Legend

bad luck! Damn it!」

Hearing the shouts, Rei more or less understood what was going on as he gave a sigh.

(It’s the typical turn of events.
……Well, what to do.)

Because of the fact that there had been a robbery, it probably wouldn’t be possible to buy bread to eat today.
However, Rei also felt bad to abandon the bakery employees and just go home.

(I also want to avoid the robbers killing any of the employees or causing the bakery to collapse, given how good the bread is.
And……)

He glanced over at Set, who was pulling on his Dragon Robe with his beak.

It seemed Set was also worried for the bakery employee who had been kind to him.

Can we help? Set seemed to appeal with round eyes as Rei stroked him.

(It would also be bad to abandon someone who was kind to Set.)

Thinking in his head, Rei looked over at Elena.

Elena understood everything agreed with Rei’s thoughts as she nodded back silently.

「If that’s the case……I’ll have to talk to the guards first.」

It would probably be a problem if they rushed into the bakery without talking to the guards first, so he pushed his way through the crowd.

「Stop, stop.
The area around here is currently……」

When one of the guards approached Rei to stop and warn him, Rei presented his guild card.

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The B rank label on the card seemed to catch the guard by surprise, but he must have realised from Set that Rei was the rumoured Crimson.
He started to speak in a tone that was meant for adventurers and not ordinary people.

「Since you’ve gone to the trouble of coming over here, may I assume that you would like to assist us in this incident?」

「Yeah.
The bakery is a store I like a lot.
I don’t want to see any of the staff or the owner killed or the bakery destroyed over this.」

「Guru~!」

That’s right! Set gave a cry in agreement immediately.

Elena nodded as well.

The bread they had eaten here was delicious and the staff had been pleasant.

The bakery clerk had even gave Set an extra piece of the delicious bread made from labyrinth ingredients that were sold at a price that barely made any profit, although still expensive.

If they had the ability to help someone who had been nice to them, they would do so.
At least that was what Rei, Elena, and Set thought.

「Please, save my dad!」

「Please, we are indebted to that bakery.」

「Big brother, can you help my older sister?」

The people in the surroundings, who had been listening in to Rei and the guard’s conversation, started to call out to him.

「……Give me a minute.
I will ask the captain.」

Saying that, the guard walked over to the bakery.

A few minutes later, he came back, accompanied by a middle aged man in his forties.

「I’m Captain Plato, commander of the security force in this area.
I’ve been told you are willing to help us with anything we need……there will be no reward, and even if there was, it wouldn’t be much, you are aware of this? Are you still willing to help us?」

「I’m not looking for a reward.
I just don’t want the bakery to go out of business.」

At Rei’s reply, Elena nodded and Set gave a cry.

Hearing that, Plato nodded with a small smile.

「I see, so you’re also a fan of the bread the old man makes.
If so, you are my friends.
……Thank you.
I’ve been indebted to the old man for a long time.
I want to rescue him and his daughter, Latio, as well.」

Rei was surprised for a moment when the captain bowed his head.

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However, he nodded quickly.
If the bakery made such good bread, it wouldn’t be a surprise for the captain of the local security force to also be a fan.

「Yeah, leave it to me.
I’ll help out as much as I can.
And, to be honest, the bread there is a much better reward than money.」

「Kuku, definitely.
The old man’s bread is reward enough.
I understand.
I’ll ask him to give you some more when we rescue him.」

Set a happy cry at Plato’s words while Rei and Elena became motivated as they recalled the taste of the bread they had eaten several days ago.

「You’re strangely hungry for a B rank adventurer.
Well, at your age, its fine to eat more.
So……rewards aside, how do you plan to resolve this matter?」

Looking at the bakery with a serious expression, Elena asked Plato.

「How many robbers are inside?」

「Three.
All of them are former adventurers with some level of skill.」

「Then that means……」

Elena took a quick glance at the area around the bakery to make sure it was safe.

「If it’s me and Rei, we can normally manage taking out three people.」

After saying that, she stopped as she looked up at the sky.

Rei understood what Elena was thinking of and asked Plato.

「Can we get permission for Set to fly inside Exil? I’ll sneak in from above.」

「Above? ……Oh! They would definitely not expect it.」

The most common way to fly in Elgin was by Dragon Knights, the fact that Rei could also fly on Set was the most effective card they could use to surpise the other party.

「So, Elena will take them by surprise after I rush in from above and throw them into confusion.」

The robbers who were holed up inside where only failed adventurers after all.

「I understand.
I’ll give you permission.
Please start immediately.
They are getting impatient and I don’t know what they’ll do.」

Rei and Set nodded at the captain’s words and left the area with a guard to stop the robbers from noticing them fly up.

In addition, the reason why a guard went with them was to let other people know that they had been given permission to fly within the city and to avoid people bothering Rei because of htat.

『……』

Rei and Elena looked at each other for a moment and gave a small nod to confirm each other’s intentions before starting their raid on the bakery.