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Intermission: A Certain Master and His Vassal's Conversation

"--As has been said, with the cooperation of all teicians, the labyrinth won't expand toward the city, and as long as the ceremony is maintained, the barrier will last In the future, for the sake of reinforce the barrier, we'll build several holy n these docu those sites"

The white-haired official-- consul of the earl, Ortes, read the report while adjusting his monocle

"Then, is it usable? That labyrinth?!"

Aa joyful look-- the earl of Seryuu

Can the labyrinth be coreat temple, Parion, Garleon and Tenion have conducted ceremonies to determine it and the result are 『ġēse』, 『ġīse』, and 『ġēse』 They're relatively favorable"

The consul stop there, and add, "However"

"Our experts have pointed out several problems"

"The first one must be about the entrance which is inside the city"

"That's exactly right Other labyrinths have shown that monsters could overflow from it after so to have blockades in case it happens"

"Additional walls outside the barrier huh quite a lot of expense Since we already have the quarry froo, we only need the workers huh"

"Yes, and we have just secured women and men slaves who looks able fro the consul

"Do we need to buy slaves for this? Don't we have enough labor already?"

"The people have becoitated, we'll use the slaves until te them we could just put them in the mine Or we could make the obedient ones to be soldiers"

The earl considers the prior invest When the labyrinth is able to steadily supply row

"Have you blocked the entrance for the tierous to completely block it"

"The reason?"

"It could ruin a country they said"

"You ht it was just a myth, did it actually happen?"

There was a country called Ishtan 200 years ago The country suffered significant da orried with that invited a faician to seal off the entrance of the labyrinth For safely closing the labyrinth andwas hailed as the wise king However, 10 years later, the seal was broken by tsunami of monsters which overflowed from it and destroyed the entire country in a day

"Wasn't Ishtan safe for 10 years? Then it should be alright to close it off for a bit while right?"

"Yes, we can't guarantee it but it's ht, then close the labyrinth's entrance after the inner walls' construction is finished"

"I will arrange it at once Please sign this document"

The consul presents the docuns while reading it and continues to talk with the consul

"There's another probleeon Master was the senior deo"

The earl breaks his intense expression, and ask the consul expressionless

"Is that definitive?"

"Yes, a ic soldier who participated with the castle's defense was on the spot Furthermore, the assistant priest of Garleon, Nebinen, testified for the power of the deoal but we've obtained the answers from the oracle It can't be helped if we're anxious"

The consul furrows his brow a bit, but regains his co about the labyrinth, hoill you choose the representatives?"

"Yeah, if I'm not mistaken one of the survivor of the labyrinth is a noble"

"It's viscount Belton"

"Then let's make Belton with several officials to be ones"

"I understand I'll send a er to inform Viscount Belton"

The consul summons his subordinate and tell hi his monocle

The report itself has actually been sent to the kingdoic mirror But it's considered proper for a noble to be the

"Were those all the things about the labyrinth?"

The earl is confiroatee which doesn't really suit hi if we could send inspection tea from the pioneer huh Howof two eneral citizens group would be good Let'sback the kno about the public order probleuild If possible, I'd like theate our labyrinth's rank"

"General citizen? Is there anycom theeable about the streets'"

The earl who seeives permission

"Excellent, I'll leave personnels' selection to you Tell me when you have your candidates"

"I respectfully accept it"

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"Were you able to grasp the identity of the silver masked hero?"

The public call him hero, but no one know his identity Since the earl cannot overlook an existence that could equal senior de in this city, he did not only ators but also the consul's spy to investigate

"We have succeeded in narrowing down the candidates, but we're lacking conclusive evidence"

"Who and who?"

"The first candidate is Sir Kigori froic and herculean-strength skill He was off duty so he stayed at hos thatblond hair, but he should has been boasting ht, he's a narcissistic man isn't he?"

"The second candidate is Yasaku-shi the explorer He's a level 45 warrior He's not only high-leveled but also equipped with various strong ic tools, so he could possibly endure the de monsters and de in this kind of frontier place?"

"Your excellency, please stop belittling your own territory"

The earl is laughing while expressing his gratitude

"His aion's Valley"

"Is he suicidal?"

"No, what I said isn''t exactly right, he's probably aion's valley As one would expect, he couldn't possibly coon's Valley"

"Yeah, it'd be over just by the scales tribe before he could even oes back to the discussion

"The conversation had wandered off The third candidate is Yasaku-shi's coh at 42, and he's probably used with dealing with deht the senior deic"

"Right, it's not like the opponent is unaffected by ht in party"

After being lost in thought for a while,

"I see, certainly we're lacking the decisive evidence to ascertain who the silver mask is"

"Yes"

"Is there no other candidate?"

"It's not like there isn't, but beside the three above, it's i their true ability you know?"

The earl is grinning

"There are four people ere omitted from candidacy The first one is the Earl predecessor's bastard child, Ratts-dono He was present in both uproars His hair and height match the condition He also has the need to hide his true ability and identity That said, someone like him probably reht, brother-in-law is that kind of guy"

The villainous face of his brother-in-law floats in the earl's mind It looks like a villain co discord between them

He's not related with the silverboth the incident with the demon, the earl orders the consul to keep an eye on him

"The second one is the alchemist, Akabana-dono He wore the same robe as the silver mask, he even had the silver mask in his house He was present at the day of the uproar, showing his face on the relief station"

"Hou? That's suspicious"

The consul shakes his head at the earl's words

"However, silverharvest festival to ward off demon, there are probably more than 10 shops which sell it"

"Fuure was slim and the skin was abnorth the silverA friend of mine testified that"

"Maybe he drank e his body?"