Angel Little Sister 330

 

Chapter 330 : Commoner-style Potato Salad

 

The next morning after I taught the chefs how to make potato salad, we gathered in the dining room to have breakfast.

Our breakfast menu this morning is, of course, gonna be potato salad.

By the way, when Maya returned from the guard’s headquarters yesterday, Ester asked her to train her. They were sparring in the backyard until dinner.

Today, Ester seemed to be in good spirits. She looked excited to challenge Maya again.

After waiting for a few minutes, the head chef came in with our dishes.

When he put a bowl of potato salad in front of me, he winked. I think he was saying, “I hope you like it.”

I could see black circles under his eyes. It seemed that he had been practicing making potato salad overnight.

「Alright, everyone, let’s enjoy our breakfast. I’ve been waiting for this!」(Tryon)

As soon as Tryon put a spoonful of potato salad into his mouth, he closed his eyes and smiled as if he was really enjoying it.

Unable to wait any longer, I also took a spoonful.

Hoho~ I see, I see.

It has a more refined and refreshing taste than the one I made. I have to say that this potato salad is better than mine.

As expected from a professional chef. He improved the taste quite a bit.

Potato salad is a heavy meal, but I feel like I can eat as much of this as I want.

I looked at the head chef who was standing by the wall and raised my thumb up.

Good job, Head Chef-san!

He then replied to me with a smile and a thumb up too. He looked so happy.

After the breakfast was over, Tryon turned his gaze to the head chef and smiled at him.

「Head Chef, you did a great job. Well done. It’s very delicious!」(Tryon)

「I am very honored to receive those words from you, Tryon-sama. I’m glad you enjoyed my potato salad.」(head chef)

「And, Mark, thank you for teaching him how to make it. I really appreciate it.」(Tryon)

「You’re welcome.」(Mark)

I’m glad that I could repay my debt for the Silver Eagle Amulet he gave me.

Now that the breakfast was over, we decided to leave the dining room, but when we just got up from our seats, Tryon stopped us.

「Everyone, please hold on a minute. There’s something I want to talk about.」(Tryon)

Celine, Ester, Nicola, and I looked at each other, wondering what he wanted to talk about, and then sat back in our seats.

「The identity of the kidnappers who attacked Mark yesterday has become clear. Maya, can you explain everything for me?」(Tryon)

「Understood.」(Maya)

Maya, who had been standing by the wall, approached the table. After she bowed slightly, she began to explain with a calm expression.

「After I and some of the guards in the headquarters interrogated those kidnappers yesterday, we found out that they were indeed hired by the Darkan Company. Darkan drew some portraits of Mark and distributed them to several thugs in this city, telling them to kidnap Mark for a huge amount of money.」(Maya)

So, Maya’s guess was right. They were hired by that fat, ugly man.

But…

「…Why is he targeting me?」(Mark)

「Unfortunately, none of them know Darkan’s intentions. However, I think that man is trying to kidnap you as a hostage to make Celine-sama sign the contract to become his mistress.」(Maya)

Uwahh… Seriously…?

I did feel something dangerous in his lust-filled eyes when he was looking at Celine yesterday, but I never thought he would go that far.

「He thought he could kidnap Mark? What a fool. I know he’s a disgusting unpleasant greedy man, but it’s hard to think that he would go that far and risk his business.」(Celine)

「Apparently, he has been teaming up with some criminals to make quick money. He must have gotten used to risking things as he continues to commit crimes with them. I’ve seen many greedy merchants lose everything after they fall into that hole, and I’m sure Darkan will end up like them.」(Maya)

「You know what? I really hope that will happen to him. So, did you find out who he’s working with?」(Celine)

Before answering Celine’s question, Maya pushed up her glasses with her finger and looked at us with an even more serious expression.

「Yes. The guards and I have been doing some digging and we found out that he has been working with a criminal organization that you are familiar with… The Phantom Mist.」(Maya)

I see… Those people, huh?

So that fat ugly man is working with those dangerous people…

「Darkan owns the biggest magic tool shop in this city. He provides that criminal group with slavery magic tools he illegally creates so that they can turn the people they kidnapped into slaves and sell them on the black market.」(Maya)

「I see… That’s terrible…」(Celine)

Slavery magic tools…

I got one, which was a collar, from Tori-san in Schultria, but it was for monsters, not people.

Slavery tools for humans are strictly prohibited. Putting them on people is without a doubt a serious crime.

「We also have found out where the Phantom Mist hides their victims. They are held in the dungeon hidden in Darkan’s mansion.」(Maya)

「Wait, so you and the guards have done quite a bit of investigation, but why haven’t you taken action yet? The victims need to be rescued as soon as possible, right?」(Celine)

「Yeah, but there’s a problem. We believe that they have put slavery magic tools on the victims held captive in the dungeon. Celine-sama, you know what it means, don’t you?」(Maya)

「…I see…」(Celine)

Hm? I don’t know what it means…

「Celine, would you explain to me?」(Mark)

「Slave magic tools that are made illegally ignore the limit of the pain they can inflict on the wearers when the owner activates the ‘punishment function’. As a result, it can kill the wearers. The guards can’t carelessly burst into the dungeon because those criminals can use the victims as hostages anytime.」(Celine)

「I see… So those criminals can kill those poor victims anytime they want.」(Mark)

「That’s right. Tryon-sama has given us strict orders not to let those innocent people die, so we need to be very careful here. We plan to infiltrate the dungeon and save them from inside while collecting enough evidence to drag Darkan and those criminals to jail. But, unfortunately, we haven’t found anyone suited for that role.」(Maya)

「Do you need a specific person to do that job?」(Mark)

「Yes. As you may have heard, the Phantom Mist only kidnaps good-looking people, especially beautiful women and young girls. We need a good-looking young woman who won’t arouse suspicion from Darkan and his minions.」(Maya)

Come to think of it, the reason why Lumon and his minions tried to kidnap us on our way to Torfe Town was because they found four perfect targets: Celine, Tio, Ester, and Nicola.

While I was remembering about the night I was fighting Lumon, Liane who had been silently listening, suddenly turned to her father and asked a weird question.

「Say, Father, do you think I’m pretty?」(Liane)

「Hm? Of course! You are the prettiest girl in this city! Why are you asking me that? Wait… You’re not going toー」(Tryon)

Liane stood up from her seat and looked at her father with a determined face for some reason.

「ーFather, I will do that job.」(Liane)

Wait… Is she serious…?

 

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