50 – Scar-4

The fuss was sorted out, and the maid cleaned the messy desk and arranged the dishes as if nothing had happened.

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Just as he was about to climb up, a noble entered the inn with an escort.

“What is it, lord?”

“It’s an emergency! Adventurers, gather in front of my residence by tomorrow!”

“yes?”

Panting for breath, the aristocrat initiated the summoning order.

“You, you, you! And… yes. You were an adventurer too. Come out somehow with a sword and shield.”

“Even with your legs like this?”

The maid lifted her skirt slightly to show off her wooden legs.

“Don’t be unfair. Whether you’re an armless idiot or an old man, everyone has to get together.”

“What the hell…”

“There’s a bunch of orcs around. I’m guessing there are over a thousand orcs. You can’t see me walking around doing this shit myself!”

He looked around with a huff, made eye contact with me, and shouted again.

“You! You too… well, the maid next to you…”

“I heard that he is also a nobleman, do you intend to call him?”

The lord biting his lip asked me with a slightly more relaxed attitude than before.

“Are you really a noble? Excuse me, may I ask your family name?”

“…Leodrin, they say.”

“Damn. I’ve never heard of a man living there. Are you on an adventure? Crazy…”

He banged the table nervously and told me with a worried face.

“Well, you can take the other two… If I had known it would be like this, I would have learned a little about central politics. Anyway, it’s impossible to go on an adventure right now. I’ll invite you to my mansion, so don’t move right away.”

“…what the hell is going on?”

“As you said, a group of orcs are on the move.”

It didn’t make sense. No matter how fast I was moving, it hadn’t even been a week since I came out of the capital.

There was no way the Demon King’s army could enter this close.

“Isn’t the demon king dead?”

“The demons are rampaging more ferociously! In the first place, as long as the demons are there, hundreds or thousands of demons can be born, and they can come back to life. Since the demon king is dead, the demonic powers won’t be replenished…”

“Even so, to come here…”

After taking a deep breath, Yeongju ordered a maid to order a bottle of alcohol. It was a cheap drink, but it was like a person who had been on the battlefield for several years.

“Originally, reinforcements were supposed to come a long time ago. However, they said they were delayed due to the circumstances of the empire.

“What about the Empire?”

“Your Majesty the Princess… Ah, now she’s a warrior. Anyway, I promised to completely annihilate her in cooperation with her and provide support for this place after the situation is over.”

I bit my lip.

“But for some reason, an incident broke out in the Imperial Castle and the warrior said that he couldn’t move. The Orc horde, which had been in tens a few days ago, quickly increased to thousands… Now we have to worry about survival.”

No matter how close they were to the capital, not all of them had large populations, power, and armies.

If the lord himself had to barge into the bar and shout at the adventurers, it wouldn’t be much to gather a standing army.

“Anyway, it’s dangerous to move around. There are reports that wolves around them have been tamed and turned into demon dogs, and they don’t get tired. If they get attention, no matter how strong they are, they’ll die.”

I wasn’t interested in what the hero was doing for a living, but even I could tell that she was busy.

Apparently, he was on his way back with his knights on the day he met the archer. At that time, there was no time to think about this or that, and there was no reason to observe her, but looking back, the traces of the battle remained.

Even considering that, I didn’t expect so many Orcs to suddenly appear, but I wonder if it’s not impossible.

“…Let me think about it.”

The nobleman immediately turned his head and shouted at the adventurers who still had disgruntled faces.

“I’m thinking you guys will hate this. But, I fight with my own sword! Now my 14-year-old son will get a sword and shield!”

Speaking of duty, adventurers are not obligated to engage in war.

If it was the order of the emperor, or the order of a noble who directly represented that order, adventurers could also be recruited, but I didn’t think that noble would be that high-ranking.

“Anyone who tries to escape will die miserably! If I thought that was the way to live, I would have given that nobleman a horse first!”

Somehow, it seemed that I had become something of a signal that signaled the urgency of the situation.

I don’t know how much he believes me when I say he’s an aristocrat. It seems that there are quite a few wandering knights and adventurers who were born with aristocratic lineage, so it might be an idea to minimize the risk.

“All right…”

The waitress let out a deep sigh and sat down on an empty chair.

“If you understand, I will move to the next location. Even now, all the soldiers are moving to announce this situation. We can’t delay too much here!”

The nobleman, who had shouted to the end, rode the horse tied in front of the inn and quickly ran away. The escorts hurriedly followed him.

“…what do you plan to do?”

Seris agitated me with a worried expression.

“Let’s go upstairs and talk.”

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Just as I was going up the stairs, I heard the voice of a maid shouting from behind.

“Oh, Dad! Do you know where I put my armor?”

“It’s probably stuck somewhere in the warehouse…”

My father’s voice, weak and weak, entered my ears as I climbed the stairs.

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The place where the crowd immediately gathered was the cathedral. However, it wasn’t that the aristocrats were standing still.

Rather than gathering in the streets and shouting without dignity, they quietly gathered at the court and showed off their presence.

“When can we return to our family’s army? The promised time has passed.”

It was not easy even for nobles to intimidate the emperor for being a fake hero.

This relationship could have been reversed if he had secured the real hero, but had the story proceeded on his own without his will.

After all, it was the emperor and his most loyal servants who knew the real hero better than anyone else.

“The demon’s threat is not over yet.”

“Then, the promise we made at the celebration… We also used that as a standard and notified our vassals and soldiers of the return schedule…”

However, it was a great burden to the emperor for the subject to be mentioned. The servants somehow forced the subject to be mentioned, and gradually pressured the emperor.

“Wasn’t it a plan to deploy the Platinum Knights? If it wasn’t for the strength of the warriors, it would consume an unimaginable amount of resources to cut off the source of demonic energy.”

Being able to openly argue against the emperor like this was rudeness based on such calculations.

“Kuhm…”

Neither the emperor nor Eleanor, who was standing next to him, knew that.

The conversation between the nobles had already ended. If Eleanor and the Platinum Knights were to move in sympathy with those words right away, the other nobles would hold the princess guilty and shout.

-I haven’t explained the fake hero yet, but I’m trying to run away while holding on to the easy enemy.

-I couldn’t use the strength of the hero in this fight. It is clear that the goddess has reaped the power of that despicable fake hero.

It was an outcall. Although the emperor could bury the case with authority, he had to make many concessions in the process.

“At least, we need a reward to give them.

Eleanor bit her lip in silence.

Even those who sacrificed countless comrades on the battlefield did not receive proper compensation.

It was unacceptable for those who were waiting comfortably near the imperial castle to receive compensation first. But I couldn’t deny their request.

“I promise you, but things are not going well right now.”

In addition, it is the imperial palace that has gathered the magic materials needed for the return ceremony unreasonably.

In the beginning, there wasn’t that much money to spare. Taxes were reduced, and a lot of money was spent to reduce the loss of life on the front lines.

In addition, since Enerel was collecting magic materials again in preparation for the time he returned to the imperial palace, they would have to pay more than they could.

If it’s rather a debt, if it’s an amount, you’ll be able to collect it again with enough time. But it was obvious that they would want more.

“In that case, please return the rights to us. We have to deal with this difficulty internally. And if it’s a promise… it’s already been broken once.”

“…What specifically do you want?”

With a worried face, the emperor slowly began to listen to what they wanted. Eleanor clenched her fist under the table even tighter.

The foundation of the beautiful country her father had dedicated his life to was slowly crumbling.

And the cause was in herself.