My Wife the Empress is Becoming Frightening

5. Please use the bathroom

Episode 5

“I guess it will be tomorrow.”

No one responded to Gilbert’s outburst as he swept the headquarters floor with a broom. Today was a general cleaning day that happens once every six months.

As with dinner, it was not particularly compulsory, but on this day, as well, most of them participated in cleaning, unless there was something special going on.

None of the hounds clearing their quarters did not hear what Gilbert had to say. But everyone knew what it meant.

It was still over two weeks since their captain, Isaac, had been in and out of Diarose. During that time, Abrarum must have trained him with all kinds of means, including gold coins, women, and alcohol.

Now, you will want to see the results of your training. Their captain, who had no sense of vigilance in the first place, would have completely passed over.

All that was left was to put on a more secure leash, and looking at past precedents, the leash was almost at this time.

“I will not die right away. Abrarum prefers getting addicted to drugs.”

Derrigan, who was wiping the table with a rag, responded in a nonchalant manner. Unlike Damus, he had a bad impression, and he was removing stains with sharp eyes.

“I will do everything I can before I die. A woman would have hugged her heart, and it’s a drug used in Diarose, so why don’t you use a high-end product?”

It was Gina, who was roughly tapping the cabinet with a duster, in response to Derrigan’s words. As the eldest after Gilbert, she saw the dust she had dropped and immediately shouted at Selemine, who was washing the windows.

“hey. Come over here and put this away.”

“… … That’s not my area.”

“Don’t answer my child, and if you want to get rid of it, get rid of it!”

“Auntie does it herself.”

Gina fired a life straight away. It was so strong that a weak person could have died from it alone, but Selemin did not lose and fought back with the same determination to live.

“It’s starting again.”

“Stop it.”

“It doesn’t have to be finished before dinner.”

Only after other hounds accustomed to the situation shouted annoyedly in unison did the two men survive. While each of them was concentrating on cleaning again, Boros said as if he had suddenly remembered.

“Come to think of it, I don’t think you usually use high-end items like Jina said, do you?”

“What are you talking about?”

Boros, a trickster and swallow, used to hang around Diarose from the beginning. It was because the place was a place, so there were many rich people he could target.

When Damus, who knew that, asked if he had heard anything, Boros nodded.

“I heard from one of the guards there that you’re going to use the Miracle of Blue Green on the new captain?”

“what?!”

Damus wasn’t the only one surprised. The eyes of the Hounds, who had been pretending not to listen, immediately focused on Boros. Gilbert asked, frowning on behalf of them.

“You’re on the blacklist, so you can’t even come close to Diarose, right? Are you certain?”

“Ay Gilbert. A list like that is worth a few gold coins. And the guard who told me the story was the ‘White Fist’. Why is a former A-ranker lying to me?”

“Tsk.”

Gilbert clicked his tongue slightly. White Feast was a ranker who made a name for himself in the Islands. He is a martial artist characterized by his striking white gloves, and it is said that his hobby was to treasure the gloves stained red with the blood of his enemies.

If that was the case, he wouldn’t have been expelled from the guild, even if it was unpleasant, but when it became known that he collected not only the blood of his enemies, but also the blood of forcibly raped virgins, he was immediately stripped of his adventurer qualifications.

“It’s even worse that it purposely targeted only small towns and cities far from the islands.”

“The reason he didn’t go to prison was because he had Abrarum behind him.”

What the Hounds themselves did was never to be praised or justified. After all, it wasn’t much different from a guy like White Feast.

So there were times when I was worried. Are we really in a position to curse those guys? However, there was no law saying that it wasn’t something I liked and that I couldn’t hate it for doing similar things.

It was the only unanimous conclusion reached by the old Hounds, who were once concerned about the same things they were, and it has been reached to this day.

Others will laugh if they hear it. Because the only teaching handed down from generation to generation is ‘hate those like yourself’.

However, it was one of the most important mindsets for Hounds.

“done. It’s not like I didn’t know it would happen. Don’t worry, let’s keep cleaning.”

Gilbert shouted as if trying to clear up the somewhat depressed atmosphere, but the depressed atmosphere did not recover easily.

It’s not the first time they’ve lost a captain. Rather, it was a problem because I had too many such experiences. It is true that Isaac was a special case, but the position of captain of the Hound was originally such a position.

For the Hounds, the position of captain was a trauma itself that changed every time.

I didn’t treat Isaac as someone who would die soon.

And I didn’t say this because I liked Isaac.

“Would you like me to retrieve the corpse?”

“yes?”

Boros reacted to Derrigan’s words, pretending to be lighthearted, and everyone else’s eyes shifted to him. Despite knowing that, Derrigan continued as if it was nothing special.

“If he dies anyway, shouldn’t we deal with it? The Imperial government will also brush us off. That’s why it seems like it would be easier if we found the corpse in advance.”

Even if you’re not necessarily a hound, if you think about it a little, you’ll see how absurd Derrigan’s words are.

The Teal Miracle is as terrifying as its terrifying effects. I wonder if it’s something that can’t be used easily even if it’s an abra room.

Having used such things, Abrarum will try to benefit from Isaac as much as possible. There was absolutely no way I could have killed him in one day.

Of course, the Hounds knew that too. However, the words that came out were the opposite of that fact.

“What, would that be?”

“Well, it was annoying to go looking for corpses every time.”

“Doesn’t Boros know well about the inside of Diarose?”

“I’ll get you a map.”

The hounds who pretended not to be interested gathered one by one. It didn’t matter what kind of person Isaac was to them.

Even if it’s meaningless, I just wanted to say at least once, ‘I did everything I could.’

Isaac had a completely different idea, though.

—

“Think common sense. If I had blocked the toilet, there would be no way I would be looking for a bathroom right now.”

I seriously protested their gaze. If you blocked the toilet, you said you had already done your business, so why would you go to the bathroom again?

As a basis for this, I tried to say that the women who fainted due to being overextended would testify when they woke up, but unfortunately the gatekeepers seem unwilling to listen to my story to the end.

Those who noticed trouble gathered around the gatekeepers. As befits the minions of a large criminal organization, all of them were only those who seemed to have enough power.

“You bastard, what is your true identity?”

“Identity? Isaac Mayer, no, Blatta. I’ve been a guest for over two weeks, but it’s too much.”

I was really upset. If you were going to boil it after pickling it in medicine, shouldn’t you do basic research properly out of etiquette?

“I’m not joking, so answer me straight. How can a person who ate the blue-green miracle be able to move already?”

“Miracle of teal? Oh, are they called by that name here?”

It’s a pretty old name compared to the original name. It’s unbelievable that it’s a miracle.

“Incidentally, we called it ‘Grinded Toadskin of the Fel Swamp.'”

“Hell Toad… … what?”

While explaining to the gatekeepers, I suddenly realized that something was wrong.

why is that here?

“damn! What are you talking about!”

I didn’t really mean to do that, but I think it sounded like I was making fun of them. I wanted to tell them that wasn’t the case, but the gatekeepers’ anger exploded before I could.

The guard with impressive white gloves exploded his aura at once and stretched out his hand towards me. But unfortunately, I have no hobby of holding hands with men.

– Pudeuk.

“… … … uh?”

The other gatekeeper let out an idiotic sound as he lightly slapped his hand away and grabbed his neck. Unlike the Mayer Kingdom soldiers, the city kids were quite slow in assessing the situation.

still standing stupidly

“Is this self-defense?”

“All ready for battle!”

Also, judgment is slow. The time to shout out for battle preparations has long since passed.

“You should have shouted to tear it up.”

“Kill!”

I was able to go to the bathroom on time.

—

-Kugung!

“What, what?!”

While looking at the guest list in the manager’s room and looking for the next prey, Paris was startled by the swaying building and looked out the window.

It didn’t seem like an earthquake. It was fine outside and the people on the street were looking at Diarose with curious eyes.

Paris, realizing that trouble had occurred with a sense she had been working on for a long time, called the guards who were waiting outside.

“hey! Is there anyone! Explain the situation!”

There was no answer. It was strange. Originally, he would have come running before he called, but now it was terrifyingly quiet.

“Hey, hey… ?”

It was when Paris, who felt fear for no reason, thought about going out on her own.

The door is open. At that moment, with a feeling of relief, Paris remembered the swear words she would lash out at the employee who kept her waiting, but the moment she saw the visitor, her face turned blue.

“hi?”

It was Isaac. Being naked and wearing only a bathrobe was inappropriate for visiting someone, but Paris couldn’t afford to worry about that.

It was because the pure white bathrobe was stained so red that there was no white space. Recognizing the red water drops dripping on the floor, Paris could understand why the gown was red.

“Sorry to keep you waiting. I was late to go to the bathroom.”

This too was untrue.

“who! Is there anyone!!!!”

“Not anymore. So don’t scream out loud.”

Seeing Isaac answer calmly, Paris was terrified. My legs were shaking like crazy, and my bloody limbs were as cold as ice.

‘Is that guy in front of you really that idiot? Nonsense!’

Isaac was smiling. From the first time I saw it, I thought it was stupid. I thought that he was smiling less, not knowing what would happen to him in the future.

However, it was Paris herself who did not know what would happen to her. It was to the point where I couldn’t understand why I was able to look down on him even when I saw that demon-like face.

“Kuk!”

Faris reached into the inside pocket of his jacket and pulled out a pocket watch.