Chapter 40 – Alhart and…

A few seconds after Famiras left, the sounds of battle could be heard from the outside.

A man approaches Alhart who continues to eat despite the chaotic scene inside the shop.

“Hey, hey, your friend is fighting, but you’re just eating as if nothing happened? That’s pretty cold, man.”

“……”

Alhart turns and smiles broadly at the man occupying the seat Famiras sat on earlier. However, the attention is short-lived as Alhart loses interest and resumes his meal.

“So you’re just going to ignore me……”

The man let out a tsk at Alhart’s behavior, but sneered at the next moment.

“Hey, I’ll tell you something good.”

“……”

“You went into this town with 2 other people, didn’t you?”

“……”

“There was a guy who happened to see you when you entered the town with those people. So, when you entered this shop and went straight to that guy, well, I thought that information would be pretty handy.”

Grinning, the man said it in a voice that seemed as if he terribly enjoyed the moment.

Alhart just keeps on moving his chopsticks silently without even giving the man a glance.

“I sent some guys to tail those two. But, doncha’ worry, we’re just taking them as hostages so they won’t be killed. Probably.”

“……I see.”

With a clunk, Alhart places the dish on the floor after eating and stretches to his full height as he stands up.

“If that’s the case, then, I have something good to tell you, too.”

“Ah?”

“Between the two, if you’re planning to bring down the woman, then, I suggest you send in a hundred men.”

“Hah?”

“If you don’t, then, your friends will be killed without fail.”

“Hah!! What’s up with that? Did you completely lose it when you found out that your friends were in a pinch? If it takes a hundred men to beat a single woman, then, she must be a monster.”

“Yeah. She is a monster.”

Alhart grinned.

“……”

“Right, right, it’s been bothering me, but…”

“Ah?”

“What did you come to talk to me for, anyway?

“That’s because…”

The man narrowed his eyes at the question, and at the next moment, pulled out the sword at his waist and pointed it at Alhart.

“I thought I could make you a hostage as well!”

“Ahh, I see.”

“…………Heh?”

Alhart brandished his blade, however, it was never swung down.

“Oh, it’s hard to use a spear after all……moreover, you can’t swing it in such a narrow place like this. Man, I shouldn’t have lent Fara my sword.”

Sighing, Alhart sends the man’s sword flying using the spear’s handle.

“Wha……huh? Eh?”

“Hey!”

Carrying the spear on his shoulder, Alhart smiled, and called out to the man, who was still trying to grasp the situation by looking between Alhart and his hand that held the sword earlier.

“This is a restaurant, so, I don’t want to stain it with blood as much as possible.”

“Eh?”

“Besides, the weapon I have now is a spear I’m not familiar with, and it isn’t something I can easily adjust to. In the first place, I don’t know how much damage it can cause my surroundings if I yield it in such a narrow space, so it’d just weigh on my mind if some innocent bystander gets hurt.”

“……”

Alhart sighed when his words failed to produce a reaction from the man.

“Heeey, don’t you understand?”

“Eh?”

“I’m telling you that I’m going to overlook this.”

“Ahh……”

“I can’t wield this weapon properly, so, I……I’m telling you that I’m willing to turn a blind eye to this for now. So, tuck your tail and run away. And don’t show your sorry mug around me again.”

“……”

The man frustratedly chewed his lip as he glowered at Alhart for a while, but finally left without a word when Alhart struck the floor with the spear as a final warning.

“Well, those guys heading for Sylti probably won’t receive the same mercy. I already feel sorry for them …”

And, they even escaped from Fara, mumbling, Alhart went outside, Famiras’ spear in hand.