"So this is Central Avenue ......."

Reese muttered as he looked around.

"It's more lively ...... than before, or rather more cluttered ......."

"Ah, I guess they took care of it ."

Jin imagined that at least the bad characters had been removed.

"This is what people's lives are ...... like, isn't it?"

"That's what I mean."

Now, on Elsa's advice, Licia is leaning in close to Reese to explain. The idea is that Licia, who has a family home in Alban, is the right person for the job.

"It's a complicated place, for better or worse.

I see.

At that moment, Roland, who was watching over Reese and his family, was lightly confronted by someone.

He was a young man of about 20 years old. Roland was almost knocked off his luggage, a doll that Reese had bought for him.

"Oh, excuse me."

"No, it's nothing."

Roland, who barely managed to avoid dropping the doll, looked away, but someone grabbed him by the shoulder and stopped him.

"Wait a minute, sir."

"What the hell?"

Please give me back what you just took.

It was Tia.

"What are you talking about?　What are you trying to do to me?

I'll let you off the hook right now.

But the man seemed to think she was easy to deal with.

"Are you kidding me?　You think you can get away with this?　What?"

But Tia remained calm.

Then what is this?

In a blindingly fast motion, she pulled out a wallet from the man's pocket.

"Oh, you son of a b*tc*!　That's my ......."

"This is Mr. Roland's wallet."

You got proof?

He's not gonna take this kind of crap.

The guards must have heard the commotion.

"What's all this racket?"

"Oh, sir."

"Hm?" "Hm?　It's Cabrera, isn't it? What's going on?

The pickpocket's name is Cabrera.

They're the ones who tried to kill us!

"What?"

The guard stared at Jin and the others.

"No, sir. This Cabrera has stolen Mr. Roland's wallet.

"So you have proof?

The guard interrupts.

"Okay, okay. But this is a busy street. Can you come to the guard station?　I'll hold on to this wallet until then.

The wallet in Cabrera's hand is now in the guard's hands. There was no way he could refuse.

"...... is fine."

Jin nodded, though he had a feeling that there was going to be a commotion. Erza and Licia also nodded. Rhys and Hannah nodded, too. Reiko and Edgar naturally followed.

Tia and Roland, who were involved in this project, would not refuse. Cabrera nodded his head, and the group headed for the nearby packing house.

On the way, Rhys asked Jin in a whisper.

(Hey Jin, I think we should just let each of them tell us what's in their wallets before we check them.)

(Yeah, I think that would work too. (Maybe ......)

（Maybe?)

(No, maybe I'm just imagining things, so I'll come back a little later. (......, look, there's a stuffing station.)

(Okay. ......)

The group arrived at the station at the north end of the central street. From there, the royal castle is in sight.

Licia, who had a bad feeling about this, casually and quietly left the group and headed for the castle.

"Now, let's listen to what you have to say.

The room was about 6 tatami mats in size, with a square table about 1 meter square in the center.

The guard pushed Jin and the others toward the back of the room and stood blocking the entrance.

"As I told you earlier, this man ...... Cabrera bumped into Mr. Roland, and while he was bumping into him, he pulled out his wallet."

"No!　No! There's no proof.

"Well, let's see if there's any evidence in the wallet."

The guard threw the contents of his wallet on the table.

"Oh, ......."

Reese lets out a short, guttural sound at the sudden barbarity of the situation.

"Hmm, 10 gold coins, 25 silver coins, and 12 copper coins. There's nothing else in the bag that can be used to identify the owner.

"What are you suddenly doing? If you had asked each of us to tell you how much money was in the bag, you would have been able to identify the owner.

Tia protests, but the guards are having none of it. But...

"...... What is this?"

Edgar quickly pulled out a small piece of leather paper from the guard's left pocket.

"Oh, what are you doing?

"That's our line, sir."

Edgar took out the receipt that he had received when he had just bought the doll to pay for it later.

"This is the receipt that Mr. Reese received when he bought the doll at the store that sells knick-knacks. You were quietly pulling this out of your wallet, weren't you?　I saw it.

"What are you talking about?"

The guard is furious.

I don't know anything about this stuff. ...... haha, you're trying to trick me by making it look like you're out of my pocket, aren't you?"

What the hell are you talking about?

"Look, Ledda's husband. They're all in on it.

Cabrera is getting excited.

"Yes, I guess so."

By this time, Jin had pulled Erza and Hannah close to him, with Edgar and Reiko in front of them.

And by this point, even the naive Princess Ries-Rieschen could see what was going on.

"Don't be a fool. You're the ones who are in on it."

What?

What are you talking about, you little b*tc*?

Guards Lederer and Cabrera looked down on Princess Rieschen from above.

"What is this about our own guards? Who is your boss?"

What?　What is a little girl talking about?　How dare you talk to a member of the Klein Kingdom's guard?

Princess Rieschen let out a sigh.

"It's pathetic. Are there still people like this in our country? ......"

The guard became more and more arrogant.

"If you keep talking to me like I'm a child, I'm going to have to ask you to stay the night, okay?"

The guard pointed with his chin to a holding cell at the back of the jail.

Then...

"Idiot!

Lederer's face was punched off with a yell.

"No!"

"Mister!"

Cabrera, who didn't know what had happened, was also hit and fell on her ass.

"Oh, Jessica!"

Standing there is Jessica Norton, captain of the Kingsguard.

Behind her was Licia Faarheit.