“Umm, what?” I’m really confused now. An elf knight suddenly barges into this room and arrogantly orders me to stand up, what should I do? I can just ignore her, but she looks like she holds a position of power, if I made the wrong choice I may get executed now. “Hey, are you ignoring me?” “No, sorry. I just have a slow response.” I realize I’ve been thinking for too long and quickly stand up, I don’t know anything yet about this woman, so I better follow the flow, even if she’s just some prankster, I could just turn her into a cow. “Slow response? Someone who defeated a chief rank monster have a slow response?” The elf dy stared at me sharply, I could feel that she stared into my soul. “I..it’s Miss Luan who killed it. I'm just a carrier.” “Ha ha ha ha.” She ughs, lowering the tension in the room. “Ah, you’re right. What to expect from a newbie. Ha ha ha, a newbie defeated a chief rank monster.” She ughs out. Honestly I feel degraded by her, but at the same time, I feel relieved that the tension got lowered.
“Is that the response that you expected?”
Just as I thought the problem was solved, she grabbed me by my shirt and lifted me to the air, before smming my back to the wall. My back could feel it, this is the same feeling from that giant tadpole’s tail sm. My back feels really hurt and makes it hard to breathe, even though the wall behind me doesn’t show any crack. “Don’t try to fool me!! I heard from Lady Eleanor that you were trapped in the cave to fight that Monstrosity alone with another woman, who’s also a newbie just like you!!” “I..i tell the truth, Miss Luna is the one who nded the..the finishing blow, even with everything that I threw at it, that abomination is still alive.” Speaking alone is really hard for me, but if I stay silent, who knows what will happen to me. “Staying alive alone is no small feat, now tell me, who are you? I couldn’t find your personal data.” “I..I was a child of a prostitute.” What I said is not a complete lie, in my original world, my mother used to work in prostitution to before she met my dad. “Oh, that would expin one thing, but raises another question. Where did that power come from?” She pressed my body to the wall harder, making it harder to breathe. “Tch.” She threw me to the floor after realizing that I can probably die from that. “Hurry up and breathe!!”
“VALORIA!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!”
Another knight enters the room, but her armor covers every part of her body besides her head, allowing me to see that she was Lady Eleanor. “VALORIA SCARLET, what have you done to my savior?” “Lady Eleanor, I need to interrogate him, I couldn’t find his track record anywhere in the archive.” After hearing Valoria’s defense, Lady Eleanor sps her on the cheeks. “DOes it important? What’s important is he saved me and the women in that cursed cave.” “Yes.. that’s true that this man has done something heroic, but his intention is still unclear, he even possesses power that a commoner normally wouldn’t have.” “Valoria Scarlet.” Lady Eleanor’s tone turns from angry into serious and calm. “You may be a captain of a knight legion, but I’m a cleric. Are we clear?” “Yes.” “Now apologize to Hiroshi and leave the room.” “Mr Hiroshi, I’m sorry.” Valoria bowed down to me and said sorry, but her face looked like she wanted to tear me with her own teeth, “Ugh, ye..yes. No problem.” Damn it, why does someone as strong as her have to be my enemy, looks like my life will be harder now. After she left the room, it’s now Lady Eleanor who bowed down, “I’m really sorry for what she’s done. I’ll make sure she won’t get you into trouble anymore.” “No…no, I should thank you instead. If you didn’t interfere, I'd probably be dead right now.” “No, I still need to apologize for being a careless inviter, please have your seat.” After being invited, I sit back to my seat, and after 30 seconds of silence, I ask “Umm, if you don’t mind, can I ask who’s the elf knight before?”
“She’s Valoria Scarlet, she’s the head knight captain of the Red Bde knight legion. The Red Bde knight legion is the strongest knight legion of Artos Kingdom. That’s why she has enough authority to barge into a mayor office, but don’t worry. A cleric like me holds a higher position in the kingdom, I’ll make sure she doesn’t interrupt you.”
“That still didn’t expin why she’s so suspicious of me, is my power really that strong?”
“It’s just an excuse, she and her legion originally pn to rescue me, but Luna and you precede her. She felt insulted by both of you.”
“Then why didn’t she shes out at Luna?”
“She will when she finds her.”
“Ah crap, is my pn to turn Luna into a ranch cow a terrible move? But if I don't punish her, she will keep scheming behind me in the future. Argh, this makes me frustrated.” “ALright, I understand. I will be more careful in the future, so let’s change the topic. Why did you invite me here?” I asked Lady Eleanor, but she just handed me a basket and said, “Don’t need to hurry, just eat this while we wait for the mayor.” It was a basket full of pickled fruits. I was expecting some baked cookies, but then I remembered that this is a medieval era. “Ah, thank you.” I took one weird looking dried fruit that’s been cut to slices. The taste was really weird, it’s sour, salty and gave me an electrocuting feeling on my tongue. Even if it has a different meaning, Miyuki was right to just take one bite. “So, how’s it? This is the best pickled curit from the town.” Curit is definitely a fruit that’s native to this word. My mouth is too busy enduring the strange taste, so I just smile and give a thumbs up. Lucky for me, right after I managed to swallow that cirut, the mayor entered the room with a giant leather bag that he pced near the table. “Sorry to keep you waiting, I have some business to take care of.” “No problem.” The mayor and Lady Eleanor may look really friendly, but once he sat down, both of their smiles faded and their expressions turned serious.
“Mr Hiroshi, can you and your companion lie to the public?”
