Magistrate

[Al Hamad]

Argh! Why must this

happen to me, especially

just when I'm about to

retire! A-ah! My ulcer...

Just all of a sudden, it--!

Man, this is probably

the biggest hassle of my

career. Why does this have

to happen now? Retirement

is so close, yet so far.

Huh? You don't look like

you're from around here.

Listen, I appreciate your

concern, but I'm really not

comfortable talking to complete

strangers about my problems.

Unless you've got special

business here, you're not

allowed to enter this place.

We're here to keep the public

peace, and letting anyone

in here will cause trouble.

I thought I told you

that you weren't allowed

to come in here. Why do

you keep coming back?

It's fine. Just leave,

and don't come back

unless you've got a

really good reason.

Hey, how'd you find out

about the smugglers? Did

word spread around town?

Well, I'm sorry, but I can't

disclose any details about

an ongoing investigation.

If you insist on learning

more, then you'd need to

bring me a written order

from a higher ranking officer.

Oh, and you're prohibited

asking anyone else, so behave.

I don't blame you for

being curious, but getting

involved when you're not

supposed to will just cause

trouble. Be careful, got it?

Huh, that's weird. You're not

even a citizen of Arunafeltz,

but somehow you know such

a high ranking priest. Alright,

I guess I can tell you more

about our investigation.

I should let you know that

what I tell you might not be

worth all that trouble. This

information probably isn't

as valuable as you think.

The smugglers we caught are

the worst kind of scoundrels:

they deal in human trafficking, but we caught them this time when they

were crossing the ocean. Their background info is pretty typical.

Let's see... They kidnapped

some man from Comodo.

That's a place in the southwest

part of Rune-Midgarts. Anyway,

the smugglers thought he'd be

wealthy, so they set a trap.

They lured him away from his

guards by sending a woman,

but when they captured him,

they found that he was not only

rich, he was also a high ranked

official of Rune-Midgarts.

That's when they got sloppy:

they were so scared that the

kingdom's troops might pursue

them that they crossed the

ocean that we patrol. That's

where we caught them.

What I don't understand is

why they were so scared.

I mean, they mainly deal

in human trafficking so...

Kidnapping an official isn't

that big a difference, is it?

We contacted the temple,

and reported the smugglers,

our investigation, and the

high ranking man from the

Rune-Midgarts kingdom.

Then, some people from

the temple interrupted our

investigation, took away the

smugglers before we finished

our interrogations, and we

haven't seen them since.

I asked an acquaintance that

works at the temple, but he

doesn't know what's going

on either. The Rune-Midgarts

official has gone missing too.

It's all very frustrating.

That happens to be all

I know. Does this mean

we have to capture the

smugglers again? I don't

know what's going on...

Even if I could make headway

into the investigation, I've

been ordered to stop by upper

management. It looks like

this case is more trouble

than it's worth to them?

I don't want to be involved

in this anymore. I should be

retired already! If you want to

learn more, your only choice

would be to find out on your

own. Fat chance, right?

I've suffered enough

already! Why can't this

case just be done?!