184. Senior’s Ax (3)
Several mercenaries can be seen in front of you.
As it is a gambling place, you can see many former gladiators.
“Catch me and take care of me.”
Thanks to you, the owner of the gambling house seems to be looking down on me.
She ordered leisurely, lighting a cigarette.
“It would be better if we find out who is behind it while we are already catching it.”
Madame’s red lips hold a cigarette pipe.
“No matter how much of a defense engineer he is, seeing how he managed to sneak in here….”
Befitting the queen of the shadows, she had a keen eye for insight.
“He probably came here under someone’s orders.”
The bald-headed man who bribed me to let him in a little while ago.
He put his hands on his waist with a particularly annoyed look on his face.
“Yes, all you have to do is make it possible to answer… ?”
The place was filled with wide and long bayonets and wooden batons.
“I don’t know if I lose the use of one limb in the process.”
――――――!!
He pulled out the wooden stick and aimed at my arm.
But, at that moment.
I pushed the hilt of his sword with my palm and sealed it again.
At the same time, I turned my elbow and hit him on the chin.
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“… !!”
The clear sound of the strike resonates in the VIP room.
Like a bell announcing the start of a battle.
“Catch it!!”
The bastard shouted, clutching his chin.
Any man would faint, but he had the tenacity of a leader.
―――――.
The gladiators standing behind started running at the same time.
The first to move was a man with a huge club.
He appears to be from a northern ethnic group, wearing a thick helmet.
However, there was nothing on the upper body.
It’s just multiple cuts and torn wounds.
―――!!
A man wielding a heavy blunt weapon with both hands.
His blow shattered the lamp behind him.
Meanwhile, I lowered my body and ran towards the guy.
After this, the moment he tried to raise the club again.
I kicked the man’s knee hard.
“Ugh… !!”
No matter how muscular you are, your knees are bound to be thin.
He began to overturn as his support collapsed.
Afterwards, the person who attacked him was Prosecutor Ssang.
Just looking at the wooden sword held in both hands reminded me of someone and made me snort.
“aaah!!”
The guy rushed towards me, shouting loudly.
As with Allen, the point of the pair prosecutors is to rush in first.
A method of seizing momentum with dual swords and using that momentum to overwhelm the opponent.
However, that method was already familiar through Allen.
He swung both his hands towards my neck as if cutting with scissors.
That moment.
The sound of two wooden swords clashing loudly rang out.
Because….
“What…” !!”
When he swung his double sword, I ran closer into his arms.
At the same time, I stabbed the dagger into the guy’s side.
Just so deep that you can’t move your body.
“Kruk…” .”
In an instant, the two gladiators fell.
Then, the mercenary leader who had been hit on the chin by me hurriedly shouted.
“Suppress the b*tch first!! From then on, focus on him!”
I plan to gain momentum by first suppressing a formidable opponent.
It was a reasonable idea, worthy of a leader.
However, there was one thing he overlooked.
“Cutting a woman is unpleasant, but it can’t be helped…” !!”
The guys became desperate and swung their triple batons at Miya.
Miya stared at the blade.
She stared at the sharp blade flying right in front of her nose….
Turned her body and grabbed her man’s arm by her own armpit.
Afterwards, by pressing hard on her elbow, she broke his hand.
Like a lever.
“hahahaha… !!”
Obviously, the large men would have been much stronger.
However, Miya was that agile.
“I’m sad, I’m a knight too.”
The female knight of the empire picked up the fallen trifecta.
And, she skillfully twirled it as if it were her own main weapon.
“I am his senior.”
She smiled.
And then….
―――――!!
He blew his trifecta towards Madame, who was holding a long tobacco pipe.
“….”
Madame swallowed her saliva deeply.
Then, she glanced down at the handle of her own cigarette stand, which had been cut off by her blunt weapon.
It was so brutal that I could barely see her eyes rolling.
“Why don’t you turn off the light?”
Miya’s black eyes were covered with blue mana.
The tightly trained mana that I have praised since the past enveloped her entire body.
“I’m quitting smoking right now, so it’s a little annoying.”
Cigarette smoke continued to thicken in an enclosed space.
Miya, who was annoyed by the smoke, flashed her sharp cat-like eyes.
After that, she quickly ran across the distance like an animal and targeted her madam.
“Hey… !!”
Madame, who had been relaxed until now, was startled by Miya’s quick movements.
She quickly backed away and started escaping through her back door.
“Where are you going?”
Miya followed her with her cold expression.
Narrow passage.
The smell of young prostitutes and unpleasant perfume coming from everywhere.
In the meantime, a female knight who was more noble than anyone else went ahead.
When I turned the corner like that.
“… !!”
The gladiator’s club, which was in her ambush, was aimed at her.
Then, Miya bowed her waist with her unique flexible movements.
At the same time, she lifted her leg up against his crotch and spun around.
“hehehehe… !!”
The man who was waiting sat down with her legs closed.
However, he soon wielded the will of a gladiator and swung his club again.
Then, the female knight kicked her foot again and completely broke the neck of the club.
After this, a fist filled with mana follows.
Whoops!!
“… !!”
The enormous mana that emerged from her dainty fist penetrated the gladiator’s solar plexus.
Thanks to this, his skin was distorted into a tornado shape, and pain that could not be expressed in words erupted.
“Kruk…” .”
The gladiator clutched his chest.
After that, he fell to his knees without saying anything.
“Ha…. Ha….”
Miya rubbed the top of her foot, which was throbbing.
After that, he chased after Madame Saria again at high speed.
Her firearms sparkle in her black eyes.
Until now, she had been confined to the main office and only received her administrative duties.
Her heart pounded as she felt the fresh air outside for the first time in a long time and worked in the field.
Is it because of that?
The corners of Miya’s mouth kept rising as she chased Madame.
Soon, a red dress caught her eye.
She runs away in a hurry, but in the end she is just an ordinary woman.
“That’s it.”
Miya took out the weapon she had prepared from her back pocket.
The vice-captains have greatswords and spears.
Ekina and Camilla use rapiers.
When everyone uses their own noble weapons.
The weapon of slender Miya, a fallen noble, is….
――――――.
It was none other than a ‘hand axe’.
Is it because it has been a while since she held her main weapon in her hands?
Miya’s entire body’s blood boiled.
The hot blood flow spread from her heart to her arms.
Afterwards, the moment it arrived with her fingers.
―――!!
Miya threw her hand ax at Madame.
Clearly, being a knight did not mean that killing was possible.
Even criminals are still citizens of the empire.
The moment you kill him, something troublesome will happen.
However, even though Miya knew that fact, she boldly threw a sharp ax towards Madame.
Because she was that confident.
Kwaaang!!
The ax flew exactly above Madame.
Afterwards, the clothesline placed above the target breaks….
“aaah!!”
Thick pieces of clothing fell down on Madame’s head.
“What, what…?” !! “What kind of magic did you use?”
As the pile of her clothes covered her face, she lost her balance and began to flounder.
Since she couldn’t see, she stumbled as if she thought she had been hit by a blinding spell.
“What is magic…?” .”
Miya walked towards her, breathing heavily.
Meanwhile, Saria fell to the floor along with the blanket.
“Gotcha.”
Miya lifted the blanket and looked down at Saria, whose lipstick had spread to her cheeks.
Then, Madame shouted with angry eyes.
“Is it okay for an imperial knight to treat a woman this forcefully?!”
As she is on the verge of being captured, Saria’s last resort is to appeal to her own pitifulness.
“Do I look more pitiful?”
Miya responded by laughing her ass off and stuffing her with her rope.
“Did you think you could run away with such a dull body?”
In a way, Madam and Miya were similar in height and body.
However, thanks to her intense training during her cadet days, Miya had a slim body that was both glamorous and slim.
“Wow….”
Madame bit her lip tightly.
And then, she and Miya went back the way they had come, making a mess.
“Ugh….”
While Miya was walking majestically, she felt a small pain in one of her ankles.
However, she hid her pain, perhaps because she did not want to be looked down upon by the criminal.
―――――.
The tattered back door of the VIP room opens again.
Miya carelessly pushed Madame’s bare back and entered her.
“Veil, I caught it….”
She returned to her VIP room, clearly confident that she had achieved greater results than me.
That moment.
“You caught it as expected, senior.”
The appearance of gladiators spread out on the floor like a carpet.
He made eye contact with me as I was sitting on it and resting.
“I believed it.”
I smiled and got up from the chair made of stacked gladiators.
And then, I approached Madame, who was mesmerized by the countless mercenaries who had fainted.
“Seeing that he ran away so desperately, it seems like that great ‘back boat’ made a bold statement.”
Looking at her, her eyes were thin like a fox’s.
Then, Madame seemed to have finally grasped the situation and swallowed deeply.
“What the hell…” Where did you come from….”
She lowered her head and muttered.
As if responding to this, I answered honestly.
“I told you, he’s a defense engineer.”
“There have never been people like these among the defense engineers I have ever seen.”
I tilted my head after hearing her answer.
“It seems like a lot of knights come here too?”
“Because you received repayment from time to time…. In a way, we were no different from a licensed company….”
Licensed company.
When I heard her say that, I couldn’t help but snort.
“This is absurd. “Stop talking nonsense and quickly reveal the truth.”
I hit the desk hard.
Then, the startled Madame flinched.
“Who allowed illegal gambling at this Imperial First Sword Selection Competition?”
“Well, I don’t know either… !! It’s just a command from someone high….”
Saria quickly shook her head.
“It was a middle-aged man wearing glasses, with fancy gilded frames….”
A middle-aged man wearing glasses.
When I heard that, I frowned.
“It’s plated…” ? “Did you look mean and skinny?”
“Yes, how did you do that?” .”
Miya also tilted her head when she heard my question.
As if responding to this, I chuckled.
“Leon’s financial secretary.”
The crown prince, who was in dire need of funds, eventually began dabbling in black money.
No, maybe he has been talking about it for a long time and has crossed the line this time.
“What should I do, Veil…” ? “Hasn’t this become too much of a problem?”
“It’s okay, it’s just the size I expected.”
I approached Madam closely.
And then, he skillfully put his arm around his shoulder and asked.
“Other than your branch, where else did you get this contact?”
Saria has always been quick to answer my questions.
This time I started to stutter.
“That’s fine….”
I boldly pinched the tip of Madame’s chin as she hesitated.
Then, he brought his face to hers and forced eye contact.
“Did you think you wouldn’t know that I was a noble nobleman?”
“Yes… ?”
“Every private gambling house has its own contact network, especially yours, which is the largest, plays a central role.”
Miya looked at Saria and me, whose lips were almost touching.
Madame stared into my eyes, and her face became increasingly red.
When she saw her like that, the corners of her mouth began to lower for some reason.
“Now, wait a minute, Veil, I’ll do it!!”
The senior hurriedly approached me and pushed our faces away.
Afterwards, he took Saria with him and retreated far away.
“As expected, it would be easy for women to talk to each other…” .”
Thanks to this, Madame was able to breathe a sigh of relief, perhaps because she was relieved that they were together with the same women.
However, that was simply Madame’s misunderstanding.
“What?”
Miya again took out her ax from her purse tied behind her back.
And, she said, showing Saria’s face like a bandit more cruel than anyone else.
“You. “Why does she blush when she is being interrogated?”
Lifeless black eyes, like the senior’s cat, stare intently at Madame.
“Does this sound like a joke?”
A voice that is colder and more murderous than anyone else who has not shown it to me.
“You know the ax I threw earlier. Do you think I didn’t hit you on purpose?”
At this, Madame began to tremble.
“Would you like to run away one more time? “I’ll let you go.”
Miya released Madame with lifeless eyes.
Then, she urged him to go to her back door where she had escaped a moment ago.
“A. “I’ll give you another chance.”
“….”
Saria lived like a queen in the shadows her whole life.
She would put any man up to her skirt and cook to her heart’s content.
However, in front of her was a cat person holding a hatchet.
She felt a sense of crisis and her legs began to tremble.
Then, stop….
“Let me tell you…” .”
Her whole body lost all strength and she sat down.
“If you look at the second drawer of the office desk…. I have a ledger….”
Desperate Saria tells the truth.
Then, Miya opened the locked drawer….
Kwaang!!
It was easily opened by striking it with an axe.
“Come on, Veil. Receive!”
Miya threw her ledger towards me.
This is the first time in my life that I have seen a driver who gets things done faster than me.
“Huh….”
I chuckled and took the ledger she handed over.
Then, a list of private gambling companies linked to the crown prince’s financial secretary was confirmed.
「――――――」
“Ugh….”
After retrieving the ledger.
We left Lastium with a much lighter heart.
Miya stretched her body and enjoyed the feeling of relaxing her body for the first time in a long time.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
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I asked her, remembering how she hurriedly chased after her madam.
Then, her senior shook her head with a faint eye smile.
“You get hurt, even though the opponents aren’t even knights.”
She tried to place her hand in her breast pocket out of habit without realizing it.
Then, she slapped the back of her hand.
“It was nice to relax after a long time.”
“I’m glad you look fine.”
I stared at Miya’s steps.
Then, she suddenly noticed that every time she stepped with her right foot, she twitched slightly.
“Senior, why are your legs limp… ?”
“Huh? This is no big deal-. “It’s been a while since I exerted myself.”
Miya said it was okay and she acted strong.
She stretched out her right foot and waved her coolly, showing off her health.
But.
“Ugh… !”
She soon let out a short moan from her throbbing pain.
“Look, when I came back earlier, I stumbled slightly.”
I looked at her with her serious face.
Then, she stopped walking and got down on her knees.
“Take a look at the wound.”
“Oh, no…” .”
Miya tried hard to explain.
However, she soon lifted her swollen ankle towards me and pursed her lips.
“Oh my…. “Are you able to walk with this much swelling?”
“My junior fought dozens of gladiators…. “It would be embarrassing if I got injured.”
Miya has a sullen expression.
I answered her firmly.
“The leader of these guys was taken by a senior!”
“Still….”
She avoids my gaze.
I smiled in response.
“Originally, catching the leader is the most important and difficult task. And, above all, it is what ‘seniors’ do.”
Her back was naturally bent while she was on her knees.
Then, she glanced back at Miya and said.
“So, my senior’s injury is not something to be embarrassed about. “It is a wound of glory.”
“Well, what are you doing…” ?”
Miya looked at my back and asked carefully.
Her cheeks seem to have turned red for some reason.
“What do you mean, did she really plan on walking back?”
“How can you do something like that in a manly manner?”
Miya was startled like a cat barking.
Her tear spots are also frowning.
“Don’t worry, I’ll take you to your senior’s house, not the main office. Then, no one will get caught.”
When the senior heard those words, her face turned red.
“Ooh, to my house…?!”
Miya has never had a man outside of her home before.
When she listened to me, she swallowed her saliva deeply as if all sorts of thoughts came to her mind.
“Are you… Looking down on your senior again?!”
When she gets angry, she keeps adding the word ‘nya’ to the end of her words.
As if responding to this, I asked back angrily.
“So you don’t like it?”
She asked, narrowing her eyes.
Then Miya took a hard look at her surroundings….
“It’s only this one time…”
Soon, he calmly started climbing on top of me.
“I’m dizzy because I quit smoking because of you…”