I was almost on the verge of a terrible sin. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Avoiding the scene of the explosion and sparing a lot of people in the opposite direction of the shopping street, Paul and I finally decided to take a break at a coffee shop and wait for the turmoil to subside a little before going to buy materials.

"Have you heard? There is a fire on the east side of the shopping street, and the city security team is investigating the cause. ”

"I've heard about it, and it's said that the area seems to have been completely destroyed by powerful magic. But apart from the serious damage to the building, there don't seem to be any casualties, and I really don't know how. ”

A corner of an open-air coffee shop.

I was listening to two undead across the table from us, who had been drinking since broad daylight.

Sure enough, this group of guys caused a big incident, although I don't think it's possible for anyone to know that we have a relationship with the suspect, but to be on the safe side, it's better to be careful.

I don't know what happened or how it happened, or if the vampires have turned to dust now.

But it doesn't matter, I don't want to know at all.

"When we first met, I invited these two glasses of cold sparkling wine. Actually, I'm a wandering undead bard, can you elaborate on the city security team you just talked about?"

"Oh, a sensible bard. Yes. ”

After telling Paul to wait a while, I asked for two drinks from the bar and went to share a table with the chatting undead.

The two undead seemed to have said something terrible just now.

"Look, you're the undead who just arrived in Lexel. The so-called city security team is an armed force directly under the command of the current city lord, and it is generally replaced with the election of the city lord. This year's city lord is a vampire, so the security team is also composed of vampires. ”

One of the undead gulps down free bubble wine while boasting about the superiority of the locals.

At the same time, another undead nodded in agreement.

"That's right, it happened to be the first city lord election in the twentieth year recently. The members of the security team will probably be replaced with the election, and those city security officers are probably already busy. Now there has been another terrorist attack, and it is really a good show. ”

Then in a gloating tone, he smiled and said this kind of line that is not too big to watch the excitement.

…… Damn, it's a big trouble.

Although I don't know what the election of the city lord is, it is on the cusp of thinking at this time, and it must be that in order to improve political performance at this time, whether it is a former city lord or a person who wants to run for the city lord, he will create an excellent public security environment as a selling point.

Isn't this a good time to punish the troublemakers?

Shopping can cause this kind of trouble, and it's just when you need to hide your identity as much as possible.

"Eh, the city security team. It sounds terrible, but no matter how distressed they are, it doesn't matter to us. ”

"That's right. ””

The two undead in front of me smiled and agreed with my negative and irresponsible statement.

"And then, it's amazing, my bard's soul is burning. Actually, I still have some things I want to ask, about who the current city lord is, and the city lord election, which sounds quite interesting, can you tell me the specific content?"

"It's a big deal, I didn't expect you to even know this. That's ......"

Hearing my expectant inquiry, the undead sitting across the table smiled meaningfully.

To put it succinctly, that's what happened.

Normally, the official forces that control Lixel are divided into three strands. First is the United Council of Riccell, which is formed by the forces of the Lords of Death, and the various professional guilds representing the adventurers of the Demon Realm, and finally the local city lord.

Whether it's the Union Council of the Lords of Death or the Professional Guild, it's a force that can't be shaken.

But the lords seem to rotate every twenty years.

As it happens, it seems to be at a critical time lately in the campaign for the mayor of the new city. You don't have to think about it to know how much oil and water this position will have, so the election campaign has also attracted attention from all sides.

The lord of Riccell theoretically doesn't mind race, which means that even non-undead outsiders can be elected.

That being said, the successive lords of Rixel seem to be cronies of the Lords of Death.

It seems that this year, which is about to be rotated, seems to be the vampire prince.

Originally, Spendam had followers who had introduced me to the previous Undead King, and one of them was a vampire Death Lord. But because it was so far away from us, I didn't mind too much at the time.

One thing to say, we can't even go out of our own territory, and it's too early to go to war with the Lords of Death.

The current lord of the castle is probably the subordinate of the vampire Death Lord or something.

"But I don't know why, it's usually lively. However, this time the Council of Riccell was not very concerned, and it seems that several kings did not care much about the election of the lord of the city. So everyone in the citizens voted, saying that they would choose the city lord at will. Come, go one. ”

While saying this, Undead A and Undead B, who said this, clinked glasses.

"That's right, there are several kings guarding it anyway, and the words spoken by the lord of the city are actually decorations. In that case, it is better to let everyone have some fun. Belch. Then, I don't know who proposed it, I would choose the best one, and decided to hold an election meeting in the arena. ”

"Well, the guy who made this suggestion is a genius. At that time, I also voted, and the champion of the arena was the lord of the castle or something, wasn't it fun? Another glass of cold sparkling wine!"

That's too hasty, isn't it......

I have already felt how powerful the undead must be.

Including the undead spinning and running contest can be popular, and now it is said that in one of the most important city-states of the undead like Rixel, it is simply inconceivable that the undead did not perish.

However, the Death Lords didn't mind much about the election of the city lord this time, they should be busy with the affairs of the Council of the Dead.

"Anyway, the last few days should have been fun. I heard that there are many strong people of many races who want to run for the lord of the city, and the city security team has to be busy with the affairs of the arena and arrest the suspects who blew up the shopping street. Let's just wait and see the show. ”

"Well, that's a nice thing to hear. My creative inspiration came, thank you. Let's go first. ”

After thanking the two dead, I left my seat and returned to Paul's table......

"What's wrong, why are you looking at me like that?"

It was only when I said this that Paul came back to his senses from that strange look.

"No, nothing. It's just that I've been feeling this way since I came to Rixel, Lord Essioin, although you are the successor of the previous King of the Undead, but you are unexpectedly ordinary. There are places where they are very similar to the Pope, and they can come up with very powerful methods. ”

While saying such inexplicable words.

Although I don't understand, in short, I should be praising me, not scolding the Pope.

"Let's not talk about that. So, Paul, you now go to the Adventurer's Guild and post the content as a task [to hunt down the shopping street bombers] in the situation of reserving the full bounty. The information provided was written [Witnesses claim that the perpetrator clashed with local nobles, and may have been a human and demon clan intending to sabotage the castle lord's campaign]. The incident is irreversible, but at least public opinion must be directed towards others. ”

"I see. Understood, so Lord Esthein, how much does the bounty need to be set aside?"

Hearing me say this, Paul also cooperated and picked up the weapon that had been put aside, got up and asked.

Now, it's impossible to stay out of it.

Fortunately, during the recent election of the city lord, there should be a lot of ill-intentioned forces. Including the city security team should also understand this, then it will be easy to do, let the adventurers throw the pot on the others.

But it's going to cost a lot of money......

"Not too much, not too little, just two thousand gold coins. You don't have to do it yourself, hire an adventurer to do it for you, you just need to watch him do it. Then I'll go buy alchemy materials, and when I'm done, I'll meet at the entrance on the south side of the shopping street. ”

After nodding slightly to show that he understood, Paul also resolutely left towards the exit of the shopping street.