They Told Me to Do It. I'm Not the Bad Guy, Okay?

Welp, I totally robbed them! Karina-chan is a bad girl!

But I left zero evidence — just Gomez and his men's testimony.

Besides, he called me a robber first, so robber it is…!

Rejoice, Gomez! You got the robber Karina-chan you asked for! I'm cute even as a robber!

 

 

"No, no — nowhere! What's going on!"

Gomez searched the warehouse, but of course he won't find anything. Every last item is in my storage space. I put it all away in an instant — myself included.

That said, if they reflect and repent, I could give it back — it's a prank on that level.

Karina-chan has a kind heart. The repentance bar is high, though.

To check if they're repentant, I'm eavesdropping from storage space. Stakeout time! The storage-space viewpoint is a third-person camera angle looking down from behind Gomez.

Will they notice the little viewing slit a few meters back and up, even with optical camouflage? Doubtful.

"Damn! Enormous losses!"

"This will hamper your payments, Gomez?"

"W-wait. This must be a dream…"

"Are we dreaming too? The cargo appears to be gone."

Seems he's arguing with a business partner. Serves him right.

"B-but I'll manage! I'll manage somehow!"

"No, that's fine. Frankly, I don't think that was human. We want no part in this."

"Huh? Not human? What are you saying."

"Recently, Solasidore's slavers were captured. Not one witness would say why they turned themselves in — each said 'I swore to the Goddess, so I cannot say.'"

Ah. So that's how that shook out.

Not bad. The intimidation must've stuck. OK, I'm satisfied.

Maybe I'll give these pirates the same treatment — nah, the Goddess might get bored of repeats.

And given their ties to the lord, confessions might not stick anyway. I'll think of something else.

"From another angle — Alchemia was annihilated the other day."

"… Annihilated!? Alchemia!? H-how is that relevant now?"

"The Chaos God incurred divine wrath. Do you understand what that implies?"

"Hah? Divine wrath? What do you mean?"

"The Goddess who destroyed Alchemia may be in this world right now. If that woman is a Goddess, then you have picked a fight with a Goddess."

"N-no… there's no proof—"

Gomez was aghast.

Mm. On second thought, the merchant might be onto something — he's pretty close to the truth even.

What a competent merchant. He's shady, but I'll tag him.

I'll mark his coordinates with spatial magic.

"She made cargo that would take golems hours to move vanish in an instant. Is that not proof?"

"Guh…!"

"Do not bring us more business. We'll pay the penalties for current dealings. We're done."

"W-wait, Hans!"

"Sorry, Gomez. We'll pay. We just don't want to be involved."

The merchant fled the warehouse, leaving Gomez behind.

Gomez and his men remained.

"B-boss…"

"What do we do…!?"

"S-shut up! A god's on our side too!"

Oh? There's a on your side, is there? Interesting, Gomez.

"We have the divine artifact Poseidon!! With it, we're absolutely safe at sea. Time for us to go and 'procure.'"

Oh wow, lucky me! Found a divine artifact!

Though… if it's used peacefully and essential to the town's stability, I could turn a blind eye — nah, Gomez doesn't need to hold it. I'll rob it. If needed, someone else can have it.

After all, I'm Robber-chan right now! Yay! With a perfect alibi, I'll do as I please!

They started moving. My storage-space viewpoint is anchored to Gomez, so I auto-tailed him. Spatial magic is peak. Goated even.

He mentioned the sea, so they'll head to a ship, but first they're going to a land base. Should I rob that too? Maybe let them run… heh heh.

"Oh right, what's in the cargo I grabbed? It's still in the crates so I haven't checked."

Crates moved wholesale into storage space. Gomez's goods.

What's Gomez's is mine; what's mine is also mine. Let's see what's inside.

I casually slid out the bottom crate from a nearby stack (with a touch of spatial magic) and peeked inside.

Face-to-face with pirate treasure, open…

"… Oh."

Our eyes met.

Inside was a cute child with pointed ears — yeah. That's an elf child, isn't it?