Volume 6 - CH 2.2

4-5 minutes 10.07.2022

While playing with his long eyelashes with his fingers, Fatih sighed exaggeratedly.

「…Far from seeing her true strength, they couldn’t even approach the important Dominas…」

「The ones protecting the party, though imperfect, are the regular soldiers of Ahmad’s army, after all. I don’t know about a surprise attack, but it’s within expectations that it’ll end up like this if they fought head-on」

「Hahan?」

Fatih, who was looking down at the one-sided battle below his eyes from the edge of the cliff, widened his eyes at those words and looked back at his older sister.

「—Look here, though it’s stingy if I say it like this, I distributed quite a bit of small change to instigate those guys, you know? All of that was in vain, wasn’t it?」

「It wasn’t entirely useless. Though a few, there are things that I’ve understood」

Pushing up her spectacles, Galarina analysed indifferently.

「—Firstly, this reverence that the people of Romarikku have for the Dominas is beyond my imagination. Those guys, who would commit cold-blooded robbery drama remorselessly if it were usual, cowered and became unable to act properly as soon as they realised that the other party was the Dominas’s party. Setting whether it’s faith that lies in the core or the fear of the fighting strength that is a Dominas aside, I’ve understood that it’s not simple to make the people of Romarikku eliminate a Dominas」

「That’s all?」

「And one more thing, that exclusive Hiera Glaphicos is troublesome. Though the ability of the Dominas herself is still unknown, he might possibly be even more difficult to deal with than the Dominas. It’s probably wiser not to antagonize him」

「Well, he’s most likely going easy on them」

Fatih, who had nodded with a “un un”, narrowed his eyes with a smile of satisfaction and shook the kiseru.

「…Nevertheless, he’s a cute child. I’ve taken a liking to him」

「You’re at liberty to take a liking to him, but it’s impossible to bring him back with us to our country」

「Wait a minute! Why? Why is it impossible?」

「The name of that Hiera Glaphicos is Dimitar Richternach… he’s a person from that famous House of Richternach」

「Richternach? The “Witch of Sunlight”?」

「It’s impossible that the relative of Ahmad’s first-class important person will change sides so easily. If we’re going to eliminate him, we can only kill him」

「My goodness… isn’t that too much of a waste!」

「…Like I said, stop twisting and turning like that. It’s seriously unpleasant when you do that」

While the tall and thin cross-dresser was twisting his body, the battle in the valley seemed to have come to an end already. The thieves had realised their own defeat, dragged the wounded along and fled; on the other side, the Dominas’s party arranged their formation and then advanced as if nothing had happened without pursuing them intentionally.

Playing with his flashily coloured hair, Fatih spoke.

「—So, what should we do, Nee-san?」

「I’m returning to the town」

「As for that, though you’re returning to the town, you seem to want to say that there’s another task?」

「It’s absolutely necessary to silence those guys who had escaped just now. —Sooner or later, the fact that the Dominas’s party had received the attack of the thieves while travelling will be found out even if we’re reluctant. Naturally, constables are expected to be dispatched. If those guys are easily caught and the testimony that they were requested by a male transvestite with a huge frame to attack the party appears, it’ll become troublesome in the future」

「…I’ve said this many times, but can you stop using the expression “huge”? I’m just a little big」

「It’s not a little. It’s quite」

「It’s a little!」

「…Never mind that, go and deal with the aftermath quickly. You’re really inefficient because you’re always engaging in idle talk」

「Guhe… then, I’ll borrow a few people」

When Fatih, who had licked his lips lightly, selected several people from among the men waiting at the back in silence, he left with a swiftness that gave one the impression that he was just like a leopard or something in the face of the poorness of the footing.