Chapter 84: Meeting
Hambell's Shop
"Anna!"
As soon as they met, Angelina hugged Anna with relief.
Expect her to do so; she let her hug her without pretense.
Keeping up with them Beatrice looked around the house, feeling nostalgic because nothing had changed since her last visit.
"Although it is killing the atmosphere, I do not think now is the time for a dramatic reunion."
Rica appears out of nowhere, but Angelina has felt her before, and Anna and Alex know she will do it again, so nothing happens except for Beatrice, who jumps like a cat who has stepped on its tail.
However, this prompted Angelina to pose a question.
"So, who is she?"
Alex could feel her stare and realized she was waiting for an answer from him.
Anna and Rica were also aware of this, so they remained silent and allowed him to make the decision.
Seeing their stares, he introduced her himself.
"This is Erica Leadale, my shop assistant. However, you can refer to her as Rica because it would be strange to call two Ericas. Erica! then, Erica! haha…"
The last part is an intentional joke in which he demonstrates that calling two Ericas is funny, but it made his face appear like a joke in front of them.
The joke is so ridiculous that most of them died of cringe.
Rica, who is very devoted to her master, can not handle how bad his joke was.
Despite this, she will support him until the end, so she faked a laugh, which made the situation more awkward.
Alex wanted to disappear or flee at this point.
*cough
"Anyway, can I hear what happened to you?"
The silent feels very long but finally, Angeles decided to cut it out and go straight to the event.
Anna also wanted to tell he what happened so they go to the living room to talk about this.
Skipping the story, Angelina learned what happened.
A man with a black cloak.
With that hint, she realized why the mayor of May city decided to help him.
Jake Moriarty.
One of the famous investigators today.
He is famous for how many crimes he solved and the accuracy of his information gatherings.
However, he is also known as "Sadist" because he always try to make his target feel the mental and physical pain like torture until they will said that they wanted to die.
Unfortunately, this will make him happier so he wouldn't do that and continue to torture them until his target break his mind.
When he lost the interested, he will finally kill the target.
And that is one of the methods that he is known for.
Right now, Anna is being oppressed by mental distress but because of what Rica done to her, her thoughts are always focused for Alex that's why she didn't fall like how Jake wants to.
Like Rica, It seems that Jake also knows that her reputation is what she cherish so he decided to torture her mentally by becoming a wanted criminal.
Anyway, it didn't work within his plan but this doesn't matter right now, what matter is—
"Anna"
"What is it, Guild leader?"
"Uh, eh,"
Angelina is unsure where to begin, but she notices that she is holding his arms, which makes them appear to be hugging for some reason.
Anna immediately retracts her hands and moves away from him.
She understands that this will result in a misunderstanding, but talking will result in a larger misunderstanding, so she decided to observe her own actions so that she does not cause Alex any new problems.
Unfortunately, Angelina has been having suspicious thoughts that she does not want to believe and will not believe, so she decided to discard those thoughts because they are too indecent.
After all, Anna is too cold to have her heart warmed by a younger man, right?
Anyway, she put down her thoughts and concentrated on the problem.
It appears that Jake's client wanted to know who was responsible for the three-man fire incident.
Unfortunately, Angelina does not know who the perpetrator is, so how can they tell him?
There is only one way to stop Jake's investigation.
Losing his interest.
As long as you tell him the information, he will not bother and will lose interest in the job.
Unfortunately, as the guild leader of May City, she has a pride that she needs to defend, or so she thought, but she does not even care about her own fame, so as soon as she knows who the penetrator is, she will find him and tell him to leave this city alone.
Anna, who has grasped her thoughts due to their bond over the last few years, knows what she is about to do, but she simply sighs because the penetrator or penetrators is sitting in front of them.
No matter how hard she worked to clear her name, she would not tell her.
After all, the man to whom she decided to give everything she had is the one who will suffer, and she will choose to remain a criminal rather than cause Alex problems.
Anyway, now that everything is clear, Angelina decided to return to start her plan with Beatrice, but Anna invited them to eat here, which Alex and Rica accepted.
The more the merrier.
It was already noon, so they agreed to accept her invitation.
The table is as lively as usual, and Alex is pleased with himself because he feels as though he has a harem or something similar.
Finally, he felt as if he had become one of the Isekai protagonists he had watched.
Meanwhile, Beatrice is observing Alex.
The other girls do not want to ask, but they are curious as to why she cannot help but look at him so many times.
Anna is the least interested in this, whereas Rica and Angelina are extremely interested in her actions.
Rica is curious if she has feelings for him, whereas Angelina is curious if she likes younger men or something along those lines.
Despite this, it did not detract from the bright atmosphere they are currently in, which will continue even after the meal is finished.
Angelina has not eaten a regular house meal in a long time, so she feels good about it; Beatrice feels the same way.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone