CH 149

“The trouble with past lives is that they come out of nowhere.”

Translated by Dawn

Edited by Dawn

“The trouble with past lives is that they come out of nowhere.”

The day after returning to the capital, I immediately went to the palace to report to the king. The gatekeeper of the palace must have been informed of my presence, because upon seeing my face, he said, “You must be Hero-sama. Please proceed through.” I was able to enter the palace with a simple face pass without being asked to show identification.

I wondered if this was a good thing for security reasons, but I did not intend to point this out because it would have saved me from having to go through the unnecessary process.

I proceeded down a passageway that I had passed through several times before, and headed for the king’s personal office, responding to the bows and nods I received from people I passed along the way.

“Isn’t it Rolando-kun? How have you been?”

“I have something to say to the king.”

“Is that so? Then, please wait a moment.”

A royal knight standing in front of the door of the room knocked and entered, and I waited for a while, assuming that he was confirming things with the king.

A few dozen seconds later, the royal knight returned immediately, and following his words, “Please come in,” I entered the room. However, I noticed that there were people who were not supposed to be there.

“Pardon me, I seem to have interrupted something.”

“No, you don’t. They’re waiting for you.”

“…for now, let me start with the report of what happened.”

Although I was curious about the faces of the people who were there, I decided to report the octopus incident to the king for the time being.

“The Octopus has been successfully eliminated from the Marine Trill. Now peace has been restored and the town is regaining its former vigor.”

“I see, so you defeated Octopus… Thank you for what you have done.”

“It’s nothing to worry about. For me, it was something I just did while doing a little sightseeing in the port town.”

“Then, we’ll talk about the reward later, but today they want to talk to you.”

(…I have a bad feeling about this.)

There were a total of three women there, two whom I knew and one whom I was seeing for the first time. All three women were not yet 20 years old, and although they were beginning to develop a feminine charm, they still looked very young.

The two people I knew were Fahren, daughter of the Duke of Rosenberg, and Lauren, daughter of the Count of Byreus frontier family. it had been several months since I had seen Lauren, but she looked more mature than when I had seen her before.

The other girl, a complete stranger, was probably royalty, and I guessed that she was a daughter of the king or something, judging from her appearance. If someone had told me that she was an ordinary person dressed in a princess-like costume, I would have had to ask what kind of joke was being made, but from the atmosphere and elegance she wore, there was no doubt that she was royalty.

“Hello,  it is my pleasure to meet you for the first time. My name is Tiara, the first princess of this country. Please treat me well from here on.”

“You do not have to be polite with me. My name is Rolando, and I am an adventurer.”

In a manner of speaking, the other party was treated with respect because they were the royal family of this country, but for her to talk like that to an adventurer like me like talking to the king, who stands at the top of this country, didn’t sounds right.

“Rolando-sama, there is no need for you to speak to me like that. I would be happy if you would treat me as casually as you treated your father.”

“If so, I will. Then, what exactly do these three want with me?”

Oddly enough, the daughters of the country’s royalty and leading nobles were all here, so what in the world did they want with me? Well, I had an idea of what, but I didn’t want to admit it.

It was a common belief that a bad premonition often turned out to be right, and this case was no exception to that rule.

“Rolando-sama…no, Roland-sama. Please, please, will you be engaged to us?”

“What are you talking about?”

A thought flashed through my mind, “I knew it was coming.” The reason was that I had an idea of what was going on in this case.

There was a mathematical theory called “convergence in probabilities.” It was a mathematical theory that said that events that had a certain probability of appearing would occur in such a way that after a certain number of trials, they would settle down to the same number as their probability.

In my previous life, I had never experienced the word “love” properly, let alone marriage, and I was still a naive person who had crossed over from one life to the next. In other words, if it were two sides of the same coin, I would keep showing the other side.

And if the convergence in probabilities occurred in this life, and a so-called “period of popularity” arrived, it would explain this incident.

“I have not been able to stop my heart from beating since the day I first saw you. Even now, just facing you like this, I have a hard time breathing.”

“Isn’t that a disease or something?” I almost uttered that word but stopped short of saying it. Love had often been dismissed by doctors and scientists as an anomaly,…… or in other words, a disease. But I didn’t have the courage to say that to the girl in front of me with the sparkle in her eyes.

“I am a princess of this country. Therefore, the person I marry must have an appropriate status. But Father told me that you do not want a noble title or a fiefdom. If that were the case, we would not be able to marry you. That is why we have come to ask Roland-sama directly.”

“Don’t call me by that name. It is a name I have given up.”

As one would expect from the family that rules this country, they had an incredible network of information, and it seemed that they had obtained information that I was the former heir to a noble family, but it would have been foolish to mention that name knowing that I was using another name.

Now, I was wondering what to do about this situation, and I had only one answer. Before I could do that, I talked to Lauren, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time.

“It’s been a while, Lauren, and I’m glad to see you’re doing well.”

“It has been a long time, Rolando-sama. It is a great pleasure to see you again.”

As expected, she seemed to be aware of my preference and seemed to understand the significance of calling me by the name of Roland. As I was thinking this, Fahren interrupted.

“Um, don’t you have anything to say to me?”

“Even if you say so. We met until recently, and unlike the princess, this is not the first time we’ve met. What do you want me to say?”

“Ugh.”

Fahren was at a loss for words when she received an answer that was so correct. Then, I took out a certain snack from the storage.

“Well, for the time being, anyway. Have some of this as a token of my goodwill.”

“This is?”

“It’s an egg pudding. It’s sweet and tasty.”

Saying so, I served the pudding I had made in advance to cover the occasion. At the mention of the word “sweet snack,” the three were distracted by the pudding. I approached the king to serve the pudding to him as well, and as soon as I put down the pudding, I handed him a small piece of paper on which I had written as quickly as I could.

The king was puzzled for a moment by the piece of paper that came out, but when he saw what was written on it, his eyes widened and he looked surprised. ……Well, I hope you will forgive me for having to do this this time.

After that, I put another pudding on the table, and then I used teleportation to move to the mansion.

For the time being, I was able to cover up the matter of almost being made a Noble and having a fiancée, but since I just ran away, it didn’t solve anything, but I was sure that the King, who owes me a lot, would do something about it. For now, I needed to explain the situation to all my acquaintances and prepare for another trip.