CH 272

The innkeeper apologetically asked if the lord’s son could let out the girl who was staying here yesterday, and when we went outside, we found that it was indeed the lord’s son, Varnish. 

I stepped forward to confront Varnish.

“Hey, you–“

“You’re so persistent, aren’t you? I have no intention of playing with anyone other than Lars, so can you please leave? And I can’t stand the sight of your disheveled body.”

But just as I was about to protest, Makina crossed her arms and glared at him. I’m sure she’s annoyed, judging by the lack of politeness in her tone.　

“D-Disheveled!? …… Kukuku, can you say such a thing? I’m the man who’s going to be the lord of Glasco after this, you know? I’m sure that Lars Irving is a nobleman like me, but he can’t take over, so he’s an adventurer, right? With me, you can give him a good life.”

He ruffled his hair and shook his stomach as he said this. Makina narrows her eyes, lets out a sigh, and opens her mouth to speak. 

“I’m not here with Lars because I want to have a good life, so don’t worry about it. And it’s not like you’re the lord now. It was Lars’ intention to become an adventurer, so it’s not a despicable reason, okay? If you think that money and status will attract girls, you’re wrong! You’ve never been with a girl before, have you?”

“O-Ohhhhhh ……!?”

Makina sticks her finger in Varnish’s throat. I can’t help but smile at the expression on her face that never falters. Fath-san and Basleigh-sensei, who had been watching silently, started talking. 

“Ho-ho, my disciple’s very strong-minded. Varnish, you’ve lost. And you’re no match for Lars.”

“Well, you’re already no match for Lars in silhouette. Your face is barely not bad, but sword, magic, idol designer, and cooking. Can you do any of these things?”

“It’s okay, don’t provoke him ……”

For some reason, when Basleigh-sensei rebukes more proudly than me and Makina, he was standing with his face bright red while staring at me at the last minute.

“At any rate, I can’t give Makina away. I won’t mention it because we’re both nobles, but you shouldn’t be hitting on the fiancé of another noble. Didn’t you learn that depending on who you’re talking to, it could lead to a feud between the fiefdoms and even a fight?”

“Guh …… damn it …… remember this ……! I’m not giving up yet. Go, we’re going back to the mansion, those guys–“

“Very well, sir.”

Varnish spat out a discarded line as he walked out of the inn, climbed into his carriage, and set off for the top of the hill. It’s noisy in the morning …… rather than that, it wasn’t surveillance or something like that, huh ……

“Now that the evil is gone, let’s have breakfast. What do you want to do today? In the meantime, I need to check the documents I received yesterday, and my brother won’t arrive yet, so there’s plenty of time.”

“Of course we’ll look for Lux. If anyone doesn’t have any idea where he is, I’ll just have to look around. That’s why we’re going to go everywhere we can.”

“Well, then I guess we’ll start with the guild.”

“I guess so. It seems that the monsters are not left unattended, but I am also concerned about the fact that they are so prevalent, so let’s gather information at the same time.”

After that, we ate breakfast, and then we walked towards the guild.

As we walked along, feeling uncomfortable that there were still few people on the street, we spotted an uncle. I call out to him to ask where the guild is.

“Hmm? The guild? If so, go straight here and you’ll come out near the gate. From there, take a right and you should see a large building.”

“Thank you very much! …… Even so, there aren’t many people here, even in the early morning.”

When Makina thanked him and casually asked him about it, he lowered his shoulders and replied, 

“You guys have just been here recently? I can’t say this out loud, but there’s a lot going on in this town right now. It seems that Lux-sama, Varnish-sama’s little brother, has escaped with something very important. And his sister, Naja-sama, is also missing. I’m sure they’ll see them around soon, but there are a lot of vigilantes wandering around out there. We’ve been told to stay out of the way of the search until they find them. You’d better go out on a request or stay indoors before you get yourself into some kind of trouble.”

After saying that, the old man left the place, saying he was going shopping. Something important, huh? Zanbia and the others hadn’t said anything about it, but I wondered if it was something we shouldn’t know about.

They said they didn’t know where Lux was, so I did as I was told and headed for the guild. On the way, I passed by the gate and made sure Orff was there just in case.

“…… it’s business as usual for now.”

“Don’t get too involved, Orff is the only one who knows where Naja is, so we have to eliminate the possibility of them finding out.”

“I know. Let’s go in then.”

I agreed with Fath-san’s cautious words and opened the door of the guild we had arrived at. I’m in the lead, Makina and Basleigh-sensei are right behind me, and Fath-san is last.

“……!? This is …….”

“There are so many of them!? Are these all adventurers?”

“Fueh, could it be that these are the people who were gathered to exterminate the monsters? …… As for the monsters, the lord is innocent, I guess ……?”

When Basleigh-sensei stepped forward, she put her hand on her chin and looked around, murmuring, I think she said something about having some ideas, but I think this is one of them.

“In the meantime, the guild master is probably here, so let’s talk to him–“

When Basleigh-sensei looked back at our way.

“Hmm …… these tits…… I’ve touched these before ……”

“What!?”

” “Ah?” “

A hand reached out from behind, and was grabbing Basleigh-sensei’s breasts. The moment Makina and I were taken aback, Basleigh-sensei was already moving.

“Receive your judgment …… !!!”

“Guha ……!? Dwaaaaaaah!?”

It was over.

He’s got fatally hit in the stomach, followed with the heel of the elbow …… The man who squeezed her breasts from behind fell to his knees and his eyes turned white. 

“Oh, aren’t you Birdie?”

Yes, Basleigh-sensei was right, It was Birdie, the man we had met not long ago.

Birdie-san appeared again.

Well, you all know who he is, don’t you?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Muuu, she’s been touched twice, even though she’s flat-chested! Even I, the author, have never even been rubbed before!”

Don’t rub them, you idiot!?