Vol 2 Chapter 3.1 (2/2)

“……Yuuga had really done something’s that inexcusable. I’m sorry.” [Raven]

“You don’t need to apologize. I was able to clear my name because of Raven.” [Youki]

When I was taken into custody by the knight, I was actually cursing myself for having such terrible luck today.

In the end, it still didn’t change the fact that I was indeed involved in the uproar as well by engaging in a scuffle, so I was given a strict warning.

I wasn’t really the one who started it, though…That specific information was disregarded, since it would be much more troublesome if Raven had not turn up.

“Seriously, thank you very much. You have rushed over here to help me even though you were in the middle of your work.” [Youki]

“… I saw the group of knights taking Youki into custody from the window. I thought that something might have happened.” [Raven]

There were mountains of doc.u.ments piling up on Raven’s work desk.

It seemed that he had halted his work just to help me. I seriously couldn’t thank him enough for that.

“… So, what’s going to happen to Hero?” [Youki]

“He’s going to be given a stern warning, the same as Youki.” [Raven]

“Who is going to be placed in charge of that?” [Youki]

“… I was told by my subordinates that I should be the one to do it as the commander here.” [Raven]

Though he is hopeless, he is still a hero. The thought of reprimanding a hero could be too daunting so none of them wanted to do it… probably.

Besides, they wouldn’t want to make it look like the Hero was the one in the wrong, and they would like to carry it out impartially.

If they were to think of it that way, the only one who could do it was Raven.

“They have discreetly pushed the job to you, huh?” [Youki]

“… Sigh.” [Raven]

Raven let out a deep sigh. Is he alright? Could it be due to his acc.u.mulated fatigue…no that shouldn’t be it.

“… Raven, can you even converse with Hero?” [Youki]

“… Not possible. It’s not that I was made fun of. It’s just that, he told me that it was unnecessary to be concerned about something like that. That’s all.” [Raven]

“I see.” [Youki]

The person himself was concerned about it, so that was not the right way to conduct yourself towards him. The only reason he was concerned about it was because he was troubled by his own voice.

Yuuga probably did not mean any harm, though.

“Then, what are you going to do now? Are you planning to release him just like that?” [Youki]

“… I’ll manage it somehow through written memo.” [Raven]

“I guess so. Though, I don’t think that it would be convincing to do it through writing.” [Youki]

“It’ll be alright. I’ve done it before several times when we were still travelling as a party last time.” [Raven]

“Then it’s fine.” [Youki]

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“Raven! I’ve heard that the knights have arrested Captain. Where is he!?”

The door suddenly flung itself open and Duke came barging into the room as he shouted. It seemed that he had rushed here after receiving the information.

“Oioi. Calm down, Duke. Rather, you’re supposed to refer him as commander, not just Raven. He’s your superior.” [Youki]

“Have you done something to be detained like this? Could it be that, you have resorted to crimes after receiving too many rejections from Cecilia-san…” [Duke]

“I’ve not resorted to any crime! Anyway just listen to me!” [Youki]

“Is that true? Well it’s fine. Also, my only superior is Captain. Well, I’ll refer to him as Commander Raven when we’re in public… so why were you arrested?” [Duke]

“I’ll say this first, but I’ve not done anything wrong.” [Youki]

“Yeah, yeah. I got it.” [Duke]

It took some time to explain it all over again to Duke who still didn’t seem to believe in what I had said. In the meantime, Raven left the room after telling us that he would try to persuade Yuuga.

Wait, persuade? Aren’t you supposed to give him a stern warning instead?

I managed to catch a glimpse of his expression before he left the room, but it didn’t appear too well. Hence, all I could tell him was, ‘Do your best.’

“Based on the story, I don’t think that Captain was in the wrong. Hero was the one who had attacked Captain without first listening to what Captain has to say.” [Duke]

“Isn’t it? I’m not wrong right?” [Youki]

“Well, it WAS a disgraceful blunder that a normal human managed to steal Captain’s wallet, though. This wouldn’t have happened if Captain didn’t get your wallet stolen.” [Duke]

Duke seemed to believe that I was innocent too, but what he just said somehow made me feel miserable.

Duke was right. It was pathetic that I got my own wallet stolen.

“It was just a joke, okay?… Why such a long face?” [Duke]

“No, well… I had nothing but bad luck today.” [Youki]

At the thought of all the incidents that happened since this morning, I couldn’t even heave a sigh. Even though tomorrow is the long awaited reunion with Cecilia, why was I dogged by all the misfortune today?

Could it be a trial that needed to be overcome in order to meet Cecilia? …No, that shouldn’t be it.

“Captain, um… sorry.” [Duke]

I felt even more depressed at my own misfortune.

While Duke was consoling me, Raven returned to the room. It has only been several minutes since he left though.

“That’s surprisingly fast.” [Youki]

“The person himself seemed to have deeply regretted it. I’ve written everything beforehand so all I did was show him the memos, asking him to reflect on himself. All the words of caution have also been written in advance.” [Raven]

“Oioi. Is that alright? He could have not taken a look at them at all and might appear as such just for the sake of it.” [Youki]

“… That won’t be possible. If he does that, he’ll get a preaching from both Cecilia and Mikana.” [Raven]

Did something similar happen during their journey? In any case, I felt that it was slightly too lenient.

“Captain, I’ll go. I don’t give a d.a.m.n if he’s a hero or not. I’ll whip him into shape.” [Duke]

“… Duke, you’re already infamous among the group of knights. Any more than this is indeed…” [Raven]

“Hold it right there! I just heard something that I couldn’t ignore. What do you mean by infamous? I have heard nothing about that.” [Youki]

Leaving aside the matter about Yuuga, I need to hear this out carefully. If my former subordinate were to make any blunder, I should admonish him as his captain.

“No, I wasn’t… infamous.” [Duke]

It was plain as day that he was averting his gaze. It was obviously suspicious. He must be hiding something.

When I tried to press on for answer, the sound of someone knocking on the door could be heard.

Raven sounded the bell on his desk.

Thereupon, the door opened and a girl in armour entered the room.

… Was that bell a subst.i.tute for his reply?

“C-Commander, please excuse me.” [???]

Is she Raven’s subordinate?

As soon as she entered the room, she glanced around restlessly.

She narrowed her eyes momentarily when she looked at me and looked disgruntled when she saw Duke. However, a look of relief washed across her face right after.

The girl then grabbed Duke’s arm and dragged him out of the room by tugging him along by his arm.

That action of hers was kind of cute.

“Commander, please excuse me!” [???]

She gave a bow and exited from the room.

Duke left without saying anything.

Did Duke become a lolicon too?

“Raven, who’s that girl earlier?” [Youki]

Disregarding the cause, Duke was originally my subordinate. Hence, it is a captain’s duty to correct his subordinate’s mistakes.

“Girl… Ah, do you mean Irene? Duke and Irene usually work together. She was probably searching for Duke who had slipped away during training. Also, she’s an elf. She might look young but her actual age is… Since it’s a personal information, I can’t divulge it. But, at the least she’s not as young as what Youki thinks.” [Raven]

“She’s an elf?” [Youki]

Could she really be an elf? The elf race that is said to exist among the different races in another world. That elf!?

I had thought that I was dogged by misfortune today, but not only was I able to see an elf, I was also saved by Raven. Was my luck improving?

“But aren’t elves specialized in magic or archery?” [Youki]

“… There are circ.u.mstances there too.” [Raven]

He couldn’t say it.

As a man, I shouldn’t be prying into a woman’s circ.u.mstances since we just met and have not spoken to each other yet.

If that’s the case, then I would like to know how Duke is doing as a knight. My eyes abruptly landed on the pile of papers on the desk. Come to think of it, Raven’s work was interrupted, too, due to Yuuga and me.

Since I was already released from detention, there was no reason for me to stay here any longer.

“Well, from that girl’s point of view, I am just a stranger. Besides, if I were to poke around a girl’s situation out of curiosity, I would receive another preaching from Cecilia again. Raven, it’s time for me to leave. You’ve been of great help to me today.” [Youki]

“… Yuuga was the one at fault. So what I did is natural. See you then.” [Raven]

“Ou, help me relay it to Duke too.” [Youki]

Having said so, I parted with Raven and left the knight’s headquarter… but;

“Ah, you finally came out!” [???]

“Ge-!” [Youki]

For some reason, I was ‘ambushed’ and caught by Yuuga.

“You finally came out. Eh, weren’t you the one who was with Cecilia previously? We seemed to have met each other several times now.” [Yuuga]

“I have met you many times.” [Youki]

“We have, haven’t we? I didn’t notice it since the alley was dark.” [Yuuga]

Even though I could discern that it was Yuuga at the time, it didn’t appear to be the same for him, though, even if he did recognize me, I don’t think I would have greeted him too.

“I’ll take my leave then if there’s nothing else.” [Youki]

I had a feeling that it would wind up being troublesome so I should leave this place as soon as I could. However, Yuuga didn’t permit me to do so.

“Ah, wait a minute. I actually wanted to apologize for the misunderstanding. Is it, not okay with you?” [Yuuga]

Yuuga flashed me a killer smile that would instantly make women fall head over heels for him. Naturally it wouldn’t work on me since I do not swing that way.

However, if I were to decline Yuuga’s request, he might persist in pestering me about it.

If we were to make a racket in front of the knight’s headquarter, we would end up troubling Raven again.

There was no other way than to endure it and accept his invitation.

“I understand. Sure.” [Youki]

“Seriously!? Then shall we change our location? I know of a good restaurant.” [Yuuga]

“Yeah, yeah.” [Youki]

I reluctantly followed Yuuga who walked ahead of me.

It seemed that Raven had handed Yuuga the disguise set I lent him. Probably because he was being considerate towards Raven, he put them on as he walked around the town. It was a huge relief since it had prevented more commotion from occurring. Even though he was in disguise when we were on the ‘double date’ the other time, I couldn’t comprehend why he came out without one today. It was actually bewildering that he has not caused any uproar before he got into the fight with me.

On our way there, a profound silence enveloped us the entire time. Yuuga appeared to have wanted to say something, but I guess I was emitting an aura that was figuratively screaming, “Don’t talk to me!”, so he held back and kept quiet.

After walking for several minutes, we finally arrived at the place. It was the same place recommended by Mikana the other day.

“We’re here! Not only does it have an amicable and stylish atmosphere, the employees are kind too, and the food’s totally tasty!” [Yuuga]

I thought the introduction sounded familiar, but wasn’t it similar to what Mikana said?

It seemed that Yuuga had been to this place before with Mikana. He must have remembered the words she said at that time.

“Oh! Is that so? I’m looking forward to it.” [Youki]

Despite the fact that I had been here before, I told what seemed like a barefaced lie. Nevertheless, since I couldn’t tell him the truth, I just kept quiet about it.

“What’s so fun about coming to such a fas.h.i.+onable shop with another guy?”. That was what I was thinking of at that moment, but seeing that we were already there, I figured I might as well just go in.

“Welcome. It’ll be for two people, right? Please take your seat here.” [employee]

We were guided by the same employee as the other time to our seats.

Yuuga appeared to be troubled as he looked at the menu, probably contemplating on what to order, but since I didn’t feel like having a prolonged conversation with him, I didn’t plan to eat anything. All I requested for was a cup of drink.

“I’ll get this shop’s recommended drink.” [Youki]

“… Anything else?” [employee]

“Yes, could you please wait for a moment? My friend hasn’t make his selections yet.” [Youki]

Yuuga was still looking through the menu.

Could you make your decision soon?!

“No… I mean, does this customer has anything else to order?” [employee]

“Me? I’m fine with just a drink.” [Youki]

“I see.” [employee]

There was a strange look on the employee’s face as she tilted her head. 2

After that, Yuuga eventually ordered the same thing as me before the employee left.

It was something that I found out later on, but when Raven and I were ‘binge eating’ in this shop the other day, our behaviour made us stick out like a sore thumb, leaving quite an impression on the employees here. As a result, it seemed that I was unexpectedly labelled as a ‘compulsive eater customer’, so her suspicion was aroused when I ordered only a drink this time. It was a really trivial story, though.

Footnotes

1.Furos.h.i.+ki

2. I don’t know if it’s a ‘he’ or ‘she’ so I left it as ‘she’ for the time being.

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