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"And what are you going to do about it, Mr. Alphonse?　Assuming that the sword is a clue, how do we find the bandit's lair?"

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"As I said before, it's the smell. Follow the scent of the bandit's blood on this thing."

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"Hmm, it doesn't smell like much, though, does it?　Are you sure you can smell it?"

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"Maybe it's all right. Then let's get on with it. First, I'll ask Kristina to show us the way to the place where the bandits attacked us.

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"Oh, you're going already?　Hmm, okay. Follow me then. I'll show you around."

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　Well, hurry up.

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　We'll go hunting for bandits right away.

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　We leave the room with the sword that will lead us to them and set the mercenary group that Elvis had prepared for us in motion.

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　Thus, we have just arrived and will soon be leaving the town again.

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"This is it. This is where the bandits attacked. ...... They're not here now, but I don't think I want to stay too long."

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　A half day's travel from the town.

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　Down to the south, there was a forest made of dense trees.

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　Apparently, Kristina and her friends had passed through this forest.

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　The forest was not that big, and it was faster to cut through it.

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　And in the middle of the forest there is a small square.

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　It was a resting place for passers-by.

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　It is said that bandits attacked them at this resting place in the forest.

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　When you actually come to the site, you can understand a lot of things.

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　The plaza itself is an open area where you can look around, so it is easy to be on the lookout.

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　However, the forest environment makes it easy for bandits to attack.

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　And the topography with many trees would have allowed Christina to escape from the attackers.

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　If it had been an empty plain, she might not have been able to escape even if she had been able to use [Physical Enhancement].

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　In such a plaza, there were only a few signs of human struggle, but there were no dead bodies of guards who lost their lives in the attack by bandits.

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　Probably, carnivorous animals have disposed of them.

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　There was an eerie atmosphere in the area, with only the sounds of birdsong to be heard.

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"Well, I guess it's your turn now. Listen, I need you to smell this guy and track him."

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"...... what's that?　Is that a bird, Mr. Alphonse?　You're not suggesting that the bird can trace the scent?"

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"You are right, Kristina. It's called a tracking bird. Where I come from, we investigate crimes by scent. It has a very good nose, so it can track you wherever you run off to."

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"Wow, that's amazing if it's true. Oh, it flew. So the bird will now follow the scent to the bandits' stronghold?

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"That's what I mean. Well, but only if the bandit who cut them with this sword is still in the base. That depends on your luck. Let's hope the bandits are resting in the base.

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　The trump card in the search for bandits.

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　It was the messenger beast produced in Vulcania.

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　It was a tracking bird.

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　Although it is not a rideable beast like the Valkyrie, this beast is of great value.

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　After all, its tracking ability is something that cannot be found anywhere else.

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　One of the things that surprised me when I was studying in Brillia was the fact that criminals sometimes get away with their crimes.

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　In Vulcania, you would be caught immediately if you committed a crime.

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　It's more efficient now that all the people in the sky kingdom are given bracelets that control all the information, but before that, tracking birds were in charge of the investigation for a long time.

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　Those who commit a crime and are still in hiding are followed by the scent.

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　Moreover, this tracking bird can keep flying at a very high speed.

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　No matter how far you run and hide, you will never be able to escape.

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　The Barka mercenaries owned several of these birds.

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　This is not actually for the purpose of tracking.

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　They had brought them with them in order to use them to exchange letters.

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　It would have been nice if everyone could have used [telepathy] like the Reed family, but that is not the case.

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　Then we need a way to communicate with those who are far away from us.

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　With that in mind, I had brought a few tracking birds from Vulcania.

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　I decided to use them to search for bandits this time.

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　A tracking bird sniffs the bandit's scent on the sword.

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　The tracking bird flies around for a while and then starts to fly, looking in a certain direction.

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　It seems to have found the source of the smell.

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"Let's go! Now, we will start tracking the tailing bird and exterminate the bandits. Depending on what we find, we may have a fight soon, are you ready?"

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"Yes, Master Alphonse. But please don't get hurt.

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"I know, Elvis. But this is the first real war for the Barka mercenaries. Let's be loud about it.

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　A tracking bird flies through the sky toward the smell.

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　We start to move so as not to be left behind by the bird-like beast.

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　My own first real battle against a human was about to begin.

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