Escapism
“You are amazing. If you want, why not break off your engagent with Mai and have look after you?”
“I refuse, Raund-sama.”
“Hahaha, I got rejected. Ah, Kuroinu-sama was a [Man] huh. Hahaha, please get along well with Mai.”
“Haah…”
Oh, he knows about it? Guess the heir was told after all.
By the way, the mock fight was entirely in ats favor as she spent the full thing avoiding Raund’s attacks, ending it by tapping her wooden knife on his neck.
If I had to place Raund’s strength in an adventurer ranking, I’d say he’s upper-mid C-Rank? He wasn’t a match against at, who’d practiced with the A-Rank Misha.
“B-but elder brother can use magic as well though!”
“Is that so?”
at glanced at . Yeah, at’s also able to, but there’s no need to bother saying it.
I shook my head slightly. at responded with a small nod.
“… You’ve communicated sothing?”
“Oh, Mai-sama? Even though they’re your fiance, they’re my party mber. We’ve known enough for so long that there’s no way we couldn’t do sothing like that. Please don’t feel envious, yeah?”
“I was just thinking that I envied how long you’ve known each other.”
“Yeah, it’s been around a year.”
“… Eh, isn’t that short?”
… We’ve been together around 99% of the ti since I’ve co to this world, so I’d never think of that as short. at’s mories from before she beca my slave are all fuzzy, so she feels to sa.
It’s only been a year, but it’s been a rich one.
“… I wonder if I should beco an adventurer too, then?”
“Have fun with rabbi hunting. Please give it your all, I’ll be rooting for you.”
With saying that, Maidence looked frustrated. Good, I chose the correct answer.
“Now then, you should have a good idea about their ability at this point. Any complains, Jitter-sama?”
“… I’d be putting elder brother down if I still did. I acknowledge him!”
Good, now there’s no more obstacles for the fake betrothal!
“Now that there’s no problem… can I head back?”
“Yeah, sorry about that. You can return, have a good rest.”
On the way back to my room, I inford a maid that I wouldn’t be needing breakfast in the morning.
*
And so I decided to secretly slip out in the middle of the night and return to the dungeon.
Stuuupid! The longer I stayed there the more troubles I’d have to deal with, so now that I’ve settled it all, staying in the lord’s manor would only be a bad move!
Just in case, I left behind a later stating: [As promised, I will lend at Kuroinu’s na for a one-month period. If you wish to borrow the person themself, inform Golen Village as soon as you can that you wish to borrow them].
“Okay then, I’m tired but I can do it… maybe. Let’s go, at.”
“Yeah, Goshujin-sama.”
Seeing that the sun had gone down completely, I took at and left the mansion.
Uuu, so tired. But I have to endure!
It wasn’t perfectly dark outside due to the shops’ lights and the other various night ti lighting such as street lights and the various taverns. Co to think of it, this is the first ti I’ve walked around Sia after dark… I wonder if it’s darker in the side streets?
We reached the gate before long.
… It’s closed, we were too late. Crap, we can’t get out. Should we climb over the wall? No, there might be a magical defense function that stops that. We can’t go about this haphazardly. What should we do…
“Oi, what are you doing here?”
Just as I was figuring out what to do, a guard suddenly spoke to . Night patrol I guess? How eager you are with your duty.
“Oh, Guard-san. I was wanting to get out of the gate.”
“The hours for passing through the gate are over. Co back tomorrow.”
“… There’s no way I can?”
“No way at all—is what I want to say, but I have an obligation to explain. If you have the lord’s permission or are a noble yourself, you can pass after following so procedures.”
It looks like this guard really is serious about his duty. Good guard.
… I thought about showing him my invitation from the lord, but it’d be troubleso if he went to the lord’s mansion to verify its authenticity. I decided to use at’s status as a noble. It’ll stay on their records, but they’ll co to Golen Village eventually after seeing I’m gone so it’s not like anything will change.
“You were a noble? My apologies.”
“No, thank you for your efforts this late.”
Receiving the noble’s (at’s) words of gratitude, the guard saluted. The procedures were worked on in the anwhile.
… It’s a good think that I can write simple things with the gloves golem.
Like that, we finished the procedures and went outside through a staff entrance.
Well, we also have the lord’s permission to co back.
“Now then.”
It was pitch black outside the gate… nooo idea where anything is. Should I have a golem bring back automatically?
I used [Create Golem] to make a palanquin. The type of palanquin that’d belong in the Edo period. Then I made two clay golems to carry it.
For so reason, golems are able to see in the dark rather well. They’ll have an easy ti heading back by following the map.
*
“So that’s why you ca back?”
“Yeah?”
“That’s so coooooool, but it’s like you gave them the cold shoulder, is that alright?”
“What, Rokuko, wasn’t it already decided that I’d do that?”
Hearing Rokuko’s reasonable question, I answered obediently.
“… I knew that!!”
Yeah, I can’t keep up interacting with nobles at all. I’m wiped. Which is why I demand a break. Particularly right now, I just got back and I’m super tired, let get to sleep please?
The ride back on that palanquin was unexpectedly rough, I couldn’t rest on it at all.
“… I, umm, I got a bit mad, but I’m better now. You rushed back ho, and even ca to see first.”
Ah, she got mad after all.
“I’m going to go sleep for two or three days, so I’ll leave it to you. Do your best at filling in for .”
“Don’t just leave it to . I’ll absolutely be interrogating you, you know? I’ll definitely wake you up when I co to do it!”
“… Alright. But at least let sleep… and don’t wake up…”
There are tis where you want to escape reality.
This mont right now was one of those tis.
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