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Published at 20th of November 2020 09:24:57 PM


Chapter 19.3: 19.3
Translator: SFBaka

I looked around the room . A lot of stuff was piled up here and there; about two carriages worth of items at least . At a glance, I could immediately recognize various types of clothing, swords and spears . I was expecting more treasure-like items earlier, so I felt a bit disappointed .

“Do the goods here all belong to you?”

“Most of them are . These items are my wares . Ah, and I think the money’s inside that box over there . ”

Tarus-san pointed his finger toward a small box in a corner .

“Is this box yours as well?”

“No, it’s not . But I think they put all the money I had on me inside it as well .

I see . So this thing’s a safe of sorts . It certainly seems like a tough-looking box reinforced with metal .

“Um… All of the bandits’ loot should belong to the ones who defeated them . It’s a proper reward guaranteed by the law . ”

What!? I didn’t know that . So all of this stuff here now belongs to me then?

“Can I open it?”

“It’s yours anyway . However, I don’t know where the bandits put away the key . ”

I took out the electromagnetic bladeknife and cut away all of the parts that looked like they would get in the way .

“Amazing! Is that knife a magic tool!?”

“Yeah, I guess . ”

After opening up the box, a lot of different types of coins spilled out of it . But most of it was bronze and silver coins . There were only a few gold coins mixed in . There was also a knife inlaid with lots of precious-looking gems . Finally, something which looked like a genuine treasure appeared .

Yosh, I don’t know how much it is exactly when converted to gold, but I think we won’t have much problems with our finances for a while with this much money .

“Is this knife one of your goods?”

“No, it isn’t . It looks like quite the luxurious item . ”

That’s great . Though I do feel a bit bad for this thing’s former owner even if it’s now mine .

“I’ll give everything here back to you apart from the contents of this box then . ”

“Will that be fine? It would get you quite a sum if you sold them . ”

“I don’t mind . The contents of this box are enough for me . It’s not like I know their market value anyway . ”

“Well then, allow me to do as I said earlier and give you an appropriate compensation . ”

“No, you really don’t have to . By the way, how about the belongings of your comrades?”

“One of my employees and the five adventurers escorting us were all killed . They were all people I’ve associated with for quite a long time . ”

“I’ll make sure those bandits are all brought to justice . What about your carriage, Tarus-san?”

“It seems they only took the goods and discarded it . They sold the horses for gold immediately after capturing me . ”

“Well that’s troublesome . Our carriage is already completely full . We won’t be able to load this much goods on it at all . ”
“Then we will just have to fetch these at a later time . I don’t think anything will happen to them, considering they are located deep within these mountains . ”

“I see, understood . ”

Time to go back . I don’t have any business here anymore .

I brought out my collection bag . I put all the money I managed to get inside it . It turned out fairly heavy . I also put the jeweled knife inside .

I also found some sturdy-looking rope inside the hideout . I’ll use these to tie those bandits up .

“I’m thinking of tying up the bandits with these ropes . Is it alright if I take them?”

“But of course . Go ahead and use them . How many of those bandits have you managed to capture alive?”

“Um, fifteen of them . Probably . ”

That’s if those guys I kicked in the head earlier didn’t actually die .

“Eh? You managed to catch all fifteen of them alive!?”


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“Well, there might be one or two people who kicked the bucket . By the way, I heard that there would be some rewards given out . Would you happen to know much I would get for them?”

“As I recall, you’ll get 2000 Guineas for each corpse . And if you managed to capture them in a healthy enough state to serve as ***, you’ll get 5000 Guineas . ”

There’s an unfamiliar word . It seems I won’t be able to translate it even if I update the language database . Looks like they’ll use healthy-looking bandits for some purpose . Well, it’s all good as long as I manage to turn them over alive, I guess .

A corpse is worth two large gold coins and a living bandit’s worth five huh . I can’t judge if that’s a fair amount because I still have no idea about the market price .

“Alright then . I’m going to go back to our carriage . Please follow me . My friends are all waiting for me . Do you have anything else you want to bring with you?”

“Well then…”

Tarus-san took some swords and other items and put them inside a bag .

The two bandits I left at the entrance were still out cold . It took some effort to kick them back awake .

I let the two bandits walk out front while pointing at their backs with my sword . I heard how their merchant convoy was attacked from Tarus-san .

Three days ago, their group was taking a rest when he was suddenly shot with an arrow and was quickly suppressed . It seems the reason for his travels this time was to develop new sales channels . They were in the middle of coming back to Gotania from the trip when they were attacked by bandits .

We finally arrived back at the carriage .

“Alan!”

Cleria rushed to welcome me .

“Did you encounter any sort of trouble?”

She looked fine, so I don’t think they encountered any trouble anyway .

“We’re alright . This person is?”

“He’s Tarus-san, a merchant . He was captured by those bandits and I ended up rescuing him . ”

Tarus-san was surprised from seeing Cleria .

I’m Tarus, the owner of a general store in the city . I am pleased to make you acquaintance, My Lady . ”


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He then respectfully bowed towards Cleria . His attitude is quite different from when he met me .

I went over to the bandits . Looks like they were all awake now . None of them were injured, so I guess Beck and Thor didn’t get to have slashing practice after all .

“Well then, gentlemen . Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get that much after visiting you hideout so I’m afraid I won’t be able to release you all . As such, I’ll have to take you all back to Gotania and hand you over to the authorities . ”

All the bandits turned towards me .

“That’s a lie! We got a lot of money and loot from that merchant! You’re playing dirty!” nameless grunt A complained .

You’re bandits so you don’t have the right to call me dirty, you idiots .

“All of you shut up! You already know how good I am with magic! Just try and resist even a little . I’ll stick some arrows on you and send you straight to the heavens! I can still get reward money even if I handed over your corpses instead after all . I’m fine either way . ”

“Beck, Thor . Use these ropes to tie these guys up in a straight line; one guy following behind the other . I don’t mind even if it’s tight to the point which impedes their blood flow a little, so make sure those knots are secured . ”

“Understood!”

“Oh, yeah . Don’t forget to frisk them for money, y’hear . ”

“Can you keep an eye on the both of them Ria?”

“Sure . ”

“Sorry about this, Tarus-san . Can you wait a bit for us?”

“But of course . It does feel quite nice seeing these ruffians getting roughed up like this . By the way, they all seem to be injured on their shoulders?”

“You’re right . I did that with my magic . ”

“You gave all of them identical injuries?”

“Yeah . Even if I don’t look like it, I’m actually very proficient in magic . ”

Looks like Tarus-san still isn’t all that convinced with my explanation .

“Incidentally, what is your relationship with that female knight?”


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“Ah, her . I’m sort of like her retainer . ”

Tarus-san looked at me strangely . Un, it did look like I was the one ordering Cleria around earlier . Oh well .

“That knight is a ** isn’t she?”

There’s another unfamiliar word . It’s the same word Zack used back in the village . Just what does it mean?

“Well, we have our own circumstances . ”

That’s mostly the truth anyway .

Tarus-san didn’t press me further after hearing that .

We were able to secure all the bandits after about thirty minutes . In order to tow them with the carriage, we tied them up in groups of seven and eight and connected the rope binding them to the back of the carriage .

“Alan-san, what are we going to do with the money we got from them?”

Beck and Thor came up to me with hands filled with money .

“Ah, please put them all in here . You can look at what’s inside as well . ”

I opened my bag and showed its contents to the both of them .

“Amazing! That’s a lot of money!”

They made a commotion after seeing what’s inside the bag .

“Let’s divide it up later . ”

“What!? But you’re the one who recovered them, Alan-san!”

“It’s fine . You guys also risked your life . You have every right to get a share . ”

“But…”

“Let’s put that matter off for later . You already loaded the bandits’ weapons on the carriage right? Yosh, let’s get going then . ”

The carriage started off for Gotania once again .

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