Chapter 18: It’s Show Time!

I don’t want to be disliked by the princess of the country who’ll take care of me from now on.

No … To be honest, I also don’t want to be hated by such a pretty girl.

Let’s clarify the reason for killing and restore my image.

I remove the [Magic Seal] from the assassin and hand it over to the princess.

“Princess, make sure this bracelet is real.”

“That … the assassin was wearing it a while ago right? It’s undoubtedly the real thing? Does it make sense to confirm the obvious?”

“That’s right … it makes sense to be sure. And hold the key.”

“I don’t understand, but I’ll do it …”

“Captain, can you put a chain on this bracelet and lock my hands behind my back to secure it?”

Everyone is confused because they don’t know what I want to do.

“In that case, please use the [Magic Seal] that I have.”

The one I was in had no chain because it just sealed my magic.

“Then, can you use it to restrain me? Please leave the key to the princess.”

Apparently, the bracelet of this country was made in the same way as the one I was wearing so it shouldn’t be a problem.

Everyone watched in front of me.

It’s Show Time!

“As you can see, I have been detained by the captain’s hand with a [magical seal].”

They’re looking at me with a “huh” face.

“Something will happen 5 seconds from now, so keep an eye on me. Let’s start.”

I raise my right hand in front of everyone so that it is easy to see, and I fold my fingers to count.

“5, 4, 3 …”

“Ah! Luke you! That!”

As expected of my brother! Only he seems to have noticed so far.

“What’s wrong brother? You shouldn’t spoil it for others.”

“Jail-sama? Did you notice anything? Please tell me.”

The blind princess asked my brother a question.

It’s true that the princess can’t see what I’m doing, so there’s no point in waiting for it …

“Oh, there’s lint on the princess’ shoulders …”

While saying that, I brought my hand to the princess’s shoulder, pretended to grab something, and quickly took out a tulip bouquet from  [Inventory]. It was the one sold by the flower-selling girl. This tulip may be a wild species, but I chose it because It looked more beautiful than normal wildflowers.

“It was a cute flower. Please, princess.”

I handed it to the princess, but she doesn’t notice anything strange yet.

“What did you do Luke… Princess, luke just raised his hand in front of everyone, counted with his fingers, and  took out the bouquet from his [subspace warehouse] “

“Eh? Luke, your hands were restrained behind your back weren’t they? And you handed me flowers … Oh, this flower has a very nice scent.”

“” Ah! ??? Seriously !? “”

“I’m no longer detained? See …”

With that said, I show everyone the hands that were shackled by the bracelet.

“Eh … but he just rose his finger and started the countdown … ??? And the flowers suddenly came out.”

It’s fun to make fun of everyone, but in a sense, I’m sorry for the blind princess, so I’ll give it away.

And even though It was an assassin, I just killed a person … I don’t feel happy.

Quickly I removed the other bracelet with a wire and reach out in front of everyone.

“In this way, this [Magic Seal] can be easily removed with a little trick …. Imagine that the assassin also has that kind of skill. You won’t live long if you treated him as just a stupid thief. “

“””So easy!”””

“This assassin was looking at the princess with a grinning face. The princess was approaching carelessly, so I guess he was laughing in his heart…  I think he was going to stab her with a needle coated with plenty of instant death deskerogg poison. “

“… Thank you, Luke-sama. You saved my life again …. Thank you very much for protecting me three times in a day.”

3 times? Oh, at the time of the first attack and when I protected her with a shield from the arrow. But this last one was just a possibility, and she doesn’t have to count it.

“The scary thing about an assassin is that the result is more important than the individual. The mission is absolute, they’re not afraid of death, but failure of the mission means death. If you fail, you die. The bigger the job, the more money they get, so I heard the assassination guild doesn’t forgive those who fail. “

* * *

“Jail sama, I intend to return to the Duchy soon. I was informed that my uncle’s troops were coming to meet us. Would you please join us until then?”

It’s true that they’ve lost 3 knights, and 8 will be too risky.

I don’t think there’ll be another attack, but it can’t be said that there is absolutely no chance of being attacked.

“I understand. Is that okay Luke?”

“Yes, I will follow brother’s judgment.”

I have a lot to ask the fairy, but I have something to do before we meet the knights from the Duchy.

I have to collect the equipment and the contents that fell from the  [Subspace Warehouse] of the killed bandits.

It seems that all the thieves’ belongings will be given to me this time, but they probably don’t have any good stuff. Perhaps the most valuable were the horses on which the bandits were riding. There were many pack horses, but also some good horses that were probably stolen. We also pulled out the arrow from the butt of the horse I shot and healed it properly with recovery magic. Even if it’s an assassin’s horse, the horse itself isn’t guilty.

The rest are the weapons that the Assassin used. Many of them are made of Mithril, so they’ll sell at a high price.

The bandits who originally surrendered and survived were put up for sale as criminal slaves, but since they attacked the princess … It’s customary for the royal family to buy them and execute them publicly.

They surrendered and survived temporarily, but they have no chance of salvation.

What’s waiting is execution after severe torture and spitting out all the information they have.

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