Whoa, that was really close.
My dad, watching standing in front of the front door in a suspicious pose, asked as he pushed up his glasses.
“Eve? Who ca?”
“Huh? You see… it’s not a warrior or anything….just a rchant. Yeah, rchant.”
“rchant? Why would a rchant co all the way here? Seriously….”
“That’s what I’m saying. Many people in this village have more rice paddies than we do, riiiiight…?”
Sweating profusely, I guarded the door so my dad wouldn’t open the front door.
Fortunately, my dad had no interest in my suspicious deanor of guarding the door, the woman’s shoes, or the rchant who had just left.
‘Phew, I’m glad that my dad is a weapon maniac.’
Surprisingly enough, my dad's lack of interest in everything but weapons and worked to my advantage in this situation!
While my dad was busy wondering about what to eat for dinner, I put the woman's shoes back on the shoe rack.
Alright, shall we go screw up so business today?
My dad saw off warmly, not knowing that his lovely daughter would go stuffing herself with delicious als and went on to screw up his business.
“Return safely, my daughter~ be careful of bad people.”
“Yeah.”
“Don’t hit people no matter how annoyed you are, okay?”
“Okay, I got it.”
Damn, Dad. Do you think I’m a thug?
I’m just a cute little obnoxious custor who wants to screw up your business.
“Then I’ll go now!”
At that mont, my dad, who saw a suspicious sack, grabbed by the back of my neck.
“Uaahh~!”
“But sweetie, why do you bring this when you go out to play?”
My dad pulled out Excalibur and asked in confusion.
No! My Excalibur!
I struggled to jump with my extrely short limbs, trying to snatch the sword from my dad’s hand.
“Hiing, why are you taking it? It’s mine!”
“Why do you need this when you are playing outside?”
“Umm… I-I have to scold bad people when I et them!”
I quickly rolled my brain and ca up with one of the most plausible excuses.
Did it work?
Dad looked alternately between and Excalibur skeptically at first, then he returned the sword with a aningful look.
“Okay, sweetie, have a safe trip. Can you give Dad a kiss?”
Chu!
I gave my dad a quick kiss on the cheek. My dad smiled like a fool and patted on the back.
“Don’t go too far!”
“Okay, I got it!”
After bidding farewell to my dad, I left ho with a thick cheese and my Excalibur that I used to screw up my dad’s business.
Where should I spread rumors about Dad today?
_I’m sorry to my dad, but you can live long thanks to my strenuous undercover work. _
Well, what matters is the result. So I tried to bury my prickling conscience.
With that in mind, I walked for about ten minutes.
That was when I passed by a forest near the pub. Soone grabbed by the shoulders and pulled away.
“Ackkk!”
“Hey, kid.”
What the- who is this?
I spontaneously grabbed the Excalibur that my dad gave and looked up.
I tried to identify the face of the man who pulled away.
They were soone I don’t know.
Who is this uncle to grab by the neck like that? Only my dad can do this.
I glared at the man who grabbed by the neck with much hostility.
Since he called ‘kid’, I thought they were the warriors who ca to my house earlier, but I was dead wrong.
You're just a drunkard, aren’t you?
‘Ugh, the sll of alcohol!’
The sll of alcohol oozed out as soon as this uncle pushed his dirty face closer to .
I grimaced at the disgusting sll and blocked my nose.
Damn, what’s going on here?’
I should’ve taken a different road. My dad told not to go this way because there were many bars around here.
As expected, I should’ve listened to adults.
I struggled and squird to get out of his grasp while regretting not listening to my dad.
“Oh, let go! Let go! If you don’t let go right away, I’m going to screeeaam!”
“Listen, kid. Uncle doesn't have money to pay for drinks, you see? So let borrow this for a day. Uuuurgh-”
Instead of letting go, the drunk man tried to get his hand on my Excalibur.
NO!!!
Even though I was doing all sorts of stunts on the market floor trying to spread rumors that Excalibur was a useless and trashy sword, it was the sword that my dad made and gave as a gift!
I gripped Excalibur with all my power so that it wouldn't be taken away by so random drunk man.
“Co on…won’t you let it go? Let go!”
“You let go first, uncle! This is mine!”
I latched onto the sword and swore at him. But it was not enough to overco the strength of an adult man, so I felt my arms gradually losing strength.
‘I can’t let it be taken away!’
I broke out in a cold sweat, thinking my precious Excalibur might be taken away.
This is what my dad made for ….
“It's my precious swoooord!!”
I ramd my head toward the man’s groin because I didn’t want to lose the sword my dad gave as a gift.
“Aaagh-!!!”
The man’s scream echoed throughout both sides of the lush forest. The man grabbed his crotch and collapsed in an unsightly manner.
‘Hmph, you should have let go earlier.’
I quickly grabbed my Excalibur and tried to leave.
“Kyaagh-!”
Only if I didn’t get caught again by another random man.
“I shouldn’t have gone easy on this brat…”
“Ah, let goooo!”
_I’m really unlucky today. _
I squird erratically and hugged Excalibur even tighter. The man, who barely survived my groin attack, staggered towards while clutching his groin.
“If an adult tells you to give that, you should give that!”
With a grunt, the man ca closer and gave a hard blow to the head.
At that mont, I’ve only seen white.
I only blinked for a while without even understanding the situation.
‘Did I ….just get hit?’
How did I get hit by a random uncle when my own dad never hit once?
I was so frustrated and angry that it felt so unfair.
Why did I have to get beaten by that guy?
When my tears were about to co out because I couldn’t hold back my anger.
Flash!
Iridescent light burst forth from the Excalibur that the n took away.
“Uuugh! What’s this!!!”
“Hey, it even produces light. This must be a pretty expensive sword.”
Yeah, it was an expensive sword….but it wasn’t a sword that could produce light.
How the hell is that shining?
And at that mont.
Ptaash-!!
A blast from Excalibur could be heard, bouncing off the drunk uncles standing beside it.
“Uaaagh!!!”
“Arghh!””
Only I was safe through that commotion. I was just looking blankly at the sword that was flickering like fireworks in the middle of billowing dust.
“…It doesn't seem safe to touch it, right?”
No, does the sword have such features in the first place?
The n who bounced off so far pointed to the sword again at the sword as if they didn’t learn.
“Hey! Hurry, grab it! It must be crazy expensive!”
Hey…isn’t your life more precious than a sword?
I was watching from a distance because I was afraid that it would explode if I got close to it, but I clicked my tongue annoyedly at the n running toward the flickering sword.
But at that mont.
Swish!
The sword flew and snuggled in my hand.
‘....?’
I looked at Excalibur with a bewildered gaze.
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