Act 2-19 - A Certain Army's Goverment Office(Side : Marty)

Chapter 19 : A Certain Army’s Goverment Office(Side : Marty)

――Ryuzu Kingdom Army ・East Region, Romburgh Branch.

The government office building of Romburgh city, the city where Dean and co reside, had already become the office of the man who was known as the Magus Assistant, Marty.

The eight floor building was standing tall as the tallest building in this city, as if to show the dignity of the army in this city.

「… And then, the man from grey cult had already subjugated by the C-rank adventurer who happened to pass by that place, thus it’s easier to suppress the turmoil in that area.」

In the top most floor, Priah the magus officer was giving her report about the turmoil caused by the grey cult to a big man with blonde hair and a thin beard.

That man was the magus assistant, Marty, the holder of supreme authority of this city.

「I’ve known about that already. There’s more pressing matter than that right, magus officer Pria?」

Marty was shifting his gaze to Pria as he caressed the chin of a purple colored Nyarm(cat beast) who laid on his lap.

The Nyarm then raised a purr as it drew closer to Marty’s hand.

「… No, that’s all from the report that was given to me by my subordinates.」

「I see. Have the subordinates of yours tried to ask the eye-witness in that place too?」

「You must not let your guard down you see.」

「It’s because that bas— oops, I mean magus officer Canvia let go off a suspicious adventurer. Even the matter of him using the orphanage to threaten Fedor and finally beat him down. It’s still a mystery what’s really happened back then in the demon labyrinth.」

「Aah, the matter you’re talking about from before huh…」

Priah was squinting her eyes, letting out a light, scornful smile to Canvia who wasn’t in this place.

「When I tried to dig in further after he proudly said that he subjugated Fedor during the act, what he said next was basically incomprehensible. That useless man whose only use is to comfort Fya.」

Fya was the name of Nyarm who sat on Marty’s lap.

「And finally, after I’m digging even further, I knew that Canvia caught Fedor only after the latter was exhausted from the battle against the devil in that place, as for the whereabout of the adventurers who he left in there, no one knows what happened to them after that.」

Later, when the army used 《Im》 on Fedor, they knew that his level was far above the 【Lv:37】 that he reported to the guild, he was 【Lv:42】.

After crossing the thresfold called 【Lv:40】, an adventurer was treated as B-rank enchanted weapon’s user, none of the general adventurers in Romburgh have reached that rank.

Fedor’s level was even comparable to the strongest magus officer.

Thus, she doubts that a man as powerful as Fedor would go as far as trying to kill two D-rank adventurers over the scuffle for a C-rank devil.

「Dear me, what a jest. Do you think that magus officer Canvia, the clown of the army is trying to get ahead of himself? Though I highly regard him for his combat sense and torture arts, the inside of his head is basically empty.」

「But, it’s rather unusual for Magus Officer Canvia to overlook those weak adventurers, and inside a demon labyrinth on top of that.」

「I received a warning. I might have overdid it this time and am trying to look more showy than usual since magus general Silvas’ spy seems to be mixed in amongst the subordinates. But, that person is just an inflexible fool. It feels like I’m tricking a child. 」

Marty spoke with a dumbfounded look on his face.

Fya who laid on his lap made a huge yawn.

Magus general was the person who supervised the Ryuzu kingdom which is separated into four big parts, the north, east, south and west.

Magus general Silvas was being entrusted with the east region of the Ryuzu kingdom, which included Romburgh city in that said region.

The three direct subordinates under Silvas were called Three Magus Chief.

Even though the three magus chief didn’t govern any city or region, their authority and power was said to be equal with the famous magus assistant, there was even a rumor that the three of them were amongst the top ten most powerful enchanted vessel’s users in Ryuzu kingdom.

「Then… what shall we do with the grey cult when they made another ruckus around the Romburgh city?」

「No need to alter our original plan. Just let them do as they pleased as long as possible, and let the adventurer guild crush them. By then, we’re going to take the opportunity to treat them like mere bandits. Well, some noisy guy who keeps making appeals about the grey cult might be coming out but… just lock them in the prison as soon as they start their nonsense rambling. The grey cult’s aim is a negotiation with me. Then, all we need to do is just ignore them as long as possible.」

「Yes, acknowledged.」

「But still… I never expected that the S-rank’s enchanted vessel, 《Trapezohedron of Dark Radiance》 will fall right into my hands. This thing is wasted on those cultists. As long as I can master this, I can take out the brutal devils who banished into 《Lilar(Dream World)》 as much as I want to this world. If I played it right, erasing those old geezer from the front stage is just a simple matter.」

「I assume that those cultists will become more and more radical from now on but…」

「Those citizens of this city aren’t my weakness. No need to be desperate over those insignificantes cremins.」

「That’s, true but still…」

Priah spoke in a rather ambigous manner.

The matter of meddling with superior decisions was a huge taboo in the army.

But, Priah was simply too curious in this regard.

「You’re wondering whether those cultists are going to attack us first, right?」

Marty was laughing as if he saw through Priah.

「E-Eh… are they really going to do that?」

「Maybe those grey cultists will surely get more and more impatient as time passes and in the end, they’ve no choice but to leave their den. The damage caused by them will definitely put mud on my reputation. Naturally, the other magus assistant and those old geezer will not let go off that chance either.」

Marty suddenly let out a laugh.

「When that happens… that’s right, we’re going to press the responsibilities to someone amongst the adventurers, an outcast to speak. I get this feeling that someone like that is amongst those adventurer.」

「As expected of Marty-sama! As prepared as usual.」

Priah was also smiling along with Marty upon hearing that.