The first day's worries were in vain, and the jouro the Persen ty went much more smoothly than expected.

  It was thanks to the special measures I took after much deliberation.

  When my subordinates' ag skills showed no signs of improving even after time passed, I ordered them to stop ag like they were no good at all.

  Of course, I didn't mean that they should just give up and act like they usually do.

  "Everyo would be better to just not talk at all. If yoing to act like barbarians, it would be better to just pretend not to know the on nguage and not be able to unicate. Then, your immature ag won't be discovered."

  "Yes, I uand!"

  This made me actively practice the old adage that if you just keep your mouth shut, you'll definitely get somewhere.

  "This doesn't seem right either. From now on, instead of answering, just yell. Your current answer is unnecessarily restrained for a barbarian."

  "ow!"

  "Yes. That's it."

  No matter how much it was an act, it was heartbreaking to see the honorable knights' personalities degee beyond barbarians to the level of beasts.

  However, when they got into a fight with thugs disguised as meraries, their choice finally showed its true value.

  "If you want to use the pce, you have to pay? Are you putting a pri the skin of Mother Earth? I don't know what you're talking about."

  "Ah~ This is it. You really don't uand what I'm saying."

  After the imperial ruling system was established.

  Bandits or bandits who operated from strongholds were almost pletely wiped out except ie border territories beyond the reach of the imperial administrative power, and now they are something you would only see in history books.

  "Listen carefully. Southern barbarians. We paved the way here first, so iurn, you have to pay a rent for the pce. Of course, you have to pay a toll when you pass through."

  "Hmm…"

  However, there were occasionally people who cleverly crossed the liween legal and illegal and did bad things like this.

  Their method was to block a normal road uhe pretense of camping aort money from passersby.

  These people were probably registered as legal meraries on paper.

  However, their main job was not productive activities like esc the top or subduing monsters, but rather ag like street gangsters, something that only children would do.

  I could see the boys ag like street gangsters as cute, but I couldn't tolerate the as of fully grown men armed and blog a normal road and threatening i people.

  "I don't uand what you mean. I'll just take it as you wanting to fight."

  "What, what? Disputes between meraries are prohibited by w…"

  It was truly disgusting that they only resorted to the w when necessary while doing illegal things.

  —Whoosh!

  I doubled the number of arm bones of the guy who did such a ridiculous thing.

  Even if he were fully healed, he would probably never be able to hold a swain, but he would be able to handle farm tools without any problems.

  "T, captain! What the hell…"

  "Is this a challe was just when my brothers were getting tired. Everyone, hit him."

  The rascals who had been bnkly watg their leader beien tried to hurriedly draw their swords a, but they were no match for the knights.

  "Whoosh! Whoosh!"

  "Whoosh! Whoosh!"

  The honorable knights, who had been filled with anger and sorrow from ag like undignified barbarians, freely expressed their pent-up emotions toward them.

  There was o even draw their ons to subdue such men.

  After that, as we tinued our journey by dealing with minor issues in a simir manner, at some point, we stopped having any more troublesome issues.

  It seemed that rumors had spread.

  However, as we passed through various territories, another serious problem occurred.

  That was that the entrao the gate was trolled froups of southern barbarians whose identities were unclear.

  "Stop! You ot enter!"

  Just like now.

  However, it would take twice as long to go around, and we could not force our way through, so we had to somehow coax the guards.

  In such cases, the priests of the Celestial Church were usually the first to step forward.

  "The ference schedule is urgent, so we somehow let them pass? They are meraries that we hired with the upper css. They may look a bit fierce, but they are all trustworthy."

  "Hmm... I uand your situation."

  The priests of the Heavenly Churd the Inquisitors were disguised as highly prestigious schors.

  They were people who were difficult to deal with for the on people, so they usually mao get through by just trying to cover it up.

  "Even so, it's difficult to let them pass. As you know, imperial citizens of barbarian in are very likely to cause trouble."

  However, in a pce where the iion was a bit strict like now, the deputy chief had no choice but to e forward.

  "Hey, what's going on? Their identities are guaranteed in the name of the Sherwood Group, so please let them pass."

  "Oh, no matter what, it 't be helped!"

  "Will you take responsibility if the schedule is deyed?"

  Her ag was still a bit disappointing, but her natural beauty was effective in this situation without a doubt. Men are sad beasts who 't help but be weak to beauties.

  If it doesn't work out even after ing this far...

  "Hey, hyung. You're really hopeless."

  "This, this is…"

  —Slyly

  As a st resort, Lord Randolph had no choice but to force a gold into the guard's pocket with a smug expression.

  "Pass!"

  Fortunately, the guards had never been so professionally mihat they had to think about this step.

  After repeating this annoying act several times, they finally reached the viity of the Persen ty, and suddenly a question occurred to them.

  "If this is going to happen, why don't you just bribe them from the beginning?"

  "Oh, you don't know. If you do it right away, you'll be more wary. The human mind is a strahing, and for illegal means like bribery to work properly, you have to shake them up enough beforehand."

  I couldn't help but nod at Lord Randolph's pusible expnation.

  As expected, even though he usually seemed like a very ignorant person, when he showed such subtle insight, he showed the meticulousness of a terintelligence officer.

  As I tio head toward my destination, which was not far away, Sir Randolph suddenly smiled and tapped me on the shoulder.

  "Thanks to you and your men pying the role of barbarians, we were able to arrive much earlier than scheduled. I sihank you."

  "Why are you suddenly talking nonsense? I've already fotten all about being teased, since I've already punched you in the face, so there's o act like that."

  As I was listening closely to him, w why he was suddenly making a serious statement, he suddenly seemed to be weighing me down.

  As expected, I heard a story that I absolutely could not ignore.

  "A few merts and I will ehe castle in advao gather information."

  "Is this the preliminary mission you mentio the meeting?"

  "As expected, you remember clearly. If you look closely, you seem dull, but you have a sharp side."

  I frowned and answered, feeling unfortable with his eyes that seemed to pierce through people for no reason.

  As expected, Lord Randolph was a very difficult person to deal with.

  "I will accept it. Good luck."

  "I will send a mert immediately when the result is achieved. Good luck to you too."

  The sun had pletely set, and night was ing.

  A very brief moment that peed the gap of perception.

  The executive officer and two agents of the terintelligence Department suddenly disappeared from the group as if they had melted into the darkness.

  "Huh? Captain. Why do you seem to be a little short?"

  "Don't worry. Everyone, you've worked hard to get here, so I'll buy you a drink today."

  We decided to stay in a moderately sized vilge located outside the castle of the Persen ty.

  Acc to the detailed operation pn, the current role given to the Bck Lion Knights is to wait he destination in case of emergency.

  The time when I and my subordinates should move is after the terintelligence Department gathers solid clues or the Celestial Church priests detect clear traces of the devil.

  In that case, unless something happens right away, it would be right to let the subordinates who have worked hard rest.

  Fortunately, sihe size of the town is not small, there was a fairly rge bar.

  However, even so, when nearly thirty people ehe bar at ohe space was almost full.

  "ow!"

  "Master. We're all renting this pce. Is that okay?"

  Now, everyone was ag like savages very naturally.

  "Kkieeeeeeeek!"

  "Aleat! Aleat!"

  Some of the subordinates were screaming in ear and enjoying the feeling of liberation, so I wondered if they were all a little too immersed in their roles.

  “Ah, no… there are uests…”

  “Hmm. Wait a minute.”

  The owner, who had suddenly received a group of southern savages as guests, made a face as if he was about to cry.

  “Here, this should be enough. These are people I hired, so they won’t make too muoise.”

  The owner’s expression quickly turned into a smile as the vice-captain who got off the carriage joined in and handed him a whole bag of gold s.

  “Yes! Yes! Guests from the south! Wele! Okay, did you all hear? Just eat this mud then everyone leave! You don’t have to pay!”

  “Ah, damn it…”

  Not long after that, the drinking party began, and the vice-captain, the only one of us who looked normal, sat dowo me quietly.

  —Ssuk

  And so, when the drinking party had already reached its peak and the subordinates’ gazes were no longer directed in this dire, the vice-captain grabbed my hand aly pced it on my lower abdomen.

  I tried to take my hand off, thinking she might be drunk already, but she leaned against me and whispered a short phrase in my ear.

  "Mana iion…"

  It seemed that I was really drunk.

  I had to srofusely to stop the vice-captain who was trying to use his excellent physical ability as a knight to do something reckless without telling his subordinates.

  Just as I was w how to deal with her, who was pletely different from her appearand was only drunk on a gss of alcohol.

  "Phehehe..."

  A man who still hadn't left his seat was looking at the vice-captain who was ging to me and ughing unpleasantly.

  —Crackle!

  "Hee, heeeek!"

  I tried to gre at him with a little force, thinking that he might have some suspicious iions, but he hurriedly got up from his seat and ran outside.

  He must have been a civilian.

  How bnd.

  As I thought that and raised my gss, I stared at the man's back, feeling a lingering sense of unease.

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