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34. Circumstance collection?

The man who had been trying to hit me looked back slowly. Then I was surprised at the same time that I saw the man behind me.

"Mr. Helga?

When I whined so small, the man who turned to Mr. Helga freaked out. Oh, maybe you were surprised because I knew about Mr. Helga? and it looks like Helga asked me about the conversation earlier with that in mind, and this idiot may be done... If what you just said about the guards is true, right?

"... you didn't forget I said I'd make you stop next time you had a problem, did you?

The story about that guard was true...

"Yes, sir"

"So what did you just say?

"Well, that's because this woman lies..."

And he said, and he looked at me. Then Mr. Helga realized about me.

"Miss Lena?

"Yes."

"Huh?"

Then a man looked at me and Mr. Helga with a surprise voice. And then he got a little pale. Apparently, you may have realized that my walk was bad when you found out that I and Mr. Helga knew each other. But Mr. Helga came to talk to me after seeing what was going on around me without realizing how such a man was.

"... could it be the same as before?

"Yes."

"Is that lady okay?

"Ah!"

When Mr. Helga asked me about it and I remembered that I was dealing with the men and forgot about Mr. Elena, I was in the same position as before when I looked for Mr. Elena. I approached Mr. Elena with a little relief about that.

"Mr. Elena, are you okay?

"Yeah, yeah.... Um, is Lena okay too?

Then Mr. Elena came to me looking at my hand and saying that.

"That's all right. It'll heal soon."

"But you're bleeding, aren't you?

"Because you don't have to worry so much"

Even when I said that, Mr. Elena seemed unhappy, but she seemed to be doing better than she thought.

"... so you can tell me what happened?

Yes, Mr. Helga asked me, so I explained what happened by the time Mr. Helga arrived.

I happen to discover that Mr. Elena was acting with Aldine. That I waited to get into the alley and help when I realized I was being poked at a knife when I tailed it. That this is what happened when it became a battle. I was about to be caught by a guard who came after me by mistake, and when I said no, he threatened me. Then I told him that Mr. Helga was here.