I, a Holy-Attributed Healer, Am Surrounded by Beautiful, Big-Breasted Women of the Female Knight Brigade - Chapter 44 - Mei’s Tears

Chapter 44 – Mei’s Tears

By staging a stunt to expose Rutas, we stirred up anxiety among the townspeople. Now that the mastermind has been captured, they began to shout that they had nothing to do with it.

The square overflowed with people appealing to Gain-dono.

“Silence!!!”

The commander’s intimidation, as if he was running through the battlefield, was so overwhelming that it made ordinary citizens fear for their lives. However, Gain-dono continued to speak to them.

“The mastermind has been found. However, we do not know the extent of his accomplices. As I said before, the execution of spies is at the lord’s discretion. And I, the commander of the Second Knight Brigade, am entrusted by the lord to oversee this town. I wish to believe in all of you. If anyone continues to cause trouble and disrupt order, they will be executed immediately. Those who understand this, go home and wait to be summoned.”

Gain-dono’s words made the people of the town anxious, but they still trudged home.

It was a choice made out of fear that they would be killed on-the-spot if they spoke out. There is nothing more frightening than cold, hard facts stated plainly.

The one who seems to be most miserable is Mei’s father.

He must have thought somewhere deep down that his wife was the only one on his side.

After Mei’s mother called him trash, he was stunned, unable to move.

The same was true of their son, who stared at his mother in disbelief with eyes that looked as if they were about to curse someone.

However, the Healing effect on Mei’s mother took effect and she’s now fallen asleep.

“Gain-dono, I’ll leave the rest to you.”

“Yes, please take care of Mei.”

“Is it alright for someone who has done such things to meet Mei?”

“That’s not for me to decide. It’s for Mei to judge.”

Gain-dono got revenge on me by saying that. He’s turning the responsibility back to me.

“You’re right.”

“Thanks for your cooperation this time.”

“Yes.”

I shook hands with Gain-dono and we parted ways.

Mei was waiting for me in a private room with a view of the square.

I wanted her to watch over the entire incident.

I think I’ve done a terrible thing to Mei.

I used her family as bait to lure out Rutas.

The key to everything was Mei’s mother.

I found out when I visited her and hypnotized her to question her subconscious.

——Knock knock

“It’s me, Salt. May I come in?”

“Come in.”

I couldn’t help but worry about what Mei’s expression would look like.

As the one who orchestrated everything, I humiliated her family and left Mei all alone.

I would have to explain everything to her.

“Excuse me.”

“…Thank you for all your hard work.”

Mei stood up from her chair and bowed to greet me.

Is it just my imagination or did her face look a little lonely when she looked up?

“…Mei, are you disappointed in me?”

“Why?”

Mei smiled sadly and looked down when I spoke.

“Lana-sama and Mei called me a gentleman. But I’m really not. I’m a cruel guy who would push others down for the sake of those I consider my friends. Even though I knew they were Mei’s family and that it might hurt Mei, I did it to help you.”

Cynthia once told me this, “Salt-niisan, you’re both very kind and very cruel.”

Cynthia looked really beautiful when she said this. Even though I knew what I had done, I thought it was fine as long as I could protect Cynthia and Asha.

“…Somewhere along the line, I decided that Salt-sama was just a gentleman, warm-hearted, and kind person.”

That’s a misunderstanding.

Anyone who gets excited by the sight of Lana-sama’s or Mei’s big breasts can’t be a gentleman, right?

Even if she thinks I have a kind heart, it’s just because I follow my own beliefs.

I’m not kind. If I think it’s to my advantage, I’ll do anything.

I have no intention of showing any mercy to anyone who I consider an enemy.

“But the truth is…”

“The truth?”

“Salt-sama is a very cunning and kind person.”

“Eh?”

Cunning and kind?

“Why is Salt-sama talking like he’s the bad guy? The ones who are really to blame are my family. My mother had an affair. My mother who had an affair, my father who depended on my mother and was arrogant, my brother who clung to my parents without working. And that Rutas too. He took advantage of that family. And it’s also my fault for abandoning my family.”

Mei looked up with tears in her eyes.

“Salt-sama, you’re not a bad person. But I do think you’re sly.”

“I see.”

Well, it can’t be helped if she hates me.

Mei was saved. That’s enough for me.

“But it was because of you, Salt-sama, that I… I realized my own ugliness.”

“……”

“I’m just like my mother. I asked Salt-sama for help, and even now I can’t help wanting to hug Salt-sama! I want to depend on you!”

Mei said this and jumped into my chest.

I couldn’t decide whether I should hug her or not…

“Can you just hold me without saying anything right now?”

Mei’s small head was pressed against my chest, and I could feel the softness and warmth of her large breasts.

Her body was trembling, so I gently wrapped my arms around her back and head to envelop her. Gently, as if I was holding something fragile.

“Huuuu~~…”

Mei kept sobbing, and all I could do was hold her in silence until she stopped crying.

Even if I wanted to speak, I couldn’t think of anything to say. No matter what I said right now, it would just sound fake and insincere.