Chapter 30: Godfather (2)
“Young Master, we’ve finished talking with this shop as well. Please take a look.”
“...Wow, Alfred. What’s your secret?”
“Hoho, isn’t dealing with people what I’ve been doing for decades?”
Thanks to Alfred’s performance, revealing the true colors of his younger self that made all his nagging seem laughable, the group’s investigation went extremely smoothly.
“Still, underworld thugs must be quite different from household staff...”
“Now, go ahead and step inside.”
Even in this lawless back alley where logic and rules never applied, there still existed a minimum standard of behavior among the mayflies who lived there.
“I made sure to give them a sharp talking-to, so no one will dare lay a hand on you, Young Master.”
For instance, no one dared to mess with the old godfather of the underworld who, even now, would take sudden leaves claiming to be joining the servant’s union—just to reassert his influence over the backstreets.
“The old ruler of the back alley has truly returned home.”
“Uh, are we really okay, Boss?”
However, by the nature of the backstreets, there were always those who ignored even such unwritten rules and dared to act out.