Chapter 32 - Uproar (1/2)
”What the fuck did you do in there?!” Nendou shouted angrily, while holding Luke by the collar.
In the guard's perception, there was a large crowd around the half-wolf and a young girl being rushed away by the guild doctor, so the first suspect was obviously Luke and not the gigantic Dungeon under his feet.
When pressed, the half-wolf remained calm, because from the moment he met that guard, he knew he would face some trouble of this kind.
”Hey! What do you think you're doing!?” shouted Nathalia, realizing what was happening. She was thanking Lorran near the elevator and without thinking of the consequences, she summoned her Panspermia spear to Nendou.
The guards accompanying Nendou drew their swords as well. Tim! The clang shook the people around a little.
Not understanding anything that was happening, many adventurers also drew their swords for Nathalia. Some hesitated to do so because this was an Elf and elves are known throughout the world for their strength and influence.
”Nendou, what do you think you are doing?” Lorran questioned. The metal-armed girl, despite being only an E-Class, was already respectfully known to the Adventurers of Vasconcelos.
”Stay out of it.”
”Do you understand what you are doing?”
”I'm punishing a criminal. What do you think I'm doing?”
”A criminal!? What proof do you have of that!?” Nathalia still had her spear ready for an attack if necessary.
”P-proof?” Nendou thought briefly and cried out in stress, ”I don't need proof! He's a half-beast!”
This phrase surprised the crowd, who exclaimed, ”Ooohh!” But this was not an interjection of surprise due to Luke's race, after all, there had already been rumors going around the city's bars about a half-wolf ever since Nendou himself leaked this information.
”Tsk, tsk, tsk...” Someone in the crowd clicked his tongue several times as if disapproving of Nendou's speech. Among several large, armed adventurers, a woman with short black hair emerged, Luke recognized her as Eliz, the Guild Master's secretary. ”Assuming your prejudice in the midst of everyone? What will Zion think of that kind of behavior, Nendou?”
Upon hearing this and recognizing who that woman was, many of the men and women, who drew their weapons earlier, backed away and some even left the compound.
Nendou let go of the half-wolf's collar slowly while looking at him angrily. ”Tsc...”
”You have to stop being like that, otherwise I'll have to open a formal complaint against you.” Luke said, and patted the guard's chest weakly twice, with a cynical smile. Luke liked the guards as much as he liked the smell of dungeons, yet he had to put up with them now, unlike when he was a thief.
After calming down, Nathalia explained everything that had happened, from the discovery of the door to the encounter with Lorran.
”Before I start asking the questions, may I ask you what your authority is? Because we have our responsibility to Zion, but we haven't signed anything with you.” The half-wolf was still confused as to what authority the Guild Master's secretary had.
”I am his fiancée.”
That explained the respect that everyone around showed for her, because regardless of social class or ethnicity when two people marry, they enter into a contract to join their souls forever and ever, so besides sharing surnames, they also share their titles and authority.
”Anyway, what did the big door you guys found look like?”
”It was made of stone and filled with skulls.” Luke replied. He was leaning against the corner of the private room, reserved by Eliz for testimony.