498 How Many Times Must the Same Thing Repeat
"I'd like to let this griffon back home but there's still some things nagging my mind. Do you mind if it stays here for a while more?"
"Eh? What do you mean? Didn't you say you were going to send it back home this morning? Why the sudden change of heart."
She mentioned what I told her yesterday.
"I realized there's still some uncertain factors hovering around. I'd like to make sure everything is fine at this site first. After which, we can let griffon home. What do you say? Will the Waking Grass be fine?"
"Oh there's nothing to worry about on that note. The Waking Grass here have started to stabilize in griffon's presence. I don't know what will happen once it's gone however. The timing makes no difference. So it's not like it needs to go right away... but what do you mean by that? Can you give me an explanation?"
Just before I could speak, Chimera suddenly meowed, so I turned my sight at it.
Chimera is looking in the direction of the site's building. I somehow got what it was trying to convey.
"We have a guest it looks like. Haa~. What now? Considering the timing though. It's probably nothing decent."
I make my way to the building even though I haven't even had breakfast yet.
"Ah hey! What's going on now? What about our discussion? Explanation?"
"You'll see when you get there, I think. Going by my intuition, that Bandoro guy is probably here. Ah, Griffon, stay here and behave yourself, okay?"
"Haa?", Chief Raie followed me after making that confused look.
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"Get the supervisor here right this instant! I! the great Bandoro-sama has deigned you my presence! Do not make me wait a moment longer! I can easily crush this small farm! Eei! I don't care! Men, do it!"
"Please stop your folly! Do that and you all will be charged with crime. We'll have to call the kingdom's guards!"
We made it in time before this Bandoro guy jumped the gun. Chief Raie's yell stopped the group's advance before they barged inside.
I shot rapid fire questions. A formality if you may. Something that must be put into words.
"Who are you guys? Why are you here? What's your business? And what about those men carrying weapons behind? Are they supposed to be a threat?"
My nagging feeling was proven right. Quickly at that. I never imagined the person himself would show up now.
I paid that merc group 'Old Wolf' to delay Bandoro, so either they ran away without honoring the end of their deal, or this Bandoro guy couldn't wait anymore.
I can't believe he'd come this early in the morning though. We only made it in time because the site's workers did their best to hold them back.
Bandoro ignored me and spoke to Chief Raie instead.
"Oy! I know there's a griffon in this site! A magic beast so close to the kingdom is a source of anxiety! We're going in to kill the thing! Give your permission! If you refuse, feast your eyes on this. It's an emergency letter! See! You can't complain now!"
The bar code-styled balding Bandoro puffed out his plump belly. He looks sure of his victory complete with a smug look.
"Emergency letter, I see. That means you have to discuss the matter with the person in charge first and form a combined force. Then once the circumstance is clear to both sides, they have to reach an agreement. I suppose that letter is the one thing that can be prepared quickly."
(Ah, this Bandoro guy is just way too haphazard. Lame, for real.)
His hastily made plan is full of holes. It's obvious at a glance.
That letter doesn't give him the right to do as he pleases.
He's either an idiot or he truly believes that letter is his silver bullet. Hard to say.
"Allow me to explain the situation now. The griffon has been weakened so much, it will die by itself even if we leave it alone. Your excessive show of force is not necessary. As such, I must ask you people to go home."
"Wha? Say that again!? Weakened?! Magic beasts must be promptly eliminated! This is our best chance!"
"Then I must first calculate the extent of damage that will cause, bring that up to the kingdom's tax bureau, and have you pay the restitution. If letting it be minimizes the damage, that is the best course of action we can take."
(Griffon was weakened for sure. It's fully back on feet now though. This kind of lies brings the best results.)
As I was admiring how grown up Chief Raie is for her white lie, someone yelled out loud. Bandoro of course.
"Little girl! Are you defending the griffon? You're just ignoring the risk of that thing running amok and causing casualty? You're not worth talking to! Men, push your way in! We can't afford to keep listening to this ignorant little girl's excuses! Pay her no mind and go kill that griffon!"
(Whao! Guy's just gonna abandon all reason huh? How did such a vanishingly petty man manage to get this far in life anyway? It's beyond me.)
That must be solely due to all the luck this Bandoro has which has now run out.
My only reaction to his nonsensical blabber was, 'Really now?'
I cast aside my restraint and entered Acceleration to solve yet another mess with brute force.
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