Volume 1 - CH 12

Chapter 12 – Meeting in The Adventurer’s Guild

The two, who weren’t acquainted with Eto, were in fact a high-ranking government official who is the assistant of the Minister of Finance, and a cleric who is the assistant of the high-ranking church official of the royal capital’s church.

If it was two years ago, Eto would definitely be afraid to speak when he meets such important figures. However, after witnessing the darkness of the royal castle and church, he was no longer influenced by the title of the person before him.

After apologizing to Eto, the two simply explained that they have confirmed the facts of what Eto reported previously.

“The ones who didn’t give Eto-san his share of rewards were the liaisons between the royal castle and the church. We also suspect that they took the money, but they remained silent on why they did so.”

“Maybe they’re ordered by Ronaldo-sama? Ronaldo-sama seems to want to get me out of the party after all.”

Eto asked straightforwardly.

“I don’t dare to say anything about that, but…there is no evidence that the Hero-sama was the mastermind.”

“In other words, Ronaldo-sama wouldn’t be blamed, right?”

“Given the current situation, I think it would be difficult to make Hero-sama take the responsibility…”

In actuality, Eto expected this to happen. The hero was someone who was chosen by Goddess-sama to save the world from crisis. Meanwhile, the Sage, the Sword Saint, and the Master Magician only have the role of assisting him in his journey.

There is no way they want such a unique existence to take responsibility for a trivial matter. And since Eto was the only victim, it seems there are still plenty of ways to mask it off.

“Alright. That’s fine. I already expected that the truth would come to light from the beginning anyway. As long as this matter has ended, it is enough.”

“Sigh, I am very sorry for everything…”

“But can I say one thing regarding this matter? It’s about the Sword Saint, Lana. I think she was just being lied to and didn’t know anything about me not getting any rewards. We were born and raised in the same village, after all. So, I know that she wasn’t such a person.”

“Understood. I’ll tell the investigators about it.”

“In addition, Lana and I are just commoners. I hope you could warn the escorts to not let her be the next target of Ronaldo-sama and Mirei-sama. I don’t know who they are escorting after all.”

“Yes, I would share the information regarding that matter too as soon as possible.”

“Please.”

In addition to that, they also said that they would give Eto the compensation, including the rewards that he wasn’t given at the hero’s party. And since he might leave the royal capital for a long time, Eto asked for the money to be transferred to his guild’s account. But, truth to be told, Eto just had a strong desire to not get involved with the people from the royal castle and the church anymore.

Lastly, Eto decided to tell his concerns, which he had been thinking about for some time, to the government and church officials. As long as this problem is resolved, he would be able to clear his concerns.