Chapter 130: Okay, Let’s Go
“Sig-san… Wake up… Someone… Please….”
When I woke up, I couldn’t even move a muscle because Sig-san was crushing me with his weight.
“Sig! Ren-chan is going to die, you know?~”
“Chris-san… Help…”
I helplessly called for Chris-san’s help, who came from outside the room. He then tried to wake the sleeping Sig-san up by hitting Sig-san’s head. Sig-san, who still wouldn’t wake up despite being hit on the head by Chris-san, must be letting his guard down. He was an adventurer so he was usually able to wake up before someone was able to land a hit on him.
“Don’t look at me with tears in your eyes like that, Ren-chan~ Especially with that upward glance~ Come on, Sig?~ Pull yourself together already?~”
The tears were due to Sig-san pinning me down, making me unable to move no matter how hard I tried and I was laying on the bed so it was given that I’d be looking upward at Chris-san!
“Uuuh…. Ah, Ren. Sorry.”
“No, it’s okay…. Good morning to the two of you. Huh? Where’s Fer-san?”
After Chris-san called out to Sig-san again, Sig-san finally woke up. He immediately loosened his grip the moment he realized he had been pinning me down. I looked around after I was freed from my restraint but Fer-san was nowhere to be found.
“Morning~ I went to feed William and the others while Fer went outside to buy something for breakfast. Fer is a prince but since he’s also an adventurer, he likes to venture out in the city. He looks friendly to people so I’m sure he will get a lot of freebies this time too~”
“Which reminded me, he was also approached casually by the people too yesterday.”
“I’m sure he will get something extra today too, right?~”
I see. So that was why Chris-san wasn’t in the room when I woke up. Maybe I overslept too much?
We had been staying in the royal capital for a few days already and it seemed all the people in here already knew Fer-san from his portraits. Of course the soldiers were showing their respect whenever they saw Fer-san but the people in the market were acting pretty friendly with Fer-san even though he was the prince of this kingdom.
The people in the market would keep on giving freebies to Fer-san.
“Your Highness! Please have some of this too!”
Fer-san then would accept it gratefully and ate the food he was given after making sure there wasn’t any poison in it.
“Thank you for waiting. Ren-kun, are you guys already awake? Oh, you are. Good morning. I got some oranges so let’s have them after we eat breakfast.”
“Fufu~ Just as expected.”
“Hm?”
While we were talking about him, Fer-san returned. I couldn’t help but to laugh when I saw him holding some oranges, just like what Chris-san had predicted. Seeing me laughing at him, Fer-san tilted his head. He looked adorable when he did that.
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“Well… First of all, in my family there’s my father, Jair. I wonder how old is he now? I think he should be in his mid 50s by now. Then we have my mother, Lise, and my father’s other spouse, Adele. I think both of them are around 50 years old.”
“Jair-sama, Lise-sama and Adele-sama then.”
We were slowly walking with William and the others to Chris-san’s house. Chris-san was telling us about his family before we got to meet the Hast. Since Chris-san had warned me before they wouldn’t be very welcoming to us, I asked Chris-san to tell us a bit about them first.
“And then there’s my younger brother, Alex. Alex and I are only two months apart though so I guess that’s why I can’t really see him as my younger brother, you know?~ He’s dependable and often takes care of various matters in our territory~ My parents’ primary house is in our territory too, I guess? Well~ Our territory is pretty close to the royal capital so I’ve been staying here often since I was little. I also studied at a school in the royal capital~ My father is already entrusting Alex with the management of our territory while he’s busy working in the castle. Then we have my mother, Lise~ She still think of me as the legal successor but really, since she had led a sheltered life, she’s a woman who doesn’t understand anything in life~”
“Your younger brother, Alex-sama… Managing the territory…?”
“Yes, that’s right. We are a Duke family so we have some territory of our own. We also have a certain work at the castle because of our social position. Oh and, Alex is already married with one kid.”
Uwah… The stereotypical noble…
I just sat frozen there on William’s back, didn’t know what to say.
I already knew about this but I’m really about to marry such an amazing guy, huh. Well, Fer-san is a real prince and not to mention, Chris-san is the oldest son of the family too? Even if Chris-san left his home because he didn’t like his family, of course his family still wouldn’t like it if he were to marry a suspicious otherworlder like me…
“Then there’s my younger sister, Syutina. She’s 4 years younger than me so she should be 26 this year. Syutina is married to another duchal house and she has 2 kids~”
“Chris-san’s younger sister, Syutina-sama. If she resembles Chris-san then she must be very beautiful.”
I said that, turning my head around to look up at Chris-san. He had a gentle expression on his face as he talked with me.
Since she’s Chris-san’s younger sister, of course Chris-san is bound to think she’s cute, right?
“Hm~ I wonder~ Syutina and Alex are Adele-sama’s children so they resemble Adele-sama instead. She doesn’t really look similar to me but she’s cute though~”
I remember Chris-san mentioned that his siblings are cute.
“The last one is Mauritz. He’s 24 years old and he prefers to use his body rather than using his head so he’s working as a knight in the castle~ He’s working diligently as an ordinary knight since although he’s the son of a duke, he’s only the third son~ Mau is not married yet by the way~”
Ah I see.
The lower your standing in a duke family, the lower the chance of you becoming the successor so you had to find another way to keep on living. It seemed Mauritz-sama had found his path by working as a knight.
“So Jair-sama and Mauritz-sama are working in the castle. Maybe they were there two days ago?”
“Hm~ Maybe they are? I don’t really know~ Mau did say he’s going to be there to meet us so he shouldn’t be going on an expedition or anything~ He might have been there two days ago I guess?~”
“I see. A knight needs to go on an expedition, huh.”
Since we were already here, I was glad we could meet with Mauritz-sama too. Fer-san’s family were quite welcoming to me but I couldn’t say the same about Chris-san’s family. This might be my first and last chance to meet them.
“Well~ Our kingdom is not at war with anyone right now and we can’t only rely on the adventurer so the knight in our kingdom mainly go on an expedition to defeat monsters~”
“I see.”
“Yeah~ Well the last one is an exception but the Calhea subjugation quest is considered as an easy one so they can leave it to the adventurer, you know?~ The knight is responsible for defeating a harder massive monster subjugation~”
Hm hm.
I was still new to this world and although I had become an A-rank adventurer, there were still a lot of things I didn’t know. Even though by now people would’ve already considered me as a full fledged adventurer, I still needed to learn about this world by being taught like this…
“I see… I really don’t have any clue about things like knights….”
“Ah, right. Even when they stationed a knight squad in Pedrel, we don’t have much chance to meet them because they rarely ever comes to the guild, I guess?~ They also need to solve the fight in town and warn the responsible parties~ They need to protect the citizens and also work as escort for important people… Well technically they’re not that different from adventurers I guess?~ Think of it this way, the knights are organized and employed by the kingdom while adventurers are employed by ordinary civilians and are more individualistic~ Though adventurers can receive a quest issued by the kingdom too~”
“That’s true. I think I’ve never met one before.”
Yeah, I don’t think I have. I see…. So in short the knight is like the combination of the police and military?
“I think the biggest difference between a knight and an adventurer is that a knight needs to pass a test while you can just register yourself as an adventurer without any test~ Anyone can just become an adventurer if they want~ Ah! Look, it’s my parents’ house in the royal capital~”
Chris-san emphasized the part about no test but it was true there wasn’t any test except if you wanted to become an A-rank adventurer. Chris-san then stopped William and pointed forward. I turned my head back since I was talking while looking at Chris-san’s face and saw a large gate in front of us.
“Oh, we’re finally arrived.. Huh… Isn’t… A little bit too big…?”
I looked at the left and the right side of the gate but the wall kept on going on and on. So this was Chris-san’s parents’ house in the royal capital. I had thought it wouldn’t be too big since their main residence was located in their territory but this mansion was much bigger than I had expected….
Chapter 130: Okay, Let’s Go
“Sig-san… Wake up… Someone… Please….”
When I woke up, I couldn’t even move a muscle because Sig-san was crushing me with his weight.
“Sig! Ren-chan is going to die, you know?~”
“Chris-san… Help…”
I helplessly called for Chris-san’s help, who came from outside the room. He then tried to wake the sleeping Sig-san up by hitting Sig-san’s head. Sig-san, who still wouldn’t wake up despite being hit on the head by Chris-san, must be letting his guard down. He was an adventurer so he was usually able to wake up before someone was able to land a hit on him.
“Don’t look at me with tears in your eyes like that, Ren-chan~ Especially with that upward glance~ Come on, Sig?~ Pull yourself together already?~”
The tears were due to Sig-san pinning me down, making me unable to move no matter how hard I tried and I was laying on the bed so it was given that I’d be looking upward at Chris-san!
“Uuuh…. Ah, Ren. Sorry.”
“No, it’s okay…. Good morning to the two of you. Huh? Where’s Fer-san?”
After Chris-san called out to Sig-san again, Sig-san finally woke up. He immediately loosened his grip the moment he realized he had been pinning me down. I looked around after I was freed from my restraint but Fer-san was nowhere to be found.
“Morning~ I went to feed William and the others while Fer went outside to buy something for breakfast. Fer is a prince but since he’s also an adventurer, he likes to venture out in the city. He looks friendly to people so I’m sure he will get a lot of freebies this time too~”
“Which reminded me, he was also approached casually by the people too yesterday.”
“I’m sure he will get something extra today too, right?~”
I see. So that was why Chris-san wasn’t in the room when I woke up. Maybe I overslept too much?
We had been staying in the royal capital for a few days already and it seemed all the people in here already knew Fer-san from his portraits. Of course the soldiers were showing their respect whenever they saw Fer-san but the people in the market were acting pretty friendly with Fer-san even though he was the prince of this kingdom.
The people in the market would keep on giving freebies to Fer-san.
“Your Highness! Please have some of this too!”
Fer-san then would accept it gratefully and ate the food he was given after making sure there wasn’t any poison in it.
“Thank you for waiting. Ren-kun, are you guys already awake? Oh, you are. Good morning. I got some oranges so let’s have them after we eat breakfast.”
“Fufu~ Just as expected.”
“Hm?”
While we were talking about him, Fer-san returned. I couldn’t help but to laugh when I saw him holding some oranges, just like what Chris-san had predicted. Seeing me laughing at him, Fer-san tilted his head. He looked adorable when he did that.
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“Well… First of all, in my family there’s my father, Jair. I wonder how old is he now? I think he should be in his mid 50s by now. Then we have my mother, Lise, and my father’s other spouse, Adele. I think both of them are around 50 years old.”
“Jair-sama, Lise-sama and Adele-sama then.”
We were slowly walking with William and the others to Chris-san’s house. Chris-san was telling us about his family before we got to meet the Hast. Since Chris-san had warned me before they wouldn’t be very welcoming to us, I asked Chris-san to tell us a bit about them first.
“And then there’s my younger brother, Alex. Alex and I are only two months apart though so I guess that’s why I can’t really see him as my younger brother, you know?~ He’s dependable and often takes care of various matters in our territory~ My parents’ primary house is in our territory too, I guess? Well~ Our territory is pretty close to the royal capital so I’ve been staying here often since I was little. I also studied at a school in the royal capital~ My father is already entrusting Alex with the management of our territory while he’s busy working in the castle. Then we have my mother, Lise~ She still think of me as the legal successor but really, since she had led a sheltered life, she’s a woman who doesn’t understand anything in life~”
“Your younger brother, Alex-sama… Managing the territory…?”
“Yes, that’s right. We are a Duke family so we have some territory of our own. We also have a certain work at the castle because of our social position. Oh and, Alex is already married with one kid.”
Uwah… The stereotypical noble…
I just sat frozen there on William’s back, didn’t know what to say.
I already knew about this but I’m really about to marry such an amazing guy, huh. Well, Fer-san is a real prince and not to mention, Chris-san is the oldest son of the family too? Even if Chris-san left his home because he didn’t like his family, of course his family still wouldn’t like it if he were to marry a suspicious otherworlder like me…
“Then there’s my younger sister, Syutina. She’s 4 years younger than me so she should be 26 this year. Syutina is married to another duchal house and she has 2 kids~”
“Chris-san’s younger sister, Syutina-sama. If she resembles Chris-san then she must be very beautiful.”
I said that, turning my head around to look up at Chris-san. He had a gentle expression on his face as he talked with me.
Since she’s Chris-san’s younger sister, of course Chris-san is bound to think she’s cute, right?
“Hm~ I wonder~ Syutina and Alex are Adele-sama’s children so they resemble Adele-sama instead. She doesn’t really look similar to me but she’s cute though~”
I remember Chris-san mentioned that his siblings are cute.
“The last one is Mauritz. He’s 24 years old and he prefers to use his body rather than using his head so he’s working as a knight in the castle~ He’s working diligently as an ordinary knight since although he’s the son of a duke, he’s only the third son~ Mau is not married yet by the way~”
Ah I see.
The lower your standing in a duke family, the lower the chance of you becoming the successor so you had to find another way to keep on living. It seemed Mauritz-sama had found his path by working as a knight.
“So Jair-sama and Mauritz-sama are working in the castle. Maybe they were there two days ago?”
“Hm~ Maybe they are? I don’t really know~ Mau did say he’s going to be there to meet us so he shouldn’t be going on an expedition or anything~ He might have been there two days ago I guess?~”
“I see. A knight needs to go on an expedition, huh.”
Since we were already here, I was glad we could meet with Mauritz-sama too. Fer-san’s family were quite welcoming to me but I couldn’t say the same about Chris-san’s family. This might be my first and last chance to meet them.
“Well~ Our kingdom is not at war with anyone right now and we can’t only rely on the adventurer so the knight in our kingdom mainly go on an expedition to defeat monsters~”
“I see.”
“Yeah~ Well the last one is an exception but the Calhea subjugation quest is considered as an easy one so they can leave it to the adventurer, you know?~ The knight is responsible for defeating a harder massive monster subjugation~”
Hm hm.
I was still new to this world and although I had become an A-rank adventurer, there were still a lot of things I didn’t know. Even though by now people would’ve already considered me as a full fledged adventurer, I still needed to learn about this world by being taught like this…
“I see… I really don’t have any clue about things like knights….”
“Ah, right. Even when they stationed a knight squad in Pedrel, we don’t have much chance to meet them because they rarely ever comes to the guild, I guess?~ They also need to solve the fight in town and warn the responsible parties~ They need to protect the citizens and also work as escort for important people… Well technically they’re not that different from adventurers I guess?~ Think of it this way, the knights are organized and employed by the kingdom while adventurers are employed by ordinary civilians and are more individualistic~ Though adventurers can receive a quest issued by the kingdom too~”
“That’s true. I think I’ve never met one before.”
Yeah, I don’t think I have. I see…. So in short the knight is like the combination of the police and military?
“I think the biggest difference between a knight and an adventurer is that a knight needs to pass a test while you can just register yourself as an adventurer without any test~ Anyone can just become an adventurer if they want~ Ah! Look, it’s my parents’ house in the royal capital~”
Chris-san emphasized the part about no test but it was true there wasn’t any test except if you wanted to become an A-rank adventurer. Chris-san then stopped William and pointed forward. I turned my head back since I was talking while looking at Chris-san’s face and saw a large gate in front of us.
“Oh, we’re finally arrived.. Huh… Isn’t… A little bit too big…?”
I looked at the left and the right side of the gate but the wall kept on going on and on. So this was Chris-san’s parents’ house in the royal capital. I had thought it wouldn’t be too big since their main residence was located in their territory but this mansion was much bigger than I had expected….
