Duke Pavlov
After spending some time inquiring about Duke Pavlov's mansion, we headed to the inn where we were to meet up, using Ori Hime.
The inn that Reinhard and the others found was quite a high-class one.
"This place..."
"It’s a luxurious-looking inn!"
In my adventurer days before I turned into bones, this was a high-class inn that I would never have been able to stay at.
When I asked the receptionist about Reinhard and the others, Reinhard had talked to the receptionist about me and they immediately showed me the room.
"Oh! The stakeout is over!
So, how did it turn out?"
When I opened the door to the room, Reinhard came in, sitting on a luxurious sofa and elegantly drinking tea.
"Reinhard is so cocky!
No matter how you look at it, you just look like a rough-and-tumble adventurer, so stay in a cheap hotel that's worth the scars on your face!"
I was irritated by Reinhard's strangely relaxed appearance, and I couldn't help but get angry at him.
"Shut up! We, the Falcon Claw, have been promoted to SS adventurer party!
We are now the world's No. 1 adventurer party!
How can we, the No. 1 party, stay in a cheap hotel!"
"What do you mean by No. 1 party!
You've been promoted to the SS Adventurer Party because you conquered the unprecedented 33rd level of the Amru dungeon, right!
Isn't it all thanks to me, who led you there!"
"That's true, but as far as this inn is concerned, even before we became an SS adventurer, we used to stay here whenever we came to Harman Royal City!"
"Damn itーー! You normieーー!"
I'm furious at this unexpected answer.
"It can’t be helped… [Falcon Claw] was originally famous as an S-class party, and even if I wanted to stay at a cheap hotel, I couldn’t!
Isn't that what an adventurer is like?"
"You're so annoying! You normie don't know how I feelーー!"
Reinhard's words don't resonate with me.
After all, it's just a normie nonsense.
"Are you a child? Your personality has really changed since you became a monster...
If you really want to become a normie, all you have to do is pull out the holy sword Excalibur in front of everyone!
Then you can become a celebrity, right?"
"I refuse that."
"Why? That's the easiest way!"
"Are you an idiot? If I pull out the holy sword and it's revealed that I'm a hero, the king or the like will tell me to defeat the demon king, right?"
"It’s like a celebrity tax, right?
Also, you said you were going to burn down the Demon King's castle, so you're planning on defeating the Demon King even if the king doesn't tell you to do so, right?"
"I don't like being told to do things by others!
I want to live the way I want to live!"
"That's stupid! Just say whatever you want!"
As expected, Reinhard seems to have been taken aback.
"No matter how unreasonable Master is, I will follow you!"
Shiro, a super masochist, seems to be coming with me.
"I, too, will follow you wherever you go, Ced-kun!"
It looks like Anastasia will come along as well.
"I'll follow Ced-nii too!"
Kenji doesn't have to come with me.
"Why do you guys like this devilish bastard?"
Mary looks suspicious when she hears Shiro, Anastasia, and Kenji's words.
"I love how cowardly and brutal Master is!"
"I think your twisted personality is cute, Ced-kun."
"Ced-nii is so cool because he’s so selfish and reckless!"
"Yep, yep. That's right. That's right."
I feel happy when everyone approves me.
"I don't think there was a single word of praise, or was it my imagination?"
While we were having such idle talk, we were also planning our strategy for tonight.
"So, how did the stakeout go?"
Reinhard returned to the first question.
"Ah! Listen! The Drake gang has taken in the Duke Pavlov family!"
I proudly boasted to Reinhard about the information I had obtained during the stakeout.
"What, that kind of information? It seems like every resident of Harman's capital knows that kind of information!"
"What did you say!"
I was taken aback by Reinhard's unexpected words.
"Yes. When I went to the adventurer's guild in Harman's capital, I learned that the Drake family was an old relative of the Pavlov family who had defected from another country, and that they would be visiting the king tomorrow."
"That doesn't look good..."
Anastasia's words give me a headache.
"That's right. And, without a doubt, Drake is considered a noble of the Harman Kingdom."
After all, the truth behind this is that it's the Duke Pavlov family.
If they were relatives at the level of a knight or baron, they wouldn't be welcomed by the nobility of the Harman Kingdom, which is a fairly large country, but if they were from a ducal family, it would be a different story.
The Duke family has a deep blood connection with the Harman royal family, so to speak.
There is definitely a high possibility that Drake will become a nobleman of the Harman Kingdom.
After all, Drake is a fierce man who has been working his way up through the aristocratic world.
He knows how to easily become a noble of another country.
If Drake, who has the charm skill, he'll probably be able to easily become a noble without having to go through such roundabout ways.
All he has to do is apply the charm skill to the king.
But Drake is taking steps to take care of things later on.
He doesn't want the nobles to drag their feet later.
He is firmly laying the groundwork with the influential nobles and is trying to become a noble by following the formal procedure.
What's more, it seems like they're deliberately disseminating information to the people living in Harman's capital.
"It's extremely difficult..."
If we fought Drake, the most talked-about exiled nobleman in the castle right now, would make me stand out even if I didn't want to.
I definitely don't want to stand out...
If it was a monster, it would have been better if it had behaved like a monster and attacked the castle head-on.
This is why vampires are so sly and have many tricks......
"Master is also a vampire after all!"
Shiro read my mind and immediately chided in.
"That's why fighting between vampires is such a hassle!"
"Both Drake and Master have troublesome personalities!"
"I don't want to be compared with that perverted guy who loves the Ancestor so much!
Anyway, it's the bones that kill Drake!"
"You say that, but half a year ago you were just bones!"
Reinhard grinned and said something well said.
I got chills seeing Reinhard like that.
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