“Here’s some tea.”
“Ah, thank you very much.”
The attendants served tea to us in the reception room.
Yeah… everyone was still a bit tense.
Crunch crunch crunch.
“Today’s sweets are really good, huh.”
“I got this from Fran.”
“Ah, I wanted to try it too.”
“Hehe…”
And of course, Shiro, Fran, and Horn were happily munching away on sweets, even before dinner. Watching the three of them so lively finally seemed to put Sylvia-san at ease as well.
Amid that, she suddenly spoke to me.
“Shun… Shun-san, even though you’re a cook, you can use magic? That household magic was amazing.”
““Pfft!””
“Eh? Eh?!”
It’s cruel for Sue and Fina-san’s brother to burst out laughing just as Sylvia-san said that.
Even I can’t help but feel a bit deflated by that reaction.
Sylvia-san, seeing their laughter, had a completely baffled look on her face.
“Sylvia-san, I’m actually an adventurer whose magic leans toward healing. I’m not a cook.”
“Eh… really? But everyone in town said you were an incredible chef!”
“Sigh… How did it come to this…?”
I couldn’t help but cry silently in my heart.
Ugh… when will I ever get to work properly as a healer?
Just to be safe, I showed Sylvia-san my adventurer’s card.
“Eeh!? You’re D-rank and have two titles!? Shun-san, you’re an amazing adventurer! I’m still F-rank myself.”
“Oh—so you and Fran are the same rank, huh.”
“Horn’s F-rank too.”
“Even so, having a title counts as a higher ranking, so it’s completely different from me.”
“‘R-really?’”
Fran and Horn had shown Sylvia-san their adventurer cards too, but because having a title bumps you up in rank, it wasn’t exactly the same.
“Haha, looks like you all get along well.”
“Yes, it’s true.”
“Fina, you should get along with them too.”
At that moment, the Margrave and his wife, along with Fina, entered the reception room. They seemed to see Sylvia-san and me chatting so comfortably as a good sign.
“I’ve heard about what happened at the inn. Since the scene still needs to be investigated, you may stay at our estate for the time being.”
“Of course, no payment is necessary. You were a victim of an incident within the Margravate, and besides, you helped with the food stalls.”
“Yey! I get to be with Sylvia-oneechan!”
“My apologies. Thank you very much.”
Sylvia-san, not wanting to refuse awkwardly, simply agreed to stay at the estate.
With that settled, Sylvia-san’s situation was now taken care of—and, as a result, the Margrave’s family and Sylvia-san had unexpectedly become quite close.
“Now, there’s another slightly troublesome matter. The weapons that fool was carrying… it turns out they were purchased from someone connected to the Red Scorpion.”
““The Red Scorpion!?””
Hearing that name from the Margrave himself was unexpected.
Sue and I couldn’t help but blurt it out.
Shiro and the others, along with Sylvia-san, looked completely bewildered.
“I’ve already notified the royal castle. His Majesty lamented that it’s yet another headache.”
“From the Southern Margravate to the Eastern one, and now even in the Northern Margravate, that name has come up.”
“Yes. It seems the capital has already detained some of their members. But for some reason, their activities have been growing bolder recently.”
If that’s the case, then it’s possible that someone connected to the Red Scorpion has infiltrated the martial arts tournament.
The most likely candidate is that man in the black robe.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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