CH 68

[Capturing Arms, Distant Backs]

“Iyaa, that was load off my shoulder. The feeling of being liberated sure is great~.” (Sakurai)

Sakurai was walking in the middle of the city while stretching his arms and shoulders to loosen his stiffness.

He, who had a cheerful smile on his face, had no leather bag on his back; the leather bag, folded neatly, was carried by Iris who walked side by side with him.

Now, the only items in the leather bag were what Sakurai dubbed as the ‘Three Sky Series’, not to mention the bankbook that had a lot of money in it, even the cheques that could be used to withdraw money from it had gone.

“Hey, Sakurai. Are you really okay with it? It’s a lot of money, you know?” (Higaki)

“Don’t care.” (Sakurai

At the question of Higaki who walked behind him and Iris, Sakurai answered immediately without turning his head.

Walking further back behind them, Luisina, who wore a cloak to hide her appearance, recalled Higaki’s perplexed expression as she talked when they had returned to the hospital room.

Sakurai, the key figure that made use of Black Sword’s plot to loot lots of money from their base in order to repay his debt.

After paying off his debt with the money he got, he said that the rest was ‘in the way’ and used up all of it within the same day.

Moreover, the way he used it was not normal, it wasn’t for his own pleasure or investment for the future, instead, he ‘dumped’ that large amount of money on Amanai, Akano, and Ethel, who could hardly be called his acquaintances.

“But why did you give them such a large sum of money even though you just met them?” (Higaki)

“I had them suppressed one of the bosses; as the helped side, I naturally had to give them adequate quest reward.” (Sakurai)

Sakurai had skillfully browsed the list of inpatients at the reception of the hospital, and when he confirmed that Amanai and others were receiving treatment at the same hospital, he claimed to be ‘one of their party members’ and paid for their treatment costs on the spot.

He then gave them 3 million cheques each, and he left Ethel Tyner’s rosary with a note in the lost-and-found corner while he was at it.

Moreover, he forcibly gave the remaining still-large amount of money to Iris and Higaki, and now what was left in his hand was only a small change enough to have a little extravagant dinner for the week.

At Sakurai’s apathy or maybe, indifference toward money, Higaki and Iris, who were given bankbooks, ended up repeatedly confirming it with him unconsciously.

“If I raise my level in dungeons, I will naturally collect the money I require, and I have no use for such a large amount of money anyways.” (Sakurai)

“But Sakurai-san, shouldn’t you save money for the future?” (Iris)

“There are absolutely people who will come flocking to you if they hear you’ve saved up a lot of money, I just don’t wanna deal with them.” (Sakurai)

To those words, Luisina, who had become an ex-diva, nodded deeply on the inside.

While she was working as a diva, just how many people there were coming at her with hidden motives when they learned that she was single woman who had lots of money and status.

The lot, who were so many it was even bothersome to count, were persistent in many ways, sometimes, there were even the likes of noblemen who went as far as using drugs to try to rape her.

Of course, the level of drugs that affected human bodies were harmless to Luisina, a demon-kin.

The people who did reckless actions to her were turned into puppets with ‘Blood Mist’ or she simply killed with her physical strength.