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 .

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