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And he was back to the same boring apple guy with a shiver. He wanted to direct his anger at Puck, Emilia, Elsa, Felt or anyone, but the one who angered him the most was himself for failing in his resolve. He was not able to slice his neck when it mattered the most, going through unnecessary frostbite. He summarized the last run in his mind in a rhyme.

"A bitch, an elf and all destroying cat,

yet a knight's even bigger monster than that,

its a really cringe rap that I have just done,

could I really win a rap battle with someone?"

He wondered if he was going mad as he just went through the motions to enter the alley and steal the knife like before but instead of directing it towards them, he gritted his teeth and sliced the side of his neck after his last words.

"Take this"

He remembered Elsa's last moments and was able to forcefully smile with last of his strength when he heard the screams of the trio resulting in traumatized expressions on faces of all three. This finally gave some peace to his heart, to unload his frustration on someone else as well as confirm that he had the necessary resolve.

Both he and Elsa smiled as they died. That made him wonder if they both had 'the will of D'. Probably not as Luffy would never commit seppuku.

He had seen the apple guy so many times by now that he considered naming him 'Steve Jobs'. After stealing the knife so many times, he had obtained a 109th skill called knife stealing skill.

He found Reinhard but did not call out to him. This guy was a final trump card, like the 'unstoppable Exodia'. The redhead would get there anyway if the battle lasted long enough.

Instead he set out to find Emilia. Once again it wasn't hard to find her given that she was running around the city like a headless chicken.

...

He led them to the slums but did not tell them about old Rom's loot-house. It was also not hard to lead them in a spiral and make them intersect with Elsa. There were only so many locations to keep an eye on the loot-house and it wasn't like she was hiding.

He didn't even have to say anything, Puck instantly sensed her malice towards Emilia and became alert. The inevitable battle started.

There were several hours to sunset so there was no way the cat would lose, even if Emilia was not helping him.

He considered helping them but gave it up out of fear of damaging his gate again. He had no desire to play hero, being heroic had always been a last resort for him.

The response of slum dwellers to this fight in broad daylight was interesting. Most people were running away but he could see some like the giant old man making his way over to them.

Elsa's cloak came off at some thanks to Emilia's spikes nailing it and she was forced further and further on the defensive. It was a completely one-sided fight where neither her, nor her blade ever came close to anyone there.

Once the fight's location shifted a little, he was able to get the cloak and checked it. There were definitely magical enchantments on it so it was an important piece of evidence. There were also 20 gold coins in a pocket, likely to make the trade for insignia.

That made him wonder why Elsa killed those two when she intended to make an honest trade? Was it really to erase evidence, or was she just that out of control bloodthirsty bitch? In the case of latter, the client was no mastermind and did not know what they were doing.

Despite constantly losing, receiving fatal wounds and confirming that she had no chance of winning, Elsa repeatedly regenerated and kept fighting with a maniacal grin on her face. Puck also did not take his demonic form which meant that he likely had restrictions like loss of control in that state.

This continued until they all saw Reinhard running over in the distance. Elsa gave them all one last glare, threw the blade towards him and then ran away.

Surprisingly Reinhard did not chase after her. He could understand Puck as protecting Emilia was the priority, but the knight's job should have been to hunt monsters like that. Just what kind of problems were going on in his brain? Was the reason her gender or the fact that she was running away?

Hachiman walked towards Rom as he knew Felt would also be there even if she wasn't visible thanks to her height, while Emilia was chatting with Reinhard and explaining the whole situation to him.

Staying alert in case Elsa came back as he was worried about how smoothly things were going this time, he showed them 10 gold coins while he had secretly pocketed the other 10.

"Please sell the Insignia back to us. As you can see that the owner is here and you have just seen her power."

"You think you can scare us with that?"

The blond loli asked.

"Yes, but that is not the point. I am paying you to avoid any violence or trouble. Look at those three, do you want to fight them? Because I don't."

"Felt, give it back. We don't need no trouble."

The old man spoke sense into her after seeing the silver haired half-elf, the red-haired knight and the cat. This statement sobered Felt up as well as reminded her that she was playing with things that were way out of her league.

She took out the Insignia but the jewel on it was oddly shining. Hachiman took note of it, exchanged 10 gold coins for it and waved them off.

"Now leave."

"Will they really just let us go?"

"I'll try to stop them from going to your loothouse. Emilia is nice enough to not pursue the matter but the cat is different. And the knight is kind and yet still dutiful enough to arrest you two. Go."

They left but the loli kept turning and looking back at him for some reason. Probably just to make sure that he was keeping his word.

He walked back to the three and handed over the Insignia to Emilia, the jewel lit up upon contact making his eyes narrow.

"Emilia-sama had lost the symbol of royal selection?"

Reinhard exclaimed in shock. So that was the plot? She was candidate to be the next ruler? Felt as well? Good to know.

"I didn't lose it! It was stolen from me! But please don't tell anyone."

Emilia said with a high pitch but her voice lost steam by the end.

"Don't worry, my lips are shut. I know how important this matter is."

Reinhard continued in his noble manner. Hachiman followed after

"Me too. I don't want to die after all."

"I won't do something so horrible. Actually, how did you get it back? You did not hurt the the girl, did you?"

There was a limit to how soft a person should be. Someone this naive could become the ruler of this nation? He internally offered a prayer of silence for the country's future.

"I didn't. I took the money from the cloak and traded with it. That woman left her cloak and money with us. It seemed wrong not to use that money for the purpose she intended."

No one needed to know that he pocketed half though.

Emilia giggled while lightly punching him and then asked.

"Will you come with me? I want to repay the debt for helping me, no, getting it back for me."

Reinhard too looked at him in interest at this development.

"Sure, as long as I get access to a library a few times, I'll consider it repaid. Also, knight-san should take this cloak. It should help in investigation into that woman."

"I promise to look into it."

"No, the one looking into it will be me. Hand over the evidence."

A smooth yet stern female voice interrupted them. Hachiman looked towards her only to find himself looking into amber eyes of a green haired woman with a sword. Was she a female 'Zoro'? It seemed the prolonged battle had attracted more guests than expected.

Her appearance was that of around 20 years, assuming she was human and aged similar to earth. She was wearing military uniform making her affiliation clear along with giving her a no nonsense image.

"Regardless of your strength and status, you have no official authority to process an issue as big as attempted assassination of a royal selection candidate. There are rules in place and boundaries that should not be overstepped. On my authority as Duchess of Lugnica, I, Crush Karsten shall handle this matter."

She was accompanied by an old butler who made Reinhard flinch hard. Was this the legendary 'black butler'? One look at him made it clear he was no civilian butler but a veteran of some kind. Then there was a really cutesy cat girl.

Wait!

Beautiful face and long dark hair!

No nonsense spartan attitude to life!

Accompanied by an anthropomorphic cat!

...

Did he just find Yukinoshita Yukino in another world?