episode_0033

Unknowingly, a smile crept onto my lips.

Now, there are no typos, and the writing is quite good. Impressive.

“You refer to me as ‘sir,’ but who are you?”

In response to Liberonne’s question, I introduced Alaina.

Braha, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, suddenly made a completely unrelated comment.

“So, you like young girls.”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden…?”

“Alaina is quite young, isn’t she?”

According to the original setting, Alaina is between 12 and 16 years old.

It’s not entirely wrong to say she’s quite young.

But if I agree here, I have a strong feeling that I’ll be mistakenly labeled as trash without even realizing it.

When I stayed silent, Braha continued speaking.

“You’re really quiet, so maybe she is indeed a young girl. Such a girl sending letters while living with young Mirella.”

Poking at his sharp fangs with his finger, Braha furrowed his brow.

“Hmm. Hmmm.”

Even without saying more, I could understand.

This half-goblin fellow is mistaking me for a pedophile.

I might be in trouble if I keep my mouth shut.

“That’s not it, Braha. Even if you misunderstand, you’re seriously mistaken. You seem to think of me as some kind of pervert who preys on children regularly. That’s incorrect.”

“Really?”

“Yes. And honestly, regardless of what kind of person I am, it has nothing to do with you.”

“Hah, it does matter!”

“Why?”

“It’s good for me to know what your preferences are, right?”

“Why would that be good for you?”

“I don’t know. Maybe you and I could mate.”

“What, what did you say?!”

“Ahhhh!”

With a burst of divine power from behind, Braha stumbled forward.

Startled, I turned around to see Liberonne’s eyes burning golden.

“Are you suggesting that the Archangel engages in intercourse with a half-goblin? Blasphemy.”

Blasphemy. This is bad.

Blocking Liberonne’s path, I shouted.

“Liberonne! Calm down!”

“Archangel. I cannot tolerate such insults. Right now, this goblin is accusing the Archangel of being both a pedophile and a zoophile. Sir Knight Liberonne cannot overlook this.”

“Braha is half goblin! You need to understand that!”

Trying to stop Liberonne, who was slowly walking towards us, I pushed with all my strength against her torso, but her rock-solid body didn’t budge an inch.

Instead, I started gradually moving backward.

Struggling with all my might, my hands slipped, and I ended up crashing to the ground.

“Oof!”

Quickly extinguishing her divine power, Liberonne knelt down and supported me with one knee.

“Oh, it hurts.”

Wiping my cheek, I noticed a slight smear of blood on her finger.

At that sight, Liberonne’s eyes showed a magnitude 13 earthquake.

“Archangel… severe bleeding on the face…”

Gently patting my cheek, Liberonne murmured.

“I’m sorry… because of me, the Archangel…”

“It’s okay, Liberonne. It’s really okay. It’s nothing serious. Honestly.”

Smiling, I asked.

“Are you calm now?”

“Yes… I’m sorry… I need to perform divine healing…”

Liberonne’s palm flickered with unstable divine power.

“No, there’s no need for that. It’s just a scratch. Hardly any blood.”

I gently pushed away Liberonne’s hand as she touched my cheek.

“Phew, Divine Knights are truly intimidating.”

Chuckling behind me, Braha muttered.

Braha seems quite optimistic.

Inside the shop, an angry Mirella doesn’t seem to be visible on this floor.

“I should go wash up a bit.”

Chuckling, Braha straightened his clothes.

Now I noticed that Braha’s clothes were soaked in sweat.

Seems like he was outwardly smiling but inwardly quite scared by Liberonne’s reaction earlier.

“Archangel. Are you really okay?”

Libero approached, bending at the waist to look into my face.

“It’s okay, really. You have to go train the knights now.”

“Yes. Then I’ll be off.”

They had raided the armory of the Remugen mercenary corps last time to arm the knights.

The administrator sent a related document to Odellin City, which was under administrative control.

The official security force is absent, so a civilian defense force is being established for maintaining public safety in the village.

Without the document, the Potion Knights would become an illegal armed group.

Currently, the knights are training young people regardless of gender and patrolling the village at night.

Now, incidents like me being kidnapped at night won’t happen again.

After Brasha and Libero left, they sat at the counter and took out a pen and paper.

It was time to write a reply to Alaina.

Even though it’s uncertain if it will reach her.

At that moment, Mirella was sitting on the bed, taking deep breaths.

She felt terrible after reading the letter in front of her brother earlier.

Letters coming to the potion shop were mostly official documents sent by associations.

So Mirella didn’t suspect anything and opened the envelope without checking properly, only to find a letter filled with round handwriting instead of an official document.

It was a letter from Alaina, who called her brother “Sir.”

Just by reading it, she could keenly feel how much Alaina admired and liked her brother.

Alaina was probably the woman her brother had mentioned before, the one who killed the mad doctor living in Leanso Manor.

When she visited her brother’s shop, he had generously given her various items.

Alaina.

Everyone her brother knew was someone Mirella also knew.

Always sticking by her brother’s side, she knew what he was interested in and what he was doing.

But Alaina was different.

Mirella had never seen her before and had no idea about the conversations between her and her brother.

Alaina had no connection with Mirella, only with her brother.

So Mirella felt uneasy.

Moreover, Alaina was a completely different person from Mirella.

She had single-handedly killed the mad doctor of Leanso and even killed a lich who moved using corpse magic, and now she was active in a place whose name was unfamiliar.

In contrast, Mirella had never left her starting village in her life.

Her recent trip to Odellin City was the farthest she had ever been.

The only thing she knew how to do was swing a lucky club, smash goblin heads, and fill healing potions when adventurers came to the shop.

Apart from that, she had nothing to boast about confidently.

With no parents, no money, and nothing else, she was penniless.

If her brother hadn’t taken her in, she would still be living in poverty in the slums.

Looking at her own situation, Mirella felt incredibly miserable compared to Alaina.

Furthermore, she couldn’t bear the feeling that her brother had been taken away from her.

What if her brother also liked Alaina?

Wouldn’t he give her things and exchange letters because he liked her?

And if Alaina came here after her adventures and they ended up getting married?

Perhaps she wouldn’t be needed anymore.

For some reason, even though she kept trying to get her brother’s attention, he didn’t seem to react at all.

He must have feelings for Alaina.

As these thoughts raced through Mirella’s mind, she bit back tears welling up in her eyes.

Don’t cry, you crazy girl.

Think calmly.

No one knows if they like each other or not.

Even if they do, Alaina is very far away, and right now, it’s me who is by my brother’s side.

Mirella adjusted the pins and hair ties in her hair.

They were gifts from Jack in Odellin City.

Look at this. I’m more advantageous.

It’s a matter of making you mine before that woman comes back.

Confirming that Mirella’s room was closed, she opened the drawer and took out a black outfit.

It was the outfit she secretly bought when she went to Odellin with her brother and Liberonne, avoiding their eyes.

Mostly made of straps, it was an extremely revealing outfit designed for ‘special situations’ only.

I’ll use this soon on my brother…

“That’s a really cool outfit.”

“Huh?!”

Suddenly, Brasha, who had approached right behind her, was looking at the provocative outfit in Mirella’s hand.

“What?! Why are you coming into the room so recklessly?!”

“Lend me some clothes. This one got soaked in sweat.”

As Brasha showed the damp clothes, Mirella’s gaze moved towards her body wrapped in a towel.

Mirella, in anger, fiercely slapped Brasha’s shoulder with the palm of her hand.

“Why would you come into someone else’s room dressed like that, as if you were a goblin?!”

“Ahaha, sorry. But my clothes got ruined like this. Please give me some clothes quickly.”

With a disgusted expression, Mirella quickly threw clothes from the drawer to Brasha.

Brasha stood there singing a tune while putting on the clothes.

“Lalala, lalala.”

Every time she bent down, her chest and hips swayed heavily.

“These panties are too small. I should ask Jack to buy me clothes later.”

“Ugh, seriously…”

Mirella rubbed her forehead as if she had a headache and let out a sigh.

Nevertheless, thanks to Brasha’s sudden appearance, Mirella was able to momentarily forget about Alaina.