episode_0297

Since there was so much luggage to take with them that the cargo trucks that had been farmed around were not enough and other vehicles had to be mobilized, it was not possible to include even the furniture that was normally used in the moving list.

The furniture in the room was the same as the last time I visited, but as soon as I moved into the office, which had a slightly deserted feel because all the books and documents were gone, the content of the second contract I received from Reiko was as simple as the first. .

“I will ask for the safety of the family, including me, until we arrive at the academy.”

Because it was simple, there were some parts that were more frustrating.

“Are you asking me to protect not just you, Reiko, but the entire family?”

“Accurate.”

What if Reiko had asked him to protect her no matter what?

He would have nodded willingly without much hesitation.

Unless those so-called special entities suddenly awakened and formed a scrimmage like zombies and attacked, or even if that actually happened, Reiko and Chiyo were confident that they would be able to get out of such trouble.

But what if the target expands from Reiko and Chiyo to all members of the Arisugawa family?

Even for me, it was difficult to give a definitive answer.

To be honest, there were so many things that I couldn’t do anything about.

Even if there were only about ten people to take care of, the thought of how to control each and every one of them would make you feel dizzy. How much more so, if the Arisugawa family had a total of over a hundred members, wouldn’t it?

But am I supposed to cover all those people by myself?

For that to be possible, wouldn’t my eyes first have to be about 100, like some monster that appears in mythology?

So I couldn’t easily agree and stayed silent for a while… Was my reaction surprising?

“Is it impossible?”

Hmm, those words came out of Reiko’s mouth along with a low snort.

Is it impossible…?

“To be honest, it’s half and half.”

“Half and half…?”

“Because there are so many people that need to be protected.”

I’m not a god, so I can’t control every unexpected situation.

I meant exactly that, no more, no less, and shrugged my shoulders, but Reiko, seeing my reaction, let out a sigh and laughed.

“It’s unexpected.”

“···?”

“Oh, I was just saying that to myself, so you don’t have to worry about it too much.”

Even though he said it like that, his voice sounded like it was meant to be heard out loud…

I couldn’t figure out what was so surprising, so I squinted my eyes without realizing it, but was he even aware of my gaze?

“Anyway… I don’t think there’s a need to think too hard about it.”

Reiko naturally led the conversation in a different direction.

From my perspective, I knew Reiko’s intention behind it, but I had no choice but to go along with it.

“The words…”

“What I want is a general level of security, not ‘perfect’ security.”

“Umm···.”

“Isn’t it possible to reprimand a bodyguard for the fact that the person being guarded secretly acts harshly on his own and gets hurt?”

In short, I have no intention of being strict.

“If the opponent is an ordinary zombie, one family’s bodyguards can be enough to deal with it, as long as there are not thousands of them coming at once.”

“In other words, the role I will ultimately take on is to protect the party from variables called special entities that may appear.”

“Accurate.”

“Do you normally manage the overall safety of your group?”

“That’s right too.”

In normal times, you play the unreasonable role of security team leader, but only work as a strike team when a special entity appears…

If that’s exactly what Reiko wants from me, I don’t think there’s anything I can’t do.

“Hmm…”

“Why? Are there still parts that bother you?”

“To be honest… yes, it is.”

“Can I hear what that is?”

Are you asking because you really don’t know?

In that case, I have no choice but to tell you personally.

“Let’s assume that as per Reiko’s wishes, I am responsible for the safety of the group during the migration.”

“Hmm.”

“When that happens, will the people already on the security team faithfully follow what I say?”

The moment she asked that, a bitter smile spread across Reiko’s face.

Of course it has to be that way.

I don’t know anything else, but I will never be able to confirm this statement.

The fact that she was a woman and not a man was a bit surprising, but regardless of my personal impressions, the woman named Mai Shimazu, who is currently working as the head of the security team for the Arisugawa family, was a quite outstanding leader.

What if a woman named Mya was not a good leader?

In the first place, Reiko wouldn’t have been able to hold out until I arrived.

Instead of holding on to his position as the head of the family, he would have been pulled down long ago and reduced to being torn around with that woman named Mai.

But, in a situation where there is a leader who is respected by his team members, I, who am just an outsider, suddenly get caught in the middle of it?

Even just thinking about cancer didn’t paint a good picture.

Oh, of course, I wasn’t making this claim simply based on speculation.

How could that be the case, unless he was a patient suffering from some kind of delusional disease?

‘Recently, all the eyes looking at me are not very good…’

When we had just entered this mansion, everyone was cautious because they thought they might get cut in half by my sword like a stalker or something.

I was busy teaching Reiko, so I showed a few moments, and everyone started to show me impure looks, as if they had completely forgotten the memories of the first day.

Well, of course, if there’s a guy playing around alone while everyone is busy, it’s hard to get along… Anyway, it’s very unlikely that the guys who always looked at me that way will change their attitude just because I became the team leader. .

So, if you really want to work…

“If you meet the conditions of leaving the leadership of the security team to the existing team leader and moving separately, I will accept the request.”

“Hmm… Well, I like it.”

“By the way.”

“···?”

“Are you sure it’s okay?”

“What does that mean all of a sudden?”

Reiko furrowed her pretty eyebrows as if she didn’t understand what it meant.

Does this mean that if you’re going to talk, don’t end it in an ambiguous place and end it clearly?

Judging from the way he looked at me with a look of disapproval in his eyes, I thought it must have been that way, so I immediately spoke to Reiko to prevent her from hating me any more.

“You may have already heard this, but it took me and Chiyo over a week just to get here from the academy.”

Of course, one of those days was spent taking care of Chiyo, who was ailing, and considering that she only moved when the sun came out, there was room for shortening the time…

What is important is that the number of people in the group has become overwhelmingly large.

It’s incomparable to when Chiyo and I were traveling around on a motorcycle.

And the group has increased?

Of course, the time it takes to get to the academy will also increase.

Even if I don’t know anything else, I can confirm that part because it’s like a fate that can’t be avoided.

Right now, I only had to prepare two servings for a meal, but now I have to prepare more than 100 servings, but it doesn’t matter.

‘If that’s all it takes, you’re lucky…’

Worst case?

I might have had to abandon the existing route I had pioneered with Chiyo’s help and pioneer a new path entirely.

No, it’s not that it can’t happen, it’s that it will most likely happen that way.

Among the routes I was guided through through Chiyo, there were several narrow and steep hills, and the group, which included a hundred people and a cargo truck so large that it was completely impossible to enter tunnels of moderate size, was forced to go through them. Because you can’t push it in.

What if we even take those variables into account?

“Minimum 10 days.”

“···.”

“Maybe…it might take longer than that.”

But you entrusted me with your security for that long period of time?

If that happens, how much ‘time’ will Reiko have to pay me?

Reiko pursed her lips in response to my remark, which was intended to remind me of that point.

And then…

“If it was that part… I was prepared.”

He said that with the most determined expression on his face.

No matter how you look at it, it is the face of a matriarch who is ready to sacrifice herself to protect those in her family.

However, there was something else that really caught my eye.

Parrr…❤️

‘Huh, look at this?’

Now that I see it, he wasn’t a noble matriarch who was prepared to make sacrifices, but rather a bitch who was thinking of using this excuse to get a lot of shit from me, right?