Chapter 112 - Senior Holy Knight and Sunny Land [3] (1/2)

112. Senior Holy Knight and Sunny Land [3]

As I glanced around at the tattered training hall and thought about how to explain this situation, I noticed footsteps coming this way.

Perhaps the staff of the Holy Knights Association heard the sound of broken windows and are heading towards us in a hurry.

(For the time being… I have no choice but to explain it as it is…)

I don’t know if they’ll believe me, but let’s just describe the plain truth.

When I made up my mind, a man walked into the training hall.

「What was all that noise just… now?」

He, who was dressed in a wacky outfit, gaped at the miserable state of the training hall.

In the midst of the indescribably heavy air,

「B-Branch chief…」

One of the junior holy knights called out.

(The『Branch Chief』means… Is he『Clown Jester』-san?)

Leia-sensei informed us that he had just taken up the position of branch chief of the Orest Branch Holy Knights Association about a week ago.

Clown Jester.

Judging by his outward appearance, he seemed to be in his early thirties.

He is about 180 centimeters tall and has a thin body build.

Dark red hair and gentle face.

A red spade was painted on the right cheek and a black heart on the left cheek.

He wore a black bartender vest on top and a whole body white monochrome clown costume.

And he had a black-and-white fedora low-over his eyes.

It’s not good to judge people by appearance, but… he somewhat gave off a shady feeling.

「Um… Excuse me, can I ask someone to explain the situation?」

When Clown-san looked around with a wry smile,

「T-The shitty brat there suddenly started going on a rampage!」Instructor Don Gorg shouted, with an evil smile.

「Him?」

Clown-san’s gaze was directed to me.

「Aa yes! Watch out, branch chief! Even with such a small body, he is strong like a demon!」

Then, Ria and Rose protested to the instructor who was talking nonsense.

「Hey, don’t screw around! You’re the one who went on a rampage without permission and destroyed the training hall!」

「You were the one who got violent first!」

「Gu, Gununu…」

One-vs-two – he was on the disadvantage in numbers.

「W-What! You guys have been watching it too, right!? That shitty brat suddenly started to rampage! Oi, you were watching right !?」he glared at the junior holy knights as though threatening them.

「「「……」」」

They shrank back and held their tongue in response to that clearly obvious threat.

(…Well, no wonder.)

For them, this instructor is their direct supervisor.

There is no merit even if they stood up for us.

(But that means… We will be at a disadvantage….)

Don Gorg is an instructor here.

It is our word against his.

As the branch chief of the Orest branch, Clown-san will be more inclined to believe what his subordinate says.

And then,

「N-No! The person who broke this room was… Instructor Don!」a junior holy knight shouted.

And with that as the start,

「A-Aa! I saw it with my own eyes, too! The instructor went on a rampage and destroyed this training hall!」

「Branch chief! The fault lies entirely with the instructor!」

Everyone around me raised the voice of truth simultaneously.

「B-Bastards…!」

To the instructor who furiously glared at the junior holy knights,

「…Don-san, is it true that you went on a rampage?」

Clown-san asked indifferently, with an unreadable expression.

「…………It’s true. But! It was unavoidable! That kid spoke impudently to me!」

「I see. By the way… that liquor bottle over there… Is that yours?」

「Aa, what’s wrong with that?」

「『The Holy Knight Work Regulations』prohibits drinking while on duty. You know that much, don’t you?」

Holy Knight Work Regulations – The universal rules of the Holy Knights worldwide.

「Hmm, I don’t care about that stupid rule! I have been an instructor here for decades. My word is the rule here! Even during the previous branch chief and the branch chief before him, it has always been so!」

Clown-san simply shrugged his shoulders as the instructor shouted.

「Fuu… I understand. Well then, Instructor Don Gorg, I’ll dismiss you today.」

「W-What?」

「We will send you a notice of dismissal to your home. Thank you for everything until today.」

Clown-san took off his hat and bowed, and as if to say『This matter is final!』, he walked past the instructor.

The next moment,

「…Greenhorn, who just got appointed last week… Don’t talk like you understand anything! Sand Blast!」

The furious instructor wielded his broken soul dress and shot more than twenty sand swords towards Clown-san.

「B-Branch chief, look out!」

A shriek flew,

「Haa… You can’t even tell the『difference in power』?」

The sand swords broke as if it had hit an invisible wall.

And that was not all.

「Wha-What is this…!?」

The instructor slowly went down where he stood, as though being pinned down from above.

「Nuohh!」

He seemed to be struggling to get up somehow, but… he couldn’t even twitch.

Perhaps he was being held down by a tremendous force? Or perhaps something else?

(Is this『gravity』? …No, it’s not.)

Looking closely, only the instructor’s body was influenced by the mysterious power.

If he was held down by gravity, the surrounding broken floorboards would also start creaking.

This person… although wearing a silly outfit, he is pretty strong.

Clown-san, who made the difference in power between them clear, returned to his light tone from before.

「Now, you’re being a hindrance to the clean up. Please say『goodbye』already.」

Immediately after that, the instructor, who was freed from the mysterious power,

「Tch, damn it… I will remember this, Allen Rodore!」

At the end, he spat that out and ran out of the training hall.