Breaking Off The Engagement… Bring It On! Chapter 98

We approached the duke's mansion.
… The smoke is coming out, but the fire can't be seen, is it safe?

There's a crowd outside.
When I listened to them carefully, apparently they heard an explosion.
I looked at Sasuke-san.
Then, Sasuke-san looked away.

"Ah, the twins, attracted, enemy's attention, so I, dropped, gunpowder b.a.l.l.s."

The culprit behind the sound of explosion is he~~re.

"But, the fire was, immediately, extinguished. There's, no problem."

… There is!
It's too conspicuous, it attracted too many curious onlookers.
I'll have to make my way through them to get to the mansion.

Isn't there a hidden pa.s.sage somewhere?
I wonder how Sasuke-san came back.

"Sasuke-san, how did you leave the mansion? It wasn't from the front, right?"

In response, Sasuke-san pointed at the mansion.

"There, from the window, on the second floor, I jumped, here."

Indeed, sounds like a ninja.
However, it's unsuitable for an intrusion.
It's my skirt.
If there wasn't a person here, I could climb a tree and enter with that, but it's embarra.s.sing.
I must give up and go from the front.

I aimed for the front entrance while pushing the onlookers aside.
Sasuke-san is following behind.

Apparently, the gate is wide open.
As expected, the spectators aren't entering the duke's premises.
I and Sasuke-san tried to enter the duke's estate.
Then an older man spoke to me.

"Miss, I don't have bad intentions. You'd better not go inside. An explosion rang out a while ago and screams could be heard. Also, some people going out with an amazing vigor were seen. It's too dangerous inside. It seems the guards are coming, it's safer to stay here."

It seems the old man talked to me out of worry.
But the guards are bad news.
I feel like the rampage can't be considered legitimate self-defense at this point.
If possible, I'd like to collect Sana and the twins before they show up.

"Thank you for your kindness. But, my friends are inside. I can't go back without retrieving them, that being the case I'll try… No, I'll do it."

I'm worried about the uncle, but it can't be helped.
Because even if he waits for me, I don't think I'll come back here.
I and Sasuke-san went towards the duke's residence under the heavy gaze of onlookers.

Apparently, the gate wasn't the only thing wide open.
The front door of the mansion is the same.
… What's going on inside.
I entered cautiously.
Excuse~ me, as soon as I went in I heard a groan.
Scary!

In the direction the sound came from, five men are lying, looking like tattered rags.
They aren't dead.
I decided I haven't seen anything, and for the time being began searching.
This place looks fairly wide, where are they?

"Sasuke-san, do you know where everyone is?"

"Each, rampaged, however they, wanted. Don't know, whereabouts."

Each rampaged however they wanted.
Ah, I get it, I just need to search the whole mansion.

While I was thinking where to start looking, I heard something.
Listening carefully…

Smack, slap!!
'Aaggghh!!'
Thud thud!

Umm, who's this? I wonder if it's Sana.
Yes, I'm going to pick you up…
I went with Sasuke-san to the place where the sounds came from.
Gradually, their volume increased.
Somehow, I was able to hear a voice.

'I wonder if you really are so foolish as to challenge me with such meager ability? I will reform your spirit! Run away if you can! Otherwise, I will make you regret it to death.'

Ah~~, Sana is in the whip-induced queen mode…
When she becomes like this she doesn't come back easily.
I think she's beyond the door in front of me.
Because in addition to Sana's voice I can hear a deep-voiced scream.

I couldn't stay here forever, so I opened the door nervously.

Smack!!

Just now her whip was shaken off.
Five mature men were in tears, but they still held swords.
Amazing~, to stand ground against Sana.
Except… When Sana's whip was being shaken off, they collapsed one by one.
Finally, the last one fell.
Okay, now's the chance!

"Sana!"

"Lillinsama?"

Sana turned around holding her whip.

"Sana, I came to pick you up. So let's go back."

Seeing me, Sana put away her whip.
It's a relief she calmed down quickly.

"Most importantly, you are safe, Lillinsama. The people here were saying they intended to cause harm to Lillinsama."

"So that's how it was… By the way, do you know where Ange-san and Allen are?"

"About those two, they were wildly rampaging. Especially once they heard about Lillinsama being in danger, they snapped and started running around with enough force to destroy the mansion… Well, I guess they are lively?"

Wow~, the twins, whom I thought would be under Sana's care, were running loose.
… Let's do our best to collect the two.