episode_0091

Amy’s gaze seemed to be asking me to quickly tell her who the lord was, and I hesitated slightly.

I guess it was because I was a little embarrassed to say that I was the lord in front of my friends. No, rather than being embarrassed, I felt a little awkward.

Thanks to that, I hesitated a bit, and Amy patted the back of my hand on the table as if urging me on.

“Who the hell are you? Who are you to not talk?”

I was worried about how to get the story out as people were staring at me with impatience, telling me to speak up quickly.

But that worry did not last long. As I sat down, the store owner came out to take my order.

“Oh my, my lord! Is this your first time coming to our store since you became a lord? Today I will make it with very special care. Is there a whole pig barbecue today too? Good meat just arrived, and it came just right!”

“… … Huh?”

Amy’s head tilted slightly when she heard the store owner call me by the title ‘Young Master’. He was tilting his head as if wondering if what he just heard was true.

However, perhaps because her appearance had changed quite a bit, the store owner just looked at me and took my order as if he didn’t know Amy’s identity. As usual, whole pork barbecue and beer.

“… … Hey, Andrew? What does this mean now?”

“Uh, um… … . They say I am the lord.”

It felt strangely awkward to reveal to my old friend that I had become a lord. So much so that I scratched my chin without realizing it.

“Really? Don’t play around. Are you kidding me because it’s been a while since I came to town?”

“It’s true. What am I kidding?”

“… … Really?”

“That’s right.”

I nodded as Amy kept asking me if it was true, as if it was hard to believe.

Nevertheless, Amy still seemed to have a hard time believing it, but Jienna, who was watching from the side, began to smile.

“Human, the boss is truly the lord of this village.”

“… … Really?”

Seeing Amy still having a hard time believing it, I shrugged my shoulders and took out the certificate I always carried with me. It was used to prove one’s nobility, and it could serve as a kind of status badge, so it was carried.

Amy took it and stared at it straight away. But I looked at the certificate with shaking eyes, wondering if I had learned how to read yet.

But that didn’t mean he didn’t know the royal family’s emblem. He was looking very carefully and intently at the place where the royal family emblem was stamped.

There was a rumor that mercenaries traveling around memorized at least the royal emblem to prevent the possibility of conflict with something related to the royal family, and that seemed to be true.

“How on earth did you become a lord? … .”

Amy, who had been looking at the certificate for a while, finally decided to accept the situation and looked at me with a deep sigh.

He told me a very simple story. The explanation was that he had purchased a title of great nobility and even gained various fiefdoms.

“Isn’t the explanation too omitted? What is Yeochajeocha, Yeochajeocha… … . I don’t understand anything?”

Maybe it was explained too simply, but I didn’t really seem to understand it. However, if I went into detail about it, I felt like I would have to stay up all night talking for several days, so I just shrugged my shoulders in response.

Seeing me like that, Amy pouted her lips and made a sound. It seemed like he didn’t like it, but he couldn’t help it.

However, Jienna began to smile even more brightly upon seeing Amy like that.

“Human, that’s not what’s important right now.”

“What’s important right now? What is more important than the fact that my friend, whom I met after several years, is not just anyone else, but a nobleman and the lord of my hometown?”

“The important thing is that you made a very big mistake. The biggest problem is that, as a commoner, he dared to be rude to his boss, who was both a baron and a lord. Oh, as if insulting the nobles wasn’t enough, they also used violence at first, right? It’s an insult to a noble and an assault on a noble… … . Isn’t the minimum the death penalty? Human.”

“Uh… … ? ah? Uh, huh?”

And, hearing Jienna’s words of smiling brightly and setting off fire, Amy suddenly broke down. He made a sound like ah, ah, uh, and his eyes started to flutter.

“Hiccup!”

He was even hiccuping and fluttering his body at regular intervals.

Amy fluttered and hiccuped once in a while before turning her attention to me again. It was as if he was asking, ‘Are you really going to punish me?’ In addition, it also felt like it had the meaning of ‘Can I please just look at it once?’

Hiccup hiccup, I couldn’t help but laugh at the sight of Amy hiccuping and fluttering. Of course, I didn’t laugh openly because if I did, he might get upset and grab my collar and shake me.

But Jienna, who didn’t know Amy, smiled even brighter and started telling me various stories.

“Boss. Since he is a person who insulted a nobleman and even assaulted him, shouldn’t he be punished? Even though he was the boss’s friend, he was very rude. How can you insult and assault a nobleman?”

Jienna didn’t seem to like Amy very much, so she poked Amy with a look that made her want to get rid of it quickly. Although I wonder if this is what Jiena, who accidentally shot a nobleman in the lower part of her body and was reduced to a slave, and who ripped off the area of the masters who purchased her, would say this.

Anyway, Amy hiccuped after every word Jienna said.

To be honest, it was possible to punish Amy for what she did. The difference between the status of nobles and commoners was so extreme. There were even people who took advantage of this and exploited commoners, calling it an insult to nobility just because they made eye contact.

“Jo, hiccup quietly! Joe, be quiet, hiccup! Do it!”

Amy repeatedly made hiccuping noises and tried to cover Gienna’s mouth. Jienna, who kept encouraging me to punish him, seemed quite disgusting.

“Hmph! How dare you punish your boss rudely!”

Jienna smiled as if seeing Amy like that was quite refreshing. Earlier, Zienna seemed to not like Amy, but now she seemed to be happy about it.

Still, I had no intention of leaving my friend in trouble, so I looked at Jiena’s happy expression for a moment and then shook my head.

“It’s okay. There is no need to punish.”

“Really, hiccup! Is it true?”

Although she still made hiccuping noises, Amy seemed quite relieved when I told her that I would not punish her. My body, which had been shaking with hiccups, calmed down, and the hiccups gradually disappeared. After a last couple of whimpering noises, he looked completely genuine.

“All, I’m glad… … .”

Amy let out a long sigh of relief. Perhaps because he was really thinking that he might be punished, he brushed off the hair that fell slightly below his shoulders. In the process, a few beads of sweat appeared on the nape of Amy’s neck, and a little bit of heat spread along with body odor.

However, Jienna seemed a little disappointed that Amy was not punished and made a sound as if she was licking her lips. Amy glared at his clearly regretful appearance.

“Now, here is a whole pork barbecue that I carefully selected and grilled with the best! You will be able to feel the chewy and springy texture! Oh, I’ll bring you some sour beer soon!”

Amy was glaring at Jienna and laughing lightly as she watched Jienna snort in excitement, and the food she ordered came out.

A large bowl of whole pork barbecue, with white steam rising, filled the table. Of course, it was a whole pig, but it wasn’t as big as it was in my previous life, so it wasn’t that big. It was enough to feed three or four people.

And then, a small wooden barrel came out. It was a barrel filled with beer, and it was full of beer that the store owner worked hard to make.

“Now, here’s some cold beer. Then have a delicious meal… … ? Oh, isn’t it Amy!”

The owner, who had finished serving beer and was about to leave, glanced at Amy for a moment and quickly figured out her identity. Although it was said that a lot had changed since before, the face remained the same, so it was not difficult to recognize who it was.

Moreover, the owner of this store had previously worked at Amy’s mother’s store, so it was natural that he would recognize Amy more easily.

“… … Hello uncle.”

“Master was very worried about you, but you are finally back? Well thought out.”

“It’s not back yet. I just came here because of the rumor that the lord had changed… … .”

Amy shook her head at the owner’s words and glanced at me. It was as if he was saying, “I came because of him.”

“Huh? Ahhh! Amy was friends with the lord! Hahaha! Amy must have been quite surprised that her friend suddenly became a lord. But now that you are the lord, you can’t show off your power like you used to play with kids your age? Well, I hope you enjoy your meal too, Amy. Yes, yes, here we go!”

“Hi!”

Seeing the owner moving quickly towards the customer ordering from a distance, Amy began to hiccup again. Although it was a little weaker than before, it was definitely shaking.

Fortunately, the hiccups didn’t last long. I don’t know if it was because the story was already over, but I flinched a few times and then returned to normal.

Instead, what was slightly different was that Amy continued to look at me. As he glanced at me, it was clearly evident that he was wondering what to do.

“Amy?”

“Uh, why… … ah? No, yes?”

Amy, who had reacted lightly by nodding her head like before, was startled by his words and suddenly appeared to be respectful.

He was extremely nervous and seemed to be having a hard time with me. I felt like it was a burden because the friend I played with as a child suddenly became a nobleman.

I thought I would lose a close friend if I continued like this, so I shook my head and told him there was no need to worry. I let him know that as much as I am a friend, I do not want a harsh response and have no intention of punishing him for being rude.

“You did that before. She said she would become a mercenary queen. If you’re a mercenary queen, wouldn’t you be able to speak informally to the Baron?”

“Hey, hey! When do you still remember the story? No, when did I do that? I never did that!”

“It was before I became a warlock, maybe? What did you say then… … . Since she was going to become a mercenary queen, did she want me to become a great blacksmith and make a really good sword? Oh, they tried to force me to make a promise.”

“Wow! Shut your mouth!”

Amy seemed to think that my words had uncovered dark history, so she jumped up in shock and covered my mouth. Before I knew it, Amy had completely disappeared from showing that she thought I was a burden.

“Well, what are you doing, human! Don’t be rude to your boss!”

“Let go, let go! He shouldn’t be allowed to talk anymore!”

However, Jienna suddenly entered the war, causing chaos. Amy, who was trying to block my mouth to prevent me from revealing any more dark stories, and Jiena, who was trying to get Amy away from me, began to fight hard.

With me in between, those who tried to cover their mouths and those who tried to take their hands away were tangled up here and there. With me in between.

‘… … ‘Oooh.’

As the two women swayed back and forth due to the struggle of strength and skill, their bodies alternately collided with theirs. Of course, it didn’t hurt, and it didn’t feel bad either. No, I would say it is strangely good.