yes, sister!"
"... sister?"

　Elena nods her head slightly at the sudden remark.
　But Sonlissa opens her mouth to such Elena with a smile.

"Well... can't you?"
"Well, I don't mind,"

　Confused, Elena replies, there will be no other problem.
　When she was in the Knights of Kerebel, she was sometimes referred to as an older sister, but she was honest that she never expected to be called that until she came to Egzil.
　At any rate, it's unpleasant to stay in the moldy basement, so we all go up the stairs and back to the room we just had.

"Wow... I'm glad..."

　Sonlissa, who came up from the basement, muttered with a sigh of relief.
　The sun has already set in the sunset, and I smile with relief when I see the sunlight coming in through the window.

"I'm sorry, but tell me what you're talking about. I'm afraid I'll have a lot of time to spare."
"... Oh! I'm sorry, sister." Well, what should I tell you?"

　After recovering from Elena's voice, Sonlissa hurriedly changes her appearance.

"First of all, Sonlissa," When were you brought here?"
"Last night," That night, when I was about to leave a party member at a bar, he was attacked..."

　Elena, Ray and Nact looked satisfied with the word house.
　There are basically more adventurers in Egzil from outside, but there are more than a certain number of Egzil-bred adventurers.
　Because you've seen adventurers challenging dungeons since childhood, adventurers naturally become dreamers. Moreover, you can make a lot of money very quickly in the sense that you make money. ...however, in the latter case it is a matter of putting one's own life at risk.
　And naturally, adventurers from Egzil have homes instead of lodging like adventurers from outside.
　This female adventurer, Sonlissa, was a prime example of this.

"Last night? Did you see any other man in the capture?"
"What? Well, I was alone since I was put in that dungeon."

　In Nact's words, Sonlissa immediately replies so.
　The answer may have been half expected, but Nacht's face still shows a regretful expression, and he continues to ask questions.

"Then, if you have any clue as to who they are, please let me know."
"As for the clues... I could understand from what you said that someone had ordered me to do, but other than that..."

　Sonlissa struggled desperately to find any clues, but suddenly remembered one thing in the conversation between the men.

"Well, this may be a real coincidence, but it seems like there was a believer in the Holy Light among the men."
"Scholarism?"

　The word reminds me of Nact.
　that some of those who attacked him and Esetus had been chastised, saying, 'Saint...'

(The prayer of the Holy Light was "The Protection of the Holy Goddess of Light." When I think about it, the one who attacked me was a believer in the doctrine of the Holy Light... No, wait. The reason why I stopped him from saying that was because he was a believer in the Church of the Sacred Light, was that one of the nine men who attacked him, or two of them were believers of the Church of the Sacred Light, and that it was a matter of chance to clear them up.Nact says what he thinks and comes up with.

"Is there any connection between the Church of the Holy Light in the attack and the Maaschel family?"

　Sonlissa opens her eyes to the words.
　I didn't expect that the incident in which I was kidnapped would be such a big story.
　Besides, the doctrine of the Holy Light now has some power in Egzil. They help adventurers and pay for them, and they do a lot of service in the city.
　It was Sonlissa's honest feeling that why did such a partner behave like this?
　But for Ray, who is more precisely skeptical of religion itself, it is only a reason that makes sense.

"Well, then, is it quite possible that there is also a possibility that the Church of the Sacred Light is involved in the case of abnormal species?" No, if you think of the Levisor's laboratory, is that the puppeteer?"

　Nacht frowns slightly at Ray's words.
　My honest feeling is that unlike Ray, I'm in trouble...

"Anyway, wouldn't it be better to get information from people who said Ray had caught them, and if they were really involved, and if they were connected to the Maaschel family, there could be a lot of bad things."
"Oh, yes! There was a conflict between the Silwa and the Levisors not long ago, and here comes another conflict between the Silwa and the Maaschel families, and even the Sacrament... or else there might be some intervention from the kingdom of Mileana."

　Elena pats her shoulder as she approaches a panic.

"This is only if Nact's prediction is correct. Rather, Sonlissa was caught here overnight. My family and party members will be worried and I'd better get back soon. -- just in case you'll hear from the Silwa family later, but then you'll have to be interviewed
"What are you going to do with your sister?"
"I've got a lot of work to do," ...Ray,"
"Oh,"

　Understanding what he meant by that glance, Ray and Elena head straight to the back door.

"Will you wait until we go? I want to take Esetus with me."

　Ray hesitates whether to allow Esetus to participate in the interrogation, but he nods back to Nacto's words and heads for the back door, judging that he will not be convinced if he removes it anyway.





"Glu".

　It was Seto's cry that greeted Ray and Elena when they arrived at the back door.
　Looking at the faint men, patting their heads, fortunately no one seems to have recovered consciousness, lying on the ground in the form of tuna and ray landed on the ground.

"Now, by the time the Ethets come, shall we not run away?"

　muttering, taking the rope out of the mistling and tying the men's arms and legs.
　Everyone's hands and feet are tied with ropes, so if one person tries to escape, he can't escape.
　Slapping the nearest man on the cheek a few times brings him to consciousness.

"...what is it...?!

　He probably remembered before he lost consciousness in seconds. I tried to get up at once, but I couldn't have moved if Ray trampled me on my chest.

"You are..."
"Should I say good morning? Anyway, I have a lot to ask you."

　Just as Ray says so, the four of them, Vihela, Bune, Esetus and Nact, emerge from the back door of the building.
　The reason why Sonlissa is gone is probably because she has already returned home.
　Then Esetus opens his eyes and opens his mouth, looking at the man who is being trampled on by Ray's pigeon-tailed.

"Yes, it's him! He's the one who attacked us, and he's called Oguru.
"It seems to have been a hit,"
"To you guys, like this."

　Oguru tries to say something back, but in the next moment Ray's power, which is stepping on his pigeon tail, becomes stronger and he can't speak any more.

"You may only speak when you answer this question. Now, let's hear this first. Where are the teabias you've kidnapped now?"
"...I don't know,"
"Why? I think you said you were carrying it somewhere when you were trying to escape from here."

　Oguru never opens his mouth and looks away from Ray's words.

"The Maaschel family".

　Oguru reacts to Ray's muttering words with a twitch.
　Few people saw it up close, but Ray, who stomped on the man's dove, felt his body stretched, albeit momentarily.

"I guess you'really.

　I had already heard from informant Seracant that these men were originally coming and going to the Maaschel family. The question was meant to confirm it, but at any rate it turned out where Tivia was brought in.

"The next question is... what's the relationship between you and the Holy Light?"

　In response to the question, Ogle smiles as if she doesn't understand the meaning of the words that come out of Ray's mouth.

"Huh? Holy Knight? Why does that have anything to do with me?"

　Oguru's return of words was unaffected, and a stranger would have judged that he had nothing to do with the religion.
　But Ray smiled a little at such a person.