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After defeating the B-rank Greater Demon in the dungeon and absorbing his crystal,

Fran and I leveled up and got our hands on a super rare skill.

We were pumped after beating our first dungeon!

But then…

You little twerp…

You're lying, I know it!

The hell is this guy?

I didn't even know he was coming until he opened the door. Who is this guy?

Who're you?

What? You've no idea who I am? I swear, this is why I don't bother with commoners…

Flutter, flutter...

My name is August Allsand, Lieutenant of the Alessa Knights Brigade!

The Knights Brigade…

Their Lieutenant Allsand is a nobleman who hates adventurers,

and he's the one who turned down our request for aid.

He's the guy Nell warned us about!

Oh, the guy who should piss off and die.

Hm? Did you say something?

Nope.

Stomp...

My unique skill Essence of Falsehood allows me to see through any lie!

A unique skill?

Because of that skill, your lies won't work on me!

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So on my knees, here I pray for salvation—

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The strength to smash free of my chains!

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Let us soar beyond our wildest dreams

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With your handle in my hand

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Forging an even brighter future

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Courage and conviction, a world of possibilities—

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All these things you gave to me—

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For as long as I live, I’ll never forget!

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No matter how hard the fight

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Through thick and thin!

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Of our beautiful adventure!

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Episode 7

The Horrible Lieutenant of the Knights Brigade

Episode 7

The Horrible Lieutenant of the Knights Brigade

You're saying she's lying, then?

When she said the crystal was gone, that was a lie!

Nope, that's not a lie at all!

Right.

I'm not lying. It's really gone.

You lied again there!

Something's not right. Identify!

Name: August Allsand

Age: 29

Race: Human

Class: Knight

Status: Normal

Well, well, Level 30.

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But boy, his stats are low.

And only Sword Mastery 1 despite being in the brigade?

Skills: Acting 1, Singing 1, Riding 1,

Deception 1, Royal Etiquette 4,

Sword Mastery 1, Arithmetic 1, Social Skills 2,

Poison Resistance 1, Toxicology 2,

Herbology 2

Something's fishy.

Unique Skill: Essence of Falsehood 5

Titles: Viscount, Alesssa Knight Brigade Lieutenant

Equipment: Mythril Longsword

Silver Plate Mail

Red Lion Cloak

Ring of Conceal Presence

Oh-ho, the reason I didn't detect anything is his ring.

Let's see that unique skill, now.

What's the description for Essence of Falsehood, cool System voice?

Essence of Falsehood:

See through a target's lies. Makes equipper's lies more believable.

I see…

That's not true! I just found it!

You're lying! I have a skill that can pick out lies! She stole it!

By saying he's got this skill equipped…

Please, you have to believe me, I'm not lying!

He can make people believe other people are lying, even when they're not.

This guy's definitely used this skill to do shady shit…

Come now, Guild Master. Let the Knights Brigade deal with this liar!

I'm afraid I can't allow that.

What? She brazenly lied to me, a man of noble rank!

Surely you don't intend to allow that!

You should know, Lieutenant…

You are ill-equipped to handle an adventurer of her prowess.

Oh?

She defeated a Greater Demon all on her lonesome.

Then the Knights Brigade will have its crystal and all of its raw materials!

Give me that, and I will let this slide!

Why should we do that?

The Guild has first rights to its materials,

and even if she had the crystal, you forfeited any claims to it

when you denied our request for assistance.

You've no right to any of those things you demanded.

Nice going, GM!

Look, your information on said dungeon was vague at best!

We couldn't risk the lives of our valiant Knights for such a spurious cause!

That's what adventurers are for…

The common man is far better suited for such tasks!

This situation was only resolved due to the brave actions and sacrifices of our adventurers.

I will not have you slander them any further!

I still find it hard to believe that Captain Urs denied our request for assistance.

Surely you weren't the one who made that decision, yes?

O-of course not!

Then you wouldn't mind if I asked the Captain about his decision?

Are you trying to pick a fight with my father, Count Olmes?!

I would prefer not to.

Sounds like both the Knights and the Guild have politics to worry about.

Fran?

Here, I'll give you these. Can you stop fighting?

Oh-ho! Finally feel like letting us have some of those demon materials, then!

Goblin-?!

What insult is this?! They're disgusting!

What are you teaching her?!

How dare you insult me like this!

Nice joke, Fran.

Teacher…

Huh? Fran?

I hate him. He deserves justice.

Oh, you weren't joking.

Can I stab him?

Whoa, whoa, hold on, calm down, Fran!

You cut down this nobleman in the GM's office and Alessa will never forget it!

Oh, right!

He's a bad guy, so let's give that skill a try.

Yeah.

Let's do it at the same time.

What is it, you?!

Skill Taker.

Teacher has stolen a Unique Skill: Essence of Falsehood 5.

Fran has stolen a Skill: Noble Etiquette 4.

Damn, it really was 100%.

I'm a hundred years old.

Do you know if I'm lying?

What is this, now? What a simple task.

Tell me.

It's simple…

Tell me already.

St-stop it!

Wh-what?

You can't tell?

I must not be feeling well today! Goodbye!

But I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of me!

Pardon me, sir.

Nell!

Fran! Welcome back!

I'm so sorry about that.

The Lieutenant bought his way into his lofty rank. Most despise him.

His level is high, yes, but as with most nobles,

he paid a group of stronger knights to join his party and kill high-rank monsters,

allowing him to gain levels without lifting a finger.

Did a bit of power leveling, huh?

Guess some people didn't earn their levels here, huh?

Sadly, he's still the son of the noble who oversees Alessa, Count Olmes.

So that's why the GM couldn't touch him...

Fran, today's events may have drawn his attention. Do be careful.

Mm-hmm. I'll be okay.

That will be all for today. Our guild is greatly indebted to your efforts.

Nell, did you bring what I requested?

Yes, here you are.

Right then, Miss Fran.

Please head to the reception desk to complete your rank advancement paperwork.

Am I Rank E now?

No. You'll skip E to go straight to Rank D.

Because you had defeated a Rank B monster and saved the city from destruction,

I had requested for you to advance to Rank C,

but the other Guilds didn't approve of such quick advancement in such little time.

Makes sense. Fran literally just became an adventurer.

Okay.

And don't forget to claim your reward payment, too.

I added a little bonus.

For real?!

That's great.

Skill: Royal Etiquette

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You have my thanks.

You're very welcome.

Oh, Fran! You're so cute!

She is full of surprises...

If we use skills we just stole, people will start to get suspicious.

Okay, but I've always wanted to do something like that!

For a second, I thought we were about to get destroyed by that meathead.

Glad we got out of that situation.

Meathead?

For real?!

Damn!

Congratulations on making Rank D, Fran!

And here's your pay!

Thanks, Nell.

That's a hell of a nice bonus!

Nice goin', little lady! Rank D already!

You're that dwarf…

The name's Elevent.

You ever put together a party, gimme a shout!

You were incredible, flying through the air like that!

Did you really defeat a Greater Demon?!

You saved my ass back there. Lemme treat you to a drink!

Same here!

Tell us how it went down!

Whoa, now! Back off, guys!

But y'know, Fran looks like she likes it...

Okay, Fran. We got a nice little bonus, so might as well treat these guys.

They fought with us, after all.

Mm-hmm!

Drink up, everyone. They're on me today.

Whatever you say, boss!

You got a big, fat heart, little lady!

I'm not fat.

Sheesh, guys. Thought they were gonna drink them out of business.

Back then...

if she'd retreated like I told her to, there might not have been any lights on in the town tonight.

She's a big deal, my Fran.

Teacher... Curry... You promised.

Yeah, you're right, I did.

Okay, tomorrow, we're eatin' curry, Fran!

Huh?

Who's that?

And what…?

You want me to touch it?

Wait, is that me?

Teacher? Teacher!

What's wrong, Teacher?

Oh, nothing.

What was that? A dream?

But I don't sleep anymore.

Curry! Curry!

Today, we'll use the spices we bought at Rufus' shop to do some manly camp cooking!

By that, I mean cooking up lots of recipes for Fran.

Meat doesn't go bad in the Pocket Dimension, so I can whip out hot meals whenever!

Everything's ready, Teacher!

Fran really does look cute in everything!

Spices, ingredients, pots and utensils. Spent 100K gold on all this!

But it's well worth it to make a feast for Fran!

Right, then… It's cookin' time!

First, we need 30 kilograms each of Rock Bison and Crush Boar meat.

Meat!

Now, Miss Fran, you have the Master Cook title!

Yes!

Could you knead these together real good?

You got it!

Now we'll use Aura Blade to slide up the onion-ish veggie!

Fry 'em up!

Fran!

Teacher!

Combine!

They let it cool first.

And some panko!

With some spices!

I'll gamble everything I got on this!

Knead knead knead knead…

Now we cook 'em all up!

Meat!

The demi-glace sauce is ready, too!

C'mere, hamburg steaks!

Get them all sauced up...

And you have Teacher's Original Demi-Glace Hamburg Steaks!

They look so yummy!

And off they go into the Pocket Dimension!

Lemme have just one bite!

Okay, Fran. Ready for the main dish?

The main dish?!

You ready for curry time?!

It's curry time!

First, chop up my specially-selected veggies and roots!

As promised, tons of meat!

And lots of spices!

Blend 'em together and see how they smell!

I got some milk from some coconut-type nuts to make the flavor a bit more mild!

It smells so good.

Gets you hungry, right? That's the power of spices.

Our rice is ready, hot and fluffy!

And our curry is complete!

Th-this is it…

Teacher's Original Mountain Harvest Curry, spice level medium!

This is curry…!

I've got mild, medium, and hot spicy levels here.

Each one has different meat, veggies, and spices in 'em.

I'm gonna dig in!

What the heck...?

IT'S DELICIOUS!

Right?

She ate it all!

Teacher...

Hmm? You happy and full?

I was born on this planet to eat this bowl of food.

It's that good?!

Food is the spice of life.

And I'm happy to make it for you, whatever you want.

I'll put the leftovers into the Pocket Dimension.

I can have curry whenever!

A week after defeating the goblin dungeon,

we took some quests while waiting for Garrus to be done with our armor.

One had us go into the mountains to harvest rare potatoes.

This would go great with curry!

Then we got a letter from a nobleman asking us to bring them expensive pork.

King Pork… I wanna put it in curry!

Each quest gave us opportunities to farm more crystals.

Pocket Dimension!

We could put fish in curry, too!

Very nice! You'll be good for dinner!

Teacher…

What's up?

The fish and swamp water we threw in there won't get mixed into the curry, right?

Don't you worry.

Curry!

There you go. Since it's out, want to have some of the mild or hot curry?

First, try the hot.

The tingling spiciness comes together with cooked veggies, aromatic meat, and sweet fat

to create a complex, mature flavor profile!

It's spicy and yummy!

Here's the mild curry.

The milk makes it creamy,

but the sweet fruit and honey bring out the flavor of the meat for a rich, yummy bite!

So mild!

TEACHER

Okay, Fran. Which one did you like best?

They're all the best.

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You've fallen hard for curry, huh?

As I was getting lost in the world of fantasy cuisine, things were happening in Alessa…

Boy, we only got seven crystals this past week.

It was faster in the dungeon…

Yeah. It'll take us a while to level up at this rate.

Well, if it isn't Fran!

The gate guard! He's starting to become a familiar face.

Hey, Fran, do you know Viscount Allsand?

Discount All Sand?

No, no, remember? That nobleman in the GM's office?

Oh, Lieutenant Weakling.

Watch it!

Sorry.

For some reason, your Lieutenant Weakling's looking for you.

Rumor says he angered someone in the royal family,

and his father Olmes, furious about his blunder, really let him have it…

I don't know what that has to do with you, but that guy's all kinds of bad news.

Who knows what he'll do. Be on your guard, yeah?

Okay, I will. Thanks.

Cheers!

Pissed off someone in the royal family? Might've been due to our Skill Taker.

Oh.

Welp, he brought it on himself, so not like it's our fault.

Mm-hmm!

Fran.

Don't look behind you, but someone's following us.

Mm-hmm.

It'd be easy to give them the slip, but I don't want to have to keep an eye out forever...

Let's lead them on a little.

Okay.

There are two of them.

Yeah.

Do you need something?

You little brat!

That day in that office, you cursed me! You disgusting beastman!

An undead?!

Identify!

Name: August Allsand

Age: 29

Race: Human

Class: Knight

Nope, just Lieutenant Weakling. Still a normal human.

You, you, you…

Thanks to you, my life is over! You're going to pay for this!

Who are you again?

Huh? Fran? Don't you remember?

What?! Did you forget me?

We've never met.

Wait, really?

Guess I have the wrong girl!

Wait! Don't lie to me! Of course you're the right girl!

But I don't remember you at all.

R-really?

Mm-hmm. Really.

Wait, so she's got that big sword on…

No, no, that's the sword! You most definitely are that little brat!

Figured it out, huh?

You did something to me, and now the nobility have it out for me! You're finished!

Doesn't look like he'll just let us off the hook...

Mm-hmm.

You dare look at me like that?

A commoner like you? A lowly Black Cat?

You're angry now, are you?

Come, Gyuran!

A little Black Cat? I'll handle her.

Our kind is used to dealing with her kind.

Do I beat you up and sell you to a slaver,

or slice you to pieces and feed you to wild dogs?

Maybe I'll flay you alive and leave you to die in a cesspit.

Ooh, that'd be fitting!

A Blue Cat…

A Blue Cat? What's wrong, Fran?

The Blue Cats are the mortal enemies of the Black Cats!

I've never seen Fran this angry before…

de

a

t

ta

oo

tsu

bu

no

ki

se

ki

The best thing that ever happened to me

wa

su

re

wa

shi

nai

yo

a

ri

ga

tou

Was my unforgettable first meeting with you

i

ro

a

se

ta

fu

ture

na

ni

ka

waru

Until then, my future had looked so grim

yo

ka

n

ga

shi

te

ta

But deep down, I always knew

ko

no

mi

wo

shi

ba

ru

mo

no

Those awful days that I lived through—

fu

jo

u

ri

na

cha

in

Those heavy chains that weighed me down

chi

gi

ri

sa

ru

to

ki

wa

i

ma

da

Are now but a distant memory

a

na

ta

ga

iru

so

re

da

ke

de

Because I have you in my hands

i

ki

te

ki

ta

i

mi

wo

shi

tta

You gave me a reason to live

un

me

i

wo

yu

ru

sa

nai

hi

to

mi

The strength to face forward—

ni

ra

n

da

sca

ry

way

Courage to take the scary way

ni

gi

t

ta

te

to

te

With you in my hands, I can...

Face

up!

Stro

ng

ly!

Face up strongly!

a

na

ta

to

ko

e

te

yu

k

u

ji

goku

March straight on forward into the depths of Hell

ki

zu

da

ra

ke

Every last one of our scars

na

no

wa

ta

ka

tta

a

ka

shi

Proves we fought to the bitter end

So

chan

ging

the

world

So let's change the world!

u

shi

na

tta

yo

ro

ko

bi

ka

na

razu

to

ri

mo

do

su

ka

ra

My tears that shine as brightly as your blade

na

mi

da

yo

ken

to

n

a

re

Are proof of the happiness we earned!

Next Time

The Villainous Blue Cat