Chapter 319: A Request from the Notable, and Introducing the Escort Target

Indeed the ones who escaped that place should have been several other than Milly...

No one captured, maybe?

If so...

"Me still targeted, right."

"...Yes right."

When I asked as if muttering Freit without averting the eyes from me answered with a serious face.

What wanting to say...

"...If going out of the city the possibility targeted larger, right."

Said the security of Freit’s mansion made stricter, but if me going out no meaning?

"Yes. For that want to take Master Hiroyuki’s escort and companions."

Escort and companions?

"Companions... ?"

"Yes. Hahaha no way thinking to have Master Hiroyuki alone go to the Holy Kingdom. Calling out to several acquaintances of Master Hiroyuki."

Right...

Not going alone.

Thinking that a little relieved and sighed hoo.

The Dules’ things Freit looking, and the unfamiliar long journey able to go together with acquaintances.

Then.

The acquaintances who?

Such things normally requesting adventurers, right?

Meaning... Azreto, maybe?

"Then those companions who? Around Mr. Azreto?"

I frankly asked Freit.

But Freit gathered wrinkles between the brows and not immediately answered.

"...No different. Azreto-kun... haa."

Freit sighed then looked at the table.

At the same time raised the right hand placed on the knee to the table, but after wandering that hand on the table again placed on the knee.

Lotte standing behind Freit slightly frowning seen.

"Haa. Let us go in order. First Master Hiroyuki’s companions from."

Freit who sighed once more showed the right palm to me and said that.

"First the first person asked Viscount Steinfurt. Gladly accepted able to repay Master Hiroyuki."

Freit folded the thumb.

Steinfurt?

...Ah Giacomo.

Repay... should not have done anything repaid.

But Giacomo coming together reassuring.

"The second and third persons the attendants of Lady Melchiorrea... ahem. The names..."

"Floche and Niagara?"

"Yes right. Those two."

When I answered following Freit Freit nodded.

Those two...

Well accepted.

Should be disliking me but... Melchiorrea’s... let us stop.

By the way when putting out Melchiorrea’s name Freit frowned and looked at me.

What that?

"Then the fourth the Dule lent to Master Hiroyuki."

"Regina?"

This rare too.

That Ivano lending Regina free.

"Yes Regina herself brought up heard from somewhere, apparently. Ivano recently wanting to get rid of a nuisance spreading, apparently. Regina losing to Sara quite frustrating, apparently."

"What meaning?"

Why if going together with me able to get rid of a nuisance?

Temporarily separating, but as long as Ivano’s Dule returning.

"A Dule who lost life in a place the master not knowing cannot be revived. If not wanting to lay hands themselves people doing this."

Meaning Dules if dying the master able to revive, but that if some part of the body.

If none cannot revive.

If no Dule’s corpse in front able to make an excuse to oneself no choice.

Quite...

"Understood. Hahaha will not let die."

Regina even stubbornly had to bring back.

"Thought Master Hiroyuki that. After... right. Viscount Steinfurt taking a Dule too, apparently. Indeed Marika a Bista race."

Indeed introduced to Giacomo.

"Somehow medical knowledge too, apparently."

"I see. That reliable."

Because the more people able to use healing magic the better.

Thinking that the existence of Sophia and Rosina, Sheena, Birga...

No let us stop.

"Then the content of the request..."

Right not heard the important thing.

I sat again and listened to Freit’s words.

"Two. One want to take a certain person to the Holy Kingdom. Meaning an escort request."

A certain person... .

Only a bad premonition.

"Then the other the Azreto-kun who came out earlier want to search for him. No them. Azreto-kun and his companions, and took six newcomer adventurers."

Azreto had companions...

Then newcomer adventurers...

"Not participating in the war?"

Indeed adventurers half forcibly made to participate in the war.

Even newcomer adventurers made to participate in the bandit hunt that captured Nadja and them and accumulate experience.

Even Freit a notable of the city overturning that... able?

"Yes because important received as a request from the city but... from yesterday no regular contact. Azreto-kun of all not thinking forgetting but..."

Freit said that a little irritably.

Regular contact?

...Ah probably passed a thing able to talk even distant like the magic grant item received from Melchiorrea.

Speaking of which that not returned yet.

"Meaning want Master Hiroyuki to do escort and search. Of course priority the escort. If hindering the escort the search fine making on the way back. Ah Azreto-kun and them should have gone to the Holy Kingdom the same road as Master Hiroyuki. Before the war the Demon Lord army heading."

Freit began talking so returned the consciousness to the talk.

Azreto and them not done by that Demon Lord army, maybe?

"But on the way back maybe not in time, right."

That possibility larger.

Maybe seriously injured, maybe chased by remnants of the Demon Lord army.

"Fine. They adventurers too and prepared for such things, probably. My side issuing similar requests to multiple adventurer guilds too. Just the adventurers out in the war so no adventurers able to move immediately now. There well if luckily found thinking only. Of course even if not found will pay the reward."

When Freit talked that far took a breath and brought the hand to the table.

Then confirmed nothing there and sighed and turned to Lotte standing behind.

"Understood."

Lotte bowed her head to Freit and me then left the room.

With that whether Lotte understanding what Freit wanting to do...

I turned too and looked at Sheena.

"Think wanting to drink black tea."

Sheena said that as if nothing.

Indeed...

"Sorry. If not drinking that not calming."

When I faced front Freit with a sorry face said.

Indeed if talking this much the throat dry too.

Really Cathy the black tea... let us stop.

"Now the reward one gold coin for advance preparation, five gold coins success reward. Total six how?"

Even said how unknown whether that the correct market price.

Turned behind again Sheena with a sorry face shook her head.

Sheena unknown too, apparently.

"Well think quite higher than the market price. Ordinary escort request to the Holy Kingdom about three silver coins per person. Well Dules too but six people about eighteen silver coins. About a little over thirty times that."

Freit looking at my face added the explanation.

Thirty times the market price??

The client’s own words, but think Freit trustworthy but...

"Why that high!?"

Unconsciously leaned forward.

"W-well the escort target..."

Freit averted the eyes and mumbled.

If not involved in trouble fine...

...

"Well you the hero of this war? I Ekaterina of Latius Holy Kingdom. Please call Kacha."

"Lady Ekaterina! To such an insolent fellow such..."

"Chris to Latius the one protecting us. Refrain from such a way of speaking."

"...U-understood, Lady Ekaterina."

In front of me two women.

One the girl who directed a friendly smile to me and self-introduced as Ekaterina.

Age mid teens, maybe.

Beautiful long black hair gathered around behind the neck and flowing, combined with the small neat face looking quite a beautiful girl.

Wearing a pure white jumpsuit skirt one-piece, the expression richly changing well like a girl of that age.

Appearance an ordinary girl but...

But the eyelids closed the whole time.

Whether the eyes not visible even talking with me or the other woman the direction facing the face a little shifted.

She the escort target, apparently.

Meaning a big shot of the Holy Kingdom, maybe?

This girl not yet of age...

The other one Ekaterina’s escort knight Christina.

A temple knight of Latius Holy Kingdom, apparently.

Age around twenty.

Hair beautiful blonde with a little habit short to the degree the nape visible.

The neat face losing to Ekaterina but sufficiently able to say a beauty, beautiful girl.

Wearing half plate armor with golden designs carved only on the chest plate, back plate, and waist plate.

Other than that hardened with chain mail, of course wearing under armor so little skin exposure.

That Christina somehow arguing in a small voice with Freit.

"Why did Lady Ekaterina come!"

"No choice! Because Lady Ekaterina said..."

"But Master Hiroyuki dangerous!!"

"How dangerous?"

"Many Dules! If by any chance Lady Ekaterina bitten by poison fangs international problem..."

Whether feeling me looking midway Freit stopped the talk and slowly looked this way.

Then floated a smile while twitching the cheeks.

After that pulled Christina to my blind spot.

What talking...

Meaning I accepted Freit’s request and became to aim for the Holy Kingdom escorting these two together with five companions but...