Otome Game Mob Villain

Chapter 451

Several days have passed since we received word that a charcoal truck departing for the Duke of Lovelace's residence in the imperial capital was attacked along the way.

In this short period of time, relations between the Bardia and Grandok families have further worsened significantly. With more troops deployed at each other's border areas than ever before, a clash could occur at any moment.

The situation has become tense, with the two families on the verge of a confrontation at any moment.

The trigger, of course, was the attack on the charcoal truck that Mel had snuck into and that Chris and the others were driving.

The day the news of the attack came in.

I immediately organized a rescue team with members of the Second Order.

With Capella as the leader of the unit, we set out immediately.

The road to the Duke of Lovelace's residence had been decided in advance with Chris and the others, and information was shared with them.

Therefore, it would be easy to have Capella and the others go to the site of the raid.

However, the attack took place more than five hours after Chris and the others left in the charcoal truck.

Therefore, by the time Capella and his group arrived at the site, it was highly likely that the battle would be over, and it was hopeless in terms of rescue.

Even so, the rescue of the injured from the battle and the information obtained from the scene of the incident.

As long as there was even a small possibility, there was no choice but not to send out a rescue team.

I wanted to go there myself, but Capella, Diana, Farah, and the others were very much against it.

The scale and purpose of the enemy were unknown, and the risk was high.

This time, the attack itself could have been a trap to lure me out.

Another reason for their opposition was that, considering the time of the attack, it would be around midnight when I would arrive at the site.

In this world where electricity does not yet exist, only the light of fire and moonlight illuminate the darkness of the night.

If I am attacked by those who are skilled in the art of blending into the darkness, there is a possibility of secondary damage.

After some persuasion from everyone, I gave up the idea of accompanying Capella and the others.

Besides, there were many other things that needed to be done that were piling up in my mind.

There was a way to continue giving instructions by communication magic on the way to the site, but it would be too burdensome.

This was also a result of considering the efficiency of the chain of instructions and how to respond when unforeseen circumstances arose.

When I reported the attack to my father after the rescue party departed, he was so outraged that Silvia, who had accompanied me to the Imperial Capital as a communication magician, was horrified and her voice was trembling.

After hearing my report, my father said, "First thing tomorrow morning, I will leave the imperial capital immediately after informing His Majesty the emperor of the situation and my future plans. Until I return to Bardia, keep the incident of the attack and the matter of Mel a secret. Unclear information will only fuel unnecessary worry," he said through Silvia's communication magic.

After a while, after the communication with her father was over, a communication came in from Aria, a bird tribe member who had been selected by the rescue team headed for the area.

The content of the message was that they had protected Emma and Cookie, who were covered in wounds.

When I received the report, Fara, Deanna, and the others in the office were happy, but I calmly asked if Mel, Chris, and the others were safe.

Soon after, Aria began to talk about the situation that Emma had told her.

According to her, when the charcoal truck was about to turn back to Bardia, it was attacked by a force of unknown origin composed of fox people.

The assailants, as Selvia had said in her last communication, called themselves Claire, Rosen, and Lelie, just like the gang that had attacked the workshop in Bardia.

Chris, Cookie, Emma, and the others resisted desperately, but in terms of individual fighting strength, they were simply outnumbered.

As they were outnumbered, Mel proposed, "I will act as bait, and I want Emma and Cookie to take the 'letter of intent' and run away.

Chris, Emma, and the others objected, but Mel refused to listen.

"If it's just me and Cookie, we won't be able to escape because they'll be chasing us right away, will we? If I, the eldest daughter of the Bardia family, come forward and act as a bait, I think it will give Emma and Cookie a chance to escape. Then why not? That's what my father and brother would have thought.

Shivering, Mel's will was firm, and Chris and the others accepted the proposal.

But it was not only Mel's will that made them accept the proposal.

The physical evidence proves that this move was a ploy by someone else,

The "letter of intent" from the Dukes of Lovelace was the physical proof that this move was a ploy by someone.

The letter of intent is evidence that someone has been using the name of the Dukes of Lovelace, a noble family of the Empire ・・・・・・, to undermine the House of Bardia.

This is an act of selling a fight to the Empire.

The mere fact that the letter is in our possession will prove the legitimacy of the House of Bardia within the empire.

Mel is a smart child.

She had been listening closely to my father's communication with me, so she quickly realized the importance of the letter of intent and decided to use it to prove that the Bardia family was legitimate in the empire.

The important thing for the present and future is not that Mel herself is saved from the attack, but that the letter of intent remains in the hands of the Bardia family. ・・・・・・

After the report was completed through communication magic via Aria, Fara and Deanna looked somber, and the atmosphere in the office began to grow heavy again.

"I understand. Whatever the case may be, please tell Emma and Cookie that I'm glad they are safe and sound."

"Yes, of course. !"

After communicating with Aria, the rescue party went straight to the scene of the attack, relying on Emma's guidance.

However, although there were still traces of the fight between Emma and the attackers at the site, the rescue team was able to find Chris and other members of the Christie Trading Company and Mel, as well as a charcoal truck and a cart.

The charcoal truck and its cargo had also disappeared.

The rescue party led by Capella continued to investigate the area, but could not obtain any promising information.

The rescue party then returned to Bardia.

While I asked Emma and Cookie directly about the situation, the night was beginning to dawn.

But the night was not over for me yet.

I compiled the information I had obtained from the rescue party, Emma and Cookie, and the "letter of intent" in our possession, formulated my own hypothesis about the Grandek family's purpose behind the attackers, and reported it to my father in the Imperial capital.

My father, who had talked to me through communication magic via Sylvia, was calmer than he had been when the incident occurred, but I could sense in his every word that he was fuming with rage like an active volcano.

After the report is over, I put a clamp on the incident until my father returns to Bardia, and I go to sleep for a bit.

It was two days later that my father returned from the imperial capital.

I was surprised at how quickly he returned, but it seems that he came back with minimal supplies, changing the driver of the charcoal truck at regular hours.

On the same day, a "letter of intent" addressed to my father arrived at the Bardia home from Gareth Grandek, the chief of the Foxmen tribe, as if he had been watching for it.

[Some extremists who love the beast nation of Zubera and the Foxmen attacked the cargo of the Christie Trading Company, which is a close friend of yours, without our knowledge.

In doing so, they brought the captured members of the trading company to the Grandek family.

Considering the relationship between the two families, this is a very regrettable act.]

Again, the Grandek family had nothing to do with this attack.

However, it is also true that the voices of these extremists are growing louder by the day, and we should take this opportunity to exchange the Christie Chamber of Commerce for the beastmen you have enslaved.

We have no intention of freeing the members of the Christie Trading Company except by exchange.]

I look forward to a good response. That is all.]

Needless to say, my father and I were outraged at the provocative and ridiculous content.

Father immediately increased the number of Knights of the Narrows and sent a letter of protest to the Grandek family.

'We cannot accept any of your offers.

If you are to consider the relationship between the two families, you must immediately release the members of the Christie Trading Company and hand over the extremists who caused the attack to the Bardia family.]

We have also confirmed that Meldy Bardia, the eldest daughter of the Bardia family, was present at the scene of the attack.]

If you conceal this matter and do not comply with our demands, we will consider this series of events as a declaration of war by your family. That is all.]

Thus, the dark cloud that had been hanging between the Bardia and Grandek families became a war cloud and hung low.