bookbashuk #228 - As expected of you, you did it easily.
#228 - As expected of you, you did it easily.
Chapter 228 It Really Is Zunzun, Easily Done…
“Give it back to me! Give it back to me!”
When Meili saw the doll, her emotions became extremely agitated. She stretched out her hands and kept lunging towards Zunzun, but under Wilhelm's control, she was kept further and further away.
“Wait, wait… That's mine, give it back!”
“What's yours and mine? Little one, once we kill you, it'll all be ours.”
“Ugh… Wah ah ah — — — — — —”
It has to be said that Felix has quite the twisted sense of humor. He seems to really enjoy seeing Meili cry, so he deliberately intimidates… No, it can't really be called intimidation, since they do intend to kill Meili.
“That's mine! Waaah ~ It was so hard for me to beg Elsa to give it to me! I'm her favorite person, and she told me to take good care of it! Give it back to me quickly!!!”
The little girl cried as she shouted.
Favorite person?
Hey, hey, hey, no way.
Zunzun twitched his lips. Out of the corner of his eye, he could already see Catboy looking at him with the eyes of a scumbag. Sorry, he's not interested in yanderes who want his intestines! But…
He took a deep breath.
“Forget it, let her go.”
“…Is that okay?”
“Of course, I'm just suggesting it. She is, after all, your spoils of war. I have no right to interfere.”
“Then it's the same for me. So, it seems we'll have to see what Wilhelm-jii has to say.”
Zunzun and Felix looked at Wilhelm.
The white-haired old man, who looked like a demon, said after a moment of silence, “Let's just consider it my obsession, and temporarily imprison her. Although this child has been tainted with some darkness, the remaining pure white can still be rewritten. And… the scent of a witch also concerns this old man.”
Look at that, how poetic.
“The scent of a witch, huh…”
Felix also became slightly serious.
He is a member of the kingdom's knight order, so he naturally knows the culprit behind the chaos and upheaval in the kingdom—the Witch Cult. There are even rumors that the royal family all died from inexplicable poisons, with the Witch Cult lurking behind it. That is precisely why he wants to kill Meili.
“But this old man cannot take her back.”
“Ah, after all, Crusch-sama hates these kinds of people.”
“That's right. Therefore, Zunzun-dono… Zunzun, could I trouble you?”
Facing their excessive requests, Zunzun twitched his lips.
…Hey.
Letting the guy who killed Elsa look after her, isn't that a bit too twisted?
But he was the one who changed his mind and said to let Meili go, and imprisoning her in the Sword Saint family doesn't require him to worry about it, so this is fine.
Fram volunteered to take on the responsibility of guarding her.
“Then.”
Felix stretched out a big yawn and asked, “What should we do now? Should we go back and find Roswaal, or…”
“I don't agree with going to find him.”
“Same here.”
Zunzun echoed Wilhelm.
Now that it's clear that Roswaal was behind this attack, going back is no different from actively seeking death. Moreover, wanting to question him is wishful thinking; with Roswaal's cautiousness, he would have already cleared himself of any involvement.
The few of them are very clear about this.
But it's impossible for them to swallow this grievance. Felix is as petty as a woman.
Actually, Zunzun doesn't understand Roswaal's strange actions. Other than sending the Bowel Hunter to her death and angering the Crusch camp and the Sword Saint family, he has no idea what benefits he could possibly gain.
But for the 'clown' who only acts according to the Book of Wisdom and is no different from a walking corpse, it's possible for him to make incomprehensible moves.
Now the earth dragon has run off, and the dragon carriage is completely wrecked.
They can only rely on walking.
From noon to dusk, under Meili's constant complaints, they finally arrived at the post station.
Afterward, the group stayed there.
Wilhelm sent a message through the post station to the Karsten family, that is, Crusch, informing them of their encounter on the road, as a way of saying they would be late returning and to reassure them.
Old Man Grimm did the same thing.
The post station was still as noisy and undisciplined as before, but Zunzun didn't see Otto's figure among them. After inquiring, he learned that he had already gone to buy oil.
Early the next morning.
Wilhelm rented the post station's dragon carriage and left with Felix after saying goodbye to them.
Just as Zunzun was about to leave, he saw someone running towards them.
A cloud of dust rose behind him, his legs swinging so fast that they appeared as afterimages, and his face had a slightly anxious look. When he saw Zunzun, his eyes lit up, and he quickened his pace.
“Zunzun-sama, are you alright!”
“…Reinhardt!?”
Zunzun didn't expect him to appear here; he had already sent him a message to reassure him.
“Haa — —”
The Sword Saint, who had rushed over, wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and said with a sigh of relief, “I'm sorry, I was on duty last night, and I only found out this morning that you were attacked, so I rushed over immediately. Are you alright?”
“We're fine, we're fine. More importantly, Reinhardt, how long did it take you to get here?”
“…Five minutes?”
Reinhardt said cautiously.
Zunzun could tell that he had deliberately added a few minutes so as not to hurt his self-esteem, but that only hurt him more.
“Speaking of which, who is this person…?”
“A prisoner.”
Zunzun wasn't in the mood to talk to a cheat, Fram answered on his behalf. After Reinhardt heard this, he nodded slightly, but he didn't have any malice towards Meili. It should be said that he doesn't have any malice towards most people.
“It's a pity you came late, Reinhardt.”
“What do you mean?”
“If you had come earlier, you might have met Wilhelm-jii.”
“Wilhelm-jii…?”
For the first time, a somewhat lonely expression appeared on Reinhardt's face, probably because he didn't know how to face his grandfather.
Thinking about it, it's quite laughable.
An outsider is closer to Wilhelm than his own grandson. There's no reasoning with that.
Afterward, they got into the carriage and headed back.
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The journey was peaceful and uneventful. Honestly, Zunzun was hoping that some fool would come and cause trouble for the Sword Saint.
Back at the Sword Saint family's residence.
Felt ran out quickly to greet him when she learned that he had returned. When she heard that Zunzun had been attacked by the terrifying Bowel Hunter, she immediately laughed gloatingly.
“Little bro, you're really miserable. To think that you'd be targeted by that crazy woman, the days ahead won't be easy.”
“Too bad, I killed the Bowel Hunter.”
“Gah — — — — ?!”
Zunzun patted Felt's stunned shoulder, his raised lips carrying a mocking retort.
“Unlike a certain someone who could only run away, I successfully took revenge.”
“N-No wonder it's Zunzun, easily doing what we can't do.”
Felt said with a flattering smile.
For a long time, Elsa had been her nightmare. She heard from Glasis that she would wake up almost every night in fear. Now that she knows Elsa is dead, she should be able to relax.
Felt was very curious about Meili, and Zunzun didn't stop them from meeting.
It's just that the scent of a witch on Meili's body is very troublesome, so Reinhardt imprisoned her in the Sword Saint family's dungeon… Although it's called a dungeon, the living environment is surprisingly good.
For the next few days, Zunzun lay in his room.
Supposedly to recover from his injuries.
He was already scared. This world is too dangerous. Numerical monsters like Elsa are one thing, but if mechanism monsters like the Archbishops come knocking, then he might never be able to escape.
Every day, Zunzun ate and drank with Old Man Rom in the Sword Saint family.
By the way.
Old Man Rom wasn't left in the loot warehouse; he was also brought to the Sword Saint family to recover from his injuries.
Originally, Reinhardt didn't want to bring him, but after Zunzun reminded him that Old Man Rom might become Felt's constraint, he hesitated and brought him along.
Old Man Rom had a lot of complaints about Zunzun. The Bowel Hunter didn't even hurt him, but he was seriously injured by his own people, so he had a lot of opinions.
He thought that Old Man Rom would also clamor to leave like Felt when he first arrived at the Sword Saint family, but he didn't expect him to remain silent for two or three days. Then, he suddenly changed his temperament and started living as a freeloader, eating and drinking in the Sword Saint family.
From him, he even saw the figures of those scum like Kazuma and his group.
However, Felt listens obediently, and Old Man Rom deserves a lot of credit for that.
This day.
Felt stomped her feet and rushed to his door, shouting loudly, “Hey! Zunzun, you promised me before that you would study hard and gain the teacher's approval while you were away, and then take me out to play when you came back… Why aren't you keeping your word!”
“…Because I'm injured.”
No, actually, he had forgotten about it. After all, he was just trying to appease Felt at the time.
Reinhardt, who followed her in, said helplessly, “I've already tried to dissuade Felt-sama, but…”
“Don't try to appease me anymore! Breaking your word is not the way of a knight!”
“That's right.”
Felt seems to have used the principles of a knight to stump the Sword Saint.
Zunzun asked in some surprise, “Could it be that Felt has finally learned to write, and isn't just using graffiti to fool people?”
“What did you say!?”
“Although I would like to say that's not the case, Felt-sama has actually been working very hard during this time, and even Mrs. Meyer has praised her highly.”
He didn't expect to hear such a statement from Reinhardt.
Felt looked at him expectantly.
If Zunzun says no, then it's absolutely impossible for her to trust him again in the future, so…
“Okay, we'll go out and play!”
“Really? That's great!”
Felt's eyes lit up.
“But Felt-sama…”
Reinhardt hesitated, not because of anything else, but because he was afraid that she would take the opportunity to escape and not participate in the royal selection.
Zunzun waved his hand dismissively.
It would be one thing if Old Man Rom wasn't here, but with Old Man Rom here, Felt may be unwilling on the surface, but she won't abandon him and run away on her own.
Moreover, Old Man Rom very much wants Felt to participate in the royal selection, which is why he is acting like a freeloader to disgrace himself.
That old geezer is very clever.