Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 402: A Tale of Compensation
Late at night, on a village street, reflected in the moonlight are the “black golden wings” and walking corpses.
And then, a dazzling arrow of light.
The arrow of light sliced through the air and flew straight toward the wall of the second floor of the house.
The arrow pierced the wall with a dull thud and shot through the chest of the puppeteer behind it.
“Ahhh!”
A short scream rises from the second floor of the house.
He could see the silhouette next to it hurrying down to the hypnotist’s side on the first floor.
At the same time, the walking corpses that had been attacking Tauro and the others stopped moving and collapsed in place.
As expected, with the puppeteer killed, they stopped moving.
The hypnotist confirmed this from the first floor, and then, having heard of the puppeteer’s demise from the resident who had come down from the second floor and was presumably controlling him under hypnosis, hastily made the two residents stand against the wall and hid behind them.
“I knew you would do that.”
Tauro confirms the silhouette with his “true eyes” and then walks with Ragune and the others to the house.
Then, the hypnotist, seeing this from the window,
“Stop right there! Don’t you care what happens to these two residents?”
He threatened.
The hypnotized residents obeyed the hypnotist’s words and stood by the window, pointing the blade at themselves, becoming a wall.
Tauro readied his bow and arrow.
“Wait! Killing me won’t break the hypnotism! This is a unique magic I created. In other words, only I can break it.”
The hypnotist warned Tauro, who was readying his bow and arrow.
“It’s …… magic, isn’t it? dark magic, right?”
“…… what about it? It’s dark magic, sure, but it’s my own unique and delicate art. Even if you know it, you won’t be able to unravel it so easily! So, put down that bow and arrow! Do you really care what happens to these two!?”
The hypnotist warns again, hiding behind the two residents.
“Zion, can you make it?”
“…I can.”
Zion answered briefly, knowing what Tauro intended.
“Okay then, please. Three, two, one… go!”
As soon as Tauro gave the signal, Zion smashed the wall of the house with her fist and leapt at the two villagers who were pointing their blades at themselves.
The two villagers rushed to try to stab themselves with their blades, but Zion was faster than them and punched them in the stomach, causing them to instantly lose consciousness and collapse to the ground.
At that moment, Tauro’s arrow passes by zion’s face and hits the back of the hypnotist who turned his back to run away.
Gahhh!
The hypnotist turned around in shock.
“Ba, you idiot ……. Even if I die, those two residents will choose to die. ……!”
The hypnotist replied as he collapsed.
“It’s okay. Dark magic is my specialty. And since I have the 『Magical Manipulation (Extreme)』 skill, delicate magical manipulation is also my forte. So……..something like this?”
Tauro chants while lightly placing his hand on the heads of the two residents.
Then,
“That should solve it.”
He answered.
Then Zion woke them up with healing magic.
The two residents (a married couple, perhaps?) woke up and likely remembering what had just happened, embraced each other and began to cry.
The hypnotist was astonished to witness this scene.
“That’s impossible…! My original magic, being undone in an instant…”
The hypnotist died on the spot in despair.
“Now that that’s all sorted out, though, ……. I still need to use my magic storage to retrieve the bodies on the street, right?”
Personally, Tauro did not want to put the decomposing bodies in his magic storage, even temporarily.
A commotion in the middle of the night would easily wake up the entire village.
There was fighting in the streets, the sounds of walls shattering.
It would have been strange for it not to happen.
The village chief and his family, who were to be protected, woke up in a panic and watched the unfolding events with bated breath from the inn’s window, and were relieved to see that the situation had been successfully resolved.
However, even the village chief raised his brow at the graveyard desecration by the puppeteer who were the attackers, the damage to the corpses, and the cost of repairing the shattered walls of the destroyed house.
“Do I have to pay for that?”
The village head was understandably reluctant.
He has spent a lot of money on the wedding and it was quite an expense.
It seemed that the puppeteers were targeting Tauro and his “Black-Golden Wings” whom they had hired.
Although he had originally hired the duo, the target this time was Tauro, and he could say he was the one who got dragged into it, so he was not satisfied with the situation.
The chief of the village where we were staying also heard the commotion and came over.
Of course, the village chiefs discussed the situation with each other.
“You can’t say you had nothing to do with it after causing all this commotion, can you?”
The village chief of the village where they were staying pointed out.
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“…But, however, this bill is a bit much…”
The village chief, who wants to return to his village as soon as possible, is also reluctant to accept the amount offered.
Then Tauro appeared.
He then explained the whole story.
The two men who they fought were the remnants of the assassin guild.
“…Hmm, but that has nothing to do with us at all.”
“Of course, I will pay you for the inconvenience. But please make it a fair amount.”
“What are you talking about after causing such a commotion?! Besides, you are the chief of Zhengyu village, aren’t you? It is well known as one of the most profitable villages in the neighborhood. It’s not an amount you can’t afford to pay!”
It seems they have no intention of hiding the fact that this is a completely unfair request.
Tauro let out a sigh and decided to ask the chief of Zenyu Village to leave the room for a while.
“Why are you trying to threaten me? I’m only asking for what you can afford!”
“You’re threatening the wrong person, Chief-san.”
Tauro probably thought that the conversation couldn’t go any further, so he decided to show his proof of being a territorial inspector here as well.
“Th-this is!”
The village chief eyes widened in surprise.
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“It’s not that I won’t pay, but I don’t think you should be too greedy here.”
“S-sorry…”
The village chief was horrified to discover that the child in front of him was the same local inspector who had recently taken part in defeating bandits in his territory.
“No, I am sorry for the trouble I have caused you. Well then, please accept this.”
Tauro says and offers to pay the inconvenience fee.
The amount was generous enough to cover repairs to the walls of the private homes and the cemetery, as well as compensation for the residents who had been terrorized.
“Th-this might be a bit much…”
The village chief offered to do it himself, a complete turnaround from his previous offer.
“I don’t want any ill will left between you and Zhengyu Village in the future, so please accept it.”
Tauro replied and immediately called the chief of the village of Zhengyu back into the room.
“Now that we have come to an agreement, let us shake each other’s hands and say our goodbyes.”
And with that, he made the two village chiefs shake hands and the matter was settled. Then, the chief’s party and Tauro and his group left the village to return to their homes.