In A Parallel World With Random Skills, I Reluctantly Become A Mafia Boss?

Chapter 8: Breakout

A blade was pressed towards my neck. If I moved even a millimeter closer, it would get pierced by the large long sword that the man I met a while ago, Gerald-san, was brandishing before me. In contrast with his playful but serious attitude before, he seemed really disappointed and angry now, judging from the extreme change in his expression.

I wanted to ask what made him this way but before I could speak, Gerald-san opened his mouth, seemingly seething with rage. But not towards me for some reason..

"H-how, how could I not notice? You were an enemy all along! How could I let you get this close to Ms. Elise!? I thought you were a decent man, but it seems I was mistaken. You bastard, you were planning to kill us under the guise of a common traveler!"

He yells at me while looking at me like trash. A complete change from before, when he thought of me as an acquaintance. I had to say something!

"No! You're wrong! I didn't do anything! I don't even know what happened! Please believe me, Gerald-san!"

As I was being restrained by the city guards, I tried to prove my innocence..

"Shut up. Don't call me by my name, you worthless follower of the 'Dark God Cult'! Don't resist or I will have to kill you myself! I'm really an idiot aren't I? I almost let a great danger walk freely into one of the kingdom's cities.."

Gerald-san squeezed out the latter part of his words of ridicule, which was directed at himself, while shivering.

"I-is Kyouya-sama really a part of the organization against 'Savarium-sama'? I can't believe it.."

Elise-san who was at the far back, mumbled a question directed at no one, with a name I was unfamiliar of. Regardless, I couldn't get through to her right now, so I just keep the name in mind. For now, let's try again.

"I'm not part of that cult, please don't do this! I'm innocent!"

But my words fell on deaf ears. It seemed that after Gerald-san said his piece, he looked away in anger, and completely ignored my pleas. Taking this as the signal, the guards dragged me away. Of course I moved, and struggled within their grasps. But with my measly strength, shaking them off was nothing but a pipe dream.

After a while, I could only let myself get pulled away from the two humans that I met after arriving in this world. We arrived at a tall, dark building with many guards stationed all around the area. I deduced that this might be their headquarters. But there was nothing I could do with that information, even if I knew it, so I put it aside.

I could only wait in silence, while the guards talked to men who seemed to be their superiors. I guessed this from hearing their respectful tone of voice while they were conversing with each other. Adding to the fact that the latter seemed much stronger than the two combined. As soon as that was over, they picked me up again, and dragged me through a guarded doorway, leading into a stairwell leading upwards.