After about three minutes, the sound of knocking resounded in the entry hall.
I could hear brother's voice coming from outside.
Ah, I forgot to unlock the door.
I tried heading to the door to unlock them.
Thud!! Bam!!
Ah… In front of me a pitiful spectacle of the door falling took place.
Brother and Alek-sama entered the mansion stepping over what remains of the door.
By the way, Alek-sama dexterously avoided broken fragments.
"Elder brother, destroying the door like this… No, it's okay. It's such a time."
"Oh, Lillina. Hm? Is Miss Elise there? Good, you were able to rescue her safely."
Elder brother was relieved to see Miss Elise who was unconscious behind the pillar.
"Yes, she lost consciousness, but she seems unhurt."
"I see. So, what about the culprit?"
"He's now being chased by grandfather, Sana, and Allen, probably he'll be caught soon."
Brother who heard that… murmured 'Sana too?'
You're worried about Sana, aren't you?
"Alright, then should we look for the culprit?"
"… Um, of course you do know who the culprit is?"
I checked with brother just in case.
It's good to be eager, but going inside without knowing that makes no sense.
Although it was within my expectations, my brother looked at me and smiled nicely.
"Ah, right. So, who's the culprit?"
As I thought!
"The owner of this mansion, Marquis Varshava seems to be giving orders. The perpetrators are ill-bred people. Elder brother, do you know Marquis Varshava?"
"Hmm? I don't remember him much… Hey, Alek. Do you know him?"
Brother asked Alek-sama.
Alek-sama looked to be thinking, when he remembered he began talking.
"Certainly, the previous marquis was disposed at the time of father's revolt. The current Marquis Varshava doesn't have particularly good reputation. It seems that despite his territory being mostly confiscated, he continued wasting money and became financially distressed. Did he resort to kidnappings as an easy means to fix his financial situation?"
What to say, both parent and child are a nuisance.
Then Alek-sama added.
"Captain, I think you will recognize him the moment you see him. I witnessed Marquis Varshava asking loudly 'I want to exercise my body along with the chivalric order'. In a nutshell, he's round."
Yup, he's certainly round.
"Well, it seems Alek knows his appearance, so it'll be fine. Then, I'll go this time, Lillina, take Miss Elise from here."
"Yes, I understand."
When we tried to move, we heard a cry.
"Wait! Enough, quietly surrender!"
That voice, is this Allen-kun?
When we looked in the direction of the voice, we saw a person carrying a round man on his shoulder, surrounded by the ill-bred guys.
Ah, they're too slow to run away, since they're helping him.
Even so, they did well to run away this far.
I wonder if they used another hidden passage?
"Why is such a thing… Oh, is this Miss Lillina over there? Great! You guys, capture Miss Lillina and the nearby daughter of Count Kukuul!"
By the order of Marquis Varshava ill-bred men approached me.
The criminals closest to Miss Elise are bad news.
It'll be hard if she gets taken hostage.
To make matters worse, Elise-san apparently woke up.
"Hm, hm~~m. Eh? It's pitch black? Where am I? I wonder why I am here."
Now that Elise-san woke up she's restlessly looking around.
She doesn't seem to be aware she's blindfolded.
We hurried towards Elise-san.
The men came close, Ange-san who's close to Elise-san is repelling them with her rod.
A man who came out of nowhere extended his hand towards Elise-san, and at that moment, Alek-sama landed a kick on him.
Then Alek-sama ran away, carrying Elise-san as she was.
By the way, brother along with Allen-kun approached Marquis Varshava from both sides.
Stuck between the two with savage smiles, Marquis Varshava couldn't stop sweating.
As for me…
I was repelling men who tried to pursue Alek-sama and Elise-san.
I wonder how far Alek-sama is now?
Now that she's with Alek-sama, Elise-san is safe, there's nothing to worry about anymore.
Even though we avoided finishing them by stabbing, every criminal is in a state where they collapsed and are unable to move.
Marquis Varshava was bound with a rope by brother and Allen-kun.
And with a good timing, Alek-sama came back.
Elise-san is in his arms.
Although she's still blindfolded for some reason.
Allen-kun told me about grandfather and Sana, they seem to have found somebody who was captured along the way and decided to protect that person.