Destination of Crybird

Chapter 31 – Real Devil (1)

The next day at the afternoon after we became a real family, Lieber came to our house along with around 10 Knights.

The Knights were quite surprised about the fact that such a remote village which was assaulted by a Goblin King wasn’t annihilated completely.  

A man who looks like the captain amongst them approached us.

“Might you be the Surges Crybird-dono?”

“Yes, I am. And you?”

“Forgive me for my late introduction. I am a Knight who serves the Colonise Viscount. My name is Third Albose. I am honoured to be able to meet the renowned Surges-dono. I had heard about you working as a bodyguard at a remote village. So it was this village. Now I know that Surges-dono was here, it made sense how you could repel the Goblin King.”

“No, it wasn’t possible with only my strength. This is the result of the collective cooperation of the villagers”

“You are being modest.”

“I am not being modest at all.”

Before Surges strong tone, that Knight faltered for a moment but he immediately recovered his smile afterwards.

“I see. So that’s the result of Surges-dono’s excellent leadership.”

Surges doesn’t reply and the atmosphere turns awkward but in that moment Lieber enters the room.

“Third-dono, firstly I want to explain about the damage in the village and discuss about the reconstruction plan of the Collet village. Well, let’s talk about it at my mansion. Surges-dono, I just arrived at the village so could you please explain about the battle and damage done to the village?”

“Understood.”

Surges looks towards me but I shake my head.

“I will help on cleaning up the village.”

“I see. Do so then.”

Surges, Lieber, Captain-like man and his adjutant headed towards the Lieber’s mansion.

“We will also help.”

The remaining Knights suggested that.

“Thank you. Then let’s start with burning the corpses of the remaining Goblins.”

It seems the discussions continued until the late night at that day. Surges returned home in the middle of the night.

The next day, Lieber headed towards Koru Thread in order to report the incident and seek assistance. He started his travel along with the Knights in a hurry.

Two weeks after that, that captain called Third Albose came back to Collet Village along with more than 30 soldiers.

Everybody thought that they had brought back construction materials and food provisions but there were nothing on the wagons. That was quite strange.

By the order of that Captain, all of the villagers were gathered. All villagers gathered with nervous expressions.

“By the order of the Colonise Viscount-sama, tax rates were changed starting today. Everybody who lives in this pioneer village shall pay 5 Gold Coins immediately.”

“Don’t mess up with us, you bastards! Look at the state of the village. The granary were burnt down. At this rate, they may not even be able to survive this winter. There is no way they can pay this money.”

Villagers were dumbfounded before this absurdity, so in their place, Surges speaks sharply.

“Surges-dono, this is the order of the Viscount-sama.”

The captain hang out the order parchment and said with a fake smile using a sarcastic tone.

“Did Viscount-sama really give out such a ridiculous order?”

Surges snatches the order parchment from Captain’s hands and gives it to Chris.

“Even if it is Surges-dono, you can’t badmouth about Viscount-sama.”

Captain rebuked Surges without changing his relaxed expression.

“Honey, it is unbelievable but this order parchment is the real thing.”

Chris said with a pale face.

“Of course it is. I can’t understand what you are talking about.”

Captain said that with a shocked expression as he took back the order parchment from Chris.

“You bastards… Right, what happened to Lieber?”

“He was suspected to misappropriate the support funds for this poineer village so he was arrested. He did something stupid, right?”

“Lieber is not a person who would do something like that.”

Surges declares and approving voices from the villagers rise.

“You don’t have the luxury of worrying about others now. If you can’t pay 5 Gold Coins, you will be enslaved.”

The villagers turned pale when they heard those words of the Captain.

Chapter 31 – Real Devil (1)

The next day at the afternoon after we became a real family, Lieber came to our house along with around 10 Knights.

The Knights were quite surprised about the fact that such a remote village which was assaulted by a Goblin King wasn’t annihilated completely.  

A man who looks like the captain amongst them approached us.

“Might you be the Surges Crybird-dono?”

“Yes, I am. And you?”

“Forgive me for my late introduction. I am a Knight who serves the Colonise Viscount. My name is Third Albose. I am honoured to be able to meet the renowned Surges-dono. I had heard about you working as a bodyguard at a remote village. So it was this village. Now I know that Surges-dono was here, it made sense how you could repel the Goblin King.”

“No, it wasn’t possible with only my strength. This is the result of the collective cooperation of the villagers”

“You are being modest.”

“I am not being modest at all.”

Before Surges strong tone, that Knight faltered for a moment but he immediately recovered his smile afterwards.

“I see. So that’s the result of Surges-dono’s excellent leadership.”

Surges doesn’t reply and the atmosphere turns awkward but in that moment Lieber enters the room.

“Third-dono, firstly I want to explain about the damage in the village and discuss about the reconstruction plan of the Collet village. Well, let’s talk about it at my mansion. Surges-dono, I just arrived at the village so could you please explain about the battle and damage done to the village?”

“Understood.”

Surges looks towards me but I shake my head.

“I will help on cleaning up the village.”

“I see. Do so then.”

Surges, Lieber, Captain-like man and his adjutant headed towards the Lieber’s mansion.

“We will also help.”

The remaining Knights suggested that.

“Thank you. Then let’s start with burning the corpses of the remaining Goblins.”

It seems the discussions continued until the late night at that day. Surges returned home in the middle of the night.

The next day, Lieber headed towards Koru Thread in order to report the incident and seek assistance. He started his travel along with the Knights in a hurry.

Two weeks after that, that captain called Third Albose came back to Collet Village along with more than 30 soldiers.

Everybody thought that they had brought back construction materials and food provisions but there were nothing on the wagons. That was quite strange.

By the order of that Captain, all of the villagers were gathered. All villagers gathered with nervous expressions.

“By the order of the Colonise Viscount-sama, tax rates were changed starting today. Everybody who lives in this pioneer village shall pay 5 Gold Coins immediately.”

“Don’t mess up with us, you bastards! Look at the state of the village. The granary were burnt down. At this rate, they may not even be able to survive this winter. There is no way they can pay this money.”

Villagers were dumbfounded before this absurdity, so in their place, Surges speaks sharply.

“Surges-dono, this is the order of the Viscount-sama.”

The captain hang out the order parchment and said with a fake smile using a sarcastic tone.

“Did Viscount-sama really give out such a ridiculous order?”

Surges snatches the order parchment from Captain’s hands and gives it to Chris.

“Even if it is Surges-dono, you can’t badmouth about Viscount-sama.”

Captain rebuked Surges without changing his relaxed expression.

“Honey, it is unbelievable but this order parchment is the real thing.”

Chris said with a pale face.

“Of course it is. I can’t understand what you are talking about.”

Captain said that with a shocked expression as he took back the order parchment from Chris.

“You bastards… Right, what happened to Lieber?”

“He was suspected to misappropriate the support funds for this poineer village so he was arrested. He did something stupid, right?”

“Lieber is not a person who would do something like that.”

Surges declares and approving voices from the villagers rise.

“You don’t have the luxury of worrying about others now. If you can’t pay 5 Gold Coins, you will be enslaved.”

The villagers turned pale when they heard those words of the Captain.