Book 3: Chapter 16
By the time I noticed, there was no one at the reception. The first floor was unmanned. I could probably find the people who worked on this floor behind the door at the back of the reception, but they all seem to be holding their breath.
In such eerie silence, a stout Lev entered through the entrance of the building.
Mimino-san stood up in a hurry, but I stood in front of her, ready to pull out my dagger at any moment.
「Hmm, are you the members of Silver Balance?」
The Lev’s dark ocher-colored skin was wet for some reason, and the unusually fat body reminded me not of a reptile but a toad – a japanese toad, specifically.
His shirt was unbuttoned, and as he took off his hood, he exhaled heavily. He had a chopstick-like stick in his mouth, but then took it out from his mouth, and dipped it into a metal jar hanging from his waist belt and pulled out something sticky – according to【World Ruler】, it was “syrup” – and sucked on it.
「Chupa. I’m Abba, the deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau. I’d like to inquire about Chief Lulusha. That, and I heard that you and your friends scammed the Rororo Company that is run by my cousin. So, if you have any defence for that, let’s hear it. Chupa.」
「There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding in that statement, so I’m not even sure where to start. First and foremost, let’s resolve this misunderstanding. We did not scam anyone.」
「The chairman of the company said that he was deceived by 1,000 gold coins? Chupa.」