Chapter 12 (2/2)

”Lady Marianne is loved by the citizens here. Anyone who dares to think about harming her will be captured by the people around her. Besides, she has me with her.”

”You have a lot of confidence in yourself, don't you?”

”I've been an S-ranking adventurer for some time now.”

When I looked at the face on the wall again, I saw Kaede and Marianne peeking out of the holes in her face.

These two get along very well.

”Kaede-San, that store has a great reputation for having the most delicious sweets”

”Master, I want to try them!”

Kaede's eyes shone after telling me those words.

Oh, honey, you may look like an adult, but inside, you're still a child.

I handed her the leather bag containing the money.

”Will you give me everything?”

”No, it's just a small amount that's in this bag, but, you can use it however you want.”

”Thank you!”

In case you're wondering, I'm saving money for her. You never know what might happen in the future.

And especially at this time, I want to strive to be a good master for her.

...Because maybe, the day will come when she will want to go away alone.

I'm willing to free her from slavery if she ever wants to.

After all, there is only one thing I want.

And that is to fill the hole that is in my heart and feel relief again.

When that is accomplished, and I am satisfied with myself, I am sure I will not have the need to get another slave.

And it will be the day I forget Sain and Lisa, I will live a peaceful life.

”Toru-Sama, look there.”

”Wow, that's a big statue.”

It was a stone statue in the shape of a man standing in the center of the city.

He wore heavy armor and held a sword in a heroic pose.

”That is the image of my father when he was young, the lord of this city. It embarrasses him, but I am proud to say that it is a very beautiful symbol.

”Yes, I think it is also a beautiful statue.”

”Oh, you understand, Toru-Sama, I've been working with the people of the city to create this statue for my father's birthday.”

The ground was shaking slightly.

Could it be an earthquake...?

The tremor gradually gets bigger and the stone statue breaks with a roar.

Whooaaa!

A strange growl and countless tentacles began to reach the people from a drifting cloud of sand.

”Aaaah!”

”My Lady!!”

One of them tangled his tentacles with Marianne and dragged her into the cloud.

The three of us were trapped in the middle without being able to move.

There was a big hole where the stone statue used to be.

Apparently, the enemy entered through the underground and kidnapped people at random. We don't know what he's after, but I bet if we chase him right away, we can get Marianne back in one piece.

”My lady, now I'm coming for you!”

I grabbed Urara by the arm before she jumped into the hole.

”Wait, we're coming with you.”

”And what can you do?”

”If you're going to look for her, you'd better have all the help you can get. And you know what we are capable of, you cannot refuse.”

”You're right, so let's hurry, we have to rescue Marianne and the others.”

Urara agreed with my proposal, and Kaede nodded her head to indicate that she agreed with my idea.

I don't know who did this, but I will make sure she regrets interrupting my tour of the city.

The three of us approached the hole and looked inside.

”Where does this lead?”

”Probably to the subway ruins. Actually, the city is built on top of huge ruins.”

”So, there's a maze down there. Kaede, will we be able to find it?”

”No problem. I've already captured Marianne's Rome.”

So, you can also track her down. That's my beautiful slave.

”Let's jump”

”Yes”

”I follow you.”

And the three of us jumped into the hole.