Reincarnated as a Farmer Gamer: Rising to the Top with the Evolution of the Weakest Job that Only I Know About!? - 28.3

“Is that so…? I don’t quite understand…”

“No, I’m sure of it. What do you think, Mr. Moose?”

“W-well… I wonder… Haha…”

“Huh? Mr. Moose? What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwe–”

At that moment, Moose, who had approached the young lady suddenly, took out a knife from his pocket and held it against the young lady’s throat.

“Moose!? Wh-what are you–”

“S-shut up! If you speak, I’ll cut your throat!”

the young lady, after being kidnapped, returning only to be slapped by her father, and now being targeted by the butler for her life.

“the young lady. Isn’t today an unlucky day?”

“S-shut up! If… if you weren’t here… if you weren’t here!”

“If I weren’t here… you could have sold the young lady and enjoyed the rest of your life, right?”

“That’s right!”

“…Why did you target the young lady? It’s not just about money, is it?”

“Y-you don’t know anything… How much I’ve served the Emblam family… and yet… both the Lord and this woman treat me like a slave! Ridiculous!”

“Oh, I totally get that.”

“Huh…?”

“the young lady and the Lord are quick to strike others, intimidating, and look down on everyone, right?”

“T-that’s right! You also thought that way, didn’t you!”

“Yes. I think that’s exactly right. the young lady, following the orders of the Lord, only behaves like a noble.”

“I-I see!”

“But…”

“?”

If it’s this distance, I can grab his arm before he moves the knife, just a mere butler.

In an instant, I closed the gap, took out the dagger my friend made for me when I left the village, and intercepted the knife. With this, no matter how hard he tries, he won’t be able to cut the young lady’s throat.

“What!? Y-you’ve betrayed me!”

“Calling it a betrayal is rude. I merely agreed with what Mr. Moose said–––So what?”

I kicked Moose in the abdomen, sending him flying.

“Beryl!”

“the young lady, please watch from there.”

“Y-yeah…”

As Moose, who had been thrown, got up shakily, he aimed the knife at me with trembling hands.

“Just a bit more… I was almost there… You’ve ruined everything! Gah!”

“Yes. I’m going to have to confiscate this knife, you know~ It seems it’s poisoned. It’s not good for a butler to carry such a dangerous item, right?”

“D-don’t mess around!”

I kicked him away again.

Yet Moose got up again.

…This guy. Did he develop a resistance from being hit too much?

“Well… I sympathize with you. Serving a family so faithfully yet receiving no respect, being treated like a slave by both the Lord and that woman! It’s maddening, isn’t it? You can’t quit because it’s your job.”