Chapter 49 – Attack Three Times!

‘It must still be a long way to get to the intended destination?!’

Capoa was currently very embarrassed. In fact, he planned this trip at the request of a nobleman. At least externally.

“Are you asking me to get rid of Erpojanette’s wife?”

“Yes.”

Since we did business in a secret place through the theater, I didn’t know his face, but it wasn’t a big deal. Most of the nobles who visit Capoa made this type of request.

“I will decline this request.”

However, he wanted to refuse this request.

“Why?”

“Aren’t you well aware of Erpojanet’s status?”

Erpozanet was not an ordinary noble, but a duke with a long history. It was difficult for him to bear the repercussions of touching a place where he had a good relationship with the king of the kingdom.

“200 gold coins.”

However, he couldn’t believe his ears when he heard the number of gold coins.

“What are you saying…”

“Is this not enough? In some cases, we can add 100 more.”

When Capoa heard the story, he realized he was not involved in anything ordinary. He casually talks about 100 gold coins, not 10.

Among the common people, there is a perception that nobles are naturally rich, but such cases are rarer than you might think. Even if you only have 5 gold coins, there are many cases where your hands and feet will tremble.

“You know it’s not that kind of problem, right? Our lives are important too.”

However, with this many gold coins, it has already crossed the line to be called a simple secret struggle between nobles.

‘Are you a noble from a foreign country? Or royalty?’

As Capoa was struggling with complicated thoughts, he continued speaking.

“Don’t worry. Erpojanette’s wife has now become a monk.”

“What if you become a monk?”

“Now I’m living as an adventurer.”

But after listening to his story, I could understand why this nobleman had come to see me. Sometimes it happens. Those who are relatively free from family obligations and have fantasies about the life of adventurers or commoners and become monks.

“Was it really like that?”

Capoa has often covered people who have escaped the protection of their families and gone out into the world without knowing what to do. Even if the family took issue with it, it was difficult to find fault with him dying while working.

I was taken aback because the reward was so large, but wasn’t it a reasonable price for Erpojanet’s female food, even if the subject had become a monk?

“How would you like me to deal with her?”

After completing the calculations in his head, Capoa assumed there was no problem and asked. Since these requests are mainly based on personal grudges, the requirements tend to be diverse.

If it is a man, it is made crippled by losing the use of its eyes or limbs, and if it is a woman, it is usually made into a criminal or disabled person, or in general, it is made into a slave.

“It doesn’t matter which way.”

“I understand.”

Capoa felt bad for his opponent in front of him. No matter who makes the request, it is impossible not to be interested in the object of the request.

Isn’t it true that you are making a request because you are interested in it, even if the target is a political enemy or has a grudge against you, even if it means something bad? But he seemed so indifferent.

‘But there’s nothing wrong with being a customer.’

Considering that there were many cases where the client almost failed due to his unnecessary interference in every matter, I was able to handle things in his own way with peace of mind because he did not interfere at all.

He recruited adventurers who had been in business with him for a long time, disguised himself as a businessman to clean up the mess, and even bribed bandits who were in a relationship with him.

‘The sudden formation of a canyon also helped.’

The plan that was completed like that.

First, create a believable appearance by mobilizing adventurers who know your boss and situation.

Secondly, a party including the daughter of Erpojanet is attracted.

Thirdly, they attack the target party by disguising themselves as an attack by bandits who were lured into the canyon and bribed.

Lastly, they disposed of the problematic items by throwing them into the canyon and reported it to the guild under the pretense that they had managed to escape from the bandits.

‘Why are they doing this now!?’

For some reason, the bandits attacked them faster than expected. The plan may have changed slightly because of one of the adventurers he hired, but there shouldn’t have been any problems.

“They’re bandits. I guess I should go out.”

“Oh, no!”

At that moment, Capoa was in a hurry to answer Tiaran’s words as he was about to go out, and ended up saying no.

“Why? We were hired to guard the top, right?”

He smiled and spoke as Asta looked at him strangely with his blue eyes.

“You may not know, but bandits are not necessarily hostile to the upper level. As long as you pay the toll, you can pass without incident.”

In any case, most of the bandits were chosen by the local residents or villages who had difficulty making a living due to geographical reasons as a means of making money.

‘But not them!’

As he held back his anger, he saw his target, Lucia, having a conversation with Tiaran.

“Doing business with bandits?”

“There is nothing we can do. There are many things that make it difficult to guarantee victory even if we hire escorts.”

“Haha, that’s it.”

Thanks to this, Capoa didn’t have to bother making excuses and got out of the carriage, thinking that he would kill him as painlessly as possible.

“You finally came out.”

Then, what they see is a group of bandits lining up and blocking their path.

“… Do you know how this happened?”

Capoa approached the leader of the adventurers with the adventurers as his escort and asked.

“You know what happened, right? They’re trying to collect toll taxes.”

“I guess you said you would pay me enough compensation?”

He gritted his teeth at his shameless response, pretending not to know. Because he was a bandit in his own employ. Even though Capoa’s voice was suppressed with anger, he spoke while picking his ears.

“Yes, I decided to give you enough. Was it 50 gold coins?”

“Are you saying that’s not enough?”

Of course, it was money they had to take out of the money they were supposed to receive, but that would have been ample compensation for them as well. But is that not enough? When Capoa glared, he held up his hands as if to calm down.

“Giggle, don’t stare too hard. It’s not about money. What we agreed to receive was 50 gold coins and a girl named Asta, right? But one girl isn’t enough.”

Only then did he realize what the problem was.

“Lucia, hand over that woman too.”

As Capoa remembers, the leader of the bandits was a knight. Because he was a wanted man after murdering the daughter of a noble family he served. That was the reason why his face was hidden with a rag-like cloth.

“You know because you’ve worked with me for a long time, right?”

“Tsk.”

Capoa once asked him why he did such a thing.

‘Why did you do that?’

‘Yes, it wouldn’t have been a bad situation for a knight to be able to protect a lady.’

Even if an ordinary knight had a low status, being in charge of protecting a noble was a greater career than expected. At least it means that his skills are not a problem, so he would have been able to attract the attention of other nobles or take on a higher position.

‘Hehe, why has Gigi ever had sex with a young lady?’

‘I don’t think that will happen, but…’

‘Yes! No matter how hard we spend our whole lives, it’s the inner flesh of a noble lady that we have to decide whether to taste or not.’

He went on to give a long speech about how different and fragrant the young lady’s skin was from that of a prostitute or a sleazy young person, but the conclusion was as follows.

‘The skin I first tasted still appears in my dreams. You never know when an opportunity will come. Don’t fuck a woman who tempts you so defenselessly? That’s bullshit!’

He was just a pervert with a fetish for noble ladies. After learning the cause, Capoa started getting headaches. He usually solved things without any problems, so I had forgotten what his fetish was.

‘Shit! I never thought that would be a problem!’

The bigger problem is that there was another partner whose goal was to get a woman similarly.

“Shut your filthy mouth. That woman is my trophy.”

Then, the person who came to the side was an adventurer wearing armor who was standing next to him. His name is Ketan, and he wasn’t the type of person to wear armor like that, but he had to go around like that.

“What are you making your own decisions? You adventurer. Do you feel like you’re a knight when you’re wearing armor?”

“At least he’s much more like a knight than a bastard who goes around banditry.”

As you can see from the fight now, Ketan decided to accept Lucia in exchange for money.

“Then how about this? Replacing the women…”

“”Get out.””

Capoa tried to mediate between the two, but they showed no intention of yielding.

“Both the girl named Lucia and the girl named Asta are mine. I already wanted them both, so it’s a good thing.”

“You’re talking nonsense. I was targeting those two women from the beginning!!”

In a bloody atmosphere as if they were going to point their swords at each other at any moment, Capoa wondered how he could get out of this situation.

‘I can’t do this. It’s right to throw away Ketan now.’

Ketan was the highest rank among the adventurers he hired, but he could not turn the bandits and their leader into enemies just to please him.

If the fight continues like this, there will be a bigger setback in the plan. It was the moment when Capoa made a decision and was about to tell the truth.

“Then what about doing this…?”

At that moment, I was so shocked at the sight of the man who came between them that my voice broke off.

“Everyone, stay still! You bastards! If you don’t give up your things obediently, your hair will fly away too!”

“T-Tiaran? What do you mean?”

Before I knew it, Tiaran was standing between them and proudly shouting. When Capoa asked, forgetting the situation, he responded by tapping the totem on his hand as if threatening.

“What are you talking about? They’re robbing you.”

He declared that he was going to commit robbery.