aircannonsinc Chapter 119: Initial arrogance followed by obsequiousness; the thought is laughable.
Chapter 119: Initial arrogance followed by obsequiousness; the thought is laughable.
Chapter 119: Initial arrogance followed by obsequiousness; the thought is laughable.
Kazuma Sato is back.
He was acquitted and even skipped the trial process, without even going to court; he was essentially released without a second thought.
According to him, it seems that Sena received a letter with a very ornate emblem. After opening and reading it, her expression became quite terrified and her body trembled. She then treated Sato Kazuma with exceptional respect and concern.
His initial arrogance followed by his later obsequiousness is laughable.
After hearing the description, Charlotte knew that Claire had made the move. She sent a letter to Serena, the Kingdom's prosecutor. The contents of the letter were unknown, but they could be guessed.
As expected of one of the kingdom's two super noble families.
As for the other one, it is naturally the perverted female knight who hides her true identity.
"Kazuma, Kazuma, now that you're back, let's celebrate properly tonight!" Aqua said, skipping around. "That's great! I've accumulated so much debt at the guild while you were gone, I didn't know what to do."
"Hey! Is there any necessary connection between this and my return?"
"Of course! If you don't come back, we can't go out on missions, right?"
Kazuma Sato clenched his fist.
He probably thought it would be better if he just died.
"Speaking of money," Sato Kazuma said, unusually embarrassed, "Although I wasn't sentenced this time because the misunderstanding was cleared up, I still need to make compensation—you see, I did blow up the lord's house. The compensation is roughly—this amount."
He held up five fingers.
This should be an eight-figure sum, which is relatively small compared to the Headless Horseman's previous debt.
After that, Kazuma Sato closed his eyes and waited to be scolded by his companions, but that didn't happen; everyone's face was full of smiles.
"What? You don't care about such a small thing!"
"Exactly, exactly, it's only fifty million."
"We'll make it back soon! But before that, could you please pay off my debt for drinks with the guild? Otherwise, the guild will ban me from entering."
None of them blamed him.
Perhaps it's because they've gotten used to it; whether it was the Headless Horseman before or the Mobile Fortress Destroyer this time, they've always been a squad.
"Thank you everyone! It was so great to be teamed up with you!"
"Could you really help me pay off my debt for drinks?"
"—Absolutely impossible."
Why?!
Joyful laughter echoed from the suburban mansion.
That's about it. Although Sato Kazuma suffered a lot of grievances and was burdened with debt, Eldap didn't succeed. More importantly, he clearly told Claire in the letter that Eldap had a problem; he had secretly kept the artifact and summoned a demon.
Claire made no comment on the matter, but Charlotte was certain that she would not stand idly by for the safety of the kingdom; now all they had to do was wait.
However, a few days after Kazuma Sato returned, Darkness suddenly appeared at the church. She was wearing a gorgeous dress that accentuated her figure and was waving a tattered piece of parchment with a picture of a particularly handsome and dashing man on it.
She yelled, "Oh no, Charlotte! My family wants me to go on a blind date! What should I do?!"
"----ah?"
Charlotte was slightly taken aback.
Darkness slapped the handsome man's face impatiently, as if she wanted to slap him from afar, and said indignantly, "That damned Aldap, he probably knows that if he asked me to marry him, he would only be rejected. But the only positive thing my father says about Aldap is his son. How should I put it, actually, my father is the most enthusiastic about this marriage. But I really don't understand why Aldap wants his son to marry me—"
Then, as if remembering something, she asked, "By the way, you should know that I am the daughter of the Dustinis family, right?"
"
"I have no idea."
"So you were in front of the town before?"
"I just thought you were just like a spoiled young lady, that's why I said that."
"H-How could this be—"
The two looked at each other in bewilderment.
But Darkness added, "Now you know, I am actually a daughter of the Darthennes family."
"oh."
"----oh?"
"What? Are you trying to make me look shocked? Even Her Highness the Princess calls me brother, so what can a mere daughter of the Dustinis family do?"
"What exactly did you make Princess Alice do?!"
"Stop doing this, let go!"
She grabbed Charlotte by the neck.
However, it was soon relaxed again.
Darkness said somewhat excitedly, "W-what should we do? The blind date is at noon today. There's really no time left. I'm sorry, could you come back with me and try to persuade my father?"
"Need my help? Sure—but wait, I'm a little confused, why would I need to go on a blind date?"
"Will it happen again?"
"That's not important."
Charlotte waved her hand casually. Darkness was a little suspicious, but didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she explained.
It turns out that when Kazuma Sato started paying off his debts, Aldap did some research and discovered Darkness—whose true identity was the daughter of the Dustinis family—and then casually mentioned it.
Unfortunately, Darkness's father had always wanted her to give up her dangerous adventurer job, so he would arrange blind dates for her whenever he had the chance. Since Darkness wasn't planning on getting married yet, she rejected all the previous blind dates.
But this time it's different.
Because of Sato Kazuma's reasons, the lord's reasons, and Darkness's father, the pressure from three parties made it impossible for her to refuse this blind date.
"This has a lot to do with you too!"
"----I?"
"If it weren't for Miss Claire's letter, I wouldn't have been exposed so easily. Prosecutor Serena actually called me by my real name in the street! It was truly—utterly embarrassing!"
Charlotte gleaned from her few words that Claire probably also found it strange that the companion of the noble Dustinis' daughter would be convicted of such a trivial matter, which was why she had Sena investigate.
In general.
It's all about various coincidences.
Charlotte said, rather puzzled, "I'd be happy to help, not because you're a companion, but because I hate Aldap. But why don't you ask Kazuma? He'd definitely be happy to."
"That's of course—"
'
"Lalatina, Miss Lalatina!!" Before he could finish speaking, Kazuma Sato's loud voice rang out from outside the church. He seemed to care nothing for Darkness's shame and called out her name as if no one else was around.
Darkness burst out of the church, shouting, "Don't call me by that name!!"
"Oh dear, Miss Lalatina, what are you still doing here? Quick, it's time for our blind date! Let's hurry over there! We can't leave a bad impression on the guy!"
Kazuma Sato urged him on with a smile.
understood.
Darkness has definitely already approached Kazuma Sato, but Kazuma Sato is in favor of the matchmaking, and seems to want to arrange a blind date to kick out the useless female knights in the team.
"————Alright, let's go keep the appointment then."
"Charlotte!?"
"Didn't you want to turn down this blind date? I'll help you."
Charlotte pulled her by the wrist and led her outside. Darkness, after a brief moment of panic, calmed down and followed him out of the church like a submissive wife.