Makoto thought for a moment, agreed to let Darkness go see the king, but demanded that she bring a letter.
Darkness's eyelids twitched. "Wh-what letter?"
"You'll know soon enough."
Darkness had a foreboding feeling in her heart. She had a feeling the contents of this letter were definitely not simple.
But if she didn't agree now, Makoto would absolutely not let her go.
In the end, she could only take a deep breath and nod.
Makoto didn't know the written language of this world, so he had to find someone to write it for him.
He had initially thought of asking Yunyun for help, but...
"Sir, let Shiho do it."
Akemi stood up.
"Shiho has already learned the written language of this world. She can write it for you."
Shiho looked at her sister with some surprise.
She couldn't understand why her sister had suddenly popped up to seek attention.
Seeing Shiho's reaction, Akemi shook her head inwardly.
This sister of hers still had too little understanding of worldly affairs.
Having been controlled by Maxwell just now and then seriously injured by Yu and the others, this was the first time the two sisters had walked through the gates of hell in this other world.
This incident made her realize the importance of latching onto someone powerful.
Even if she couldn't latch onto Makoto's thigh, it would absolutely not hurt to have a good relationship with him.
Since there was an opportunity to show her usefulness, she definitely had to seize it firmly.
Although they had Aqua as a cheat, even Akemi, who had the best temper of everyone present, had to admit that Aqua was simply unreliable.
Akemi withdrew her gaze and smiled at Makoto.
Seeing that Akemi was so insistent, Makoto didn't waste any words. He directly dictated, and Shiho wrote.
Listening to Makoto's dictation, the Miyano sisters, Yunyun, Megumin, and Darkness's eyes grew wider and wider.
In the letter, Makoto demanded that the king of Belzerg abdicate and give up his throne to him.
Darkness's eyes nearly popped out of her head.
She had guessed that Makoto wouldn't say anything nice, but she never expected him to be this ruthless... asking the king to hand over his throne outright.
Yanagi, however, felt it was only right.
In the real world, Makoto was the ruler of a country.
In fact, as someone who had gradually become a fan of Makoto, she felt that the Belzerg Kingdom was still too small for him.
After all, in the real world, the Nishikawa Nation was the world's only superpowered superpower nation.
Shiho finished writing the letter, sealed it in an envelope, and handed it to Darkness.
"By the way, you're not allowed to take off the collar. Otherwise, there will be consequences when you come back."
Hearing this threat, Darkness once again drooled with satisfaction, her face showing an expression of having been 'thoroughly pleased'. Her cheeks flushed with an abnormal redness, and she muttered to herself, "T-to think you would make me hide such a perverted thing under my clothes... ha... ha... th-that's wonderful..."
The onlookers were once again speechless.
'This perverted knight was beyond saving.'
The Teddy Devil quietly complained, "This woman is definitely going to get along great with Reze, Saeko, and those women later on."
He even wondered, after they got to know each other, whether Darkness's perverted ways would actually scare Reze and the others off.
After Darkness left, Luna also stood up to take her leave.
To be honest, although she had spent a day with Makoto's group, and she felt that although these people were ruthless, they didn't seem like bad people.
After all, she herself had just been controlled by Maxwell.
She had also been touched by the words Makoto had used to comfort Yunyun.
But recalling what the soldiers had described about what these people had done in the Kingdom of Melromarc, she still couldn't help but find it chilling.
For now, she felt it was better to keep a bit of distance from this group.
Luna gave Makoto a slight bow, turned around, and left.
Shiho also stood up to say goodbye.
"Then, Commander, we'll be leaving now."
Her thoughts were similar to Luna's. Makoto's group was too dangerous.
And unless something unexpected happened, the king of Belzerg would definitely take action against them.
Regardless of what monstrous crimes Alderp had committed, Makoto's group had attacked him without any permission from the royal family. That was undoubtedly slapping the royal family in the face.
Although she felt that a second-rate country like Belzerg couldn't really do anything to Makoto and his group... unless it was a first-rate powerhouse like the Slane Theocracy, or a quasi-first-rate country like Re-Estize or the Baharuth Empire, maybe—
But once a fight broke out, they would absolutely get caught in the crossfire.
There was no guarantee that she and her sister wouldn't get implicated.
"Huh? Why leave?"
Aqua wasn't happy to hear that. She clutched her money pouch tightly to her chest. "I want to stay here. There are plenty of rooms, aren't there?"
Shiho didn't say anything. She just stared hard at Aqua.
Aqua's scalp tingled under the stare. Finally, she muttered, "Fine, we'll go. What's with the attitude."
She also knew that if Shiho didn't agree, she absolutely couldn't stay here.
Besides, Makoto himself had just said he wasn't interested in taking her under his command. At most, he would borrow her when he needed her.
Makoto, however, asked the three Uzaki women to stay, inviting them to live here.
Yanagi's little devil nature activated again. "Makoto-kun, aren't you just reluctant to part with my big sister?"
Hana's face 'flared' red.
Makoto blinked. "A little bit."
Hana's breath caught.
"But there's another reason. Yunyun is the only girl in our team. That's not ideal."
Hana's expression instantly changed from joy to gloom.
"Before, when we went on adventures, the whole team was male. Yunyun, being the only girl, was clearly uncomfortable. So I thought I'd have you move in too, so you could look after each other."
Hearing Makoto's explanation, Hana glared at Yunyun angrily.
And Yunyun, completely unaware of that gaze full of hostility, was looking at Makoto's profile. Her gaze was no longer that of someone merely looking at a friend.
At night, Luna returned to the Adventurer's Guild.
The news that Alderp had been defeated by Makoto's group spread quickly throughout Axel.
But neither the adventurers nor the ordinary commoners were very happy.
In the tavern, someone lowered their voice and said, "I heard that group slaughtered the entire royal palace in the neighboring country."
The person next to them added, "And they turned the king and princess into... tsk, these people are perverts."
Now, the wanted posters for Makoto's group were plastered all over the city. Many people had already heard about what they had done.
Even though they had killed Alderp, it was still just 'a group of perverted wanted killers got rid of a lord who was full of evil'.
One bad person died. A group of bad people arrived.
That didn't really seem like something to be happy about.
Makoto and his group didn't pay any attention to this. They stayed in Alderp's old mansion, waiting for Darkness to return.
Shiho's team returned to the Adventurer's Guild.
The three Uzaki women weren't with them. They had officially jumped ship to Makoto's side.
Everyone in the guild was discussing Makoto and Alderp. Shiho once again went to the quest board to look for quests suitable for their team.
Megumin came up. "No need to work so hard, right? We have money now, don't we?"
Shiho glanced at her. "Do you think that idiot is going to give up the money?"
Megumin turned her head to look at Aqua. The idiot goddess was sitting in her seat, hugging her bulging money pouch, constantly breathing on the people around her. "This is mine! I'm not giving it to anyone!"
Megumin: "..."
Well, she could now understand why Makoto's team was missing a healer but didn't want Aqua.
At her seat, after much earnest persuasion from Mrs. Shizuka,
Aqua reluctantly took a few gold coins from her money pouch as the team's dinner money.
She acted like it was killing her.
Kazuha once again remembered the question Mrs. Shizuka hadn't answered earlier and brought it up again.
"Auntie Shizuka, when we were under control today, Yu and the others didn't go hard on you."
Thinking back, Kazuha still found it strange.
Leaving aside the three Uzaki women,
Kazuma and Darkness were now also Makoto's subordinates. It wasn't strange that they were spared.
Though the Teddy Devil hadn't actually spared Kazuma.
Megumin was Yunyun's friend, so it was normal that they didn't go hard on her.
Apart from them, Shiho, Akemi, and herself... Makoto's men had shown no mercy when attacking.
Why was Mrs. Shizuka the only one they had gone easy on?
Mrs. Shizuka's face turned white.
Remembering the feeling of fullness from last night in the alley, her ears burned, and she couldn't come up with an excuse for the life of her.
"This is the quest we'll do tomorrow. Everyone, take a look."
Shiho came over with a quest sheet and spread it on the table.
Kazuha's gaze moved away from Mrs. Shizuka's face and fell on the quest sheet. Her lips moved slightly, but in the end, she didn't pursue the matter.
Mrs. Shizuka secretly cast a grateful look at Shiho.
Shiho gave a slight nod in response, but she felt this couldn't go on.
They could hide it for a while, but not forever.