Chapter 30: 30
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"What's wrong Master?"
"--The princess of this country has been kidnapped, or so I heard . "
I briefly answered Arisa who asked .
"Oh no! Then I'll go rescue her . Where's she now?"
"Oh no oh no~?"
"Pochi will also go rescuing nodesu . "
"Protecting young organisms is indispensable and a must so I tell . "
Hikaru stood up as if it was natural to go help .
As if pulled by her, Tama, Pochi and Nana also stood up .
Pochi and Tama are still holding their forks stuck with meat dish .
It's not like the princess is particularly our acquaintance and I think she should be saved by this country, but it appears such a thing is irrelevant for Hikaru and the others .
"I'll check it for a bit, wait--"
I told so to everyone and opened the map .
We don't know if she's really kidnapped just from a rumor .
The rumor said that Princess Rumia was kidnapped, but the one who rode the float was her little sister Princess Rimia .
I'll search for [Princess] instead of a specific person .
I ignore the luminous points of the princesses in the Royal Capital--there are two outside the city .
Looks like Princess Rimia is near the border of a different map where the Shadow Castle is .
There were several crime guild people close to her, but I don't know the exact number since they immediately went to a different map with Princess Rimia .
The other luminous point is in the middle of the mountain path between the Royal Capital and the Shadow Castle, moving at a speed faster than a horse .
This one seems to be Princess Rumia .
There's a luminous point with a marker near Princess Rumia .
Apparently, she's together with the female adventurer who contacted the weaselkin .
Her marker was in the Royal Capital when I checked it earlier, so she must have taken Princess Rumia from the Royal Capital after that .
I check the present situation of the princess by invoking the space magic [Clairvoyance] .
The female explorer is moving in a golem together with princess Rumia in the cockpit .
The princess is desperately clinging to the female explorer while shutting her eyes, there's no trace of her being violently restrained .
She probably sought the female explorer's help in order to save Princess Rimia .
"--How is it?"
"Princess Rimia has been kidnapped by the crime guild people, they're in the Shadow Forest . Princess Rumia seems to be chasing them . "
Even if I said the princesses' names, it didn't really mean anything to everyone besides Hikaru and Arisa who had the personal appraisal skills, since the names weren't that important, I summarized the explanation .
"I'll help them out a bit . "
It's not really our problem, but in order to enjoy the festival cuisine, I declared to save the princesses quickly .
"Wait . "
"Please wait, Master . "
Arisa and Liza controlled me who stood up .
"Although Master can probably do it alone, isn't it easier if we divide the work?"
"That's right . At lease please take Tama along . "
I agreed to Arisa and Liza and it's decided that Hikaru and Arisa will go help Princess Rumia's side while I will go to Princess Rimia's side along with Tama .
The reason why Arisa is working with Hikaru is in order to secure the way to do teleportation for them .
--Putting that aside, Liza .
Please don't lift up Tama who's holding a venison in her mouth, presenting her to me like she's a stuffed toy .
"Don't worry be happy~"
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"Then, I'll leave this side to you . "
"OK . "
"Un, don't let your guard down okay . "
I brought Hikaru and Arisa ahead of the place Princess Rumia is heading with space magic [Teleport Gate] .
Hikaru is in Nanashi's disguise and Arisa is wearing the golden armor .
Afterward I opened a [Teleport Gate] in front of the Shadow Forest and moved with Tama there .
The Shadow Forest map is a teleportation-prohibited area just like the castle of Ban the True Ancestor in the labyrinth's lower layer so I couldn't directly teleport inside .
"The castle pitch black~?"
Tama pointed at a spire of a jet black castle that looks like a silhouette on top of the forest .
As one might expect of something called Shadow Castle, it's swaying like I'm looking at a mirage .
I hid a carved seal board to be the landmark for Arisa's teleportation .
"Now then, let's go Tama . "
"Aye aye~"
'Pyon', Tama jumped and landed on my shoulder, she then took the pose to ride on it .
Since Tama is wearing the golden armor, it feels slightly painful .
It became a different map once we walked a bit in the forest, so I used [All Map Exploration] magic to get the details of the blank area .
Hikaru said that the shadow sentries were protecting it, but there's no one inside the castle that occupies half of the forest .
Princess Rimia and the crime guild people are stranded in front of the barrier protecting the castle .
According to Hikaru, the barrier should be dissolved if there's a royalty carrying an item called [Necklace of the Treasured Key], it seems there's some kind of problem there .
"--A fake?"
"I'm not a fake . "
I could hear such conversations when we I landed on a pitch black tree branch surrounding them .
The crime guild boss is holding a pink-colored wig, Princess Rimia's hair color has changed to golden .
Looks like she doesn't have the pink hair peculiar to Rumooku royalty .
"There's no point if a royalty doesn't have colored hair! You damn fake . "
The enraged crime guild boss complained unreasonably and swung his curved sword .
--Oops, that's bad .
"Utsusemi no jutsu~?"
Ninja Tama replaced the princess with a log while camouflaging it with a white smoke .
Retorting, "Isn't that [Switching] jutsu", here would be boorish of me, so I used this chance to wear Nanashi mask .
"--Who the!"
"Hello, nice to meet you . Although I think our acquaintance will be short, best regards okay . "
While feeling nostalgic with Nanashi's way of talking that I haven't used for a while, I knocked down the crime guild people with the anti-personal [Remote Stun] magic .
Some screamed, some tried to ran away, and some used their friends or trees as a shield, but I gained total control in about 10 seconds .
Ninja Tama skilfully collected the torches they had before they fell .
"Are you injured anywhere?"
Even though I asked her that, the princess only keeps shivering with a pale face without answering .
"Is it painful somewhere~?"
The princess shook her head to Tama's question and asked back with a trembling voice .
"Are you shadow sentry-sama who's going to punish Rimia for entering the forest?"
"We're not . "
Once she understood that she was mistaken, she looked relieved and fainted .
Well, I can't blame her .
This sheltered princess was kidnapped by these evil looking people after all .
I let the little girl to sleep nearby, asked Tama to capture the kidnappers, and then I went around to collect the horses that have dispersed in the forest .
I met Arisa and the others who are together with Princess Rumia's party when I had collected the last horse .
I've made a bonfire reclyed from the thieves' torches as a mark .
Moving differently from Arisa and the others, it seem this country's second prince and his troops are coming toward here .
Let's push the duty to take the princesses back to them .
"Rimiaaaaaa"
"Princess-chan, running is dangerous . "
Princess Rumia who found Princess Rimia ran toward her while screaming loudly .
The female adventurer supported her when it looked like she was going to fall .
Behind the female adventurer, two of her friends in manned golems are following .
Judging from Hikaru's and Arisa's expressions who are accompanying them, it seems the adventurers didn't kidnap Princess Rimia .
It wouldn't be an emotional reunion if she were still unconscious, so I woke Princess Rimia with wakening magic .
"--Ane-sama?"
"Rimiaaaaaa"
Little girls who don't look different besides their hair color are crying in relief .
"Quick as always~"
"The opponents were just some common criminals after all . "
Arisa talked to me while looking at the little girls .
"Isn't fine, peace is the best . "
Hikaru finished with a smile while putting her hand on Arisa's head .
Right right, no incident is the best .
I looked up at the sky while confirming a luminous point moving at high speed reflected on the radar .
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