Chapter 28 Gal is not the only one who bumps into women at intersections
Bajas Empire, Imperial Capital Owentar——
A large city, especially a large city that is the political center of a large human country, will definitely build multiple thick and tall city walls with a certain number of garrisons to protect the city from threats from monsters and other races in the wild.
The Imperial Capital doesn't stop there, there are even air forces like the Griffin Knights and the Hippogriff Knights patrolling the air regularly.
All this seems to make the Imperial Capital area the safest area in the Empire. As time goes by and the population increases, a ring of city walls may be added to build an outer city.
It looks pretty awesome.
But this is just proof of the weakness of human beings. If human beings are very powerful and everyone can punch monsters and kick demi-humans, then there is no need to build the city's defense to be so powerful.
So, is the Imperial Capital, which is at least immune to the invasion of ordinary wild monsters, really safe?
It's late at night, and there are fewer people on the streets, and the streets are mostly dark. There are no such things as electric lights and street lights in this world. Oil lamps are not bright enough, and not everyone can afford magic.
However, there are still some people who need to move at night for various reasons.
For example, a child wearing the uniform of a girl from the Imperial Academy of Magic is walking along the street.
"This outfit is really nice. When can I wear it too?"
"Shut up, are you going to let us change clothes here in the street?"
The strange thing is that she was making two different voices by herself. But the volume was kept as low as possible and did not attract the attention of very few passers-by.
Seeing that there were still a few pedestrians on the street, she looked unhappy and started to go around the corner and walked down the path.
However, it didn't seem to go smoothly because the road was blocked.
It just so happens that if you just clear the "roadblock" casually, you will get involved with the guards if you are found out the next day——
I couldn't move forward because there was a girl leaning against the wall in front of the alley. Her appearance was average to above average and she was wearing the same Imperial Academy of Magic uniform as her.
Naturally, one person would not block the road. The problem was that there were six strong men in ragged clothes surrounding her.
The girl looked quite scared, and the expressions and actions of the men - you know.
"Based on common sense, is there such a thing as a classmate being surrounded by gangsters when he happens to be taking a shortcut home?"
"But no matter how you look at it, it can't be a trap, right? But the situation doesn't feel right. My identity has been exposed?"
Another person making two different sounds.
This time because it was so close, it caught people's attention and the men's heads turned.
"Is there anyone...Help...No, run!" Seeing someone, the girl looked like she wanted to ask for help, but when she realized it was a child slightly smaller than herself, she changed her words and shouted.
"You can't really encounter this kind of thing by chance, right? If she is a noble, you might be able to get a thank-you gift for her, but you can't tell if she is a noble by wearing a school uniform, but you must be rich or wealthy to be able to go to school.
I guess you have an identity and background... That’s not right. If you’re at this level, shouldn’t you take a few guards with you when you’re traveling at night?”
As a result, the little girl who was blocked in traffic actually held her chin and started talking to herself.
"... I'm ashamed to say it, my father is a married woman... This is not the time to talk about this, run away!"
"...I said, is it okay to suddenly reveal that your father is your bride-in-law?"
"What, what, are you?" The men became confused for a moment, and one of the men turned his head back and forth between the two and asked.
"Well, forget it," the little girl covered her face, "I feel uncomfortable when encountering such a thing. If you have to take care of such small things, it won't be endless in the future. But, can you get out of the way?
I can't walk past you if you stand here."
"What!"
"I thought you were a washboard and I didn't want to care about you!"
"Do you really want us to play with you?"
"………………"
Probably understanding that he was completely fooled, the man's face turned red, his expression was distorted with anger, and he uttered curse words.
"Ah, even if a little bit of news leaks about my intention to enter school, I won't test it like this, right? That's enough." The little girl stretched out her finger and pointed at the men.
"Eh?"
"It's so hot, what's going on!"
"It's not good, it's hot and it hurts!"
"It hurts like hell! Help!"
The men were immediately confused due to the abnormal situation. One man suffered serious burns.
"Get out of here!"
Seeing the red light on the little girl's hand, the men realized that they had provoked something more dangerous than themselves, so they rubbed oil on their soles and ran away in the opposite direction.
"No, no, thank you very much for coming to the rescue." The girl was a little frightened and said her words of thanks, "Looking at you, are you a new student preparing to enter the magic academy?"
"yes."
"So, are you the school girl? Please give me more advice in the future. Who are you?" The girl bowed slightly, and it was obvious that she had learned aristocratic etiquette.
"When you want to ask someone for their name, shouldn't you state your own name first?"
The girl opened her eyes wide and said, "I'm sorry, you can call me Melchi."
"Single name? No, it's just the first time we met. Is this how it should be? Just call me Crow...Si." Crounpisi, who had pointed ears and flowers on her head to camouflage, also made a simple
Introduction, but the attitude was not good, "So, what is your purpose?"
"Eh?"
"It's easy for you to take down those people, right? You could kill them if you're not careful, right?"
No wonder Crounpis was confused and suspected something fishy, so he used [sensor ene] out of caution. Those men were all level 1, and Melchi's level was 5, which was very low, but
Even if you can easily torture those few people, it's no problem.
"Yes, my magic can kill people if I'm not careful." Melqi knows several zero-level and first-level magics, but for ordinary people at level 1, the first-level magic
It's still too powerful, but that's not the problem, "No...it would be scary to suddenly have several men with such ferocious looks surrounding them!"
"Ah, ah? Could it be that you are an ordinary person?" Crounpis was a little surprised.
"...Yes, basically ordinary people." Melchi seemed to be saying something unspeakable and coy.
Crounpisi realized that this seemed to be a normal reaction for ordinary humans, while Melchi was admitting that her identity was no different from ordinary people, and she did not even dare to kill anyone.
With the current system in this country, the power of the nobles is extremely great. In this case, there is no problem in killing all those people. There is no need to consider preserving evidence of being attacked. If the civilians die, they will die.
Even so, no noble would kill civilians for no reason because of mood problems, and reduce taxpayers out of mood. Problems with reputation would lead to the exodus of civilians and a decrease in the income of the territory, which was quite despised.