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Chapter 254 - In Search of Iron

"Yo, Baito-nii. Are you managing the territory all right?"

"Everything's been going fine, Ars. The knights under my command are following my orders. I'm working on land inspections and improving the farmland for now."

"Yes, I think that would be good. You've apparently been hearing a lot from Zitan as well?"

"Yeah, because Zitan has handed over the reins of the Amu Knight Family to his son, who is now the advisor to the Balt Knight Family. If the knights who own lands have something to say, that old man listens to them first."

"I see. Well, I think Zitan will handle things well. I think he's a good choice."

"Anyhow, I've heard about you doing things without my knowledge. What's this I hear about you fighting against the undead dragon? And you've become a holy knight or something?"

"Oh, that's right. It was tough, dealing with an undead. It's very troublesome because things rot away just by coming into contact with their mana. I'm telling you, if there are undead around here, don't try to fight them, nii-san. You have to call the church first and ask them to perform a purification ceremony before you can fight properly."

"...... you and Kyle fought without that ritual, didn't you?"

"We couldn't prepare ourselves due to not knowing we were even gonna fight that thing. However, you have foreknowledge. I'm telling you again, don't find any undead before you are fully prepared."

"I know. But what's a holy knight? Did you change from being a Fontana Knight to a knight of the Church or something?"

"Nope, that's not it. A holy knight is not a knight who obeys the Church, but a knight who is recognized by the Church."

"Etto? Is there even a difference, or what?"

"The thing is, since my Grand Barca became a holy sword during the purification ceremony, it was thought that there was a possibility that other holy swords could be made. A holy sword is like a special weapon against undead, the enemies of the world. As a potential creator of such a weapon, the Church wanted me to live as long as possible to have more chances of producing holy swords. In other words, I am not a mere knight, but a knight recognized by the Church as a useful knight, thus being certified to the title of "holy knight."

"...... So you're just saying that a guy who is useful to the Church is a holy knight?　Does the title give you any sort of bonus?"

"Well, it does have some effect. Anyone who has to fight me, a holy knight, is going to have a good chance of being disliked by the Church if they kill me. I suppose it does have a deterrent effect for battle."

"Hmmm, it sounds like being a holy knight doesn't mean much. So, what's the matter with the oh-so-great holy knight today, to come over here?"

　After a long interval of making various things with Gran in Barcania, I had come to the old Uruk territory again.

　The Barca family had carved out the eastern part of the old Uruk, which is now being governed by the Balt family, whose Head is Baito-nii.

　I had come to Baltonia, Baito-nii's headquarters.

　I hadn't seen him for a while.

　After the Uruk Battle, I left him in charge of the lands captured and returned to Barcania.

　Then I made a balloon, fought an Undead Bone Dragon in the forest, and was knighted by the Church.

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　Many things happened, but not much time has passed yet.

　Even so, the look on my brother's face seemed to have changed somewhat from what I last saw of him.

　It is said that if you see a boy for three days, you will see him as a boy, but after just a short absence, his face will have changed from that of a boy to that of a grown man. Maybe that saying fits the bill here.

　This may have something to do with the fact that I left him to manage his territory while dealing with the men around him that could follow him by force.

　But he still had the heart of a boy, and he seemed to envy me and Kyle's tale of adventure.

　While talking about this and that with him, I moved on to the main topic.

　I didn't travel far just to see him.

　I told him about the purpose of my visit.

"I have a job I wish to be carried out here. I want you to mine iron here and transport it back to Barcania."

"Mine? Iron? Nn, there are mines in my territory where iron can be extracted, as I recall. But there's a bit of a problem..."

"What's the problem? The iron taken will be purchased by Barca. We've made the calculations so that you'll make a decent profit, too, you know?"

"That's not it. You don't know what's going on now, do you? The area where the mines are is sealed off right now. It's off-limits."

"What? Off-limits? Why?"

"Yes, I know. Just in time. Now that you're here, come on, Ars, give us a hand."

"Hey, hey, what's going on? Tell me, Baito-nii."

"By my request, it's settled! You will help us defeat the mamonos!"

"...... You don't mean to tell me that mamonos are living in the mines?"

"That's exactly what I want to tell you. We already drilled a hole in a mine and took out iron along with other materials, but it seems that some of them are homes to mamonos. That completely shut down the operation. Now we can't even get a scrap of iron out of the mines."

"Seriously? There are such nuisances? .... Got it. I'll help you. I'll come with you to the mine in question, nii-san."

　It seems that at a most inopportune time, or perhaps just right for Baito-nii, there was a problem at the mine we were heading to.

　If dangerous creatures made the mine their home, it would cause problems with obtaining iron in the future.

　As expected, this could not be left unattended.

　With a sigh, I set out to exterminate the mamonos together with my elder brother.

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