Squad Leader!　The suspect has regained consciousness!
Right. All right, I want the bare minimum of interviews done before the Commander arrives.
No, it's about that: ......

　The younger knight, instructed by the older knight, continues to speak in a confused manner.

'He wants Lord Luke to be present at the hearing. He says that if you do, he will tell you the whole truth of what happened.
What?　Why is that?
'I have questioned him, but he has remained silent. He's not going to speak unless his demands are met.

　I don't know what this means at all, but it seems that Bruno seems to have appointed me.

　I have concerns about whether I can really move in the way Bruno wants right now, but it doesn't seem to be something I can ignore, even after taking that into account.

　Even if you are going to talk about an argument that is favorable to you, you can just interpret it based on that.

'If it's okay with me, I'll be there.
Thank you. So let's get right to it: ......

　Leaving Garnett in a safe place, I headed to Bruno, who was being held in a corner of the back alley.

　He seemed unhappy, but after introducing Garnett as Alma earlier, he couldn't let that guy accompany him to a dangerous place.

''Hmm ...... are you happy to look down on me?''
It's nice to see you've finally calmed down. It's pretty f*cked up, isn't it?

　Bruno stared up at me with a stare up at me while he was heavily restrained and surrounded by knights.

　As usual, his 【Self-Renewal】 skill level is outstanding.
　When it's a disease that can't be cured even with this regenerative power, it seems that even my [repair] can't help it.

''So, why do I have to be in attendance?''
You'll hear the end of it. Right off the bat, I'm going to tell you what those knights over there want to hear.

　Even though he was defeated and bound, Bruno began his confession in a nonchalant manner, with an attitude that even made me feel relaxed.

'It's a case of the so-called Night Ripper, the last kill that's being reported, that's what I did. Oops!　Don't get me wrong. That was self-defense, too, and it's irrelevant to the rest of the case.

　Bruno was quick to add a few more words as the knights became more alert and put their hands on the swords at his waist.

'Let's take it in order. The reason for this is the blacksmith's building in the first place. You know the face too, right?
The Mithril Fabricator Building.
Yeah. That's one of the dead people there.
......!

　The first two horrific corpses that were lying in this back alley, which you knew at a glance were too late - the victims that Bruno cut down in self-defense.

　It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for, but you can't be sure that one of the corpses, which is still being examined by the knights, was that processor?

　The one whose face could be identified was a completely unknown man, so the other corpse that had been decapitated and whose head had gone somewhere else must have been Bill.

'Apparently, Bill's guy was pretty much cornered as a blacksmith. He's going to get in trouble with the arms shop and they'll cut off the deal, and he can't get the materials for research and development of Mithril armor.

　I've heard stories in that area too.

　I've heard that the mithril available through the trade association is often sent to high-priority suppliers, narrowing the supply to ordinary processors.

　I was also told only yesterday by Colin how Bill had been forced to set up his own shop because he was disliked by the arms dealers.

'It would have been a nice roundabout way to get mithril through legal channels other than the processor's union, though. The guy didn't have those connections. So that's why he got into business with a trafficking ring.

　The knights who were listening to the deposition suddenly buzzed, and the order to investigate the building's shop and workshop was sent out immediately.

　And I was torn between being glad that Garnett wasn't here, and feeling that I had to tell that guy the story as well.

　The reason why Garnett is even hiding his gender and joining the Silver Wing Knights.
　It is in order to destroy one of the mithril trafficking organizations, 'Agart Ram' - the criminal organization that is the avenger of his mother, with his own hands.

　Then there's no way I can stay calm when I hear such a story.

I found out about it by accident. "I found out about it by accident and got one of your prototypes to keep me quiet.
You didn't mean to use that sword.
That's right. But that son of a b*tc* put a ruffian in charge of the money and made me attack him. I guess he wanted to keep his mouth shut. Of course, I was able to beat him back, but I've had my asses kicked.

　Bruno said that as he spat out.

　Apparently, it was more unpleasant and unbearable to be underestimated that they could finish him off with a raggedy degree than the fact that he was attacked to keep his mouth shut.

I didn't realize at first that they were sent by Bill. I thought it was too risky and tried to make it look like the work of the Night Ripper. Well, I had a hard time breaking you two up.

　Around Bruno, who speaks in a matter-of-fact manner, the knights all have an abhorrent expression on their faces.

　For the Silver Wing Knights, whose main mission is to maintain security and investigate crimes, such copycat criminals are nothing short of a nuisance.

''I realized that fact later on, and I was just about to pack up and say how I was going to make up for it, and that's why you came.

　Okay, so that was yesterday's incident.

I'm sure you'll be happy to know that I'm not the only one who has hired a different guy to attack me without elaborating. And then the silver wing held that scene in check and here we are: ...... That's all you need to know.

　Although it was an unfounded imagination, perhaps the knights were suspicious of Bruno because of the most recent incident, and they had put a minimum amount of surveillance on him.

　Even so, the reason they couldn't prevent the bloodshed was because they had kept the minimum distance necessary to prevent the surveillance from being noticed, and Bruno's attack was too fast for them to have the grace to intervene.

　If he was able to mimic slashing the two of them to death in an instant, it wouldn't be very easy to prevent him from doing so, unless he was able to wrap his wings around them beforehand.

''So, is there anything you want to ask me?''
...... Answer two questions. Do you know the name of the traffickers? And what was your reason for calling me here?
I don't know his name. I don't know his name, but you could find it in his shop.　So, the reason I called you is: ......

　Suddenly, Bruno began to laugh, stifling his voice and continued his statement with his shoulders shaking.

'Haha!　It's what you wanted to tell me!　You're the reason why Bill got involved with the traffickers and the reason why four people are dead because of you!
...... and that guy.

　Disgusted by the overly modest harassment, I decided to turn on my heel, turn my back on Bruno and return to Garnett, who was waiting for me.

　It's only natural that if a human being takes an action, it will go around and cause something else.

　If I cared about such things, I wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

　That's why I don't have any regrets about my actions.

　The reason why I was able to be here with Garnett is because of everything that has happened so far.