The abused merchant’s daughter – 25 | Sousaku – 創作

Chapter 1, Episode 25: Search (Other’s POV)

"Are you sure you want to go without an escort, Lars-sama? "

Kyle asked as he rode alongside Lars through the wastelands.
They were both dressed in full-body robes to avoid direct exposure to the sun.
Since then, Lars and Kyle had been riding their horses outside of the city.

"Farne's passage note responds in the forests of Eldia.
If he were alive, he would immediately go to the temple in the forest of Eldia for help.
But he has not come out for help.
He's either dead...... or he can't get out."

Kyle raised an eyebrow at Lars' words.

"You think he can't come out of hiding? "

"I checked Farne's escort and found that they had been replaced by a different escort than the one I had arranged.
Apparently, Grasil had changed it on his own."

"……Could it be!?
Are you suggesting that Grasil killed him!? "

"That's a strong possibility.
……But there is still a glimmer of hope.
If he intentionally killed Farne, he should have thrown the note into the wasteland under the pretense that he was lost in the wasteland.
Grasil must know that there is a temple in the forest of Eldia that serves as a base and that a search party will be dispatched to the area.
It is highly likely that a body will be autopsied, and the murderer will be discovered.
If he had killed him, he would not have left the reaction of the note as it was in the Eldia forest.
If you dump a corpse in the wasteland, the sunlight will quickly destroy the note's tracking function, the corpse will be quickly devoured by monsters, and you can cover up as much as you want.
It is logical to report the death as lost in the wilds.

Seeing that the effects of the bill-tracking magic have not yet worn off, we can't rule out the possibility that he is still alive."

"So that's why we're going together? "

"Yes.
If Farne is still alive, sending out a search party would put him in danger.
Grasil's men would join the search party and kill him where they found him.
You and I can trace the magic and the divine energy.
If we're going to help, we have to be the ones to go there in person."

"……I hope he is safe and alive."

Kyle said with a depressed look on his face.
At that time.
If Kyle had not stood there talking to Farne, he might still be working at the temple without having attracted the attention of the saint.
He sincerely hoped that his long-time friend was all right.

"……Fifty-fifty.
I heard that Farne was traveling with a frail relative.
That's why it had been overlooked and a search party hasn't been prepared, because it was thought that he was resting in the temple of Eldia……
Maybe that child is why he cannot come out of hiding.
We'll just have to hope for the best."

He said, and let the horse run.

Lars, by the way, was aware that the chances of Farne's safety were not so great.
However, he felt guilty that he had been wronged because of his favoritism, and thought that being demoted was because of him.
Unless he did all he could, he would not forgive himself.

Be safe. Farne.

Lars and company rode their horses.