As he received the bag with the goods and took out his wallet to finish the transaction, his eyes were caught on the nearby shelf with essential oils.
Now that he thought about it, he sometimes purchased herbs for Valetta’s souvenir, however he never bought any essential oil.
Since she has background knowledge from the book of herbs, if he bought it then she would certainly be delighted.
「I’m sorry, please put this essential oil with them. And also one set of aroma pot and pouch.」(Kazura)
「Well, since you are buying so many things, thank you very much.」(Female clerk)
He purchased several glasses of 30mL essential oils that had caught his eyes before, together with a rather tall glass pot.
「Thank you very much. Please came again.」(Female clerk)
The female clerk gave a small wave with her hand, as Kazura leaves the shop.
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3 hours has passed since Kazura left the herb shop.
Near the place where the waterwheel was installed and the aqueduct that continued to the village, several hundred meters away was a rock’s shadow under a hill where Isaac and 3 of his subordinates hid themselves.
2 of his subordinates, and Isaac himself wore armor with their spear and shield placed beside them, while the other soldier didn’t wear any armor but only normal clothing, with a short sword on his waist.
This 4 people didn’t exchange any word, only drinking water from their wooden canteen, as they maintained watch towards the direction of Grisea Village while hidden.
Rather than not have anything to talk, it was more of them taking Isaac, who in a prickly mood, in their consideration, so the 3 subordinates held their tongues in silence.
「They are coming. Hide under the rock’s shadow.」(Isaac)
Maybe because Isaac noticed something in his sight, the three subordinates completely cloaked by the rock’s shadow, and the he whispered to the unarmored soldier.
「When they reach close to the waterwheel, and we approach them, you will run and contact the main unit. Tell them to rush into action according to the previous strategy.」(Isaac)
「I understand. We will seize control of the Village Chief’s house, then detain all the villagers inside their house, right?」(Soldier)
Isaac nodded to the unarmored soldier that will act as the messenger, and focused on the approaching figures far away.
Although he couldn’t be sure since there was a considerable distance between them, but it looked like that there were two people walking towards this spot.
If Isaac’s conjecture was right, then one of those two people is the person named Kazura that Colts had mentioned yesterday.
Yesterday, after parting ways with Colts, he returned to the army with a nonchalant look and was marching with the unit towards Isteria until the sun went down, pretending that the unit had completely withdrawn.
Afterwards the unit silently marched in the middle of the night once more to a place deep in the forest near Grisea Village, and concealed themselves.
Of course, he had sent two messengers from the unit towards Isteria beforehand. He ordered them to report that the unit’s return would be delayed.
As a result, the villagers would think that the unit had withdrawn without noticing the existence of Kazura, would then feel relieved and drop their vigilance, then that Kazura, who was taking refuge outside the village. would also surely return.
Just in case if Colts spoke to another villager about his conversation with Isaac yesterday and fearing that Kazura wouldn’t return to the village if the army remained near the village, he took on this troublesome method, but it looks like it had turned out well.
During the day, he had received the report from the subordinate who conducted reconnaissance of the village that there wasn’t any particularly changes, so it seems that Colts didn’t tell a word about his conversation yesterday to anyone.
And like that, they had been in standby for quite some time, when they heard conversation voice from the waterwheel.
It appears that, the two people who were heading here had arrived at the waterwheel.
「Let’s go. Even if they resist, you must absolutely not kill them. Since it is to cross-examine, capture them alive is necessary.」(Isaac)
Isaac called out to his two subordinates, and without delay, came out from the rock’s shadow.