Chapter 1142 - Different Roads Lead to the Same Castle (1/2)
Chapter 1142: Different Roads Lead to the Same Castle
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Roland was surprised that Garcia’s first instinct was to call the police rather than report to the Martialist Association. Although the Martialist Association was a separate organization that was independent from judicial institutions, they required their members to adhere to a strict moral code and therefore, punishments to a corrupted martialist would be more severe than that imposed by law. It seemed that Garcia was particularly lenient with him.
Roland twitched his lips and felt an urgent need to clarify this matter. He had not done anything wrong, so neither the police nor the Association should be involved.
Anyway, he had to first calm Garcia down.
“Call the police?” Roland echoed in a falsely surprised tone. “Why?”
“You ask me?” Garcia said exasperatedly. “What did I tell you the other day? An awakened man could easily lose his head over his power! That’s why a martialist should discipline his mind and control his emotions. I don’t want to interfere with your private life, and I don’t care how many girls you take home as long as they aren’t underage. But these girls… they’re still minors! Lust is the first sign of corruption. Do you still not understand?”
So Garcia was more furious about him living a life of debauchery than about taking three young girls home?
“I know, but why would I bring you here if I’m truly corrupted like you said?” Roland said on a sigh. “Don’t you think that it doesn’t make sense at all?”
“Er…”
“In fact, whether this is true or not, taking three girls home would inevitably outrage the public. A wise man should make it as secret as possible. However, I invited you here. Don’t you think that is a little strange?”
Garcia blinked blankly, slowly putting the phone down, and asked, “Then why?”
Roland heaved a sigh of relief and replied with utmost sincerity, “This is what I’m going to tell you. Miss Garcia… I need your help.”
…
Half an hour later.
“So, you don’t have any inappropriate relationships with these girls, but instead, you’re their… part-time tutor?” Garcia demanded while squinting at Roland.
“Exactly,” Roland said truthfully. “They’re all college students living nearby. I have to teach them as well as Zero, and it takes too much of my time. People will get suspicious if I keep them here for too long. Normally, girls of their age should have been in school, so I have to constantly bring in new students.”
Roland had been always cautious about taking in the God’s Punishment Witches. No more than three or four witches were allowed to visit him in Room 0825 at a time so that the neighbors would not be alarmed.
“So they’re the ‘relatives’ whom you needed to take care of during our first meeting?”
“Oi Oi, this is something I said more than half a year ago. Why do you keep reminding me of that?” Roland wondered reproachfully. He then said, “They aren’t my real relatives, but we’re from the same town,” Roland lied unblushingly. “Dawnen, Saint Miran, and Dido used to live in the same village as me. They were still little kids when I left my town.”
This explanation would sound obviously flawed in his original world but was actually quite reasonable in here since the Dream World had Zero’s memories.
“Then why didn’t their names show up on the registry?”
Roland paused just at the right moment and said, “Because of… their gender.”