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In the worn-out kitchen of the potion hoarder, Adelheid urgently grabbed the potions placed on the desk.

The red one is a healing potion, and this orange one here is the powerful potion, right?

“Captain! Please come quickly!”

Amidst the subordinates’ clamor, without further thought, Adelheid snatched the orange potion and gulped it down.

One won’t be enough. To stop that insane holy knight, I need to drink more.

Whether it’s side effects or whatever, if we can’t stop that, our mercenary group is finished!

After drinking two more potions in succession, a hot energy began spreading throughout her body.

Is this the power that annihilated thirty goblins?

Adelheid hurriedly tried to join her subordinates.

As she was about to step outside, Adelheid couldn’t move her feet and became flustered.

Isn’t the hot energy spreading throughout my body concentrating around my lower abdomen?!

“Ugh…!”

Experiencing an unprecedented discomfort and strange sensation, Adelheid clutched her stomach and hunched over.

Damn it, what’s happening?! Is this how it’s supposed to be?

However, no matter how much she thought, amidst the dampness of the power and her lower regions, she couldn’t find a correlation.

“Captain! We really can’t hold out any longer!”

“I’m going now…!”

Shivering, Adelheid staggered outside.

Feeling the slippery sensation of her concentrated lower abdomen, Adelheid was on the verge of losing her mind.

Stopping in the middle of the corridor, hobbling with her thighs pressed together, Adelheid suddenly made a conjecture.

Did that potion hoarder deceive me?

Calling it a powerful potion when it’s actually poison…?!

Rage had to surge.

However, Adelheid couldn’t summon rage.

Instead of anger, what hollowed her heart was betrayal.

Were all the things said to me… lies?

Was it all just a lie to win my favor and prepare for this moment…?

Adelheid slowly crumbled, shaking her head.

How… How could this happen to me…

I didn’t even know, I was so excited….

I believed it was sincere….

Thick tears fell from Adelheid’s eyes.

“Captain! What are you doing here!”

The second-in-command rushed down the corridor and grabbed Adelheid’s shoulders.

“You have to retreat! You absolutely can’t stop that!”

“I thought it was sincere….”

“Yes…?”

The eyes of the 2nd lieutenant widened in astonishment as he looked at the tearful face of the commanding officer.

“Commander? Why are you like this?”

“At least I was sincere….”

At that moment, the door leading to the restaurant shattered, and a bright golden light flooded the corridor.

There’s no more time to waste.

The 2nd lieutenant grabbed Adelheid by the neck and lifted her up, dashing across to the opposite side of the corridor.

* * * * *

The mercenaries scattered and began to flee in all directions.

I was worried they might turn against me, but they were all too preoccupied with escaping to pay any attention to me or the administrative officer.

“Those who live by the sword die by the sword….”

The administrative officer, having drunk a healing potion and regained his composure, muttered as he watched them go.

“Mercenaries are driven by money…. It will be difficult for them to regroup under the name of Lemegeton again….”

“That’s true. By the way, Administrative Officer, are you trying to swap me with the village?”

The administrative officer remained silent at my question and smiled quietly.

Is she insane?

I’ve worked so hard to raise this village, and she’s just thinking about selling it off?

“Don’t entertain such reckless thoughts next time. I will report this directly to the royal court.”

“T-then I’ll be dismissed….”

The administrative officer murmured gloomily.

“And probably spend a few years in prison…. Have my property confiscated, left with nothing but a wretched body, and become a foolish woman scorned by the returning villagers…. The only one who would welcome me is Mr. Jack…. Working at the potion shop, unable to resist Jack’s advances, and then….”

“Aaagh! Stop it!!”

I realize now that whenever the administrative officer talks about her depressed and bleak future, she subtly mixes in her own hopeful wishes.

In a very strange way, too.

“Brother! Brother!”

At that moment, a very welcome voice could be heard from the other side.

Mirael and the potion knights were seen running towards us.

“Mirael!”

“Brother!”

Mirael, who had run over, jumped into my arms.

“Are you okay?”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

“As you can see, I’m perfectly fine.”

“Thank goodness….”

“By the way, what’s going on with everyone?”

Stopping to catch their breath, Potion Knights and village guards looked at me and asked.

Then Mirella opened her eyes wide and glared at the magistrate.

“That stupid woman with big breasts took the carriage by herself and ran all the way here!”

“Sorry, Mirella…”

The frightened magistrate hid behind me and hugged me, but Mirella’s eyes bulged out.

“Get away from me right now!”

Despite that, the magistrate held me even tighter, and eventually Mirella pushed a lid opener between us and started twisting it like a lever.

“Ouch, my chest hurts…”

“You fatso!”

Meanwhile, Liberonne approached, dragging a cart.

“Backstage Angel.”

“Liberonne. Once again, you saved me. I’m really grateful.”

“No, I didn’t.”

Liberonne shook her head.

“I’m happy to be of help to you, Backstage Angel. It’s a relief that you’re safe.”

“By the way, did you see any female mercenaries inside?”

“The women couldn’t do pussy.”

Hmm, then did Adelheid run away?

She must have drunk a lot of pig aphrodisiac potion, but apparently it had no effect on people.

Still, just in case, I asked the knights to search the castle’s interior.

If I let her slip away, she might come back for revenge later, and that would be troublesome.

But indeed, Adelheid was not in the castle.

Instead, we found something amazing.

It was the mercenary unit’s armory.

There were close combat weapons such as swords and daggers, as well as ranged weapons like crossbows and bows, all in abundance.

What a real windfall. I wanted to arm the knights anyway.

Moreover, in the safe found in Adelheid’s bedroom, we discovered numerous gold coins and bars suspected to be the mercenary unit’s funds.

In the game, these are mediocre rewards, but in reality, they felt incredibly significant.

It’s a relief we didn’t tell Alaina about this.

We’ll take care of this.

If we did something wrong, we should be prepared to face the consequences.

We loaded the weapons and safe onto the carriage brought by the magistrate and returned to the village.

Liberonne accompanied us to the village.

Weapons were stored in the village hall warehouse, and the money was placed in the administrator’s safe.

I plan to manage this separately without putting it in the accounting ledger.

“The management seems to be very well done.”

Hosutante Kyeong nodded satisfactorily as he looked around the weapons.

“Indeed, they are the mercenaries of Lemegeton. Whatever else, they are sincere in their fighting.”

“How is it? There should be no problem arming the knights with this level of equipment, right?”

“That’s right. There should be no shortage. The problem is how to train them.”

“Why not have Hosutante Kyeong do it?”

Hosutante Kyeong chuckled and shook his head.

“How could a greenhorn teach young ones how to wield a sword? It’s overwhelming now.”

“Well, I see. But there aren’t really any talented individuals in the village. Even the guards don’t have the skills to teach anyone.”

“There are holy knights.”

Liberone is still in the village, helping with labor and currently staying at the store for a while.

He said to wait to feed them before leaving.

It would be great if Liberone could train the knights, but unfortunately, Liberone must return to the clergy.

For quite some time, Liberone has continued to stay and get involved without returning to the clergy.

It will be difficult to delay any longer.

* * * * *

“I won’t leave.”

As soon as she returned to the store, Liberone declared.

“What? Why? You don’t have to go back to the clergy?”

“If you coincidentally meet three times, it becomes inevitable. Meeting the patron angel and me unintentionally has already happened three times. I will stay here instead of leaving.”

If it’s three times, let’s wait a bit.

When she went up to Odellin City, when she encountered goblins, when she was kidnapped in Lemegeton.

It would be nice if Liberone stayed…

“But can you really not return to the clergy? What should I say…”

“This starting village area is a place away from the attention of the empire and the kingdom. Since public order has not been properly established, I plan to carry out purification and return for the safety of the people.”

Not a bad idea. I need Liberone, and Liberone wants to be by my side, and the clergy will also think positively.

“Then I’ll find a separate lodging for you. If I talk to the administrator…”

“I will also stay here. Since I plan to assist the Backstage Angel anyway, it seems convenient to resolve meals in the same place.”

“Living here? With me, Mirella, and Liberone?”

“We have a few rooms left, so it doesn’t matter.”

“There’s no reason to refuse Liberone from coming in.”

“If we get a new house, we’ll have to move furniture and everything, so this might be better.”

“Mirella, what do you think?”

“I don’t mind, as long as Sir doesn’t share a room with my brother.”

Since Mirella agrees, it should be fine.

“Okay. Then you can live here too.”

“Thank you. I’ll unpack right away.”

Liberone carried his bag and went up to this floor.

And that’s how Liberone came to live with us from the store.