Chapter 41: They wanted to talk to the finder

The next day and the following days continued to be lively.

Pops was still bothering me, Helmine was talking to me while I was working and Gandalf was bothering me about working out. As for him, he was annoying me every day, so I decided to make him accompany me to my morning workout. I thought he would run away soon, but he seems to have more guts than I thought and comes every day. For the time being, I’m thinking of continuing until he gets tired of it.

Incidentally, the Saint often smiles at me when she sees me in trouble.

You definitely have a bad personality. Isn’t that why they kicked you out? I can’t help but wonder about that, but there’s no way I can say that out loud.

Such a routine came to an end with the whinnying of the horses.

The village chief, who had been away from Yang for a long time, had returned. He was accompanied by a Nobleman.

There were 4 knights dispatched to the village. In addition, there were about 10 slaves and servants. The leader of this group was Zelma Eller, who was also the daughter of the Lord. I believe her title was Viscount. Perhaps her official name is a bit longer, but no one knows it because it is not necessary for mere villagers to remember it.

Probably it goes the same for the village chief and Orle who brought her here.

What is clear now is that the Lord– the Erlers , who rule this region, have begun to investigate the dungeon that has been discovered.

If they find that they can make effective use of it, there is a possibility that Yang will grow as a dungeon city, just like Kurt, and I’m sure they are hoping for that. It is no exaggeration to say that we have reached a turning point for Yang.

A lot of things are going to change in the near future.

However, as a newcomer and a member of the guard corps, I had nothing to do with this.

I was just relaxing, thinking that the bigshots were going to take care of things while I was in trouble, but for some reason, Orle called me in.

「Is the 『Knight-sama』 nominating me?」
「Zelma-sama wants to talk to you about the dungeon.」

As soon as I entered the office, I was puzzled when I was told to go talk to the Lord’s daughter.

I really don’t want to get close to Nobles, as they are something I’ve had a lot of trouble with in my adventuring days.

Would Orle go instead?

「She wants to hear the story from the finder, not from people.」

That’s very prudent. Normally, they’d just ignore it and say, 『The stories of commoners are of no use to us!』 Normally, I would just ignore them.

If they want to know the information that the commoners have, they leave it to their subordinates. That’s why she brought her followers. …… I’m not sure if there are any Noblemen in this world, who are so eccentric as her, to want to hear directly from the commoners.

「Why don’t you get cut off when you see me and say 『Rude』!?」
「I know what you’re worried about. For aristocrats, the lives of commoners are about the same as insects. It’s possible that a Knight who directly manages this land would do that, but the Eller family. That’s okay. I was surprised, but they are people who can speak normally.」

There might be a pattern of making them think that and then trapping them later, but am I thinking too much?

Is it too much to think? No, it’s better to be cautious. I still don’t want to go.

It would be faster to go to the site than to listen to me. 『Why don’t you just go to the dungeon?』 In the worst case, I’ll at least have to show them the way.

「What are you worried about? You can’t refuse it, so just go.」

Shit! Feel free to say it!

But what Orle is saying is true. I don’t have a choice.

I don’t feel like it at all. But I guess I have to go.

I can’t help it, I’m looking forward to seeing the look on your face when that happens!