๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐!
We tied up the rapists and rolled them onto the cargo bed, and we set off for the royal capital, Galangran.
The remaining journey would take about five days, so it wouldnโt have made much difference in terms of time if we had returned to Gaillia, but we were overruled by the three girls who wanted to take the opportunity to sightsee in the royal capital.
It would be nice if we had time to play.
They probably donโt think about it, but once we get to the royal capital, you girls will be heroes.
Because you defeated the enemy of women.
I wonder if there will be interviews with newspapers and such.
Me? Iโm just a side dish. In situations like this, a female hero is better than a male one. I guess Iโll be introduced in a corner and slightly protect the honor of the men of the world.
The four-horse carriage is reconnected to two horses and two carriages and proceeds on the road to the royal capital. Each of them is towing one carriage.
The reason weโre doing such an irregular thing is because only Anita and I can be coachmen.
We canโt let the rapists do it, of course.
โIโll practice next time too!โ
โThatโs right. Iโll teach everyone properly.โ
Asuka, who is sitting next to me, declares her determination energetically.
Whether itโs riding skills or coachman skills, theyโre rarely used in daily life, but theyโre convenient when traveling.
And well, during times of war.
If you can ride a horse, youโll be recruited as a cavalryman when youโre drafted.
Then your chances of survival are much higher than if you were an infantryman.
War is a matter of national importance, and we commoners canโt do anything about it, but itโs better to have one or two ways to survive.
Anyway, at the next post station, we asked for a herald to the adventurerโs guild in the royal capital and also had them prepare restraints for the prisoners.
The kind that are used for forced labor, where the hands and feet are connected and you canโt run or jump.
Because you canโt go to the toilet if youโre in a caterpillar state.
So, from there on, weโll have them walk in a rosary chain. Not to make a spectacle, but to drain their energy.
If they sit on the cargo bed all the time, theyโll be full of energy. We donโt know what kind of opportunity theyโll take advantage of, so itโs better for them to be exhausted.
โConsidering what they did to Anita, this is nothing!โ
The one who is furious is Asuka.
According to what they found out, those rapists seem to have done something terrible.
Itโs something that even I, a man, hesitate to hear.
โWa. . .ter. . .โ
โThe next break is in a quarter (two hours). Hold on until then.โ
From the rear, the menโs pleas and the cold voice of the clergywoman echo.
Of course, the water and food we give them are minimal.
We donโt care if they die.
As we approached the royal capital, we could see a crowd forming near the city gate.
Because we had sent a herald. The information must have been transmitted.
A gate guard is running towards us.
I stop the carriage, hand the reins to Asuka, who has become a little able to handle them after a few days of practice, and get down to the ground.
I canโt greet them from a high place, of course.
โAre you the adventurer clan [Hope]?โ
โYes. I am Lionel, the representative. We have brought the rapists who assaulted women.โ
โYouโve done a great job.โ
When the gate guard raises his hand, soldiers swarm around and take the chains of the rapists.
Theyโll probably take them away as they are.
โThe defense captain has a question for you. Proceed with the carriage as it is, pass through the west gate, and go to the third barracks.โ
โUnderstood.โ
After the ceremonial exchange, I move the carriage again and pass through the city gate of the royal capital.
Amidst great cheers.
Hope! Hope! they say.
Among them, there were also cheers calling out the names of Asuka, Miliaria, and Meisha.
Theyโre real heroes.
By the way, no one is calling my name. Even though Iโm the leader.
Thereโs nothing I can do about this.
Because it looks better if the hero who defeated the enemy of women is a woman.
The three girls cheerfully wave their hands in response to the cheers, and Anita and I, who are driving the carriage, handle the reins with expressionless faces.
Itโs not that we have ulterior motives, weโre just serious!
Itโs a huge crowd. Weโre handling the reins with the utmost care, trying not to excite the horses and not to catch people with the wheels.
I wish they would clear the road a little more.
Please.
โYour work this time was a great cause.โ
The defense captain says solemnly.
The circumstances should have been properly conveyed from the adventurerโs guild in the royal capital, as I had left a note in advance.
โIโm honored. If I could help maintain public order, there is no greater honor.โ
โHmm. Itโs truly the work of parasites to harm women and children. Theyโre not worth living.โ
The defense captain is fuming, but the discussion is yet to come.
The fate of the r*pists hasnโt been decided yet.
Itโs not impossible that they could be acquitted if they pay a hefty sum of money.
โAll we can do is hope for a fair judgment.โ
I avoid making deep comments and bow my head.
Of course, this attitude of leaving it to them is a worldly wisdom.
There are not a few officials who dislike adventurers like us expressing our opinions.