91 What Belongs to Bandits Also Belongs to Me (1/2)

I am listening to Beta in my own dorm room.

It is night time after classes at the academy are over. Beta is making her periodic report.

”After the incident at the Festival of the God of War, Doem's standing is...”

”Fumu.”

I've given the matter a lot of thought in retrospect of what Nee-san said, and my conclusion is that Outlaw City really does seem a great place to go.

In the first place, I haven't done any bandit-hunting recently. And Outlaw City is pretty much just a gathering of people marginally better than bandits, right? And what belongs to bandits belongs to me.

”It has become much easier for Epsilon to move. Within Oriana Kingdom...”

”Fumu.”

That talk from Nee-san about my job in the future.

Another way of interpreting that is that all would be fine as long as I have money, right?

If I have money, then I can do whatever I want.

Outlaw City is packed with people not much better than bandits.

And I'm sure the big bosses there have been raking it in by doing tons of bad things.

So everyone's problems would be resolved if I beat them up and help myself to their treasure.

”The fighting strength of Shadow Garden is growing at a steady rate. At Alexandria, we are recently devoting our resources towards the development of the steam engine...”

”Fumu.”

If I have enough money to live the rest of my life in luxury, then it won't matter what job I take.

Or rather, in that situation, depending on my mood, I could be a gatekeeper, an escort, a jobless guy, a baker, or anything else. I would be able to experience whatever mob job I feel like.

By earning money, humans can grasp a life not bound down by money.

I think I just said something cool.

And so, of the three factions in Outlaw City, unfortunately it has just been set in stone that one of them will be wiped out very soon.

Which one should I pick?

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Picking all of them would be fine too, but if I do it all at once then there'd be nothing left to enjoy later.

'Queen of Blood' gets me the most excited, and I can think up any number of destruction plots involving progenitor vampires and whatnot. But dessert should go last in a meal, you know what I mean?

I'm torn.

But I suppose the faction with the highest priority to be destroyed really is the Queen of Blood.

”And that's all for my report.”

”Fumu.”

”If there was anything that you wish for me to improve on——”

”It smells...”

When I respond to Beta, who's on bended knee with head hanging, she quivers with a start.

”Is it Outlaw City... this smell of blood...”

”Oh whew, it wasn't me...”

So Beta mutters softly.

”It seems the Queen of Blood is starting to move...”

”That is so. The possibility of the Queen of Blood being connected to the Order is low, so we have not pursued——”

”A storm is coming... a storm of blood...”