4-4 Part 3
The Spontaneously Glowing Firefly Man
and the Little Alchemist
— The State Church —
Translator : PolterGlast
“Ah, it really is Firefly-san...! Huh, who is that
person...?”
“This guy? This is the idiot who broke your shop's glass.
Now, apologize to the owner.”
As I approached the counter, I noticed some packing twine,
so I took it and completely restrained the underling. While doing so, I made
eye contact with the fat one who had intimidated Dulin. He showed
neither guilt nor remorse...
“You, doing something unnecessary...”
“Is that a confession? If he's an accomplice, I can hand you
over to the Military Police together with him.”
Then his face changed to one that seemed to say, 'Trouble
would be inconvenient.' Even though he was the one who brought the trouble. Why
try to drive Dulin out in the first place?
“...Hmph, I don't know such a man.”
“No way! That's not what we agreed on, Keter-sama!”
“You bastard! I told you not to say my name, didn't I?!”
“It's because you tried to abandon me! I didn't do this
because I liked it!”
How unsightly. Perhaps flustered that his name was revealed,
Keter backed away toward the shop exit. It's frustrating, but I can't do
anything about him. As far as I know, he only spewed the lowest kind of verbal
abuse.
“Remember this... Do not think you will get away with
opposing the Church!”
“That's a line I feel like I've heard in a play somewhere...
Go home quickly, Keter; this isn't a shop for you. And to add one more
thing, Dulin is absolutely not a Witch. She is a master Alchemist
deeply trusted by the Imperial Princess.”
“Firefly-san...”
She is this adorable, so how can they treat her like a Witch?
Keter abandoned his comrade just like that and fled from before us.
“He acted high and mighty, but he turned out to be
surprisingly small-fry.”
“Thank youuu, thank youuu, uuhhh, it was scaaary, Firefly-saaan...!”
I don't know
what was said to her while I was suppressing the guy outside, but Dulin was absolutely terrified. She
pressed her petite frame against "Mr.
Firefly," wiping her overflowing tears and snot on my clothes... I
know. She didn't mean any harm by it.
While comforting Dulin by patting and stroking her
back, I worried about what to do with the idiot I caught.
“Oi, if you're going to release me, do it now!”
“But you see, if there's no penalty, you'll just come back
to this shop and do the same thing again, won't you? As a citizen of the Imperial
Capital, I can't overlook that.”
Even if I hand him to the Military Police, strings
might be pulled. I do not know the full extent of the collusion between the
military and the State Church.
“It was scaaary... Why do they do thishh... Dulin's
shop is in a terrible state...”
“I was just ordered to! There's no way I could go against
those people!”
He says that, but I think this guy is a villain too. Even
villains choose their opponents. They wouldn't use a good person for this kind
of intimidation. He was likely seen as easy to manipulate.
“Shut up. More importantly, apologize for what you did. Didn't
you think she was pitiable?”
“Kuh... I didn't hear that it was a shop run by such
a small child! Ah, my bad! I couldn't disobey Keter so I threw the
stone! Is that enough?!”
“Are you really a clergyman? That wasn't an apology.”
“Firefly-san, it's okay now... But, I will say just
this! Dulin hasn't done anything bad! So, so, I absolutely, absolutely!
Absolutely won't leave heeeere!!”
That is the part I don't understand. Why does the Church do
this to Dulin? Crushing one small shop like this won't change anything.
It's different from the case with Uncle and the political
merchant Hyamar, who tried to crush the Hez Trading Company to
monopolize the trade route; this is meaningless.
“My bad... Please, release me.”
“Firefly-san, please do sho. Firefly-san saved
me, so Dulin is fine. I will consult Onee-sama about this...”
That would be a mistake. Precisely because I do not know his motive, I should turn him in. The idea
that a villain will turn over a new leaf thanks to kindness or mercy is nothing
but a fantasy. If he possessed such an admirable conscience, he never would
have turned to evil in the first place.
“No, I refuse to cry myself to sleep over this. Let's go,
villain; accompany me to the Military Police station.”
“Why! She says she forgives me!?”
“Yeah, seems so. But I don't forgive you. Dulin,
I'll pay for the glass repair.”
“Eh, eeeeh?! Why would Firefly-san... No, no, I can't
allow thaaat!”
Argueing about paying or not paying is troublesome. I placed
10 silver coins on the counter without questions, dragged the clergyman who
threw the stone, and left the shop.
“No no! I can't take it! Ah, wait, wait Firefly-san!
I'm troubled if you leave money behind! I don't need this muuuch!”
“Don't hold back. The world is built rather conveniently,
you see. This amount is nothing.”
In the first place, this money was stolen from this culprit
when I restrained him, using the manual dexterity given by the Tome of the
Evil Dragon. The fact that he had so much on him means he was likely bought
with money after all.
Now that it's come to this, it can't be helped. I handed the
culprit over to the Military Police station, bought a Pound Cake
for Sister, and gave up for the day, returning to the palace.
— Purge —
- 【Steal 300,000 Crowns of Dirty
Wealth】 (570 Crowns Achieved)
- Completion
Reward: AGI +100
- “Next,
will you raid the State Church's treasury?”
The State Church's treasury, you say...? Don't say
ridiculous things, Zirant. If I did that, this Chivalrous Thief
would turn every believer in the Empire into an enemy...
【Tome
of the Evil Dragon】
— Adventure —
- 【Complete 3 Jobs at the
Adventurer's Guild】
- Completion
Reward: EXP 450 / ???
— Exploration —
- 【Lap the Imperial Capital
another 10 times】
- Completion
Reward: VIT +100
— Exploration —
- 【Lap the Maritime City Naglfar
once】
(1/3 Completed)
- Completion
Reward: EXP 100 / VIT +5
— Business —
- 【Grow the Hez Trading Company】
- Completion
Reward: DEX +100
— Purge —
- 【Bury 5 Villains】 (Remaining: 2)
- Completion
Reward: EXP 900 / Shovel LV
+1
— Purge —
- 【Steal 300,000 Crowns of Dirty
Wealth】 (570 Crowns Achieved)
- Completion
Reward: AGI +100
— Investment —
- 【Spend a total of 10,000 Crowns】 (1362 / 10000)
- Completion
Reward: EXP 1000 / Premonition
of an Encounter
— Table of Contents —
- 【Name】 Ashley
- 【Lv】 12
- 【Exp】 1375
- 【STR】 26
- 【VIT】 100
- 【DEX】 90
- 【AGI】 77
- 【Skill】 Shovel LV 3
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