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14-2 At the Labyrinth City

Satou's here When I saw the unusually realistic animal toys sold with food on a convenience store, I re to collect theahness Shistina, it is truly an honor to be graced with your presence"

Marquis Ashinen said such words to us who visited the viceroy mansion

The people present here aren't only the Marquis couple, the nobles of the labyrinth city with peerage are also lined up in the entrance

Usually it's the uest, but as expected of a princess,from the same mother, the treatreeted thereeted theuided to the usual salon

The salon that usually felt too large now feels a bit crauests

Coood decision

"Sir Pendragon, this is a present to celebrate for you cliuration to be the Tourist Ministry vice minister This is not just from me, but all 17 noble houses in the Labyrinth City"

Marquis Ashinen is givingafter hiratulateda present like this ia Kingdom, but I inadvertently asked due to my Japanese nature

--Geh, are you serious?

My surprise surpassed the Poker Face skill as I stared the content of that s allyou be that surprised"

"T-thank you very much"

I take out the [Chant Orb] from the s to the AR beside the orb, it see Labyrinth]

There's a [Light Magic Orb] beside it

The Chant Orbabundant of drops right when you don't need theames and another world

It was quite unusual for me to shoorldly desire, so it seems they asked the rateful It's not like the thought, "just as all ofafter they have gone through a lot of trouble for et hit with a divine retribution

I feel bad for only receiving things, so I signal the marquis house butler and make him take out the souvenir I've passed on to him earlier

"These are the tiara and the emerald I saw back then! So you re of Marchioness after all"

I' the personal connections in the Royal Capital, so I got her the [Tiara] and the [Egg-sized Emerald] that she wanted

I've sucked up a lot ofthese were no problelass-work"

"Satou-sama, is this handicraft the work of a Royal Capital's workshop?"

"Behold! This small handicraft looks as if it's alive"

In addition to that, I presented other things like ancestor king glass statue and slass statues for the servants

The former ell received as planned, but it seems the marchioness and the noble wives like the latter too

These were easily ic [Glass Art], a spell created froic since I wanted a bowl for the shaved ice, but it looks like I can use this for s

"Marquis, I've left the neork to the butler, please enjoy it"

"B-by neork you ave the present to the Marchioness, so I haven't forgotten the Marquis's share too

His present is not ot froement The Marquis once said, "My friend obtained the neork in the Duchy Capital"

I gave an Echigoya Firm-made set of [Vitality Medicine], [Gloss Skin Medicine], [Hair Growth Formula] to each head of the noble houses It seeet in the labyrinth city, so they were exaggeratedly pleased

After we had finished exchanging souvenirs, it was the pleasant chat time like usual

The one that was different was that they wanted ist of the sakuramochi demon attack on the Royal Capital, and Hero Nanashi and the Golden Knights

It has already been half a month since the incident, so the details should have circulated in the labyrinth city too, but they probably want to hear the raw story from people ere there

"--The the Royal Capital reconstruction is going well isn't it"

"Yes, it is the result of Hero Nanashi's effort"

The princess replied to the Marchioness with a clear s Hero Nanashi

After that serious talk was over, this ti of love of the princess and Satou-dono"

"We met by accident--"

One of the countesses from the Marchioness's circle asked about the topic

The princess then talked about how she met me with Arisa and Mia as the intermediary, and how I saved her when a monster attacked like it was some sort of heroic story

Of course she had shrewdly cut the matter about Hisui and my senseless action

"I want to hear about the start of roe of the vice minister, but in actuality, you're the candidate for the second wife right?"

The viscountess asked about Sera's real objectives

"Yes, you randfather and father after all--"

After saying so, Sera turned toward

It's the first I've heard of that though?

"Sera-sama, I think it's better if you talk about that once it's official"

"Yes, that's right"

I warned Sera since it'd be troublesoe rumor circulated

She obediently assented, and closed the uncertain talk

Whenever Sera fixes her sitting, she gets closer to ination

I feel like she's burying the outer lad that I've left Lady Karina in thethat it'd have beenthe tea party, ent to the Labyrinth Arreetings came from soh the food stall for explorers and the street in front of the Explorer Guild

For noave h the

"You're quite popular"

The princess looked lightly surprised to my popularity

"They probably reation parade"

"Satou-san, you don't have to be so modest Satou-san's achieveerating"

Replying Sera with a wry s outside the

"Viscount-sa e , I saw little girls and children running after the carriage

--Are they children of the orphanage?

I stealthily supported a child who tripped her feet with [Magic Hand]

The traffic decreased before long, and the carriage arrived at the destination

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Having arrived at the labyrinth arreeted General Eltar and visited the soldiers

I only brought some famed liquor and seneral and the soldier's souvenir, there's nothing special to mention

There were these conversations at ht Swords, why did you decline?"

"That is too ht Swords requires one's individual strength after all"

General Eltar nodded tohis beard

In the labyrinth city, it looks like I'm knownand an orphanage, and also a politician who aligned himself with the marchioness faction rather than an explorer after all

"So, as you're going to go around the world as the vice oing to do?"

"Liza and the others are going to continue to explore the labyrinth"

"I see--"

Perhaps, he's going to invite Liza and the others to the labyrinth arht, but General Eltar said so to establish a private knight order in the labyrinth city, you can consult ht order

It's not like I'll participate in a war anyway, I don't need a private knight order right?

Or rather, if I did ht, but since he said it out of kindness, I replied like a Japanese who could read the , but I'll be pleased if I can consult with you when that time comes"

"Umu, you can freely come here"

General Eltar nodded like he was satisfied withnot a bottle of the dragon spring liquor, but a whole barrel

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"""Young Master! Let's have a feast!"""

When I went to the western Explorer Guild to visit the guildreeted me unanimously

Looks like they've opened the liquor barrel I sent to the guild bout already

The sun is still high, they put the dwarves to shaood liquor! It'll disappear if you don't couild bout

I'd like to participate if I was alone, but since I'm with the princess and Sera, that'd be bad