You really can't hold back, huh.

By the way, pirates used guns too, but they're not very popular among adventurers.

They don't work well against monsters with tough hides, and the bullets are so small that one or two shots only leave wounds minor enough to ignore during combat, unless they land a critical hit.

"It's your fault for imitating humans when you're just a dog. Well, even if it was just a job, it's really unfortunate that you happened to be here."

"Tch…"

"Whoops, can't let you do that."

"Ahh, my potion～"

Mashiro-san took out a potion (a copy) and was about to drink it when Beibei kicked it away, looking quite pleased with himself.

"I've always disliked you, some beast getting so cocky. Whenever you beasts use the bath, it gets covered in fur. It's disgusting getting covered in fur when I go in after you."

"Are you saying you got covered in MY fur? So you went into the women's bath, you huge pervert?"

"The men's bath! It was some random old beast-man's fur, damn it…"

Ah yeah, that would make anyone feel terrible. Yeah…

"So, what do you want… urgh, ow ow ow"

"Me? I'm gonna… destroy this dungeon! You know what dungeons are, right? Parasites that suck up the world's energy and lead it to ruin. This is an act of justice!"

"Wh-what, ow ow ow"

Beibei explained proudly.

Anyway, Mashiro-san's way of acting pained is way too wooden. How has he not noticed?

"But well, a beast's brain can't understand that, right? My bad, my bad."

"That's just something the Gidlarga Empire made up… you from the Empire, ow ow ow?"

"Nope. I'm a mercenary from the Holy Nation. But once this job's done, I'm promised the position of hero in the Empire."

Wow, this guy just runs his mouth nonstop.

Oh, by the way, his four party members seem to have some sense since they're desperately trying to stop him. I secretly bound their whole bodies so this little chat between Beibei and Mashiro-san could continue uninterrupted.

"Ahh, Holy Nation… that's the country famous for hating beast kin. So why's a mercenary from there playing puppet for the Empire in this kingdom?"

"Hah?"

Provoked, Beibei kicked at Mashiro-san's face in a stomping motion.

"Eh?"

But naturally, Mashiro-san didn't budge an inch.

"Ah, hey Healer. Don't stop him, I could've gotten more out of him."

"… Isn't this enough? I cannot hold myself back any longer."

"You really can't hold back, huh… well, fine. This guy probably doesn't know much anyway."

Lightly pushing aside the confused Beibei's foot with her hand, Mashiro-san stood up while cracking her neck. I got up too.

"The four behind him seem more likely to have important info. This one's probably just a guide or a decoy."

"Wha, y-you, why are you unharmed—"

"Now then, let me allow just their mouths to move for interrogation… Partial Release."

I clapped my hands and made only the four able to speak.

… Oops, those four immediately tried to kill themselves. Not gonna let that happen though.

"W-we can't, bite, our tongues…!? What's going—"

"Gulp… wha!? The poison disappeared…!?"

"We told you not to talk, Beibei!"

"(Mumbling…)"

I protected their tongues with Spatial Magic and confiscated their poison.

You won't die. I'll make sure of it!

You bastards shot at my Mashiro-san. Don't think you'll get to die easily.

"Wha—what did you do, Silver!? Urgh, what is this, I can't move!?"

"What? I didn't do anything? Right, Healer?"

"Indeed. I bound them with my magic. It was me."

I immobilized Beibei too for good measure.

Well, there's no way ordinary humans or operatives can resist my Spatial Magic. Now let's take our time interrogating them.

I froze Beibei solid enough that he couldn't even speak and threw him into the storage space.

"By the way, I have one question for you lot… why is this man your leader?"

""""… …""""

The four wouldn't respond. How lonely.

"If you won't say anything, then since this man personally pissed me off, I'll take it out on all of you instead, understood? A leader's failures are the whole party's joint responsibility, after all."

""""… …""""

Yeah. Apparently, that's fine.

Then I suppose I'll make them regret shooting at Mashiro-san and badmouthing her～.

… Ah, that's right.

These guys are so determined that they'd try to kill themselves… so what if I flip that around? What if I flip it?

Could their socks earn points from their 'public humiliation'?

If they get good points, maybe I'll forgive them! Ufufu!