From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman: My Hotshot Disciples Are All Grown Up Now, and They Won’t Leave Me Alone Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 5] by Shigeru Sagazaki

Author:Shigeru Sagazaki
Language: eng
Format: epub

After walking through the office for a while, the three of us arrived at the reception room—the same place I’d come to when my dad had kicked me out.

Once we were all seated, Allusia turned to me. “So? Who exactly is this girl, Master?”

“I’ll get right to the truth of it—she’s a pickpocket who tried to snatch my wallet yesterday. Immediately after she fled, I found this pendant on the ground. It’s apparently hers, so she’s here to retrieve it.”

“Wha...?”

“I’m not thinking of turning her in or anything,” I added quickly. “Not for now, at least.”

Allusia was speechless for a while. That’s quite a peculiar expression for her. However, perhaps due to her pride as the knight commander, she soon schooled her features into neutrality. When she turned to the girl, her gaze was chilling.

“What?” the girl muttered, even tenser than before. Despite that tension, she was a lot meeker now. I could sympathize with that. She’d gotten dragged along by some unknown old man to a meeting behind closed doors with the Liberion Order’s commander. It would be unreasonable to ask her to relax.

Allusia sighed. “Haah... If you say so, Master, then we won’t restrain her.”

Even if Allusia wanted to have her arrested, she couldn’t. The laws in this country were rather peaceful—with the exception of very serious crimes, an infraction of the law didn’t really apply unless either a formal complaint was submitted by the victim or the criminal was caught red-handed by the authorities. For this girl to be arrested, her latest victim (me) would need to hand her over. Otherwise, the knights would have to catch her in the act of pickpocketing someone.

Honestly, she was no more than a petty thief. She posed no immediate threat to anyone’s life, so the nation was relatively lax about such things. And frankly, I had a good reason for not turning her in.

“You know, she didn’t actually get anything off me,” I explained. “When I tried to catch her, she hit me with magic.”

“Magic...you say?”

I was sure Allusia understood what I was getting at. During my conversation with Henbrits, he’d concluded that it was unlikely for a person with magical talent to resort to petty thievery. At the time, I’d let myself be convinced of his argument. But magical equipment was costly, even if these items weren’t as versatile or valuable as the powers of a genuine wizard. I’d been forced to confront this fact during my shopping trip in the western district with Kewlny and Ficelle. No doubt about it—magical equipment was pricey.

What’s more, it was extremely rare to find offensive magical equipment that could directly attack others. Not many pieces existed, and the ones that did were high-class items. After all, if such things were common, they would cause a spike in crime. So, knowing this, why would a mere pickpocket have something like that? Had she stolen one? Or maybe someone had given it to her? Something like that would be easier to trace than a more normal item, so it would probably be difficult to sell for money.

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