Chapter 78 – Patrol

The patrol itself was not a hassle. Just walking around to see if there’s anything strange about it, that’s it. However, in the first place, the street is full of strange smells. The guys who sell suspicious things in the back alleys, the guys who play with the scales used to sell things, the scammers who cheat with thin rocks, and even the little ones who aim for the wallets of adults in my hands.

“Let go! Let go of this! Hey, here’s the kidnapper! Help!”

“Put out my wallet and tell me, you bastard dog.”

“What do you mean this is mine!”

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No matter how many orphans who have not been taught this worldview survive by pickpocketing or begging, I never expected that they would actually appear in front of me like this. I didn’t like children, but I didn’t hate them, so I was willing to let them go as long as they returned my wallet.

“Haa… that’s why the little ones…”

Perhaps noticing that I wasn’t in a good mood, Airi began to soothe the little boy.

“That kid… Right now, he’s in a bad mood, so I’ll just give it back… I’m scared if he gets angry…”

“It’s my wallet! Won’t it go out?! Mr. Kwak!”

The pickpocket kid stuffed his wallet into his pocket and pulled out a knife.

“If it doesn’t go out, I’ll stab you? Do you know how many people I’ve killed?!”

It was funny to see him so energetic because there was a knife in his forage, and it reminded me of myself holding a knife like that when I was young, so instead of being scared, it only made me feel offended.

“Little boy, I was willing to forgive you if you put your wallet in and took out a pigeon… but you brought out a blade. I don’t like magic tricks like that.”

“Everyone… Shut up! You really stab? Have you ever been stabbed? Do you know how many times I’ve stabbed people?”

I’ve been stabbed many times, but I don’t think I know if that kid has stabbed a lot of people. I couldn’t even cut a radish if I held the knife like that.

“Little boy…”

“What why!”

“Poke it.”

I wanted to stab him like that, but he told me to stab him once. It was the first time I had ever seen someone stick their thumbs into their fingers while holding a knife. I wondered if it was a new knife fighting technique, so I asked him to stab it to experience its power.

“I really stab you? Don’t regret it even if you die!”

“Little boy, do you wield a knife with your tongue?”

The little boy brandished a knife aiming at my belly, perhaps in a fit of evil. If you wield it like that, you’ll hurt your hand. I gripped the blade with my index and middle fingers and pulled out the knife.

“ah…!”

The stolen pickpocket, who was quickly snapped up, had a devastated expression on his face. It was a business fund in its own way, wasn’t it?

“Kids, like knives, that’s how you wield them.”

He slammed the knife into the wall. Well, it looks like a wall made of bricks, but it looks sturdy, so just sticking a knife into it won’t be a big problem.

“Little boy… I could have forgiven you for stealing my wallet. But from the moment you pointed your weapon at me, you were aiming for my life.

I raised my right hand and raised a fist.

“Master… there are many people watching…”

“I’ll take care of it, Airi.”

The pickpocket kid fell backwards in surprise. And I slammed right next to the kid’s ear. In Chinese martial arts, it is a technique called jingak (震脚). It’s not grandiose enough to be called a technology. It’s just to stomp on the floor to intimidate opponents, to secure space and prepare your stance. It is safe to say that it has no meaning as a striker.

But as I said, this is a threat technique.

“Don’t play with that blade again. If you get caught again, the next thing I step on is going to be your head, not the floor.”

The little boy cried and started to run away.

“Oh my wallet.”

I forgot the most important thing in the middle of the day.

“Shall I run and get him? I’m confident in running.”

Even in the original work, Airi was recognized for her running speed, so it would be easy to catch a kid like that.

“No, leave it alone.”

“Why not?”

I took out the knife stuck in the wall, wrapped it in my hand knife, and put it in my bosom.

“It counts as if I bought a knife.”

This knife is also that kid’s business fund, but if you took it, you’ll have to pay for it.

“And I carry two purses.”

Gold coins are usually a lot of money, and they were perfect for luring out robbers, so I didn’t carry them around. But instead, I carried silver coins and copper coins, but it was annoying to tell them apart when I took them out of my wallet, so I carried a wallet for coins and a wallet for silver coins separately. In the first place, what the kid took was a wallet for coins that had relatively little value, and the money inside was about 120 coppers (copies).

It’s a pity that the fairy tale wallet for small change has disappeared.

“So let’s go, it’s not that annoying when the eyes gather.”

“Yes Master!”

As I walked through the streets, I saw that today was the market day, and there were stalls lined up and people were actively moving. If you get swept away by such a crowd, it is certain that you will get farther away from each other, and unlike the modern Earth, there are no cell phones, so if you fall, it is likely to cause a stir.

“Iri.”

“Your master?”

“Hold your hand.”

I reached out. Then, Airi’s face turned red. By the way, he also asked me to hold hands just like him, but his face turned red. What’s so big about just holding hands…

“Is it really okay if I catch you?”

“What else wouldn’t be okay?”

I was annoyed and grabbed Airi’s hand as it was. to bother people.

As expected, the inside of the market was crowded, and various items were lined up like a market place. In addition to food and clothing, there were weapons, accessories, materials for beasts, horses, toys, cosmetics, and even ornaments such as pottery.

And what caught my eye was a simple hair tie. I gave the owner a silver coin and bought several hair ties. It wasn’t until recently that I was uncomfortable with this long hair.

“Is that a hair tie?”

“I didn’t know it when I was at Abechem, but recently my long hair has been a bit of a hassle. Cutting it is more troublesome and I just want to tie it up.”

I put my hair tie in my mouth, gathered my hair in one place, and tied it up with a hair tie. It feels a little tight, but the hair doesn’t poke the nape of the neck, so it’s a little more comfortable.

“You’re quite used to tying your hair, Master?”

It was a voice that was wary somewhere. Is there a need to be vigilant with just a little ponytail?

“I learned from a friend, just a friend.”

“Oh, were we just friends?”

“Oh yeah… just friends.”

“Where is that friend right now? I feel great that you taught me how to tie my hair to a master who is not dexterous with his hands.”

I also laughed at Airi’s joke. Personally, I like jokes like that. Even on a comedy show, ugly comedians demean each other’s looks.

“I can’t see you, because I’m dead.”

“Ah… I’m sorry.”

“Don’t worry, it’s fine. And you look exactly like him.”

That was also the reason I bought ＜Dragnity Fantasy 2＞. Hair color or eye color are not similar, but should we say that the atmosphere is similar? Or should we say that they look similar except for the color of their eyes and hair?

In the first place, I did not want to buy the sequels, considering them to be trash that gnawed at the reputation of the previous ones. However, the moment I saw Airi’s face, I bought the game without even realizing it. Because a face that looked just like two hundred was smiling at me on the cover.

And the adult Werner standing next to him seemed somehow to resemble me. If I had grown up with him, I thought it would be like that, so I bought it… but the game was a masterpiece in its own way. The problem is that the VR device suddenly exploded. It was good that it was almost real and made me feel the exact same sense of precision. Thanks to that, I was able to bring the precise sense of magic and use it here as well.

However, the company did not test for explosion, so I died and came all the way here.

“Ah… It’s a headache.”

My head hurts when I keep trying to remember the moment I died. Maybe at that time, I felt a lot of pain, so if I try to recall it, the brain makes me feel the pain as a warning?

“Ah, let’s go…”

“Are you okay, Master? Isn’t it because you were exposed to sunlight for too long?”

Airi took me and sat me down on a bench. I leaned my head on Airi’s shoulder, who was sitting next to me due to the constant headache. As I leaned my head back, I felt a little more comfortable.

“Are you a little more comfortable?”

“Yes, just a little…”

Although it was only a little, Airi’s shoulder felt the same as that guy’s. Even though it’s a hard shoulder, it feels warm and stable somewhere.

“It’s okay to rest like this.”

“No, it’s already a date, but I need to look around a little more…”

I was about to get up, but in the alley across from the bench, I saw the kid who had just stolen my wallet. No, to be precise, it was the image of the little boy being dragged away by the big guys.

“Iri.”

“Your master?”

“I’m sorry, but we’ll have to postpone our date until later. I’m really sorry, I’ll take you to a nice restaurant next time.”

It seemed that he had stepped on the tails of those kidnappers.