170 Episode 136: Please forgive me.

I know Aina was expecting it, but I'm surprised. To be honest, I didn't get the image that someone who spoke magnificently to her in front of me would sincerely make a request.

"If you don't work hard there, you'll get mad at me (the guild). I won't let go of the title of the Class 2 mercenary that I've struggled to acquire."

Did you see what I was thinking from this expression? Reed said to me that he was about to lose his breath.

"With me, I wanted to come to Ubalest without work. This town is crowded with foreigners. It's a great spot to meet beautiful women from all over the place."

"No, I didn't hear that."

"Even the best beauty I've ever met rarely has a tumor."

"Tumor" means me? Hey, is this about me?

I put my arms together and sat back in my seat, repeating the sequence until Aina stopped me.

"Oh, leader. I finally found it."

In doing so, a group of several people rush to the seat where we are sitting. Apparently he's from Reed's mercenary regiment.

"Oh, thank you. So, how's the neck and tail?

I mean, it's good.

I see. Well then, it's time for me to work. "

After a short conversation, Reed stood up and put the coins on the table.

Before we say anything, Reed tries to take his men away. In the meantime, Reed tells us once and for all.

"I can already imagine the young lady there, but this case seems to be quite deeply rooted. It's good to go sightseeing in Eubalest like this, but if you're going to take care of your neck, be prepared for it."

That's how Reed left the store this time. The rest of us look at the store door for a while.

I was late to tell them. You're the bastard who made a scene with the soldier who tried to take his partner. Someone was chasing after them. Probably one of Reed's men. "

You mean Reed's men found a storage area for those noisy people? From now on, Reed will step in there.

"Eina, what does Reed's last conversation mean?

"... the scam Yukina encountered with Mr. Cunei was also a commotion earlier. It's probably not entirely separate, but there's some kind of common background."

"Common background?

"If you put it bluntly, there's a mastermind."

Eina holds a cup on the table in both hands and talks to her as she looks at herself reflected in the tea.

"From Reed's reaction when he smelled the authenticity of his identity to the soldier, they were probably just fakes that resembled just the equipment. But if that's true, then Ubalest will have a big problem."

"... when I think about it, it's pretty much like a fake soldier walking around town flat."

I've finally come to understand a little bit.

A fake soldier was making up a fake sin to take innocent civilians. An amateur thinks this is obviously a criminal act.

But they tried to commit the crime flatly. In other words, regular soldiers are less of a threat to them.

"Of course, those fakes won't cut off the front and make things right with the regular soldiers. I was very sensitive to Reed's inquiry. But where you can't see the other way around."

What do you want to do?

Hey, wait a minute.

We were able to go sightseeing in this town. It was a comfort trip to relieve your daily fatigue. Why does it feel like I'm getting into trouble again?

"If these people are spreading to the town, there must be complaints from ordinary people in the soldiers' barracks. Normally, at that point, the soldiers would take control of the fakes, but otherwise..."

"Regular soldiers are hard to reach."

"Or let the men above the soldiers hold the money. Of course, all of these stories are just my guess."

But seeing Eina's serious expression, it's hard to guess.

Speaking so far, I fell off my shoulders with a great sigh.

"... should we discuss this with the lizards?"

That's right.

Even though it was a mild sightseeing mood until the middle of yesterday, it suddenly started to stink. I really want you to give me a break.