Chapter 4.1 (2/2)

I think this was the first time I saw her reply this past? In any case, I nodded, and turned to Rein.

“Did the organization kill anyone recently?”

“Mm, our members died a lot recently, but when it comes to civilians, only 5 died. We wouldn’t really touch country folk. There are bad rumors sometimes when a beautiful woman comes, but we aren’t low enough to touch a normal family.”

“I have heard something about you going for married women nowadays, though?”

Rein’s face turned red when everyone looked at him with cold eyes.

“T, those are just false rumors spread by my senior, so that I wouldn’t be able to become No. 1 in the club!”

…Ah, come to think of it, he’s not too far from becoming No. 1, huh. If he keeps doing his job well, he might actually become like Swal… wait, does that kind of a knight actually… exist here?

“In any case… Run for now. I’ll sort out a few things and leave.”

“…What about that, then?”

Rein pointed to the Sword Saint and asked this. What do you think, dear Rein? What do you think we’ll do with her?

“Throw her away.”

“…She’s the Sword Saint, though?”

“Yeah, she probably wouldn’t die even if we leave her like this. No, if she goes serious, we’d all die.”

“…Where shall we put her?”

I nodded towards the fellow, who paled immediately. Good, you learned well. You haven’t forgotten that survival is your ultimate objective.

“Just leave her. It would be annoying if she were to wake.”

I moved the desk away, and opened the floor under it.

“Go through this path. If the path splits, just go left.”

“What about you?”

“I’m going to sort out a few things. You just take the kids.”

“…You aren’t going to run, are you?”

“Being near the children is the safest way to escape from the Empire’s attack.”

“Ah, right.”

Rein nodded after hearing my words, and I nodded back. Yup, I’m running. I beat the kids of a n.o.ble family to oblivion, there’s no way I’d get out safely. I’ll just leave Rein to be the scapegoat, and run secretly.

“Leaven, then.”

After watching the kids all leave one by one, I approached my secret safe and began trying to open it.

“It’s just the two of us now, huh?”

W, what the… Before I was even able to turn, some kind of a cold metal touched my neck.

-You’re screwed.

D, don’t say that.

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