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Chapter 532 Fate is wonderful
Sato Kazuma and others thought that they could live in the royal castle after accepting the mission to arrest the chivalrous thief.

However, they miscalculated.

The chivalrous thief would not or dared not come to the palace, so Aqua, Sato Kazuma and others' dream of catching the chivalrous thief and enjoying a good time was quietly shattered.

Several people were driven away by Kureya and Rain.

They were required to live in the homes of nobles who might have been robbed, and the knights and guards would provide support and surveillance.

The noble that Sato Kazuma first decided to live with was the one who generously purchased a large number of his goods, and who had repeatedly stated at the banquet that "it doesn't matter whether he is a righteous thief or not, I just want to do my part for the security of the royal capital. Protecting the security of the royal capital is everyone's responsibility."

Such touching words and such admirable awareness made Sato Kazuma immediately decide to live in the nobleman's mansion.

Although Sato Kazuma said that he gave the Killing Sword to the nobleman because of his generosity and that he did not need to pay any extra compensation, the nobleman still looked reluctant and even showed his desire to drive them away.

The reason is simple.

If Sato Kazuma moves in like this, doesn't that mean that he's a noble with a bad reputation, just like the other nobles whose homes were stolen from?

...Although he did have a bad reputation in the capital, this was an order from the royal family after all, and as a noble he could not refuse, so he had to reluctantly agree to entertain everyone.

There was no intention to make things difficult for them. Perhaps because of the pressure from the royal family, the noble still prepared four rooms for them to live in.

Two people per room.

Krillin and Ryuzu, Aqua and Darkness, Megumin and Yunyun.

As for the extra Sato Kazuma, he lived alone in a room. However, the largest room was given to Sato Kazuma as compensation for his isolation.

Kobayashi suggested that he live in the same room with him. After all, Ryuzi didn't need to rest or sleep, and she could be on guard at night. However, Sato Kazuma politely refused and said that he would contribute to the work he had taken on.

In fact, the ability to read minds quickly revealed that he was just afraid of being seen generating his own energy at night.

night.

After dinner, everyone gathered together and began to discuss how to arrest the thief.

The chivalrous thief who caused a lot of discussion on the streets seemed to be a lone criminal. It was said that he specifically broke into the homes of nobles with particularly bad reputations to steal things and distributed the stolen money to orphanages. He was a typical chivalrous thief. Moreover, according to the witnesses who barely saw him, the chivalrous thief seemed to be a very good-looking man.

What the hell is a metrosexual?

Does that mean that Eris's breasts are padded? The kind goddess would definitely cry after hearing that.

Darkness said with a sad face: “There is no doubt that what the chivalrous thief did was a crime, and it is not something to be praised. But... to be honest, I really have no interest in catching that legendary chivalrous thief.”

"That being said, a thief is still a thief. I hate handsome men who pretend to be allies of the weak and save civilians in need."

Sato Kazuma said with certainty.

I can't figure out whether he really hates thieves, or whether he is protecting his own guests, or whether -

"What happened to you, metrosexual?"

Hui Hui was the first to criticize him. She rolled her eyes and said unhappily, “Do you have a problem with handsome men? If you have any problems, just speak them out so that everyone can have a good laugh. It’s rare to see someone with such low self-esteem like you.”

"Hey, you fellow——!"

Sato Kazuma was like a cat whose foot was stepped on, and his fur completely exploded, but before he could react, Ryuzi's venomous tongue followed.

"It's okay, Master Sato. You look like the type of person who can rest assured. If the husband is away on a business trip for two and a half years, he won't worry that the wife left behind will cheat on him. So your significant other will be very confident in you. This is one of your few advantages."

"hiss--"

For a moment, Sato Kazuma couldn't figure out whether Ryuzi was praising her or being sarcastic, but in this way, Huihui's ridicule seemed like child's play, and his anger subsided.

Only Aqua turned serious and gave him a gentle smile: "You, lost NEET, don't blame yourself too much. Your inability to work hard is the society's fault, your poor personality is the environment's fault, your inability to work hard is the society's fault, and your poor appearance is the genes' fault. Don't blame yourself, just put the blame on others."

“Are you kidding me? I don’t have such low self-esteem, okay? I don’t care about my looks, but my personality… Hey, stop it, why are you all wearing those subtle wry smiles? Besides, my appearance is still within the standard range, okay? Don’t… Hey, I’m your boss, is it okay for you to target me like this?!”

The more gently they treated him, the more uncomfortable this evil scumbag felt. He shouted that he would not be paid, but he could not stop his companions from expressing their condolences for him.

"Don't, don't do that... Senior Kobayashi! Look at them!"

"Don't worry about it, Sato-kun. There are actually women who like your style... Among tens of thousands of people, there will always be one or two with poor eyesight."

“Even Senior Kobayashi said that?! That’s enough! Stop looking at me with such sympathetic eyes!!!”

Sato Kazuma completely collapsed.

Then he ran away holding his head and crying loudly, leaving behind the agreed battle plan to arrest the chivalrous thief. The team members looked helplessly at their scumbag companions with poor psychological endurance and had to put the plan on hold temporarily.

However, when Aqua and the others left, Sato Kazuma came back happily and said that he had already made a plan.

"So, what's the plan?"

"I heard that the chivalrous thief seems to be active from late at night to the early morning. Based on my intuition, this mansion will be his next target. Miss Liuzi doesn't need to rest at night, so I would like to ask you to patrol at night, and I will set traps in the mansion and find the possible routes for the chivalrous thief to enter."

It's quite reasonable and it plays the role of Liu Zi to a certain extent.

Is it really possible to succeed just by relying on intuition?
The next day, Sato Kazuma began to wander around the mansion. The daytime was their free time. Both they and the chivalrous thief understood how stupid it was to take action during the day, so he had free time to patrol and pretend to be working.

Specifically, he investigated the possible routes and destinations of the chivalrous thief, simulated the thief's route, and was figuring out something little by little.

In the eyes of others, he looks more like a thief who comes to steal.

The daytime is free time, and Kobayashi returns to the palace to teach Princess Alice, with Ryuzu joining him.

I don’t know if the two of them have become familiar with each other. Princess Alice would sometimes say a few harsh words from time to time, and then ask Xiaolin if he likes being criticized like that.

How on earth does this look like an orthodox beautiful girl?
We guard against thieves day and night, but we never expected that it is difficult to guard against thieves in our own

Instead of letting Sato Kazuma lead the pure and innocent Princess Alice astray, she was taken advantage of and polluted by the maid who had such a sharp tongue that she could be called cute.

He likes to be sharp-tongued, but he likes it in a different sense. If one day the innocent Princess Alice were to be sharp-tongued by him...

No, no, no, that would get you arrested.

Xiao Lin shook his head as if trying to even out the egg yolk, but for some reason the more he shook it the yellower it became.

By the way, Kureya and Rain also have a good relationship with Ryu. Even though Sato Kazuma had a sword pointed at his throat for saying "you bastard", Ryu's sharp tongue was not punished by the two guards, and their relationship became even better.

I really don't understand how female friendships arise.

In the evening, Xiaolin left the palace.

When he returned to the noble mansion, the happy smile on his face quickly became distorted. He saw——

"Wait a minute! Don't underestimate the goddess of water! No one can deceive me when it comes to fine wine! There are more expensive wines in the study, right? Come on, bring that wine over!"

“——My explosion magic was used at that time, and poor Demon King Army cadre Hans was shattered to pieces! And when I was in the Crimson Demon Village, I was also quite active. Even the next Crimson Demon Clan leader next to me was not as dazzling as me! Right, Yunyun!”

"Maid, maid, please give me a massage as usual! Ah, I want to eat white yak sukiyaki for dinner tonight. Also, I ordered a king-size bed and a soft and fluffy duvet. When they are delivered, please move them to my room and put them there."

A week has passed since I accepted the mission to arrest the chivalrous thief.

Aqua, Huihui, and Satou Kazuma, the three of them completely treated this mansion as their own home, and the way they ordered the maids around without any hesitation was really a headache.

The most troublesome thing was the nobles who let them live here. He looked at the only noble in the team, Darkness, with a constipated expression, and just watched silently without saying a word. Feeling the pressure, Darkness said on the spot that they would move out tomorrow.

"Is my intuition wrong?"

Sato Kazuma kept muttering this sentence all night.

It's a bit funny that he concluded that this house was robbed based on intuition alone. No, no, no, there are female detectives (derogatory) who solve cases based on intuition. Compared with that person, Sato Kazuma is nothing.

However, what Kobayashi never expected was that sometimes Sato Kazuma's intuition was so exaggerated.

That night.

Kobayashi fell asleep with his arms around Ryuzi. He took a good rest based on the principle of not putting in any effort for this commission. However, Ryuzi, who did not need to sleep, easily discovered the 'guest' who sneaked into the mansion and woke Kobayashi up.

"Master Kobayashi, I heard a noise in the kitchen."

"Could it be that Aqua secretly tried to find some wine to drink at night?"

"No, judging from the footsteps, the people in the kitchen are Sato-sama and an unknown woman. There seems to be some friction between the two."

"friction?"

That must be Eris coming to steal something. Really, Eldap was thrown into jail, and they were entertained by other nobles. Yet, this mansion was targeted by the goddess. How much of a coincidence is this?
Warm and fragrant nephrite embraces her in her arms.

Kobayashi really wanted to ignore them and continue sleeping while holding Liu Zi, but he didn't know what tricks those two guys would play next. Besides, he was the strongest in the team after all, and it would be unreasonable if he didn't show up. It was very likely that his companions would notice something was wrong.

After thinking about it, I decided to go and take a look.

He tiptoed to the kitchen with Liu Zi. Kobayashi had night vision and he clearly saw Sato Kazuma fighting with a woman. Both the movements and the attacks were very obscene.

This guy must have known that the chivalrous thief was a woman, so he did this on purpose. You can tell by the lewd smile on his face.

“——Alright, just surrender! Hahahaha, you’ve alerted the world to a thief, and now you’ve hit a wall! Other random people might be fine, but I’ve been dealing with the Demon King’s army cadres all the way up to now, so don’t think you can escape from my grasp!”

“Stop! Wait, wait… No, that voice, could it be you, Kazuma? And, hey, you’re grabbing at a very bad spot right now!”

Soon, the chivalrous thief was subdued.

To be precise, she was forced to surrender under the obscene finger sweeping of Sato Kazuma.

"This voice, you..."

“It’s me! Darkness’s good friend who taught you some skills!”

It's Chris!

Sato Kazuma lit the lighter he got from Wiz's shop, and with the faint light he could see clearly the face of the woman he subdued. It was Chris, who had taught him skills and was a good friend of Darkness!

At this time, the chivalrous thief was squatting on the ground, hugging his shoulders tightly with his hands and tears in his eyes.

"Wow... I've been touched all over my body. I can't get married anymore..."

"I can't help it, because I thought you were a thief. And I don't have the skills to arrest people. Even if I take you to court, I'm confident that I can win."

This scumbag dared to touch Chris so unscrupulously just because he was sure that he would win even if he was sued.

Chris was wearing black leggings and a brown shirt, with his mouth and lower face covered with a black cloth. This outfit meant that—

"Chris is the legendary chivalrous thief!"

"correct answer."

Xiao Lin walked in leisurely from outside.

The appearance of the third... fourth person made the man and woman who were just having a passionate fight tense up, but they relaxed again when they saw the new person.

"Don't scare me, Senior Kobayashi."

Sato Kazuma didn't doubt how Kobayashi knew that a thief had broken in. Not to mention that Kobayashi had so many skills that they were almost impossible to count, even Ryuzi had many magical abilities that he didn't know about.

But he soon realized a problem.

"Senior Kobayashi, did you already know that the chivalrous thief was Chris?!"

"That's it."

Kobayashi did not deny it. He reminded him, "Sato-kun, do you remember that there was a rumor in the neighboring town that a noble's treasure was stolen? (In Chapter 340) In fact, that was also done by Chris, and I knew about it when I was in Axel."

"So that's why Senior Kobayashi doesn't want to accept this commission? No wonder!"

Sato Kazuma exclaimed as if he suddenly understood something.

Soon, he complained to Xiao Lin again: "Since you knew, you should have told me earlier. In this case, I will not stand out and force myself to take on this task!"

"Huh? That's weird. I thought Sato-kun would just turn Chris over to the security department as a thief without caring about anything."

"I do have that thought. But since Senior Kobayashi is like this, there must be some hidden reason."

Isn't it Kobayashi who is believed instead of Chris?
This kind of unconditional trust is really touching.

Chris did the same. She said, "Um... Kazuma, actually..."

"Ahhh, I don't want to hear it!"

Sato Kazuma covered his ears and said, "Go! Although I don't know what the secret is, I can foresee that it will definitely be very troublesome! By the way, when you leave, use the binding skill on me, so that I can have an excuse to pretend that I was imprisoned by accident. As for Senior Kobayashi, just say that the chivalrous thief had already escaped when you came, okay!"

I have to say that his mind was quick, and he found a way out for everyone in just a few words.

Chris wanted to say something else, but after hearing the dense footsteps outside the door, he had no choice but to use the binding skills as Sato Kazuma said. Then he jumped out of the kitchen window, quickly fled the mansion, and soon disappeared into the night.

The companions who arrived late mocked Sato Kazuma after seeing him tied up like a dumpling. Even Kobayashi, who failed to catch the chivalrous thief, was mocked by Aqua and Megumin.

After all, they were theoretically competitors in the pursuit of the chivalrous thief, and would be happy to undermine their rivals' self-confidence.

In this way, even though Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma's reputations declined, they successfully protected the chivalrous thief Chris.

(End of this chapter)