CH 195

The letter Basleigh-sensei had just taken out. At that moment, I suddenly remembered what we had talked about in the carriage.

“Oh, by the way, Basleigh-sensei is no longer a teacher. I heard about the confidential information, but can you show the contents of the letter?”

“What? How did Lars-kun know about the confidential information,? What!? Did you search every inch of my body while I was asleep!?”

“You said so yourself, though?”

“Ohhhh!? Makina-chan, you can’t do that!? It’ll bring back the trauma! Aaahhh!”

Makina smiles and gives Basleigh-sensei a neat iron claw, and the reception room goes buzzing. Then Hugel-san opened his mouth in a confused voice. 

“I’m sorry …… can we continue the conversation ……?”

“Oh, I’m sorry. If you could read the letter first.”

“Makina-oneesama, you are strong ……”

Henrietta muttered, while Hugel-san opened the letter and looked at it. I watched him follow the letters with his eyes for a while, and then he suddenly lifted his eyebrows and broke out in a cold sweat.

“D-Did you say you’re name is Basleigh-san …… N-No, you did, right? You are–“

“……”

“Makina, will you let go.”

“Oh, I’m sorry!? Basleigh-sensei! Basleigh-sensei!”

When Hugel-san tried to wake up Basleigh-sensei, who had fainted and was blowing bubbles, and ask her again about the letter, Basleigh-sensei opened her mouth.

“Fufufu, you’ve become stronger, Makina-chan …… And well, jokes aside, that’s why let me introduce myself once again. I’m the woman who returned to be the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Basleigh Vikusento. Please make your acquaintance. “

“I can’t believe that a minister attached to the royal court would be in a place like this ……”

“Don’t tell me that the reason this crop stopped growing is ……”

The couple was wiping their sweat with a handkerchief, and I interrupted them.

“You were not only called in, but you were also reinstated? And wasn’t that classified?”

“You’re not surprised enough, Lars-kun. Well, I was actually going to hide it until I got to the Royal Capital, but when I heard about Conrad-san and decided to stop by here, I decided to reveal my identity right here.”

“Is it alright that you didn’t have to tell Conrad-san and the others?”

“…… He’s a nice guy, but he’s not completely on our side yet. If the lord’s family knew my status, they wouldn’t be able to do anything against me.”

Basleigh-sensei continued with her horrible words.

“So it is very likely that this incident has spread not only throughout the territory but also throughout the country. The Treant’s mimicry skills are high, and it’s highly likely that they could have traveled from here through the forest and scattered all over the place …… In other words, if we can solve this problem here, it will be one job done for me! So let’s do our best!”

“The minister’s presence is reassuring …… I look forward to working with you.”

“Just pretend you’re in a mud boat!”

Now, aside from Basleigh-sensei, who is ready to self-destruct, the next question is how will I and Makina move. It’s not like Conrad and the others are going to come back here carelessly, so we’ll have to go.

“Well then, Basleigh-sensei, we’re going back to the inn.”

“Oh, Lars-kun, you could stay here too, though.”

“Thank you very much. But It would be troubling if there’s no one standing in the middle as a liaison between Conrad and the others. I can have a conversation with them without the others noticing, after all.”

I said, disappearing with Invisible and appearing behind Hugel-san and the others.

“Wow! Lars-san, you’re amazing!”

“What the heck ……!?”

“Oh, my …….”

“So you can stay here, Basleigh-sensei. Take care of Henrietta and the others.”

“Yes, sir! Please don’t die in agony from excessive flirting!”

“I won’t ……”

Then Henrietta folded her hands behind her head, leaned back in her chair, bent her face around and looked at me standing behind her.

“Ah-ah, I wish you could have been my magic teacher.”

“Well, I thought it was amazing that you were doing it for your parents. But then again, I’m not a teacher, so you should learn at the academy.”

“Buu-“

“…… There is no point in trying to help your parents if you make them worry. Keep that in mind.”

“What? …… O-Okay …… I see, that’s one way to think about it, too ……”

When I said this with a serious face, he looked at me with a puzzled look and mumbled something about my words. Then Makina stood up from her chair.

“Let’s go, then. Don’t do anything stupid and properly protect them, teacher.”

“Yes, yes, you can trust me …… What?”

“If you find out anything else, please send someone to the inn where we’re staying …… Even though there’s only the gatekeeper.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. I’m giving the maids some time off because I wanted to keep them out of harm’s way. I’m paying them, but we need to resolve this quickly. I’m counting on you, Lars-kun.”

“Yes, we’ll figure it out.”

Makina and I cautiously left the house and returned to the inn. Now then, how are Conrad and the others doing ……?

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“I’m sorry, is the Guildmaster here?”

“Oh, if it isn’t Conrad-san and his team. Yeah, he’s here, what can I do for you?”

“I need to talk to him for a minute, I’m gonna go in the back.”

“Come in.”

The receptionist let them in, and Conrad and the others went to the guild master’s room in the back, and when they reached the door, they knocked and called out to him.

“Good morning, Kelbrem-san, this is Conrad. I have a few questions I’d like to ask you, and I’m sorry it’s so early in the morning, but could you please listen?”

“Conrad? All right, come on in.”

A muffled voice came from inside, telling them to come in, and Borzov and the others looked at each other, nodded, and opened the door. There, a blond man with a goatee sat at his desk, laughing and raising his hand in greeting to Conrad and the others.

“Good morning! What’s the matter, It’s a little late to be making requests, isn’t it? Really, you’re slacking now that you’re back. So, what is it? You came here for a reason, didn’t you?”

“I’m sorry …… And you’re right. I’ve been asked by the Lord to assemble a strike force and to gather men.”

“…… Hmm.”

Kelbrem’s eyebrows and eyes furrowed at Conrad’s words. And the next words out of his mouth were–

The Guild Master is here!

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

Oh no …… I’m so sleepy ……

“It’s okay if you fall asleep …… (smiles)”

What’s that magic ……?