watching the scene got rowdy. Just how powerful was his arm strength if he
could lift a full grown man? Everyone present could imagine how powerful he
had to be in order to do that.
The man’s legs kicked vainly as a wave of shouts and gasps came from the
crowd. Ainz gently tossed him away.
But ‘gently’ was relative when it came to Ainz.
The man nearly hit the ceiling as he flew in an arc and heavily hit the ground.
The sound of bodies colliding, something on the table shattering, wood cracking
and the man’s painful howl reverberated within the hall. The tavern was silent as
if they were shocked by the moans. But—
“Hya─────!”
───The woman seated at the table screamed a beat too slow. It was a scream
as if a catastrophe fell from the sky.
No, it was normal to scream like that if a man suddenly fell from the sky, but
something other than surprise was mixed in that scream.
“…So, what do you guys want to do? Can you come at me together to save me
some trouble? Wasting time on this is stupid.”
Ainz taunted the men who shared table with the troublemaker, and his
companions understood the meaning behind these words and lowered their
heads:
“Ah? Ehh! Our friend has offended you! We are very sorry about that!”
“…Okay, I’l forgive you. It didn’t trouble me too much, but make sure to
compensate the owner for the table.”
“Definitely. We wil compensate the full sum.”
When Ainz felt this matter was settled and was planning to leave, someone
stopped him;
“Hey, hey, hey!”
He turned and saw the woman who had screamed miserably approaching him
unceremoniously.
She was about 20 years old or younger, her messy hair trimmed short for easy
movement. No matter how you put it, her hair was untidy. Frankly speaking, it
looked like a bird-nest.
Her features weren’t bad, her eyes were sharp, she didn’t wear makeup and her
skin was wheat colored after long exposure to the sun. Her arms had solid
muscles and her hand was full of calluses from wielding a sword. The first
impression that came to mind wasn’t ‘woman’ but ‘warrior’.
A necklace with a iron medal hung above her chest, swaying violently as she
walked.
“Look at what you have done!”
“What is the matter?”
“Huh? You don’t even know what you did?”
The woman pointed to the broken table.
“Because you threw that man there, my potion, my precious potion broke!”
“It is just a potion…”
“…I didn’t even eat in order to save the money for it. I just bought that potion
today, but you broke it! No matter how dangerous an adventure is, that potion
would’ve kept me safe. But you have shattered this pious hope of mine and stil
show me such an attitude? This is infuriating.”
The woman took another step closer to Ainz.
Standing before him was a raging bull, glaring at him with bloodshot eyes.
Ainz held back his sigh. It was his fault for tossing the man without thinking
about where he would land, but Ainz had his reasons as well, so he wouldn’t
compensate her so easily:
“…How about getting your money from that man? If he didn’t stretch out his
short leg, this tragedy wouldn’t have happened, isn’t that right?”
Ainz glared at that man’s companion through his slit visor.
“Ah, that’s true…”
“But…”
“Never mind, it doesn’t matter who, just compensate me for the potion… the
price was 1 gold and 10 silver coins.”
The men lowered their heads; it didn’t look like they were able to pay the money.
Thus the woman looked at Ainz again:
“As expected. Of course they won't have any money, considering the way
they're drinking. With such a flashy armor, you must have some potions, right?"
Ainz understood why the woman was asking him for compensation. This was a
rather difficult case.
After thinking for a while, Ainz braced himself and asked:
“I do have some… but that was recovery potion correct?”
“That’s right. I worked for every drop–“
“—Yes, yes, you don’t need to say it. I’l compensate you with a potion and settle
the issue.”
Ainz took out a low grade potion and gave it to the woman. The woman looked
at the potion with a strange expression and received it reluctantly.
“… Are we even now?”
“Yeah, everything is good.”
The woman sounded like she had something to say, but Ainz ignored the doubt
in his heart. More importantly, he was worried about Narberal starting a big
ruckus.
Even with Ainz warning her, Narberal eyes stil looked sharp. A few people felt
uneasy after sensing her murderous looks.
“Let’s go.”
Ainz told Narberal with a tone signaling restraint and went to the tavern owner.
He took out a leather purse, picked up a silver coin and placed it in the owner’s
rough hand.
The owner silently put the silver into his pocket and grabbed a few copper coins.
“Here are 6 copper coins as change.”
He put the copper coins in Ainz gauntlet wearing hand and placed a small key
on the counter:
“The first room on the right, up the stairs, you can store your luggage in the
chest behind the bed. You don’t need me to remind you not to approach the
rooms of others carelessly. It would be troublesome if a misunderstanding
occurs, but that’s not a bad way to get others to know you. You look like you can
