I Became a Ruined Character in a Dark Fantasy

At the brazen words he had never even imagined, Sanford's eyes widened as if they would tear.

"B-But I will do my best if you entrust it to me! I can do it!" Hashim, his eyes also wide, blurted out.

Sanford's head, eyes wide with fury, instinctively snapped to the side. "What? Hashim, how could you do this to me? Who do you think dragged a deck-scrubbing brat like you this far?"

"And ever since then, I’ve done nothing but serve ‌you!" Hashim shot back without flinching, his already harsh features tightening further. "You cause trouble everywhere you go. You always have some kind of plan, but not a single one of them ever works out properly!"

"Huh, I saved you from being fish food in the Black Sea, and this is what I get?"

"And I’ve risked death ten times over since, thanks to you! Look at us now. We're about to lose our heads, and we can't even live in Rune Catis anymore!"

The heat in Hashim’s voice grew sharper with each word.

"We’ve no place left but the frontier! What’s next, the Archipelago? You plan to throw us to them?"

"Urgh..." Finally, at a loss for words, Sanford let out a groan.

As smiles spread across the faces of the fairy and the red-haired girl, the black-haired paladin slapped his thigh with his palm. "Looks like we have a conclusion. Farewell, Sanford."

"W-Wait a moment, sir. Sir!"

Sanford, whipping his head around, desperately shook his body and pleaded, putting on the most pitiful expression he could muster.