Was she shocked by my sudden contact?Frillite opened her eyes vast.

Due to her cool character, she all the time had an expression that was arduous to see by means of, so even I used to be curious.

‘Is it that stunning?’

Cannot I even do some shoulder-to-shoulder with a fellow Hero? Ouch, is not that a bit too harsh?

“Pal..? Is that this individual Frillite-sama’s shut pal?”

The commander of the border guards, who had a hardened expression on his face, requested Frillite.

Frillite did not give him a look.

She checked out me with puzzlement reflecting in her eyes and opened her mouth.

“Clo—”

“Haha! You positive are one in every of a form. Have you ever even forgotten my identify? It is James. Bear in mind, James~?”

She gave me an odd search for a second as I interrupted her rapidly and got here up with a pseudonym. However quickly she nodded her head flippantly as if she understood one thing.

“Yeah, very long time no see, James. What did you come right here for?”

“My goodness, do not ask. I’ve been by means of quite a bit. It should take fairly a very long time to speak about all that right here. Let’s chat over drinks later. Slightly, there’s one thing extra attention-grabbing I need to discuss to you about…”

I intentionally dragged on the finish of my tone and took a look on the guard commander’s face. Unsurprisingly, he was rigidly shaking his head with a pale blue complexion.

In his determined eyes, I may really feel his willingness to revive every little thing to its unique state if I let him go for this as soon as.

It is too late, bud.

I kindly grinned at him and defined to Frillite about my suspicion of embezzlement from the a part of this grasping sucker.

Because the story progressed, Frillite’s expression modified minimally once in a while. When the reason acquired over, she seemed on the carts, the orcs, and the commander of the border guards and opened her mouth.

“Commander, what I heard, is that true?”

Frillite’s voice was innately rather less shriller than that of strange girls. Now that voice was deeply boiling in subdued anger.

It was not a shock that not solely the commander of the guards, but additionally the opposite guards tensed up.

Swallowing his saliva, the commander of the guards started to faux to be subservient.

“No, that is not true, Frillite-sama. There appears to be some misunderstanding.”

“Misunderstanding? What you imply to say is that Cl… hm, my pal lied to me?”

“No, not that…”

“Hey there, Mr. Orc.”

Frillite did not even spare a look to the guard commander and known as Lugar, who was close to the carts.

Lugar pointed at himself.

“Are you calling me?”

“It doesn’t matter, whichever orc can converse the Imperial language, come over right here.”

Lugar frowned on the tone that was near a command.

In any case, he’s additionally the top of an orc tribe. It would not really feel nice to be ordered by a unknown human.

“Brother, we simply have some inquiries to ask. Give us a minute.”

After listening to my phrases, Lugar relaxed his expression and walked over to our aspect.

However, Frillite narrowed her forehead.

“Brother?”

“The orc you known as and I are sworn brothers.”

“…what the hell occurred? How did you grew to become brothers with an orc?”

“Shh, I’ll inform you later. Now isn’t the time.”

I pointed at Lugar, who was approaching us, gesturing with my chin. To that, Frillite sighed deeply and muttered.

“I’ve too many inquiries to ask.”

Lugar requested Frillite, her.

“Why did you name me, human?”

“I’ve some issues to ask. You gave the guard commander 500,000 gold and demanded meals provides well worth the value. Am I proper?”

“Sure.”

“And the guard commander gave you seven carts of grain and seventeen cattles in return for 500,000 gold. Is that right?”

The commander of the guards tried to intervene, however Lugar responded rapidly.

“That’s right.”

“So, is the meals provides value 500,000 gold?”

“That is what I heard.”

“Okay, thanks for answering my questions. It’s possible you’ll return to your place.”

Lugar’s eyebrows twitched barely, it seemed as if he was going to unfurl the axe tied to his belt the following second, however thankfully he went again to his tribesmen with out saying an additional phrase.

He is not a silly orc both, so he most likely acquired a very good grasp of what was occurring.

“Do you have got something extra to say, Commander?”

Frillite’s frigid chilly eyes have been shot on the commander of the guards. The commander trembled like a prey eyed by a predator.

“However, that, I…”

“Because the commander is aware of, there is just one cause the Empire sells meals provides to the orcs. That’s to stop ravenous orcs from crossing the border and plundering the individuals of the Empire.”

Frillite took a step in direction of the guard commander. Naturally, I relaxed my arm, and he or she seemed down coldly on the commander, who bent down on his knees.

“Nonetheless, you, an officer of the Empire, broke the strict nationwide legal guidelines of the Empire in an effort to fulfill your private self-interest. Your unlawful actions may have put the individuals of the Empire in danger. Do you admit?”

“Oh, no, no! I by no means did. Right this moment was only a mistake…”

“In the event you can’t admit our crimes by yourself, I’ll make you. Guards! Arrest this man proper now!”

The 2 guards, who have been patrolling, at Frilite’s name, got here to their senses and got here operating in direction of us and grabbed the guard commander by his arms.

“Uh, h-huh? Hey, you guys! What are you doing!?”

“I’m sorry, sir. We’ve to observe the Hero’s orders.”

“No, these guys… that, Hero-sama. Settle down for a second and please hearken to me…”

“The place’s the vice-commander?”

“Sure? Y, Sure! W, right here madam!”

Possibly, as a result of he was anxious that he will likely be implicated on this too, the face of the vice-commander of the guards who was known as up was loss of life pale. Nonetheless, Frillite didn’t maintain him accountable.

“The guard commander is to be delivered to trial in accordance to the legal guidelines of the Empire, for he refuses to confess his errors. And the trial ought to be an intensive and honest one underneath the identify of Perdiac Ducal household. Do you perceive?”

“Sure, sure, in fact!”

“It’s good that you simply do. Throughout the trial, the vacant place of commander of the border guards will likely be quickly crammed by you. And if the guard commander is convicted responsible, the place of guard commander will likely be taken over by you.”

The eyes of the vice-commander of the guards widened.

He should have thought that he could be held accountable together with the guard commander, however he was shocked to listen to Frillite’s phrases that got here out to be approach completely different from what he had anticipated.

If the commander of the guards was convicted responsible, there is no approach he will likely be left unpunished, so it is tantamount to saying that he, the vice-commander would be the one to fill this empty place.

The face of the vice-commander, who understood the hidden which means, progressively started to refill with pleasure.

However, the guard commander’s face was cramped with despair.

“No, no. It is unfair! Unfair! I am not the one one who takes the cash! That man, that man a-and that man too, they did it too!”

“If we knock down the bookshelf contained in the guard commander’s workplace, there’s a hidden secure. All of the property that the commander has embezzled is hidden there.”

It was the second when the vice-commander of the guards pointed his finger on the guard commander. And going with the circulate, the vice-commander blew up the place of the secure at a pace that may very well be thought-about virtually simultaneous.

Operation Pitfall The Teammates, the final transfer of the guard commander, additionally failed.

Ultimately, the commander of the guards screamed horribly as he was dragged away by the guards.

Frillite then instructed the brand new interim guard commander what he needed to do.

—confiscate the property embezzled by the previous guard commander.

—present testimony at trial.

—provision of the meals provides to commensurate with the quantity ready by the orcs, and so forth.

Whereas she was explaining, I walked as much as Lugar and defined what had occurred thus far.

After listening to the story, Lugar promised to cover from his tribe concerning the misappropriation executed by the Empire’s officer.

If he tells others, the orcs’ animosity in direction of the people will solely enhance, after which the long run meals commerce might grow to be harder.

– Chief. What did the chief’s brother say?

– Some human did an error, introduced much less meals. My brother mentioned that if we anticipate a short time longer, they’ll convey us 4 instances the quantity we simply acquired.

– F, 4 instances?! Chief! That, is not our tribe wealthy now?!

– Even when we aren’t wealthy, we would be capable of stay fairly decently.

– Wow, wow! Let’s return and have a banquet instantly! It will likely be a much bigger banquet than ever earlier than!

– What banquet? Irrespective of how a lot meals we have now, if we waste it like that, it is going to be depleted quickly. These will likely be saved.

– What?! Chief, I did not see you that approach, when was it that you simply grew to become like a miser orc?

– Your meat will likely be confiscated for the following month.

– Chief is a superb warrior.

-…

– Chief…? Say one thing…

Seeing them so innocently blissful, it looks as if I took the correct determination.

There will likely be no extra scams sooner or later, so it’s going to be wonderful.

It was once I was eagerly wanting ahead to my journey.

“Cl… James!”

Presumably she had completed speaking with the short-term guard commander, Frillite known as me over.

I approached her.

“Something?”

“Are you executed with what you are promoting over there?”

“I assume so?”

“Then come.”

“Come? The place?”

“The place? To a close-by city.”

“…you need to go collectively?”

Frillite narrowed her eyes.

“…are you planning to run away once more like final time?”

“Run? When did I… ah.”

I remembered.

The day that Frillite got here to pay for our drinks on the Imperial Capital.

She requested me to fulfill once more the following day for a chat after we each acquired a bit sober. However the very subsequent day I ditched the capital as quickly as I wakened.

“At the moment, there was a state of affairs.”

“…”

“Actually.”

“…”

Even when I instructed the reality, Frillite’s narrowed eyes didn’t appear to consider.