Walking in Another World

sure behind those words.

The employee that received the order rushes to jump out of the guild.

“H-hum…”

Stetho starts speaking, but is glared down and stays quiet.

“Hey, what is going on here?”

“Ah… Our Yor is actually a young lady from a nice family.”

Leila whispers the response to my question.

I just thought of Yor as, frankly, a magic otaku.
The kind of girl that impressively swings from joy to sorrow upon discovering something new.
Would it be an exaggeration to say I saw her as someone who devotes her life to magic?

Is the person standing in front of me right now a split personality? Is she the same person? I can’t help but feel like this.

I look over at Hikari, and she looks surprised too.

After a while, the employee comes back covered in sweat and out of breath.

Is the other person coming in a priest? He has a clear expression and perfectly composed breathing.
There are several guards behind him too.

“This is troubling.
If you wish to call for me, you need to go through the proper channels…”

The officer of veracity’s eyes catch Yor.

“Are you the young lady from the Apostel family? Did you call for me?”

He asks with a sigh.

He can tell just by looking? Does the officer of veracity have the People Appraisal skill?”

“I apologize, but I can’t let these people get away with their injustice.”

Yes, that’s true I guess, but the real reason is a bit different, isn’t it? She’s less upset about injustice, and more about the way they talked to me.

“And what should I assess?”

“Veracity.”

Yor explains why she called the officer of veracity.

The merchants’ faces are blue as they hear it from the side.

“Officer of veracity Rent will ask questions.
Respond to all of them with yes.”

“You are Stetho, the master of the merchant guild?”

“You are Enrique, of the Aurora company?”

“You looked into Enrique from Aurora’s report and saw no falsehoods?”

“You always behaved in a righteous way as leader of the caravan?”

“You…”

“You……”

“You………”

He asks a lot and seems to be checking their answers, but does he learn anything through this?

I’m sure he does.

About ten minutes later, the questions end, and Rent simply gives the guards an order.

“Detain them.”

Is all he says.

“What happens now?”

“I don’t know either.”

I ask Leila, but apparently the officer of veracity is something that only exists in the Holy Kingdom of Frieren, so she doesn’t know.

“Adventurer Locke, your honor has been restored, and so has that of your party.
These people will receive a suitable punishment.”

“W-wait.
I just went along with what they said.”

Stetho tries to make excuses, but Rent won’t listen.

“You might be contacted again later.
What should we do?”

“Contact the adventurer guild.
But we are planning to go to the advent festival, so depending on when wagons leave, we might not be in this town anymore.”

“I understand.
Then please wait two days.
A wagon will be provided for you to go to the holy city.”

Says Rent as he looks at an employee.

It seems he’s pressuring the guild to get us a wagon and make arrangements for us to stay at an inn.

“Big sister, what are we going to do now?”

“We will stop by the adventurer guild.
We have things to report.
Mister Locke, is that all right with you as well?”

I’m carrying the orc corpses, so I guess I have to go with them.