Chapter 374 Robbery of Sex? Robbery of Money!
Chapter 374 Robbery of Sex? Robbery of Money!
Chapter 374 Robbery of Sex? Robbery of Money!
As darkness fell, the members, having recovered, gradually left the guild and returned to their residences to rest.
During this time, Chase carefully studied the newly appeared card space. Just like when he first transmigrated and hadn't obtained even half a card, it was a barren plain with nothing noteworthy about it.
After discussing it with the Dark Magician and the others, the final conclusion was:
It's basically confirmed that this is a new deck independent of "Yugi Muto", but we need to discover new cards to confirm the specifics!
Night fell over the prosperous Magnolia.
The orange streetlights cast their glow, illuminating the street and creating playful, leaping lights on the gently flowing river beside it.
Chess, Mira, and Erza were walking back to their temporary accommodation.
Actually, the shy girls hadn't planned to come along, but after learning that Chase's second magic source had created a new and unstable card space, they couldn't help but worry.
"The night view of Magnolia after seven years has changed so much." Mira looked around at the night view with curiosity.
"It feels much quieter than before."
After saying that, Erza rested her chin on her hand, deep in thought. "Could it be because Chase isn't here?"
Last night, they were so focused on seeing Chess that they naturally overlooked these insignificant changes.
"Oh my, that's quite possible. After all, wherever Chase goes, he always receives a warm welcome from the citizens~"
Mira covered her mouth and chuckled, emphasizing the word "passion".
Hearing this, Erza clenched her fist, looking full of enthusiasm: "It's okay, Chess. When we get back, I'll definitely put in a good word for you with the citizens!"
"I'm telling you guys, my relationship with the citizens has always been very harmonious, okay!" Chase, who was walking in the middle, hurriedly defended himself.
While it was heartening to see Erza as a girlfriend rather than a partner, he still felt there was no need to take things so seriously.
Despite the usual shrewdness of the citizens, he is absolutely confident that he can take the top spot in the city's most popular mage ranking!
Just then, an old fishing boat slowly sailed by on the city's ring canal.
"Hey, you two young men and ladies over there, try not to wander around outside at night if you're not busy. The security situation in Magnolia hasn't been very good these past few years," a kind uncle on the ship reminded them.
"Okay, you should also be careful," Mira replied with a smile.
She was deeply impressed by the kind-hearted boatman, who seemed to have been fishing ever since she brought Elfman and Lisana to Magnolia.
After saying goodbye to the boatman, the three continued walking.
"Isn't the security situation very good?"
Looking at the houses with their doors and windows tightly closed on both sides of the street, Erza felt very strange. "In the past, even if there were drunkards lying on the roadside, they could sleep soundly until dawn."
"You mean the drunkard you're talking about is Kana?" Mira asked with a smile.
"Huh? Is it that obvious?!" Erza stared wide-eyed in surprise.
"Who cares? So what if the neighborhood's safe? Does anyone dare to steal our thunder?"
Before Chess could finish speaking, two masked men wielding sharp blades suddenly rushed out from the dark alley around the corner of the street ahead.
No, there really is!
"Stop! Robbery! If you know what's good for you, hand over all your valuables right now!!" the burly man in the lead shouted menacingly at them.
The sharp dagger reflected a chilling glint under the streetlights.
"It appeared so quickly—"
Erza, her sense of justice at its peak, frowned, took a step forward with a cold face, and prepared to teach these two good-for-nothing lads a lesson.
Immediately afterwards, the frightened sound from behind made her stop abruptly.
"Brother Chess, it's a robber! I'm so scared, you'll definitely protect me, right?"
Erza turned around and saw that Mira, that shameless girl, was taking advantage of Chase by snuggling into his arms and putting on a pitiful and panicked look!
I don't know if it was because of jealousy, or simply because I couldn't stand Mila's eccentricity, or maybe I wanted Chase to see a more feminine side of myself.
Erza, who was always rigid and assertive, suddenly turned her head as if she had made up her mind, took extremely stiff steps back, and reached out to grab Chess's clothes.
"Tch, Chase, I... I'm scared too."
However, compared to Mila's natural beauty, her stiff expression looked incredibly fake.
Despite her strong dream of becoming a stage actress, her lack of talent in this area was evident from her previous theater commission in the commercial city of Onibas.
"Bastards! Do they think we're idiots?!"
Across from them, the two robbers felt deeply offended, their lips twitching as they angrily cursed, "We are vicious robbers, not you bastards playing games!"
"One link in the chain!!"
"So, after all this time, are you trying to rob me of my money or my virtue?" Chase asked.
These two seem a bit silly for no reason, not like people from outside Magnolia.
More than that, he's worried that if things continue like this, the upright Erza will eventually be "tainted" by the cunning Mira.
"Is that even a question? Of course it's about money. We would never do something against a girl's wishes."
The ringleader brandished his dagger defiantly, "Don't worry, as long as you hand over the money obediently, I promise I won't hurt you!"
I must say, they have pretty strong moral character.
Chester glanced at Mira, who was trembling with fear beside him, mimicking Erza, and immediately became displeased: "What, aren't my girlfriends pretty?"
"Absolutely gorgeous, even prettier than the cover girls of Magic Weekly!"
The leader of the robbers blurted out the words of praise, then his exposed eyes flashed with a fierce light, "But what does this have to do with us robbers?"
"Damn it, boss! He has two girlfriends!" The henchman behind him gritted his teeth in anger, his focus clearly off-topic.
"Haha, I think so too." Chase was in a great mood.
Based on the biggest changes in Magnolia seven years later and the boatman's helpless tone, he could roughly guess the identities of the two robbers opposite him.
"Stop talking nonsense and pay up!"
The inexplicably angry laughter completely extinguished the leader of the robbers' patience. He gripped his dagger and began to approach them.
Even so, there was a barely perceptible hint of cowardice deep in his eyes.
And then the next second.
"You guys are really working hard robbing people so late at night." Chase led Mira and Erza away.
The two robbers stared blankly at the stack of banknotes in their hands, lost in deep thought.
"Are you kidding me? Get back here!"
The gang leader, realizing what had happened, yelled at the three retreating figures, "Do you know how much mental preparation I put into deciding to do this?!"
The henchman chimed in, "Exactly! They should at least show some genuine fear!"
Upon hearing this, Chess and his two companions stopped in their tracks.
"Oh dear, mental preparation—" Mira smiled kindly.
"What? I didn't even portray the emotion of 'genuine fear'?" Erza reflected seriously.
The scene changes.
The two robbers, their masks ripped off, huddled in a corner, their faces bruised and swollen.
"Because there might be some Fairy Tail in it, we originally planned to just pretend we didn't see it."
Chase dusted off the corner of his clothes, looked at the two of them helplessly, and said, "So, can we go now?"
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