A Former Police Officer Who Died And Get A Second Life!-Chapter 173: A Visit to Naz

"Did something happen?" Qiong Xing asked.

Since Katarina, the guild master herself, was planning to go personally, Qiong Xing became worried that something might have happened to Naz.

"There’s nothing to worry about. I usually go there regularly anyway. Normally I go by myself—"

"It just happened to be today! Just today my work was finished and I had some free time," Sarin quickly interrupted. "And besides, carrying the baby the whole time must be inconvenient for you, right? I’ll help, so it’s fine."

He tried to make it sound reasonable, but his eyes kept wandering and Sarin was grinning beside him.

It was obvious that he simply didn’t want to be separated from Lian.

In that case...

"Well then, I’ll accept your help. My arms are getting tired, so could you hold her for a while?"

Since the baby wasn’t crying, it should be fine.

Qiong Xing gently handed Lian over to Katarina.

She looked nervous, but she still held the baby carefully.

When Qiong Xing looked to the side to say, "Let’s go then," he noticed two people staring intently at Katarina holding Lian.

"...You can ask Katarina to let you hold her later. Albe, you can have a turn on the way back."

They didn’t have to look so jealous.

If they just asked, Qiong Xing would let them hold her anytime.

Of course, that would only change if Lian disliked it. But she wasn’t crying even though she wasn’t smiling either, so it seemed safe to let others hold her.

"Still, it’s impressive that the three of you managed to come here together," Katarina said. "Didn’t he object?"

"Her father didn’t mind, but the other two were against it," Qiong Xing replied. "They were being too noisy, so I threw them."

"...Threw? Wait... what?" Katarina said in confusion.

When Qiong Xing looked at Albe and said, "Right?" Albe quietly looked away.

Why?

"It’s fine. They landed properly," Qiong Xing added.

"No, that’s not the point," Katarina said.

Qiong Xing had only meant to say that everything was fine, but Katarina said that wasn’t what she was talking about.

Then what did she mean?

"Never mind. It’s nothing. Really nothing."

Albe nodded and agreed that it was nothing, but Qiong Xing tilted his head in confusion.

Still, if they said it was fine, then there was probably no problem.

So he decided not to worry about it.

As they walked, Qiong Xing asked about recent events.

It seemed that Brat had been coming to the guild from time to time to accept requests on his own.

Brat had contacted them just before Lian was born, so Qiong Xing hadn’t been too worried and assumed everything was going well.

Maybe I should contact him again soon.

"How is Naz doing?" Qiong Xing asked.

"Everything is going well," Katarina replied. "Because it’s unusual, tastes good, and is rare, people seem to like it quite a lot."

That was good to hear.

Even though it had been Qiong Xing’s idea, the ones actually making it happen were Joa, Katarina, and Naz.

There was not much Qiong Xing himself could do.

He had been worried about whether it would succeed, so hearing that things were going smoothly made him feel relieved.

"I sometimes get a share too, and it’s really delicious," Sarin added. "...Katarina, it’s about time you switch with me—"

"Looks like we’ve arrived already. Come on, hurry up and go inside," Katarina said.

"Katarina, you’re so mean!"

In the end, Sarin never got the chance to hold Lian.

He walked inside while crying.

...There was really no need to cry.

Was his emotional state unstable because of his age?

"That man... was he always like that?" Albe asked, clearly confused by Sarin’s strange behavior.

"Well... maybe a little... no, actually quite a lot. His emotions have become much stronger," Qiong Xing said. "It might take us a little more time to get used to it."

But if that meant Sarin felt comfortable enough around them to show his true feelings, then they would simply have to get used to it.

Qiong Xing and Albe nodded to each other in agreement.

"It’s been a while. The baby was born safely."

Naz was surprised when he saw Qiong Xing standing there.

First, he was shocked that the large belly Qiong Xing had before was now completely gone.

Then he noticed the guild master and the others behind him and was surprised again and finally, he realized that there was a baby in their arms.

The shock was so overwhelming that Naz panicked and let out a strange shout. Then, leaving Qiong Xing and the others standing there, he ran off to call his uncle.

"U-Unc—unc—Uncle! Uncle! Uncle! Uncle!"

He was so flustered that he even stumbled over his words.

"What’s wrong with you? Why are you in such a panic?" Duzy asked as he stepped out of the room, suspicious of the sudden commotion.

But Naz did not know how to explain what was happening.

It would be faster if Duzy just saw it himself.

Without saying a word, Naz grabbed him and started dragging him along.

"Hey! What’s going on?" Duzy complained.

But when Naz pulled him over to where the visitors were standing, Duzy froze the moment he saw them.

"...Welcome. What brings you here today?"

Seeing the guild master and the vice-guild master, Duzy quickly came back to his senses and lowered his head respectfully.

Naz suddenly realized, Wait, I haven’t greeted them either! and he hurriedly bowed as well.

"Oh, don’t worry about it," Katarina said. "We just came because we had the chance. The real reason for today’s visit is this one."

When she said "this one," everyone looked at Qiong Xing.

Qiong Xing was smiling brightly while watching them.

"I’m glad to see you’re doing well."

From the way Naz had run off earlier, it was clear enough that he was doing just fine.

"Y-Yes! Ah, no, I mean—uh... yeah. I’m doing well," Naz said nervously.