Vol 2: Chapter 6
「You are a terrific master of martial arts. I’m sure you were brought up with rigorous training from an early age.」said Maxim-san, once he got back up. And the rest of the knights, although displeased, no longer openly criticised.
「If that escort can activate 【Dark Magic】 as quickly as that, he surely has either 【Mana Control】 or 【Magic Aptitude Enhancent】.」
「And he’s circulating the smoke with 【Wind Magic】, right?」
「I heard he used 【Earth Magic】 when he saved His Excellency the Earl.」
「Then, how did he dodge Maxim-sama’s attack? There aren’t enough skill holders for all of them.」
So knights were discussing that in one corner.
I guess they’ll get suspicious if I use various types of magic… how troubleso.
On a side note, it was actually thanks to Raikira-san that my physical movent improved. I heard about Raikira-san’s skill from Zerry-san.
「The young boss received an incredibly rare skill orb from the leader of our rcenary group. It was 【Body Enhancent★★★】. The skill orb that raises the muscle strength of the whole body… I wonder where the leader got it from…」
Raikira-san’s movent was not due to skill orbs that enhance one specific part, but one that provides overall enhancent, just like 【Four Elental Magic】. The mont I realised that, 【World Ruler】 learned the skill.
Thanks to that, my movents shot up by several levels.
I was helped by Raikira-san once again. It felt like a “nto” from him.
「Reiji!」
The match had a great influence on the young lady.
She beca more attached and asked to stay by her side. At first, I was wondering what to do about the attachnt of the greenhouse-grown strawberry princess, but she didn’t seem to let up anyti soon.
Children of the sa age weren’t around Lady Eva.
There were no schools. Nobles usually hired a private tutor. The tutors were all retired civil officials and nobles, aning only old people. Speaking of friends of the sa age, she ets them once in a while when her father takes her along to high society parties like Dance Party, Tea Party, and Evening Party.
「Children of my age are too scared to approach .」the young lady said to , with a sullen face, during a study break from a private tutor.
「Is it because you are beautiful?」
「Of course not! Even you are making fun of , Reiji!」
「Well, I was being honest, though…」
「Eh!?」
The flustered young lady, flushing, looked much more human than the “Cold-Blooded Lord” —Ahhh, so that’s what the kids are afraid of.
「W-W-What do you m-an I am b-beautiful…」
「Is it because of His Excellency that everyone is afraid to approach you?」
「Y-Yeah, that’s right. But that’s not what I asked. Y-You said sothing about b-beautiful–」
「That’s unfortunate. You’ll surely find good friends one day.」
「…Reiji?」
「Well then, let’s continue studying. Teacher, we can resu.」
On one hand, I sympathized with the young lady who was born to the Earl who was called “Cold-Blooded Lord”. But on the other hand, I couldn’t understand why she was extrely moody for the rest of the day.
The “Cold-blooded Lord” seed to have incurred the resentnt of nurous people.
However, when I asked for the reason, I found that those resentnts can be sumd up to being unjustified resentnt.
「…The reason I was attacked? Hmm, I suppose it is necessary information as Eva’s escort, so I shall tell you.」
Once every 10 days, I had to et the Earl for a “reporting session”. It was to confirm the progress of the conditions I put forth and to inform the Earl on how the young lady was doing.
「I was assigned to be the “Special Assistant Secretary” of the “Altar Managent Bureau”, an organization directly under the Holy King.」
…An unknown organization seems to have popped up.
「Reiji-san, it seems you’re not very familiar with these matters despite being in the Holy King’s Knights Order. Well, you will learn eventually. Simply put, I am “The Holy King’s Dagger”.」
「Not “The Secretary’s Dagger” despite being assistant secretary?」
「Yes. I won’t go into the details, but you know that there is “First Altar” that produces skill orbs in the Kruvan Holy Kingdom, right?」
「!」
There are 8 places in the world that produce skill orbs.
One of them is Six Mine, where I worked as a slave.
As the na suggests, First Altar is an altar, and it seems that a lot of skill orbs appear on the altar accompanied by light every day.
Much more efficient than mining in a mine. Considering that there are many places where it is difficult to harvest such as the seabed, glaciers, and lava, you can effortlessly acquire a large amount of skill orbs that pop out at the altar in Kruvan Holy Kingdom.
In this world, skill orbs are directly connected to military power.
The fact that the Kruvan Holy Kingdom is one of the major powers is very much due to the benefits of “First Altar”.
「At first, I considered the possibility that Reiji-san approached because you wanted to know about the altar, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. What you wanted is information related to skill orbs of “5 stars or more”, correct?」
「Yes. I’d like to hear any information about the appearance of such skill orbs, or auctioned ones, etc. Anything at all.」
「I hear it only a few tis a year…」
「I don’t mind.」
The Earl nodded.
「Reij-san. I have been researching everything about the altar at the command of the Holy King. In the last few years, the number of stars of skill orbs erging from the altar has dropped and I have been investigating it.」
「The number of stars has dropped…?」
「The number of appearances of three or more stars has clearly decreased. The only thing that can be concluded from this is that people within the organization have been selling it through illegal channels.」
「Traitors…?」
「Not quite. They didn’t do it with the intention of betrayal, but rather were having trouble with money. In the last year, I finally discovered the fact that skill orbs were being sold illegally, and caught and executed all the related nobles.」
Eek. Executed?
「I-Is it that serious of a cri?」
I stood in front of the Earl, while feeling slight shivers running down my body. The Earl explained indifferently, like reading from a report.
Publicly, they were accused of embezzlent, bribery, and possession of slaves. According to the Earl, “Anyone who violates the altar couldn’t possibly be innocent” – and were executed.
The altar is absolutely inviolable.
The Holy King strongly reminded that problems would arise if information that the altar was defiled were to leak, thus the Earl took on the entire responsibility for the investigation and execution.
Thus born the nickna “Cold-Blooded Lord”.
The assailants who aid for the Earl’s life seems to have been sent by soone connected to the nobles who were executed.
「Um… Your Excellency.」
「What is it, Reiji-san?」
「Why did you tell sothing so important which was ordered by the Holy King?」
「………」
「………」
What a sly man. Don’t just smile it off!
「Couldn’t you have perhaps explained a little about this before I accepted the escort request…?」
「Well, you didn’t ask.」
How am I supposed to ask that! How am I even supposed to co up with that exact scenario to ask about that!
Well, I suppose the Earl couldn’t have talked about it before I beca an escort though!
「By the way, Reiji-san. This is information about “Lulusha”. Just as before, no one has been found to et your description.」
I received a report written on paper. Not only “Lulusha” but also similar nas such as “Luluusha” and “Lulushi” were being investigated.
Despite the Earl’s nickna, Cold-Blooded Lord, I feel he is polite and sincere when we are together. He also bound the contract magic, after all.
After that, I gave a report on the lady. Only during that period, I can sense slight happiness from the Earl.
And that was how usual reporting sessions went.
That aspect changed about a month ago. That was also when the young lady and I started the “Slave Business Crushing”.
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