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I Got a Cheat and Moved to Another World, so I Want to Live as I Like (Web Novel) - Chapter 365 Part 1
Chapter 365 Part 1
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Against the backdrop of a winter night sky filled with countless twinkling stars, the great wall that encircles the royal capital rises up in the form of a star-filled sky.
On the inner side of this wall, which is over 20 meters high, there is a dark corner where there are no streetlights and the only source of light comes from the windows of the houses. I was in a room in a wooden one-story apartment house there.「I’m sorry to bother you when all of you are so busy. But it’s very encouraging to have you all here.」
I said, sitting cross-legged on a cushion on the wooden floor.
There are three other people here. Goblin Jii-chan, who is the guild master of the merchant guild, Corneal aka 『The Skewering Whirlwind』 who is the number-three person in the knight order, and the chest-haired gentleman who loves high-class women and is a regular customer at a high-class brothel.
「No no, on the contrary, I would complain if I wasn’t invited to such an interesting event!」
Corneal, a somewhat unattractive, macho young man replied with a smile.
Today is the day of the mission to bait the 『Pantyless Troupe』 to this place and ambush them. We are all playing cards while waiting for an army of pantyless beautiful women in mini-skirts to show up.
「Giving away flowers for free to men who are too poor to go to the brothels, is it? I can certainly see how this would hinder business for the merchant guild.」
A gentleman with thick body hair played the card in his hand as he said this, and Corneal’s face contorted as he looked at the card that had been played. The macho young man reluctantly drew a card from the deck, as if he had no cards to play.
『Tenement house for the poor.』
Due to its location just north of the city walls, it is an unpopular property that rarely receives sunlight throughout the year. We chose this place as the ambush location, partly because all four rooms were vacant.
『A room with about eight tatami mats with all flooring, and a small closet.』
Since there is no furniture, not even a bed, the room doesn’t feel cramped even with four old men in it. Incidentally, the closet is stuffed with mats in preparation for a sexual battle.
「Still… I feel bad for those nuns from the Eastern Country. Setting aside the ulterior motive to gain more believers, we can say what they are doing is a charity, isn’t it?」
The chest-haired gentleman continued and I nodded as I reached for my deck of cards. It’s because 『a good deed done out of the goodness of one heart will bring happiness to those who receive it.』
To borrow the words of the guild master, it was 『the people who would never visit a brothel in the first place』. The interference they caused towards the business must be insignificant.
『The virgins that might still be around will be eaten by someone other than me at this rate!』
As for Cool-san, who came to me with a clear sense of crisis, to put it bluntly, it is her personal problem. I decided to do something because she is my subordinate, but otherwise, I would have just let it slide.
「That’s certainly true in this case. Therefore, as a merchant guild, we were going to leave them alone.」
The guild master of the merchant guild who has no more cards in his hand is out of the game.
「However, I also think that their way of thinking is problematic. That is one of the reasons why I cooperated with Tauro-kun this time.」
The three of us were made aware that the card game was in its final stages, and things were getting tense. As this unfolded, Goblin Jii-chan continued his explanation.
「As far as I know, the archbishop of the Eastern Country doesn’t disapprove of brothels that accept money as payment.」
The Pantyless Troupe is the result of the nuns’ outbursts who find this unacceptable.
In the religious Eastern Country, church officials are the ones who run the country. If something happens with another country, even if it’s irrelevant to the higher-ups, it will become a problem between countries.
(Ahh, I see.)
After he said this much, I finally realized it, too.
『If they succeed in this attempt, they will gain more allies and put more pressure on the Archbishop.』
Even if they failed and got captured, the Archbishop would have to defend them. Even if it was a selfish act, if he cut them off, he would lose the trust of the people under him.
「Either way, they will be branded as heroines who care about their country, while the Archbishop will only suffer a loss. It’s a pretty vicious and cruel move.」
After playing my card and coming out second, I shake my head and let out a sigh.
「I don’t know if they actually thought that far ahead, but that would be the end result.」
From the way he said it, the guild master seems to think that they are 『not thinking ahead』. I agree with him, I think they are just doing what they want to do.
Incidentally, the 『Doom Squad』, which I, Dr. Slime, lead. The main reason we lent a hand in this scheme was because it sounded like fun.
(I guess this also means that an ally of justice can be a dangerous existence.)
Once they think they are doing a righterous thing, they will not stop. They will go to any length to accomplish their cause and they will show no mercy.
What suddenly popped into my mind was the car accident of a colleague of mine in my previous life.
『Our car collided with another car coming from the right at an intersection with no traffic lights and no stop signs.』
I was in the passenger seat and told him, 『hey, there’s a car coming from the right』 but instead of slowing down, my colleague stepped on the accelerator, saying, 『it’s fine, we have the priority』.
As a result, a collision occurred. The percentage of fault was 『4 for my colleague and 6 for the other driver』.
『Wait, why is mine not zero!?』
My colleague was furious, but even if he said 『priority』, the only basis for this was 『left priority*』 which is the left side from the other party’s point of view. I think this is reasonable since the width of the road is the same and there is no clear indication of which road should be given priority.
My colleagues, who were not convinced, made a fuss about it. However, no matter how much he wants to make a fuss about it, the verdict is the same.
[*TL Note: When there are no signs and the width of the road is the same→ the road where cars traveling from the left side travel is the priority road.]
『This is wrong!』
Although he eventually accepted it, every time he recall it, he would stress it to the people around him as his face turn purple with rage.
(I wonder if it’s the same.)
The stubbornness that’s born of justice is very troublesome. It’s impossible to talk them out because they won’t listen no matter what.
Catching them here tonight will only make the Archbishop’s position worse if he makes it public. Moreover, these women will probably do the same thing again.
「We just have to make it clear which one is superior.」
When asked what we should do, the guild master replied as he raised the corners of his mouth.
If verbal language won’t work, then physical language will. Basically, we just have to make them understand their place by following the basic rules of the natural world.
(He’s sure confident. Even though I’ve heard that our opponents this time are very experienced.)
Well, it’s Goblin Jii-chan we’re talking about here, I’m sure that he won’t lose. If anything, I should be the one in more danger, since I have lost in the Divine Tournament in the Holy City to Shitanaga of the Eastern Country.
「But how did you manage to lure them out? The Pantyless Troupe frequently changes the inn they’re staying at, don’t they?」
The one who said it was the chest-haired gentleman who is still facing Corneal one-on-one. He must have felt confident of victory from the cards in his hand since his tone is more relaxed.
The one who was asked replied calmly, acting as if it wasn’t a big deal.
「The merchant guild has jurisdiction over the inns. Even if they rent a house instead of an inn, the result will be the same.」
After all, the largest real estate agency in the royal capital is also one side of the merchant guild.
「Besides, people need a lot of things to live, beginning with food. And in this royal capital with few monotheistic believers, we searched for nuns from the Eastern Country and spread rumors about the event that will be happening today. It’s not so difficult.」
“For us, that is” the petite Goblin-like old man added. Hearing this, I’m once again reminded that I should never make an enemy of him.
The chest-haired gentleman seemed to be thinking the same thing as his face turned a bit tense.
「….They’re here.」
The one who suddenly spoke was the macho young man opposite of me who was staring at the cards in his hand with steam coming out of his head.
As expected of the pilot of an A-class Knight of the Kingdom knight order. He may be weak at playing cards, but his ability to sense the presence of the enemy is the best among us.
