Published at 25th of March 2019 11:09 pm

Chapter 92: A farce

The important people of the empire, including the army staff, had gathered in the council.

Mackey Mouse, aka Kagami, is being bound by strong restraints and chains all over his body.

There’s nothing within a ten-metre radius around him, and a waist-height railing was established in front of the listeners.

And now, I’m doubting my eyes and ears at the farce that’s happening in front of me.

“Now then, I will report Mackey Mouse-shi’s achievements.” (TL Note: ‘-shi’ means Mr.)

I don’t know whether he’s some famous noble or politician, but rather than talking about Kagami’s charges, he started talking about his achievements.

“After establishing the company Love and Money, the number of thieves and pirates that joined is innumerable, and by managing all of them, they mediated marine transportation and land transportation agencies. Due to this, the crime rate of pirates and thieves in the Humanity Continent decreased by twenty percent. Furthermore, he founded an orphanage for war orphans to live in and assisted on finding foster parents, and constructed a brothel system that sharply decreased any trouble, after he managed all of the prostitutes. Furthermore, he developed a contraceptive tool called『Thin Thin Condo-kun』, that contributed in easily preventing pregnancies and acted as a measure against infectious diseases. Above all, by manufacturing this『Thin Thin Condo-kun』in a poor district, it offered work to the people without jobs.”

This is surprising. He’s basically treating him like a good person.

“Of course, his sin of causing this crisis in the empire is a serious crime, but I believe we should consider the results of his contributions to humanity. That is all.”

Well then, as the person that beat up my classmate and sent him off as a criminal, I would’ve gone through all sorts of mixed feelings if he got executed, but now that I’ve heard the long amounts of achievements he has made, this still makes me have mixed feelings in its own way.

I feel like the whole council is hesitating on whether or not they should judge Kagami.

Following the flow of my date with Forna, we dropped by here and ended up feeling vexed.

“As I thought, it turned out like this.” (Forna)

Forna talks as if she knew everything. What does this mean?

“Velt, there certainly is no end to the number of charges Mackey Mouse has. However, the current Humanity Continent has reasons why they cannot judge him.” (Forna)

“Why not? He was just about to destroy the empire and he’s done countless dirty trades, hasn’t he?” (Velt)

“Yes, however, the organization Mackey Mouse manages, has a great number of former thieves, pirates and criminal troops affiliated with it. If Mackey Mouse were to be defeated and the organization collapsed, they would all be let out in the Humanity Continent.” (Forna)

So that’s how it is, huh.

The fact that he employed former thieves, pirates and even Hunters and gave them all money by giving them jobs, are connected to why his charges would be lowered.

“Furthermore, the goods he developed are things made by his original techniques. If those stop being produced, society would naturally be influenced by that. And, the people who manufactured those would lose their jobs, leaving them on roadsides.” (Forna)

To be honest, I feel like I got done in. Kagami knew that it would turn out like this.

As long as he doesn’t exist, the organization wouldn’t run. And, he knew how much of a minus it would be for humanity if he disappeared.

It seemed like Kagami, who was silently chuckling to himself in the centre, was telling me this.

―――See? Isn’t it worthless?

That irritated me, and I thought Kagami was amazing for being able to rise up this high in the world.

“You piece of trash. What a guy.” (Velt)

Before I realized it, I had climbed over the railing and was standing in front of Kagami.

“Eh, wai, Velt! What are you doing!” (Forna)

“Ve, that idiot! How can he just do that kind of stuff so boldly!” (Barts)

“Wait, Velt-kun! That really is not funny, so come back quickly!” (Shalt)

“Oi, who is this brat!”

“No, wait, he’s the guy that was awarded in the medal ceremony the other day!”

“That’s right, he’s princess Forna’s lover!’

The council, that was supposed to have been proceeding indifferently, started stirring up.

Well, I’m a big part of it, but compared to the medal ceremony where the whole of the empire was looking at me, I don’t feel anything to this much commotion.

I stood before the eyes of Kagami, who I thought I would never meet again.

“Kuhahahaha, you asshole. This is why riajuus with high communication skills are troublesome.” (Velt)

“Oh, yo. That was an awesomely fast reunion~, m~y friend.” (Mackey)

“You’ve really done it now. I even feel embarrassed for receiving a medal. From the start, panicking, losing in a one on one and even getting caught wasn’t that much of a problem for you, huh.” (Velt)

“Eh~, what are you talking about~? I, who is awesomely reflecting on my crimes like this, am silently waiting for my judgement, you know~.” (Mackey)

I won but lost overall. That’s how I feel.

“This sure is ironic. Even though you resent this world, this world is keeping you alive. You even became an existence that can change the world.” (Velt)

“Nyahahahaha, is that a compliment? Are you complimenting me? Can I be happy about it?” (Mackey)

“Ahh, when it comes this far, you’re awesome.” (Velt)

He sees deeper places than me, who’s only interested in defeating the enemy in front of my eyes.

“Velt Jeeha-dono, we are currently in the midst of a divine deliberation. Leave that place immediately!”

A voice shouting at me flies past, but in this situation that only seems like a farce, I didn’t hesitate.

“Ahh, fine. I’ll leave. Regardless of whether he gets executed or released, as long as he doesn’t get involved with what’s important to me, I’ll ignore him.” (Velt)

“Eh~, we specially met after all, so let’s play again, Velt-kun♪.” (Mackey)

“I refuse, even if I have to die. However, just as you said, we specially did meet after all. So, let’s quickly exchange information and go.” (Velt)

“Exchange information? About what?” (Mackey)

“It’s simple. Who have you reunited with until now?” (Velt)

I don’t have anything else I want to ask him.

I don’t care about who won the fight against me and him. There’s no point for me to think about the merits and demerits of him getting executed.

So, this is honestly the only thing I have to ask him.

“I see, so that’s what you want. I guess there’s someone you want to meet.” (Mackey)

“Yeah, that’s right. That’s an objective I found for myself, who isn’t interested in the flow of the world.” (Velt)

This dialogue is incomprehensible to anyone other than us two, but probably because they sensed something, the people that were criticizing me had become silent before I realized it.

“Other than you and Miyamocchan, two people. Ayase-chan and Biyama-chan. Unfortunately, I haven’t reunited with Mina-chan.” (Mackey)

“Tch, guess not. It wouldn’t be so easy to find hints about her, huh.” (Velt)

Well, I didn’t think I would. If he had met Kamino, he probably would’ve used that to shock me while we were fighting after all.

The fact that he didn’t do that, means he hasn’t reunited with Kamino.

“Should I tell you where Biyama-chan is?” (Mackey)

“I’m good.” (Velt)

“Arara, how cold.” (Mackey)

“Look, I can’t keep making detours. Every time I reunite with one person, I risk my life or almost die, so I’ve had enough already.” (Velt)

I always just barely lived, like with Samejima, with Miyamoto, and with Kagami too.

Well, it might be a bit cold, but I don’t feel like going out of my way to find classmates that I wasn’t particularly close with and reuniting with them.

Besides, I have Dora. As long as I know there’s a high chance that Kamino is in the Divine Being Continent, that should be my priority.

However, at that moment, I suddenly had a thought.

“Hm? Come to think of it, I’m not particularly interested, but why Biyama? What about Ayase?” (Velt)

That reminds me, Miyamoto apparently reunited with Ayase too, so I asked about it since he didn’t talk about her.

Then, Kagami started grinning.

“Ahh, that’s because you’ll probably reunite with Ayase-chan sooner or later.” (Mackey)

“Ah? What do you mean by that?” (Velt)

As I wondered that, the doors of the closed council place was vigorously opened.

“Excuse me for coming in during the deliberation.” (?)

It’s a young woman’s voice. Someone appeared.

Straight, long, light blue hair.

Dignified, cold eyes and well-featured looks.

She’s young, maybe around the same age as me?

She’s wearing a conspicuous, yellow long coat that I could see from far away.

“I doubted my ears when I heard you were captured.” (?)

Who is she? Who is this arrogant-looking woman speaking like a queen?

Then, Kagami smiled even further.

“Ohh~, well well. I heard you were on an expedition, but you sure returned quickly.” (Mackey)

“Is that not reasonable? Although we did part ways, we did know each other somewhat.” (?)

Is she Kagami’s acquaintance? No, that’s not all, everyone in this room is getting surprised at seeing her appearance.

Seeing me beside her, that woman smiled softly.

“Also, I saw the reflection in the sky and heard about the medal ceremony. You are Forna’s husband, Velt-kun, right? I am honoured to have met you.” (?)

She even knows about me? As I was wondering who exactly she was, someone in this place raised their voice.

“Princess Arsha!”

Princess? Then, Kagami faced me and said this while holding back laughter.

“Oh right, Velt-kun, you don’t know, do you. She’s the princess of the Archline Empire and one of the Ten Heroes of Light,『Arsha Archline』-sama.” (Mackey)

A princess of the empire? Furthermore, one of the Ten Heroes of Light!

I became speechless from that unexpected background information.

She was that much of an outrageous, ultra VIP?

“Arsha, were you not on a northern expedition?” (Forna)

“It has been a while, Forna. I was supposed to go there, but I could not leave Mackey Mouse alone.” (Arsha)

“Is, that so?” (Forna)

“Yes. That being said, Forna. I am happy for you that you could reunite with your beloved person.” (Arsha)

Arsha is casually talking with Forna, but yeah, her atmosphere and manner certainly aren’t normal.

That being said, did Kagami make someone like her an enemy too?

However, the person himself, Kagami, showed a smile.

“Kukuku, ahahahaha, this is funny………………” (Mackey)

And………… in a small voice that only I could hear………

“Arsha-chan………… rather, Ayase-chan.” (Mackey)

Eh………………?

I became even more speechless

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