Don't Tell Me You Can't Do It

Roswaal Mansion, top-floor study.

"Want to become a ' Beast Tamer ' to be an assassin?"

Roswaal listened to the report from Ram and sighed, unsure whether to feel relieved or disappointed.

"It seems that this incident was also directed at Royal Selection, and not a problem with the Witch Cult."

It was already dark by then.

After returning from Aram Village, Fang Li asked Rem to look after Meli, and then came here with Ram, Ram explained the whole incident to Roswaal.

Naturally, Emilia was also present.

"I'm sorry, Fang Li."

Emilia Fang Li, "I've dragged you into my affairs again, it's really..."

"Alright, there's no need for further apologies." Fang Li had known Emilia for a long time and knew that once this girl felt indebted to someone, she would apologize endlessly.

Therefore, Fang Li said in a somewhat firm tone, "I didn't do all that work for nothing. With Rem and Ram assisting me, I don't feel like I've been taken advantage of."

Isn't that right?

Although this matter has nothing to do with Fang Li, since Side Mission has been triggered, Fang Li cannot remain uninvolved.

Therefore, even from a purely profit-driven perspective, Fang Li has ample reason to act.

If you really think about it, Fang Li himself also benefited.

After all, this Side Mission is a B-rank, and according to the settings of the Main God Space, the chance of completing it is only one in ten.

Fang Li seemed to have completed the task smoothly, but in reality, without the help of Rem and Ram, Fang Li would have had to put in a lot of effort to find the target, and it would have been impossible for him to complete it so easily.

Therefore, the combat part of this mission is the easiest, while finding the target is the most difficult.

As a result, with the help of Rem's sense of smell and Ram's Thousand Mile Eye, Fang Li was able to complete the task so smoothly, and Fang Li was the one who benefited the most.

Of course, this matter cannot be explained.

However, this doesn't mean that Fang Li would disregard it or accept Emilia's feelings without a second thought.

Under these circumstances, Fang Li simply smiled wryly and spoke in this manner.

"Although Curse Arts are not members of the Witch Cult and do not align with my goals, I still gained something."

"Harvest?" Emilia tilted her head in confusion.

Then, Fang Li began to speak eloquently.

"Firstly, Roswaal has already promised to pay me, so I won't work for nothing."

"Secondly, I'll use the condition that Meli lives as a condition for that girl to do something for me."

"In conclusion, I have already gained enough this time, and there is no reason for me to be thanked or apologized for."

Fang Li's words piqued Roswaal's interest.

"Would you like the ' Beast Tamer ' to do something for you?" Roswaal asked with interest. "May I hear what it is?"

"Don't worry, you'll find out later." Fang Li didn't answer, but simply said, "Anyway, for this reason, I hope you can treat that prisoner well. Just keep an eye on her and don't let her escape. Please don't execute her, okay?"

"Well, that's a bit of a dilemma." Roswaal said this, but there was no trouble on his face at all. Instead, he said with a smile, "She is a major criminal who attempted to murder one of the candidates for the Royal Selection. If we really let her live, we'll have a headache too."

"So, you can include that in your compensation." Fang Li glanced at Roswaal and smiled meaningfully. "Don't tell me you can't do it, or I might really turn on you."

"Oh dear, that's quite an impolite request," Roswaal said, spreading his hands. "I asked you to solve the problem of the Curse Arts, but now I'm the one keeping the troublemaker around?"

"You said it yourself, it's just about solving the problem of the Curse Arts, not about killing her," Fang Li said matter-of-factly. "Besides, if you really calculate it, when I helped Rem get rid of the curse inside her, that already solved a problem caused by the Curse Arts, didn't it?"

"... That's truly undeniable." Roswaal finally gave a wry smile.

"Um..." Emilia then raised her hand, smiled somewhat confusedly, and said, "Actually, I also think it would be better not to kill her."

"What?" Ram finally couldn't help but speak up, "Even Emilia is like this?"

"Well... there's nothing I can do about it," Emilia explained awkwardly. "Fang Li has been kind to me, and I want to repay him. Since he's useful to Fang Li, I should be tolerant. Besides, that child didn't actually manage to harm anyone here..."

As Emilia tried her best to explain, everyone was speechless.

"The same old flimsy excuse," Fang Li said helplessly. "Why don't you just say you couldn't bear to kill a young child? My princess?"

"No...that's not true." Emilia puffed out her cheeks and retorted, "Besides, I'm not a princess, just a candidate for the throne."

Generally speaking, this status is even more noble than that of a princess, right?

Fang Li chuckled inwardly.

Roswaal, on the other hand, seemed to have gotten used to it.

"Since even Emilia has said so, then there's nothing we can do."

Roswaal said to Ram, "Ram, tell Rem to keep that ' Beast Tamer ' under house arrest in the mansion for now. Aside from restricting her movements to this residence, treat her like a guest."

"... There's really no other way." Ram said with blatant disdain, "Although Ram doesn't want to do this, since Lord Roswaal has said so, Ram will do as he says."

It seems that Ram doesn't have a good impression of Meli.

But that's only natural, isn't it?

The other party is a Curse Arts who almost killed his own sister. Even Ram wouldn't be so reckless as to let it go unchecked.

"But if the Curse Arts isn't a member of the Witch Cult, when exactly will the Witch Cult come knocking on our door?"

Roswaal's theatrical-like words silenced everyone present.

The same applies to Fang Li.

actually...

(I roughly knew when the Witch Cult would come knocking.)

In the original work, the Witch Cult only appeared in the Mezas Territory after the Royal Selection began.

Because Fang Li wanted to take the initiative, he didn't want to wait until that time to act. He was actively dealing with the problem of the Witch Cult and took the initiative to approach the Witch Cult.

It seems that all we can do now is wait for them to come to us.

"Seriously, I hate enemies who lurk in the shadows the most..."