Chapter 91 – Little Red Riding Hood, Charles Pellet – 2

“Ah… Seriously, Master~ Why are you taking this useless guy with you~”

At the table where the other executives had left, Alice, Felitte, and I resumed our meal.

Elise was full of dissatisfaction with every word she uttered.

“…”

However, Pellette silently cuts the meat.

If Denia is the type to reply silently without losing a word, Pellet is more like the type to just ignore the other person neatly.

At some point, Alice’s eyes widened.

I grabbed something with my hand, and at the same time, Peltte jumped up in surprise.

“Heh, hehe?!”

“What is this? Were you a prisoner?”

What Elise held in her grasp was a fluffy wolf’s tail.

I opened my mouth in place of Pelet, who hurriedly removed her hand.

“To be exact, it’s mixed blood. I am not a pure-blooded prisoner.”

At my words, the movement of the pellet that moved the tableware stopped.

“You’re a mixed race that I’ve only heard about. You really won’t know until you see the tail. It’s amazing, it’s amazing.”

Alice muttered in wonder. In fact, in the eyes of others, Alice wearing a rabbit headband would be more amazing even though she is not a beast.

Then, at some point, Alice’s head tilts in one direction.

“What… But how does Master know all that?”

“I heard everything during the interrogation.”

“Ah, right! I guess so. You must have been hit hard, Tohanghang.”

After that, our meals flowed normally.

However, only one person, Felit, lost time with his eyes wide open as if in amazement. It only gazes at me as it is stuck in a moment.

Ignoring her gaze, I took another bite and pushed the steak into her mouth.

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“Excuse me.”

After eating, taking a walk is the best. I always take a walk alone, but today someone else follows me.

“Hey!”

Normally, it would of course be Elise, but this time it was Pellet.

I turned to her. She was looking at me with eyes that seemed completely unaware.

“How do you know everything? About me. I didn’t tell you anything.”

There was even a hint of fear in his voice. Maybe Felitte will feel the same way I did when I met Elfriede.

Feeling like the other person knows everything without having to say anything. That unpleasant sensation that pierces the soul.

Anyway, I also have a hard time telling the reason honestly.

I returned from the distant future and this is the information I got based on my interactions with you at that time.

Best of all, it’s a plausible lie.

It’s just to reassure her, so it must belong to her white lies.

“It’s the stigmata effect.”

“Stigma… ? Oh, didn’t you just have the ability to restore?”

“In order to restore something, it is accompanied by a process of understanding that something. I just understood you.”

“Ah… Is it like that That’s what it was.”

As if understanding, Felit nodded his head.

But soon, anxiety fills his eyes again. Now it’s not the fear of the unknown, but it must have been anxiety because I didn’t know what to do after knowing that information.

In this way, human fear goes through an endless chain.

“Don’t worry. I have no intention of blackmailing you with this information.”

“Then what do you want from me?”

“Raise the Mastery of the Illusion Sword. I don’t have anything else right now.”

“…?”

Another invisible question mark rises above Pelit’s head.

Maybe the pieces of the puzzle don’t fit.

It would not be easy to understand the person who releases and trains ‘prisoners’ in such a free environment.

‘But it’s absolutely necessary.’

Felit’s life is in the middle. It’s like that from the point that he’s a mixed blood of a beastman and a human.

Because she was moderately strong, she needed the power of the organization, and because she belonged to the organization, she had no choice in her life.

In fact, she is forced to step on the stairs one by one and live a set life.

Even her own true existence fades through her stomach and stomach in the process, so it is enough to call it a pitiful life.

However, if she overcomes her insignificance, she will also have a chance to make a ‘choice’.

At the crossroads of her life, she decides which direction she will go, and she takes responsibility for what she has done.

I want her to live as she is.

“Really?”

“Then. Really. Don’t pout, prepare for training. Once you master the welcome sword, I will release it for you.”

“Uh… “

“It doesn’t matter anyway, does it? The casino runs just fine without you.”

“That is true. Ah yes. All right.”

But that was the time.

– Florian! Where is Florian!
-Ah-oh! Because you can’t! I know I can’t do it if it doesn’t work!

The other side is disturbing again. Alice’s voice is familiar, but the man’s voice is a voice she has never heard before.

Soon, the culprit is clearly formed on the retinas of Pellet and me.

Elise tries to drag her out, but she is reluctant and the man in front of Felitte. She was a neat man in an academy uniform.

Our eyes met, and I spoke first.

“I am Florian.”

“Oh yeah.”

The man with his all-back hair and thick mustache takes out something from his bosom.

As expected, it was an identity document.

In fact, the uniform and attitude are the identity documents themselves.

[ Valhalla Academy Inspector, Balkon. ]

The certificate had his name and affiliation written on it. Elise snooped from the side.

“What’s going on here at the academy? Are you here to take a bribe?”

Everyone’s eyes turned to Elise.

“…No why?”

“You just stay still.”

I quietly put Alice behind me. Hmmmm, after clearing his throat, Balcon continued.

“First of all, Florian, you are the head of El Balom, right?”

“That’s right.”

“It’s because the scattered people at the Altar of Amje have caused so many accidents. The academy is now catching all kinds of criminals regardless of fire or fire.”

“However?”

“There’s another very heinous incident these days.”

He pulls out another piece of paper. I took it and passed it to Elise next to her.

“Read and summarize.”

“Your master!”

Elise mumbled as she read it. Aha, as if she understood, she groaned and folded her paper in half.

“It seems that crimes targeting only humans are very common these days. They beat me, steal money, and even kill me.”

“Only humans?”

“Yes, only humans. They say that if there is a Suin on site, the Suin will be left alone.”

This world is composed of various races coexisting.

No, in fact, it might be a bit inappropriate to add the word coexistence. Because the word harmonious is a human standard.

Prisoners other than humans live discriminated against knowingly or unknowingly.

The size of the discrimination is different, but it is said that being discriminated against is unavoidable anyway. Oh, did Pelite choose to live a life of camouflage?

“Aha… So, does Valhalla Academy suspect us of the culprits now?”

Balcon nodded without worrying about it.

“Of course. Even El Balom is, in our eyes, just an organization that Wonderland has changed its name to. Besides, what will we hear if we leave El Balom alone in a situation where this organization and that organization are arrested?”

“Hmm.”

I think I drew the knife properly. Seeing how even Wonderland sneaks up on the idea of ​​catching them.

But is there a saying that the enemy of the enemy is a friend?

Their academy-like attitude is completely against me, but since the ultimate goal is to defeat Elfriede, I had a need to build a friendly relationship with them.

He finally nodded.

“Good. I’ll cooperate. What can I do?”

Collaborate first.

If the culprit was someone from Elfriede, she would also help break her power.

“Shouldn’t we cooperate on almost everything until the culprit is caught? Enough then.”

Balcon turns around and walks away. Before the figure had completely moved away, Ellis muttered her curse words a few times.

“What. Isn’t that actually telling us to catch the culprit? Are they crazy?”

“I don’t think it will be too difficult, will it?”

Alice’s eyes widen.

“Isn’t this difficult? Really? Is there any way to catch it?”

“Of course. Look at the crime rate.”

“Oh, it seems to happen at least once a day. It seems to be a real topic in the world.”

“Yeah, so it’s not difficult at all. And… “

I glanced at Alice and Felit once and nodded at her with a very pleased expression.

“I hope you guys get along well through this.”

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“”Goodbye~””

General store of the time when the moon hung in the sky.

Alice and Pelette politely salute the guests who are leaving. Both of them were dressed in the typical clothes of general store merchants.

And as soon as the guests had left, Alice let out a deep sigh.

“Toweg… Oh seriously, why do I have to be here with a kid like this… “

Whining at her, she touched the top of her head. She’s just awkward in her own way without the bunny headband.

-Master~ Do I have to do this?
– I’ll give you a big prize.
– I will do it unconditionally. Working hard with Piime!
– Of course you should use birth control.
-Yes! Sure!

…I wouldn’t have done it otherwise.

Pelet, disguised as an ordinary human woman, let out a deep sigh as well.

She could not disobey Florian’s orders. Since she was in her position anyway, her own identity was discovered.

“I guess someone wants to be here. We are here to catch the culprit.”

“Ah yes, who is the criminal who only picks and beats the beasts? If we run into each other, I want to give you a compliment.”

In fact, Ellis was surprisingly egalitarian, not discriminating between beastmen and humans very much, but her remarks were simply to anger Felit.

“You… Won’t you cancel that right away? It’s crazy?”

“I’m not going to cancel it~ Tohanghang~ If you’re dissatisfied, you should have been born as a human.”

“I can’t. Are you disguised as Florian-sama?”

“What, what?! You just do it! Tear it limb from limb for real! Uh… No.”

Alice tilts her head and asks with a really serious expression.

“Could that be, the lower body is camouflaged exactly the same? Does the sperm come out the same? I’m serious right now. Answer me straight.”

That moment when Pellette got goosebumps all over her body.

-Children~ If we quarrel, are you going to tell Florian?

Zeke’s voice pierced my ears. They had magic tools installed in their ears that could inform them of the situation in real time.

“Lord, do not come to the master! I’ll do well!”

-Okay~ Take care~
– I guess you can leave these things to them. Like I should have done too.
– You can’t help it. Florian wants to do that.

“Eh. It’s annoying. It’s annoying. It’s annoying!”

Elise kicked her across the floor with the tip of her shoe. These shoes, not high heels, are just awkward.

“Be quiet because I’m more annoyed.”

“Yeah no Be quiet if you are a prisoner.”

“Yeah what? Be quiet when the diaper is full.”

“Yeah what? You were beaten to death for pretending to be Elfriede, right?”

– Children!

The fight between the two subsides only after Zeke shouts.

Elise sighs again and again.

“Can you really catch me doing this? Can’t the master just stay here with me… ? Then you can stay forever.”

“Noisy. Be quiet.”

“You are louder! Wasn’t this right?”

“No, I want you to be quiet.”

Felit covers Elise’s mouth with the palm of her hand.

Elise tried to punch Felit in the head with her eyes wide open, but Felit’s eyes were always on her door.

“…?”

Elise’s gaze also naturally headed there.

Sounds like something It’s like I can’t hear it.

The subtle next moment.

Kwaaang-!

“Raise your hands, you bastards!”

Three masked prisoners burst in.

“…”

Really come Elise and Pellette faced each other.