Chapter 141: The Team’s Crisis!

Even though Chloe was trying to protect her own adventurers, she bit a nobleman, someone who seemed to be related to the Marquis.

Inwardly, she thought, “I’ve done it… I might be finished…” But thanks to her personality, she was usually calm and collected, so she didn’t show it on her face.

“…Gu! Soldiers! Forgive me for that. I don’t want to fight either.”

He started the conversation himself, but then became reluctant, making it seem as if the soldiers had done it on their own.

Chloe’s response was, “Oh, so now you’re scared of me? You’re not a big person, are you? I’m not going to make a big deal out of it,” she thought, then decided to take it in the direction most well fitting.

“We don’t want to get into an unnecessary fight either. The guild is responsible for the security of this village. Please be careful in the future.”

Chloe then walked back into the guild building, feeling nervous inside.

“….Where did they go?”

After watching Chloe return to the guild, Uwakin looked at the soldiers again and finally realized that the troublemakers had disappeared.

—-A back alley lined with houses in the village.

“Thanks to Chloe, we’re saved.”

“Really. Aeris, are you okay?”

Shin and Rumeya took a deep breath and called out to Aeris, who nodded silently.

“Let’s go home for the time being. I think we should talk to Tauro about this.”

Shin suggested and Aeris finally replied, “Right.”

When they got back to the house, Tauro woke up just in time to see the three of them through the window and greeted them with a sleepy-eyed “Good morning…”. But when he noticed the mood of the three, he asked,

“What’s wrong?”

When they entered the house, they explained to Tauro what had happened in front of the guild.

“I see… He doesn’t seem to be the kind of person who comes here by chance. But then again, even if he is Aeris’s fiancé, if he is the second son of a fallen nobleman, he shouldn’t have a title to claim, should he? And he shouldn’t even be eligible to take the Aeris family name…this is a problem.”

Tauro showed a shady smile on his face.

“Tauro, your smile scares me…!”

Shin and Rumeya reeled at his smile.

“What do you want to do, Aeris?”

Tauro tries to confirm Aeris’s intentions.

This is the most important thing.

“….I want my house back, but…. I’ve already cut ties with my mother. And there’s no way I’m marrying that man.”

“… Okay, … Yeah. Tauro, it works.”

Tauro uttered the words that someone had said to him in a previous life, and began to ask Aeris questions about this and that.

Some of them made Aeris ask, “What?” but she answered them.

When the questions were over, Tauro groaned as he tried to collect his thoughts, but after nodding to himself, he went back to his room and started writing a few letters.

In the meantime, the three of them were unsure of what to do and the time passed unattended. When Tauro finished writing the letters, he called Aeris and asked her to write a letter as well.

Aeris spelled out what Tauro was asking for.

“…My father’s brother, my uncle, is a son-in-law of an earl lower than the Marquis of Van Dyne, so it wouldn’t be difficult to ask for his help, right?”

The content of the letter was to ask for help from her uncle, but as Aeris said, he wouldn’t normally move against the Marquis family, which he considered the main family and she couldn’t help but worry about whether he’ll help.

“Even if he can’t do anything, it’s enough if he’s on your side emotionally.”

Aeris was confused by Tauro’s answer, but she knew that he was thinking of something and she could trust him.

“What do you want us to do? We’ll do whatever it takes! We’re part of Team “Black Golden Wings” too!”

“Yes, we are. It’s times like this when we can do things as friends.”

Rumeya and Shin were both snorting with enthusiasm.

“Thank you, both of you. I’m glad I’m friends with you all.”

Aeris was so moved by them that she began to cry.

“Well, then, let’s disband the “Black Golden Wings”.”

“Ok! I’ll leave it to you!”

“Yeah, disband it, got it!”

“Disbanding would be so easy!”

…

…

…

“”Eh?!””

The three of them were upset by Tauro’s insane words.

“What? What do you mean, Tauro?

“Why, Tauro?”

“Tell me you’re lying, Tauro!”

The room was in an uproar.

“Oh, that came out wrong, Please wait a moment. I mean Aeris and I are going to the Royal Capital.”

“”Eh!?””

The three of them were again surprised by Tauro’s response.

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