After finally getting the answers they wanted, these people packed everything up and left in a hurry.
All of this was observed by Nazla, who was hiding in the shadows.
"Just as Linde predicted, these warmongers really couldn't hold back their temper..."
Nazla looked away, stroking the little trinket Linde had given her before she left.
A perfectly round crystal.
"After passing a few more cities, we can try to make contact with the peacemakers..."
The thought of not seeing Linde again for a long time made Nazra feel a little restless.
"Ah...the night is so long..."
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April of the Holy Light Calendar 3471
"Hoo! Hah!..."
Lin De sat on a high platform in the military camp, watching the soldiers drill inside.
Under the training of veteran Calvin, the soldiers grew stronger and stronger. These young men, who came from construction sites, developed muscular physiques under Lind's careful "feeding".
Compared to before, he looked much better.
In the past month or so, with the help of the temple builders, the buildings and facilities in the territory have progressed rapidly.
By mid-March, the second bridge was basically completed, and the number of people in the territory finally increased.
Linde selected some of the strongest and tallest soldiers from the ordinary soldiers and promoted them to a new batch of bronze warriors, expanding the original 50-man team to 100.
These 50 newly promoted men were assigned to the territory's defense guard by Lind, and were trained by Calvin along with the bronze warriors still in the territory.
Incidentally, Calvin has been rewarded by Lind and promoted to a Bronze Warrior.
The soldiers below the stage practiced these various formations with great effort. Some were military formations commonly used in this world, while others were formations from another world brought by Linde.
Nothing major has happened in the past month or so. Alice's development has hit a bottleneck, and Linde has been turned away from her several times when he went to visit her.
The last time I visited her, she was still asleep. I had her familiar sign for the snacks on her behalf.
The one who changed the most was Nix. After graduating from Jel's, she finally became a proper catgirl.
Linde decided to put this Holy Blood Orc to good use and assigned her a new task.
That means making good use of your abilities and learning what an assassin should learn.
Lind handed her over to Astaire, who trained Nix in combat skills.
According to Astaire, this catgirl has a strong intuition and learns various combat techniques very quickly; she was born to fight.
This put Linde in a dilemma; he couldn't really let her out, lest she cause some trouble.
However, since we're going to the Fortified City anyway, it would be perfect to bring her along to test the waters.
After leaving the military camp, Linde arrived at a camp in the territory that was under heavy construction.
The camp was filled with construction workers dressed in identical uniforms, each busy with their own tasks, creating a very quiet atmosphere.
Here, Lind met Leonis.
Today, Leonis was wearing the same nun's habit as before, and she looked very devout.
"Lord Lind, you've arrived. I'm ready."
"Where is Miss Nix? I haven't seen her."
Leonis was puzzled. Lind said he would take another person with him when they set off today, an orc, but so far, he hadn't seen anyone except the horse on the back.
Linde's shadow twisted and turned, and a scantily clad catgirl emerged from it.
"I'm here, meowing."
Okay, I can't change my verbal tic.
Lind clapped his hands and said:
"Alright, we're going to the Fortified City today to take care of the Sanctuary's mission."
The problem of Viscount Swift has dragged on until now, and there's nothing that can be done about it.
Just a few days after Leonis returned, Lind planned to take care of Viscount Swift's matter.
Upon arriving in Fortified City, they discovered that Viscount Swift had been labeled a heretic by the Fortified City's church and executed on the spot.
The fortified city was thus sealed off until a new city lord took office, after which it could reopen.
Yesterday was the day the city reopened.
After receiving the report from his scouts, Linde planned to set off for the city today.
Let's go.
Nix slipped back into Lind's shadow, and Lind and Leonis, each on horseback, set off on their journey to the Fortified City.
…………
On the morning of the second day, Lind and his party arrived at Fortified City.
The fortified city remains largely unchanged, with its towering walls still standing and the scars on them still visible.
Looking at the long convoy in front of the city, Lin De and his companion entered the city as missionaries of the Holy Church.
Everything looked the same as usual.
The streets were clean and tidy, bustling with merchants and caravans.
"Although Viscount Swift has been executed, that is only the Church of the Fortified City's side of the story. There are many doubts about it itself, and it is still uncertain whether he is really dead or not."
"The Holy See has instructed us not to alert them, but to infiltrate and investigate before making a decision."
After discussing it, Lind and Leonis agreed that the Church of the Fortified City definitely had problems, and there was a high possibility that it had apostasydredged. Moreover, there was a high possibility that Viscount Swift had faked his death.
Because Viscount Swift died at the perfect time; a leader of a devotional died so quietly, and at the hands of the local church no less.
According to a letter from the Earl, because of this incident, the Earl of Sutherland used the death of Viscount Swift to question the Church, saying that it was too much to kill a viscount on a trumped-up charge.
The church had not anticipated this turn of events. At first, they thought there were apostates within the church of this fortified city who had bewitched the viscount, but they did not expect that he would die directly at the hands of the church.
This is quite a difficult situation. It is said that the matter even alarmed Grand Duke Crete, who demanded an explanation from the Holy See.
However, due to the imperial laws, both sides held their own opinions and argued endlessly.
Both sides were at a loss and could only wait for the new viscount to take office and take over this mess.
Only in this way can both sides find out the truth of the whole matter.
Lind and Leonis had just settled into an inn in the city when Nix emerged from the shadows, excitedly saying:
"Meow, this place is just as lively as before! Let's go out and play, meow."
Linde, somewhat helplessly, pointed to his own shadow:
"Don't wander off. We need to start investigating now. You can do whatever you want after this is all sorted out."
Nix obediently slipped into the shadows and crouched there, quietly observing the situation outside.
Lind turned to Leonis and said:
"I have a bad feeling about this. I'd better be careful."
Leonis nodded seriously.
Just as the three were about to leave, a commotion suddenly broke out in the inn.
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