Chapter 58 - Guild’s Betrayalv2c19 (1/2)

—Raust—

I couldn’t understand what was written on the poster for a moment.

Prohibiting adventurers from entering the labyrinth was the highest penalty in this labyrinth city.

But, if my memory was correct, I didn’t remember committing something that warranted such punishment.

In the first place, I had never committed unjust violence against other adventurers.

「Hahaha, what a nice feeling this is.」

…The voice I could hear from behind was one that didn’t even try to hide they were mocking me who was feeling irritated.

Maybe because I was already irritated, but I felt annoyed by the source of that voice.

「………Huh?」

However, the moment I turned around and identified the owner of that voice, my irritation vanished.

「Meet again, huh, defect healer.」

The owner of the voice was the leader of the War God’s Greatsword that I fought yesterday, and it came from the reception of the adventurer guild.

Even though he lost completely yesterday, he didn’t feel any fear toward me.

It was obviously suspicious, that was why, seeing his attitude, a certain possibility came to mind.

Normally, one wouldn’t be punished with that as a reason.

However, I couldn’t think of any other reason for this punishment, although I thought it was impossible, I still voiced that possibility.

「…No way, I was accused of doing unjust violence…」

Even when I mentioned that, I still didn’t believe that I would be punished with that as the reason.

I don’t know about other adventurer guilds, but here in the labyrinth city, the guild doesn’t interfere excessively with adventurers’ private fight.

That’s why I didn’t report to the guild that I was attacked by War God’s Greatsword.

It’s a different matter if the adventurer dies, but the adventurer guild won’t get involved otherwise.

Besides, if the adventurer guild interferes in the adventurers’ private fight, the one who should have been punished is War God’s Greatsword as the party that initiated the fight.

In that case, the punishment shouldn’t be as harsh as being banned from entering the labyrinth.

「Ohh, you finally get it? Yes, that’s us.」

However, the words that the leader of their party said with a mixture of ridicule and superiority betrayed my imagination.

「………What?」

Hearing that, I couldn’t hide my agitation.

For a moment, I thought the words he said was just a lie to mock me, I looked around in the hope that someone would deny the words of the man in front of me.

「-kh!」

It was then I noticed that the guild staffs were smirking at me.

The guild staffs looking here with a mocking gaze as if their flattering attitude from a few days ago was a lie.

They instead looked at War God’s Greatsword with a flattering gaze.

「…So that’s the deal, huh?」

Seeing their attitude, I understood that the guild staffs had cast me away.

The guild staffs knew that I and Narsena had no intention to become exclusive adventurers.

So they gave up on us early.

And then, to gain the goodwill from War God’s Greatsword, the other exclusive adventurer, they perpetrated this unfairness.

In other words, the ban on entering the labyrinth, which was the highest penalty, was clearly unjustified.

Maybe, War God’s Greatsword asked the guild to take revenge on me, and the guild staff that wanted exclusive adventurers agreed to it.

「…is rotten.」

Understanding that, I no longer able to control my anger.

And so, those words leaked from my mouth.

「Gh!」

「Hieee!」

The words filled with unbridled anger not only shook the leader of War God’s Greatsword who had a certain level of abilities, but also the guild staffs.

Especially, the leader of War God’s Greatsword who once fought me looked visibly panicked, that reaction gave me a hope that the punishment might be lifted if I tried to negotiate in a threatening manner.

「This is the guild’s decision. Needless resistance will only make the situation worse.」