episode_0109

“Huh! Huh! Huh!”

The little boy, who had been struggling for a while to run away, checked behind him and made sure that no one was chasing him, and let out a heavy breath.

When I looked at his face, he was very scared.

Thinking that the sky would give me advice to be careful later, I immediately fell down.

thud!!

“Ugh!”

Suddenly, a shadow appears above your head and a person jumps out in front of you, and you can’t help but feel scared.

The startled child fell to the floor.

I quickly caught the falling child and said with a sigh of relief.

“I barely caught it. It’s okay, don’t be surprised. I came here to protect you. I’m not a bad person, so calm down.”

“Huh, huh…!”

The child’s body was shaking and full of fear.

The eyes are filled with tears, like a fawn that has lost its mother.

“Rest assured. There will be no problem.”

“Huh… Huh!”

I think he only realized he was safe after being reassured several times that it was okay.

The child fell into my arms and burst into tears.

It was not a cry out of fear or fear, but a cry filled with relief.

Normally I wouldn’t be this angry, but I realized that the idea of a child being used in a crime was more upsetting than I thought.

The little boy in my arms was as small as Hash.

‘It’s smaller than I imagined.’

There are people who kidnap weak and delicate children.

To be honest, I always thought it was someone else’s business.

However, since I met the victim in person, I couldn’t just pass it off as someone else’s problem.

‘You bastards. ‘What are you doing by kidnapping such a small child?’

I felt like all humanity was lost.

Using a child like this for a crime proves that it is trash that cannot be separated.

Until now, I had not thought much about the criminal organization that often appeared in the main scenario and interfered with the players.

‘Well, it’s just an extra.’

The main one is pollution.

Compared to the task of purifying the place, the trolling of the criminal organization felt like a side quest.

But now I thought it would be better to just uproot it.

If you leave it alone, it will show up and interfere with important work ahead of time.

I was convinced that even if these guys lived long, they wouldn’t be of any help to this world.

‘Anyway, it’s not like that knight can’t defeat the kidnapper, right?’

Since I couldn’t take the kid straight to where the criminal was, I took some candy out of my pocket and handed it to him.

I gave him hash as a gift, but I put it in my pocket and forgot about it.

“Do you want to try this? It tastes like strawberries. Do you like it?”

“Huh…Huh…Huh…Yes.”

The little boy held the candy I gave him tightly in his hand.

Then I sobbed bitterly, and the words “sorry” kept coming out.

I patted the child’s back and comforted him for a while, then carefully asked the child who had stopped crying.

“Can you tell me what happened?”

This kid was really lucky that he succeeded in escaping.

The Academy should have maintained a no-go policy rather than a lockdown.

‘What were the Academy thinking when they lifted the ban on going out?’

No matter how much the students protest, I think it is right that if there is such a danger, it should be prevented by force.

Didn’t you put the student in danger by looking out for the student?

“That’s it…”

After he stopped crying, he calmly told me about the situation, as if he wasn’t just a smart kid who ran away from his kidnapper for no reason.

“I ran out of pocket money, but I couldn’t get it because it was preventing me from going out.”

Lockdown order issued by the Academy.

Since it was an order that no one could leave or come in, there were many side effects.

The most important thing is that students cannot receive ‘pocket money’.

“Well, the kids tend to spend a lot of money.”

“I don’t even have much pocket money to begin with!”

It is said that people cannot come and go, but fortunately it is possible to send goods out and in.

Since the people inside had to survive as well, it was impossible to stop the supplies altogether.

Instead, it took a lot of time because we had to carefully inspect each item to send it out and bring it back in.

Because of that, the little boy had no choice but to keep waiting for pocket money to be sent from home.

“I tried to go and pick it up in person. I really didn’t have any money.”

The little boy, who was only able to receive items sent from home after receiving them in person, wandered around and did some shopping before returning to the academy.

After a pleasant shopping trip, I was about to return to the academy.

“I used a strange ability. My body couldn’t move. I wanted to ask for help, but no words came out.”

The little boy testifies to the situation at the time, saying that he was very scared.

“He dragged me to a deserted place and tried to put me in a big bag. But maybe I was lucky, and suddenly my body started moving. As soon as I realized that, I used my abilities and ran away.”

The little boy boasted that his ability was instantaneous movement.

I wondered how he ran away so quickly, but it seems he did so by using teleportation.

“That’s amazing, that must have been scary.”

Normally, a child of this age would just cry out of fear and not think of running away.

“You had courage.”

“Me?”

“Yes, don’t you know what a great thing you did? Thanks to you, I was able to save my kidnapped friends.”

The child makes a puzzled expression.

To be precise, it is important to be able to catch the kidnappers because this child was almost kidnapped.

Perhaps the reason the academy lifted the curfew was to bring the kidnappers who had gone into hiding back to the surface.

“You are here.”

If that was the intention, it can now be seen that the intention has worked.

“Did you catch everything?”

The driver who had gone to deal with the kidnapper appeared behind us.

However, the child’s expression when he sees the article that somehow appeared is not good.

“Now that I think about it, why didn’t you come to us earlier and why did you run away to the wrong place? If you were in an emergency, you should have come to the driver.”

Surprisingly, it was an article that answered my question.

“One of the people who tried to kidnap this child was someone pretending to be a knight. He must have been scared when he saw that.”

“Well, I wasn’t scared. I thought we were part of a gang and ran away.”

As if what I said earlier had given the child too much courage, he said something cute.

“Yes, you were brave. Well done. In times like that, it is better to be skeptical rather than to believe.”

“Hehe.”

The child’s face straightened again.

“Have you caught the criminal?”

“Yes, I caught them all and knocked them out. I’m sorry, but can I ask you a favor?”

“As much as you want.”

“Please go to the guard post and call my colleagues. There are so many people that I can’t lead them alone.”

At first glance, it seemed like there were more than 5 people, so it was natural.

“I had to take him to the guard anyway, so let’s do that.”

“Are you going to the security guard?”

“of course.”

The little boy, who still didn’t know his future, obediently followed to the security guard.

I thought it was great to hear that I could see the security guard.

As soon as we got to the guard station, we explained what had happened, and the knights at the guard rushed to the scene.

The little boy and I were provided with warm tea and cocoa, which we drank to our heart’s content. The little boy’s butt was set on fire by the homeroom teacher who arrived shortly after receiving a call.

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“”Uncle~!!””

“”I’m the boss!!!””

“What, why are you guys here?”

I left the security post and returned to the general store, but the kids had not returned to the academy and were waiting in front of my general store.

“I couldn’t go because I was worried!”

“That’s right, how can I just go back? I’m so worried that I can’t even sleep?”

“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“You look better than I thought…”

Getting hurt.

Rather, I received warm treatment from the security forces.

They say that it is no different from having made a great achievement by finally catching the tail.

In addition, I received a lot of praise for quickly assessing the situation, putting the driver in charge of the kidnapper and me in charge of the child.

‘I didn’t want to hear the guys’ compliments at all.’

Anyway, thanks to my performance, I was able to catch the criminal without missing a single one and ensured the child’s safety, so I received a greeting.

What was surprising was that they passed on without even checking my identity properly.

‘I don’t think he’s the type to do things thoroughly.’

Anyway, it was resolved without a problem, so I need to start by calming the kids down from their fuss.

“It wasn’t a big deal, there was no big problem. You guys were too worried. You’re crazy, so stop and go back.”

“You’re not lying to not make us worry, are you?”

“Am I a bigot? I would have told you to take responsibility if you caused any problems.”

It was only then that smiles appeared on the children’s faces at my honest words.

“Well, if you’re the boss, it’s entirely possible.”

I wasn’t used to being worried by kids, so I wasn’t sure how to react, and I was even embarrassed.

“We were too distracted by the strengthening. We are reflecting.”

“The atmosphere around here has been chaotic lately due to kidnapping crimes, so we shouldn’t have done something so strange, right?”

“Yes, yes. I’m sorry, uncle.”

“But how did you solve it? That driver was being dragged around very harshly.”

It had to be that way.

Because if I resisted even a little, he would immediately pull out his sword.

But the driver was one of the people who thanked me as I left the guard post.

“If you need my help, please let me know. I’m sure you can take care of it if you ask Dad.”

In their minds, I seem to be someone who was taken by the security forces and returned after being tortured harshly.

“I said it was okay. The matter was resolved better than expected. They didn’t even receive an investigation and instead received a thank you note.”

I wasn’t going to tell you the details because it was annoying, but I guess I couldn’t.

Today is a day where I get to experience many things.

In the first place, I had no idea that I would be taken away by the security guard while teaching the kids in the morning, and I had no idea that I would meet a kidnapper on the way to the guard station.

“That’s why I wasn’t even investigated. I just received a thank you in return.”

When I told them what happened during the short time I was taken away by security, the kids went crazy.

“Wow! He’s finally been caught!”

“It is difficult to say that they have been eradicated since it is probably a criminal organization. Still, you are amazing. It is great.”

“Awesome, boss!”

The other kids praised me, saying it was great, but Fran kept asking me about my physical condition and whether it was an occupational disease.

“That’s good, but were you hurt anywhere by the kidnapper?”

There was no danger as the driver single-handedly cleared out the kidnappers, as if he had not chosen his job in vain.

Moreover, didn’t I only deal with children?

There was no time to get hurt.