KonoSuba Chapter 76: There is no problem, right? Inspector? (Patreon)

A same matter, when mentioned by two different people, the resulting effect was obviously different.

This matter, if mentioned by Sena, then this matter would be that Sato Hikaru had destroyed Axel’s defense, and also harmed the civilians, and thus, had a need to apologize for treason.

Putting it that, there should not be any problem to charge him for subverting the kingdom.

However, the same matter, when mentioned by Sato Hikaru, became.

A hero who had protected Axel, battled a high-level demon, who was wandering near Axel and had bad intentions, and finally subjugated the demon.

But the end result was that when he returned to the city, he was charged with treason using a laughable reason like ‘damaging the city defense’ and wanted to be convicted.

Not everyone was like Aihara Ryu. After protecting them, you could still point your finger at him and scold ‘Asshole, what the heck are you protecting!’

Naturally, everyone chose to stand by the side of the hero, who was being slandered, and also the side where everyone thought was the side of justice.

However, …

“Whether it was deliberate destruction or accidental damage due to battle, as well as whether he had slayed a high level demon, all of this needs to be investigated before it can be concluded!”

Inspector Sena, who seemed to have faced this kind of situation before, immediately changed arrest to ‘investigate’, and looked at the surrounding restless adventurer and calmly pushed her glasses.

“The crime for subverting the kingdom, depending on the situation, may also be applied to people other than the main culprit. If you want to enter the prison together and accept the investigation, I also have no objection.”

…

Immediately, the adventurers, who were slightly restless and wanted to stand up for the ‘hero’, also calmed down.

When Sato Hikaru swept his gaze at them, all of them would look away, no one dared to exchange glances with him.

“I see, if you want me to assist an investigation, then I have no problem, then I want to have the identity of assistant in the investigation, and not the identity of “suspect”, this should not be a problem, right?”

Finished speaking Sato Hikaru saw Sena’s head shook slightly, seemingly wanting to reject, and immediately raised his hand and spoke: “You don’t have to quickly answer this matter, it’s just right that I want to submit a subjugation task, it’s not too late to continue the conversation after I submit the task, or…you are also not willing to let me, a person who had subjugated a high-level demon, have the time to submit my task?”

Sena also obviously realized that she could not be too forceful when faced with such a strong person as Sato Hikaru, who had a high possibility of having protected the city.

So, when faced with Sato Hikaru’s suggestion, she still silently moved to the side and opened up a path towards the receptionist.

Sato Hikaru then brought the nervous Aqua and the rest of the team members, and walked openly towards Luna.

“Ms. Luna, do you still remember about the task that I previously asked you?”

“Previously…could it be!”

Thinking of a certain possibility, Luna covered her mouth and looked at Sato Hikaru in disbelief.

“Fortunately, I kept my word.”

Then Sato Hikaru took out his job card and pushed it towards Luna, while shrugging and speaking loudly: “It was yesterday, me and my team members successfully subjugated the monster multi-headed water snake that was entrenched in the lake near Axel. Please verify.”

…

Once again, everyone in the guild was shocked by Sato Hikaru’s words, and the surrounding fell so silent that a drop of a needle could be heard.

When Luna reacted, and carefully checked twice, thrice and confirmed that she had seen correctly, she released a long sigh of relief, and stared at Sato Hikaru with brilliant eyes.

…

“Verification completed, confirmed that adventurer Sato Hikaru and his team had successfully subjugated the super dangerous bounty monster, multi-headed water snake…”

After taking a deep breath, she also mentioned how magnificent it was and that the amount of the bounty had increased, Luna then faced Sato Hikaru and bowed deeply at him.

“Thank you for the contribution that you have made to Axel, regarding the bounty calculation and the rest of the matter related to the multi-headed water snake, the guild would send someone to process and will be released in a few days.”

…

Originally, the matter of gratitude should have waited until the guild had sent someone to the multi-headed water snake to confirm that it had been successfully subjugated or that Sato Hikaru could show some strong evidence on site, before the thank you ceremony could be performed.

However, since Luna was also very dissatisfied with the attitude of the kingdom’s inspector, she immediately performed a high-profile thank you after inspecting the job card, right in front of the kingdom inspector and all the adventurers.

In a flash!

The adventurers in the guild, who were silent just now, once again erupted!

“It’s actually the multi-headed water snake!”

“That was a super dangerous monster that the kingdom was helpless against!”

“Is it really subjugated?”

“How powerful, to be able to slay a super dangerous monster that even the kingdom’s knight corps were helpless against with just a small team of six people!”

Hearing the surrounding discussion, Sato Hikaru who had retrieved his job card, turned his head towards the shocked inspector and guards and spoke smilingly.

“I am tired from subjugating the multi-headed water snake, I want to go back and have a rest, there is no problem right, Inspector-sama?”