Taking Blame

“… Umm, what kind of punishment should I receive?”

“Lord!? This is not your fault, Lord! If it’s a punishment then I…”

“Nono, no one is talking about punishment . Missy, you just carefully rethink about the contract with Sacred Beasts . And so, err… Kurogane? and the white pipsqueak should memorize the rules, so that you can live among humans . Don’t cause trouble for your master . ”

“Ugu…”

“I’m not a pipsqueak! My name is Mas.h.i.+ro!”

Mas.h.i.+ro~! This isn’t time for an interjection like that .

“Yes, yes, Mas.h.i.+ro . Listen, okay? Be careful that your quick temper doesn’t strangle your master, you hear?”

“… I know!”

“I wonder about that… well, you are lucky that the Doris’ Adventurer’s Guild had not set out for an investigation just yet . Moreover, this was absolutely within the scope of the Adventurer’s Guild . Report to Doris that it was my doing . ”

“Eh…”

Taking the blame? Eh? Is that fine?

“Originally, it should be for the adventurers to settle . We cannot afford to s.n.a.t.c.h their jobs, after all . Let’s say that it was a considerably large village, so I took care of it myself this time . Okay?”

Advertis.e.m.e.nt“Umm…”

“Thank you very much . Cristea, do take advantage of Leon-sama’s kindness . Now, you better thank him . ”

Otousama interrupted me who wanted to ask a question and urged me to say words of grat.i.tude .

“Uumm, thank you very much…”

“Leave it to me . That being said, it won’t be free . ”

“Eh?”

“… What is it?”

When Otousama asked dubiously, Leon-sama raised his index finger and chuckled .

“First, I won’t ask for all Orcs collected this time, but I will have you yield some over . I am going to submit them to the Doris Guild as proof of subjugation . ”

“Of course . Cristea, make sure to hand the Orcs over to Leon-sama later . ”

“Y, yes!”

I’m glad I kept a number of Orcs in my Inventory… but, it should be fine to keep at least one or two on me, right?

Just as I sighed out of relief, Leon-sama quickly raised his second finger .

“Also, was it Bacon that is currently popular in your fief? Give me some of that . It’s quite hard to get your hands on . ”

“Of course… huh?”

“… Bacon, is it?”

“Right . You got the Orcs for that, right? That’s why you don’t have to hand me over all of them . You need them, right?”

“H, haah…”

Otousama looked at Leon-sama’s face with disappointment .

They weren’t for bacon this time, but… I think I’m glad for the time being .

If I was told to hand over all of the Orcs, I would have to take back the Orcs I sent to Tirie-san too… huh, Tirie-san?

“Ahhh! Tirie-san!?”

“What is it!? What about Tirie, Cristea?”

“Otousama! If we don’t hurry, Tirie-san will report to the Doris’ Guild! We have to stop him at once!”

“Mu, right! We can’t sit around like this! Leon-sama, excuse me!”

Otousama panicked and rushed towards the communication magic tool in his office .

“What? You guys left it to that Tirie fellow? Haha, he has it difficult too, I see . Let me go have a word with him too . ”

Saying that, Tirie-san disappeared in the ceiling .

… Did he warp into Otousama’s office?

“… Lord . ”

“Cristea…”

The two looked at me depressedly .

“Sorry . I caused you trouble because I wasn’t thorough once again . ”

“That’s not true! It was my doing!”

“That’s right! We are just inexperienced, you are not at fault, Cristea!”

When I apologized to the two, they angrily rejected .

“I am inexperienced too . That’s why we all have to learn diligently . ”

“… Umu . ”

“Yea… got it . ”

“Thank you . You both are my prided Sacred Beasts . You will be fine if you learn properly . ”

I smiled and promised to learn about the contract together .

By the way, Tirie-san was stopped at the last moment .

T, that was close…!

Tirie-san apparently said “Geez! I wasn’t sure what to do… you owe me a favor, okay!” but that “Favor” has been quickly overturned by Otousama .

I handed over the Orcs to Leon-sama and left the rest to him .

When I gave him the bacon I had at hand, he returned in great happiness . I, I am glad…

Anyhow, there are things to reflect from this incident, but there’s no need to worry anymore, so I am going to do my best at making the sausage~!