Chapter 92 - Let’s listen (2/2)

「…Understood.」

Aifa reluctantly agreed.

By the way, being unfortunately exposed to way too much attention, we decided not to stop at the inn picked by Aifa, and as if running away, once again left the city.

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When we outlined what happened, Leticia made a concerned expression and hummed.

「……Is that so? Now, I didn’t understand the reason why you brought him here, but I got the general picture.」

Nodding to Leticia’s words, I then point at the man that sat with a sour face. Perhaps able to calm down as time passed, but the man now was glaring at me with an expression that showed that he resolved himself.

Wryly smiling at that spectacle, I lean to Leticia.

「If it’s fine with you, can you explain to this man that we are not bad nobles? I don’t want them to keep targeting me from now on, so I’d like to resolve this misunderstanding before I let him go.」

When I whispered so to Leticia, she first slightly opened her eyes in surprise, and the next moment replied with a bit of an awkward smile.

「Fufu. So that’s how it was. Indeed, releasing a person right after he made an attempt on your life is a kindness bordering with foolishness. For me, it’s also unpleasant to allow a misunderstanding about such a person to continue.」

And like that, she easily accepted my request. I’m quite happy about that, though the notes of disappointment in her tone didn’t sit quite right with me.

While I kept pondering on that, Leticia stood up and walked past me.

Then, she sat facing the man, looked directly at him, and suddenly turned a palm of her hand.

Then, slapped him across the face with a nice sound.

「Sla-slap…?」

Not only me, but everyone in the room was bewildered by that sudden strike.

The slapped man froze for a moment, but soon realized what had happened and then glared angrily.

「Wha-what are you doing…!」

Not taking her eyes off the man that bellowed in a threatening tone, Leticia then shouted right back at him in an even louder voice.

「Be silent!」

I involuntarily straightened my back due to the force behind that voice.

「You are assuming that the target for your revenge is there, and use that to justify your actions. But you are wrong.」

Having completely changed her tone, Leticia spoke in a mild tone, as if remonstrating him.

「How am I wrong?! I will exact my revenge on nobles! What’s wrong about taking an eye for an eye!」

As the man roared menacingly, Leticia slapped him without saying a word.

Once again, the sound of a slap boomed across the room.

「I’m the one talking. Talking back is not permitted.」

When Leticia declared so, the man sunk into silence with a confused look.

「……Yikes.」

I involuntarily muttered seeing Leticia’s forceful attitude. Looking around, Ayla’s shoulders were slightly shaking.

「Since something cruel was done to me, I will repay with the same coin. That I can understand. You surely have strong hatred and resentment. But should your resentment befall those people? Did Taiki-sama, the one that would heal a wounded child and bestow charity upon those in need, do anything cruel to you?」

「He-heal? Charity? Y-You are lying! They are Reginshion company’s……」

Smack, that is another slap that resounded through the room, and the man once again closed his mouth.

「I’m still talking.」

When Leticia told him so, the man, for a moment, looked like he was about to cry.

Leticia in sermon mode is super scary.