Chapter 191 - Volume 9 (2/2)

A large man of about twenty with dusky blonde hair complained with a mushy face and the blonde girl returned the complaint like a fool.

Beside her, a dark-eyed brunette laughed ecstatically as she counted all the coppers, silver coins, and other pennies donated by the town’s residents.

They were a band of false heroes sent by the king’s royal brother’s son Clement.

They were originally part of a small band of mercenaries in the south who had been imprisoned for fraudulent activities in a city and were only released due to their similarity to the “Heroes of the Saint Country”. However, they don’t even know who they are working for.

The instructions are simple: solicit money in various places while posing as the Hero’s party. At first, they were only doing it to follow the order, but then, they were told that the money collected would entirely be their reward. Now, even when they are no longer asked to do so, they continue to cheat of their own volition.

They began cheating and acting as the Hero’s party about two weeks ago. So, clearly, they have been active even before Yurushia and the others arrive.

This is one of the plans to turn the aristocrats that are reverent to The Hero and The Saintess in the Saint Kingdom to the southern army. Although the content of the operation seems childish, its timing makes it a very effective operation in anticipation of the return of Yurushia.

If there was one problem though, it was that they couldn’t contact the other party to avoid being searched and having their connection being found out. So, they stuck to collecting money only and didn’t do anything Clement had planned them to do to actively damage the reputation of the Hero and the Saintess.

And since they had quickly moved around the city to prevent their identities being exposed, they had mistakenly attributed the city’s springing up with joy due to Yurushia’s return to their activities instead.

“Let’s go to a big city, not this little town. There, you’d get a big gold coin or even dozens of them, not just this small one.”

“Hey, you idiot, if you go to a city that big, someone might know the face of the saint.”

“Once you’ve made some money, it’s better to not be too greedy and just run away instead. It’s far easier to cheat in a small town.”

“…Small coins are stupid. It’s not good enough.”

“Yes, yes. I understand.”

“You don’t like pennies too, do you…. But, come on, wouldn’t you like our carriage to be more luxurious? My butt hurts so much from sitting for too long.”

“Sure, having a more luxurious carriage will make it easier for us to cheat, but you’d have to be a nobleman to own a carriage like that.”

“……..Then we should collect from the nobility as well. This is the inn town after all. Nobles come through here too.”

“”That’s it.””

Because they were all commoners, they did not understand that to nobles, there was a certain level of nobility and that there was a definite “rank” to them.

And the next day, a huge nobleman’s carriage would arrive in this inn town.

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TL Note : Hi everyone! For next week (6 July – 12 July) and next week only! I won’t receive or upload any bonus chapter because I’m not feeling well…. I guess I’m not prepared to receive your intense love all at once and ended up getting too full and sick! I will try to make a bigger container for your love (a.k.a I’m gonna stockpile some chapters first) so when you send me some love I could properly store and reply in kind! Don’t worry tho the regular chapter will upload as usual! If you forget, the schedules are :Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday! That’s all for me everyone! Have a nice day and take care of yourself!

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