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　After the three of us finish eating, we stay there overnight, and the next day we move the wagon.

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　The next day, they moved the wagon to Sabnak Castle in the north.

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　The next day, they moved the wagon to Sabnak Castle in the north, where they expected to find the merchant they were looking for.

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　When I mentioned this again, the saintess Jeanne d'Arc asked me.

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I've never been to the castle of Sabnak before.

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"Jeanne has been under my command since the middle of the trip.

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"Yes, I heard rumors that the castle was abandoned and only the people were left..."

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"That's right. At that time we didn't have many men. I thought it was better to abandon it than to keep it.

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The Demon Lord has always been smart.

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"You're welcome."

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　Eve joins in the conversation.

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"The Witch King always makes the right choice. But what was the merchant doing heading for such a place? Is he a spy of the enemy?

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"It is possible. We must make every possible assumption.

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　Even though Sabnak Castle has been destroyed, it is still a strategically important place where the castle was originally built.

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　It is quite possible that they came there to investigate, posing as merchants.

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"Then, are the merchants the enemy?"

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"We don't know that. That's what we came here to find out in the first place.

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"That's right. We are almost at the castle of Sabnak. Or should we hide the wagon and approach on foot?

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"Let's keep going. We will go in as we are, proudly displaying the coat of arms of the castle of Ashtaroth. If the merchant is a spy, that might get some kind of response.

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"You're the master!"

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　Eve takes the emblem from the luggage compartment and puts it on the top of the carriage.

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　The Ashtarothic emblem shines brightly on the top of the carriage.

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　Jeanne looks at it and says, "It's so cool. It's so majestic", she exclaims.

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　With Jeanne beside us, we approach the base of the old castle of Sabnak.

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　The castle of Sabnak was destroyed, but the surrounding town was not.

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　This is because Sabnak was not the type of demon king who develops castles, and the buildings themselves were very shabby.

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　Even if he did not destroy them, they were only buildings that would decay with the weather.

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"It's a far cry from the fine stone castle town of the Demon Lord," Jeanne said.

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　Jeanne's words, in fact, the old castle town of Sabnak was a shabby place.

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　It was so dilapidated that it looked as if it would fall into decay at any moment.

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"Buildings are easily damaged when they are uninhabited," said a maid, a professional building maintenance engineer.

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　This was true, as Eve, a professional building maintenance maid, had said.

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　A ghost town is a city like this.

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　It seemed as if the undead might appear at any moment.

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"By the way, on my first trip with the Demon Lord, I was attacked by zombies in an urban war.

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I don't think we'll be attacked by zombies this time.

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　Still, the streets looked as if zombies might appear at any moment.

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　It made me feel defensive, but in a way, it worked.

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　Thanks to my vigilance and the "Perceive" spell I had cast, I was able to identify the person who had hostile intentions toward me.

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　In the shadows of the building, a few dozen meters away, I felt a red aura.

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　This was a signal that hostile life was lurking in the shadows.

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　There were about a dozen of them.

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　When we searched carefully, we noticed that the auras were humanoid in shape.

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　When she tells them this, Eve becomes nervous, and Jeanne immediately touches the point of her sword.

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　As one would expect from a maid and a warrior of the Demon Lord's army.

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　Normally, they do not seem to be nervous, but when it comes to battle, they are able to react immediately.

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　Eve is the only one who is prepared to fight, but she cannot be counted as a force to be reckoned with.

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　As usual, she drew her dagger and held it to her neck, saying, "I am ready to die if I am slowed down.

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　I am ready to die if you slow me down," he said, trembling.

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　She was as loyal as ever, and as prepared as ever to take a stand.

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　I couldn't let a talented maid like her commit suicide.

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　I put all my strength into my right hand.

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　I put magic into my right hand so that I would be ready to fight back whenever the ambush soldiers attacked me.

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　I regretted leaving my longsword in the carriage, but fortunately the aura was not so strong.

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　I thought that I would be able to fight him with my bare fists.

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　Just as I was muttering this, a crowd of unsuspecting men appeared from the shadows.

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　They were all dressed like mercenaries.

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　Not bandits, but mercenaries.

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　They must have been hired by some city.

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　I couldn't be sure, but the mercenaries' hostility that they had just shown became even more acute.

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　Without any preamble, they start to pull out their weapons from their waists.

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"Hey, hey, we're just traveling merchants. You attack us out of the blue?

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　The bandits return.

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"We've already identified you as belonging to the castle of Ashtaroth. You were riding in a carriage bearing the sigil of Ashtaroth."

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I see. You're very observant.

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　Perhaps I was too eager to see what the merchant would say, but it backfired.

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　Or perhaps this is the merchant's reaction.

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　I ask.

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"Are you hired by the traveling peddlers?"

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　The mercenaries answer honestly.

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"We do not know who he is, but our mission is to find the dark-haired peddler. "We don't know who he is, but our mission is to get the black-haired peddler before he meets the demon king Ashtaroth.

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"I see. So that's how it works."

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　It seems that the traveling merchant is a man who has a grudge against others.

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I'm surprised you're giving me all the details.

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"Well, if we get rid of you here, Ashtaroth won't even hear about it. It's a simple calculation.

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I see. You're surprisingly clever. But there is one problem.

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What do you mean?

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That is that demon lord Ashtaroth is standing right in front of you!

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　The mercenaries said "What? an explosion rang out in the old castle town of Sabnak Castle.

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　My fireball exploded.

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　The two mercenaries were burned to a crisp by the blast.

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