I (♀️) Somehow Got Reincarnated as an Eroge Protagonist [ENGLISH VERSION]

Circumstances in Krool Town

"Pardon us..." Akira and her party stood in front of the gate of a luxurious mansion.

"Is this really the home of the Krool town mayor?" Elise looked at the mansion doubtfully "Well, I sent a letter to Henrietta-himesama three days ago. She said this is the place" Akira explained.

A minute has passed, a maid walking out from the mansion and welcomed Akira and her party.

"Welcome Akira-sama and her party, the mayor has been waiting for you" The maid opened the gate and let Akira and her party enter the mansion.

Akira and her party arrived at the living room. A young-looking middle-aged man with brown hair is standing at the door.

"You must be the Akira and his party that Henrietta-ojousama mentioned" The man looked at Akira "My name is Marco Iglesias, nice to meet you all".

"Please have a seat. We can discuss while drinking tea" Marco instructed his servant to bring drinks and snacks.

Marco, Akira and her party sat on the chairs and drank the tea provided by the maid.

"So, according to Henrietta-ojousama, there is a corrupt noble in this town" Marco started the conversation.

"You're right, he supported the attempted assassination of the mayor of Colceth city that we foiled" Akira said.

"Henrietta-sama asked that we should go around the Alemann kingdom to hunt down this corrupt noble by exposing their crimes so that they could be punished by the local mayor" Ashley explained.

"That's true" Marco commented "If I may know, what's his name?".

"hmm..." Alexia read the map containing the target list of the nobleman Henrietta had given "Walter Wheatbrow".

As soon as he heard the nobleman's name, the teacup Marco held in his hand is shivered "He..." Marco's tone of voice got lowered like a person who harbors anger.

"If I may know, are there any suspicious actions of his in this town?" Elise asked.

"Walter is... is the leader of the merchant guild in this town" Marco began to explain at length.

"This town actually has a food crisis. For some reason, all the wagons carrying the merchants' food supplies to this town are always robbed by bandits and only a few make it to the merchants' guild. I don't know why Walter never investigated this matter."

"Once the foodstuffs make it to the merchant guild, Walter always set a high price. He would also confiscate the merchandise of merchants who tried to sell at lower prices than the merchant guild."

"But strangely, once every week he invites me to dinner. Every time I ate at his house, the food was of excellent quality".

"As soon as I questioned him about it, Walter always replied that he had enough food supplu for a year".

"He's definitely lying! This is why I hate nobles" Ashley angrily picked up a handful of biscuits and ate them.

"Don't you suspect that yourself?" Asked Colette "I always try to have a positive thinking. It's because Walter and I were childhood friends" Marco replied.

"Aren't you trying to solve this problem yourself? Like sending soldiers to escort the supplie wagons" asked Lucy.

"I tried but the bandits are strong. Every soldier I sent to protect the train was killed by the bandits" Marco explained.

"May I know when the next food supply wagon is coming?" The brown haired girl asked "If there are no obstacles, tomorrow morning there will be 3 supply wagons scheduled into this town" Marco replied.

"Okay, then we'll divide the group again" Akira made a plan "We'll divide into two groups. The first group will protect the supply wagons that tried to enter this town, the second group will investigate Walter Wheatbrow and look for evidence of his crimes".

"got it!"
"alright"
"fine"
"as you wish, Akira-sama"

All the party member agrees to Akira's plan".

"Now, we need to find an inn so we can rest for a while" Akira finished her cup of tea while eat some of biscuits served by Marco's maid.

to be continued