Volume 1
Chapter 70
I Met Up With
Akana-san
Translator : PolterGlast
I started walking back
to town.
I could already see
the wall surrounding the town.
What did Kakyouin-san
mean by that? She seemed to have figured something out on her own and just went
somewhere.
Ugh... I'm sure this
is going to be a big hassle───I don't know what it is, though. But even so, if I had taken off the
ring there... what would Chrisya say? And besides, Kakyouin-san suddenly acted
so strangely.
Ha... ...well, there's
no point in thinking about it. For now, I'll go report to Akana-san.
As I was thinking that
and walking,───
"………Huh?"
I saw someone standing
by the wall.
"Is that..."
I recognized the
person and approached her.
"Akana-san?"
She was wearing a
dirty gray cloak with a hood, but there was no doubt that this person was
Akana-san, the daughter of the Gilmberg noble family.
What is she doing
here?
Akana-san, noticing my
voice, shuddered and turned to face me.
At that moment, a bolt
of lightning struck in the distance, and the sound followed, and it began to
rain.
When I looked back,
tears were streaming from Akana-san's eyes.
"Kushi,
na...san...!"
At first, she seemed
surprised by my voice from behind, but then she distorted her face as if she
were overwhelmed by sadness and───
She buried her face in
my stomach.
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Going back in time.
【Akana's POV】
After asking
Kushina-san to take care of the adventurers, I arrived late at the scene of the
commotion.
There might still be
adventurers there.
With that in mind, I
peered out from behind a building, carefully observing the surroundings.
But contrary to my
expectations, there were no adventurers around, and the situation seemed to
have been resolved in a short time.
...Amazing. Despite
all the commotion, it was resolved so quickly... Kushina-san is really on a
different level.
I'm so glad
Kushina-san is here. At least now, the people of the town will be able to calm
down. Now, in order to help, I must also stand in front of the people of the
town and be useful───
"This is all the
Gilmberg family's fault!!"
I heard that voice as
I was about to go in front of the townspeople.
Huh?
"That's right!
There's no way the adventurers would do something like this! It's definitely
because the Gilmberg family did something again!"
"Such a big
incident, it must be those guys who are involved again!"
"It's all the
Gilmberg family's fault!"
"That's
right!"
"The Gilmberg
family───!"
"───!"
The townspeople
unanimously claimed that "this incident is the fault of the Gilmberg
family (my family)".
Why... Why is that?
It's strange... it's strange! We didn't do anything wrong this time!! And
besides, it wasn't our fault last time either! Why... Why! Why!? Did it come to
this!!?
Why...!
"…………!"
Then, I remembered the
people who served my family. That's right... Are they all safe?
Now that the commotion
had subsided, I began to worry about the safety of the soldiers who were on
duty and the butlers and maids who were doing housework inside the mansion, and
even though I knew the chances were slim, I couldn't help but check.
I turned around to go
back to the mansion, but───
"Mpph!?"
Suddenly, my mouth was
covered from behind and I was taken to the shadow of a building.
"Mmm〜〜〜!! Mmm〜〜〜〜〜!!!"
"Quiet, please be
quiet───Akana-sama"
I heard the person who
covered my mouth address me with honorifics, so I stopped resisting for a
moment and peeked at the person's face.
I couldn't see it
clearly because it was wrapped in a dirty cloak, but───it looked familiar.
Since I stopped
struggling, the woman took her hand off my mouth, and I turned to face her.
The woman lifted the
hood of her cloak.
"It's been a
while, Akana-sama. I'm In, the intelligence agent."
"───!! I-!"
"Shhh! Be quiet.
You'll be noticed."
Just as I was about to
shout and alert the townspeople, In-san covered my mouth again with her hand
and stopped me.
This person is an
intelligence agent directly under the Gilmberg family───In, my family's
personal information broker and jack-of-all-trades. She's a woman with
distinctive reddish-purple twintails and freckles that never seem to go away.
She's reliable and caring, and I still remember how she took care of me when I
was little. She has big breasts and a good figure, and she was someone I used
to admire.
Being careful not to
shout again, I opened my mouth.
"S-Sorry"
"No, I apologize
for being so rude."
"Y-You don't have
to apologize, In-san. But why are you here?"
"………"
When I asked why she
was here, she suddenly looked down and fell silent. What's wrong?
"In-san?"
"……………Akana-sama"
"Y-yes"
When In-san looked up
at me with a determined look, I couldn't help but straighten my back.
No, I know that if a
busy intelligence agent like her came to tell me something directly, it must be
something very important... But somehow, I have a very bad feeling.
I felt sweat on my
cheeks as I waited for her next words.
"Please listen
calmly"
"Huh?
Yes...…"
"Recently, the
head of the family, Lord Nine, has passed away."
What In-san told me
was about my father.
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