Retired Hero Wants To Sleep

Mission No.3 Little Devils (04)

“Hey, lady. It’s crazy?”

“I’m not crazy.”

“But what did you say now?”

“Please release me.”

A sarcasm clung to Ewald’s face.

“Why me?”

“Because I am a mere mercenary.”

“… Hey, do you think that could be the reason?”

“Isn’t that a reason?”

It’s a face that asks because you really don’t know. Ewald began to agonize over what to do with this deranged young lady, but his answer was fixed.

“Speak like a horse! Why am I freeing the criminal hired by the Schheim thief?”

“I am a mercenary, not a criminal.”

“Do not be ridiculous! I can let you go, but don’t let me go!”

“Then tell me who has the authority to release you.”

“… Wow!”

It is certainly. This lady is crazy.

“They won’t release you even if the emperor comes?”

Eccrine pondered for a moment with his head lowered, then calmly opened his mouth.

“Is there no one higher than the emperor?”

“…hahahaha!”

Obviously, Ewald seems to be having a conversation, but this feeling of not being able to communicate at all…

“Give up. You helped steal Schheim, and you were caught red-handed. At least 10 years in prison.”

“It wasn’t me who stole it. It was a normal request and a normal service.”

“… If it’s a normal service, will everything be forgiven?”

“Isn’t it?”

“What?”

“Yes?”

Again, an expression of “I really don’t know” Rose from Ekryn. Ewald, who now had no more to lose, lowered his head with a serious face.

I don’t know what kind of mindset this is.

“Stealing is illegal! You helped me with that, so of course you should be punished!”

“I don’t want to receive it.”

“Uhhahahaha!”

This lady lives in another world. Ewald was convinced. He can’t have a conversation like this if he’s sane, and even if he’s sane, he’s a young lady who doesn’t know anything about sociality.

“Which mercenary do you belong to?”

“I am a freelancer.”

The answer is good again and again. Ewald, who felt like he had become a strange person as he was having a conversation with a girl who seemed to live alone in this world, glared at Ekryn with a complicated expression.

“I am a freelancer. So you’re saying you’re going to take all the responsibility?”

“I am responsible for the client and myself.”

“Hey, are you trying to escape?”

“Theft is wrong, but the person who actually did it was the client, and I was simply preventing anyone else from accessing Schheim.”

“You speak very well. Right?”

“Thank you.”

“… Hey.”

“Yes?”

Tired. Ewald sighed and looked up at the sky.

“Speak clearly. You can’t get out If not, they will rot in the dungeon for more than 10 years.”

“Please release me.”

“Reject.”

Ewald stood up from his seat. He didn’t want to talk any more with this crazy girl.

However, Ekryn, whose expression did not change at all, opened her mouth with her bright eyes directed at Ewald.

“I know there is such a thing as a deal.”

“Transaction?”

“Looking at the situation, it seems that you have no intention of releasing me.”

“No.”

“What do you want? If you release me, I will make a deal.”

It was a very simple, clear, ignorant, and straightforward thought. Ewald sat down on a chair with an expression of boredom and let out a long sigh.

But even for a moment, something flowed into Ewald’s brain.

It was the swordsmanship of this female swordsman named Ekrin.

In an instant, Ewald straightened up and sat down in his chair.

Yes. This lady was a swordsman who could freely move the Zweihender, which was said to be difficult to use. It was a short fight, but Ewald remembered the feeling at that time.

Combining several assumptions and imaginations, Ewald sorted out the situation.

Then he finally nodded his head.

“Good.”

“Thank you.”

The character is also urgent.

“No, I’m not letting you go.”

“… Is that so?”

After looking down for a moment, her gaze returned to Ewald.

“Do you have any requirements?”

“Yes.”

At the same time, Ewald started to smile.

“Did you say mercenary?”

“That’s right.”

“Let’s sign a lifetime contract with me.”

“… I’ve never heard of a lifetime contract.”

“It means to accept requests by my side until you die.”

“Is that enough?”

“… What?”

Ewald, who expected that it would not work, was honestly taken aback by Eccrine’s cool answer.

“I asked if that would be enough. If I receive a request until you die, will you release me?”

“… Me?”

“Isn’t it okay to accept requests only until ‘until you die’ for ‘any reason’?”

“… Although the word ‘for some reason’ bothers me quite a bit.”

“You are misunderstanding. It doesn’t kill the client unless it’s the worst case scenario.”

“… At worst, it could kill you.”

“Please answer me. Is it okay to carry out the request until you die?”

“No. You mean accept the request until you die?”

“I refuse.”

Be firm too.

But Ewald, having heard everything, smiled brightly.

“Then it’s a breakdown. Bye. Dungeon.”

“It is forced.”

“It’s not forced, it’s a breakdown in negotiations, crazy lady.”

Ewald stood up from his seat. He has a long conversation with an insane person and his head is dizzy. It’s a waste, but he has no choice but to look for someone else.

“Sometimes I will visit you. Do you have a favorite snack?”

“Wait.”

“Oh, I hate it.”

With a sarcastic laugh, Ewald twisted his body toward the exit.

“Please release me.”

“Because I can’t release you?”

Ewald, who spat out the words with his mouth twitching, began to move around.

“There is a way.”

“How?”

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Ewald kindly turned around, hoping to hear at least one last story.

“If you fight me and win, I am willing to sign a lifetime contract.”

As this lady looked at Eccrine with an expression asking what the hell she was talking about, Balt instantly put a terrifying smile on his face.

“Okay, take it. If you win, release them immediately. But if I win, a lifetime contract and a free request for life.”

“… Are you saying you want to entrust the request for free?”

“Are you going to take it or not? Make your decision.”

“…”

“If your hand is bad, cover it quickly.”

“Great.”

“Okay.”

After answering briskly, Ewald searched his pockets for the key.

Device device gig.

“Hmm?”

Device geek.

Ewald looked around at the sudden sound, but at that moment, metal fragments flew with a thud. Ewald had to twitch his lips as he lightly grabbed the metal that drew a sharp trajectory towards his face.

It is a piece of handcuffs.

Eccrine, who let go of his hands with a clunking sound, loosened his shoulders with a light movement and got up from the bed.

“… Were you captured on purpose?”

“I was just waiting for the treatment to end.”

“You are so wonderful.”

After making a clicking sound, Balt nodded his head.

“Come out.”

* * *

“Is everything better?”

“Not enough to worry about.”

Eccrine, who was carefully relaxing his muscles one by one, slowly raised his fist. However, Ewald threw Zweihender at her feet, not knowing when he had taken it out.

Ecrin blinked at Ewald’s sudden action, but Ewald opened his mouth in a voice that was not particularly impressed.

“If you’re going to do it, you have to do it right.”

“Thank you.”

Pushing her foot under her knife, Ekryn kicked Zwei Hender with a clean bow. Grasping the blade that soared in her perfect trajectory, Eccrine drew back her right foot and placed her blade on her shoulder with her handle pointed skyward.

While watching the situation, Balt vigorously pulled out his sword. Ewald, who held the nothing special sword in his right hand, looked at his sword for a moment, then lightly moved it to his left hand, then turned his right hand behind his back.

But in an instant, Ekryn’s face contorted.

It is the first change in facial expression.

“… What are you doing?”

“I’m trying to meet some conditions.”

“Joe, you meet the conditions? Are you right-handed?”

“Of course, you said you would meet the conditions, right? Isn’t it a foul if you use a good hand on an opponent who hasn’t healed yet?”

“Stop that!”

Her reaction is a bit odd.

It wasn’t that her pride was cracked. Instead, her face flushed red, she was strangely restless.

“If you’re still not well, tell me quickly. I don’t want to hear her say that she didn’t fight well because she wasn’t feeling well.”

“No. That’s not… Oh, anyway, one last warning. Fight with your right hand.”

“Is it okay? What are you talking about so much? If you don’t want to fight, go straight to jail. Skip the trial.”

“Other than that, what kind of shameless act are you fighting with your left hand?”

Stutter to the end.

Was it so shameless to fight with your left hand? Ewald thought about the past for a while, but at least in the category of etiquette that Ewald knew, there was no evidence that it was an unscrupulous act.

“Where are you sick?”

“No!”

Eccrine ruthlessly shook her flushed face, and tightened her right hand, which gripped her sword. However, at some unnatural motion, Ewald tilted his head.

“Are you really in good shape to fight?”

“Of course!”

I didn’t take that look when I fought against Schheim, but does the injured part hurt a lot? Ekryn, who was obviously nervous, was even showing some hesitant behavior.

“Come in first.”

Ewald snapped his fingers as he dropped his sword.

At that moment, Ekryn flew in. Far beyond her agility for her size, she slashed her sword as she slammed her two steps into the ground.

The sound of the wind slicing at the theme of Zweihender.

Saang!

The metal rubbed against the air and made a terrifying sound. However, after stepping back by only a few centimeters, Balt spurs his left foot and bounces off.

Unable to step back, Ekryn raised her sword to block Ebalt’s charge, but his sword was already digging into her arms.

Pachang!

A heavy weight was placed on the tip of Ebalt’s sword. At the same time, Ewald’s sword swung upwards. Following her, Ekryn’s left arm drew a large semicircle. The handcuffs around her wrists broke in two pieces.

It’s a good application.

Ewald wanted to nod his head, but Ecrin’s sword twisted without a chance. Redirecting the momentum of his left arm, which drew a large circle, to his upper body, Eccrine lifted the knife off the floor.

It’s a complete power to the point of being ignorant.

The movement and distribution of power was terrifying to the point of being fantastic. Ewald bent over to the right, narrowly letting go of the rising sword.

Bow Wow!

Is that the sound of wind pressure?

Ewald laughed at Eccrine’s ability far beyond his imagination.

This is fun.

Eccrine’s sword, which had completely cut through the air, quickly drew a semicircle backwards. But the action is too big. Even before that decision was made, Ekrin’s right foot, which had been leaning back as if she had lost her balance, flew into Ewald’s stomach.

But the opponent is Ebalt.

Ecrine’s right foot tore through Ewald’s front, which pulled his torso back. In an instant, a balt grazed near his knee. This is what he was told to die for. Ewald took a step forward, letting go of Ekryn’s ignorant attacks.

Ewald, who jumped into Eccrine’s body as he quickly passed by, opened his arms and hugged Eccrine’s waist.

He caught Shifting his weight back while holding onto his Ekryn, Ewald clasped both Ekryn’s arms with his right arm, channeling tremendous force into his thighs and lower back.

Then he slammed his body behind him at breakneck speed.

“Sissha!”

Quung!

The backdrop went in properly. Fortunately, I didn’t plant the back of his head to the ground, but the jolting shock passed through Eccrine and into his arms. However, Ebalt cast his back roll in that state.

Ewald mercilessly thrust Ekryn back to the ground, completely suspended in the air.

“Uracha!”

Blah blah!

Ewald’s arm was untied.

It’s not even a mat, but a stone floor, so the result is obvious. Balt, who was trying to check if his head was broken, quickly checked Eccrine’s condition. It’s a little girl who will use it for a long time, but it’s a big deal if it’s a hemiplegia.

But staggering, Ekryn ran away.

Unable to control her body properly, she sat down on her left side and staggered away for a while more. It was intense for her step, but Eccrine, who rolled on the floor with a somewhat pitiful look, changed her body several times after that.

But I have to finish. Ewald reached out with his left hand and thrust the knife into Ekryn’s throat, who was bewildered.

For a moment, Ekryn’s movements stopped. Panting her breath, she raised her unfocused eyes to find Balt’s face.

It’s a complete defeat.

“Should I do more?”

“… No.”

“A lifetime contract?”

“… As you wish.”

When she came to Balt, wondering if she was being too compliant, Eccrine picked her up. Eccrine knelt down on her knees, bringing her hands together and placing them on her lap.

With that in her depth, she lowered her head, and she slowly lifted her head and looked at Ebalt.

“Don’t be too formal.”

“I look forward to.”

Ewald couldn’t even guess what expression was on Ekryn’s face.

It wasn’t an expression of resentment or anger. Rather, she made both her cheeks red and looked at her like a young lady, so she lowered her face and took a deep breath, then bowed her head deeply once again.

“Hopefully for a long time.”

Something was very strange, but that’s how Ewald permanently acquired a mercenary who was terrifying and lacking in social skills.

* * *

Ewald entered the tent and sat down in a chair with a blank face. However, Ekryn’s incomprehensible action from earlier was drawn over and over again in her head.

Why did he make that face?

Eccrine’s bottomless actions remained in her mind.

It was then.

“Ewald! Ewald is there!”

The tent fluttered open and Marcus appeared.

Marcus, with a bunch of papers in one hand, roared as soon as he found Ewald sitting in a chair, bruised.

“You must never fight that girl!”