CH 67.2

Red Flag and Litty were not the only ones who could not muster a comment on their skit. The chefs were overwhelmed, falling on their butts, and Aquaria was in an exasperated pose.

Redner rubbed the Waiter’s back as if to soothe him. Then he turned around to face Litty, who was the main subject of the conversation.

“Foreign products will cause homegrown products to be eliminated. And if that happened, what would happen to the producers? They will end up on the streets, starving to death…” (Redner)

“But the waiter clearly said that it was because of the disaster and the lack of crops. If that’s the case, the neighboring countries will be helping us out.” (Litty)

Redner slammed his fist down on the desk as he said, “That’s what I call being naive!” 

Although Litty wasn’t convinced, she felt that escalating this issue more would implicate Red Flag and restaurant staff, so she decided to stay quiet for now.

Redner’s arrogance was obvious, and no one was happy about it.

Seeing how heated things were getting, the waiter suddenly said, “This restaurant will remain closed until the new owner arrives. I’m going to ask the customers who are eating to leave.”

“Waiter-san! Are you sure! Are you sure about this?” (Litty)

“Shut up!” (Redner)

Redner’s fist again aimed at Litty, but this time Litty dodged it. Redner, who had intended to hit her, stopped and straightened his posture.

“That was clever. It’s been a while since I’ve felt the urge to pick up my weapon.” (Redner)

“Redner-sama! Please calm down and forgive us all for our stupidity!” 

“As I said before, we will send a replacement. Until then, the restaurant will remain closed.”

“Yes, sir!”

Litty was not happy, but she had no choice but to remain quiet in order not to bring trouble to Charl, the Waiter, and the others.

If Litty had attacked Redner, his armored guard would probably have been the one to take the fight. Litty also felt that the escort was not half-baked in his abilities.

After Redner and the others left the store, Charl exhaled heavily and sat down on the floor.

“Hahhh!!! Oh, shit!!! I thought I was going to die…” (Charl)

“Charl-san, everyone. I’m sorry…” (Litty)

“You, where do you get your courage from…? Is it because you don’t know what to be afraid of?” (Charl)

“That guard is also as good as a Rank 2 adventurer!” (Jennifer)

Jennifer implied that if they had gotten into a fight, they would not have gotten out of it unscathed. But it was not their abilities that they feared.

They were afraid of making an enemy out of the Royal family member called Redner. Even though the Adventurers’ Guild had a strong presence in the Royal Capital, Redner’s prestige would still be far above the reach of the Guild’s members.

The exhausted-looking waiter told Red Flag, “Um… we’re about to close, so… I’ll return the bill.”

There was nothing they could do about it.

Litty was annoyed at not being able to eat the course meal. Kuufa, on the other hand, was so nervous that from the moment she was seated she froze.

Aquaria wrapped her up and brought her outside to help settle the situation.

***

At the Adventurers Guild, Litty apologized again to Red Flag. As Litty started to calm down, she realized how much trouble she had caused.

At the same time, she also faced her own sense of helplessness: she had been with Yggdrasia and experienced what they were capable of, and she expected that Redner might be able to come close to their strength.

“It didn’t end badly, so don’t worry about it too much. You look more unsatisfied with it than anything else.”

“Yes… I need to improve a lot.”

“Don’t tell me you are feeling helpless about getting hit by Redner?”

“I plan to enter unexplored areas one day. The demons there must be much stronger than that man. If… if that is the case, how am I…”

Charl was about to say, “Don’t think too much about it now.” but felt a slight tingling sensation. It was like something close to killing intent was emanating from Litty.

“I’m going to get stronger, right?”

“Oh, you will for sure… don’t get too worked up, okay?”

Litty turned around and headed for the bulletin board where the request was posted. Her back looked massive to Charl.

For a moment, his fear was at its highest, and he almost screamed.

“Haaah…haaah…. Oh, calm down. me…”

“Charl, what’s wrong?”

“No, it’s nothing…”

Some kind of hallucination. Charl couldn’t help but feel that this was a vision of Litty’s future. If this was reflected as a difference in competence–

“Hey, Kuufa. You didn’t even drink the soup, did you?”

“Because, the restaurant… Kuufa is… too…”

As an orphan, Kuufa was under pressure from the restaurant itself, even before Redner had arrived. Charl’s thoughts were interrupted by such an amusing exchange.

It was rather a relief when he thought that maybe it was a good experience for her.