Act 5: Chapter 26: The Wailing of the Low Life Swindler

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Act 5: Chapter 26: The Wailing of the Low Life Swindler

I ran toward Greed's mansion to pick Philia up, but the situation in the city was highly unusual.

I heard human-like screams coming from the direction ahead of me.

Just as I was pondering what had happened, I saw explosions far in the distance.

This was clearly no trivial matter.

「Right in the middle of the city... Could it be that something happened at Greed's mansion?」

The first thought that came to mind was Philia.

Philia might have overreacted if one of Greed's subordinates treated her roughly. In that case, she could easily turn Greed's mansion into a vacant lot.

If that were true, things would become very complicated.

「H-HYAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I-I DON'T KNOWWW! I DON'T KNOOOOOOOOOOOOW!」

A man came running toward me—no, more like he was fleeing the city.

That man was none other than Mel's mortal enemy, Wontz.

His usually well-kept attire and hair were in complete disarray, a testament to his panic.

「O-OUT OF MY WAY, SHITTY BRAT!」

Wontz reached out to shove me aside. I caught his hand, circled behind him, twisted his arm, and pinned him to the ground.

With that, Wontz was firmly shoved into the dirt.

「ARGH!?」

「What happened in this city? Don’t you have a bodyguard? I guess he abandoned you to save himself.」

「I-Is that the attitude of someone asking for informati–! Y-You are... the collaborator of that Mel!」

「You leave me no choice.」

「Anyhow, let me go! Are you planning to catch me!? I'm telling you... I don’t know anything at all!」

It seemed he was genuinely confused.

「... I just want to know what’s happening. Explain, and I’ll let you go.」

Wontz was cornered and had gone deranged.

This wasn’t the time to waste energy on someone like him.

Of all things, Greed had made his move after taking Philia to his mansion.

No, wait. Could he have taken advantage of Philia’s innocence to orchestrate this chaos?

Dammit, stay safe until I get there, Philia.

Greed, the lord of this commercial city, had deep ties to the underworld.

He must have hired a few S-rank adventurers to protect him.

The reason he acted now was because he believed he could win.

「... Thanks for the information, by the way.」

After saying that, I let go of Wontz and headed straight for Greed’s mansion.

「What am I supposed to do now?! I gave up my conscience and sacrificed everything to rise in Polorock! Now my stronghold is in ruins... Someone, please tell meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! At this rate, I’ll have nothing leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeft!」

Wontz’s wails echoed behind me.

「... If you regret your past actions, survive this mess, change your ways, and start over from scratch. That’s better than nothing.」

I stopped for a moment and turned around to say those words to Wontz.

「My way... of life?」

I didn’t stick around to hear his reply and rushed forward again.

I had no time to spare for someone like him.

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