A day earlier, Elpa and Ewen had arrived in Hemalton. Because of the urgency of the situation, the two found the orphanage without stopping after arriving at their destination.

Naturally, I couldn't meet Anna.

The two rushed to the school in a hurry, but they still returned empty-handed. With Elpa, the kobold orc, the two of them were busy in the forest for half a night, but they couldn't find any trace of Anna.

In desperation, Elpa had no choice but to find Leod.

On the other hand, after Anna left, the academy was also active through its own channels. After all, some of the students were sent to school by their parents. If you can't even protect your own students, you will lose trust in the academy in Hermalton and even in the whole of Amestris.

Well, the Union will have the potential to completely lose the empire.

As a result, the three forces naturally collided together.

After exchanging information with each other, Anna's general purpose became clear.

Using his connections, Leod learns where Anna was last seen at the edge of the forest. Hannes, on the other hand, used his connections to put pressure on the army, delaying as much as possible the heavy cavalry that he had originally intended to reinforce the nobles. This is one of the reasons why it has not been able to appear at the destination for a long time.

In order to ensure the success of this plan, the aristocratic side also put a lot of thought into it.

All the way to the forest.

The other way is a detour of the avenue. The goal is to plan to get to the ambush point as soon as possible. After all, the mages in the forest are all good and bad, and the mercenaries are basically used as outcasts.

And the number of people on the other side is really unknown.

The lineup used to deal with the students of the League Academy, Villar never thought that Anna would be left alone.

Originally, it was intended to take down the poor students together, and when the Imperial cavalry came to reinforce them, it was basically a foregone conclusion.

Use the excuse of sabotaging the united front to suppress the students, and all that remains is to find an excuse to send the students to the experimental field in the imperial capital.

It's like Verar, if he gets some test subjects. What he did in Hemalton can be blamed for the past. In this way, he can not only kick away the stumbling block of the alliance in Hemalton, but also take revenge, and at the same time rely on a backer with a strong background.

It's like killing three birds with one stone.

It's a pity that because Villar's vindictiveness is too heavy, he was originally mature and seriously unbalanced in judgment after knowing that Anna was back. Failing to send the kidnapped students away in the first place became his biggest failure.

The other is Tifa, who was originally going to support Anna according to the plan. At the moment when he got up and was about to leave, he was yin from behind.

If it weren't for the other party's command, the man had to live. Tifa has long since become a corpse.

(In Awen's words, Tifa has too little experience in dealing with the enemy.) ）

The potholes set up on the main road still cause some trouble to the other party.

Looking out at the endless rice straw fields, the gang had to choose to take a detour from the river.

Compared to rice paddies, the pebbles in the river are exposed to the air. It's relatively safe, in their words, (wonder if there are traps waiting for them in the rice fields!)

In this way, he made a long detour in the river before tentatively returning to the main road. As soon as they appeared, this group of embarrassed "second way" centaurs collided with the members of the Hunter Guild who had rushed over from the main city.

Although many people on both sides know each other, each has its own master.

Hit!

Elpa rescued Tifa who was tied to a horse, and left him to go to Anna first. Half of the guild men stayed behind to suppress the nobles' private soldiers.

The anxious Elpa left the "friendly members" who followed him far behind.

This is also the scene from before.

After listening to Elpa's words, I turned to the side and turned my head to look at Tifa, who was still asleep. Looking at Elpa's right hand, which was about to be raised again, I gave up on getting out of bed for a while.

I glanced at the few people in the room, Elpa, Ewen, Nisben, and the boy who had been knocked unconscious before, as well as the captain of the team who was smashed out by me at the beginning.

The boy seems to be a lot more honest now, and it is estimated that Nisben told him about the nobles' kidnapping of students, and his thinking has changed. At this time, I realized that I was looking at him, and my body shrank back.

As for the captain, he squatted in the corner with a look of grievance. As a nobleman, this may be his most humiliating mission, and he was arrested without participating in it from beginning to end.

Another point, he is Tifa's older brother. Although it is only in name, the two are not related by blood, but the relationship between the two is very good.

......

"By the way, you... Why are you two here?"

Ewen paused for a moment, then at me and then at Elpa, and wisely chose to remain silent.

"Hmm... Hmph!"

Elpa cleared her throat, as if to remind Ewen.

Aven turned and beckoned everyone to go outside the house, then looked back at Elpa.

Elpa glared at him, much to Aven's confusion.

"You get me out too!"

"Me?" Evan gesited.

"Of course, you're not on the task list. ”

Hearing this, Ewen was a little discouraged. He walked out of the house with a smug look, "Okay!"

Mission? I looked at Elpa with puzzled eyes. Elpa looked back at me with an affirmative look.

"Didn't you arrive until the day after tomorrow?"

Even Elpa has used it, what kind of task is it?

"The mission is going to be advanced, but depending on your condition, it will take some time to recover. Why don't you apply for an exit?"

As soon as I heard this, I was anxious, and all the money I had spent was spent. Quitting now, what will I pay back.

"Wow" jumped up from the bed and jumped to the ground,

"Look, I'm fine! ”

As he spoke, he did a few squats and then did a standard slalom kick.

"Ah!!h

As soon as my lower body was cold, I remembered that I was wearing nothing on my lower body. To facilitate treatment, Elpa had removed all of my equipment. Now I have a cushion on the outside that is similar to pajamas.

Fortunately, there were three women in the room, and one of them was still asleep. Otherwise, I'll have to think about whether or not to kill people.

Just as I was blushing and thinking about how to get down this step, Ewen stuck his head through the crack in the door,

"Is something wrong?"

"Get out!"

Elpa scolded at the same time as me.

"...... am I doing wrong again?"

Before Ewen could finish complaining, he saw Elpa and Anna pulling out their knives at the same time.

“......”

Ewen retracted his head and ran away. For fear of being caught up, and then being dismantled or something.

Of course, Elpa is just scaring people. And because my equipment is not around, my hands are empty.

Then, the two looked at each other and laughed "hahaha".

Elpa laughed, but he was thinking. Do you want to tell Anna the truth, if her illness gets worse, sooner or later she will forget everyone.

And I just laughed to hide the embarrassment. (Uhhhh I Khan-_-

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