Chapter 10
「Why are brats in here!」
A loud voice echoes around the Guild .
That voice gathers the attention of the other people around .
「They are my company, is there a problem?」
「This is not a place for brats to play!」
「No… they are obediently behaving, right? I don’t think they are being a nuisance to you, but?」
「There are nuisance just by being here!」
「Just by being here, you say…… give me a break…」
This is the type of person who would pick up a fight no matter what I say . I’m certain my words won’t connect with him .
I would like to settle this peacefully, but…… now then, how to deal with this……
I wanted to sigh, but I forcibly suppressed it . The opponent seems to be the type that would get even more agitated by it .
Nevertheless, to think that there would actually be person who would pick a quarrel for no reason…… I thought this would happen only in novels .
「Oi! Don’t ignore me!」
「No, I told you…」
「Aan!? Are you defying me right now?」
The opponent suddenly extends his hand in order to grab me by the collar without a thought .
Ah, it’s no use no matter what I say . Talking is impossible .
Now then…… what to do……
While thinking so, the hand that was grabbing to seize me was suddenly repelled .
「Ah…」
When I let the voice, it was already too late .
Allen and Elena kicked the bald adventurer’s hand away . Then, they proceed to kick him in the abdomen just like that .
The adventurer let’s out『Gu!』a suffering groan while his upper body bent . He then fell back right on his backside .
「Uwa! Stop, stop! Allen, Elena . Wait!」
I shout in panic .
I stop Allen and Elena a second before they can both land ax kick on the collapsed adventurer’s head .
The kicks that were going to land directly on his head just barely swept beside him .
That was dangerous… seriously dangerous…
He would definitely die if those ax kicks landed .
His upper body fall down with a thud and he stopped moving . He must have already fainted after suffering the hit to his abdomen .
A silence drifts in the Guild which was noisy just a minute ago .
The adventurers and the Guild staff stiffened in shock .
Even if they are used to fighting, witnessing small children KO’ing a grown man must have been really surprising .
Well then…… what do I do now?
「Ou . Excuse me……… N? What?」
A person walks into the guild and looks around the frozen stiff guild dumbfoundedly .
「What, what? Did something happen?」
A familiar voice . If I’m not mistaken, it should be one of the west gate Knight-samas .
He is not wearing armor today, but a dark blue knight uniform .
Thanks to him, the stopped time in the Guild started moving again .
First of all, I turn to the Guild staff behind the counter and timidly ask .
「Ah~…… Is there a punishment in a case like this?」
I can’t leave without asking that, right?
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There was no punishment .
This time, we were not at fault because the other party one-sidedly picked a quarrel with us and we only defended ourselves .
I’m glad…
The fallen adventurer was dragged to the guild’s sick bay by other adventures on the guild staff instructions, he started moving again normally after a while .
「This~ Tak.u.mi-san…」
「Yes?」
「See…… the children……」
「He?」
Luna-san reservedly calls out to me . Prompted by those words, I turn around to look at Allen and Ellen…… they were crying .
There were shedding tears without a voice .
「Waa!? Why are you crying!?」
I rush up to the two children in panic and crouch to match their line of sight .
「Injuries… none, right? What’s wrong?」
「…… Don’t… leave us……」
They cling to me with a fragile voice .
Leave? Why?
Perhaps, is it because I raised my voice a little while ago? Are those two uneasy because of that?
They thought I was angry at them…
「I won’t leave you . It’s all right, okay?」
I embrace the crying children while repeating『It’s all right』『We are together』 in a gentle voice .
It took about ten minutes for those two to calm down .
「Here, you must be thirsty, right?」
Still sobbing a little, I hand the two a fruit juice .
They cried a lot, I must let them rehydrate properly .
「In the end, what has happened?」
Ah, Knight-sama, you are still here…
The Knight-sama from the west gate is the second commanding officer of Shirin Knight’s, a n.o.ble named Grunwald Ruven .
A captain of one of five Shirin’s divisions . The second most important person in the Shirin Knights . It seems he came today to talk to the Guild Master .
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Status
【Name】Grunwald Ruven
【Race】Human
【Occupation】Knight
【Age】26
【Level】32
【Skills】
Swordsmanship | Spearmanship | Throwing | Fire Magic
Horseback Riding | Dismantling | Commanding
Etiquette | Dancing
Physical Attack Resistance
【t.i.tles】
Count Ruven’s Second Son
Knight of the Flaming Sword
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Un, he has the skills appropriate of a n.o.ble knight-sama .
Indeed, a knight should be about riding a horse and swinging weapons around . Besides,【Commanding】 . Un, I feel like it’s necessary for a captain .
【Etiquette】and【Dancing】is n.o.ble-ish .
The t.i.tle【Knight of the Flaming Sword】sounds cool~ Looking at the name, is it about using a sword enhanced with Fire Magic?
…… Oops, he asked a question .
「They probably thought I would abandon them」
「Haa? What’s that about? You, would you do such a thing?」
「I won’t do anything like that! Please don’t such something so disgraceful」
「Then, why are they thinking so?」
「No~ I didn’t perfectly grasp the understanding yet, I still don’t understand well~」
That’s the truth . I don’t know their circ.u.mstances before meeting me at that place .
「They are your children…… probably not, they are your sibling, aren’t they?」
「Unfortunately, they are not . I have just met these children recently . To be precise, a week ago? They were in the Gaya Forest」
「Haa?」
「If they were discarded or just lost, I do not know, though」
「Seriously?」
「Yeah . Wasn’t there recently a carriage attacked near the Gaya Forest or something? They were most likely slaves」
Weren’t they sold as slaves because they don’t have parents? Is what I think . After all, if they were in the orphanage, I wouldn’t meet them in a place like that .
「…… There certainly was . A Slave Trader from the Argo was attacked by monsters in the Gaya Forest while heading to this town」
Luna-san immediately recalls the information .
「Ah, as expected . They were probably made into a decoy」
「Children like these…」
「It doesn’t look like they were the ones to become the decoy in the end, though . In this case, how are these children going to be treated? There won’t be problems if I take them in, right? Fortunately, they don’t have any proof of being slaves」
「In that case, they are simply treated as orphans . There won’t be problems to put them into orphanage or raise them yourself . 。Besides, it looks like these children completely recognize you as their guardian . If you’d like, I will guarantee you」
「Ruven-sama, thank you very much」
I was worried about the interference from the merchant, but it doesn’t seem like there will be problems .
It seems like Ruven-sama will become the guarantee .
「Wald is all right . Apart from that――」
「Rather than that, Tak.u.mi-san! You went into the Gaya Forest!」
Luna-san interrupts Ruven-sama who said it’s okay to call him Wald-sama, and she bends forward over the counter .