Hakai No Miko Chapter 25-2 (1/2)

When the Chief of Financial Affairs rushed into the banquet of his colleague with a ghastly pale face, the party was already in full swing

One of his colleagues, who had already started drinking heartily, ushers in the chief while holding a cup

“You're late Oh well, how about having a drink first?”, so a drink

The chief cold-heartedly denied the offered alcohol The man, who certainly didn't expect to receive such a harsh treatlaring at the banquet with its da all of it with contempt, the chief inquired with a heavy voice,

“Be honest withyou?”

Upon his question, several of the attendees shoard expressions and averted their gazes Discovering theht, the chief becouys!? Didn't we decide that wheat falls into htly unexpected expenses, so I just borrowed soht away”

“Yeah, we are of equal status in this, aren't we?”

Due to his colleagues showing e, and then slowly drained of color, turning pale

That's because he couldn't talk back

Once he thinks back, it was only at the beginning that he had paid attention so that the e of tension went away as tiovern as he was presented with alcohol and women He even made a move on the taxes under the control of others with the excuse that it's fine if he's the only one doing it

“damn it…!”

The chief, whose cos and slumped down on the spot

It's at that ravity of the situation, beco?”

The chief answers that question by whispering,

“…It's been exposed”

“Been exposed?”

Being asked that by parroting his words, the chief roared,

“Yes! It has been found out! That new lord has noticed that we arethe events up until now in one go Once he spit out everything, a sier wells up within the chief's chest

“fuck! I completely pushed all of it on that Vulitas bastard and yet you retards had to do whatever you like! Thanks to you! Thanks to you idiots!”

Finally grasping the situation, his colleagues' faces immediately turned white as well

“He saw the account book just this ht? So hoas the embezzlement leaked already?”

“As if I'd know! It seelance!”

“W-With one glance…!?”

“Right! Without even using a calculation board, he quickly discovered the ery yelling, the banquet quickly becaovern one of theests,

“B-But, won't it be fine to just insist on the calculation being wrong by chance? Look, as for theshare, if all of us were to insist that the beasts ruh the storehouses on their own accord…”

An at the officials as they say “That's it”

However, even that hope was bloay by the comment of one person

“Maybe…he knew fro

However, in their eyes, that wasdiscovered the e the records for the first ti it up at this point…”

“Come to think of it—”

That official cleared his throat once loudly and sed down his spit

“—when he gathered us in the beginning, he said 『Fraud isn't perht now…”

Thereupon the officials immediately sobered up fro us that he will cut off our heads was about this matter?”

“But, tell us, hoas our fraud exposed?”

“If I remember correctly, that brat is the Divine Son of the Goddess of Death and Destruction or so like that…”

“Don't tell me! With his powers as divine child…?”

Panic travels through the noisy atmosphere

“I hear that he scattered the army led by that Darius with an odd power…”

“It ain't only that I hear that General Darius is close to death due to a terrible curse after having been confined to his mansion…”

Speculations invite even ossip starts to appear The officials didn't notice that they had already started to create their own truth without looking for the reason why their fraud had been exposed

Eventually one of them stands up and tries to storent business, so I will excusewith that statement, he left the mansion without a moment's delay

At the same time, the words “He ran” pop up within the officials' minds

With that as a start, one official after the other left their seat

“There was so I have to do as well I'm off!”

“Sorry, I also have plans after this!”

“I can't stay any longer, sincein the blink of an eye The owner of the mansion, the official as left behind alone, voiced out his excuse towards no one in particular,

“M-My e of death…”

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The next , Souma had just finished the breakfast prepared by Shye at the memo he took yesterday in preparation for their next lesson Michena rushes into the roo all over the place

“I-It's a disaster, your Lordshi+p!”

Guessing from Michena's appearance that it's no trivial matter, Sou on?”

Thereupon Michena tile one of all the officials has co Then, once I visited their ho worried—”

Michena hesitates to continue at that point