"Oh dear, he popped up from behind me and snatched my wallet. What a headache." The robbed god spoke with a mix of sighing and relief.
As Ardi walked up and handed the wallet back, she asked worriedly, "Are you alright, Lord God?"
"Hah, I'm fine. You lovely ladies, thank you so much for getting my wallet back," the male god said with a smile.
"By the way, my name is Eren. Which Familia are you from?" he asked casually.
"Oh," Ardi replied proudly. "I'm from the Ganesha Familia."
"Alise Lovell, I'm from the Astrea Familia.," Alise answered.
"I'm Ryuu... also from the Astrea Familia."
Ardi looked at the god who seemed like trouble, and reminded him, "Didn't the Guild warn the gods not to walk around alone? It's too dangerous for you to come to a place like this by yourself."
"You're worried about me? That's great, that's really great. As expected of the righteous envoys of justice," Eren said with big enthusiasm.
His gestures and tone went up and down like he was acting in a play, but that kind of weirdness didn't seem strange at all for a god.
Eren looked at the silent Rayleigh with a spark of curiosity in his eyes and asked, "And you?"
'This god is sharp, so it's better if I don't act weird,' Rayleigh thought to himself.
"Hello, God Eren. I'm Rayleigh, i'm not a city guardian by the way."
That was all he said.
Eren gave him another look but didn't push it.
"So, what should we do with this guy?" Alise wondered.
But Ardi spoke up, "Let's just let him go."
"Ardi?" Ryuu was shocked.
Ardi smiled gently at her, then talked to the thief, "Please swear you won't do bad things anymore. If you promise, we'll let you off this time, okay?"
"No!" Ryuu objected right away.
"Why?" Ardi tilted her head.
Ryuu hesitated and looked over like she needed help.
Rayleigh blinked, spread his hands, and said, "I'm just a normal adventurer, so it's not my place to judge."
Ryuu froze for a second before saying, "If we don't punish him, we can't set a good example and order will fall apart. Besides, you can't just trust mere words from him."
"Ryuu, that's not it," Ardi replied. "I don't think he's lying, so maybe he was forced into it. We stopped him in time, so nobody got hurt, right? Right now, the unluckiest person here is the man himself."
"This..." Ryuu was speechless for a moment.
She felt Ardi was too kind and didn't understand human flaws at all.
'Hmm? Human flaws?' Ryuu glanced at Rayleigh, who stayed quiet the whole time, and she opened her mouth but couldn't find the words.
'Just a moment ago, I thought Rayleigh's view was too dark, but aren't I acting the same way now?'
Alise thought for a second before saying, "Hmm, I agree with Ardi's choice. But Ardi, you're in the Ganesha Familia's military force, so is it really okay for you to let him go?"
"Hehe, it's fine. I'll probably get scolded later, but that's about it." Ardi pulled a bag out of her pocket as she spoke.
She placed it in the thug's hands and said, "Don't steal anymore okay? Here, I'll give you this jagamarukun I bought instead. Just don't take from others again, okay?"
The girl's smile was so sweet that Rayleigh almost blurted out, 'Are you an angel?!'
"You... you think you're some kind of saint?! You Idiot!" the thug shouted at Ardi, holding back tears before he grabbed the potato and ran off without looking back.
Rayleigh walked up to Ardi and patted her head, ruffling her hair.
"Ardi, you're amazing."
"Hehe, are you impressed with me now?"
Out of the corner of her eye, Ardi noticed Ryuu's mixed expression.
So she asked her, "Ryuu, can't forgiveness be a part of justice?"
That question made the elf go quiet again since she still couldn't let it go.
Rayleigh understood the Ryuu from this era pretty well.
He knew her blunt nature made her stubborn about these things, but he couldn't just fix that with a few words.
Still, there were other troublemakers around who didn't know how to read the room, or maybe they were doing it on purpose.
The male god 'Eren' spoke up. "How wonderful, ladies! I'm really impressed! Especially this elf lady, she really caught my eye," Eren praised them.
Alise's eyes widened before she hugged Ryuu tight and stepped back. "That way of speaking... I remember it! It sounds just like that perverted god who laughed creepily at Ryuu, so you must be a pervert too!"
"Ryuu is ours, and we won't hand her over to you!" Alise glared at Eren.
Ardi even chimed in, telling Eren, "That's right! Ryuu's body belongs to us!"
Rayleigh stayed quiet, figuring that "us" probably included him too.
"Wait, I didn't mean it like that!" Eren protested as the sky got darker.
He shivered and said, "Oh my, I didn't realize it was already this late. I have things to do, so I need to go."
Hearing this, Alise suggested, "Lord God, it's dangerous for you to go alone, so let us walk you back."
Eren waved his hand to brush off the offer. "Haha, no need. I shouldn't bother you anymore. Goodbye, lovely ladies, and you too, young protector."
Rayleigh and Eren shared a look, both of them wearing a fake smiles.
Watching "Eren" turn and leave... No, it was definitely Erebus.
Rayleigh hesitated but didn't follow him in the end.
After all, the god was probably about to meet up with two scary monsters.
If he faced those two, he'd just get crushed no matter what he did!
The Necessary Evil plan had three main players.
First was the mastermind, the god of the underworld, Erebus.
Next were the two mercenaries: Zald the "Gluttony" from the Zeus Familia, and Alfia the "Silence" from the Hera Familia.
These two had crazy achievements since they took down the Land King Behemoth and the Sea King Leviathan.
Both of them were Level 7!
They were the strongest enemies during the Great Feud.
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