But.
Immediately after.
"Hurry!"
"It's just up ahead!"
A noisy flurry of footsteps suddenly rang out from outside the alleyway.
Immediately after.
Lili's expression changed.
She saw.
The Soma Familia adventurer who had seemingly been keeping watch outside had seen that the situation was bad and brought backup.
Behind him.
Followed a squad of uniformed adventurers.
On the chests of their uniforms was carved an eye-catching emblem—an elephant's head on a shield.
—Labyrinth City Military Police.
—Ganesha Familia.
"Help! Murder!"
"Someone is fighting in the streets!"
"Sir Guards!"
"You have to uphold justice for us!"
It had to be said.
Although this guy was terrible at fighting, his voice was truly loud.
With this shout.
The entire originally bustling street instantly fell silent.
"We... our brothers were just having a nice chat right here..."
"These two crazy women... suddenly rushed in and started hitting people!"
"Look at how badly they beat us... these... our hands are broken!"
"And..."
"And this was an internal Familia matter of educating a rookie..."
"They maliciously interfered! It's violent assault!"
"You absolutely have to arrest them! Throw them into the dungeon!"
Who knew where the strength came from.
Who knew where the strength came from.
The guy who had just been lying on the ground playing dead was now scrambling and crawling toward the squad leader of the Ganesha Familia, beginning to cry and complain.
That attitude of the wicked complaining first was so practiced it made one sick.
"Ouch... my leg is broken..."
"Murder... there's no justice..."
The other two lackeys originally lying on the ground also reacted, cooperatively rolling on the ground and wailing, playing the role of victims to the fullest.
The squad leader leading the Ganesha Familia was a middle-aged adventurer with a stern expression named Robert.
He frowned and glanced at the group of Soma Familia members lying on the ground.
A trace of disgust flashed through his eyes.
—These guys were repeat offenders in this area.
Because the Main God of the Soma Familia basically didn't manage things, their internal management was chaotic.
Extortion, blackmail, and bullying rookies were already common occurrences.
But because there was never any substantive evidence each time, combined with the Guild's consistent principle of non-interference in internal Familia affairs, it often ended up unresolved.
However...
Robert glanced at the guy buried in the ruined crates with only a pair of feet sticking out, and then looked at the cracked stone slab on the ground.
Beaten this miserably.
If it truly was an unprovoked assault, it would indeed be hard to handle.
After all.
According to Orario's laws, as long as it didn't result in death, outsiders indeed had no right to interfere when a Familia disciplined its own members.
Moreover, striking first and causing destruction in the district was indeed a violation of public order regulations.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, as a Military Police officer, he had to give an explanation.
And upon hearing these accusations that inverted black and white.
The face beneath Onigawara Rin's mask flushed red with anger.
"You're talking nonsense!"
Onigawara Rin couldn't help but take a step forward, pointing at the guy making the complaint.
"It's obvious that you guys were bullying someone first!"
"That girl was beaten so badly by you!"
"I was acting courageously for a just cause!"
"What acting courageously! She's a Supporter of our Familia!"
"How we discipline her is our own business!"
"What does it have to do with you?"
"Does your Familia have no rules?"
"Or is your Familia just fond of poking your noses into other people's business?"
"You...!"
After all, Onigawara Rin was still young; where had she ever seen the shameless attitudes of these slick veterans who had long mingled at the bottom?
For a moment, her face turned bright red from anger, yet she didn't know how to retort.
Because.
What the other party said was indeed true.
She had indeed struck first, and she had indeed interfered with the internal affairs of another Familia.
Thinking of this, Onigawara Rin felt somewhat at a loss.
After all, this was trouble.
If she was really taken away for investigation.
Not only would she have to pay compensation.
It might even cause Kami-sama's reputation to suffer in front of the other Gods! —
Thinking of this, the confidence brought about by that bit of a sense of justice in Onigawara Rin's heart instantly deflated by half.
"U-Um... S-Sir..."
"The truth of the matter is..."
However.
Before Onigawara Rin could lower her posture and just as she wanted to explain a little.
When Robert, the squad leader of the Ganesha Familia, let his gaze cross over this group of still-chattering Soma Familia adventurers and fall upon the iconic Hannya mask worn on her face, as well as upon Inaba Tsukuyo, who had been quietly keeping her eyes closed the whole time...
The change in his expression beneath his mask could be described as exceptionally spectacular.
Short black hair, demon mask.
Blind girl with closed eyes, silver hair, and twin-tails.
Wasn't this...
Weren't these the very people whom Shakti-sama had specifically repeatedly emphasized during the morning assembly, even holding up portraits and demanding that everyone must remember them?!
—Members of the Haimer Familia.
That divine Familia who had only arrived in Orario two days ago, yet had continuously broken records in the Dungeon, and even made the Captain and Main God Ganesha personally visit to apologize!
Thinking of this.
Robert felt his brain hurting, his temples throbbing wildly.
All of Orario was so large, with four main streets in the east, south, west, and north.
Why did something have to happen precisely in his jurisdiction?
If this wasn't handled well.
Robert felt that he wasn't far from going home to farm.
He might not even have the chance to farm, and would be directly exiled to the Dungeon by Shakti-sama.
"Sir? Sir?"
"What are you still waiting for?"
"Hurry and arrest them!"
Those few Soma Familia adventurers hadn't noticed the change in the expression of the Ganesha Familia's squad leader and were still recklessly urging him on, assuming the Military Police were on their side.
"This kind of violent element must be severely punished!"
"Shut up!"
Robert let out a furious roar.
It startled the Soma Familia adventurer, who was still calculating compensation money, into a shudder, almost making him bite his tongue.
"Who gave you the nerve to yell and scream on the main street?"
Robert turned his head, his gaze so fierce it looked like he wanted to eat someone.
"Ah?"
That Soma Familia adventurer was dumbfounded.
He hadn't yet processed the direction the plot was taking.
"No... Sir, we're the ones who got beaten..."
"The ones lying on the ground are all our people..."
He still wanted to argue strongly on the basis of reason.
"Shut up! Did you not hear me tell you to shut up?!"
Robert didn't give him a chance to speak at all.
After all, since it involved matters of the Haimer Familia.
Then it was easy to handle.
Robert directly took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the irritation in his heart, and then with a sweeping wave of his large hand toward his squad members.
"Take all of these Soma Familia members away!"
"The charge is... uh..."
The squad leader stammered for a moment, then had a flash of inspiration.
Robert stammered for a moment.
In a scene of such a one-sided beating, trying to find a charge against the victims was indeed a bit difficult.
But he was, after all, a veteran Military Police officer with over ten years of experience, and his mind worked swiftly.
With a flash of inspiration, he pointed at the pile of shattered crates and the cracked stone slabs on the ground, and roared with righteous indignation:
"The charges are picking quarrels and provoking trouble! As well as destroying public facilities!"
"Look! Look at this perfectly good pile of crates! Look at what you've smashed them into!"
"And these floor tiles! They're antiques hundreds of years old! They're all cracked!"
"This is a severe destruction of Orario's city appearance! It is an unforgivable crime!"
"You bunch of guys, not only were you loudly making a racket on the street and disturbing public order, you even attempted extortion!"
"Take them away! Take them all away! Lock them in the dungeon to reflect on their actions for three days! Double the fine!"
"Eh? Eh?!"
The Soma Familia adventurers were all dumbfounded.
This script was wrong!
It was clearly that little girl who kicked the crates to pieces!
It was smashed using their boss's body as a cannonball!
They were the victims!
"Sir! You must have made a mistake! She was the one who attacked first!"
"We are falsely accused, Sir!"
"Cut the crap! You still dare to quibble! The penalty is increased by one degree!"
Robert didn't listen at all, directly going up and kicking that person in the butt.
"Take them away!"
Several Ganesha Familia Military Police officers also didn't say another word, rushing up and pinning those still-bewildered Soma Familia members to the ground, slapping shackles on them with a clatter.
Even that boss who was buried unconscious in the pile of crates was dragged out like a dead dog and hauled away.
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