This is the main road connecting Lomaria Kingdom and Gnomstoll Kingdom. Therefore, it was an important road where many merchant groups come and go.
Naturally, Lomaria Kingdom make an effort to keep public order, but……
The collapse of the Divine Empire of Sydnia to the south of Lomaria Kingdom had cast a shadow on the territories adjacent to it, Lomaria Kingdom and Triaria Kingdom.
After the fall of the Divine Empire of Sydnia, four countries ー Valkyra Kingdom, Lomaria Kingdom, Yggurle Kingodm, and Samandour Kingdom ー decided not to divide and rule the land during the council held. That was because these countries did not want to carry the evident burden of the land and its closed minded subjects who had been dyed with the idea of being the chosen race.
In the end, it was decided that the former Syndnia would go from a Divine Empire to a vassal state of Lomaria Kingdom.
And the aftermath of the collapse of the country extended to the main road connecting to Gnomstoll Kingdom.
A portion of the Templar Knights and soldiers who had nowhere to go had, of all things, formed bandit gangs and began operating in Triaria Kingdom, Samandour Kingdom, and Lomaria Kingdom.
「Run faster! They’re catching up!」
「Stop complaining! We’ll protect them even at the cost of our life!」
The voices of the knights could be heard from outside the carriage.
Though the recent deterioration of public order was a concern, who could have imagined that we would be attacked by a large group of bandits so close to our territory.
My name is Rosary von Arenberg.[1] . The second daughter of the Arenberg Margravery which controls the south west section of Lomaria Kingdom.
The Arenberg Margravery, possessing the land which connected to Triaria Kingdom and the former Divine Empire of Sydnia, was a military family known as the Shield of Lomaria Kingdom.
As such, we had an unbreakable relationship with Gnomstoll Kingdom, the neighboring craftsman nation governed by Dwarves, with whom we regularly make courtesy visits to.
This time as well, I departed for Gnomstoll Kingdom as my father’s representative. Upon travelling eastwards for a short while from our Arrenberg territory,
「!? Wha! What is going on!?」
Just when I thought I felt a large impact, the horse pulling the carriage screamed and came to a sudden halt. i thought the screaming of the horse was strange, but it was definitely a scream.
Ahh, is this the end?
I can’t live as a daughter of a noble if I’ve been defiled by bandits. Would it be better to end it here……?
…………………huh? Nothing is happening?
The leader of the bandit group snickered as he looked at target carriage.
This group of over 50 bandits were once the Templar Knights of the former Divine Empire of Sydnia. Most of his men were Templar Knights of the Imperial City. As such, they did not resist robbing the enemy nation Lomaria Kingdom.
「He he he, it’s just as the info said. Leave only Margrave Arenberg’s daughter and kill the rest!
This time, the information that Margrave Arenberg’s carriage was passing by had come from a noble of the same Lomaria Kingdom. Margrave Arenberg who had a high position as Lomaria Kingdom’s military leader had a political opponent on the opposite faction.
Margrave Volton’s carriage was pulled by a Demon Horse, and its speed was even significant. However, despite being a Demon Horse, it could not outrun the horses of the bandits while pulling the carriage.
Magic fired by the bandit group hit the carriage wheels of the Arenberg Margravery.
Among the thieves who, despite being rotten, were still Templar Knights, there were also magic swordsmen.
The wheel on one side of the carriage fell off, and the coachman stopped the carriage.
Without overlooking this, the bandits surrounded the carriage. All that was left was to kill the twenty or so guards and they were done. And so, the bandit leader snickered. Their numbers weren’t just ordinary bandits. They were former Templar Knights and national soldiers.
At that time, the bandit leader, feeling a chilling sensation down his spine, turned around. Was it his knightly intuition? His body acutely reacted to the imminent crisis.
「Wha! What…… what is that……」
Something was blazing down the road, approaching rapidly.
The man could not figure it out immediately.
Something that seemed like a gigantic horse pulling a black, all-metal carriage was running frightfully fast.
It is now they who should run away. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕·𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎·𝚗𝚎𝚝
1. The author had already used ロザリー for the name of a character – Vaudeville’s wife, but he used it again here, so to differentiate them, I’ll use Rosary instead. 2. Perhaps a typo. Gnomstoll is at the eastern edge and they were departing from Arenberg, but the raws say west, so I changed accordingly.