Inside An Ad**t Game As A Former Hero

EP.25 Dance with Orcs!

Were you surprised by my sudden touch? Frillite widened her eyes.

It was also surprising because she had an expression that was hard to see for her, who has a cool personality.

‘Is that surprising?’

We can do a little shoulder-to-shoulderness with the same warriors. Hey, aren’t you being too harsh?

“Friend..? Was this person Frillite-sama’s close friend?”

The captain of the guard, who had a hard expression on his face, asked Frilite.

Frillite did not give him a glance.

She looked at me with puzzled eyes and opened her mouth.

“Cla…”

“haha! You are too. Have you already forgotten my name? it’s James, James.”

She gave me a strange look for a moment as I interrupted her hastily and came up with a pseudonym. But she soon nodded her head as if she understood.

“Yeah, long time no see, James. What did you come here for?”

“I have been through a lot. It’s too long to talk here. Let’s have a drink later and talk. There is something else I want to say to you…”

I deliberately pulled the horse and looked at the look on the guard’s face. Unsurprisingly, he was shaking his head with a pale blue complexion.

In his earnest eyes, he could feel the will to restore everything to its original state with just one look.

it’s late baby

I smiled at him and explained to Frilite about the suspicion of embezzlement of the captain of the guard.

As the story progressed, Frilite’s expression hardened. When the story was over, she looked at the wagon, the orc, and the captain of the guard and opened her mouth.

“Captain, is what I heard true?”

Frilite’s voice is a little lower than that of an ordinary woman. Her voice, like that of her, has now subsided deeply because of anger…

It was not strange that not only the commander of the guard, but also the other guards, were tense.

Swallowing his saliva, the captain of the guard began to pretend to be subservient.

“No, that Frilite-sama. There seems to be some misunderstanding.”

“Misunderstanding? What you mean now is Cl… huh, my friend lied to me?”

“No, not that…”

“Hey there orc!”

Frilite did not even listen to the captain of the guard and called for Lugar, who was near the cart.

Lugar pointed at himself.

“Are you calling me?”

“It doesn’t matter which orc can speak the Imperial language. Come over here.”

Lugar frowned at the tone that was close to command.

He is also the head of an orc clan. It doesn’t feel good to be ordered by a human whom you don’t know.

“Brother! She just have one question to ask. Give me a minute.”

After hearing my words, Lugar relaxed his expression and walked over to this side.

On the other hand, Frilite narrowed her forehead.

“Brother?”

“The orc you called and I are brother-in-law.”

“…What the hell happened to make you brotherhood with an orc?”

“I’ll tell you later. Now is not the time.”

I pointed to Lugar, who was approaching me with a chin. Frillite muttered to him, taking a deep breath in her.

“I have too many questions to ask.”

Lugar said to Frilite, who shook his head.

“Why did you call me human?”

“I have one thing to ask you. You gave this Guard Captain 500,000 gold and demanded food worth the price. Am I right?”

“Yes.”

“And the captain of the guard gave you seven carts of grain and seventeen cattle in return for 500,000 gold. Is this right?”

The captain of the guard tried to come in, but Lugar responded quickly.

“That’s right.”

“Is that food worth 500,000 gold?”

“I heard that.”

“Yes, thank you for answering my question. You may return to your seat.”

Lugar’s eyebrows twitched slightly as he was still under his belt, but fortunately he went back to his tribe’s seat without saying a word.

He’s not a stupid orc either, so he must have guessed what’s going on right now.

“Do you have anything more to say, Captain?”

Frilite’s cold eyes were shot at the captain of the guard. The captain of the guard trembled like a prey before a predator.

“Oh no, that’s…”

“As the guards know, there is only one reason the Empire sells food to the orcs. To prevent starving orcs from crossing the border and plundering the people of the Empire.”

Frilite took a step towards the guard commander. Naturally, her shoulders relaxed, and she looked down coldly at the captain of the guard, who bent her back.

“However, you, an officer of the Empire, violated the strict national law in order to take care of personal self-interest. Your illegal actions could put the people of the Empire at risk. Do you admit this?”

“Oh, no! I never did. Today is just a mistake…”

“If you can’t admit it, I will. Guard! Arrest this man now!”

The two guards, who were riding on the earl at Frilite’s call, came to their senses and sprinted towards them. They grabbed the captain’s arms.

“Uh huh?? Hey you guys! What are you doing!”

“I’m sorry, sir. How about if the hero does it..!”

“No, these guys… Yo, hero. Calm down for a moment and listen to me…”

“Where is the commander of the guard?”

“Yes? yes! W, here it is!”

Are you worried that you will be caught up in this too? The face of the commander of the guard who was called in was pale. However, Frillite did not hold him accountable.

“If the captain of the guard does not acknowledge his crimes and says he is unfair, we will bring him to trial according to the national law of the empire. And the trial should be a thorough and fair trial under the name of the Duke of Perdiak. Did you understand?”

“Yes, yep!”

“It’s good that you understand. During the trial, the vacant position of commander of the guard will be temporarily assumed by you. And if the captain of the guard is convicted, the position of captain of the guard will be taken over by you.”

The commander of the guards widened his eyes.

He thought she would hold them accountable together with the guards commander, but he must have been surprised by Frilite’s words that were different from what he expected.

Even when the captain of the guard was convicted, there was no way he could be acquitted, so it was as if he was eventually promoted.

The face of the commander of the guard, who understood the meaning, gradually began to fill with joy.

On the other hand, the captain’s face was full of despair.

“Oh, no. I’m embarrassed! I mean, I’m not the only one who gulps! That guy and that guy did it too!”

“If you knock down the bookshelf inside the guard’s office, there is a hidden safe. All the property that the captain of the guard has embezzled is hidden there.”

It was the moment when the captain of the guard pointed his finger at the commander of the guard. The commander of the guard blew the position of the safe at a speed that could be considered almost simultaneous.

Operation Water Ghost, the last move of the guard commander, also failed.

In the end, the commander of the guard screamed horribly and was dragged away by the guards.

Frilite then told the interim guard what he had to do.

Confiscated property embezzled by the former security chief.

Testimony at trial.

Provision of food commensurate with the amount prepared by the orcs, etc.

While they were begging, I went to Lugar and explained what had happened so far.

After hearing the story, Lugar said that he would hide the facts of the captain’s embezzlement from the tribes.

If he say it, his antipathy towards humans will only increase, and then the future food trade may become difficult.

– Chief. What did the patriarch’s brother say?

– Human error brought less food. It is said that if you wait a little longer, they will bring you four times the amount of food.

-quadruple?! Chief! So, isn’t our tribe rich now?!

– Even if you’re not rich, you might be able to live quite well.

-Wow! Let’s go back and have a banquet right away! It’s a bigger banquet than ever before!

– What is a banquet? No matter how much food you have, if you waste it like that, it disappears quickly. These will be saved.

– What?! Chief I didn’t see it that way, was it a narrow-minded orc?

-You have meat confiscated for the next month.

– The chieftain is a great warrior.

-…

– Chief…? Say something…

Seeing they so innocently happy, it seems like the right decision.

There will be no more scams in the future, so it’ll be fine.

It was when I was eagerly looking forward to seeing it.

“Cla… James!”

Presumably she had finished asking the temporary guard commander, Frilite called me.

I approached her.

“Why?”

“Is the business here over?”

“Right?”

“Then go.”

“You want to go? Where?”

“Where? It is a nearby town.”

“…you want to go together?”

Frillite narrowed her eyes.

“…are you planning to run away again this time?”

“Escape. When did I… ah.”

Remembered

The day that Frilite paid for alcohol in the capital of the Empire.

The next day she was awake and offered to talk. The next day I left the capital as soon as I woke up.

“At that time, there was a situation.”

“…”

“Really.”

“…”

Even if I told the truth, Frillite’s narrowed eyes did not know how to open it.