Chapter 603 – Ep.601 Tullius Empire
“I will be back.”
“Today… “I said I would come late.”
Cernax, with difficulty opening his sleepy eyes, stretched out his arms and hugged my neck, gently rubbing his warm, soft cheek against me.
“I’ll come as early as possible.”
“… “Umm.”
In the past, Cernax, who would have answered with something along the lines of ‘It’s okay,’ nodded his head ever so slightly.
‘It was true that you were anxious.’
After confirming that what Giena and Beneo had told me about Kernax’s current situation was true, I stroked Kernax’s back as she slightly lifted her upper body to hug my neck, and placed my lips on her cheek.
“I’ll be back before seven.”
“… I get it.”
“Then are you really going to come?”
“Huh…”
After stamping her lips one last time and making sure that Cernax hugged her again and closed her eyes, I left the bedroom and came downstairs.
“Huhmm~ Are you going to work?”
“Yep.”
Bizelin, who was unusually dressed in pajamas, sat on her chair in the kitchen and spoke to me while scratching her stomach.
“Please take care of Kernax.”
“Ugh~ don’t worry. “I will summon you as soon as labor starts.”
Yes. As Kernax’s birth date was approaching, Master Bizelin agreed that she would no longer go to her magic tower and would remain in her mansion.
“Mr. Smith.”
I slowly walked out of her kitchen, holding a basket with my sandwich in one hand.
Normally, she would have been wearing comfortable clothes and her apron, so for the first time in a long time, I was wearing the ranger’s uniform that I brought from the elf forest.
“Is that the hood that is only given to Guardians?”
“That’s right.”
Over the Ranger’s uniform, I wear a hood with a light green cape reminiscent of her leaves.
“That’s great.”
“… Is that so?”
“Uh. “It’s really cool.”
If only the color had been black, her ranger uniform was so stylish that I could have gone to the underworld and received her assassination request, and the hood that covered half of her face, combined with my indifferent eyes, couldn’t have suited her better than that.
“Then I’ll ask you to take care of me for the time being.”
“… Wait until you give the signal… “I don’t know if I can protect it well.”
“Well, there won’t be such a dangerous situation, so I’ll be able to protect it well.”
Since I had decided to act as my escort for a while in place of Master Bizelin, I turned her around, hugging her waist.
“Then will you come back?”
“Ugh, be careful~”
Biesel Lin, who was sipping warm milk on a sandwich made from leftovers from my lunch box, waved her small arms like her child and greeted me.
So we left Bizelin-sama behind and left her mansion.
Crumbling─
“Please take care of me today as well. L.”
When I stroked the head of Drake, who was almost half as big as before, Elle let out a happy sound and tapped her bottom with her thick tail. She’s just gotten bigger, but she’s still cute.
“Get on quickly.”
“Yes.”
“… “Kick it.”
Avoiding the growling Beneo, I quickly got into the carriage with Gienna. And the scenery outside the window begins to move slowly as usual.
“Hmm…”
However, the difference was that until they arrived at the imperial castle, they massaged Giena’s breasts instead of Bizelin-sama’s head.
**
“”Insect!!””
“Uh, okay.”
Today again, I entered the hall while receiving salutes from our members who were full of energy.
“… “Captain.”
“Let the kids share their duties and come up right away.”
“… Yes.”
I guess I forgot what I said yesterday.
I patted the wounded Roan on the shoulder and went up to the office with Giena, who had gone into hiding.
[Very… It’s a gorgeous place. ]
That was my impression after looking around her office.
After taking a close look at my office, which was luxuriously decorated with jewels and accessories, Gienna quietly moved to stand next to the sunny window.
Now you won’t move from there until I leave the office.
-Captain.
“Come in.”
Now our Roan calls my name without even knocking.
I think I feel a lot more comfortable after seeing your face yesterday.
“… Do you want to sit down?”
“Well, if you want to stand and listen, you can stand and listen.”
“I will sit down.”
Roan sat on the reception sofa across from the desk, and I opened my mouth to him, resting my chin on the desk with one hand.
“Roan.”
“… Yes.”
He probably didn’t know that I would call him by the title of knight even within the knights’ order, so he looked at me with puzzled eyes and answered.
“Did you have a good time yesterday?”
“… “Thanks to the gold coins you gave me.”
“That’s a good thing.”
“Greatness… So, why did you call me?”
Until yesterday, the guy who wouldn’t say a word until I opened his mouth first is now even urging me to answer, so it seems like the distance between us has gotten closer yesterday.
Of course, that doesn’t mean the beating you’ll get will disappear.
“You. From today onwards, do not go to the cradle of the night.”
“… What I’m saying is don’t go around. “Are you saying you’re going to ban entry?”
“Uh. If you have your membership card, give it to me. “Cut it off right away.”
“Captain.”
He looked at me with a serious face and opened his mouth, so I lifted my chin without interrupting him. It means to keep talking.
“… As a fellow member, the leader has already committed crime.”
“Yes?”
“Yes. So, no matter how much you call me the leader, you cannot force me to do anything other than work.”
“Right. So, are you going to continue going in the future?”
“… Isn’t it obvious? “How much money did I pay for that?”
I narrowed my eyes and asked him a question as he responded with a small grumble.
“Are you sure that the reason you go there is because of the gambling that can be done on the third floor?”
“Knock, call!!”
Oh my god.
I knew right away that he was a bad guy, but I never thought he was a guy who fell into the worst kind of gambling.
“Roan. Roan, our Roan.”
“Ugh… Well, don’t call me that. I’m seriously offended… !!”
“This bastard.”
“Omg?!”
When I got up and raised my fist, the guy raised his hands and covered his face, regardless of the distance.
“Hey. Are you going to cut me off when I say something nice? And if it’s gambling, shouldn’t you be able to do it elsewhere? “It seemed like if I just went to Bambino right away, I could legally do a lot of things with my money.”
“… Only special members can use it──”
Bang!!
“Ugh… ?!”
When I hit the desk with moderate force, the guy got scared and jumped up from the sofa.
“Just say it before you leave. Will I continue to come and go in the cradle of the night? Or should I bring my membership card by tomorrow and return it to me?”
“Why are you doing this?!”
What is this guy?
He’s trying to save his life at best, but he’s such a bad bastard that he doesn’t even know the generous heart of his heavenly superior.
“I don’t know anything. “If you are going to come and go in the cradle of the night, know how to spar with me every day from now on.”
“Shoes, this is tyranny!!”
“What should I do, bastard? So who wants to put me in the position of leader?”
“Ugh, ugh!!”
“Stop grinding your teeth. Should we make it so that there is no one to go to at this point?”
“…”
As soon as he raised his fist to threaten me, he stopped grinding his teeth and pursed his lips. I sighed deeply and sat back down.
“So what should I do?”
“… “Can we spar for a few days and then answer again?”
“Oh…”
Admiration just came out of my mouth at the unexpected answer.
It is said that people who are addicted to gambling cannot give up their attachment to gambling even if their limbs are cut off.
“Okay. “Do it.”
“… Thank you.”
“What is gratitude? “Then shall we go down first?”
“… Yes?”
I approached the person who was shaking with wide eyes and forced him to stand up.
“Should we spar today?”
But the solution is always at hand.
Today too, I will prove that the old words of our ancestors were not wrong.
**
“Live, live, live… Week, ten o’clock… Oh… !!”
“If anyone hears this, they will think I am trying to kill Sir Roan.”
Roan, who had experienced about an hour of steaming with a wooden sword, crawled across the floor and grabbed me by the leg of my pants.
“There are still two hours left until lunch, so it would be difficult to do this.”
“Stop, I won’t go anymore…” … !!”
“What? “Where?”
“The cradle of the night, the bar, the night!! Right now… I’ll bring your membership card tomorrow and tear it up!! Therefore… Please save me…”
“Really?”
“Really… Kek?!”
“The truth is informal speech.”
“I will put my honor on the line!!”
Toward the guy who looked up at me and answered like that, covering the top of his head where he had been hit with honey.
“Where is your honor? “A fake knight addicted to gambling.”
“Well, then my family’s honor…”
“Ah, that’s enough. “Can you bring your membership card by tomorrow?”
“… Huh?!”
In response to his delayed reply, as if he was extremely hesitant, I once again lightly hit him on the top of his head with the wooden sword.
“Why is there no answer?”
“Go, I’ll get it!!”
“Be sure to earn a beating. “I feel dirty, so leave now.”
“Gagging…”
I only roughly shook off my leg, but the guy who was holding onto my pant leg bounced off and rolled on the floor a couple of times before stopping.
‘Of course, the beating is good for those who don’t listen.’
Even today, I feel proud at the thought that I have successfully proven that the words of my ancestors were right.
“Roan.”
“… “Yes.”
The man, who had lost all energy and seemed about to run out of breath, answered with difficulty.
“If you bring your membership card tomorrow, I’ll get you one of your membership cards so you can gamble at Bambino.”
“… ?”
The girl, who was expressing with her face that her whole body was in pain, suddenly opened her eyes and looked up at me.
“If you bring the Cradle of Night membership card, I will get you a Bambino membership card.”
“… Oh, really… Are you really going to get me a Bambino membership card?”
“Useup… ? Did I get hit less? Why can’t I understand what’s being said…”
“I understand!!”
The guy who had been rolling around on the floor a little while ago without having the strength to get up suddenly got the strength from somewhere and suddenly kicked off the floor and stood up.
“If you give me time, I can use my lunch break to get my membership card!!”
“…”
“If you say so, I can go now.”
“…”
The change in attitude was so revealing that I was at a loss for words.
‘I meant it half as a joke…’
I never thought he was truly a gambling addict.
But it wasn’t bad.
This is because Nyaho informed us that although the Beastmen Alliance runs Bambino, Nyaho’s clan, the Black Cat tribe, owns a significant share of it.
In other words, the more money he loses, the more he gets richer, so it wasn’t a problem for me at all.
“Stop making a fuss and bring it to work tomorrow.”
“All right.”
“And are there people other than you who are members of the Cradle of Night?”
“… That’s right.”
“Slow to respond?”
“Yes. There is.”
I spoke to Roan, who answered again while raising his head at attention.
“Bring everyone down.”
“… “Are you saying everything?”
“Uh. Entire.”
“… The reason is?”
Widely! Widely!
I pounded the floor with the wooden sword I was still holding in my hand.
“Let’s have an honest conversation body-to-body──”
“I’ll drag you down right away.”
Before I could even finish my sentence, I blinked blankly at the sight of the guy running up the stairs making a loud noise.
