Unlike Larva, who always wore masks and cloaks and gave fear to everyone, the Beast Subjugation Team exposed their faces freely and wore the official battle uniforms bestowed by the imperial family.
They were officially called <Winston’s Shield>.
Although it was a warrior group with both nobles and mercenaries, they all rolled together on the battlefield and worked together in the dark guild.
For example, while wearing this mature and stylish ‘combat suit’…
“I need to get rid of the griffin quickly and prepare for the party~ I have to attend Miss Annette’s party! If you notice, come out, you bastard!”
…And when they were making a fuss.
One of the ghastly faces behaved like Cinderella who couldn’t make it to the party and was furious (his face was more like the pumpkin carriage).
The one-eyed man who was at the forefront with Kyle asked,
“Master, isn’t something strange?”
“…….”
Kyle looked in the direction of the wind. His hair was fluttering in waves, and his field of vision was wide.
He stared at the quiet end of the snowy field for a moment.
Soon, he broke his silence, opening his mouth.
“It’s certainly strange. We will stop our search here and return.”
“……!”
It was a bomb-like declaration.
Everyone widened their eyes.
“Still, it’s an order from the imperial family, shouldn’t we have to catch something?”
It was then.
Kyle pulled out the sword of the one-eyed subordinate standing next to him and thrust it down strongly in the middle of the snowy field.
Gwyaaaaak!
At the same time, what they thought was a ‘snowy field’ stood up screaming.
Red jaws opened wide towards them.
“……!!!”
At the roaring cry, the sky and the earth shook as if there was a landslide.
Without blinking and with lightning-like reflexes, Kyle pulled out his shotgun and fired exactly one shot.
His one shot never missed.
Thud!
The beast, whose head was punctured by the shot, fell to the floor without making a sound.
The snowfield was stained with crimson blood.
Wiping the remains of death from his cheek, Kyle ordered,
“Report this to the imperial family. And tell them that there are no traces of griffins here.”
“Yes, Master.”
One-eyed reply quickly and neatly explained to the puzzled members.
“Did you see the ‘Balax’ that the Master just caught? As you know, they are prey for griffins. The fact that they’re still here means this is not the griffin’s habitat in the first place.”
The Beast Subjugation Team of <Winston’s Shield> led by Kyle were veterans who had mastered the pursuit of magical beasts.
There was a greater probability that the beast was not here than the probability that they could not find any traces.
The chubby man who was listening seriously asked,
“Then did something go wrong in the imperial household, Master?”
“Go wrong…”
Kyle’s eyes darkened.
Well, an out-of-pattern ‘mistake’ needed to be noticed.
It’s never been like this before.
Kyle withdrew from the north and gave orders to One-eye.
“Find out who in the imperial household ordered this dispatch.”
“Yes.”
Dark green eyes sank as deep as a swamp.
“Which bastard is joking around.”
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Deep into the night.
I was filling the cake with cream and putting strawberries on for decoration.
‘Is it a little small?’
The cake I made the second time was a little smaller than the cake I made the first time.
It was because the energy I had when I made the first didn’t come out.
‘…Like this, if you make it a third time, won’t it be only as big as a booger?’
Well, that’s not going to happen.
Anyway, the main thing was not the cake, so it was okay even if it was a little small.
On that day, not only would all the breads and desserts of <Little Bakery> come out, but Miss Anais from the butcher would take care of the meat, and Mr. Jake from the greengrocery market decided to prepare fruits.
Of course, there would be plenty of alcohol.
‘Whoa, it’s going to be a bountiful party.’
Even though it was a party to celebrate my ruin, I was excited while preparing.
“Mhm, potatoes should be kept in a suitable place so they don’t sprout.”
I would make potato soup for the soup of the day. I thought for a way to keep it as fresh as possible lest there might be any sprouts.
‘Newspapers are perfect for storing potatoes!’
I brought the <World Daily>.
‘…Last time I saw this, I was very surprised.’
I glared at the headlines.
Then I tore off the ‘Sislin’ article that surprised me without hesitation and wrapped the potatoes with it(a little bit of personal emotion was mixed in).
‘Not enough.’
And was when I was about to tear off the next page.
Another crazy headline was brazenly set on it.
「Grand Duke Heinrich, the next Tower Lord, put a bounty of 5.8 trillion gold for the sister he lost when he was young.」
What? Burning 5.8 trillion gold at once to look for me? Who did such a crazy thing?!