It’s hard to talk about the first one, but he was persistent in asking me to work for the tamer guild. Every time he would come, he would lambast Matthew and praise me. Thanks to the demon king’s influence, however, I could tell that he was lying. So aside from the first time we met, I never struggled with dealing with the guy.
But the man was persistent, and he would come three to four times every month to the laundromat to try and convince me. He suddenly stopped coming after a few months. When I thought he’d given up, I heard he apparently disappeared.
Because of his sudden appearance, the guards visited my store since he was always coming there. I was really surprised. They just came to hear the details, but it was still really bad for my heart.
Incidentally, this story spread relatively quickly throughout the town. Rumors spread like wildfire, and people began wondering whether Matthew had something do with the man’s disappearance. Matthew was also investigated, but in the end, it was decided that he had nothing to do with the case. However, since then, I hear Matthew’s gotten extremely uncomfortable from then on.
As I thought those things as I walked, I passed by a large barn. It’s the inn where a lot of slave demon magicians stay at.
“That was back when the ruffians were really going wild…” [Ryouma]
Around the time when the slave demon magicians and conjurers of the tamer guild started going wild, people were arrested. I thought for sure Matthew would also get arrested due to mismanagement, but because of the advocacy of the assistant that came, Matthew was spared.
Granny Gri says that the reason that assistant saved Matthew is so that he himself could avoid taking the blame all by himself. It’s only a matter of time before Matthew gets the short end of the stick.
“…Mn? Come to think of it, what did Matthew come to do here?” [Ryouma]
I wonder if there’s something going on in the town? Hmm… but whatever. Anyway, I better hurry to the arena.
I went to the store in the arena, and delivered the goods. I asked whether they needed more hands to help out with the work, and then I decided to add one more worker just to be safe.
I informed the manager that I’ll be getting another worker from the training facility once I get back, and will have him work at the store starting tomorrow. Then afterwards I went to register for the magic beast tournament.