The Human Saint is Bored, so I was Summoned to Another World

Eris Finds a Friend (Part 2)

All of my suspicions about the people who harmed Eris pointed first to the Kitchen Department's Jessica. It's not that I'm accusing Jessica as the one responsible for all of this, but questioning her would be the start of looking for the guilty party.

"What? You're accusing me of something that I won't even do?" Jessica raised her voice; she's offended by me confronting her about Eris.

"I'm just asking, you know. Those bruises won't show up unless someone will intentionally hit her."

"Is it my problem, then? Now, if you'll just excuse me, I've got more pressing matters to attend to."

"Mister Kuro!" Eris then appeared at the kitchen door; her labored breaths revealed she rushed here. Perhaps someone told her about me confronting Jessica.

"You came at the right time, Eris!" I greeted her, "Now be a good girl and identify the ones who hurt you."

"B-but Eris fell—"

"I won't hear that excuse!" I raised my voice a little, "Don't underestimate us, adults! We know what we see."

Eris fell silent. My tone and attitude horrified her.

"Ha! She can't even properly refer to herself!" Jessica mocked the little maid, "Are you serious about asking that s-s-s-stammer g-g-girl?"

"Shut up." I shot a glare at the kitchen maid, "Insult my friend one more time, and I won't be able to hold myself back."

The entire kitchen was silent; barely anyone dared to move as I and Jessica entered a staring contest. I was ready to fight back then; my fists were raring to go. I think it's the first time they saw me that mad.

Jessica was taken aback, but she maintained her bluff, "W-what are you going to do then, wuss?"

"Oh, nothing." I showed her my hand, "I just want to hold you tight, Miss Jessica, that's all!"

The sarcasm on the kitchen maid's face vanished. She quickly drew her wand and pointed it at me, "Stay back, pervert! Or I'll burn you to dust."

"I won't do that if I were you." I countered while slowly stepping towards her, "Back in my land, we don't play with fire inside the kitchen, or we might ignite something flammable. Coincidentally, this place is mostly made of wood, don't you think we all might end up getting charred if you burn me, Miss Jessica?"

"What do you want from me, asshole?" Jessica withdrew her wand; well, at least she's reasonable.

"Simple. Just tell me who did it and why Eris got her injuries."

"I don't know about it. Don't you think you're meddling with our affairs too much?"

"So, you admit that I'm meddling with something I shouldn't have, like bullying a kid like Eris?"

"Guh! What makes you say that?"

"Well, for one, I noticed how you're rude towards her. For example, leaving her with no food for quite some time that she fainted, or how about when you mocked her stammering?"

"Those are your evidence?"

"There's a second one, don't worry. You're the head of this kitchen. Of course, your subordinates won't have the confidence to do something horrendous without your tacit support or direct encouragement."

It's now Jessica's turn to be silent; her lips were moving, but there was no voice coming out of them. She was also averting from my gaze as she stepped back from me.

Eris finally spoke up, "I-it's all b-because of M-mister Kuro..."

Ha? Me? What did I do this time?