Chapter 36 The Foolish Nobles Will Receive Punishment From The Heroes
A foolish noble, Orokan Fahn Votslak, who stole a woman from Leaf Chemist.
He planned to take Leaf back to the frontier and make him hunt monsters like before.
"I... I'm not going back to the village."
Leaf and the others are in the Guild Master's room of the guild [Divine Gemstone].
Dokuonna, Leaf's former fiancée, is feeling down after realizing that Leaf's heart no longer belongs to her.
"So, you're not coming back...?"
"Yes, I've left the village. I've become independent."
Orokan racks his brain, trying to figure out what to do.
How can he use Leaf to his advantage? What should he do?
Even at this point, the foolish noble Orokan was still intent on using Leaf.
And the conclusion he reached was...
"Is, is it really okay to do that?"
"...what do you mean?"
"Don't you have your precious elder people in that village?! Are you going to just abandon them?!"
Orokan noticed the hesitation that crossed Leaf's face.
Jackpot! he thought to himself, gleefully.
It was as he had suspected. Even though Leaf had left the village, he still couldn't bear to abandon the elderly villagers!
Orokan couldn't help but smile to himself, wickedly.
"Oh dear! Those poor old people! The monsters from the Abyss Wood must be terrorizing them as we speak! Someone needs to help them...don't you agree?"
That's it, he thought to himself.
There was no need to trick Leaf into coming to Votslak territory after all.
If he could just get Leaf to go back to his village and burn that incense again...
The monsters in the forest would calm down. Then, he would have free security!
Orokan couldn't help but cackle with glee.
He found Leaf's weakness. He can use it!
He didn't need this b*tch like her from the beginning! He should have used the old people!
I won! I won! Orokan thought with an ugly smile.
"Let's go home, Leaf-dono. The old people in the village are waiting for you! Definitely!"
I won! It's my victory!
And then, at that moment.
""You don't have to come back, Leaf-chan!""
Suddenly, unknown old people entered the room.
Orokan and Leaf were surprised.
"Oh, it's Old Man Arthur! And Granny Merlin!"
Yes, the old people from the village Leaf cares about suddenly appeared.
Ignoring Orokan, who saw them for the first time.
"A-Arthur, and Merlin, YOU SAIDDDDDD!?"
Henrietta, who is the Guild Master, was surprised.
"Oh my? Are you... oh, Age-kun's daughter, right?"
"Y-yes... thank you for taking care of my father..."
Henrietta was standing still, looking tense, and talking to the elderly people.
Orokan is surprised. The Guild Master of an S-rank guild is so nervous...
Is the other person a very important figure?
Come to think of it, the great merchant Jasmine also seemed to show respect to them...
"Old man and Granny, why...?"
"We heard the story from our granddaughter, Leaf-chan. It's a tough situation, right?"
"B-because of Mercury-san...?"
Merlin gently smiles and nods.
When Leaf turns around, he sees Mercury sweating profusely, giving a thumbs up.
She also had come to this guild along with Leaf.
When she realized the danger, she secretly left the room and told her grandmother about it.
After receiving the report, Merlin and a furious Arthur came here using a very advanced teleportation spell.
"Leaf-chan...thank you for caring about us. You are such a kind and good boy."
"Old man..."
Arthur smiled and patted Leaf's head.
"But Leaf-chan, don't you forget how strong we are? Huh? We're...strong, aren't we, grandma?"
Merlin nodded and snapped her fingers.
Thud! Thud! Thud! A large number of monster corpses appeared in front of them.
"What! These are all...ancient dragons...!"
At first glance, they looked like small dragons. They walked on two legs like humans...that kind of form.
Mercury used Appraisal and found out that the monster they defeated was a fearsome creature among the ancient dragon species.
"When Leaf-chan was in trouble, before we could teleport in, I knocked it around a bit with a stick."
"That one blow from Grandpa wiped out all the dangerous creatures in the forest."
"WHAAAAAAAAAT!? WHAT IN THE WORLDDDDDD!?"
While Mercury was surprised, Arthur proudly declared,
"When I heard Leaf-chan was in trouble, I got serious for a bit. Maybe like 1% serious?"
"No way, wiping out all the forest monsters without using a sword...! That's not something... an elder could do..."
"Hehe. It was good exercise, right♡"
Merlin used storage magic to tidy up the monster's corpse.
"Monsters will probably reappear eventually, but we'll be fine, Leaf-chan."
"That's right! Every time the people in the village clean up! By the way... well, we'll clean up the neighbor's place too."
"Both of you..."
Leaf smiles at them.
"Sorry, Old man... for causing trouble."
"It's okay. Leaf-chan has done so much for us up until now!"
"Yes. For Leaf-chan, we'll do anything. If you want the world, we'll get it for you in five seconds."
Mercury internally tsukkomis, "Scary..." But, these people are capable of doing such things.
"So, everything in the village, forest, and territory is fine. There's no need for Leaf-chan to come visit."
"Yes, yes. So Leaf-chan, just continue with your work as usual, without any worries..."
Touched by their kindness, Leaf sheds tears.
While Leaf and Mercury were having a conversation, Orokan felt in danger and tried to escape.
"Do you think you can escape, young one?"
Arthur glared at Orokan.
And in that moment... Orokan's limbs were severed.
"AHHHH! MY ARMS! MY LEGSSSSSS!"
It happened so quickly that only Leaf knew what had happened.
"Grandfather... what did you just do?"
"Hmm? I just cut the enemy with my gaze."
"Yeah. A master swordsman can cut the enemy with anything. Old man Arthur can cut enemies with just his gaze. Amazing, right?"
"Haha, Leaf-chan, you really get it! Hahaha!"
"No, no, no..." Mercury shook her head.
"Cutting off limbs just by glaring? How powerful is he..." she thought to herself, astounded.
"I-I'm going to die!"
"You won't die. Just being severed won't kill you. It'll just reattach soon... Although, it would be troublesome if you escaped, so for now, I'll leave you as you are..."
Arthur and Merlin were both furious. But because they were older, they didn't throw childish tantrums when angry.
Instead, calmly.
They punished the fool.
"You foolish noble. I've heard all about your misdeeds."
"With my magic tool listening device that I made, I recorded everything..."
Huh? When did...? Mercury was surprised.
Orokan was worried about when and where it was placed...
"I'll report this to my old friend."
"Y-Your friend...?"
"He's currently the king."
"What!? R-Report to the king...!?"
"Yes. Along with the dire situation of the territory, let's have it judged, including this incident."
Merlin and Arthur. If there's a report from these two heroes, it's natural for the country to take action.
And once the report is made, Orokan's wrongdoings will come to light quickly. Punishment is inevitable, that's for sure.
"Apart from imprisonment, maybe we should also strip him of his title."
"Yeah, if we punish him too harshly, Leaf-chan might be scared away."
Mercury thought, I have already been scared away enough.
Leaf just thought, Granny is amazing.
"Then, Leaf-chan, I'll take this fool and Dokuonna with me."
"Uh, um... thank you."
""Not at all.""
Arthur gathered the scattered parts, and Merlin stood up the dejected Dokuonna.
"I don't want to... I don't want to... I, I don't want to lose... I want to remain a noble."
"Silence, insolent one. It's too wasteful for fools like you to have noble status and honor."
"Exactly. It's best to give it to the right person."
The right person? Leaf tilted his head.
And then, with teleportation magic, they flew away in an instant.
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