Sebastian Got Carried Away
“The illness is healed by just drinking this. …Un medicine over here. And I tested it… If you dissolve a little Ramogi in water and leave it…it becomes , yes?”
He said, pointing to the bottle with the light purple liquid.
…So it turns into that color. I didn’t know that.
Would it have been a darker purple if it contained an effective amount of Ramogi?
But then again, I didn’t understand how dissolving it in water and leaving it was supposed to work.
“And yet you still insist that you were selling proper medicine? You bought all the herbs and medicine from other stores, and then watered them down until they were too weak to have an effect. And you think that selling such medicine is not a crime…?”
As Sebastian continued to accuse him, the man had no words for a reply.
He just looked down and listened to Sebastian.
“Not only that, but while this time the medicine was made of Ramogi…to others, you sold medicine that was completely unrelated… Yes, it’s all been investigated. …Though, thanks to the herbs that we provided, you’ve had very few customers here recently…”
“Once the Ramogi was discounted so that anyone could buy it, well, our store was filled with customers day after day…”
Sebastian was getting carried away now… He continued to talk without even looking at the man.
…This was strange. He had taken the sense enhancing herbs, but didn’t even notice the difference that had come over the man.
“In the first place, the very idea of trying to monopolize…”
“So it’s all your faaullt!!”
“Hey! Seize that man! It’s his fault that the business has been failing!”
The man began to shout towards the back of the store.
Sebastian didn’t realize what was happening until the man reached this point.
In answer to him, three soldiers appeared with weapons… Were they going to capture or threaten us…? Maybe they would kill us…
Well, it wouldn’t matter, since Mr. Ekenhart already knew everything. They were just adding to their crimes.
…Damn it. Self-destructive criminals were the worst…!
“You’ll pay for this!”
One of the men unsheathed a short sword and moved towards me.
He then shouted as he raised the sword and swung it towards me. But thanks to the sense enhancing herbs, I could read his moves.
Not only that, but I had taken the body strengthening herbs as well. And since this man was slower than even the orcs, I had nothing to fear.
Sebastian swiftly moved back as he shouted to me.
I answered him, and then as the man’s sword missed me and slammed into the ground, I hit his hand with the flat of my blade.
Not being able to stand the pain, he let go of the sword.
Unlike Sebastian, I knew what Mr. Wood was up to. And so I had stood up in order to be ready for what was going to come.
Had Sebastian’s reaction been any slower, he would have likely been targeted first, and maybe even injured.
…He had said that he couldn’t fight, but was able to hide behind me very quickly…
The man who dropped his sword moved to pick it up again, just as the other two jumped over the counter and walked towards us.
That being said, this was a small store. They could not surround us completely… Now was our chance…
“Sebastian. Call Phillip and Johanna!”
“…Certainly! I’ll be back immediately!”
As Sebastian was behind me, he could easily get out of the store.
Thanks to the body strengthening herbs, he was able to move in a way that was unbelievable for an old man.
As if to protect him, I faced the men who attacked. First, the one on the right… I blocked his sword, and then used my right foot to kick him towards the men on the left!
“What are you doing! They are getting away!”
I actually had no intention of running anywhere.
Thinking this, I held my sword in front of me as the men got back to their feet.
…It was a good thing that this store isn’t big… The men were being careful so that they didn’t damage anything, and so their swings were simple.
Even if they were short swords, if swung horizontally, they could hit the shelves and products nearby.
Once I knew that all of their attacks were vertical, from above or below, it was easier to deal with them, though they outnumbered me.
Otherwise, even with the herbs and their slower movement, I would have been in danger.
When three large men tried to fight within a confined space, things were bound to get messy.
They bumped into each other and even started to argue.
Thanks to my experience with the orcs, and the right conditions, it was a rather easy fight.
“Mr. Takumi, are you alright!?”
Two of the men practically had their cheeks pressed together as they swung at me. And just as I blocked them, I heard the voices coming from behind me.
Phillip and Johanna had burst through the door.
…And things were settled quickly after that.
As there was so little space, Phillip and Johanna faced the men without unsheathing their swords.
And while the men swung desperately, their arms were easily grabbed, and they were thrown to the floor.
One of the men was caught by Phillip, and he was thrown over his back and into the next man.
After being bashed together, their swords were taken away and they were swiftly tied up.
The third man took a punch to the throat from Johanna… She was wearing a metal hand protector, so it must have hurt.
He could not even scream as he fell to the ground… It looked like even breathing was painful.
“It’s too bad that the charges have doubled… There is no need to justify your actions now.”