After discovering my lack of knowledge about the world of the seamen, the little assassin brother let me go. He doesn't seem to have any wariness of me.

"My name is Crane."

"I'll call it Ishina."

Little Brother Crane let go of the hand that bound my body, and he leaned against the wall as if he had slackened his strength.

"It's a long name."

"The 'Ijiin' in front is a surname."

"If you have a surname, are you also a nobleman?"

"In today's society of people on earth, no matter who has a surname." I explained, "In addition, in the society of the earthly people, the aristocracy has basically ceased to exist in name only. ”

"I can't believe it, what's the use of asking for a surname if it's a civilian? It's still a hassle to scream. ”

"If it's useless, it's probably really useless...... But ......," I thought about it, "the social gregariousness of the people on the earth has now become so great that one person may meet more than a hundred people a day. If everyone is called by their first name, it is inevitable that there will be duplicate names. When I was in elementary school, no, I was in elementary school, and there was someone with the same name as me. Of course, the surnames are not the same, otherwise it will be troublesome. ”

"Is that so?" Crane looked at me with a subtle expression, "Since you say you are a civilian, can a civilian go to school on the ground?" ”

"You can go to school. Education is compulsory. Centuries ago, some European countries made compulsory education popular, which led to an increase in national literacy and a surge in national power. In this regard, most countries have introduced compulsory education. ”

"The nations of the earth are wonderful......

"It's not all good. Sometimes terrible wars break out between countries, and there are religious issues that have not been resolved. Recently, environmental pollution has also become a headache for everyone. ”

Crane and I started talking about the people on earth. While it sounds nerve-wracking to talk to someone who has just been holding a knife to his neck, I sense that Crane doesn't seem to have any ill will towards me. And, reading between the lines and from the look on her face, it seemed that she had something to say to me.

"Brother Crane, what the hell are you trying to say?"

Crane was silent for a while, and she didn't seem to be speaking to me very well. I see, do you need me to ask questions at this time?

"Then I'll just ask you. Why do you know at first sight that I am an earthling? Obviously, you're not sure if people on earth really exist. ”

"Because you're a girl." Crane immediately said, "I'm sorry, but I checked when I kidnapped you just now. Your body is not the same as our sea people, but you are indeed a girl. ”

Huh? Have I been checked? When? It's better to say that when I was hugged by Crane, I was immersed in the happiness of being close to the young lady, and I didn't notice the movement of her hands at all. I seem to have been a little careless lately, and even the heart of a warrior is about to disappear.

Crane's logic, though, made me a little concerned.

"Why am I a girl and I am an earthling?"

"Because in the world of the seamen, the status of women is very low. Men are not allowed to let the girls of the sea live in this kind of palace. ”

I was taken aback.

"If you think about it, have you, including me, really seen the women of the sea people?"

"I want to ...... I've never seen it at all......"

It's better to say that I've been in your male hell all along! Because Little Brother Crane was so flamboyant that I didn't even notice it. If you feel it carefully, the smell on his body is also very good. No, why should I smell men! Although I was originally a man, now Crane is dressed as a woman. It feels a little confusing.

"Men, especially the male aristocracy, hate women. They think of women as mere tools. ”

"It's a little bit like the Sengoku period in Japan......"

"All in all, after a simple deduction, you should be women of the earth. I guess the people who came here were all women, or the viscount would have left only the men and locked the women in the dungeon. ”

"Even though you say so...... But I think Viscount Bragança is very kind to us. ”

"That's what he faked." Crane said coldly, "Actually, that guy hates women the most. ”

I don't know how much subjectivity is in what Crane said, but I'll listen to some of it. If you think about it this way, it seems that the captain of the guard is cold to me. Could he be the kind of man who hates women? I was glared at by the soldiers of the sea people at the door of the villa before, maybe they were venting their frustration too? For a girl like me to enter the villa, the soldiers may be desecrating the holy place they guard.

That said, their nerves aren't just because of the mob outside......

"That'...... Is Brother Crane a mob? ”

"Mobs? What mob? ”

Did you guess wrong? I saw that Little Brother Crane looked at me with a tired expression, and it didn't seem like he was pretending to be stupid.

"Just now the captain of the guard said that there was a mob wandering nearby. I originally wanted to get out of the aristocratic area and go to the commoner area to see, but because of this incident, I couldn't go. ”

"We are not mobs." Crane groaned for a while and said, "If we have to, we're the Resistance." We have established a number of bases in the lower three districts, and are now facing off against the armies of the nobility. ”

"It feels like the revolution is about to succeed, and it feels like the countryside is surrounding the city."

"No, the situation is not good for us." Crane shook his head and said, "The nobles have a racial advantage, and their height and physical strength are obviously much stronger than ours. At the same time, they have professionally trained soldiers, and it is difficult for us to confront them head-on. Now we are looking for ways to make a fuss from cutting off the logistics routes of the nobles. But it's also difficult. So for the aristocracy, we might just be some mobs. ”

"That's right......" I said.

"We don't want to go against the nobles. To be honest, it won't do anyone any good if we do fight. In order to cut off the culprit, I want to sneak into this villa and see if I can get rid of Viscount Bragança once and for all. ”

When Crane said this, the expression on his face was very serious. It can be seen that in order to assassinate the viscount, she may have been prepared to die.

"But maybe the guy was lucky, he didn't show up tonight. Originally, I deduced that he would not let you earthlings directly contact the inferior people of our troupe, but the royal family may have retained him. All in all, my mission may have failed from the start. I'm sorry I rolled you in to get you involved in order to struggle at the end. ”

I see, since the target who needs to be assassinated did not come in the first place, there is no way to talk about assassination. What am I? Scapegoat? It seems that because there is no value even as a scapegoat, the north passed. That being said, I have one more important question for Crane.

"Why do you think killing Viscount Braganza will solve everything?"

"Huh?"

"If it's to settle the guarantee, then shouldn't you assassinate the royal family?"

"It's not realistic to assassinate the royal family." Crane shook his head, "The palace is very well guarded, and we can only break through if we break through head-on. Besides, there are many heirs to the royal family, so it won't help me to kill the current king. ”

"Then why kill Viscount Braganza?"

"Because he was the one who proposed to establish trade with the people of the earth. It's also about you, don't you know anything? Crane looked at me in surprise.

"To know is to know......," I said, shaking my head, "I just don't understand." Is trade with the people of the earth the fuse that causes your rebellion? We're just selling pearls...... The pearl I speak of is also your pearl of the sea. ”

"That's because Viscount Braganza, while proposing trade, also asked the royal family to increase the production of the Pearl of the Sea. Originally, the output of the Pearl of the Sea was acceptable to everyone. However, in order to gain more profit from the trade of the earthlings, the Viscount of Bragança persuaded the royal family to force an increase in production. We are unhappy about it. ”

How so? Did that Viscount Bragança do such a thing? I thought it was a little strange at first. Why did the negotiations with the royal family take so long? According to the excuse made by Viscount Braganza, it seems that the royal family has a deep-seated prejudice against the people of the earth. But no matter how conservative he is, Wang still has to consider the problem from the standpoint of the entire sea people world. As long as you sell the stacked pearls, you can directly get a profit. That's a great thing at no cost. As long as the royal family is not a fool, there should be no reason to refuse.

"Isn't it okay to sell the existing Pearl of the Sea directly on the existing one?"

"If that's the case, that's fine." Crane said with a wry smile, "But the number of existing pearls of the sea is also limited, and even if you save and sell them, you can't buy them for a lifetime." For Viscount Bragança, this matter was unacceptable. ”

"Why?"

"He wants to be the Minister of Foreign Trade in charge of trade with the people of the earth." "If the pearls are sold out all at once, then he won't have a say in foreign trade in the future." So he wanted to control a trade route with a large supply of the Pearl of the Sea for a long time. In other words, at the level of Viscount Braganza, money and interests are no longer relevant to him. He wants to use the benefits to gain power for himself. ”

I see, I didn't expect Viscount Bragança to be such an ambitious person. Although it is said that it is not illegal to engage in monopoly in the world of sea people, it is precisely because of the lack of legal sanctions that there may be greater chaos. The emergence of monopolies is bound to annoy the people, and the people will not be able to protect their interests from the point of view of the law, and they will riot. From this point of view, it is better to enact an anti-monopoly law as soon as possible.

He is said to have placed the earthly emissaries who came to ask for trade under house arrest in his palace. If the royal family did not accede to his request, he would put the emissaries under house arrest for the rest of his life. Crane continued.

"House arrest, ah......"

I thought about it, and I think it does. Of course, Kiyomi, who eats happily every day, must not have noticed it.

"So in order to increase the production of the Pearl of the Sea, Viscount Braganza made an unreasonable request, which led you to decide to start rebelling?"

"Yes, ...... actually"

Crane was about to finish when there was a sound of footsteps outside. Crane's face turned white all at once, and she must have thought she would be exposed. I don't think it's good, will I be taken hostage again in this situation? I shudder to think of Hollywood heroines being held hostage jumping from buildings, trains, and ships. I'm not pretty, I'm still young, I'm still new to being a girl, I don't want to experience the thrill and excitement of life so soon.

However, judging by the footsteps, it seems that the person who came was not a seaman soldier. One is the sound of a slower pace, but the movement is relatively small, and the movement feels sluggish and stiff. The other footstep was near-zero and sounded continuous, was it moving by rolling friction? Although I had vaguely guessed who was coming, I really didn't want to recognize them in front of my new little brother.

"Sulfona, did you fall into the toilet and drown!"

"If it's that sister, it's really possible. It's better to fall down quickly, and just drown in the toilet in the deep sea, gradually soaked in the stench of filth. ”

"If that's the case, who will feed you?"

“…… Then let's get my sister up. ”

Crane looked at the scrapwood duo with a look of wonder on his face.

"Is this your fellow earthling? I began to think that there was no difference between people on earth and us, but was I wrong? Or do you look special? ”

"I ...... I don't think you're wrong. ”

"Then why does one of your companions look like a soft puddle of mud, and one has a bulging belly and clearly can't see his toes?"

"Aha......"

I could only barely laugh at it. Unlike Kiyomi, Crane doesn't seem to be poisonous, but genuinely harbors this question. How to put it, this natural side can cause the most harm to people. After hearing these unintentional words, Kiyomi and Tanigawa were silent. But I still have something to ask them.

"How did you get here?"

"Because my sister never came back."

"So that no one will wipe the mouth of this idiot." Tanigawa said listlessly.

"After that, Mr. Butler said that my sister might still be in the toilet, so we came to you."

I see, that's why you're coming to me. But did you know that I'm being held hostage by my cute little brother? Despite the effects of Stockholm syndrome, I have a good relationship with Crane right now. But the relationship between us and the victim has not changed. Now that all three people on the ground in the entire sea people world are in the hands of Crane, there may be big trouble.

But Crane doesn't seem to have any idea of doing anything about us. Despite being an Assassin, Crane was not a cruel man. Luckily, all three of us are elementary school girls, and I don't think there is anyone in this world who would want to brutally harm elementary school girls. Because elementary school girls are treasures of mankind.

Crane thought for a moment, then looked at me.

"I heard that you originally wanted to go outside the aristocratic district, but then you didn't make it...... Is that so? ”

"That's right."

"Do you want to go now?"

"Huh?"

"Now, I'm going to take you to the civilian quarters of the Sea People. I'm here to be your guide, and I'll take you out of this villa. ”