Both of them were ordinary humans, not beastmen. And the ‘Human Salvation Society’…

“……Well, it doesn’t feel good. There’s a rotten smell.”

{Right? That’s why we’ll look around here first!}

{Leave the inspection of suspicious places to us!}

{This is our specialty after all!}

Olivier headed back to the surface to fetch Grayan, and the butterflies began to fly high in the hallway, inspecting this suspicious hideout.

The remarkable thing about the butterflies was that they could pass through the walls without any resistance. Moreover, being transparent and soundless, they were truly suitable for the search.

“Very useful butterflies indeed. I admit.”

{What do you mean? Of course, we are useful! What have you thought of us until now?}

{Gloria should value us more.}

{That’s right. You should send us on a hot spring vacation!}

“…….”

What can you do in the hot spring…? She briefly imagined the butterflies soaking in the hot spring and quickly shook the ridiculous scene out of her head.

“Won’t you get cooked in the hot spring…? Of course, these guys aren’t real butterflies.”

{Hmm, there’s a restaurant, reading room, playroom, and… prayer room? Seems like it.}

{Unexpectedly ordinary.}

{We need to go deeper.}

The butterflies’ exploration continued. Watching them, they were professionals. It wasn’t a skill seen once or twice. Come to think of it, they must have contracted with others before me, and they must have helped in this way at that time.

‘The butterflies of the World Tree have been contracting with the descendants of the Ainstern royal family for generations… That’s what I know.’

It was a fact learned through Gloria’s memory. …The more I think about it, the more strange it is. That the butterflies of the World Tree chose ‘me’.

{Here is…}

Then, an unusual voice from the butterflies reached me.

I focused my mind again on the butterflies’ view. Soon the scene drawn in my head was―.

‘These… children are…’

In an obsessively white room, there were beastmen children with shackles on their ankles.

The reason why they were recognized as beastmen children at once was that there were several children who clearly revealed the characteristics of beastmen.

{They’re beastmen children!}

{They have shackles on their ankles.}

{Also… their condition is strange.}

{There’s no life in their eyes…}

{And their movements are a bit weird.}

“…….”

I looked at the children, frozen in shock. These children were like… ‘drained of life.’ Lifeless like a wilting plant, and there was no will to be seen in their eyes.

‘Why are the children like this? What on earth have they done?’

First and foremost, I was furious. This must be the doing of that socalled Human Salvation Society, some kind of cult religious group. I knew something was off. Those damned bastards.

Seeing only beastmen children gathered here, there was no doubt that the ‘Human Salvation Society’ was behind the kidnapping.

‘I must… break in right now.’

I grabbed the teleportation magic tool and jumped up from my seat. Having found the kidnappers’ hideout, there was no need to hesitate any longer. I hurriedly came out of the carriage and spoke to the waiting knights outside.

“Let’s go. I’ve found the kidnappers.”

“Has a message come from the lord?”

“Grayan is…….”

I once again focused my mind and looked at Grayan. He was going down a dark passage with Olivier, the fake missionary.

‘……Grayan will be isolated at this rate.’

The passage was still open. Since it was a secret passage that appeared by tapping the bricks in order, if it closed, there would be no way for us to break through. So we had to move to it as soon as possible.

‘Luckily, Grayan seems to have left a mark near the alley with the passage.’

The knights and I had to use the teleportation magic tool towards that mark.

This teleportation magic tool could instantly move to the place where the mark was left.

“Grayan is in danger. Let’s hurry to support him.”

“Excuse me? The lord is in danger…….”
The knights were taken aback and hurried to get ready to move. It was fortunate that they quickly acted on my words without further argument. If they had wasted time by whining, I might have been angry with them.

Yes, definitely, I was on edge.

‘Those children…’

Thinking of the children, who were staring blankly as if their souls had been taken away, rage welled up in my chest.

Whatever the pseudo kidnappers did to the children, it was clear it was not good.

‘They are about April’s age or even younger…’

…How cruel must these devilish brats be to do such things to children? Because they are beast children? Is it some kind of beasthating group again?

“Preparations are complete. Let’s go.”

At the sound of those words, I nodded and gathered with the knights to use the teleportation magic tool simultaneously.

The reason for moving together in this bundled form was to reduce the margin of error.