Tap tap tap.
“Oh, Ao’s back.”
Just as I finished tying up all the bandits, Ao, who had gone to fetch the soldiers, had returned. Shiro, who noticed Ao first, opened the window and let her into the room.
“Oh, the soldiers will be here soon!”
“That’s good. I’d like to get rid of these guys as soon as possible.”
Thanks to Ao, we could finally say goodbye to these criminals. Thinking that made me feel a bit more at ease.
“Umyu…”
“Come on, Fran, Horn you can go back to sleep now.”
“Oka~y…”
Sue was tucking Fran and Horn back into bed as they dozed off again.
And just as they squirmed into their blankets—
Bam!
“This is the place!? The one where someone’s holed up after tying up the inn staff?!”
Suddenly, the half-opened door burst wide, and a soldier entered the room yelling loudly.
What the—? Who is this guy?
I looked over at Ao, but she shook her head, signaling she didn’t know him.
“Oho! You really went all out, huh? This is a serious offense!”
“Um, we’re the victims here, actually.”
“Shut up! I’m the law around here. Well, if you pay a nice tribute, maybe I’ll let this slide.”
I see… this guy is clearly in cahoots with the bandits.
While grinning, he dared to say everything would be forgotten if we handed over some money.
Even I was starting to get pissed off and took a step toward him—
“Yes, yes. That’s right. Being cooperative is the way to go.”
“Bad guy, shut up!”
Dash! Crack crack!
“Guwaa—!”
Splat!
Fran and Horn, who had been woken by the soldier’s yelling, dropkicked him right in the stomach. Their synchronized dropkick hit the soldier square in the gut, and with the sound of a few bones cracking, he went sliding across the room.
Fran and Horn, though clearly in a foul mood, seemed to correctly judge that the guy was a bad person.
“Ugh… u-uh…”
“Hmph!”
Ignoring the twitching soldier, Fran and Horn crawled back into bed.
Well, I guess anyone would be grumpy if they got woken up twice while trying to sleep. Anyway, I should tie this idiot up as well. I gave him a light healing spell afterwards.
Footsteps. Footsteps.
“Sorry we’re late. One of our soldiers had gone missing, so…”
“Huh? Why is he here?”
Before long, a few proper soldiers entered the room.
Ao nodded in my direction, so I guess these were the ones she went to fetch.
And the soldier who had gone missing during his shift turned out to be the one making all the noise just now.
No wonder the arriving soldiers looked so surprised.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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