Ariane finally returned after everyone’s hands and feet had been freed.
“There weren’t many clothes, so we’ll have to make do with these.”
She was holding out a bundle of cloth in her hands.
A closer look at the larger pieces of cloth revealed that they were actually bed sheets and curtains. I suppose that wearing these was better than nothing.
I took a few and started handing them out along with Ariane.
“Arc-dono, let’s move these people first.”
“Fine, let’s used the hall from before as our base of operations.”
Following my reply, Chiome started to lead the people to the hall we passed through.
The people started to stir and question what was going to happen as I stood at the center of the room and invoked the spell, pouring in more mana than usual.
“【Transfer Gate】”
Once the magic was invoked, a larger than normal magic formation spread out across the hall’s floor and illuminated the whole room.
The gathered people went stiff and the animal ears atop their heads stood up in attention.
Things went dark for one moment and in the next moment the petrified people were standing in a plain illuminated by moonlight.
The wind carried the sounds of insects as it blew across the surrounding grass. Visible in the distant south was the royal capital Olav.
After we bought the masks from the street vendor we had come here to perform a preliminary inspection of a possible transfer destination. Though I couldn’t see the entire capital like I did during the daytime, it still had more street lights than other cities.
When people started to understand the situation, some began to cry tears of joy while others asked Chiome for an explanation.
Space opened up around us since no one wanted to approach the two cloaked figures that wore strange masks.
Or that’s what I thought until the rabbit-eared girl I saved and the women that seemed to be her mother walked up to me with tears in their eyes and half sobbed “Thank you” while bowing in front of me.
“Uhmmm, as long as you take care of your daughter……”
As I nodded and responded to her thanks, I noticed a group of people approaching from the shadows.
Although I couldn’t make them out all that well in the moonlight, they were dressed in ninja garbs similar to Chiome’s and they all had cat ears atop their heads.
Chiome went over to have a long talk with the new group before she turned and began to speaking to everyone in her usual monotone voice.
“These people will lead you to a safe location. Follow the instructions they give.”
After speaking amongst themselves for a bit, the freed people began following Chiome’s cat ninja companions.
“Leave things to them. Let’s return and free the others.”
“Alright. Let’s go!”
The magic formation of 【Transfer Gate】lit up and I set the hall back at the Etsuato company as the destination.
The moment we returned to the hall we found ourselves surrounded by weapon-wielding People of the Plains and Mountains that were staring at us in surprise.
“Huh!? Who!?”
They were all surprised when three people suddenly appeared out of nowhere, but they calmed down when they realized that we were the same people that had freed them.
“Sorry, we didn’t realize it was you all. ……You wouldn’t happen to know what happened to our brethren that were imprisoned in this area?”
One middle-aged looking man with dog ears stepped forward as the group’s representative and asked for the whereabouts of the others.
“They have already been moved out of the building. My companions are already taking them to a hidden location.”
Chiome moved down her face mask before offering a brief explanation. The surrounding people sighed in relief once they heard her answer.
“How goes the rescue operation and the battle against the guards?”
“Everyone is out of the cells, but half of them are still in chains. The guards have fortified their cordon around the building but only attack sporadically.