Year 7446, Month 9, Day 2On the evening and time designated I showed up at the Elm Tree Manor. With plenty of sarcasm I had Giberuti accompany me. It"s only obvious right? Even I"m considerably angry. Even though they aren"t a n.o.ble they forcefully held down Giberuti and checked his status.
If it"s a n.o.ble then Giberuti has the obligation to obey them so even without holding him down if they were to just say the words "Confirm his status" then he can"t refuse it and it"s one of the natural rights of a n.o.ble so I wouldn"t think anything of it at all either but even if it"s someone related to a knight group just a mere commoner forcefully looked at Giberuti"s status. No matter how you look at it my slave that looks harmless to man and beast alike was treated like a suspect for a crime.
Unforgivable.
I won"t feel any better until that owner something or other lady of theirs apologizes. Certainly I"m from a remote region but even I have pride as a n.o.ble and my self-confidence from leading the {Slaughterers} the top adventurers in Baldukk. Like I"d accept being underestimated by a mere sub-n.o.ble from a Baron family from some place. Let alone when they"re supposedly still a squire in the knight group. Putting aside if they were in the first knight group, it"s the same for the third knight group. The third and fourth knight groups are no different from any regional knight group just on a bigger scale and if it"s someone from a Baron family then if they just trained normally anyone can get into them.
That"s right. I"m angry over it. It"s certainly irritating in regards to things relating to Giberuti"s status as well but this time the other party called out to Giberuti with their aims set on me. Knowing that I was behind Giberuti they still forcefully looked at his status. In other words, it"s the same as if they were picking a fight with me.
There were plenty of things I wanted to like training the magic I just learned or lecturing the reincarnated people that I often do. However, I canceled all of it and the reason I complied with this sudden and impolite invitation is because I want an apology for them underestimating me. After all there was what seemed like an active third knight group knight there and there was also those who seemed like his followers as well. If I don"t resolve this right away then you never know what kind of rumors they might start spreading around about me in the knight groups of the capital. It would be troublesome if they start calling me someone with no pride as a n.o.ble.
It"s on a completely different scale from last year when I intentionally showed off that I was lacking in the ability to manage my members as preparation to absorb {Sun.Ray}. That time there was countless ways I could make up for it after(in actual fact, we found out about the suspicious fraud like behavior of the {Sun.Ray}"s leadership and started making movements to trap them, so the fact that we completely took in a large force as our own was a good rumor for adventurers), and it wasn"t related to the n.o.bility at all.
Certainly Sir Nokkufyuri apologized right away but while he"s a true knight there"s almost no value to a commoner lowering their head. In terms of j.a.pan it"d be like a police officer(though it might be closer to calling it a police officer from a foreign country) that holds the position of responsibility but is in a completely different jurisdiction or the leadership of some places SDF.
In this top unless it"s an adventurer with a considerable reputation(there"s a lot of the so-called hoodlums and it"s only obvious that they"re rude but in the first place this town is one that profits from the treasures adventurers come to find so they"re often looked at in a lenient light in that regard), or a Baldukk Knight who is investigating a crime then it would be a different matter but of course that"s not the case either. Something like an underling is worthless. Bring out someone higher up.
I wore my highest cla.s.s clothes with my sword still worn on my waist and so I wouldn"t be looked down on, they"re pre-made but I had Giberuti wearing decent looking clothes as well, and I slapped both of my cheeks putting some spirit into it before coming along to Elm Tree Manor. Of course, it depends on the actions of the other party but while I was invited I don"t want to be treated(depending on the case I intend on throwing gold coins at them to embarra.s.s them) so I didn"t forget to bring along my wallet with gold coins in it.
Sure enough starting with Sir Nokkufyuri the others were waiting for my arrival in front of the Elm Tree Manor.
"Your excellency sub-n.o.ble Greed, even though today was a sudden invitation, thank you very much for coming."
The first thing he said was that and he had everyone from this afternoon apologize. I"ve already received an apology from you all long ago, it"s not like I want you to lower your heads countless times.
I just lightly nodded and waited for them to lead me inside.
It"s my first time hearing, something like that.
"Is that so? Well then please excuse me. I thought I would be receiving an apology from that lady or whatever of Baryon Refaisu in regards to the incident this afternoon but..How disappointing. Well then, I"ll take my leave here."
I said that and accompanied by Giberuti started to return back down to the street North.
They went to ask the lady of theirs or whatever about it.
Are you an idiot? The mistakes of a dog are the responsibility of it"s owner.
It seems they approved of the slave accompanying me.
Being guided by that person Giberuti and I walked through the door of the Elm Tree Manor.
And, almost as if switching places with us as we went into a person I didn"t want to meet came out. The leader of {Verdure.Brotherhood}, the old man elf with a pointless cool voice, Viruheima.
"Yo~ well~well, if it isn"t the man of the moment, sub-n.o.ble Greed over there is it?"
Shut~up. I tried to just lightly nod and pa.s.s him by and he started saying that sarcastically.
"Oh my~ that sure is lonely. I guess his excellency the sub-n.o.ble who"s at the top and overtook the records of the founding King doesn"t have any time to spare for a commoner like myself."
Chi..This old man is annoying.
"Do you have some business with me? I"m very sorry but I have a meeting so.."
"Meeting..With who?"
"Sub-n.o.ble her excellency Refaisu."
n.o.bles are meeting each other. So don"t interfere right now.
"Hmph...Hey, just the other day we went to the 7th floor as well. Just watch. We"ll overtake you soon."
After acting like he has no interest Viruhaima declared that he was going to overtake us. I know. It seems like {Black.Topaz} has made it to the 7th floor as well after all.
"Please give it your best."
I just said that and pa.s.sed by him. Old man Virhuaima seemed like he still wanted to say something but it seems he was originally going outside for dinner or something. His face just twisted a bit as he disappeared out the door.
"Umm, I"m very sorry but your weapon is.."
In front of the room that seems to be our destination the woman named Ran who was guiding us started saying apologetically, with a voice like it was about to disappear she demanded the sword I had on my waist.
"Huh? Why? She"s a sub-n.o.ble of the same rank, why would just I have to hand over my sword?"
I glared at her while asking.
"Ah, that is..No..However.."
What is it, she isn"t responding clearly. It"s because you"re like this that you throw your rucksack down in the middle of a room. I guess that"s unrelated huh?
"You know. I don"t really want to have to say this every time but you"re the ones who called me out without telling me anything on what this was about. Furthermore you forcefully checked the status of my slave right? I have no intention of letting go of my sword for the sake of caution."
"Ha..However.."
She sure is indecisive. I"ll leave. Seriously.
"Ran. It"s fine. Let him through."
The voice of that Lady Yorire or whatever woman came from inside of the room.
Now then, after being let into that lady Yorire or whatever"s room we exchanged greetings without checking each other status and just as was offered I sat down on the sofa across from her. I though about reclining back into it in a haughty way but that will be after I see how the other side acts.
"First off it seems that I need to apologize. It seems that those who servant our Baron Refaisu family were very rude to you and I humbly offer you my apology. I"m very for that."
The carefully brushed long blue air hid her face. She lowered here appropriate young and healthy looking face for her age as she politely apologized.
I watched her silently.
"I need to apologize to you as well. I"m sure it must have been unpleasant. I"m very sorry."
She said that while lowering her head to Giberuti who was behind me as well. Hmm.
"..I understand. If you apologize that courteously then I can"t always remain angry either. I"ll accept your apology."
I said that and then she made an openly relieved expression as she thanked me for accepting her apology.
"And then, Greed-sama. I"m very sorry but I"d like to speak to your privately. If possible I"d like to talk with just the two of us but.."
The woman named Ran who guided us up to this room isn"t here anymore. It"s just the three of us. Remembering back on it carefully and unusually for a n.o.ble there"s no slaves around either. Although, in the Kingdom"s knight group if you"re not a true knight then regardless of whether you"re a n.o.ble or commoner you can"t bring along slaves so that"s why there"s never any squires going around with slaves either. I could have sworn she would be using a slave of the knight Sir Nokkufyuri or something though.
"He"s a loyal slave of mine though.."
"I"m very sorry."
Hmph.
"Excuse me. It"s something that"s difficult to say in a very loud voice."
Well, I guess it"s fine huh? Just in case I"ll try Identify her. I feel like I did it before as well but I"ve already forgotten it.
【Yorire.Refaisu/3/4/7428】
【Status： Normal】
【Level： 6】
【Strength： 11】
【Dexterity： 10】
【Special Ability： Earth Magic (Lv.1)】
【Special Ability： Void Magic (Lv.2)】
"I understand, master."
Giberuti left the room.
"Thank you very much. Greed-sama. After all, you"re a kind person indeed."
Huh?
"... said you"re that sort of person. Very proud and you act kindly towards those below you."
Yes? Who in this world is this Saint she"s speaking of?
"I"m the grandchild of Baron Refaisu Vizonsu. My mother went to the Royal Palace when she was young and received his majesty"s affection. The one who was born from receiving his majesty"s seed was me. Do you know things up to here?"
I have no clue. Something like that. However, judging from her age then I guess she was conceived 20 years ago or so huh? That would be from when his majesty the King was 32 years old. If I remember correctly before he bought the water bed he had 8 official children and 6 illegitimate children.
"About two years ago, I received orders from his majesty and was permitted to enter the third knight group of the Kingdom. In the third knight group other than myself, my two sisters entered at the same time."
Sisters indeed~ Aren"t those girls illegitimate children as well?
"However..It"s the same for me but all three of us struggled learning to use the weapons we weren"t familiar with."
Ha~ Well, I"m sure that"s only obvious.
"But, fortunately our Refaisu family had the squire James who was already in the third knight group. I was instructed directly be him and my abilities increased quite a bit. A few years ago, he received the honor of invest.i.ture as a knight."
"That is..great I guess. Congratulations."
I was finally able to say something.
"No..It"s all for the sake of Greed-sama after all."
"Huh?"
"This spring, I was permitted to have an audience with his majesty for the first time."
Well, just because they"re parent and child, for the time being they"ve already become people from different families so I"m sure they can"t meet directly that easily. However, this story, I wonder where it will jump to?
"I met his majesty together with my three sisters all at once. There we heard about Greed-sama from his majesty."
Ah, is that so. And? However, it can"t be right?
"That night, the three of us sisters talked about it. Exactly what kind of person is the Greed-sama his majesty was talking about.."
Ah, so he didn"t say something like get married to me or something like that? Someone attached by strings to that King would suck~ and I was thinking that but it seems to be different I guess?
"Older sister didn"t seem to have much interest in Greed-sama who is an adventurer but I"m sure that was just her pretending otherwise. On the contrary my little sister was interested just the same as myself."
I see~ It sure is difficult being a popular guy.
"After that I investigated as much as I could about Greed-sama. In just the two years since appearing in Baldukk you"ve risen up to the top of the adventurers and furthermore you"ve made great success running the company that deals in rubber. There"s also various rumors as well but highly skilled for such a young age, a young man with courage, resourcefulness, and vast future prospects. And it"s also said you"re highly ambitious. It could also be said you"re a superior personality who can make decisions objective while looking at things calmly."
He~ Everything isn"t exactly as she says but it doesn"t feel bad being praised.
"And then the other day, I heard the rumors that you surpa.s.sed the achievements of his majesty the founding King George.Rombert the First. We all doubted our ears. I mean, we couldn"t even imagine there was a person like that."
Well, I"m sure that"s normally the case.
"No, I appreciate your praise but it"s not something that I could have managed all on my own.."
For the time being I"ll act humbly. But putting aside the combat, if Zenom wasn"t around there would have been a lot I panicked over. Ralpha and Gwine are indispensable for making the map. If Bel wasn"t around the first time I was called out by the King I might have been stunned and made some kind of major mistake as well. If Toris wasn"t around then in the first place even if I had thought about increasing my forces I probably would have taken a different method. If it wasn"t for Miduchi"s knowledge then I think we would have probably been troubled with the trolls and might have easily died on the 14th floor as well. Basutoral..I might not have ever been able to eat sausages. Rodrick..whatever.
Well, at the very least it isn"t a lie. Rather it"s closer to my real feelings. If it was just me alone then I might have been able to do something up to the 9th or 10th floors but I"m sure it would have taken a much much longer amount of time and there"s a high chance I would have died along the way.
"How modest of you..Your older sister is ultimate sorcerer that the first knight group has great hopes for, the Black Witch. Your older brother is a knight who had such high abilities and talent that even on his first campaign he was called the Black Eagle of Webdos."
Is she just a fan?
"No matter what I wanted to meet with you talk once. It was worth saying something unreasonable and taking the days off. However, with the matter this time I"m confident about it. Greed-sama is.."
"Umm, I"m honored to be seen so highly though. Would you mind getting to the point.."
"My objective was just to directly meet and talk to you so.."
Huh? It wasn"t a discussion about selling armor? And just meeting and talking directly was the purpose, what in the world is that?
"Just to have you remember me for today and retain it in your heart was the purpose. I won"t hand it over to anyone else."
"Eh?"
"How many heirs would you like?"
Ah, this woman, she"s that. Probably, she was told by the King at the start.
"What kind of strange things are you saying..If you"ve investigated me then you should already know right? I already have"You mustn"t say anymore than that. Isn"t that one Dark Elf fine as a second wife? In the end she"s just a different race that can"t give birth to an heir. She"s no rival for me. If you marry me then in the future when you"re granted a territory, it will be an advantage you know?"
I don"t hate these sorts of values. But, you, just now said my woman is a different race that can"t give birth to an heir right? That itself is the same as just a mere adventurer. She herself is a n.o.ble that has the blood of the King on top of the fact that Miduchi is still young so it might be obvious for her to be seen as below. However, think about the person you"re talking to. You just made a fool of me for choosing that sort of woman.
If you wanted to get along with me, with us, then you wouldn"t pick that sort of wording to say it.
I reclined back into the sofa and crossed my legs.