Chapter 148 (1/2)

Volume 2

Atelier Tanaka Volume 3 Chapter 3 Part8

Witch

It was now the following day after solving the events of the jailbreak.

A visitor I never would’ve expected woke me up in the morning.

“Oi! Get up!”

While I was still drowsy, I could hear a loud voice calling out to me.

I could tell who it was before even opening my eyes. My eyelids slowly opened and I saw Mercedes-chan’s face followed by her huge chest. She had one hand placed on the side of the bed and the other on my shoulder, shaking me and the bed.

“Get up! Tanaka!”

“Mercedes-san?”

Oh, this isn’t so bad.

It’s a completely different feeling than when Sophichan wakes me up. Her powerful grasp on my shoulder shaking me awake gave me more energy than usual in the morning. As my body shook, the feeling was transmitted to my morning wood, increasing its hardness.

“Are you going to get up!? We have preparations to make, get up already!”

“Preparations? What are you talking about?”

“Just get up already! It’s about the serious problem both you and I are facing!”

Her expression was serious.

This caused me to finally wake up completely.

Outside of my room, I could see a certain maid looking in on us.

“I understand. Please, give me a moment so I can get ready.”

“Hurry up!”

As soon as she confirmed I was getting out of bed, Mercedes-chan left my bedroom. Once the door had closed, I got up and quickly got ready.

I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and took care of everything else I thought I needed to.

After exiting my room and heading to the living room, I spotted the Imperial Lesbian sitting on the sofa. Sophichan was sitting next to her and they were close enough that their thighs were touching. Mercedes-chan’s arm was going behind Sophichan and I could tell that she was currently rubbing her butt.

“You’re ready!”

Mercedes-chan said this with a serious face while still rubbing Sophichan’s butt.

She really is living her life to the best of her ability.

This is the correct way to use one’s power.

“So what are we doing?”

“We’re going out into the city! Come on!”

“I’d at least like to know why we need to do that.”

The Imperial Lesbian suddenly stood up and removed her hand from Sophichan’s skirt. I’d be forever grateful if she thrust that same hand into my mouth.

“It’s about what happened yesterday! Just come on!”

“I see.”

I guess she doesn’t want Sophichan to hear.

If that’s the case, I should just obediently follow after her.

“Let’s go!”

“Okay, let’s get going.”

Still sitting on the sofa, Sophichan’s face had become bright red and she was starting to tear up. It looks like Mercedes-chan was doing more than just rubbing her butt. Even though Mercedes-chan had removed her hand, Sophichan was rubbing her hands in between her thighs.

“I’m sorry but I’ll be going out for a little while.

“Y-Yesh~.”

After telling her this, we left the dormitory.

***

The Imperial Lesbian took me to the town square in the centre of the city.

The square was packed with people hurrying through the city. Despite how early it is, there were a surprisingly large amount of people gathered here. All of them were focused on the several execution stands positioned in the centre of the square. There was also a roaring bonfire located between these stands.

“Tch.”

Mercedes-chan scoffed at the sight set out before us.

I fully understood why she reacted like this.

“This doesn’t look good.”

On the way here, Mercedes-chan told me that the execution of the leaders of the escapees is to be carried out this morning. I just met with one of the leaders yesterday and now they’ve all been captured, I doubt that it’s a coincidence.

Mercedes-chan used her connections within the Imperial Knights to find this out.

Last night, several teachers from the Royal Academy collaborated and started a large-scale investigation on their own.

I have no idea why the teachers suddenly decided to act on their own.

Anyway, as a result of their investigation, most of the escapees and their leaders were caught in the slums and turned over to the Central Order. The higher ups of this country want to use the escapees as an example and set the date of their execution on the same day they were captured.

The teachers at the academy are impressive.

“After speaking with a few knights from the Order, it doesn’t seem like they’ve said anything about us.”

“Is that so?”

“But it’s only a matter of time.”

“I think so as well.”

Considering the fact that a few of them know our faces, it would be dangerous for us to move closer to the execution site. Mercedes-chan is very recognizable and I don’t think anyone else in this empire has a face quite like my own. We need to avoid being spotted by any of the escapees.

“Let’s get up on the roof of that building.”

“All right!”

We moved to the building the Imperial Lesbian pointed at.

The building was the tallest one in the square. I moved from building to building using my flight magic. I did my best to ensure no one saw me before finally making it to the top.

I waited for a few moments as the Imperial Lesbian skillfully climbed up the side of the building. Her physical ability is as impressive as always. I kind of regret not coming up behind her so I could look up her skirt.

Just as she reached the top, we could hear a booming voice coming from the centre of the square.

“Look upon the faces of the fools that wished to cause unrest upon our great city!”

The source of the voice was a government official that was standing beside the bonfire.

He was pointing at a woman that had been tied to a cross and crucified. There’s no way I could forget the face of the woman I just met yesterday. It was the robed woman with the great figure that offered me her body free of charge.

Both of her hands were nailed to the cross and her eyes had been removed. It was a sight I recognized from when I first saw her in the prison. It made me wonder just how dangerous she’s considered to be.

Also, on top of the execution stands surrounding the bonfire, there were several other criminals positioned. Among them, I could see the Great Thief that opened all of the cell doors when we escaped.

“Today, for these people that have caused harm and spread fear throughout out citizens, we sentence them to death!”

The official was attempting to whip the crowd into a frenzy.

However, the majority of the gathered crowd didn’t seem happy.

I’d assume that the execution of criminals would be great entertainment for a medieval crowd like this. It’s possible that they’re all upset that such a loud commotion is happening outside their homes so early in the morning. Coming to this execution could be like coming outside to look at construction.

Mercedes-chan muttered something as I thought this.

“What is it?”

I wondered if she noticed the confusion on my face.

“It’s nothing much but don’t the people in the crowd seem upset about what’s happening?”

“I wonder.”

“Do you know something?”

“Most of the people on the execution stands are benevolent thieves. Take the Great Thief hard for example. She gave out most of the gold she got from fencing the goods she stole from that nobleman’s house.”

“Ah, I see.”

I already knew that about the Great Thief, but many of the other criminals seemed to be similar to her.

But I’m sure most citizens know about them.

“Most of them? Does that include the woman we spoke with yesterday?”

“That witch is a powerful woman. Although I can’t say I know her reasons, it seems most days she takes down domestic and foreign slave traders. She sets all of the slaves she finds free. Well, younger men that have certain interests usually follow her.”

Seriously?

This helped me understand our conversation from yesterday a little better.

“.”

“What’s wrong?”