The Strongest Wizard Becomes a Countryside Guardsman After Taking an Arrow to the Knee-Chapter 366 - Getting all the Wholesaler’s Guys to Jail

Chapter 366 – Getting all the Wholesaler’s Guys to Jail

I was about to begin questioning the wholesaler when Luka said,

「It’s cold out here. Maybe we should move inside to the guild?」

「Yeah…plus, everyone’s watching out here.」

Yureena said with a smile.

The wholesaler was shivering in his bonds.

「Wha? Huh? Are you saying you’re going to torture me?!」

「You’re just imagining things.」

「Yeah, don’t worry about that.」

「Eeee…」

Cruz said to him and put her masked face right up to the wholesaler’s.

The lion mask looked so real that you could see the fear all over his face.

「I guess you’re right…let’s take him into the adventurer’s guild.」

I said, and we picked him up and tossed him on Moofy’s back.

「Moo!」

Moofy mooed unhappily, probably because she didn’t like the guy who was on her back.

「Sorry, Moofy. I know how you feel, but we need your help.」

「Moo moo」 f𝒓𝗲𝗲𝒘𝑒𝚋ｎoѵ𝒆𝗹.co𝗺

Moofy mooed with a nonchalant sound, as if she understood but still didn’t like it.

「Thanks…」

「Moo」

We took the carrier that Moofy used to carry all the zombies and put the wholesaler and his guards on it.

Five muscular, scary guys, one magician, six in total.

I had tied them up before they regained consciousness.

「We’ll see if we’ll be nice to you AFTER we have a little talk.」

I said, and one of the guards screamed at me.

「I was just paid to do this! It’s all his fault!」

「I’ll listen to you later. You just need to be honest…because if you’re not, well, I don’t have to tell you, right?」

「S…sure! I understand!」

The conscious guard nodded furiously at me.

I bet it would be fun to separate them all off and interview them each like this.

So we walked over towards the guild.

Millia joined us after finishing the sales…we were all together.

I could hear all the merchants, who had followed me, murmuring in the background.

「They’re gonna torture the guy…」

「Man, sucks to be him!」

「He deserves it! So many people died because of him.」

「You’re right.」

Seems like the wholesaler really was a REALLY bad guy.

Vi-Vi spun around and walked up to the merchants, saying,

「Hmph, how many died, then?」

「S…sorry…」

They didn’t expect that she heard them, and now they looked frightened.

「No worries, I just wanted to ask.」

One of them spoke.

「…there were those that were killed directly by him…and those that died because they ran out of food or wood to warm themselves…」

「I see.」

If basic supplies get too expensive, you can die from it.

I guess that summarizes what the merchant said.

Because the agent was incapacitated, there was no way to tell who or how many had died.

However, from the sound of the merchant’s description, it DID sound like quite a few.

The guild master jumped as we entered the guild.

There were a lot of people.

Luka told him,,

「We need a place where we can lock people away.」

「There are seven men? You want them locked up separately?」

「Of course, but, if that’s too hard, you can group them together, too.」

There was the problem of them getting their stories to fit before being questioned, but we could just question them before we locked them away.

It also would be bad if they planned a break out together, but if there was no space, there was nothing we could do.

「We have a cage for big monsters…if that’s okay?」

The adventurer’s guild was in the middle of the town, just like with many towns.

The cage was to keep monsters found in town from causing any trouble.

But no one imagined that you’d need a huge cage to keep a bunch of people.

It was a cage for just one monster, but it was enough to stuff seven guys into.

「Could we take a look at it?」

「Sure, over here.」

I followed the guild master as he showed me inside.

Cruz and Femm followed.

「But Al, we can’t let them talk to each other right? Can we stick them all together?」

「Let’s question them first and see.」

The guild master was looking at Cruz’ masked face suspiciously.

We were in the back of the building, to a place where the guards and wholesaler couldn’t hear us.

The master said quietly to me,

「Um, Al…who’s the lion mask?」

「Um…there’s a reason she’s hiding herself.」

I thought a bit.

The guy knew that I was Alfred, who had slain the previous Demon Lord.

However, this might be the first time he had heard of Cruz.

Even if it wasn’t, he didn’t recognize her with the mask on.

「Al, can I take the mask off?」

「If you want.」

「Roger! Well, then I’ll introduce myself. Just keep who I am a secret, okay?」

She said, and she took off the mask.

The guild master jumped back, eyes wide open.

「It…it’s the hero, the marquise!」

「Have I met you before? Sorry…I can’t remember…」

「Certainly! At an adventurer’s guild I saw you from afar.」

「If that’s the case, then I wasn’t rude…so phew…any way, nice to meet you.」

「Yes! It’s my honor!」

「It’s kind of bad for the hero to be in this area, so keep it quiet, okay?」

「Yes, mistress…I will take it to the grave if necessary.」

「And that means anyone who works here as well.」

「Certainly, I understand.」

He shook her hand and looked quite pleased.

Cruz was popular as usual!