Yuusha Isagi no Maou Hanashi Volume 5 Chapter 9 part1
Franz and Amalia were brought into some kind of dungeon.
Both of them got captured in an instant when they were staying in their room like always.
Though they didnât personally knew about that person, but they knew that the one who captured them was one member of Caliburnasâ party.
It was the sorcerer name Sest, an adventurer ranked fifth.
After trapping each of them inside a barrier, he sucked all of the air within that barrier.
In the end, the two of them lost their consciousness without being able to even fight back.
When Amalia opened her eyes, Franz wasnât at her side.
She was trapped inside a small musty jail made out of stone.
Suddenly, she saw a light of a torch swayed from afar.
âFRANZ! Where are you!? Can you hear me!?â
No reply came no matter how hard she strained her voice.
A man appeared in front of Amalia the time her throat start to hurt.
It was a man in his prime of his life with imposing stature wearing a splendid doublet.
That man who had a burly moustache on his face stroked his blonde hair backward as he looked down into Amalia.
âHey young lady. So you already awakeâ
âYou, you areâŠâ
No way a man that appeared in this kind of situation would be a good guy.
Amalia glare at that man with all of her might.
Her clothes were ripped off to piece leaving her with only her underwear as her protection.
Since her legs were chained, she couldnât stood up.
She pointed at that man with her left hand while her right hand tried to hide her chest.
âYou, where do you took Franz! I am an adventure you know! Donât think that you will get out lighty out of this!â
âWhat an energetic lady you areâ
The man cracked his neck with his hand stuck up into his pocket.
âLets introduce myself first. My name is Serbator Barioni. Your father and I have a friendship relationship. You shouldâve heard from him at least my name, right?â
â⊠Barioni? That person from this countryâs, seven nobilityâŠ?â
One of the households that reign over the territory at the Metropolis, Paraberiu.
He was a noble among noble, a man that she wouldnât be able to meet in her life even if she was the daughter of the Guild master.
âAh, then, then you also heard about it, right! My father, I heard that he is sick!â
Serbator interject her with his hand.
âI donât really like long story, you know. Today, I came here because I have a request to say for youâ
At that moment, Amaliaâs instinct reacted.
She felt a chill on her back.
It wasnât her father who summoned her to Dynacity in the first place, but it was actually another person who had plotted something to her.
Since the one who told her the news was one of the Adventurers Guild staff, Amalia ended up letting her guard down.
She thought that there was no way that an adventurer would even had a thought to deceive their own comrade.
In the end, it wasnât that Amalia really believed in that person, she just blindly stopped to doubt them.
That man squat in front of Amalia.
âLet me said it to the point, I want you to become Caliburnasâ wifeâ
Amaliaâs eyes were opened wide in surprise.
ââŠHaah? Haah?â
When she was pondering on what he would say to her, she had to travel all the way from the end of the continent just because of such silly reason.
âAre you stupid, what are you trying to do saying something like that!? The answer would be obvious right, I refuse! I can choose my own partner by myself, you hear me!? What a fool!â
âHahahaâ
Serbator just raised a dry laugh from his mouth.
Then he writes a code with his finger.
So, he was a magician.
The spell that he cast clearly contain hostility in it.
In reflex, Amalia covered her face.
âJust like the rumour, youâre strong willed girlâ
He cast a water ball magic, and shot it toward Amaliaâs abdomen.
It wasnât strong attack that would break her bone or something like that.
Probably he was holding back.
Her body became soaked as she choughed after receiving a blow over her Fighting Spirit.
âBut, youâre not really smart person, eh. Here, Iâll tell you the reason for all of thisâ
On the other side of the metal bar, he laughed.
âItâs not like I have any interest in you. But, even if Adventure Guild was a new system that created recently, the world still worked by heredity system. In other words, Caliburnas need the descendant of Bardz, you, as his wife. How about it? Itâs not that big of a deal, you know? You could receive a lot of fame and wealth by becoming Caliburnasâ wifeâ
Amalia raised her face.
From the gap of her wet hair, she glared at him.
â⊠Well, youâre right, except for the fact that having to pleases some little scoundrel like you, it would be the worst deal I get if my lifeâ
Serbator shakes his head.
âWhat a shame, you shouldâve accept while I still could act nice with youâ
Amalia flinched a bit when she looked at his eyes.
That gaze so cold that gave her a pressure different from that coming from an Adventurers.
However, Amalia thought that she mustnât be defeated by a man this level.
She straightened her back and talked back to him.
â⊠Why do you even need to do this? If Caliburnas really wanted to becoming the next guild master, he could just challenge big brother Hanofa in fair and open contest. In the end, youâre using this kind of cheap trick because you donât even have the guts to do so, right? What a foolâ
Serbator didnât bit into her word.
âIf you do not want to do it, then Iâll kill your little brother firstâ
ââŠEh?â
âThen the next one will be your father. He already reached old age. We would frame him into act of treason, remove him from all of his title and finally execute him. Not really a smart way to end things, if I say so myself, but it couldnât be helped. I suppose your big brother will also get involved in thisâ
From Amaliaâs hair, a droplet fell to the stone pavement.
However, she just sat there in a daze without minding the cold.
She couldnât process what was this man just had said to her.
(This person⊠what did, he just said�)
She sure that all of that wouldnât actually happen.
Its all was just his bluff.
He couldnât just get rid of Amalia that easily.
Looked at the frozen Amalia, Serbartor continue his talk.
âDo you understand? Itâs a matter of course that Caliburnas will become the next Guild Master. If you decide to not cooperate with us, I have to trouble myself to get things done, you know. In the end, your personal thought didnât really mean that much. How about it, young lady? Will you cooperate?â
He talked gently, like he tried to explain things to a little kid.
But, on the contrary of his tone, the content of his words were cruel and inhumane.
Amalia felt a shock like she was hit by something.
Her sight fell on the dirty floor before she mutters.
âBut, I am an adventurer⊠In this age, as long as you have sword in your hand, I can choose, my own fateâŠâ
âHah?â
Serbator looked down on her with a gaze like looking at a trash.
âWhat adventurer. Savage who didnât even receive any proper education dare to call themselves in such exaggerated manner. In the end, you bunch are just cattle to us nobility. Thought Bardz have been quite problem all this time, but we wonât let things go on like that foreverâ
Hearing those words, Amalia couldnât hold it anymore.
There were a lot of kind person even among the nobility.
If she agree with his opinion, then it would mean that she also disdain those people.
âDonât you ever read a history book before!? What Barioni family do when the war happen? they just secluded themselves behind their knight on the inner side of the continent, hah! My father is fighting, helping you guys! Even the adventurer guild have been great help maintain the public moral! In the end, youâre just a poor noble who tried to get his hand on my father fortune, how dare you act all high like that to me!â
Amalia glared at that man with all of her heart.
Serbator clapped his hand.
âYou really talk well, eh, young girl. Thatâs right, Iâve thought of a great ideaâ
Serbator moved close to her, hiding his evil nature on the top of that expressionless face.
âIâll bring your little brother here and break his finger one by one. Iâll gouge his eyeball, and cut his ears. And if you still shakes your head, Iâll force him to eat revival stone, and repeat it once again. Iâll repeat it as much as I needed toâ
Amalisa gasped.
ââŠKh.Thereâs no way that my father would stay calm if you do thatâŠ!â
âBardz didnât even know the fact that you came back to Dynacity. There isnât anyone who can become your ally in this large city. Iâll come back again after you cool your head. I hope you would be ready to answer by thenâ
Said that Serbator turned his back.
Amalia stretched her hand.
âStop, stop! I will never forgive you if you ever put your hand on Franz!â
That shout could only echoed inside the jail.
Serbartos walked away leaving Amalia alone with her pale expression.
Amalia now alone without any human presence around her.
She felt frustrated that she could only hug her knees.
â⊠What is this, what is this, what is this⊠Why do people always trying to hindrance my fatherâŠEven though everyone wanted this world to become a better place, whyâŠ!?â
She felt so frustrated and wretched, but even so, she would never shed any tears.
Amalia shakes her head while her eyes cast down.
â⊠I would never let things happen as those people wanted toâŠ!â