73. Stop Action
“Welcome, Austin.”
Sitting cross-legged in a chair, he looked up at Becky, who had a glass in his hand.
Becky was looking down at me with cold eyes, wearing Becky’s trademark dark green tuxedo that was now neat and revealing her figure.
“A green tuxedo today? Where have you met a noble person?”
“heheheung. Did you remember?”
“Sure. It’s the clothes I picked out for you, of course you remember. You wore that outfit every time you went to meet someone.”
I shook my wrists tied behind my back a few times, then smiled at Becky and said.
“By the way, the customer service is brutal.”
“A guest. If you were really a guest, you wouldn’t do this.”
In Becky’s cold eyes, I felt that the emotion of joy was faintly contained. Because this queen of the back world with a dirty temper is a crazy b*tch who feels the joy of tying people up like this and making them kneel down.
“Where have my children been taken?”
“I put it in the room across the street. I served you delicious food, so why don’t you stop staring at me with such bloody eyes?”
Becky came up to me and whispered to me, who was still giving me an unkind look.
“Because I want to dig out those eyes.”
“Seriously f*cking, can’t we do it in moderation? Since I said that I was robbed by the garrison in the past because of some mistake, isn’t there a need to come out like this?”
“At that time, my business almost came to an end. Do you know how I feel as I waited for the poop rope to burn, whether or not the transporter was taken to the garrison in the middle?”
“Today, I came here with something really trivial, so let this go.”
“Um….”
Becky let out a distressed moan and tilted the glass in his hand once.
“No. Our Austin suits us the best right now.”
“Oh, the smell of alcohol.”
“If you hate it so blatantly, I don’t know what to do? I’m a woman too, Austin.”
With that being said, I know that Becky is in a good mood right now.
Twirling the ends of her ponytail with her fingers is one of Becky’s habits when she’s in a good mood. Although he himself seems to do it unconsciously.
“You look good today? Last time I ran like I was going to kill you.”
“heheheung. It happened. No, I guess it’s actually because of you, right? They say even slugs have a knack for rolling, so you, Austin, were also useful.”
“Really? So, even if you expect monetary rewards….”
“Do you want to be blind?”
“Just kidding. Sister.”
What on earth happened? I tried desperately, but nothing came to mind.
To me, Becky, still smiling, offered me a sofa.
“Sit down.”
“You have to release this first to sit down or not.”
“You already solved it. Don’t be condescending and sit down quickly.”
As I had just untied the rope that was tightly binding my wrists, I unknowingly shook my shoulders and felt a prick.
“Who is quick-witted?”
“Sure. If you’re going to act like a head on this floor, you don’t have to be this conscious.”
I hurriedly got up and sat down on the sofa across from Becky, who was still grinning. At the soft touch of the luxurious sofa, I unknowingly slid my body back.
Even with my appearance, Becky was still smiling. Normally, the dagger would have come flying right away, but now that I live, there are all sorts of strange things.
“So, why are you here?”
“It’s nothing, since we’re leaving soon. I came to see your face and also to see the shop. I heard that Galan’s demons came here too?”
“Yes. There was some damage to other businesses, but not a big hit.”
“You know how quick the response was thanks to me, right?”
“Don’t be conceited. Even if it wasn’t for you, that level of monsters would have been somehow stopped just by our kids.”
“How do you stop monsters with these lumps? You have to say something that makes sense.”
As I said, several gangsters surrounding me, including Becky, were glaring at me, so I looked at them with the same grim eyes.
“What. What to do Do you pick it?”
“… In front of the boss, don’t speak carelessly.”
“It is very cheap. What about Dalgeon bastards?”
The muscular gangster standing next to me flinched, but it didn’t look too threatening.
As they stared at each other like that, Becky sighed and waved his hand around.
“Haa…. Guys, get out for a while.”
“But, boss….”
“Or, what. Do you guys have the skills to submerge him? We have something to talk about, so get out of here.”
“… All right.”
Becky nodded her head, and her gang quickly exited her room, saluting each other. I didn’t like the fact that the kid who came out last stared at me all the way.
At least a thug, what was he good at?
“So, Austin. Is that all you have to say?”
“Hmm. Yes?”
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Now that I’ve said everything, I’m going to leave soon.
As I tried to get up off the couch, Becky held up her hand to stop me.
“No, sit down. I still have something to say.”
“… What?”
Thanks to me, the businesses were able to stop without much damage, so would you like to throw some crumbs? I laid my body on the sofa again.
Seeing Becky staring at me while banging on the table for a while, she slightly averted her gaze and asked.
“… What, what is it?”
“Thanks to you fighting Galan at the market this time, I was able to get half of the market side of the market.”
“… Ah.”
Certainly, while our party and Galan fought fiercely, the surrounding damage was not negligible. Some of the monsters also wandered around the market.
The Harman Central Market, which was almost destroyed, and Becky’s workplace, which ended up with only minor damage. If the protection tax were paid equally, it was natural which side the merchants would want to be on.
That’s why you felt good. Well, Becky always hated looking at the head of the Merchant Guild.
“The ones I met this time are the agent of the territory and the head of the Merchants Guild. By taking over half of the commercial area in the market, we have been able to enter Yangji as well.”
“Hey… that…. That’s definitely a good thing.”
“Yes. It can’t get any better than this. However….”
Becky, speechless, put down his glass and leaned back on the sofa. For the first time since I entered the room, Becky erased her smile.
Becky, who had paused for a moment, then continued to speak in a serious tone, bringing her body closer.
“This time, the head of the Merchant Guild, that old lady, seemed very angry. If you argue with us, it’s not our fault, so you can’t turn the arrow in our direction, so you’re going crazy. Because of this guy named Galan, the food supply is in jeopardy.”
… How could this be my fault?
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No, it’s Galan’s fault. Hmm. Rather, I am the hero of this city.
“As much as I have had a similar experience…. The head of the Merchant Guild, you can understand the old woman’s feelings. By the way, but by the way….”
Becky poured a drink into his glass and drank it all at once, as if her throat was burning.
Becky’s eyes were no longer the Becky’s that seemed happy a moment ago.
Those are the eyes of a killer.
“Is that old lady going senile, stabbing the garrison in one of our drugstores? A few merchants over there also do business, so I haven’t stabbed them until now…. Since we took half of the commercial district, I sharpened my knife properly on the old lady’s side as well.”
“Um….”
“Until now, I had only been fighting a war of nerves with the old lady, but this time I crossed the line. You know how much I hate to touch my business, right?”
“That… that’s right… ?”
f*ck. I just want to get out. Becky’s cold attitude, the second scariest woman after my mother, made me want to get out of this room as soon as possible.
“On this occasion, I decided to show the old lady the proper spicy taste.”
“Ahahahaha…. I see? I wish you success! Well, I’m just….”
“Wait. Where are you going?”
Feeling a bit uneasy, I tried to get up from her seat, but I had no choice but to sit down because of Becky’s unusual tone.
“Among the businesses run by the old lady’s direct boss, there is a place where the most money is flowing.”
I can feel it. My intuition warned me that I would definitely get caught up in trouble.
“Levenor Currency Exchange. It’s on 3rd Alley Street west of Central Market. Beasts, elves, dwarves, even the Holy Church. Goods come in from all over the world, so there is no other place that smells like money as strongly as the exchange office.”
“Um…. So, why are you telling me… ?”
“The manager of the money changer is also dissatisfied with the Merchant Guild because of this incident. If I make sure to apply the saliva this time, it will definitely come over to us…. “
“Umm, that’s right. Ohh….”
“Even if we tried to do the work, we didn’t have the right number of people. If we work with our children, it will be revealed at once that we did it, right? I’m sorry, but I’d like you to help me out.”
That’s right. Sifal. I asked what to do, but in the end, it wasn’t like robbery.
When did I do that….
… I did it when stealing a wagon.
“Anyway, that’s a little….”
“Two gate managers in the central mage tower.”
At Becky’s words, he was about to get up and leave the room when his body stiffened.
“I don’t know if I got caught up in a fight or was attacked by monsters…. I heard you died from being stabbed?”
“Uh, um… “
“If you help me with this task, I will bury the past and also clean up the gate manager. Of course, I can give you a little bit of material compensation.”
I was instantly attracted to Becky’s proposal, but then I shook my head.
I am not a robber. I am not a criminal Even if Becky doesn’t help, there will be a way….
“I….”
* * *
Harman, a commercial city where goods and money flow from each country on the continent, has a huge currency exchange supported by the Merchant Guild to match the currency of each country.
That’s right here, Levener Currency Exchange.
“Haam… be bored….”
This is a currency exchange that is usually very busy, but the recent rampage of the corps commander has made merchants less frequent.
“If I shift this time, shall I sleep a bit….”
Sofia, who works at a currency exchange, yawned profusely as she enjoyed her rare break.
Since there aren’t that many merchants looking for money changers, I thought it would be okay to leave work early today. How long has it been since the work was so loose?
Anyway, after a day or two, I’ll be busy again, but other people won’t know how happy I am to fully enjoy my free time now.
“Sophia! What about the warden?”
“Oh, Olga. The warden went to the Merchant Guild. I guess you have something to do with the head of the union.”
“Recently, I saw you arguing with the head of the union. What happened?”
“Well… ? Me in detail….”
Bang—!!!!!!
“Kyaaah?!”
“What, what… !”
Seeing the unreasonable sight of the large door that had been firmly guarding the entrance of the exchange office flying away with a roar and crashing into the wall, Sophia involuntarily took a backward step.
“Everyone, who are you!”
Guards belonging to the Merchant Guild standing next to the door immediately lifted the spear, but it fell helplessly from someone’s kick.
Sofia and Olga poked their heads at the counter in the midst of the chaos and examined the situation.
I could see six assailants wrapped tightly in brown robes and hiding their faces with large masks, each carrying a large bag on their back as they slowly walked into the exchange office.
The assailant standing at the front dropped his sack on the floor before long, pulled out a crossbow, and pointed it at the people inside the exchange booth, shouting.
“Stop moving!!! You f*ckers, get down if you don’t want to get lost!!!!!!”
It was a historic day when armed robbers broke in for the first time since the exchange office was built.
Austin! I thought you said you weren’t a robber/criminal. 😅