Chapter 292: Caring for the Guest, and the East City Gate (1)

“Master, Lady Thea’s consciousness returned.”

The owner of the voice was Birga.

I raised my face and matched eyes with Utz near the door.

“Understood, I will go immediately.”

We left the room and headed to the reception room where Thea was being treated.

…

“Are you fine?”

“Y-yes. Um, I-I caused you trouble.”

Thea whose skin was still largely red whether not completely healed had raised her upper body, and bowed her head to me putting a dark expression on the completely exhausted face.

There were various things I wanted to ask, but first resting was the priority.

“For now better to rest a little. Not my house, but I will say to the house owner from me.”

“No, I cannot cause more trouble…!”

“Oops.”

When Thea lying on the long chair sofa put a hand on the seat surface as if trying to stand she seemed about to fall to the side without the backrest, so I supported the body so Thea would not fall.

“A-thank you very much.”

“With that much staggering you cannot walk. Do you have a destination? Speaking of which what happened to the mother? If in this city I will contact.”

“…Mother… already… uu…”

Thea returned a mutter bowing her head at my words.

From those eyes staring at one point tears spilled.

From such Thea’s appearance the general imagination attached.

“I see…”

“Uu… u… uwaaa!”

When I put a hand on Thea’s shoulder Thea rested her face on my chest and began crying as if the dam broke.

…

“Thank you very much.”

“No, mutual. This side was helped by Master Hiroyuki too.”

At the entrance of Freit’s mansion we were out to see off Utz and Irina.

“Ah, right. If you desire medicine please contact me by all means. You seem to have a skilled healer Dule, but there are scenes where medicine becomes more useful.”

Utz offered his right hand and as if forgotten advertised himself.

Apparently there were cases where healing that had to recover slowly not sudden healing by magic was needed.

“Yes, at that time I will have you call out.”

I answered that to Utz while shaking hands.

“Then with this.”

Utz followed Irina and returned.

We saw off Utz and them, then entered the house.

Now…

“Is Thea fine as is?”

“If possible better to leave her lying as is~.”

“But that room is a reception room. I think cannot leave as is.”

Rosina answered from Thea’s condition, but Muriel opposed that from my position as a freeloader.

“Even if moving the room first have to borrow a room from Freit.”

Fine to move to the room of me and the Dules I was borrowing, but a girl of age sleeping in a room of a man with almost no acquaintance was how, and the Dules’ rooms were basically several people in one room so the girls in the same room as Thea sleeping with illness might be hard to spend.

“Well the one using that room would be Freit or me, and there are already two more reception rooms.”

Why there were three reception rooms I did not know, but becoming a notable person like Freit there were probably times having to meet people who should not meet at the same time.

…Was there?

“Anyway let us consult after Freit returns.”

I said that to Muriel and them, then headed to the reception room where Thea was.

On Thea quietly sleeping on the long chair sofa Sheena was attending the nursing.

“Sheena must be tired too. I will switch.”

“No, fine. Used to this degree.”

Sheena said she was a specialized healing priest of the Anirofe order so she had probably done this degree of treatment and nursing.

“I see. Then counting on you. If tired say without reservation. Even if not me there are other Dules.”

“Yes. Thank you very much.”

Sheena smiled nikkori and thanked.

Seeing that I peered at Thea’s condition again.

After that Thea who was cried on did not take that much time to sleep.

From that way of talking the mother had died, probably.

Why she died, why she contracted the severe venereal disease I did not know, but clear she was weakened physically and mentally.

“Mother…”

Thea said in her sleep, and tears spilled from the closed eyes.

I wiped those tears with a finger.

“Then leaving it to you.”

“Yes.”

Hearing Sheena firmly replied I left the reception room.

“Is that so. Fine. For that amount I will have Master Hiroyuki work.”

Freit put out words of content whether joke or serious unknown.

Looking at the place laughing interestedly he seemed to be saying as a joke, but I was half serious, and thought I had to do so.

“But Master Hiroyuki is blessed with women. If a man who is not popular sees he will surely be jealous.”

Freit said while smiling nyanya.

But because there was a clue I could not say anything back.

Even though only about half a month had passed since freeloading at Freit’s mansion five people had come to my place.

Well one of them would make a reluctant face, but even so three of them had already become Dules.

Even I had not anticipated.

“Well for Master Hiroyuki it would not be strange though.”

Freit said that and laughed for a while, then put wine to his mouth.

“Why?”

The person me was outside assumption, but Freit seemed to have half predicted.

“…Fu, fufufu. Master Hiroyuki’s deeds until now, probably.”

Freit who heard my question looked at me for a little while rounding his eyes and half-opening his mouth, but when laughing as if squeezing out answered like a personnel matter and carried white bread to his mouth.

My deeds until now… no memory of increasing Dules carelessly, but indeed the number of Dules was many.

“Better to be careful not to be stabbed from behind. Mainly by single men.”

Freit urged caution to me in a low voice with a serious expression.

…Let us be careful.

Looking beside Muriel was nodding with a serious expression as if having resolved something.

“Well jokes this much. About Miss Thea I will say to the people of the house to pay attention. Then I will prepare one room so when Miss Thea calms better to move there.”

Freit scrapped the previous serious talk, then talked about caring for Thea smiling.

A very helpful talk.

“Thank you very much.”

“No. Do not mind. Speaking of which changing the topic but will you not go see the place that will become the battlefield once? I was talking with Lord Falco, but the mercenary group captains have already finished the inspection, and I heard Master Hiroyuki has not yet. No if not needed fine to ignore.”

Freit changed the topic and proposed that to me.

Falco was the person who would become the highest commander in this war.

Probably the mercenary group captains received permission for inspection from Falco.

But I had never seen that place that would become the battlefield.

Indeed the east of this city should be that battlefield.

Even though able to go immediately not having done any preliminary investigation was careless.

“S-sorry.”

Muriel hurriedly bowed her head to me.

Did Muriel not notice either?

“No… right. I want to see.”

There might be other reasons but… anyway I restrained the apologizing Muriel with a hand, and as Freit said decided to see the east gate that would become the battlefield.

…

“He~, here is the east gate~.”

I led the Dules and came to the east gate.

From the central district exited the east district, the outer district, and further walking the main street heading east a large iron gate blocked the way.

Originally it should be open during the day, but the war was close, and because merchants and travelers entering and exiting the east side where the Demon Lord army was substantially heading were almost none the east gate was always closed, apparently.

But even so people occasionally came, so for that the service gate that one person could pass was open, and several soldiers were stationed.