Chapter 96 – Funny Show of Circus (17)
After work, I sat down in the alley and rested.
“Ah, Nor! You were here!”
Like a homeless person, I opened two bottles of potion and drank it like crazy when Fran and Lalilura came back. There were traces of blood splattered on Fran’s cheeks and then wiped off.
“Are you done?”
“Are you done? Whooping♡! Of course not!! Together with Ralilura and Fran, the leader of the criminal group was completely arrested☆!!”
Lalilura said, pointing to Roman, who was tightly bound by the puppet’s hands. It seems that Erica is still inside the puppet.
“This one is over. Although the suppression became a little violent, Anasis fainted. What about Erica?”
“I’m fine.”
“Thank god. Just in case, would you like Lalilura to continue connecting to 〈 Puppet 〉? Maybe Anasis will open his eyes and make him bite his tongue with his last breath.”
Anasis cut off all his limbs and tossed them with 〈 〉 of his burning hands. Still, if you underestimate the vitality of a person who has awakened mana, you will be in trouble.
Because magic can be used without limbs.
“What about bicorn? You need her help to do it.”
“I threatened Anasis to release her, but bring her here. I’m tired and can’t move.”
“Whoops! If that’s the case, leave it to Ralilura☆!!”
Whiririk-! Chuck!
Ling-Ling, a puppet named Lari-Lu, landed after spinning her somersault in No. 3. She said, running her finger over her lips.
“Is it okay to be thankful for the kindness of a friendly junior? Sun~ Bae♥?”
“Wow, thank you very much.”
“Aha! Your words are yours, your words are yours♡!”
He’s so damn easy Even though my greeting sounded worse than during my college PPT presentation, I was probably satisfied with that, so I brought a stunned Erica named Laliru.
“For now, it doesn’t seem to be there in my eyes☆!”
“I can see it.”
There was no trace of magic anywhere on Erica’s body.
That’s it. It’s not like Anasis, whose heart has been completely broken, will fight again.
“Nor. You overworked again.”
Fran said while stroking my dirty clothes. It looked like he was examining his wounds, but the clothes were healed anyway with the potion. I thought I was dying from so much pain from applying it on my back alone.
“This is unavoidable. It wasn’t an enemy weak enough to catch without getting hurt.”
“What?”
“I didn’t say anything.”
I cringe in front of Fran, who glars at me.
Ah, macho god. Forgive me for my weakness in not being able to refute the wrath of a sweet girlfriend.
Fran said as she spread the potion I left behind evenly on her back.
“From now on, I can’t let Norr fight alone without me. Even on the days I was resting at the inn, did I always overdo it until it was in tatters like this?”
“Oh, no. I’ve only been hurt like this once—”
“Shut the mouse.”
“Yep.”
It sucked
After applying her potion, Fran sighed and hugged me.
“Nice job, Nor. It was really cool before.”
Fran put the back of my head on top of the leather armor and looked at me. Her long bangs tickled my forehead. Her cute lips giggled.
“Now that it’s all over, leave the rest of the troublesome work to us and get some rest? Got it?”
“Yes.”
We were about to play Maman Drip, but I stopped because Lalilura was looking at us. Lari Lura floated in our cuddly atmosphere like a stuffed duck floating in her bathtub.
“Hey~? If you are going to have a romantic kissing time, will Ringling and I be looking somewhere else~?”
“It’s okay dude. Rather than that, Lalilura, please see if this here is genuine.”
Lying on Fran’s chest as a pillow, I pulled out a paper booklet from my bosom.
After subduing Anasis, I searched my arms to see if there was anything that could be evidence, but the only thing I found was this booklet.
The title of the book is “A court clown that even a monkey can do.”
Volume 4——It was the “Enchantment chapter”.
“Ahhhhh.
─ Jump!! Larry Lura put her feet together and jumped up like a pirate in pirate roulette. Tiyoyoyong!! I mean, it feels the same way.
〈 That, that, that, just in case!! Maybe ah–?!〉
“It’s a drop item from Anasis, but I don’t know if it’s genuine. But why do you speak Romanian?”
〈 Sorry!! I was so surprised that Romanian came out☆!〉
If you’re fucking surprised, the language module gets messed up. When I thought so, Lalilura came running and looked at the book I was holding and gasped.
─Meadadak!!
“Look! Can I see it?! Can I read this?!”
“You are saying that. Please check if it is genuine.”
“Yeeeeet♥!!”
Fuck how do you like it It’s kind of creepy. I gave him the text with a bit of disgust. ─Bangleure! Ralilura’s eyes moved quickly and she read the contents quickly.
“T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T” No doubt!! This is the same handwriting as the 2nd volume I have!!! It must be a manuscript of the first edition made by Crown Crown’s apprentice!!”
“Isn’t there something missing in the manuscript of the first edition?”
It’s a bit unreliable because it’s an illegal sharing text. This is because fabricating history in another world is the archeologist’s passive.
The development of positivism on Earth is quite recent in human history.
“It’s a failure! It’s a failure! The manuscript of the first edition is literally a treasure of mankind that made the words of Crown Crown, who did not leave any teachings as books, made by his disciple and rewritten to his disciple!! This is something money can’t buy!!”
“So, to put it simply, is it genuine?”
“Yeah!! There’s no way it will be mass-produced, so it has to be genuine!!”
“Kiyat mesh~!!”
I forgot my tiredness at those words and got up and danced!
Enchantment! It’s an enchantment!
If this is genuine, it means that it is a book with techniques for processing my rune magic into magic items!!
I hope one of my immediate goals is solved like this!!
“Cheukkkk!! I searched all the magic items!!”
This was the ultimate bliss. Fran clapped happily when she saw me dying of joy because I had regained my energy.
“It’s okay, Nor. Now, can you make me a mask for ‘impression camouflage’?”
“Det?”
Does that happen?
I froze at Fran’s smile, which was a smile on her face, but her eyes were bitter. So I decided to get excited.
“No, that’s right!! I’ll make you a bunch!!”
“I don’t know what it is, but congratulations, senior~♡!”
Even Lalilura congratulated me. ─Clap clap clap! I looked at Lari Lura clapping at her, and I was smitten.
“Where do you get this shack off the bottom? Give me the book again?”
“Sheesh. It’s a joke~ Jang♥Nan.”
Lalilura taking a book out of her bosom and giving it back. Shit, he said he put it away before he knew it.
Ugh, anyway, Crown Sando is Oktakshack. Greed is too much
─Meadadadak!!
As I returned the booklet and took it, I heard footsteps. When I heard the rattling of the armor, it was the guards. I came to my senses after dancing.
“Ph, franc! Do you have the costume I’m wearing?!”
“Ah, I brought some robes just in case. Lingling folded it well and put it in No. 3. Lalilura?”
“Yes~♡ I’m fine here!”
Larry Lura pulled out her clothes. Is the inside of that puppet’s ship a mobile warehouse?
Lived anyway. I hurriedly put on my clothes and even put on Tabula’s mask. Fran also wore a mask to hide her identity.
“… Oh. Ruined.”
Ling Ling, whose size can only be hidden by Rari Lu La, looked at her No. 3 and put on a desperate expression. There would be no point in covering the face or body.
No matter what happens, cleaning up after everything is done is the most annoying and difficult thing.
***
The guards say they found the ledger of illegal transactions in the messed up circus troupe.
“When we entered, the animals suddenly calmed down.”
An elderly man who seemed to be the captain of the guard said.
“So I search inside and try to find the culprit, damned… Excuse. People with disabilities explained the circumstances while protecting the animals.”
“You mean those people?”
“Yes. It is said that they thought it was an opportunity when the trainers died and even the magician or leader who controlled the real power fled.”
I got it. If it wasn’t for that time, I would have suffered in the circus all my life.
Anyway, to the extent that the victims of Freak Show who are discriminated against in the world want to escape on their own. It seems that the harsh abuse of the cubs did not stop with animals and children.
“What you said and the story of the abducted children all matched. There is no reason to doubt anything.”
Having said that, the captain of the guard rose from his seat. What? Saying that, are you going to put handcuffs on me?
I thought so because I was scared when the old man with wide shoulders suddenly stood up, but the guard commander shouted in a loud voice to the guards gathered on the road.
“Everyone——!!! Giriiiiieeeee!!!!”
“Giriyiiiii!!!!!”
– Chuck!! The guards matched their feet as if they were accustomed to it. To be honest, I was a bit out of step and had a clumsy side, but at least the look on my face was serious, comparable to those of the independence fighters.
Having alerted the guards, the captain of the guard saluted me with a military standard movement that made a sound.
“Everyone——!!! Salute!!!!!!”
– Chuck! Chuck!!
More than thirty guards lined up and saluted me. The captain of the guard said to me who blinked in bewilderment.
“All members of the Haysbent Guard. We sincerely thank Arthur Wayne and the three of you for your cooperation.”
“Yes? Yes, yes…”
I didn’t expect to be greeted like this, so it was a little difficult to react. By the way, isn’t the captain of the guard bowing down to me after greeting me as a representative?
“Before I am a guard, I am a widow of a child. On behalf of all citizens… Thank you very much.”
“No, mother… Umm… It’s okay, it’s okay.”
Can’t you give me money instead of thank you? I was so embarrassed that I even thought about that.
It may not have caught my thoughts, but the guard commander straightened his back and said.
“Half of the property of the Chrysos Circus will be used for the rescue of victims or for transportation back to their hometowns. And the other half will be donated to Mr. Wayne.”
“Yes? Ah, big. Hmm. Okay.”
I was excited and tried to ask again, but I endured it. Even accepting thank yous like that, he refrained from acting that felt snobbish.
Still, the guard captain smiled as if he understood my feelings.
“I’d like to see you again after I’ve settled on the price, but until then, how about staying at Haysbent? If the inn costs are a problem, we will raise money from our guard and pay it.”
“Adventure. That is good news to hear.”
I cleared my throat and pretended not to be favored. A free inn for a small sum of money? What I did was a bit heroic to decline this.
Can’t I leave coolly while hitting the drip of what I have to do?
Something similar may happen next time. Wouldn’t it be a big deal if the people who did their best at that time weren’t paid while talking bullshit that ‘heroes don’t want payoff’?
So, this is an act to leave a correct precedent. It’s never my personal greed. Anyway not
“You fool!!”
─Slap!
I heard a shout in the middle of the conversation and my eyes went to the corner of the guard. There, Erika was getting scolded by an old man in a bridal outfit.
“It’s not enough to sneak out and annoy the circus people, to cause trouble to so many people! You made your mistake!!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!!”
Erica rubbed her hands together as she wept at the old man – presumably her orphanage director.
It was hard to think of it as child violence and stop it. Tears were flowing from the old man’s eyes. The captain of the guard and I became a bit solemn.
And on the other side, a similar but completely different atmosphere was flowing.
“——Rarilura?”
“Yeah!!! Captain!!!”
Lari Lura, who knelt down on her knees, answered Mr. Alexandra’s words by straightening her back. Shit, it wasn’t like that when I was robbed by the Sanggyeol unit commander when I was a recruit.
Alexandra said, hiding her anger.
“Did I tell you? You shouldn’t interfere in dangerous things or other people’s affairs.”
“Yeah!!! You always said it!!!”
“Did I tell you before? Our job is to give our customers a smile, not to find a crying child in the alley and make them laugh.”
“… Yes Yes.”
“The answer is only one. And the voice is small.”
“… Yeah!!!”
“Whoa… Even so, you stick your head into the affairs of the city, much less leave the victims of the incident to the circus and run away…”
Alexandra sighed as if a headache ached. And he came towards me The captain of the guard stood aside without noticing.
“This is Alexandra Leovantes.”
“This is Arthur Wayne.”
There was no way that person would not recognize me. Because Fran went with him to drop off the children in the middle.
Is it out of consideration to act as if you are seeing it for the first time? It was something I am grateful for.
“This time——”
“I will not accept your apology. Because we were really helped by Lalilura.”
I stopped Alexandra from trying to apologize.
I don’t know what that person is thinking about this. But without Lalilura, things wouldn’t have worked out so smoothly.
We wouldn’t know if we could say thank you, but getting an apology was fucking ridiculous.
“──Thank you for your consideration.”
Alexandra just said that. Then, I glanced at the sullen Lalilura.
“That kid couldn’t get past the orphans. For a circus troupe who travels from city to city, this is a huge disadvantage.”
“It may be true of Alexandra, the circus leader, but I am quite likeable. If you know the pain of others, don’t you know how to be considerate of others?”
“Maybe it is. That kid too… Because I was an orphan.”
“Yes?”
I was briefly surprised by the words that came into my mouth.
But it wasn’t that I didn’t understand. Called Larry Lu, she had never called Mr. Alexandra her mother, and she even spoke as if she knew life in an orphanage.
Maybe that’s why she said she wasn’t sure of her age. Mr. Alexandra shook his head as if holding back a sigh.
“Thank you for coming to terms with the stubbornness of that unruly child. This is not an apology, but a thank you from me. Goodbye then.”
After saying that, Alexandra-san took Ralilura and went back.
Proper discipline would probably begin at the inn. The statue of Lari Lura secretly greeting me with her hand seemed to hint at that.
“Mr. Wayne. I will escort you on the way back.”
After the conversation, the captain of the guard approached again and said. He smiled confidently with his beard-covered face.
“I will guide you to the best inn in Haysbent.”
Fran and I were escorted to a super-large luxury inn for 15 coppers per night.
It seemed that I would stay in this city for a few more days.
