CH 76.2

I miss this story. When she was still a little girl, my daughter used to beg me to tell her this story over and over again.

「Here are your orders～, please move the newspaper～」

「Ah, thanks」

The waitress returns with a big tray in her hand and places the food and drinks on the table.

On the plate are two big, steamy loaves of bread, a thick slice of bacon, a hard-boiled egg, and a generous scoop of butter on the edge of the plate.

In a soup cup is a yellow corn soup which smells delicious.

It’s a full meal.

It makes the expensive price a bit worthy.

「Alright, let’s eat let’s eat」

My daughter said so and put the newspaper back on the table.

Well, let’s eat.

Yeah, this soup has a fine texture and is wonderful.

I can’t complain about the taste, not to mention the price.

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After the meal, my wife and I were walking around the city again with our daughter.

We crossed the main street, passed the plaza where children were running around, listened to a priest preaching at the sacred solace of the indigent, and entered an intricate alley.

Everywhere we went, there were so many people that it was almost frightening. Given this many people around, it was no wonder that the city was expanding.

After a few narrow alleys, we suddenly came to a bigger road.

On the other side of the road was a high, simple wooden wall that went on to the horizon and in front of it were women with swords around their waists, spears in their hands, and stern clothes. They are glaring at us.

We’re in a bad place, aren’t we?

「Oi」

I was trying to avoid eye contact but my daughter suddenly started waving her hands at the women.

「Wait, Opika….what are you….」

「They are my friends.」

「Really? You’re not lying, are you?」

「I wouldn’t lie to you.」

One of the scary women, a dogkin, came up to us and looked into our daughter’s face.

The bare spearheads, which looked so impressive up close, were polished and shining under the sunlight.

What in the world could be inside those walls for all these people guard it like this?

「Look who’s here, captain’s friend」

「I came to today so see Rubica.」

「Wait a minute. I’ll go get her.」

「Thanks」

With that, the woman left.

「Opika, what’s over there?」

「Well, a pond for playing?」

「Would they be this strict just to protect something like that?」

「They said they’re going to build more buildings here in the future.」

Even so, this is excessive, right?

「They are the security department. They are doing a lot more things other than guarding this place.」

「In those outfit?」

「Yeah, I heard they were sending people to nightclubs, jewelry stores, and other places that will probably have security and dispute problems. I heard they have a good reputation.」

I was surprised to hear that they were even working as ass-kickers for the stores in the city.

Isn’t the Schenker family too stable?

「Ah, Rubica! Here, this way!」

「Opika, what’s up?」

The girl who had replaced the dogkin was a blue haired wolfgirl.

Although she doesn’t have a spear, her eyes are very swarthy, sharp, and fierce looking to stare at.

「I would like to introduce them to you. These are my father and my mother.」

「Ah….h-hello, I’m Opika’s father desu.」

「I’m Opika’s mother. Nice to meet you, Rubica-chan.」

The wolfgirl sniffed at me and my wife from a distance about two fists away, glared at us, said “I see”, and moved away.

She’s too powerful for me, an average person. It makes me sick to my stomach.

「Rubica and I came to Torquiva in the same carriage. If it weren’t for Rubica, I wouldn’t be standing here today.」

She took Rubica, who was a head shorter than her, by the shoulders and pulled her toward her.

「Mou」