## Chapter 1175 – A Tumultuous Foreign Adventure

“KIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!”

This is insane!
I’m being treated like a murderer?!

“C-Call for backup! He’s completely insane!!!”
“Run! We have to run! We can’t subdue him!”
“D-Down on the ground! We’re constables! Get down now!!!”
“I told you to run!!!”

The constables were in complete panic, pointing their tridents at me and practically screaming. How am I supposed to deal with this crazy situation?

I can’t believe this is happening.

“It’s a crazy murderer!!!! A maniacal killer!!!”

Just then, I saw a kid running by, scattering newspapers.

Goddamn it, what am I supposed to do?

Right. These people probably don’t know I killed a robber. To someone who doesn’t know the situation, it might look like a random murder. In that case, I should try to calm these panicked people down.

—Swoosh.

I put my hands on my head to show that I had no intention of being violent.

“Calm down, everyone. This isn’t the kind of horrible murder you think it is. That guy over there in two pieces was a murderous robber. I’ll stay here, so talk to me slowly when you’re ready.”

I said that while looking directly at the constables, and when I took a submissive stance, they screamed and went wild.

“Get down! Get down, I said! Get down!!!”
“Get down!!!”
“I told you to run!!!”

Ah, shit.

I don’t want to get down.

“Get down, you murderer!!!! Get down now!!! Please!!!”

The constables were starting to panic even more.

—Inhale.

I took a deep breath.

“QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

I shouted explosively loud.

Then.

“…!”
“…!”
“…!”

The constables, overwhelmed by the sound, collapsed on the spot.

The same went for the other onlookers nearby. Everyone sat down and stared at me. Nothing is more effective than a loud voice when it comes to controlling a crowd.

“Calm down.”

I crouched down in front of the constable who had been shouting the loudest and looked at his face.

“…”

He looked terrified.

“Do you feel a little more clear-headed? I won’t hurt you. So calm down.”
“Ah, ah…”
“You should get up.”

I immediately grabbed his hand and pulled him up. The constable looked back and forth between me and the robber’s corpse with a bewildered expression, then said, trembling.

“D-Did you… kill that man?”
“Yes. He was a murderous robber. That’s why I killed him. So please calm down. Everyone’s screaming, and the fear is spreading, making it even more chaotic.”
“…”

I calmly explained that he was a robber.

I hope this works.

“R-Robber…?”
“Yes. I just killed a robber. It’s not like it’s a murder.”
“Ah. Ah. Ugh…”

He just kept moving his mouth, unable to say anything.

It was definitely a gruesome attack.
But if you see a robber, you have to kill him.

You have to kill him and take his loot, and I just returned the items to that woman after seeing him rob her.

“Well, I’m sorry for making a corpse. It’s an eyesore for the city. I’ll take care of it, so go back to your work.”
“W-We can’t do that…”
“What?”
“S-Since it’s a murder case… you’ll have to come with us to the station…”
“The station?”
“A-Arrest…”

—Shiver, shiver.

The constable was trembling like a cicada magnet and peeing his pants. This constable… even though he’s completely terrified, he’s trying to do his duty.

He has a good spirit.

“You’re saying you’re going to arrest me?”

But getting arrested right now doesn’t make sense.

Arresting me for killing a robber?

No.

Right now, the constables didn’t see him robbing anyone. So they’re thinking of arresting me and investigating. All they have is my testimony and that woman’s testimony. You have to investigate when someone dies.

“T-That’s right… N-Not arrest… Just come with us once…”
“Sergeant! I-It’s impossible! He’s a knight who splits people with his bare hands! We can’t arrest him! I’ve heard of people with that kind of ability…! But it’s the first time I’ve actually seen it!!!”

Then, one of the constables who was sitting down and peeing his pants cried out desperately, tears streaming down his face.

“Even so!!!”
“Sergeant!”
“I have to do my duty!!!”

Ah, damn it.

Seeing this makes me feel like I’ve done something wrong.

It’s a pretty unpleasant feeling.

“…”

I can only sigh.

I’m a paladin.

“Haa. Okay. Okay, calm down. I’ll go to the station. And stop shaking. Okay? Let’s calm down. Sergeant. I’m not going to attack you.”
“Ah, ah…”

I guess there’s nothing I can do.

Let’s go and talk first.

It’s not like these people are talking nonsense and causing trouble like that gate guard bastard. They’re just trying to do their jobs, so what can I do?

“Th-Then… the shackles…”

The man called Sergeant fumbled around his waist with vacant eyes, as if his soul had left his body, and tried to put shackles on my hands.

Seriously, are you going to be this thorough?

—Crack!

I immediately shattered the shackles on my wrist.

“Constable. This doesn’t work on me. I’ll go quietly, so calm down.”

I didn’t do anything that warrants shackles.

“T-The shackles in one blow!!!”
“I told you it doesn’t work.”
“Ugh!”

He gets scared every time I say something.

How is this guy a constable sergeant? He seems to have a heart so small it’s like a pea.

“I’m going with you.”
“…”

I grabbed his shoulders, put my face close to his, and said.

“The reason I’m not wearing shackles is because I didn’t do anything wrong. It doesn’t work in the first place. And the reason I’m going with you quietly is because I respect that you’re constables doing your jobs. So before I think you’re not listening and just say ‘fuck it’ and go home, calm down and let’s go together. Okay? I know what’s going on.”
“…”

At those words, the sergeant nodded, tears welling up in his eyes.

“You constables sitting down over there. Get up and let’s go. One or two of you go and do that scene preservation thing or whatever.”
“Ah… Yes.”
“…Understood.”

Only then did the commotion calm down a bit.

“Sergeant. Let’s go quickly.”
“Ah… Understood.”

And so, I followed them.

But they don’t use the word ‘city guard’ here, they use ‘constable’. As expected, the culture is a bit different in a foreign country. Is this because the legal system is different?

“S-So, you really… split a person with your bare hands…?”

The sergeant said, trembling.

“Yes. I’m telling you again, I killed him because he was a robber. It’s not a murder.”
“Umm…”

Well, I guess things like this happen in life.
If I explain it well, it’ll be fine.

* * *

After arriving at the station, I ended up talking to the chief of the station after going through various procedures. I explained in detail what had happened, intending to end things on a good note.

But.

It didn’t seem to be getting through.

“S-So, even if it’s a murderous robber… if you just kill them… that’s a crime… S-So, that’s why we have no choice but to arrest you… Baron.”

No.

Rather than not getting through.

“I’m asking to confirm because I thought I misheard.”

Something’s a bit strange.

“Let’s say you guys understand that he was a murderous robber. It hasn’t been proven yet, but let’s say it was. But. You’re saying that it’s a crime for me to kill that murderous robber?”
“T-That’s right…”

The chief of the station wiped away sweat with a handkerchief and said with a terrified expression.

“What kind of bullshit is that?”

There’s a law like that?

“There’s a law like that?”
“Y-You can say it to me…”
“Killing a murderous robber is a crime?”

There’s such a ridiculous law?

“No. I’m not saying anything weird. I’m just asking because I’m curious. In this country… if you kill a murderous robber, you have to be punished for murder?”
“…That’s right.”
“Wow.”

What the hell is this?

I can’t believe it.

Does that make sense?

“Is that what the law says?”
“T-To me…”
“Killing a mere murderous robber is a crime?”

If there’s such an absurd and evil law, how can the country function properly?

I was just puzzled and questioning.

If that’s a crime, then everyone in the world, including the children in Dreamland, would have to be arrested and put in jail. The TeleGuys living in that warm Teletubby Hill would be the same, and the swallows living in the warm southern country would have to be behind bars.

That can’t be a normal society.

I never dreamed I’d experience something so absurd in my life.

“Why is that?”
“That’s… because that’s our country’s law… You may not understand, Baron…”

The chief of the station spoke as if he was being interrogated by me.

“Y-You’ll have to go to trial.”
“Trial?”

No. Shit.

“What the hell is this.”

Is this for real?

I have to go to trial for killing a mere robber?

Is this crazy?
It sounds like a lie no matter how I look at it.

It felt like some kind of malicious joke.

“Even though it’s a foreign country, I don’t understand the legal system. Does this country still have such barbaric customs?”
“That’s… I’m sorry…”
“No. You don’t have to be sorry.”

No matter how I look at it, it sounds like he’s saying it in his right mind, but I couldn’t understand what he was saying at all. Of course, killing people is a bad thing. But murderous robbers are born as humans, but they don’t belong to the category of humans.

They kill the other person and steal their belongings.

The dead person could be the head of a family, a beloved child, or someone’s lover. They butcher such a person without a second thought and steal the money they worked so hard to earn as if they were having fun.

That’s a murderous robber.

Killing them isn’t something to be punished for, it’s something to be rewarded for. And it should be encouraged nationwide. It should be taught in schools.

“So what am I supposed to do? Chief of the station.”
“First of all… I think you’ll have to stay in the jail…”
“Me?”
“T-That’s what our country’s criminal law says! Please don’t do anything violent!”
“What do you take me for? I don’t do things like that.”

I’m not a crazy murderer, why would I do that?

“But I won’t go to jail. Above all, I don’t recognize this as a crime.”
“…”
“But well. If that’s the law of this country, I’ll go to trial.”

If this is the rule of this country, I’ll play along for now.

It’s not like these people are causing trouble or being assholes to me. They’re just doing what’s natural in this country, so of course I respect that.

“Ah, ah…”
“I want to defend myself too.”

And I also felt like condemning this kingdom with such an absurd legal system. Whatever it is, this murderous robber republic was a morally wrong country.

It’s because there are countries like this that murderous robbers never disappear from this world.

Karga Kingdom is definitely an advanced country.

“I’m staying at that hotel, what was it called? That Randel Hotel. Do you know it?”
“Ah, I know it.”
“Good. If you need to execute the procedure, come there. If you ask for Baron Kim Kat at the counter, they’ll let me know.”

There’s no reason for me to go to jail.

“I’m not planning to run away, but you better come quickly. I’m a busy person. If the deadline is delayed, I’ll leave this kingdom right away.”
“Understood. I’ll send someone as soon as possible…”
“You thought well.”

Still, the chief of the station was a reasonable person.

“Ah. By the way.”
“Yes?”
“That. Before I killed the robber, a woman was stabbed by the robber and was bleeding. What happened to her?”
“Ah… I heard a report that she went to get treatment.”

That woman, damn it, I killed the robber for her, but she screamed and drew aggro. But well, if you see someone getting split in front of you, you might do that. Big-hearted Kim Kat understands everything.

“Then I’ll see you next time. Chief of the station.”
“…Yes.”

I immediately got up from my seat.

Let’s tell her about this amazing incident quickly.