“Well, I was going to ask you about a lot of things, but …… how are you putting these curses on the ornaments?”
“Curse …… what are you talking about? I don’t know anything about that.”
“It’s already too late for you to play dumb. The guys in the other room changed their behavior as soon as they saw these ornaments.”
“No, I know about the ornaments. They’re the ones we sell in our stall. But what are you talking about when you talk about curses? I’m not going to play dumb at this point. I really don’t know.”
I was thinking of destroying the source of the curse that started the whole thing, and I’ve been talking to the man from the Dark Guild whose heart was broken by Mami and the others, but …… he says he doesn’t know about the curse.
“Then I’ll change the question. How do you get these ornaments?”
“They are sent from the headquarters of the Dark Guild on a regular basis. The man who brought in the ornaments would then take the woman that we were taking care of back to headquarters.”
“Where is this headquarters of the Dark Guild?”
“I don’t know. No, because it comes in a horse-drawn carriage, so …… all I know is that it’s from another city. The head of the Dark Guild might have known, but he died before he could tell me.”
“He died …… wait, you guys killed him, didn’t you? To keep him quiet.”
“No, why would I do that? …… Isn’t that enough? Leave me alone.”
Hmm. I guess he’s not lying.
However, the headquarters of the Dark Guild, huh.
Ullarad City is at the northern end of Shiina Country, and …… the headquarters may be located in the center of Shiina Country to the south.
However, since it seems to be a rather large organization nestled in this country, it may take some time to destroy it.
“Papa. There’s a lot of curses over there.”
“I see. Thank you, Yuri.”
Yuri led me to another room, where I found a wooden box filled with ornaments, perhaps the ones the man had mentioned earlier.
“Papa. Do you want some holy water?”
“W-Well. Wait a minute.”
I took out two appropriate ornaments from the box as evidence, took off the coat covering Yuri, rolled up her skirt and propped her body up on the box.
“Nn …… Whew. Papa, my pe- …… holy water has come out.”
“Yeah. Good job, Yuri. Now, where’s the bathroom?”
I looked for the restroom of the Dark Guild and wiped Yuri’s …… maybe it’s because it was the second time I had done it that I’d gotten used to it…
“Father. Perhaps there is such a service for the young ones!? I am not as young as Miss Yuri, but I am only eight years old. P-Please do the same thing to me too ……”
Tsuki, who was watching the situation, looked envious, but …… what do you mean service!
“If that’s the case, I want you to do it to me too-pon! I’m just slightly larger than Yuri-pon! Compared to Julie, I’m just a child-pon!”
“What’s that with me? Oh, I see. If anything, I want to take care of Little Alex, so …… will you be your usual form?”
No, Mami is not a child in mental age.
Also, my usual form is this form! My child form is only temporary!
“I’ve had a quick look around and it looks like there are no more captive women. Shall we take the women to the vigilante group’s station for the time being?”
“Yes. We’ll take care of those who are stuck by Mr. Alex’s skills, too.”
“Thank you. Then let’s go up …… Ah, wait for a moment.”
As I was heading for the stairs with Julie and the others, I remembered something I had forgotten and went to the room where Cerberus had appeared.
“[Holy Cross]”
“Alex. What in the world is wrong-pon, chopping up the Cerberus you’ve already defeated? If you want to relieve stress, you can take out as much as you want inside me-pon.”
“No, it’s not like that. When I eat monsters, my abilities improve and I gain new skills. That’s why I’m thinking of saving some Cerberus meat.”
“Heh! Alex is really amazing-pon! So you can do something like that …… it’s awesome-pon!”
I went outside with everyone, thinking that I would have Lydia cook the Cerberus meat later.
The women were clothed in appropriate clothing found in the dark guild and sent safely with Julie to the vigilante group’s station.