A Former Police Officer Who Died And Get A Second Life!-Chapter 178: Grandpa’s Attack

"I’ll do my best!" he said, even flexing his arm as if showing off a muscle.

"So in the end, diet is the most important thing," Qiong Xing said thoughtfully. "I can’t eat very large portions, but... I’ll do his best!"

Hearing that, Albe and the others suddenly felt extremely tired.

"Good luck with that," they said with forced smiles.

After saying goodbye to Katarina and Sarin, they finally left the guild.

But...

"I’ve been waiting for you!"

"...Ah."

"...Oh."

They had completely forgotten.

Because of Qiong Xing’s long discussion about muscles, they had forgotten the original reason they came to the guild.

Now that they were already mentally exhausted, they really didn’t need another headache.

"Just go home already," Albe said bluntly. "You’re in the way."

"You bastard! How dare you speak to me like that!" the man shouted angrily.

So annoying.

Could you just explode and die right now?

Albe silently wished the man would hurry up and disappear forever.

While Albe was thinking that, someone gently tapped his shoulder.

"...What?"

When Albe turned around, he saw Qiong Xing smiling brightly.

"I knows a very special magic phrase," he said.

"A special... magic phrase?"

Albe frowned.

It was true that Albe had taught Qiong Xing a few spells before and since Qiong Xing was good at adapting things creatively, it might actually be possible.

But something felt strange.

Qiong Xing usually didn’t even need to chant spells. Yet this time he specifically said magic phrase, not magic itself.

"What’s that supposed to mean?" Albe asked.

Instead of answering directly, Qiong Xing opened the guild door they had just walked out of.

Then he called loudly inside.

"Grandpaaa! There’s a suspicious person here!"

"—Where is the scoundrel who dared touch my grandchild?!"

Only a few seconds later, Sarin came rushing out.

And then he immediately jumped into the air...

"Huh? What is it—ghaaah!"

"..."

"...My, my."

It was a perfectly executed flying kick.

Wait a second.

No, wait.

Albe’s mind could not keep up with what had just happened right in front of him.

The person responsible for it stood beside him while looking only mildly troubled as he said, "Well, this is a bit of a problem."

"You think someone like you can lay a hand on my grandchild?! You’re a hundred years too early for that!"

...Wait.

Who was this person?

And why was the person next to him smiling happily?

"What you’re seeing now is probably Sarin’s real personality," Qiong Xing said.

That’s his real personality?

If that was true, Albe wished he had never seen it.

Albe knew he himself could be a bit strange sometimes, but he had always thought Sarin was a capable person, even if his words and actions were occasionally questionable.

Seeing Sarin shout with such a rough and aggressive attitude was not something Albe had expected.

"You’re not scared?" Albe asked.

"Of Sarin?" Qiong Xing replied. "No, not really. Actually, when I first met him, even though he was smiling, he felt a bit suspicious."

"...Yeah," Albe said.

He had felt the same thing.

"After all, Sarin used to be an adventurer," Qiong Xing continued. "There’s no way he originally spoke so politely like that. Katarina is the same, right?"

That was true.

For a woman, Katarina’s speech and behavior were... rather rough.

"Besides," Qiong Xing said calmly, "he’s acting like that because he cares about us. So instead of feeling scared, I finds it reassuring."

"Really?! Then from now on I’ll just talk like this all the time—"

"But Lian might copy you," Qiong Xing added calmly. "So please hold back when you’re around her."

"...Yes."

It seemed that even Sarin could not win against his grandchild.

"Th-Then at least... um... maybe the way you call me... maybe you could..."

Please don’t fidget like that.

He was an old man, after all.

"Grandpa?" Qiong Xing asked. "But I is technically still an adventurer. Wouldn’t calling you that in public be inappropriate?"

Calling himself "technically" an adventurer was questionable, but Qiong Xing had a point.

Sarin was still the guild’s vice–guild master.

Calling him Grandpa openly might not be appropriate.

"It’s fine!" Sarin said quickly. "No one here would complain. In fact, they’d probably be happy it finally happened!"

Wait, what?

What kind of guild is this?

"I see," Qiong Xing said. "Understood."

Understood what?!

Even though Sarin’s words had absolutely no convincing power, Qiong Xing somehow seemed satisfied.

Albe had been silently making comments in his head this whole time, and now he was completely exhausted.

The only thing keeping him calm was Lian who was sleeping peacefully in his arms.

"Hehehehe... hehehehehe..."

This was bad.

Sarin had completely broken.

Perhaps he was just too happy.

He stood there with his foot pressing down on the man who had fallen to the ground,

While laughing in a strange and creepy way.

...Scary.

Way too scary.

"Anyway, thank you for helping us," Qiong Xing said politely. "Next time we will come visit again and bring Lian with us, Grandpa."

"I’ll be waiting anytime!" Sarin replied happily.

"..."

At this point, Albe no longer cared about anything.

He just wanted to go home as soon as possible.

"Hey, wait! Don’t forget about me—ugh!"

Ah, this idiot.

Albe watched the man being stomped on repeatedly by Sarin and thought he was an idiot.

He felt no sympathy at all.

It was the man’s fault for trying to lay a hand on Qiong Xing.

"Please... don’t overdo it," Qiong Xing said gently.

Who was he talking to?

"As I said earlier, it would be terrible if you got injured."

Ah.

So he was talking to Sarin.

"Thank you," Sarin replied proudly. "But I train regularly too. Something like this is nothing for me. You two can go home without worrying—"

"Waaaait a minute!"

Ah.

At this rate, when would they ever get to go home?

Having reached the point of complete resignation, Albe looked down at Lian, his only source of comfort.

Even in the middle of all this chaos, she was sleeping peacefully.