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

Chapter 21: Deceived

I doubt that he'll die, since he has that absurd stamina of his.

"Tch, you're not falling for it again eh."

"Naturally. I would at least get used to your provocations after all this time."

"I see. Leaving your easily-angered attitude aside, I met that boy you brought from the forest earlier. He went inside my store with little Elle and bought some clothes."

I feel my temper rising whenever he talks but I decide to let it go for now.

"Of course he did, I recommended him to your store after all. And...what else?"

"You can tell huh. He also bought a sword."

A sword huh. Was Kyouya-kun always a sword-user? He didn't strike me as one though.

Or maybe he was just good at hiding it?

Well, maybe next time I'll ask him about it.

"Although I don't know what he's using a sword for, that's not what I was asking about."

"Ah, of course. Just like you, I couldn't see through him. But I've already made countermeasures in case he's one of the spies sent from 'that' place."

"I really don't think he is since Elle already approved of him, but it wouldn't hurt to make sure. I would like you to get along with him though, but that's only my opinion."

"Hou....I see how it is now.....You, you've started to like him, didn't you?"

*Poof*

"W-wh-what are you talking about you muscle gorilla!?!?"

*Bang*

I could feel my head was heating up while my outstretched hand, unconsciously turned into a fist and struck a blow into the muscle-bound gorilla's abdomen.

"That hurts....so it seems I was right. That absurd strength of yours only comes out when your emotions are in disarray. Wait, wait, don't get mad now, the whole village will fall if you try to kill me here!"

My eyes were starting to become vacant as I stared into my current target's eyes with a large amount of blood lust coming out from my expression as I heard his futile pleas, but just as I was about to begin my attack...

*Clap*

A loud sound suddenly rang out.

"Okay, it seems that everyone is accounted for. Let's begin today's discussion."

Snapping me out from my predicament, inadvertently saving the gorilla's life from being extinguished into nothingness, was the chief's way of gathering attention.

Oren, the middle-aged man with a large beard, was the leader of this village at the edge of 'Edoria' on the eastern side. Standing beside him was a little boy with short stature wearing leather shorts, a white shirt, and a dark green vest.

If I remember correctly, his name was...

"My son, Ed is here today to explain about the incident that happened two days prior."

Oren, the village chief said to us who were wondering about the little boy's identity.

That's right. The chief had a son named.....Ed? Eh, something feels awfully strange.

As if my head was starting to hurt slightly when I repeated the name 'Ed' over and over again inside my thoughts, the chief's son suddenly stepped forward and spoke loudly...

"Good afternoon everyone, my name is Ed, and I'm here to tell you about what happened to a few kids that went missing in the forest two days ago."

As if a wave of relaxing feelings surrounded us all, my head stopped hurting abruptly.