【”Ha, Harold…?”】
【”How unsightly. I have no need to draw my sword against the likes of you.”】
【”O-one blow…?”】
【”Take that man.”】
【”Understood.”】
【”Looks like you’ve had a hard time.”】
【”Oh, shut up… But still, you saved us. Thank you!”】
【”Humph.”】
【”The target has been taken, sir.”】
【”Transport him to the town and interrogate him.”】
【”Understood. Hurry and carry him, maggots!”】
The three men carried their fallen, restrained comrade, and disappeared towards the town. After watching that scene, Liner came to ask Harold.
【”Say, Harold, who are those people?”】
【”My underlings.”】
【”Is that what you meant when you said you needed to make preparations, Harold-sama?”】
【”Yeah. But in the end, it was all for nothing.”】
【”Uuuh, I’m sorry…”】
After Harold knocked on the door of the room that was assigned to them, Liner’s face came out from inside.
【”I’ve been waiting, Harold!”】
He approached like a faithful dog that had been waiting for his master and captured Harold, pulling him inside the room by his arm. His eyes seemed to be begging Harold to hurry and share his information.
【”Calm the hell down! What are you? A child?”】
With his palm, Harold forcefully pushed back Liner’s excessively close face. Colette then pulled him back by grabbing the nape of his neck.
【”I, I am sorry for that, Harold-sama】
【”Seriously…”】
While letting out a sigh of shock and amazement, Harold let himself fall on a chair that came with the inn’s room.
【”What do you want to ask?”】
【”Do you know where the guys who stole the sword escaped to?”】
【”From the information I have, it seems like they’re escaping towards the southwest. Their destination might be Lorenz. “】
【”Alright! Knowing that, then…”】
【”You’re not about to say that you’re going to chase after them right away, are you?”】
【”I’m not, but…”】
【”No buts about it.”】
【”By the way, Harold-sama. Excuse me, but, what happened to the person you caught earlier?”】
【”He was appropriately dealt with. But well, he was a dead lead.”】
【”A dead lead?”】
【”That man was not a comrade of the Trinity group. At most, he was just collaborating with them.”】
【”What does that change?”】
【”He doesn’t have any information on the people who stole the sword. So we’re not going to be able to reach trinity’s base, or at least, not through his aid.”】
【”With this, our talk is over.”】
Saying so, Harold stood up and tried to get out of the room, but a question was thrown at his back along the way.
【”Harold, what are you going to do after this?”】
【”I’ve no need to tell you that.”】
【”Don’t be like that. Could it be that… You said their name was Trinity, right? If you intend to pursue them, then let’s go together!”】
【”Don’t make me laugh. I have other things to do.”】
【”I see… Still, it would be reassuring to be together with you.”】
【”Look, you’re still too weak. And you’re still very far from reaching me.”】
【”W-what?!”】
Liner got stirred up from the sudden harsh words. However, he lost his fire immediately after, and turned his head away with a sour expression on his face.
【”Well, compared to you, I’m certainly weaker…”】
【”Our status are different, so that’s only natural.”】
【”Therefore, engrave this into your mind: you must not overestimate your strength.”】
【”What do you mean?”】
【”It’s foolish for a weakling to fight with his power alone. When your power is not sufficient, then you have to group up with others. That is the fate of the weak.”】
【”The weak…”】
【”…However, the one thing you must never neglect is trying to become stronger. That’s all the more true if you believe you’re weak.”】
【”Well then, time to leave.”】
Translator’s note: Next time, we’ll finally follow Harold again, and honestly, I missed this, it has been too long since his last death flag! Sometimes, I feel like the author forgets what kinds of flags are supposed to be raising ><
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