owlsbooks Chapter 758: Stuck
Chapter 758: Stuck
Chapter 758: Stuck
"Isn't the reward money but bubble wine?" Huihui asked the others' questions.
"Oh, yes."
However, Aqua didn't feel anything was wrong at all. She even held the bottle of bubble wine in her hand tighter, and the smile on her face became brighter.
Huihui twitched the corner of her mouth.
“Are you sure you haven’t been cheated?” She looked at the bubble wine, then at Aqua, and said, “I don’t know what the mission is, but the reward is bubble wine or something, but it doesn’t seem right no matter how I think about it.”
“Hehe, Huihui is still just a child.”
Aqua raised her head proudly.
The little Lolita was immediately unhappy when she heard this. She snorted and said, "Well, let me hear what you think, Aqua."
"This bubble wine is worth hundreds of thousands."
“Hundreds of thousands…!?”
When the stupid goddess said this number, Huihui was already shocked. She looked at the bottle in disbelief and exclaimed: "Just a bottle of bubble wine is worth hundreds of thousands of Eris, is this true!?"
"I see, hundreds of thousands...Okay, let's drink it!"
Kobayashi wanted to get started without saying anything.
"No!" Aqua hid the bottle behind her and shouted, "I earned this myself. I won't give you a single drop!"
"Yes, that's right."
Aqua is a very stingy person to begin with, not to mention that the bubble wine is worth hundreds of thousands. How could such a wine lover share it with others?
"Whoohoo-"
Aqua raised the wine bottle in her hand and rubbed it with her face. The smile on her face became softer and she looked extremely obsessed.
"I will treasure this child. Now, I will go back to my room."
Judging from her appearance, she might even go to sleep with a glass of bubble wine at night.
"Um……"
Darkness looked at Aqua's receding back, her silence making people curious.
"What's wrong, Darkness?"
"There are many kinds of famous brands of bubble wine, but if that trademark is real..."
"If it's true, what's wrong?"
"It is a rare item among rare items. Even if you spend hundreds of thousands of eris, you may not be able to buy a bottle of it."
"Hey, is this a lie?"
Kobayashi twitched the corners of his mouth, and even Huihui felt uneasy.
Darkness said worriedly, “I don’t know what kind of commission she accepted, but a simple commission wouldn’t have earned this much.”
“This is indeed a bit strange.” Huihui wiped her cheek with some worry and said, “How about going to Aqua to confirm it?”
not good.
It was obvious that this was a sign that the good-for-nothing goddess was in trouble again.
Well, I don't care about that.
Yes, this is Aqua's own business, and there is no need for me to get involved. Besides, Aqua is so concerned about that bottle of wine, so she must have obtained it through legal channels. Yes, that's right, it must be like this.
Xiaolin, who had figured this out, immediately said, "Don't worry about it. Maybe the client is particularly generous."
"But, it's better to at least ask, right?"
“No!” Xiaolin rejected Darkness’s concerns and said loudly, “Aqua has caused enough trouble! I don’t want to ask about these things, and I don’t want to know!”
"I think, if I don't ask now, I will get involved in trouble later. Isn't that your usual style, Kobayashi?" Huihui suddenly said this.
"Don't say that!"
Xiao Lin didn't want to get involved. There was no benefit, but there was a lot of mess. Was he the one who cleaned up these problem children? No way! So, don't ask! If you don't know, it won't happen, right?
"Xiao Lin! Mr. Xiao Lin, are you there?!"
Suddenly, someone's shouting was heard outside the mansion.
This voice was quite familiar to Xiaolin. It was better to say that he had been dealing with her recently. Yes, the owner of this voice was the prosecutor of the Kingdom, Miss Sena. Her appearance also foreshadowed that trouble was going to happen.
Huihui also sighed helplessly.
"See, the seeds of trouble have sprouted so quickly."
"Hey, seriously, please stop, please..."
Xiaolin covered his cheek in pain.
The door of the mansion was pushed open, and the Kingdom Attorney Senna walked in solemnly. When she saw the three people in the room, she had no intention of reminiscing, but said bluntly: "Mr. Kobayashi! I'm sorry to bother you so late at night!"
"Excuse me, please don't bother us. Couldn't you be quiet when you come in?" Kobayashi rolled his eyes. He didn't have a good impression of the noble, and even the middleman Sena spoke to him in a bad tone.
As if she noticed the displeasure in Kobayashi's tone, Sena immediately lowered her head and apologized sincerely.
"I'm sorry...but, Mr. Kobayashi, I have something to tell you."
Ok?
What's wrong? Sena feels different than usual.
Her voice was very soft, different from her usual serious and strong attitude, more gentle and calm. But it made people feel very serious unexpectedly, as if something big was about to happen.
Then she explained her purpose.
The next moment, Kobayashi's unbelievable roar and shout were heard from the mansion.
"What did you say, your clothes were stolen again!?"
"Ah, a few hours ago, another thief broke into the noble's mansion."
"Hey, could it be that..."
"Just as you thought, the nobles think you are the criminals."
As Kobayashi had guessed, the noble must have thought that they were the only ones who knew where the clothes belonged, and that it was entirely their fault that they were stolen.
"No, no, no, we didn't do anything!"
Xiaolin couldn't help but roar loudly.
At this time, Aqua also came out of the room. She had changed into pajamas and had a mask on her face. She was dissatisfied with the noise in the living room and complained:
"What are you arguing about? It's so late at night and snakes will come out if you make too much noise."
"That's a whistle, okay."
There is a saying in the island country that if you whistle at night, snakes will come out. Not only did the stupid goddess remember it completely wrong, she also confused the world.
"Ah, is that so?"
The stupid goddess looked nonchalant.
Huihui then greeted and said, "Aqua, the clothes that were offered as tribute have been stolen again."
“And just like before, we are being treated as prisoners again.” Darkness sighed slightly. Even she felt annoyed.
"Eh?!"
After hearing the news, the stupid goddess finally came to her senses and her expression changed.
Kobayashi continued to communicate with Sena to prove his innocence.
"I've said it before, what's the point of stealing the tribute?"
"The clothes you make are valuable items with special effects never seen before. People who like to collect them will definitely want to get clothes without spending any money."
Sena said so.
It was obvious that he thought Xiaolin and the others were wearing clothes that were too good to be handed over, so he stole them back.
The stupid goddess nodded in sudden realization and whispered, "Ah, yes, there is such a way."
What are you talking about, this greedy goddess.
Besides, it's just clothes. With the slate, they can make more clothes at any time. There's no need to steal them. It's fine to go through the trouble of stealing, but stealing clothes you don't like, is there something wrong with your brain?
"The problem is that only a few people knew about the existence of the clothes. The nobles thought you were greedy, so they stole the clothes that were offered as tribute. Then, the nobles regarded your repeated thefts as humiliation to him..."
"Dang, Dang, what does that mean..."
Sena's words made Aqua feel vaguely uneasy. She asked in a low voice with a look of fear on her face, and unconsciously grabbed Xiaolin's clothes and hid behind him.
"Think about the worst possible outcome, that's the correct answer."
Sena uttered these words slowly.
“Wait a minute, the worst outcome is…” Aqua’s expression suddenly turned ugly, and her face turned pale, “Death, death penalty…”
“Wait! Wait! Wait! Even if you are a noble, you can’t be so unreasonable!” Huihui shouted in dissatisfaction. She was fed up with this kind of thing happening one after another, and every time the problem fell on their heads.
"of course."
Sena's expression also became slightly sad. She sighed and said, "The trial will be decided according to the law, but..."
"But...what?"
"..."
"Don't be silent."
Sena's sudden silence made Kobayashi and others feel that something was wrong.
Darkness seemed to understand something. She kindly let Sena, who looked unhappy, rest and said, "You don't have to say anything. Let me explain it next."
"Feel sorry."
Sena couldn't bear to look at it.
I forgot that Darkness is also a noble. She must know these things, so I couldn’t help but ask.
“Hey, what do you mean, Darkness?”
"In this town of Axel, the power of the nobles is greater than Xiaolin imagined. In other words, facts can be fabricated at will."
"what do you mean……"
"In a trial according to the law, evidence will be considered."
Darkness did remind Kobayashi that this was what Eldap did. Kobayashi and his men did not intentionally move the Corona Stone of the Mobile Fortress Destroyer, nor did they intentionally blow up the Lord's Mansion, but he still insisted that the Inquisitor convict Sato Kazuma.
After thinking about this, Huihui couldn’t help but say, “But if the evidence can be fabricated by the nobles…”
“The criminal law can also be manipulated at will.”
This is it!
It was this trick that Eldap had used to defeat their team. Now that noble was planning to use this trick again, and he was even trying to score twice, to be honest, he was really furious.
"I say, is there any meaning in this kind of law?"
Huihui expressed what Xiaolin was thinking.
Aqua pulled at his clothes and said fearfully, "Xiaolin, this is an unprecedented crisis."
“I don’t want to be wrongly sentenced to death!” Huihui also shouted excitedly.
"I don't want to either!"
Xiaolin also shouted unhappily.
“Calm down, all of you.” Darkness signaled them to calm down, and then said, “The nobles don’t seem to have any intention of killing us.”
"Hey, really?"
"Look outside. There isn't a single guard, is there? If they wanted to convict us, they would have arrested us long ago."
"Indeed it is."
Aqua looked out the window and nodded.
Darkness looked at Sena again and said, "If you want to arrest us all, it won't be enough to rely on just one prosecutor. It won't be possible with four people."
"Yes, it would take ten men to capture Darkness alone."
"My strength is not that exaggerated!"
No, no, no, your strength is just that exaggerated. After fighting against powerful enemies one after another, the perverted female knight's arm strength has become many times stronger than before, and is now on par with Xiaolin.
Darkness’ cheeks flushed slightly as she exhaled, “But it would also feel good to have my arms restrained by men, and then be pinned down and tied up. No, no, no, being ridden like a horse would be better. This would be more stressful. What do you think, Xiaolin, give me some advice…”
"Anyway, you don't mean to sanction us right now, right?"
"Ignore me?!"
Kobayashi didn't want to bother with the crazy perverted female knight. He turned to look at the kingdom's prosecutor Sena and asked her what the nobles' original intention was.
Sena nodded, agreeing with this statement.
"Nobles have a mysterious obsession with special clothes, but no one can make these clothes except you."
"In other words, they discovered our value."
"But if you don't provide evidence to clear your name, you will be tried one day."
"That means that once you lose your usefulness, you will be...right?"
Before Kobayashi could negotiate with the nobles on this condition, Sena suppressed him by threatening to sentence him.
I have a headache.
"But, even now, we have to work every day to make clothes. If we go on like this, our bodies won't be able to take it." Huihui sighed tiredly. They have been working intensively for several months, and if they continue like this, their bodies really can't take it.
Xiao Lin also said: "Also, the formula of the clothes was given by someone unknown. Maybe the thief who stole the clothes deliberately left the formula, and then secretly stole the clothes to frame us."
His words made everyone's expression change. After all, this was not impossible.
Rather, it is very likely.
Aqua said uneasily, "W-what? This is happening! The situation is not good now. We are a bit stuck now, right? I say, what should we do, Xiaolin, what should we do?"
"What should I do? Just let it sit..."
Xiao Lin spread his hands. In this situation, he had no other choice, unless -
"Mr. Kobayashi."
Sena suddenly called him, her face showing an extremely serious expression, as if she was confirming something.
"I have something I want to ask you."
"what?"
"You think you're innocent, don't you?"
"Of course, we did nothing."
Kobayashi answered Sena's question very firmly, but he became dispirited the next moment.
"So, where's the evidence?"
"……No."
"If you are innocent, please give me the evidence. I am a person who obeys the law. If I have evidence, I will take fair action."
Sena spoke the words of justice.
(End of this chapter)