Chapter 28

No-Good People

“My, you aren’t surprised .

“You received the report from the group of knights, didn’t you say that? It doesn’t feel like you hid it?”

“Well, I didn’t now did I?”

Haku-san giggled while looking delighted .

“But, what was your reason for training the [Ordinary Cave] into a weak dungeon?”

“Because she is cute… though I would like to say that, it’s to protect No . 695-chan . That’s the reason I was truly surprised when I heard that the bandits were settled down . ”

“… In order to protect Rokuko, is it? … Why?”

“She’s my lovely younger sister you know? Though I wish I could give her a guard to keep anyone from invading, wouldn’t the opposite happen by attracting the eye of Kami-sama’s vanguard and become hunted? With that, I made certain to hide her as much as possible… Well? I wonder if my response satisfies you?”

Satisfies me huh?

… If I say it, I still might be stuck .

“… Your reason to hunt other Dungeon Cores?”

In order for knights to become Sage Knights, they needed the experience from breaking a Dungeon Core, according to the story .

In other words, Haku-san was intentionally having them do so .

While protecting Rokuko, she attacked other cores . Or rather, the Dungeon Core was almost destroyed by the bandit suppression due to that .

“No . 695-chan has no relation to that… otherwise, Kami-sama’s vanguard would hunt me . ”

For your own benefit . A very easy reason to understand .

“I’m convinced . ”

“Is there anything else you wish to hear? Since this is a special occasion, I’ll answer you know?”

“… Very generous . The reason for that?”

“Yes, well, this is a reward . I had heard it from No . 695-chan, but all of the bandits who kicked No . 695-chan’s core, down to the very last one, was exterminated without a chance for escape . You would have had to go on a hunt in the mountain if you missed even one . ”

Hmm, I see . Then I wonder about hearing more of becoming a Sage Knight?

“Come to think of it, one of those knights who came here tried to destroy the core . ”

“Right! Those seventeen knights, they tried to stab a sword into No . 695-chan to gain favor, something like that was in the report, can you believe it!? Seriously, humans are no-good since they can’t understand how cute No . 695-chan’s core is right? They deserve to be executed, all of them! Since it’s impossible to write No . 695-chan into their offenses, I’ll fabricate some minor treason against the country for the unit of knights . No, perhaps there’s no choice but to end it a simple salary cut for the ones that attempted to damage No . 695-chan to give them thoughts of treason? That way it will be a legitimate execution . Ahh, I wonder if the people concerned are returning to the royal capital without knowing anything?”

Ah, this person is a no-good person . Moreover, it’s a waste of authority to settle it like that .

Something like executing all of the knights goes beyond being dreadful politics!

“Oh my, I wonder if you think that is going too far?”

“No, not at all . Ah, those guys, I figured if there were other bandits, it’d be appropriate for adventurers to take care of it somehow . ”

“Hmm, extra offenses then . ”

I’ll keep taking advantage of this for now . It’ll be dangerous if I go about this poorly .

… Well, I’m starting to understand this a little . This person is definitely not an enemy to Rokuko .

After all, the basis of her actions is Rokuko . She wouldn’t become Rokuko’s enemy so long as we don’t hinder Haku-san .

“By the way, what were you saying about Sage Knights a bit ago?”

“Sage Knights? Ah, that’s just a vague title change . Destroying cores is useless unless you’re Kami-sama’s vanguard . By doing something like contributing to the circulation of mana, it seems their favor does increase…”

Ah, in the end I’ll, about vanguards… silence .

I don’t feel like destroying Dungeon Cores so please forgive me .

“Un . You seem incompetent by doing nothing but sleeping, but I will tentatively recognize you as No . 695-chan’s master . ”

Looks like I was accepted… If she’s not an enemy, that’s good .

A bad person is inside of the beautiful-foot person… no, sorry, it’d be wonderful to be stepped on by a villain like that .

“However, let’s have a Dungeon Battle . ”

Haha… anooother term I don’t know sprung up . Moreover, it sounds troublesome . Please give me a break .