I, Yorii Tsugikuni, Must Do Something Chapter 9

It wasn't exactly flattery, but Ieyasu genuinely felt that a serious Yorii Tsugikuni was more terrifying than anyone else.

Ieyasu had already experienced that oppressive feeling once that morning, and it was truly terrifying to the extreme. Even when Ieyasu looked at Yorii Tsugikuni's gentle face again, he felt a bit dazed.

How could such a gentle person be so terrifying when serious?

"That's for sure."

"Master, let's head to the inn and settle our things first."

Sayo nodded in agreement, completely endorsing Ieyasu's idea. Then she looked at Yorii Tsugikuni and said, "Tatsumi has money, so he might have already found a place to stay."

On the way to the Imperial Capital, Tatsumi, Sayo, and Ieyasu had hunted quite a few Dangerous Species. Although most of them were Class 2 Dangerous Species, they still managed to earn a decent amount of money.

"En."

Yorii Tsugikuni nodded.

Count Calvin had been quite thorough; he gave Yorii Tsugikuni a gold coin when they parted ways.

If they were a bit frugal, it would be enough for Yorii Tsugikuni, Sayo, and Ieyasu to live for a month.

It was just that the empire was currently in a precarious state, and inflation was rampant. When the previous king was still alive, one gold coin could have covered the living expenses for a family of three for three months.

Now, even stretching one gold coin to cover a month's expenses was difficult.

In the end, to save money, Yorii Tsugikuni and Sayo chose to stay at an inn on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital. If they slept on the floor, a room would only cost three silver coins for a month.

The economic system in the empire was decimal: one hundred copper coins equaled ten silver coins, which equaled one gold coin.

With three silver coins spent on a room for a month, the remaining seven silver coins would cover the food expenses for Yorii Tsugikuni, Sayo, and Ieyasu for the month. They could manage if they ate simple meals without meat.

However, fate always had its surprises.

At a rather ordinary inn on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital, Yorii Tsugikuni, Sayo, and Ieyasu ran into Tatsumi, who was drinking with a blonde woman with large breasts.

"Tatsumi!" x2

Sayo and Ieyasu stood behind Tatsumi with grim expressions, each grabbing one of his ears and pulling hard.

It was infuriating.

The person holding all three of their life savings had come to the Imperial Capital and done nothing but go drinking and chatting with a blonde woman with large breasts.

Ieyasu looked at Tatsumi with eyes full of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

It couldn't be helped; that blonde woman with large breasts was truly well-endowed.

Ieyasu even forgot the image of his goddess, Aria, for a moment.

Chapter 16: Leone, Core Member of Night Raid

"Tatsumi, how could you be like this?"

"Sayo and I put all our money on you!"

"Didn't you ever think about the fact that Ieyasu and I don't have any money?"

Looking at Tatsumi kneeling obediently before her, Sayo felt a pang of disappointment.

The scene of them having to sleep on the streets last night due to lack of money was still vivid in her mind.

Sayo was furious the moment she saw Tatsumi using their money to pick up women.

If they hadn't met Aria's kind family, she and Ieyasu would have truly been left to sleep on the streets yesterday.

Having nothing and just sleeping on the street was not comfortable at all.

"That's right, that's right!"

"Tatsumi, you're too much!"

"If you wanted to treat this beautiful lady to a meal, you could have told us after we reunited!"

Upon hearing Sayo's accusations against Tatsumi, Ieyasu chimed in righteously beside her.

While agreeing, Ieyasu couldn't help but glance towards the blonde woman with large breasts sitting opposite Tatsumi. Just looking at the blonde lady's alluring curves made Ieyasu feel like his life was complete.

Looking at the blonde lady, Ieyasu grinned and asked, "May I know this lady's name?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ieyasu felt a sharp pain in his ear.

"Ieyasu!"

"You need to rein it in a bit too!"

Sayo used her free hand to grab Ieyasu's ear and said forcefully, "I haven't even said anything about your rude behavior at someone else's house yesterday, and now you're being rude again."

"Do you still want your ears or not?!"

Although Sayo was always very gentle and demure in front of Yorii Tsugikuni, if her close friends upset her, she would reveal her more aggressive side.

Just like now, she was holding one of each of them, scolding the unreliable Tatsumi and Ieyasu.

"Do you want to know my name, little brother?"

"When asking for someone's name, you should introduce yourself first."

"But since you're Tatsumi's friend, it doesn't matter. You can call me Leone."

Leone smiled faintly as she watched Sayo, Tatsumi, and Ieyasu causing a ruckus. "Of course, if you want to call me 'Big Sis with Blonde Hair and Big Boobs,' that's fine too."

"But, Tatsumi, you and I are here for something very important."

"Originally, Tatsumi, you wanted to find your companions first."

Although Leone had a good impression of Tatsumi and the others, she wasn't going to give up on her prey just because of that.

Leone was still quite covetous of the large bag of copper and silver coins Tatsumi had.

Yorii Tsugikuni stood to the side, not saying much. Yorii Tsugikuni wasn't very good at lively interactions like this; he preferred to stay with the person he loved most and spend his life together.

With that thought, Yorii Tsugikuni decided not to pay attention to the interaction between Sayo, Ieyasu, and Tatsumi anymore. He turned and walked towards the inn's counter instead.

Yorii Tsugikuni's slightly reclusive and unusual behavior did attract a bit of Leone's attention, but Leone only glanced at him briefly before her gaze returned to the money pouch.

Yorii Tsugikuni's control over his power had reached an extremely perfect level.

Never mind that Leone hadn't even used her Imperial Arm, Lion King: Beast Transformation, yet.

Even if Leone used her Imperial Arm now, enhancing her physical abilities across the board and greatly increasing the intensity of her five senses, if Yorii Tsugikuni didn't want her to, Leone wouldn't be able to perceive his true strength.

"Leone is right. I originally intended to go directly to find Sayo and Ieyasu."

"But Leone told me that if we paid a little money, we could skip the part where we start as lowly soldiers and begin our military careers directly as captains."

"That's why I came here with Leone to discuss matters."

Tatsumi quickly explained.

Similar to the plot of the original story, upon arriving at the Imperial Capital, Tatsumi's first action was to inquire about the enlistment conditions at the Imperial Capital's recruitment office. He was then kicked out for being too arrogant.

Afterward, he naturally met Leone, who had been watching Tatsumi for a long time.

Leone easily fooled Tatsumi with just a few words, causing him to temporarily set aside his idea of quickly reuniting with Sayo and Ieyasu and instead listen to Leone's deception.

However, the plot had changed significantly due to Yorii Tsugikuni's interference.

Originally, Sayo and Ieyasu might have already been imprisoned, but because Yorii Tsugikuni was willing, Aria's family did not lay a hand on Sayo and Ieyasu and even introduced them to jobs.

Finally, while looking for a place to stay, they met Tatsumi and Leone at this small inn.

"Enlist?"

"Hahaha, Tatsumi, you must be envious."

"You definitely can't imagine how lucky we were yesterday."

Upon hearing Tatsumi's words, Ieyasu burst into triumphant laughter.

This left Tatsumi's face filled with confusion.

"Now, Ieyasu and I, along with our master, are members of the Imperial Capital Guard."

"With the salary from the Imperial Capital Guard, it's enough to alleviate a large part of the pressure back home."

Sayo looked at Tatsumi, whose face was full of confusion, and said with a smile, "It's truly a shame. If Tatsumi had found us sooner, perhaps you could have joined the Imperial Capital Guard with us."

"But it's no big deal either."

"Master probably wouldn't mind taking you as a disciple."

Sayo's words caused the previously nonchalant Leone to glance over.

As one of the core members of Night Raid, Leone hadn't expected to deceive someone associated with the Imperial Capital Guard so easily.

After all, their identities were very much opposed; Sayo and Ieyasu could be considered officials now.

However, as an old hand who had been mixing in the Imperial Capital for a long time, Leone was very aware of some of the rules in the Imperial Capital.

Leone was curious how Sayo and Ieyasu, who clearly looked like outsiders just like Tatsumi, managed to join the Imperial Capital Guard.

Without connections, it was impossible for outsiders to even think about joining the Imperial Capital Guard.

Chapter 17: Fate's Coincidence

"Imperial Capital Guard?"

"I remember that members of the Imperial Capital Guard are strictly vetted."

"If they aren't local residents of the Imperial Capital with a clean family background and a known history, they simply can't get in."

Leone looked at Sayo and Ieyasu and said with some curiosity, "You two are outsiders from outside the Imperial Capital, right? Normally, it should be impossible to successfully join the Imperial Capital Guard."

Don't be fooled by the fact that in the original story, the Imperial Capital Guard was almost a cannon fodder organization.

The captain of the Imperial Capital Guard, Ogre Ouka, was trash that the protagonist could kill with a few slashes right after his debut, but in reality, the Imperial Capital Guard had very high value.

This was true in terms of treatment and other aspects.

"Normally, Sayo and I wouldn't have had any chance to join the Imperial Capital Guard."

"But yesterday wasn't a particularly normal day for Sayo and me."

Upon hearing Leone's curious inquiry, Ieyasu quickly stepped forward to show off.

He was ready to fully enjoy the admiring gaze of this "Big Sis with Blonde Hair and Big Boobs."

Next, Ieyasu simply recounted the events of yesterday, causing Leone's eyes to flicker. The characteristics displayed by Aria's family bore some resemblance to what Night Raid had been investigating recently.

The only thing that made Leone a little uncertain was that, for the time being, Aria's family had indeed helped Sayo, Ieyasu, and the others. Although she could tell from Ieyasu's account that Yorii Tsugikuni had a significant part to play in all of this.

"So that's how it is. You guys really have amazing luck."

"In that case, Tatsumi, it seems you really don't need to enlist."

Leone said with a smile as she looked at Sayo and the others before her, "It's getting late, and Tatsumi has reunited with his companions. I'll be going now."

"If we're fated to meet again, we'll see each other then, Tatsumi."

With that, Leone left directly.

Rather than continuing to chat with Tatsumi and the others, Leone needed to report the situation with Aria's family to Night Raid headquarters and have them thoroughly investigate Aria's family.

In fact, Night Raid had already narrowed down the potential noble suspects for the missing outsiders. Aria's family happened to be within the scope of their suspicions.

Originally, it was scheduled for two days later to investigate Aria's family.

Now that she had received some information about Aria's family from Sayo and the others, and to prevent more innocent outsiders from being harmed, Leone decided to move Aria's family up the list tonight.

They would first thoroughly investigate the situation with Aria's family.

The Imperial Capital is truly becoming more and more disgusting.

On the way to Night Raid headquarters, Leone thought with mixed feelings.

To be honest, Leone had a very good first impression of Tatsumi, Sayo, and Ieyasu. Their innocence and purity, untouched by the world, made Leone, who grew up in the slums of the Imperial Capital, yearn for it.

However, Leone didn't know how long this purity of Tatsumi and the others would last after they entered the Imperial Capital, this great dye vat.