Me, a priest? How could that be!

Chapter 183 Sleeping Red Tea

"Chris, Chris!!"

"—Charlotte, why are you in such a panic?"

"Found it!!"

"Um?"

Charlotte, running back to the inn, saw Chris chatting and laughing with Wiz on the sofa. He grabbed the thief girl's shoulder and asked urgently, "Chris, was anyone seen before you came here? Have you seen anyone here besides me?"

"W-What's wrong? I don't understand what you mean. By the way, do Aqua-senpai and Darkness count?" Chris asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Mr. Charlotte, please calm down," Wiz advised him.

Charlotte said anxiously, "Never mind that, just answer me, Chris, please!"

"Um—I don't quite remember. Did the waiter come this morning? What happened? I haven't seen him at this restaurant before."

"Oh, right! By the way, Wiz, I have a favor to ask you. Could you please help me hide Chris for now?"

"Miss Chris?"

"Wait a minute, why are you hiding it? Charlotte, you're being weird."

The two were somewhat puzzled.

Charlotte scratched her head in frustration and said, "It's a long story, but to put it simply, Chris, you have a bounty."

"—Huh!!!?"

"That smuggler who got caught used my name to post a quest—capture Chris and you'll get a 5000 million reward. Right now, all the adventurers in town are eyeing you like crazy. But this quest has a time limit; it cancels at 6 PM—exactly 6 hours later. So if you figure something out now, you can stall for time!"

"5000 million — Haha, suddenly it's worth so much!"

Chris smirked.

Even she herself was tempted by this money, let alone the adventurers, who might go crazy for it.

Wiz stammered, "This...this is really bad, 5000 million—"

"Charlotte, what's wrong with you? To be honest, this is really bothering me," Chris couldn't help but complain.

"I'm also very troubled! How can I possibly accept that my friend is suddenly wanted by the police? Damn it!" Charlotte said through gritted teeth.

I never expected that guy to be plotting against people here.

"Um—Miss Chris, Mr. Charlotte?" Wiz approached with a cup of black tea and said, "If you don't mind, how about a cup of black tea? Before I knew it, I'd made tea—"

The two remained unmoved, simply watching Wiz silently. It must be said that the simple-minded lich girl was really not good at lying, especially in this situation. Wouldn't it be a sign that something was wrong to inexplicably bring her red tea?

"Wh ...

"Wiz, you can drink that tea yourself."

"This, this—that—"

Wiz panicked when Charlotte said that, and under Chris's questioning gaze, she immediately apologized.

"I'm so sorry! I was completely bewitched and wanted to drug him without even realizing it. Please forgive me!"

Then, Wiz ran out of the room.

I knew it would be like this.

Charlotte couldn't help but complain.

It's all Aqua's fault. Ever since Wiz killed the Poisonous Slime Hans, she's been constantly tempting him, making the Lich Girl inexplicably obsessed with money. And 5000 million is enough to make Wiz bend over backwards.

After Wiz ran out, Chris looked at Charlotte again and said, "So, can you explain why this commotion happened?"

"It's all that smuggler's fault! — Although I really want to pin all the blame on him, now is not the time to talk about that. I'll have a good talk with him after this is all over."

"well----"

Seeing Charlotte's gritted teeth, Chris understood that he hadn't done it on purpose, but rather it was a trick by the smuggler.

I thought about it.

"The mission is to capture me, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Does this have anything to do with you following me?"

"—You found out!?"

"Your tracking is terrible. If you don't want to be exposed, you should at least use stealth skills."

"No, doing that would feel like a crime, and besides, I'm a high priest, not a thief. I don't have any stealth skills."

"—It's surprising that Charlotte has this kind of understanding too."

"I've always considered myself a person of conscience!"

"Um?"

Don't be like that. The disbelieving look in your eyes is practically saying that I'm just as much of a scumbag as Kazuma Sato.

He's supposed to be a high priest, a priest, for goodness' sake! This is outrageous!

Charlotte begged for mercy repeatedly.

"Don't do that! Aqua and the others are alright, but if they were criticized by someone with a real conscience, they would be hurt from the bottom of their hearts."

"So what do you want to do by following me?"

"Look, Chris, didn't you say you were going to protect the treasure? But you didn't do anything. Then, when I saw you heading towards the headquarters of the Church of Eris, I thought you had some kind of secret with the higher-ups of the Church of Eris, so—"

He actually wanted to know if the higher-ups in the Church of Eris knew Chris's identity, just like the old man.

If they knew, they might be able to obtain some confidential information through Chris—that's what Charlotte and...

Darkness's suggestion was a backup plan.

Unfortunately, it wasn't used.

"I just wanted to sneak in and investigate a little, there's nothing to hide."

"real?"

"real."

"Yes, I believe you."

Since Chris had said so, Charlotte couldn't press the matter any further.

"So what should we do next?" Chris asked. "We can't just do nothing, it's not safe to stay in the hotel."

"We'll think about that later. First and foremost, let's focus on escaping!"

"Can't I tell Kazuma and Darkness about this and have them hide me?"

"Chris, calm down and think about it. Can you believe those guys aren't blinded by money? Even Wiz, the epitome of a nice guy, was willing to drug us for 5000 million."

The two looked at the lich girl who was hiding in the room, spying on them.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry! I can easily lose my mind, please forgive me—waaaaaah—"

She apologized repeatedly.

They look rather pitiful.

Chris sighed, "Let's put that aside for now. Thinking about it, there's no one in this town we can trust right now."

"Yes, apart from each other."

"Do you mean I can trust you?"

"Of course! If I had to choose one person in this world, it would only be you, Chris. You're the person I trust the most! After all—you're my first adventure partner!"

"I see—"

It's only natural that Charlotte would trust Chris. She was not only the savior who saved her life, but also the benefactor who introduced her to the old man. It would be impossible not to trust her, right?

"Therefore, I will definitely protect Chris!"

"Protect what? Are you going to protect me?"

"Ah, this happened because of my mistake that Chris was wrongly accused and wanted. I have to take responsibility."

"Hey, that's a surprise. I didn't expect you to be so responsible."

"Ultimately, it's all my fault."

"Hehe, then I'll look forward to it."

Chris seems to be in a better mood.

It was at this moment that a commotion suddenly broke out outside the hotel.

"Hurry, hurry!"

"They're right here, hurry and go find them!"

"Don't let them get away!"

A large group of adventurers was approaching, and Charlotte, looking down at the crowd from the second floor of the inn, clicked her tongue in frustration, "This is bad! We've been discovered! Chris, run!"

"Ah, Mr. Charlotte, Miss Chris, please escape through the window!"

"Thanks, Wiz. I'll go shopping with you when we get back!"

"Haha, the atmosphere seems to be getting lively."

With Wiz seeing them off, Charlotte grabbed Chris's wrist and fled out the window.

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