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Emilia's subsequent words made him feel that he had made a good deal.

[Because the search in Aram Village is somewhat dangerous, I will also participate in the warlock's search. ]

【Very good! 】

[Then, Rem will assist Lady Emilia in searching for the sorcerer, and Sister, please stay in the mansion and manage the affairs there.]

[Rem——be careful. 】

[Yes, don't worry, onee-sama! ]

【Mr. Goblin Slayer...】

【I stayed in the museum, there was a shortage of staff. 】

Goblin Slayer's words were still brief and to the point. But what he said was true.

In Natsuki Subaru's opinion, Emilia, the elf sorcerer, should be the most powerful person in the mansion after the departure of Roswaal, the strongest magician in the kingdom who holds the title of three primary colors!

Among the remaining people, Goblin Slayer, who usually moves in full body armor, should be the second strongest.

Next came Ram and Rem - although they were reluctant to admit it, these two petite twin maid sisters were actually stronger than him, a man who was almost an adult!

Adding to issues like the environment of the other world, Subaru Natsuki should be the second weakest person in the room.

139

Chapter 139 Emilia: Entering the village.

Before making a decision, Emilia might hesitate because she is worried about whether she can do it well, but once she makes up her mind, she will never drag her feet.

In the evening, she learned from Xia Shi that a sorcerer had sneaked into the village of Aram and might have planted a curse through the child Meli and the puppy. So she mobilized the existing forces and took action at night.

Among them, the search team composed of Emilia, Subaru Natsuki, and Rem rushed to Aram Village immediately after dinner. After finding the village chief and asking him to gather all the villagers, the trembling village chief showed hesitation, and the village chief's son and daughter-in-law cast their worried eyes on Emilia without disguising.

[Excuse me, sir, what is the important matter that requires you to gather the villagers at this time? ]

The old village chief grabbed his son's hand, who was about to say something. His hand was dry and small, without much flesh, but his son suddenly became obedient.

[There is a sorcerer hiding in the village! Are you confused in your sleep, old man? If we don't wake everyone up, what will we do if the sorcerer hiding in the village gets mad? ]

【Oh~, it’s the guy who came this morning. 】

The old village chief and his son and daughter-in-law saw that Natsuki Subaru's face looked much better. [This matter is not that simple. You see, everyone is busy during the day, and only at night can they have a good rest. So, can we gather everyone during the day? ]

[But there are dangerous people hiding in the village! ]

【According to the old man’s idea, this may not be the case.】

The old village chief's smiling face made Natsuki Subaru feel angry. But he couldn't vent his anger on the old man, so his face turned red and he stared at the village chief with wide eyes, waiting for a loophole in his next words, so that Natsuki Subaru would refute him mercilessly.

[Young man, Master Emilia, Miss Maid, I think there is nothing in my poor little village that a sorcerer would be interested in. The reason why the sorcerer came to our village, other than passing by by accident, the old man thought: it could only be because this place is very close to Master Roswaal's mansion.]

[What does this mean?! ]

[Don't be impatient, young man. Doesn't this mean that the sorcerer won't easily harm the villagers in our village? If there are fewer people in our village, it will definitely arouse everyone's vigilance, which is not conducive to his hiding. On the contrary, if he realizes that his existence has been exposed at this time, the old man is afraid that the sorcerer will jump over the wall and hurt people.]

[This kind of thing…]

Natsuki Subaru was speechless for a moment.

Because logically speaking, what the old village chief said really makes sense.

He has also watched a lot of police and gangster movies on TV. The police in the movies do need to pay attention to time, place and occasion when arresting important suspects.

But if we let the sorcerer hide in the village and do nothing, who knows how many people he will curse the next day!

[Old man, do you really understand? That's a sorcerer, the kind that can curse! ]

[I don’t quite understand, old man~. In my opinion, no matter if they are warlocks, elf warlocks, or magicians, they are all big shots that ordinary people like me have no chance to meet.]

[But haven’t you seen it?! ]

[Even if you say so, what if the warlock really attacks and hurts people after realizing that he has been exposed? ]

[So you're just going to let the villagers be cursed by him? ! ]

[…The old man didn’t understand the curse, but the villagers were fine after all.]

[No, someone has already gotten into trouble! ]

Emilia listened for a long time, and she clearly felt the village chief's family's rejection of her. She even knew that if she were not here, Natsuki Subaru's persuasion work might be more successful.

She didn't know what she should do, so she kept thinking.

The political skills she had learned over the past few days were not learned in vain. Emilia recalled what she had learned during the day and tried to combine the knowledge she had learned with the specific practice in front of her.

Then, her eyes lit up.

It must be said that the chief of Alam Village is still reasonable.

Although his words to evade Natsuki Subaru might have been malicious, his original intention was not to shirk responsibility, but because he was really afraid that everyone in the village would be hurt because of their actions.

It's not that he doesn't want to find the sorcerer hiding in the village and control him immediately. But again: there are too many things worth thinking about.

Will the warlock hurt anyone during their search? Is he still in their village? For example, is it possible that he has left the village now?

What's more, isn't what the young man in front of me said a lie?

During the day, no one said they saw anyone suspicious, but at night someone from the mansion suddenly came and said they wanted to gather the villagers. Perhaps because the incident happened too suddenly, the old village chief subconsciously kept the situation unchanged.

Compared to taking responsibility and mustering the courage to take action, maintaining the status quo does not require much courage. Therefore, maintaining superficial stability when encountering emergencies is the most common and instinctive practice of those at the bottom.

But Emilia is not a low-level responsible person, but one of the candidates for the throne and one of the noblest people in the country!

Therefore, in such an emergency, she should take the responsibility, muster the courage to push everyone forward, and provide the most appropriate solution.

Crusch Karsten: Wonderful! I take back what I said before. Lady Emilia is indeed an opponent worthy of my serious victory.

Priscilla Barryel: Boring. For such ignorant and unruly people, we only need to use the lord's authority to issue orders directly. Resisting the lord's will is disrespectful.

Hiraga Saito: I don't understand the affairs of you nobles, but I think Emilia is doing a great job! If I were a commoner, I would definitely want to vote in the territory governed by Emilia.

Altria Pendragon: That's right. A king needs to listen to the people.

Iskander Alexander: Stupid! The king's opinion is the people's opinion, and the king's cry is the people's cry! As the king's subjects, questioning the king's decision already shows the king's immaturity!

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka: So, the absolute monarchy has been eliminated by the times~

Emilia inside the light curtain was unaware of what others were saying. She just wanted to persuade the old man in front of her to take action as quickly as possible.

It's not difficult.

Because in essence, she and the old man were thinking about the same thing - protecting the safety of the villagers in this village.

As long as there is this consensus, the only thing left is how to negotiate.

Emilia just happened to learn a lot of skills in this area recently.

She decided to give it a try.

If communication is impossible and her efforts are not recognized by the village chief, she will exercise the authority of acting lord given to her by Roswaal and force the villagers to gather together.

Even if the price of doing so is that she will be completely hated...

140

Chapter 140 Emilia: Village chief, please believe me once.

[Village chief, I am also here to protect the safety of this village. Can you trust me on this point? ]

The old village chief raised his hazy eyes and looked at the person in front of him.

When the shadow of the person in front of him reflected into his eyes along the dim light, the first thing that came to the old village chief's mind was indeed the disrespectful word "silver-haired half-elf".

As the chief of Aram Village, he had long known that Lord Roswaal, who governed the Territory of Mezas, had welcomed as his lord a person who was very similar to the terrible witch who had destroyed half of the world 400 years ago, and was going to push her onto the throne of the king.

As a subject, even though he was the village chief, he had no status in the eyes of the nobles, so there was no need for him to have any opinion on this.

He heard a lot of things from the young men and girls in the village who had the opportunity to come into contact with the legendary figure several times. These words pieced together a vague impression in the village chief's mind - a taboo appearance, a young girl, naive, ignorant of the world, and... indifferent.

Emilia: ...

Natsuki Subaru: Is the old village chief really old? How could Emilia Tan be so cold——

Ram: Stupid Barus, you've also seen what other people say about Emilia, right? Even now, you still don't understand why Lady Emilia would do this?

Natsuki Subaru: Why, why?

Natsuki Kenichi: Subaru~ If you see a big, fat, tattooed foreigner with eye, lip, nose and tongue piercings, wouldn't you subconsciously avoid him?

Natsuki Subaru: But Emilia——

Kenichi Natsuki: So, the foreigner with a scary appearance is actually a good person with a kind heart. If such a person finds that people around him are afraid and avoiding his gaze, what will he do?

Natsuki Subaru:......

Natsuki Nahoko: What a silly child~

Ram: I agree.

The old village chief didn't have a convenient thing like a light curtain that could read people's minds. All he could see was a noble man with a scary appearance, a cold personality, and who was untainted by the world. He suddenly appeared in his house at night and asked him to gather all the villagers to search for possible dangerous sorcerers.

It was indeed dangerous to have a sorcerer hiding in the village. However, the sorcerer's target would never be ordinary villagers like us.

In that case, why not just wait patiently for the warlock to slip away on his own?

Perhaps, the other party is doing this now.

Moreover, the person who said that they wanted to find the sorcerer and get rid of him was not their trusted lord Roswaal, but a temporary lord who was young, naive, lacked prestige, and had an untrustworthy appearance.

The old village chief still couldn't refuse this noble man who was acting as the lord, but since the acting lord wanted to reason with him, he decided to tell him what was on his mind.

Perhaps, this noble man with a scary appearance is really an innocent and kind person, that would be great.

Thinking of this, the old village chief's gaze towards Emilia softened. [I believe you are here to protect us. You are a noble person whom Lord Roswaal trusts, so we will also trust you.]

[Okay, that's good. Then can you listen to my thoughts? ]

【Please advise. 】

Emilia felt somewhat helpless in the face of the stubborn old village chief. However, as long as she viewed it as a test that she had to overcome as a candidate for the throne, this feeling became positive.

[The little girl who came to the village with Rem and Subaru during the day, if you still remember her, let me tell you that she was cursed. ]

[What?! That little girl actually?!]

The old village chief's surprise was not false. He really believed that what the naive deputy lord in front of him said when he came to his house in the middle of the night was probably true.

In other words: there is indeed a dangerous sorcerer who has sneaked into the village of Aram.

But he had seen Xia Shi before, just today. And the young man in front of him with imposing eyes, they came to the mansion together a few days ago.

At that time, they passed by Aram Village, and the old village chief happened to see them.

After actual contact today, I feel that both the young man in front of me and the well-behaved, cute and sensible little girl are just ordinary people like them.

Looking at their clothes and clean skin, the old village chief could imagine that they were probably from a wealthier family. But above that, nobles? Big merchants? Magicians?

The old village chief could not imagine such an identity.

In the end, it was that sensible little girl who was cursed? !

The old village chief's heart suddenly tightened.

[That child, is she okay?! ]

[Thanks to the timely discovery, Xia Shi is now fine. ]

After Emilia said this, the old village chief, his son and daughter-in-law, and even Natsuki Subaru all breathed a sigh of relief, and then Natsuki Subaru was stepped on by Rem.

[That's great~, the child is fine, which is better than anything else. ]

[Things are not that simple. Village chief, do you know that there is a child named Meili in the village? She has purple semi-long hair and green eyes. She looks very cute and is about 10 years old.]

Emilia continued to chase him. His intensive and tight questions made the old village chief hesitate for a moment.

However, he had to answer this question because he realized that the acting lord would not talk to him about an insignificant child at this time for no reason.

[No. There are no such children in our village.]

【Are you sure? 】

[I can be sure. Aram Village is not very big, and there are only a few children around 10 years old in the village. How could I not remember the cute child with purple hair?]