This person is Lord Michio. He is the one responsible for the splendid defeat of Heinz the Bandit and his band of outlaws.
The Duke introduced me to the Earl of Selmar proudly, shifting the topic into the heart of the matter in an instant.
Oh, that is a fortunate thing indeed.
Yes, most definitely. Ill also have you know that this person not only defeated Heinz the Bandit and his company without any trouble, but he is also currently assisting us in the operation that aims to clear the Bandits from all of the Labyrinths in our territory.
Well, thats good for you. I am quite envious of that since my territory only has the Knight Order to rely on with such matters and I dont have such capable individuals as you under my command.
The longer I was listening to the exchange between the Duke of Hartz and the Earl of Selmar, the colder and more severe the chills running down my spine were growing. For people who were supposed to be a family, their entire conversation ever since we entered the throne room was strangely hostile, almost as if these two actually hated one another with a burning passion.
Seeing it unfold in front of me right now, I can confidently say that I am really lucky to have the Duke on my side instead of against me. If someone like him were to become my enemy, then I dont think that Id be able to win against him if her were to ever turn against me.
At first I thought that this was going to be a simple formality for which I wont need any support here, but now I think that Im going to need literally all the support that Ill be able to get.
In the first place, can someone explain to me if this meeting that were having right now is the appropriate place for having such a conversation thats starting to get deeply personal? And more importantly, is it really all right for these two people, who are the leaders of their respective territories to behave like this? By which I mean, like a bunch of kids who are arguing over some silly thing thats not even worth arguing over? Because seriously, I thought that this was supposed to be a serious meeting, but if what Im seeing right now is going to keep up, then this is going to not be a meeting, but a kids quarrel.
And whos going to stop these brats in adults clothing from arguing further, or perhaps theyre going to go and one-up my expectations by breaking out into a full-on shouting match and fist fight?
Since I know what their actual physical age is I know that the se two are adults, but if I had only this conversation between them as a hint without any additional knowledge, then I would definitely say that their mental age does not match their physical one.
Oh, of course I noticed that. But dont you worry, you have every right to be envious, and given your situation, nobody would blame you for it. After all, the members of your Knight Order have proven to be completely useless and incompetent when it came to capturing Heinz the Bandit or even doing something so simple as clearing the Labyrinths of your territories from the Bandits that were infesting them.
Well, if you needed to rely on an outsiders help, then that means that the members of your Knight Order were no better than mine, right? They were just as useless and incompetent!
By the way, I heard that Heinz the Bandit was defeated by an Adventurer, but such a thing should be impossible.
Suddenly, the direction of the conversation did an unexpected one hundred eighty turn.
W-Well, that is
Maybe it was an Adventurer, or maybe it was not. It is quite possible that there was probably some kind of mistake in the report that I have received.
O-Of course! That must have surely been something like that!
The Duke began to panic. Is the Adventurer Job really that useless that it seems impossible for an Adventurer to defeat a Bandit? I mean, that would certainly explain why he ordered the Adventurer from the Knight Order of Hartz Duchy who brought us here stay in the castles lobby.
Since Adventurers possess the Field Walker Skill, it means that they can move pretty much anywhere they want with, provided that they have visited the place of their destination at least once, so I guess it is a preventive measure that is supposed to stop them from wondering around the castle without being supervised by anyone.
Did the Duke know about it and just chose to ignore it?
If you brought an Adventurer to the throne room inside the castle, there would be suspicion of you harboring ill-intentions toward the territory of Selmar, possibly even planning on invading it.
Y-Yes, it could have definitely been seen as something like that.
It would have been easy to check his Intelligence Card, but I dont want to doubt this person, since he is someone whom you have brought here with you.
The Earl of Selmar continuous to push the Duke rather hard. Is her trying to set him up or something? I also wonder from where did he hear that I was an Adventurer.
The Earl of Selmar is Cassias relative, and the territory of Selmar is her home, so here is a possibility that he might have heard that from one of the maids who are attending to Cassia, though I have no way of confirming that.