19-3 Part 2
Flames and Signatures
- Soro -
Translator : PolterGlast
「Boring...
Why go out of the way to use oil...」
「Because
if we burn it down with your magic, the burn marks will look unnatural.
Besides, I want it to look like arson, not spontaneous combustion.」
「Arson!
What a thrilling, nice ring to it!」
「Umu, Wagahai
will not deny that either. Very well, let us scatter oil and commit arson.」
Even without me
instructing them, they splashed oil at all the right places in the drug
warehouse. Strangely precise. Have they set fires somewhere before? It was to
the point I became afraid to ask. At the very least, Sigrun would
probably answer 'I have' with unclouded eyes...
「Thanks
to Zirant's help, it was cleaned up faster than planned. Hm... what is
this?」
I found something strange
in a corner. It's liquid medicine, but a pink liquid is packed in a beautiful
glass bottle. It didn't look like a drug.
「Ah,
that's an aphrodisiac!」
「Hoh,
in that case, Shinza, shall we borrow one and take it home?」
「Who do
you intend to use it on...」
「Umu,
there might be a possibility that love could be born from momentary lust
(libido).」
「I
understood nothing except that it's no decent way to use it. Oi Sigrun,
don't take that out, it'll leave a trail!」
I've read in a book
that aphrodisiacs contain drug components. Since it's in a warehouse covered
with drugs, the components of this medicine go without saying.
「Mumumu...
But Shinza, if we slip this to Bud, wouldn't he get energetic!?」
「Tell
me, how and where do I have to tweak your brain to come up with such a
bothersome and lowest of ideas...」
「Umu,
even Wagahai is put off by that...」
If I hadn't noticed,
that innocent boy Bud would have ended up in a terrible situation. Yumil
still being wary, the beastmen trembling in fear, and that innkeeper with the
bad attitude genuinely hating Sigrun's visits; I understood all of it.
「Aitatata...」
「Are
you okay, Jii?」
「Ah, Carral-sama,
you are my only hope... How wonderful it would be if I could buy some land in
the frontier and live with you and Ashley-sama...」
「That
sounds nice! But I can't imagine a future where that happens...」
「Because
of that personality of his, after all... Good grief, when will that person settle down—」
「I can
hear you, old man.」
It seems the
transport over there is sorted out. When we turned around, Jii and Carral
unexpectedly appeared from the tunnel.
「I am
saying it so you can hear it! When will you learn to settle down and restrain
yourself!」
「Sorry
to keep you waiting, we're done here! Uwah... are these all... drugs?」
All cleaned up, huh.
Then it's about time we burn it and withdraw.
「Ooh,
can we burn it now? Then please provide the spark, Jira-chan!」
「Kukuku...
A classical fire scheme
also has its charm once in a while.」
When Zirant
created flames in her palm, she transferred the fire to the prepared torches.
At the bright red flames shining at the tips of the torches, Sigrun was
floating a child-like smile. I thought she was truly a terrifying woman... As Sigrun
and Zirant ran around the warehouse half a lap each, a ring of fire
immediately surrounded us. It was helpful that these two were used to playing
with fire. The red flames became a beacon illuminating the warehouse, promising
us it would burn to the ground.
「Time
to withdraw. Jii, get on my back.」
「Do you
intend to treat me like an old person!? I have been carrying you since you were
a baby, I refuse such humiliation!」
「I'll
push your back. Let's go, Grandpa Gideon.」
「Carral-sama!
Ahh, Carral-sama is so kind... I almost want to see my grandchildren's
faces soon.」
Why are old people
so troublesome like this... He doesn't want to be carried on the back by the
baby he held and raised, huh. It's the opposite for me; precisely because I am
grateful to you, I want to return the favor even a little bit...
Standing at the very
back, I took out my specialty Shovel, concealed the underground passage,
and returned from the underground to the surface. From then on, it should have
been no different from that night. Loading the stolen goods onto two
horse-drawn wagons, we passed through the west gate of the Imperial Capital
under Georg-aniue's arrangements, aiming for Erin Port.
「...Oi
wait, where did Sigrun go?」
「Eh,
she's not in that wagon!?」
However, Sigrun
had disappeared. Because her horn stands out no matter what, we supposedly
shoved her into the wagon. Yet when I looked inside, the most important
dangerous person had vanished, and the ceiling of the covered carriage had been
slashed open...
「Ehh...
I've got a bad feeling about this... Because, even during the voyage, that
person started grilling fish she caught on the deck, we all went pale...!」
「An
unmistakable idiot... Ashley-sama, you must absolutely not associate
with Sigrun-sama from now on!」
「No,
rather than that, where she disappeared to is the bigger problem...」
Don't tell me, not
satisfied with just the chivalrous thief job, she went to directly mete out
punishment...?
『Kukuku...
You will eventually understand. For now, there is no problem in leaving her be.』
Only Zirant
knew the answer. Zirant, the fact that you two are on the same
wavelength means exactly that, you know...
『Even
if she is a bothersome typhoon to you involved parties, from Wagahai's
perspective, she is an amusing trickster. I cannot hate her.』
◇ ◆ ◇
The next day, we
received a certain report from Puis. On the outer wall of the drug
dealer's mansion, whose inside had been quickly burned away, someone's
signature was hastily written in large red letters.
『Chivalrous
Thief Pretty Bell has arrived!! In place of heaven, punishing the filthy drug
dealers, soro!!』
Even I held my head
and dropped to one knee on the floor. Sigrun, Zirant, what on
earth are you guys thinking...
Thus, from this day on, the Chivalrous Thief Pretty Bell gained immense support from the citizens of the Imperial Capital as a mysterious phantom thief...
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