Chapter 36: Being hugged by an old geezer will only make me sweat


    Luke-sama, please, let us help as well!


    It was totally possible that the former bandits were just lying to me so that they could escape, but each of them looked dead serious.


    Compare that to their eyes devoid of any will to live


    In any case, I used my viger appraisal on them. Much to my surprise, each of them had an [Ultra-high] vige bond level.


    Do not worry, Luke-sama. All of them are now faithful servants of the gods. What they uttered was no falsehood; it was their honest desire.


    Oh, Millia. Just what did you do to them to change them this much in such a short amount of time?


    Granny was amazing, but Millia was as well.


    After she began worship meetings in the church, more and more vigers had a vige bond level of [Ultra-high]. At present, such was the case for the majority of the vigers.


    Apparently, even for the former bandits.


    Its all the work of the gods.


    O-okay


    Before I knew it, Millia had be a devout priest.


    Her eyes were so full of veneration. It even looked like she was gazing at the face of a god<em>wait, why are you looking at my direction? Im just overthinking this, right?</em>


    At any rate, I decided to allow the former bandits go with the hunting team in their mission to bring to the vige the ones left behind.


    Obviously, making all of the people who hadbat-type Gifts go at once would leave the vige vulnerable, so I asked Balrath-san to stay behind.


    A few days after they departed, the hunting team was back.


    Father!


    Oh! Balrath, Belrith! Thank the heavens youre alive!


    Thats our line!


    The brothers were so delighted by their reunion with their father.


    <em>So thats the vige chief of their former vige. Im d to see hes safe.</em>


    Such emotional reunions were happening throughout the vige.


    When they parted with each other, they perhaps prepared themselves to never see the other party again. So, it was only natural they would be ovee with joy right now.


    What, youre still alive? I thought for sure you were dead already.


    Ooh, Granny! Youre safe!


    Oi, dont cling on to me. Being hugged by an old geezer will only make me sweat.


    Granny, the one serving as our torturer, apparently had a husband. Moreover, this husband of hers seemed so gentle. Unlike her


    I would like to say the vigers families were whole again, but that just couldnt be the case for most of them. After all, the ones conscripted away still werent back.


    Just in case theye back to the viges, Selen and her group left notes telling them toe here.


    Its all well and goodbut arent there too many of them?


    I heard that all the elderly from the four vigesbined were at most 50 people.


    However, after a cursory count, it felt like there were 4 times that number. Moreover, there were many young people among them.


    We encountered refugees along the way and decided to bring them here too.


    Oh, okay. Great job, Selenhuh? Why are the ones there tied though?


    For some reason, a group in the back was tied up with rope. There were about 30 of them.


    When I looked at them, they looked <em>rough</em>, almost ruffian-like.


    Theyre bandits. They attacked us, so we fought back. Most of them are actually the bandits we failed to capture the other day.


    Apparently, most of these newly captured ones were formerly part of the bandit group that attacked our vige. They made a new group, but were still set on the ways of banditry.


    When I looked at the tied-up bandits again, I saw the rehabilitated ones talking with them.


    Oi, you guys better be grateful! Even though youre bandits, you get the chance to enter this vige ruled by Luke-sama!


    What happened to you all? Its like yourepletely different people!


    Weve been enlightened, is all. To the greatness of Luke-sama!


    Did theydid they brainwash you!?


    Haha! Brainwash? If understanding the greatness of Luke-sama is being brainwashed, Id happily be brainwashed over and over again.


    These guys really are


    Dont worry. Soon, you too will understand.


    No, no, please, no.


    The tied-up bandits became so terrified.


    <em>What could they have been talking about though? At any rate, we should send these bandits to jail.</em>


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