Chap 47-This bastard. It was this kind of guy.

 

The memories that were at least happy because I was with the hero party.

They resurface again.

“I-Is this really a Spirit Orb that strengthens the body?”

“I’m telling you, we’ll definitely win the war if we have this. Undead arrows and demon magic will avoid you, that’s what I’m saying.”

“Ahem. Still, it’s hard to believe right away.”

“Hey, if you don’t want it, fine. Count Armin over there is thirsty for achievements, I should try making a deal with him.”

“I’ll buy it!”

In Kayla’s name, I brought in a lot of Spirit Orbs and sold them.

Of course, I didn’t sell them at a high price.

There’s the image of the hero party, and it’s not good for the hero party, which is supposed to save humanity, to sell things needed for the war at a high price.

In the first place, I got it for free, so I could pass it on at a reasonably low price.

On the condition of selling it cheaply, we also kept the transaction a secret from each other.

The other party was happy to gain achievements, and I was happy to appear as if I gave it away for free.

And the money I swept up went into my pocket.

“What about the Saintess? I heard she used a lot of holy water on the wounded without holding back? She’s amazing after all.”

I sold that too.

“Hey, Sien, why aren’t you giving us Spirit Orbs?”

“There wasn’t enough, so I had to pick and choose those with high combat power to give it to.”

“Are you saying the Hazel family’s army is weak now?”

“No, no. I know you fought better than anyone. The Saintess told me to sell this holy water to the Hazel family first.”

“Hoo. Holy water!”

“Since the amount is quite large, the temple is squeezing the nuns to the point of exhaustion, so they can’t just give it away for free, the price is about this much.”

“I’ll buy it all!”

Seeing the noble families running around and wreaking havoc after eating the Spirit Orbs, I sold a huge amount of holy water, which was transported to the temple in the Saintess’s name, to Count Hazel, who suffered the most damage.

Of course, the price was low enough to dispel any suspicion that I was trying to profit from behind the scenes. Thanks to that, the kingdom’s defense wasn’t difficult.

“What about the next Magic Tower Master? Thanks to her releasing the Magic Tower’s high-quality mana potions, the mages were active in the war.”

In Helia’s name, I received a huge amount of mana potions from the Magic Tower Master.

They were mana potions made by pouring mana in front of the fluffy young children’s alchemy table in the Magic Tower.

I received them in the middle on the grounds that they were needed for the war. Of course, I sold those too.

In particular, the kingdom’s mages had a sense of inferiority and competition with the knights, who were engaged in direct combat.

“When those walkers whine that they’re risking their lives to protect the country while you guys are just casting magic from behind, I really want to kill them.”

“We’re fighting until we get mana dehydration.”

“Then you just need to be even more active.”

“Sien?”

“By any chance, do you need mana potions from the Magic Tower? They’re made with a high level of skill, so I’ll have to charge a bit to make them again.”

That’s how I sold mana potions again.

I made a huge profit.

Spirit Orbs, holy water, and mana potions from the Magic Tower, all of them. To be exact, I only sold them to those among the kingdom’s influential figures who were relatively friendly to me.

Of course, I sold them to those who treated me like trash too.

I sold them at an exorbitant price.

Tsk.

Now that I think about it, the holy water, potions, and Spirit Orbs must have piled up by now, it would be nice to pull some money from the middle again.

But you know.

It’s amazing that those things are being praised like that.

I never thought I’d hear such words.

Well, in the first place, even if I hadn’t sold those Spirit Orbs, holy water, and mana potions, they would have gone as free support anyway.

The problem is, I don’t know when that would be. And those moron hero party members wouldn’t even think about it and would try to monopolize the credit.

Wasn’t it a good thing to make some profit in the middle?

“The hero party is amazing.”

Arietta is overestimating the hero party too much.

I need to show them a pathetic side of them someday.

“Yes. They are quite amazing.”

“But you don’t seem to have a good impression of them.”

“No, I don’t.”

After all, they won’t recognize me.

Anyway, shouldn’t those bastards be kneeling and praising me now?

The nobles who know the inside story are drooling, trying to chew on my flesh, but most of Schperen’s students don’t know what kind of bastards the hero party are, and only know the fame that was spread thanks to me.

Then of course they would know.

Thinking about it that way makes me angry.

I want to confidently go to that spot and give them the title of ‘the worst trash who were screwing each other while the soldiers were dying.’

But I have to hold back for now.

But why are they looking this way?

I subtly took Arietta to the side, but their eyes turned this way again.

And Talon strode towards us.

Even a worm has its own way of rolling. Could it be that he knows that Princess Arietta is the demonic star?

“Princess Arietta, I presume. And this is the famous Lady Bathory.”

What is this Hero saying now?

What’s so famous about me?

“Me?”

“How could I not know the names of two beautiful ladies?”

Ah, this bastard. He was this kind of guy.

He looks decent, this guy. In short, he’s a guy who believes in his decent appearance and acts like a dog, and of course, his main target is women.

Especially the daughters of high-ranking nobles or noble wives.

Of course, it’s not just because this crazy guy is obsessed with women.

In fact, the women he’s taken, other than the hero party women, are prostitutes or not very famous. Women who won’t cause controversy, so to speak.

Like a very pretty village girl.

Or a very pretty commoner married woman, or a fallen noble married woman.

He first builds up goodwill with women who are high-ranking and could cause controversy if touched, maintains a good relationship, and makes them supporters of the Hero.

Many of the kingdom’s nobles who criticize me are pathetic men who were swayed by the hero’s seduction and told their husbands that Thief Sien is a bastard!

In other words, the reason he’s talking to us now is probably to extend feelers to potential candidates, hoping for cooperation from the person who will become the next emperor.

That’s what I guess.

He probably came to us because he found us first. If he had met Ailia or Kailon first, he would have done the same.

Especially since there are two women here, so he probably saw us as easy targets.

“Yes. Hello.”

“Wow. It started again.”

“Are you going to do that even in the Empire?”

“I don’t know why I sleep with that man.”

I can hear the hero party women’s nonsense.

Is this what they call women’s jealousy? As the person directly experiencing it, I just feel absurdly annoyed.

Why would I be so lacking that I have to receive favors from a guy like that and hear such things from those bitches?

To be honest, I want to reveal my identity right here, right now.

And I want to laugh at him for bowing his head to someone like me, but it would be difficult to do that in this place.

“We were thinking of taking a tour of Schperen this time, would you be willing to guide us?”

The Hero gazes at us with a truly disgusting flirtatious smile on his face.

Knowing what’s inside, it’s extremely repulsive.

How dare he give me that flirtatious smile? No way.

I put on a pure and innocent smile on my face and replied.

“Ah, if that’s the case, you should ask Ailia, who’s probably holed up in her room right now.”

“Excuse me?”

“Our princess is not in a good mental state, so we’ve only recently started going around. I don’t know the structure of the academy.”

I don’t know anything.

Well, that’s half true.

Arietta didn’t really intend to get involved here either. What kind of sight would it be if she, as a princess, was clueless while guiding people around Schperen?

It’s better to just stay still like this.

“Talon’s face isn’t working.”

“Quite impressive.”

“Maybe she’s pretending not to know.”

The hero party women are flustered.

The Hero himself is also embarrassed.

It’s a mistake to think that all women will do as you please.

Well, we actually came to Schperen late, but depending on how you think about it, women who have a crush on the Hero would try to guide him even if they don’t know the structure of Schperen.

You bug-like bitches. Do you think everyone is like you, only looking at men’s faces?

That guy is physiologically impossible for me.

In the past, some lowly bitch even said that her lower abdomen was tingling just from seeing the Hero, and she replaced the Hero’s escort with her own body, but that’s impossible for me.

My fist is tingling, not my lower abdomen.

“Still, if you could tell us as much as possible.”

“Ah, the guide doesn’t necessarily have to be the princess. Those girls over there are squealing at the Hero. Maybe they’ll tell you not only about Schperen but also about their own families.”

“Excuse me?”

“Then goodbye.”

I took Arietta and left the spot.

There’s a lot of talk about strong enemies and whatnot behind us. In the first place, aren’t the girls who are mesmerized by that face easy girls?

“Are we just leaving like this?”

“Yes. The Hero is pushing with his face right now.”

“No, wouldn’t it be helpful to be friendly with the Hero?”

If you look at the future, it would be helpful.

“You said you’re not aiming for the throne, right?”

“At least we can prevent her from siding with Ailia.”

Well, it’s better to side with Ailia.

In the first place, the Hero is from the kingdom, so it’s not easy for him to help Ailia ascend the throne.

Rather, they’ll say that someone from another country is interfering with the Empire’s throne.

I heard that the nobles are trying to shift the responsibility to the hero party anyway.

“The Hero is, above all, a sacred being. What will happen if Princess Arietta is next to him?”

“Excuse me?”

“It means that the bandages could be removed by the Hero. Now is the time to back out. You don’t want to be subjugated by the Hero, do you?”

“That’s. Not really.”

Arietta put her right hand inside her sleeve.

She’s looking at the Hero’s side, worried that he might notice.

Of course, I’ve gone too far ahead.

“So there’s no reason to be friendly with them. Moreover, they’re already on the nobles’ bad side, why bother? Commoners don’t know, but in the end, the nobles’ intentions are important. The Empire’s nobles are busy cutting down the Hero right now.”

“To shift the responsibility.”

“Yes. So there’s no reason for us to get involved.”

There’s no reason to risk having the demonic star exposed and get close to those guys.

From a personal point of view, there’s nothing good about getting involved with the Hero, so I just need to watch them struggle from behind.

I hope they go to the front lines soon.

“Yes. But where are we going?”

“To Arnold’s class, of course.”

“Excuse me?”

“Sera was involved in the Latin Commune attack, so shouldn’t we use this?”

There’s a saying called joint responsibility.

Sera’s position in Schperen will probably worsen greatly because of this incident, and Ailia won’t be able to move for a while either.

So. I have to mess with Arnold again, don’t I?

I’m going to make Edenberun just a pitiful family in Schperen.

If Sera is treated as a criminal and Edenberun is treated as a pitiful and unfortunate family, what will happen to Ailia?

Her support base will still be there, but the fact that Arietta got one over on her is important.

Wouldn’t the gap widen more and more then?

Kailon is something to deal with later.

“Siel. Your personality is something.”

“I’m nice enough.”

“Who says that?”

“Master said my eyes look kind. Then I’m kind.”

Why? Why is your face so crumpled?

Even though I look like this, I look kind, so I won’t be suspected if I steal, he said.