Chapter 21 (2/2)

“Gauro!?”

Even though Maia unconsciously shouted for his name, Bela´s knife was stuck at the floor right next to the neck of the man called Gauro.

“Hii.”

Facing such reality, Gauro raised a scream. The other men around also couldn´t move. They were being overwhelmed by the smile of the little girl.

“How is it, fellow? That´s just a request of this cute ojou-chan.”

While laughing, Bela said to the man.

“Not long ago, I couldn´t get to suck my mama´s b.r.e.a.s.t.s anymore, so left home. But as to be expected, children die without drinking their milk.”

Like the voice of a cat being stroked, she whispered next to the man´s ear. The face of the man became pale. An nonsensical fear pressured him.

“Brat, release Gauro.”

Although Maia shouted, Bela completely ignored her words and asked.

“Why?

Pa.s.sing her knife at his neck, she drew a red line. The small moans of the man resounded.

“I told you to release him!”

Facing such situation, Maia was about to draw her sword and jump in. However…

“Bal.”

Reacting to Bela´s call, Bal pressed the tip of his katana at Maia´s throat before she could bring her sword up. Maia wasn´t able to see Bal´s movement. The tan-skinned man appeared before her eyes as if he had teleported.

“Can´t you shut up for a bit? I want to get through it without ha.s.sle. I´m going to convince each of you one by one.”

As Bela was speaking and putting force on her knife, the man before her eyes was groaning while in tears. It was terrifying.

Gauro understood that from the view of that young girl that was supposed to be far younger than himself, she could easily steal his life away to the point she didn´t feel hesitation. Terrified, Gauro couldn´t hold himself from leaking that thing at his groin.

“Oya oya, looks like you´ve been holding up. So, can I hire you now?”

Bela laughed. The man caught by Bela sent Maia a pleading look. He didn´t want to cause shame to his leader. However, there was a limit even to that. Before saying anything, he showed his pleading on his face.

“Anego, that´s bad s.h.i.+t. That guy is Bal, the champion.”

Seeming that he knew about Bal, one of the men spoke. And then, Bal told Maia.

“Can you not take the offence? Really, I am getting worried that master might order me to kill everyone here.”

“That´s giving me a bad impression, you know?”

Hearing Bal´s saying that, Bela said. Jadan laughed at that

And then, at Bal she thought for a bit. Then, after sighing, she said.

“I see, so in the end you have the enough strength for danna to take interest on you… s.h.i.+t, alright then.” (TL note: Better way to phrase that? It´s impossible to translate it properly to english T.T ->なるほど、旦那のお気に入りだけはあるってことかい。<->

Maia put her sword in the scabbard.

“I´m sorry. I will hear your story.”

With those few words, Bela took her knife away from Gauro´s neck. And then, after Bela stood up, Maia said to her with a harsh glare.

“However, we won´t work under threats. We are also risking our lives here. I would like you to tell us some info on our job.”

“Well, obviously.”

With Bela acting like that, Maia put on an even moodier face and looked at the man fallen on the floor.

“Besides, that guy is part of our crew. To try to hire someone without first talking to the group leader is against the proper manners. Remember this well.”

“Sorry there. It hasn´t been long since I became a mercenary, so I don´t really know about the rules there, you see.”

Hearing Bela´s “Hyahyahya” laugh, Maia felt like she was having a headache.

Both the thoughts that Bela was annoying and that she acting like that was the obvious by looking at her age were surging inside Maia at the same time. At least, if she was to consider Bela´s outward age, it should have been that Maia had been at battles as a mercenary before Bela was even born.

Thinking about those things up to that point, Maia once again revised her understanding of the situation. After realizing she was being led by her nose by the young girl in front of her eyes, she couldn´t help but give a deep sigh.

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