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Chapter 44:Â The Shiro Buta Reijouâs Snap Judgement
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Whatâs their purpose? The pursuing horses are rapidly approaching.
Thanks to the escorts, the number pursuing us decreased, and only two horsemen are approaching us.
However, the escort assigned to repel them was not following. I suppose he or his horse must have been wounded or killed.
On his horse, Ricardo drew his sword from the scabbard on his waist and turned to face our pursuers.
âChotto-, Ricardo! Itâs dangerous!â
âBritney, quickly run away! Iâll meet up with you later!â
âEven if you say that, I canât ignore the situation! Itâs two against one!â
âItâs fine. Now go!â
Shouting that, Ricardo raised his sword and thrust towards the two horsemen⌠It was an instadeath. (TLN: Lol. Good job.)
No, on second glance Ricardo didnât die. His opponentâs sword was swung with such power that blocking it knocked him unconscious.
A fourteen year old bocchan (TLN: young master) whose trained since birth in martial arts, versus two professionals.
No matter how excellent Ricardo was, success is unreasonable.
The second pursuer caught Ricardo who was about to fall, and dragged him onto his own horse.
âHow dare they- Ricardo!â
Even if I ran away now, I wouldnât be able to escape.
In that case, I should buy time even if just a little!
Wielding the whip I use for horseback riding, I charged towards our enemies. (TLN: Heh. A âsnapâ judgement.)
âUWAAAAAAAAAAAA! Release Ricardo-!â
With a heroic cry I cracked my whip, hitting the enemyâs face with a nice feeling.
âIta-! Shit-, this little brat!â
He raised his sword to strike back, but his ally stopped him.
âOi-, we were told not to injure them!â
âKu-âŚâ
It seems these two were requested to capture me unharmed.
Although I struggled for a while, like Ricardo, I received a strong blow to my stomach and lost consciousness.
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When I regained consciousness, we had been moved to a dim room.
Our wrists and ankles were bound with rope, and we were laid on a dusty floor.
There were no windows, but light shone through a crack in the floor. I could hear someone speaking.
Apparently, this place was the upper floor of a building somewhere.\n<h6>Light shining through worn dusty floorboards</h6>
Ricardo who also lost consciousness was similarly laid against the wall, but he seems to be waking up and is slowly getting up. Of course, our weapons had been taken by our captors.
Somehow making use of my abdominal muscles, I succeeded in raising my upper body to a sitting posture.
(That was close. Iâm glad I trained my abdominal musclesâŚ)
A little while ago, I probably wouldnât have been able to sit up.
I sensed there was someone downstairs and strained my ears to hear. I think it was the kidnappers talking to each other.
I heard a man with an awfully throaty voice.
âObtaining the Astaru earldomâs young lord was a stroke of luck. We can get a ransom from his family over there. Our pay will skyrocket.â
âWell said. By now, both Earls should have been contacted.â
Thinking I might be able to see something from the gap, I laid myself down on the floor once again.
I put my face on the floorboards and tried to peer downstairs.
âOi-, Britney.â
Despite being restrained, Ricardo dexterously approached me and spoke in a low voice.
âRicardo⌠Iâm sorry for getting you involved in this. It seems, this was a kidnapping incident aimed at me.â
âIt seems the culprits are below. Iâll search for a tool to cut our ropes. You continue to listen in on their conversation.â
âUnderstood.â
Weâre two children. Our enemy isnât wary of us at all.
Little by little, in loud arrogant voices they expose everything. (TLN: This is definitely a comic-book world. Weâve even got villains happily exposing their entire plots. Now just whoâll be Superman? My betâs on Ryuze.)
âThe place weâre receiving the ransom is the small cabin nearby. If itâs the grandchild of that stupid Earl, heâll definitely pay the ransom.â
âHe really is a stupid man. He doesnât even realize heâs being played by his own daughter.â (TLN: CALLED IT.)
âThat woman as well, really isnât showing any mercy with her own father as her opponent. Despite being under house arrest, sheâs really pulled off something huge.â
âSheâs a greedy bastard. Ma~, weâre the same way.â
Hearing the laughter from the men, I twitched my eyebrow and moved a little.
(The mastermind behind this incident⌠was you Aunt-sama?)
Because the people themselves couldnât move, in their place they must have employed these people and plotted the abduction.
Theyâre my own relatives, but they really are pathetic.
However, knowing this I cannot keep still.
My clueless grandfather will almost certainly pay the ransom.
No, since itâs my grandfather, itâs actually likely that in a panic heâll pay even more than what the criminals demand.
While thinking of how to escape, I directed a prayer towards my stingy cousin.
Translatorâs Corner:
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CALLED IT! Well, they were the only ones who would have any sort of motive right now. The author could have introduced a new antagonist instead, but I guess weâre still not done with these toxic relatives.
Also itâs another cliffhanger, but I donât think this oneâs so bad now that we know whatâs going on.