After they knew that Galdo would attack their community, no one slept, and Haru asked Kuro Usagi to bring him a book so he could know most of the things in the Little Garden. He also asked Shiroyuki to prepare him tea while reading a book about the introduction of the Little Garden.
Not only Haru, but Asuka, Yuu, Izayoi, and Asagi were doing something similar, which made Kuro Usagi and Jin speechless.
"Um, everyone, Galdo might attack us, you know? Can you show some tense?" Kuro Usagi wanted to get angry at Galdo, beat that guy up, and thought that everyone also felt something similar, but she didn't expect that they would be so relaxed.
"Then what do you want to do?" Haru looked at Kuro Usagi and asked, "Do you want to beat up Galdo right now? You can do it tomorrow, you know?"
"That..." Kuro Usagi couldn't say anything at that moment.
"We can beat Galdo easily. What are you afraid of? Instead of worrying about some small fries which can only use a little trick to win a Gift Game, isn't it better to enrich our knowledge about this place more? Our goal is to turn this community into the best community in the Little Garden, beat up the Demon Lord, and also return the members of the "no-name" community that has disappeared, lost, or something. Galdo is just a stepping stone for us to show that we, the "no-name" community, aren't some weak communities that can be trampled anytime," Haru said confidently.
"...."
Asagi, Asuka, Yuu, and Izayoi nodded in agreement.
However, Kuro Usagi and Jin were looking at Haru in a daze.
"Yes, yes, that's right! Our community is the best!" Kuro Usagi said excitedly. It had been a while since she had been so excited after her community had been destroyed because of the Demon Lord.
Still, Jin had a complicated expression since he knew that giving the leadership position to Haru was the best thing for the community. However, it also told him that he was an incompetent leader, which made him sad somehow.
"By the way, Izayoi."
"What?" Izayoi was quite obedient since he realized the difference of power between him and Haru. He also had become a normal person, without any power, and also realized his position, so he didn't have much of a complaint, especially when it was so fun to follow Haru.
"I'll give your power back." Haru then snapped his fingers, and Izayoi could feel his power return, which made him stunned.
"...Why?" Izayoi asked with some confusion.
"It isn't like you can beat me anyway, and it is better if you have the power to protect yourself since I don't have a hobby to protect a man," Haru said calmly.
"..." Izayoi stared at Haru for a while before he laughed. "Well, don't regret it since I will defeat you in the future."
"If possible, then just do it," Haru replied in a perfunctory manner as he read the book. He had copied Izayoi's power anyway, so as Izayoi progressed with his power, he also had progressed with Izayoi's power, or rather, he felt that he would become stronger by using Izayoi's power.
Izayoi's lips twitched, watching Haru, who was reading a book speechlessly, but he didn't say anything since whatever he would say after this was just nonsense and bragging, so he could only show this through his action in the future, not now since right now, Haru was stronger than him.
"Let's prepare. They have come," Haru suddenly said, and it made everyone become tense since they knew that their enemies had come to kidnap the children.
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A group of people with dark clothes walked into the area of the "no-name" community, and as Haru had expected, they were Galdo's subordinates that had been ordered by Galdo to kidnap the children from the "no-name" community so Galdo could threaten them in the Gift Game.
The expression of the group in the dark clothes was complex, even though it wasn't their first time to do this. However, no matter what they had done, they still felt uncomfortable. The only comfort that they knew was that they knew Galdo wouldn't do anything to a group of children and women. Deep inside, they had a feeling that Galdo was lying, but they might try to blind themselves with a little hope that they couldn't see, but before they could do anything, suddenly...
*BOOOOM!*
"Wh --?!"
"ARRGGG!!!"
The sudden explosion startled them, and some of them were directly hurt, having some wounds and some broken bones on their bodies, but some of them were alright, and they quickly checked their colleagues that were hurt.
"Hey, are you alright?"
"Oh, what a merry party we have here?"
"!!!"
The group of people gulped, and then they saw a group of people that walked in their direction. They felt that their bodies were trembling all of a sudden, and at the same time, they knew that this group of people was powerful. They didn't need to guess and knew that their plan had failed, but at the same time, there was hope in their hearts.
Some people who didn't get hurt directly bowed their heads and pressed their heads to the ground directly.
"Please forgive us! We know that our requests are shameless, but we hope that you can destroy every last piece of Galdo's community, Fores Garo!"
Some people who were hurt also forced themselves to bow down and plea themselves.
Haru didn't say anything, but he observed the expression of everyone.
Asagi, Asuka, Yuu, Kuro Usagi, and Izayoi were alright, but Jin showed empathy toward those guys, which made Haru shake his head, thinking that Jin really wasn't suitable to become a leader.
The group of people wanted to kidnap a group of children, and those group of children might be killed by Galdo's group, but Jin's expression seemed sorry, and Jin seemed to be able to forgive them anytime.
"You're really a group of shameless people. Don't you remember that you're coming to kidnap the children in our community? Are you sure you have a face to ask us such a request?" Haru asked with a frown.
"But... but we don't have power! All of the children and women in our community have been kidnapped, and we can't do anything against Galdo!"
"If that's the case, then I have to tell you that all of those children and women have died already," Haru said.
"......" The group of people who wanted to kidnap the children in the "no-name" community was in a daze when they heard Haru's words.
"What do you expect from a man like Galdo? Do you expect him to keep the children and take care of them? Do you think that Galdo is a good nanny?" Haru told the truth without hesitation.
"No - No way..."
Their faces were pale when they heard Haru's words.
"Go back. Don't stay here any longer, or you will lose your life," Haru said coldly and directly gave them pressure.
They felt that their bodies were trembling and what they wanted to do was to escape from this place as soon as possible.
"Let's go back," Haru said.
Izayoi and Asagi didn't say much and followed Haru, but even though Yuu, Asagi, Kuro Usagi, and Jin didn't say anything at this moment, they felt sorry for the people. In front of them and thought that Haru was cold, however...
As he turned his body, Haru said, "Still, whether it is Galdo or the Demon Lord that has caused all of this, I, Kasugano Haruka, will destroy all of them."
Hearing Haru's words, the group of people that wanted to kidnap the children in the "no-name" community was stunned before they bowed their heads again at Haru and walked away.
Looking at the group of people that walked away, Yuu, Asuka, and Kuro Usagi then turned their heads toward Haru with a smile, thinking that this guy was gentle.
Asuka looked at Haru for a moment and then realized something. "Ah, you're a tsundere, right, Haru?"
"..." Haru's lips twitched, and he said, "What do you mean by that? I'm your leader, you know? Do you think that it is okay to make fun of me like this?"
"What are you shy about?" Asuka poked Haru's cheek directly. "You have decided to help them from the beginning, right? But you're just shy to tell them how cute!"
"How cute." Yuu nodded.
"Ah, I see, this is what tsundere that Asagi-sama has explained, right?" Kuro Usagi said with a smile.
"...."
Haru looked at Asagi, who was just smiling at him with a sigh. "How about you all sleep first since you have to prepare for tomorrow's Gift Game, right?"
"Come on, don't be shy, alright?"
They laughed and continued to tease Haru and thought that their leader was too cute, right?