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Chapter 10 - Chapter 10

As agreed, I don't use my rune power to remove the contract entirely. Instead I rewrite the contract itself with its own magic power but replace the letters with my runes and my rules. The only thing that stays intact is the detection alert for the person mentioned in the contract.

Finished with remodeling the entire thing I activate the magic again.

"How do you feel, Myrna?"

"Better," she grins.

Slowly she opens her fist as if she has awakened from a deep slumber and turns to me.

I am completely surprised by what I see and can't stop being astonished. Her ears are now longer, slighty looking through her hair and her fangs are sharper than before. It's like her entire appearance changed more towards an cute but dangerous animal.

"Beautiful," I stutter.

She was already beautiful back then in the carriage but this beats it by another level even though the shy aspect of her is gone. The grin alone shows her confidence is back, at least for a moment. However, after only a second tears form in her beautiful eyes.

"Thanks to Ryuu my originaA features are back, too." she sobs and hugs me. "Thank you."

To hide her tears, I hug her tightly and stroke her hair.

"What do we have here? A lovey-dovey pair in a dark alley?"

"Hey bro, what don't you let us have some fun with your little girl, huh?"

"Ryuu...it's them," Myrna whispers.

"Them? You mean the ambushers from yesterday?"

"Yes. I recognize this voice."

I'm surprised by the fact that criminals like them can roam the city freely. They are too far away for me to see them, but I trust Myrna's instinct, even more after we removed the limitations.

'Does that mean, that those criminals are residents of Tovol?'

"Hey you dumbass! Are you deaf?" a man screams and grabs a knife.

"Please let me take care of them as a sign of gratitude," Myrna suggests.

"Fine," I sigh. "But alive, understood?"

"I knoooow." she said pouting.

Last time we didn't check these guys' levels and skills but based on how they acted back then they are probably just slightly above the average level of Tovol's residents. Otherwise they wouldn't need groups to ambush people.

"Oh that fox girl is turning herself in on her own?"

Midwalking Myrna starts running and reaches the first guy before even one of us can react. Her punch hits hard and causes the first one to fall down on his knees.

"You Bi..."

Before the second could finish his sentence, Myrna already stays behind him and knocks him down as well.

"Scum!" she spits.

"I give up!" the third member screams and raises his arms. "Please don't hurt me."

"Oh we have something better," I grin as I walk over to them.

Unfortunately we don't have ropes, so we let these guys walk before us and go straight for the adventurer guild. Now that Myrna's condition is lifted, there should be no problem joining the guild's ranks.

Luckily it seems the criminals understand their situation since no one tried to escape so far.

With me at the front we enter the guild's building again. This time, however the people's attention towards us stay much longer than the first time and I guess those 'Beaten to bulp' guys are the reason.

"Ryuu, right? Who are these people?" Irene asks.

"Oh, hello, Miss Irene." I answer. "You know, we just got Myrna's condition lifted when those criminals tried to ambush us in a valley."

"Is that correct?" she asks them with a piercing gaze.

"Ye... yes ma'am..."

"I understand. Thanks for turning them in."

"It's not all I have to report though," I add. "They are the same people who tried to ambush us yesterday evening, before entering Tovol."

With that, I stir up some commotion. Many adventurers stopped what they did and now gather around us with fierce gazes.

"Those bastards are involved in the ambushes outside of Tovol then, right?"

It seems like everyone is interested in knowing that.

"That I can't say," I reply. "I can only report what I know and that I did. However, it is possible that they are involved."

"Please calm down, everyone," Irene interjects. "The guild will investigate it thoroughly and punish them based on their deeds."

I almost expected that much of her. She has a good grip on the people here even though they are probably stronger.

"Take those guys to the interrogation room." she commands. "Also, Ryuu and Myrna, please come with me, would you?"

With the turmoil going down, the other adventurers go back to their tasks from before. Some of them take the criminals away to a different room in the guild.

Myrna and I on the other side follow Irene to a stair which leads to a second floor.

"Please wait here for a moment," she says and goes up.

"I guess we will be in trouble," I whisper.

"Why? We didn't do anything wrong, did we?"

"You know that and I, too. But looking at it objectively, a lvl 1 guy and a restricted lvl 20 demi-humans with lvl 1 like stats come back after and hour, with the restrictions limited and three criminals? And those criminals are probably involved into the ambush crimes around the city? Even I would be suspicious if I wasn't part of the group."

"Hmph. Still... that's what we got for our work..." she grumbles.

Since her origins features came back she is a little more rough around the edges, but it's fine. At least I'm not the one troubled by it.

"Maybe. Maybe I'm completely wrong. After all, it's just a guess. But even if it's the case... please don't cause any trouble, okay?"

"I would never!" she exclaims and hugs me again.

'Now that she isn't shy anymore, she's also more touchy, huh?'

At first it felt unusual, but with each hug I get used to it more and more. It's not like I plan a romance or something like that. In the end my real ages is a decade higher than her's. But being admired does feel good indeed.

"Sorry for the waiting, you two." Irene calls. "You may enter now. The guild master awaits you."

With Myrna in my arms we walk upstairs where we see a big, closed door. Irene is standing right next to the door, waiting for us to enter.

"The guild head is waiting inside for you."

I take a deep breath and together we enter through the bug door. Miss Irene stays right behind us and closes the door after all of us entered.

"Those are the two, that took down the three criminals just one hour after leaving the guild hall?"

"Yes, Master. We found a stat limiting restriction on the girl. Only one hour after leaving to take care of the condition, they returned with those three criminals."