Tibaut ran back to the building for his clothes and lamented the fact he only had one good shirt left.

"Tsk, dammit, most of these aren't even worth wearing anymore."

He took only the pants and quickly left the building.

He met up with the others and they entered the carriage.

Tina and Elizabeth sat on one side while Jake and Tibaut were on the other.

"So Elizabeth, you said those guys were related to the cult?" Tina asked.

"Yes, but their relationship seemed distant," Elizabeth responded. "In the Lord's own words, it seemed there was just a convenient way of getting rid of the women his uncle didn't want."

"Tch, what a gross bastard. Instead of letting them go, he sends them off to those bastards." Tina responded.

"I suppose from a criminal perspective it makes sense." Jake added. "sigh I thought he was someone decent after we fought with him."

"Makes sense? Isn't getting more people involved bad." Tina asked.

"Of course, it would," Elizabeth interjected. "However it would have been far more risky of them to release the women who had probably seen their faces back in the parish."

Tina scoffed in disgust and the carriage fell silent.

As the carriage moved further from the property, a large crowd was gathered down the road. As the carriage passed by them, they shouted all sorts of names at those in it.

"Rapists!"

"Anglia Dogs!"

"Bastards!"

"What have you done to my sister!?!"

The coachman had to duck in the carriage as the people started throwing things at it. Rocks, mud, rotten food, you name it.

"Sorry about that." He said. "Don't worry those horses will know what to do. They'll be a bit slower without my guidance but we shouldn't be around for too long."

He looked around for a cloth and began wiping off the things that had been thrown on him.

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"They sure do know how to treat their hero." Tina sarcastically remarked. "It's people like them that cause adventurers to stop caring for the common person."

"Don't be like-"

"Don't be like-"

Both Jake and Tibaut had responded with the same three words but paused when they heard the other. Jake stared at Tibaut and told him to go ahead.

"Come on Tina, don't you think you're being a bit unfair? Those people are just angry about the whole situation."

"Angry enough that they'd blame us for what that noble did? They should be grateful I don't go out there and beat their asses."

"Oh, are you saying you'd do something like that under my watch?" Elizabeth questioned.

"..." Tina froze up.

The silence continued in the carriage until they had passed the mob of angry people outside the manor.

They had now reached the main road that originally split between the manor and the town.

"Hey Tina, would you say you know Mr. Bentley the best out of everyone here?" Tibaut asked.

"Hmm, not really, don't you visit him more Elizabeth?" she asked.

"I do but you've probably seen him in a casual setting more often than I."

"Trust me, he's the same there as he is at the branch building," Tina said. "So what are you asking about, crossdress maid?"

Tibaut decided he wasn't going to acknowledge those last two words.

"(Tsk, did Grace rub off on her?) Do you think Mr. Bentley knew about this?" Tibaut asked.

"Well… I don't think so. It was probably a coincidence."

"Really?" Tibaut responded.

"I mean think about it, if he knew what was going on, he wouldn't have sent us here hoping to stumble on an opportunity."

"But what if he found something suspicious and sent us here to confirm it?"

"Other than the maids, there was nothing immediately suspicious about the guy. Besides the people who live here thought it was the work of those guys you teamed up with him to battle. I firmly believe he sent us here to get some funds to help fight the cult." Tina commented.

"I don't know, I just don't buy it. The noble he sent us to just so happened to be working with the cult at the exact time we decided to fight against them?"

"Rest assured, this topic is one of the first I'll ask him as soon as we return to the parish," Elizabeth stated.

The carriage continued going along. Through the course of two days, the four eventually returned back to town. Three women were waiting for Jake in town and he left with them back to his house.

("If only they had been there to help him carry his stuff back when they were rushing to the carriage.") Tibaut mused.

Elizabeth stayed in town to go report what happened to Mr. Bentley while the pair of Tibaut and Tina headed home.

As they walked through the forest around the mansion, they encountered Lucky.

"It's the mutt." Tina blankly said.

After saying this, the wolf walked directly over to Tibaut and began rubbing against his leg.

"What, mad I'm right you little bastard?" Tina responded.

Lucky made his thoughts clear to her when he left a nice steaming pile in front of her.

"I think this is the first I've ever seen a wolf be so subtle with its animosity," Tibaut remarked. He began rubbing and scratching Lucky's belly much to his joy.

"Hmm…(The fur must be hiding it.)" He looked at Lucky's stomach.

"You gonna keep petting the mutt?" Tina stated.

"You must have a cold heart if you don't want to be doing what I'm currently doing," Tibaut stated as Lucky happily accepted his scratches.

"Whatever," Tina stated as she continued walking along.

"I guess this is enough of this. Come on boy, err, whatever let's go back to the mansion." Tibaut stood up and walked alongside Tina.

After a few more minutes, the mansion was in sight. Sitting by the entrance were two people. One of them was Lily with a bottle of something in her hand and the other was Vanessa, also with a bottle of something in her hand.