Part 2[แก้ไข]
Upon arriving in the room, they had taken up their positions with the trio facing the two of the [Thousand Eyes] cadres as they sat down respectively. Laius who sat at the other end of the long table continued to gaze at Kuro Usagi lustily.
Although Kuro Usagi felt the chills from it, but she was determined to ignore Laius’s gaze as she poured out the situation to Shiroyasha.
“—The rude behavior of [Perseus] is as aforementioned, may Kuro Usagi confirm that you have understood the matter?”
“Well……eh. The Vampire owned by [Perseus] had trespassed the [No Name] territory and caused some damage; and the members of [Perseus] who had been dispatched to capture the mentioned Vampire had acted in an offensive manner in speech and behavior. I hereby confirm that I’ve received your complaint. If you wish to have an apology from [Perseus], then I will arrange another day for……”
“There’s no need for that. Having suffered such an insulting and insolent behavior from them, just an apology will not be able to quell Kuro Usagi’s anger. We believe that the humiliation that we’ve suffered from [Perseus] should be solved by a fight between our Communities.”
To snare the other Community into a direct confrontation, that’s the goal of Kuro Usagi’s plan.
Of course, the complaints lodged against Leticia for having wreaked havoc in the territory were naturally a fabrication. However, in order to regain Leticia, now wasn’t the time to care about such minor details. As long as it’s a means to achieve the aim, one must take all that can be used to further one’s own advantage.
“We have come here today in hope that [Thousand Eyes] can revoke the withdrawal, if [Perseus] rejects our request, then may you utilize the name of the [Host Master]……”
“I object.”
Laius suddenly cut in.
“……Eh?”
“I don’t want to, what fight are you talking about? Is that a joke? And do you have any evidence to show that the Vampire had wrecked your place?”
“Regarding that point, we can just release her petrification to……”
“No way. That fellow has already escaped once so before the time of the transaction, I will not release the petrification. And there’s also a possibility that you guys have already plotted in the dark about it already right? Am I right? FORMER COMRADE?”
Laius smiled as his words dripped with sarcasm. Due to the reasonable argument that he had, Kuro Usagi was also unable to refute that.
“Going to the root of the problem, the vampire’s reason for escape should be to find you guys, right? Or could it be that you guys were out to steal my possession?”
“What…What are you saying?! Where’s the evidence for that base…”
“Isn’t it a fact that the Vampire was found in your territory?”
*Uu* Kuro Usagi was silent. When the opponent used that point to push the attack, they would be unable to refute. After all, whether it was the proposition brought up by Kuro Usagi or Laius, they both lacked the witness from a third party to back them up. Laius gave a wicked smile as he pressed the offensive:
“Forget it, if you guys really want to make the situation escalate into a duel, then we will just have to make a thorough investigation of the case……but the one who will be in trouble by the thorough investigation won’t be me~”
“Tha… That's…”
Kuro Usagi shifted her gaze to Shiroyasha. Since the other party had brought up her name, Kuro Usagi couldn’t do anything as well. After all in the period of the last three years, the reason for the [No Name] being able to survive that long was all due to the assistance received from Shiroyasha.
Kuro Usagi would really like to prevent causing more trouble for her due to this unfortunate saga.
“Well then, I will be taking my leave to rush back to prepare the transport for the Vampire to be sent out to the buyer’s location. I really detest women that give the cold shoulder, especially those that have a physical appearance that isn’t any different from that of a child—but I guess as you guys know, that fellow looks quite cute and for people who have a fetish for that sort of thing, it must be like a rare specimen? And there’s also those people who like to break down strong willed women by stripping them down and locking them in cuffs to brutally wear them down till she moans. In the natural prison of sunlight to have a female become an eternal toy……don’t you find that erotic?”
Laius taunted them by describing the various possible disastrous outcomes of Leticia who was about to be handed to that sort of person.
And as expected, Kuro Usagi had bristled her rabbit ears as she shouted.
“You… You’re such a……!”
“But that fellow sure is pitiful. Not only in the process of being sold out of Little Garden but also to be pulled down by shameless comrades to even transfer her Gift to the Demon Lord.”
“……what did you say?”
The one who shot that question was Asuka for she had not heard of Leticia’s situation and was surprised to learn it for the first time from Laius.
Although Kuro Usagi remained silent, it was obvious from her expression that she was faltering inside.
Laius did not let go of this opportunity.
“What a fellow that can’t receive any reward in return for her stupidity. [Gift]s are the indispensable life line for survival in this world and are also a part of the soul. But in order to prevent her stupid incompetent comrades from doing something absurdly futile and to discard all those willingly? The problem is that the freedom she obtained was just an illusion. In addition to that, upon suffering the greatest humiliation of ‘becoming another’s possession’ to rush back to her comrades, those comrades had just forsaken her!
It would really be interesting to know what she feels when she wakes up.”
“……Huh……..What……”
Kuro Usagi was stumped and her face had rapidly turned pale.
At the same time, it had solved many of the mysteries for them. Be it the reason why Leticia who had been snatched away by the Demon Lord reappearing once more in the East Side or the reason behind the sudden drop in level that was denoted on the Gift card, those had just been answered by Laius’s words.
Leticia who had wanted to see Kuro Usagi and the others once more—wouldn’t even mind sacrificing her soul.
Laius was full of smiles as he reached out his right hand to the pale faced Kuro Usagi.
“I say, Kuro Usagi-san, if you are to just let her go like this, wouldn’t that stand against the moral codes between comrades of the same Community?”
“……? What do you mean?”