Oh no! After I Reincarnated, My Moms Became Son-cons! - Volume 4 - Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Mom adjusted her clothing . She then looked at me with a serious look and said: “It looks like they’ve connected their nest with the sewers . In other words, the church was also involved in the incident two months ago when you returned and they took you down into the sewers . ”

I nodded then looked at mom and asked: “Mom, did you see a group of children on your way here?”

Mom thought about it for a moment . She then shook her head and replied:  “Children? No . The only people I met here were the ones transporting the weapons as well as this group who killed the prisoners and then tried to flee . I haven’t seen children though . ”

I thought about it for a second . I then looked at my surroundings and said: “That means the kids are still here .

I don’t think that the group fleeing would go out of their way to bring along the children . I think they were aware that the children weren’t a bargaining chip . I looked at Nier . Nier had her head lowered and didn’t speak . She didn’t dare to look at the empress’s face either . I hesitated for a moment before sneaking a glance at mom . Mom still had her kind smile on, so I wasn’t sure what Nier was worried about .

Mom looked at me, wiped the blood on her body off and said: “In that the case, son, you two head out first . Mommy will get the guards to search for them . Mommy can’t leave with you two . Mommy is going to go back the way mommy came from . ”

I shook my head and said: “No, mom . I want to search for those children . I must find those children no matter what . I promised Nier, so I must find them . ”

“For Nier, huh…?”

Mom sounded like she had her teeth clenched as she said that . She then looked at Nier with a strange smile . Nier froze up and didn’t dare to say a word . I noticed that, so I looked at mom and sternly said: “Mom, I just want to help Nier, that’s all . I’m not doing it out of any other emotions . Mom, don’t make things hard for Nier . ”

“Alright, alright, alright, mommy promises you . ” Mom nodded and then turned around to say, “Nier, my son’s safety is in your hands . Remember, you’re a Valkyrie tomorrow . Return to my side and report in . ”

Nier bowed and loudly replied: “Understood!”

Mom turned around and left . I let out a sigh of relief . No wonder why everything went so smoothly like there was no resistance . The church only had a few guns . Alice and Nier stomped them as soon as we entered . Turns out mom cut off their weapon transportation . That’s mom for you .

After I thanked mom I turned around and looked at the surrounding walls . The level below doesn’t seem to have anything . It seems to just be an entrance to the sewer . However, the layout should be relatively similar to upstairs . The elves were locked up upstairs . It had long corridors left and right, pretty much like a prison . The floor we were on currently had the same layout .

But it felt somewhat different . There weren’t any rooms on the left or right . There were only two long corridors . But if it’s an entrance, why do they need two corridors? I led Nier along to a dead-end . I touched the wall and didn’t find any problem . It was just like any other normal wall . There weren’t any slots .

I smashed the door hard . If there was someone inside, they should be able to hear, right? There was no response though . I inspected the walls closer . I was literally close enough to be glued to it . I can’t let Alice go on a frenzy smashing the walls . While she might not cause the walls to collapse, I’m sure Aice hates this sort of stuff .

I reckon Alice would get angry smashing it once . Even Alice would get tired if she smashed a statue almost ten metres in length and an iron door . Therefore, it’s best if I just find where the issue is . Nier looked at me and softly said: “Your majesty, if you can’t find them, let’s head back, since… her majesty has gone back… If you return late, her majesty will get angry . ”

“What about the children then?”

“You’ve already tried your best . I understand that . Let’s just leave it to the guards now . ” Nier looked at me with her lips pursed . She then said: “You have already done enough for me . I am very thankful to you . I’m being honest . So I want to put your safety first now . If the church does something now, we’ll be in danger . Also, it stinks down below . ”

“Did you know, Nier? Trying your best is the equivalent of failure to me . ” I shook my head . There’s no “try your best” for me . There’s only success and failure . Trying your best means failure . It’s just an excuse for you to comfort yourself with .

I went to the second floor . I looked at the wall at the end of the road as well as the rooms on the left and right . It just felt like something was wrong . I walked to the end of the corridor and touched the wall ahead . There was nothing out of the norm . It was unfortunate that the elves on both sides had all died . They killed over ten elves here . And they were all young girls . I was really angry right now, but what I wanted to know more was where . Where were elves being sold off?

Were these elves kidnapped here? Or were they tricked into coming here?

If mom found out about this, there’s a chance there a second war breaks out .

There were no problems with the walls here either . I took a step back and kicked the wall hard . I didn’t find any obscure mechanisms . The walls were fine . Nothing peeled off any wall . This is doing my bloody head in .

I’m not convinced that the children aren’t here in the church . Maybe a group of people escaped, but there’s no way they would bring the kids along now, would they? If they did, they wouldn’t have killed the elves . The elves are much more valuable than the kids . At least they could fetch for a good price .

I went back downstairs again . I looked at the wall in front stubbornly . I then walked upstairs again . I couldn’t help but feel that there was something wrong with these two floors . If a problem didn’t exist, my torch would be the problem . On the second floor, the torch couldn’t light up the innermost section, while on the floor below, the torch could light up the entire area .

I went silent for a while . I looked at the wall in front and took a big step . I stomped on the ground . Based on my standards, my step should be seventy-five centimetres . That I can guarantee . It’s muscle memory . Even if there is an error, it wouldn’t be too significant .

“Your majesty, what are you……”

Nier watched me walk forward blankly, completely bewildered as to what I was doing .

“Goose-stepping…… Don’t you think it emits a pretty tough aura if an army were to march like this?”

“Yes……” Nier wore a puzzled look on her face . It looks like she can’t comprehend what I’m doing at the moment and how it relates to solving the problem .

I stopped in front of the wall . That was about twenty steps . I then looked at the level below and walked .

Fifteen steps . That’s five steps less .

If we’re talking about a building with levels, the length should be the same . Put another way, there’s something wrong with the rear of this wall, otherwise it wouldn’t be protruding outwards .

“Nier, go up and call Alice… Actually, forget it . I think everybody underneath will be dead if she punches it . ” I chuckled coldly and stopped Nier who was about to head up . I bent over to touch the body of a guard mom killed . I found gun powder wrapped in paper . I poured the gun powder out and then rolled the sheet of paper up into a small rod . I then picked up their gun and smashed the wall in front hard making a small hole . I then poured the gunpowder inside, stuck the sheet of paper in and placed the torch next to it .

*Boom!*

After it exploded, I used my hands to get rid of the smoke . It didn’t destroy the wall, it just blew off a small piece . I then poured more gunpowder into the hole and lit it up again .

*Boom!*

This time, a section of the wall exploded to bits . I had opened up a small passageway . I reached my hand into the hole and brushed the dirt away . I then held the torch up to the front of the small hole .

I could see the sleeping faces of the children inside……