Chapter 445: Facts


    The intel that Forbach, boss of the dark guild 『Moonlight Owl』 whomanded the attack against Takumi, failed had reached the ears of Earl Hordia, Earl Sechnal, and Earl Vautarc in Wedgefort after two days.


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    <em>Garagaragara…………</em>


    A tastelessly extravagant carriage departed from Wedgefort in a hurry, as if being shooed away by something.


    And inside that carriage, an elderly elf continuing to spew expletives…… Earl Hordia grumpily found fault in his butler and maids.


    「Shit! The continent’s number one dark guild organization is sloppy. Can’t they even kill a single boy!? And that boy! An incorrigiblemoner human dared to marry MY Sophia!」


    Earl Hordia did not doubt that the attack on Takumi would seed. He had been unable to step foot into the Sanctuary until now, and because it was difficult to target the elusive Takumi, this was the first time that Earl Hordia was involved in an attack.


    Even so, if the worst of the attack was a failure and the attackers were annihted, there would be no problem. Unfortunately, when Earl Hordia heard that there were several people from the organization that he brought from his country, he screamed loudly in his room in the luxury hotel.


    「Seriously, there were elves among the attackers, they may as well have killed everyoー『Gatan!』 WHA!?」


    They ran through the highway from Wedgefort to Yggurle Kingdom, and when it would take another 3 days to get to the border of Yggurle Kingdom, and just when they thought there were strange soundsing from the axle, something snapped and then the carriage overturned.


    「………guh, ugh, w-what happened!?」


    「Your excellency, are you injured?! It seems the axle of the carriage broke!」


    Earl Hordia managed to stand up, and when he asked the knights what happened, an escorting knight informed him that the axle of the carriage were broken.


    「Fix it quickly! There’s still some distance to the country!」


    「My apologies. Temporary repairs are impossible, we must hire a craftsman from the town close to Wedgefort.」


    「W-what did you say!?」


    Earl Hordia jiggled and shook as he berated the knights and his retinue, who were absolutely not responsible for this incident.


    In the end, a knight rode a horse to Wedgefort, and until he brings a craftsman who could repair the carriage, Earl Hordia had to camp in the Savage Lands being fearful.


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    Meanwhile, there was a convoy of several carriages heading towards Lomaria Kingdom. It was the train of carriages of the Samandourian nobles Earl Sechnal and Earl Vautarc who were returning to their home country.


    Their objectives were to kill Takumi, secure the women besides Sophia, and obtain the Dragon Horse and carriage that didn’t couldn’t be attached with a price if ced in an auction. And their secondary objective should have been to negotiate with the governor of Wedgefort so they could participate in trade rting to the Sanctuary, but they weren’t able to get a good response from that either.


    They were informed of the unexpected failure of the attack. He could not believe his ears. Sechnal and Vautarc both knew the dark guild 『Moonlight Owl』 was the top dark guild in the continent. They joined amon front with dark guilds that were turfed in Samandour Kingdom and a dark guild from Yggurle Kingdom. They thought there was no possibleponent for failure.


    「Damn it, what “top in the continent” is that!? I just lost gold, didn’t I!?」


    Inside the carriage, Earl Sechnal was voicing his discontent so much he was hurling spit.


    In a carriage that ran several tens of meters behind, Earl Vautarc was hurling simr remarks.


    「Who does that governor think he is!? I am an Earl of Samandour Kingdom!」


    「Master, the governor of Wedgefort is Margrave Volton’s protégé who holds the title of a viscount. Though our country and Valkyra Kingdom have diplomatic rtions, I have heard that ventures rting to the Sanctuary are a joint undertaking by the Trination. I believe we should first have our king send a letter to King Valkyra, and negotiations after that woulde easier.」


    「I know that!」


    If Earl Sechnal and Earl Vautarc’spanies participate in the trade of Sanctuary-rted items, the heads of the countries would originally have discussions before actual trade can happen. Marching directly into Wedgefort and make oppressive demands towards its Governor, who, despite being of a lower rank, was still a noble of a foreign country, was going over the limit.


    Just as he was about to object the admonishing of his advisor, a cracking sound was heard from the bottom of the carriage that Earl Sechnal was riding, and immediately after, the carriage shook violently and toppled over.


    In order to repair the carriages that broke at practically the same time, Earl Sechnal and Earl Vautarc were forced to stay put.


    They had the option of continuing in carriages that weren’t broken, but riding carriages that were meant for carrying luggage was not an option in the heads of Earl Sechnal, Earl Vautarc, and Earl Hordia who was in an identical situation in a different location.


    Eventually, much like Earl Hordia, Earl Sechnal and Earl Vautarc were forced to make camp in the Savage Lands for several days.


    The situations they found themselves in made them feel even more resentful towards Takumi, but they had no way of knowing that the person who broke their carriage was indeed Takumi.


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