Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

Moving a little from where the raid was, Lina rolled Guster onto the spot.

"... listening means interrogating, right? Can you do that?"

Dorothea asked that because something called interrogation requires a lot of skill.

Few people honestly crack their mouth because they get caught.

That is why we have the means of torture, but Dorothea, who is only a merchant, has no such skill or experience.

So is it in Lina, and it doesn't look likely.

It's already clear that it's much stronger and more lukewarm than it looks, but I don't think I'm familiar with torture or anything, and I don't want to think about it.

I'm a little scared when people tell me that I'm actually a terrible sadist and I'm good at torture and I'm no longer viable with this look and feel.

Nevertheless, I know it would be extremely useful to get information right now if I could, and I don't have the muscle to complain about it.

It was a question that included such various thoughts.

To this, Lina,

"All of these fellow men will have been bait for demons in the woods by now, and there will be no reason to talk in such unfavourable circumstances so far. So maybe you'll be honest with me, and I'll be fine... I've never tortured a boulder either, so I'll just have to hand it over to some town guard when it doesn't seem right. And you'll hear a lot of things instead."

And I gave an extremely straightforward opinion.

Dorothea is relieved to hear this in many ways.

I just can't and won't say, of course, that I'm not a sadist who went directly, good, off the road towards Lina.

But he talks honestly, which is too hopeful an observation for a boulder.

Dorothea thought so too.

However, still, I just have to listen to you for now.

Lina rocks and wakes up a man who is fainting.

"... wake up... wake up!

It's because of Lina's original nature that it's not so abusive.

You don't look like an adventurer who quickly disabled a few bandits.

"... Ugh... this is... you...?

The man with thin blurred eyes opened up when Lina's face got into her eyes. So who did?

Lina answers this.

"I say Lina the Adventurer. What's your name?

For now, obviously, I guess that means, in this case, few people even answer that.

But unexpectedly, the man answered honestly.

"... I, my name is Guster..."

With a strange feeling in his eyes, Dorothea thought that maybe Guster had just woken up from his stun but was therefore unable to understand the boundary between dreams and reality.

If that's the case, you should hear what you can hear while you're completely awake, too.

In fact, Lina asked Guster one question after another, forcing him to give her some information that she could pull out of Guster.

And after all that had been said, Guster fell down and passed out again.

"... generally, I get the point. I don't know who it is, but it sounds like you were after me. So much has happened up until today, and you're saying it was his fault...?

Lina nods when Dorothea says so in dismay.

"Probably is. After all, normally dangerous things don't happen that often. But in the end, I didn't know who made the request to these Gusters... don't you have any idea?

"Well... you must be in trouble for me to continue to be a merchant.

"Right."

"But... I don't know what I'm talking about, but I'm not a big deal. I'm a runaway businessman, okay? I don't know what people want to do on purpose..."

"How's your father? I thought you said the pedestrians weren't good for women."

Dorothea is surprised by this word.

Because it's something I didn't imagine why, and it's impossible.

Just the best part, I was surprised that Lina had that idea.

Dorothea answers.

"No... I don't have that on the boulder. Sure, my father was negative about me becoming a pedestrian... because he admitted it at the end of the day. If you really disagree in the first place, I just wish I hadn't let you out of the house, even if you were mean. At first, it seemed like it was meant to be, as far as getting ready for the conversation. If we get married, we'll have no reason to leave the house."

"Still admitted to me at the end? You said it was close to a fight breakup."

"That's true too... but my father never stopped me from getting ready to leave the house. I hung up on my father about creating a chamber of commerce that was definitely bigger than my father's, and I left the city... but that would have easily kept me locked up in my house if my father cared, and I would have ended up caught him before I left the city. I didn't... I think my father was passive, but he admitted it."

"Wordless, but I understood your thoughts, and... um, if that's true, you sure don't seem to be your father... in fact, it would be more certain and moderate to just lock yourself in the house than to make fun of things like Mr. Guster's..."

I've got it in mind, Lina.

But after a little while, look up.

"Well, you don't know what to think anymore when this happens. Do you want to break it off for now"

"Yeah, are you okay?!?

"I don't think it's okay. There might be something else if we keep going. But..."

"But?"

"Because it's going to be a matter of Mr. Dorothea's feelings from here on out. In the meantime, you can give Mr. Guster to the next lodging town soldier and ask him to look for the person he requested... because I don't even think it's that easy to find him. So that's the kind of danger Mr. Dorothea has to continue to take, isn't it? Back in the malt, even if you stay still for a while, it will continue...... then Mr. Dorothea will have to choose one in two. Close the pedestrian or continue"

You were right when you asked me.

As long as the killer is not caught, Dorothea must continue to bear the risk of being involved in incidents like the one she has done before.

However, they're doing that because they want the pedestrians to stop, so for now, if they're closed, they're less likely to do something.

So until the killer is caught, the option of being closed comes up.

But Dorothea didn't mean that.

Tell Lina.

"I'll go on. 'Cause there's a whole bunch of people who even struggle to get the necessities if I don't go. Sure, I'm a big deal pedestrian, but I have a lot of pride in my job. So..."

I wanted to keep asking if you could protect me, but in this situation it was hard to say right now.

It's this journey that's become more dangerous for Dorothea, but it's the same for Lina.

Moreover, Lina is inherently without any involvement in the circumstances.

I think it's normal to say I don't like to raise the asking fee.

But Lina,

"Okay. If that's the case, shall we proceed as planned? I'll protect you if anything happens."

And I said so without any concern, and wrapped Guster around him, and threw him into the carriage, and I boarded myself.

"Look, let's go, Mr. Dorothea"

For Lina, it seems she doesn't care what the circumstances are or anything like that.

I realized that you were showing it with action, and Dorothea thanked me in her heart,

"... ok. Please keep doing this, Lina."

That's what I said.