CH 163

“Do you think Luciel-chan’s eating by now?”

“Maybe. She left before we did, so she might come while we’re eating. Yogus and the others haven’t arrived yet, either.”

“De-nicha, hug.”

“Come, Aina.”

“Ahhh, I’m jealous.”

“Aina likes Dedite too, right.”

“Auuu!”

We returned from the guild and waited in the living room for Luciel and the others to arrive. Nora and brother were playing with Aina, Ryuuze and Jack were lazing on the couch, and Makina, Kudelica, and Patty were chatting while waiting for their bath.

“Really!? Sarge-chan, you’re giving me a fang too!”

“Good for you, Patty.”

“What are you going to be in the future, Patty-chan?”

“I’ll be–“

Aina is engrossed with brother, so she puts Sarge in the center of the room, and Patty is especially jumping for joy. She jumped in as a classmate a year ago, but she’s been active in class competitions and the guild club. Her skills are–

“Sir!　Sir!”

“Hmm? What is it?”

“I wonder If something happened ……?”

There was a hint of impatience in her voice as he called for Dad, even though the meal was ready. We looked out of the living room and down the hallway to see the maids running to my dad and the other maids carrying water to the front door. I went to the door, tilting my head, and saw someone I recognized sitting there, out of breath.

“Huh? You are from Luciel’s place?”

“Ohhh, Lars-kun! There’s a problem! The young lady …… Young lady Luciel, has been kidnapped!”

“What!?”

We were startled when we heard the words, and I rushed over to the employee big brother to ask him what happened.

“What do you mean, “kidnapped”? She was supposed to be with Basleigh-sensei!”

“Basleigh-sensei was also assaulted, and she finally came to the store to tell us what happened  …… The Grand Master has gone to the vigilante group.”

“No way ……”

Basleigh-sensei’s not just a teacher, she’s also a wizard and has the ability to detect weaknesses with his [Fatal Wound] skill. She is especially good at throwing stones, bows and arrows.

But. If it was a kidnapping, they would take advantage of the opportunity to get close to them and then take her away, so it was a bad match for them to be attacked with force.

“Damn it ……!”

“Let’s go, Lars!”

I was about to run out the front door, and Ryuuze was about to leave too. My Dad’s voice came from behind me.

“Wait, Lars, what are you going to do?”

“What am I going to do …… We’re going to save her!”

“Calm down, you don’t even know where they went, right?”

“…… true.”

My dad told me to stop jumping out at once and listen to the big brother. In addition to the fact that Sorio-san went to the vigilante group, the kidnappers went to the gate of the Capital’s direction, and Basleigh-sensei went to talk to Tigre-sensei and the headmaster.

“Towards the Capital, right. Dad, I’m coming, okay?”

“I think it’s okay if you go with teacher. You might get taken as a hostage and become stuck.”

“But we’d better hurry or we’ll lose him!”

“That’s right, Uncle Roen! We want to help Luciel too!”

Sarge flew in and opened his mouth as Ryuuze and I were closing in.

“Sarge will go, huh …… won’t there be a big fuss ……”

“Dad, this is not the time to be worrying about public opinion! We’ll pick up the teacher on the way!”

“All right. I’ll go to the vigilante group and check on the situation. Be careful.”

I nodded and headed for the garden. Sarge grew quickly and we climbed into him with the basket.

“K-Kidnapper …… Brrrr……”

“Patty don’t have to do this, okay?”

“No, Luciel-chan is a friend! I’m going to save her!”

“I’m going to beat them to a pulp ……!”

“I won’t let them go!”

My brother and Nora stayed to help explain things to Yogus and Urka, and they waved with Aina downstairs. 

“Sarge, let’s take Tigre-sensei with us.”

The first thing we did was to fly low and aim for the mountain where Verna-sensei’s house was located. Below me, I could see a line of vigilantes heading towards the gate.

“It looks like they’re going after them now.”

“Yes. They’ve increased the number of vigilantes because of the increase in the number of strange people, but it’s a kidnapping racket. We might have to ask them to think about patrolling a little more.”

“Or they might’ve been planning this for a long time.”

Makina groaned, and we kept our mouths shut. It’s possible that they were originally targeting only Luciel. Is it for ransom?

Just as this thought popped into my mind, I saw Tigre-sensei and the headmaster running, and he immediately looked up and noticed us. With the headmaster’s levitation, he climbed into the basket on the back of Sarge and opened his mouth.

“Oh, man, this is a hell of a mess. Damn them, if anything happens to Luciel, it won’t end with just being minced meat ……?”

“Kidnapping is punishable by heavy fines based on the treatment of the kidnapper. That’s why there are hangings, life sentences, and even exile …… You can even kill them if you want to.”

We shuddered when the headmaster said that with an unusually scary look on his face. However, I understand the feeling of not forgiving the person who took their cute student.

“Huh, Basleigh-sensei!”

“It’s true, she’s waving at us? What’s she saying …… Let, me, ride, too?”

“Sarge, let’s take him in. I want to talk to her.”

I had Sarge stay in the air, and when I picked her up with levitation, she smiled and began to report to the headmaster.

“I finished delivering the message to the teachers. I will now follow the kidnappers to the Capital.”

“Thank you for your help. I called them just in case, but we’ll be quicker. Sarge-kun, please.”

As Sarge leveled his neck with his body, the wind noise became louder, and we grabbed to the basket to withstand the wind pressure.

“Kukuku …… Fools, they’ve caught the ones who took my Firelance. I’m sure they can’t even walk because of their old wounds. Next is the two guys who took Luciel-chan …… don’t think that you’ll live, okay ……?”

I took a moment to see the vigilantes surrounding the duo outside the town. Apparently, they received a [fatal] wound from Basleigh-sensei’s skill.

“You’re safe, right, Luciel-chan ……”

“Don’t worry. Luciel is also training in A-Class, maybe she’s running away.”

“You’re right!”

I smiled and replied to Kudelica’s words, but it was difficult to escape from a well-prepared opponent. It’s only comforting to know that she’s probably running away. I think the teachers know what they are doing, but they don’t mention it, they just keep looking down, looking for a shadow or a carriage.

It was dark at night, and without the torch-like lights of the vigilantes, it was hard to tell where anything was.

But after a while, we found a figure holding a fire in the main road, which surprised us in a double way.

Gather around!

Come on, it’s time to fight back!

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Kill ……!”

Something dangerous so suddenly!?

“You, if Luciela gets hurt in any way, you’ll get hurt too, okay?”

Goddess of Violence!?