episode_0098

“Please take good care of the mercenaries from now on. Mercenary Queen.”

I decided to hire Amy’s mercenary group, and after completing the contract, I held out my hand to shake with a playful tone.

“Hey! Don’t call me that!”

But of course, Amy didn’t hold his hand. Tap one foot! It just generated heat as it rolled around. In the past, I may have said such things out of a childhood shame, but now it seemed quite embarrassing.

I shrugged my shoulders and waved my hands. It meant that you were going to let me hold out my hand like this, and Amy sighed as she looked at that hand.

“Phew, yes. I will work hard.”

With a short sigh, Amy, holding my hand, nodded.

However, if you were to shake hands, you would have to shake hands a few times and then let go, but for some reason, Amy didn’t let go. Even though I relaxed slightly, he still held my hand.

I looked at Amy wondering why she was doing that, and she was also looking at me.

“Amy?”

“Oh, I can’t do it.”

“… … What?”

“You are giving up. How did I wait for almost ten years? I waited, thinking only about you, while rejecting all the people who liked me. How could I give up.”

“Uh, um… … .”

I couldn’t think of what to say when Amy looked at me intently and said she wouldn’t give up on me.

But Amy didn’t seem to be looking for an answer in particular, so she took a step towards me. Accordingly, I unconsciously took a step back, but Amy took a step closer again. As I moved as if I was being pushed by Amy, my back suddenly touched the wall.

And, when I reached a point where I could no longer go back, Amy took a step closer and finally let go of my hand. No, I let go and grabbed something else. Right, my collar.

“I feel sorry for your elf, but I don’t think I can give up. I’ve been waiting for almost ten years. I put in a lot of effort to become skilled enough to suit you, who suddenly became a warlock. Why do you think I suddenly left town? I did it because I thought it would be difficult to become strong enough to suit you in the village.”

Amy grabbed my collar and came closer, saying that I was the reason she left the village to become a mercenary.

Amy came closer little by little, and before I knew it, her body was pressed against me. Although they didn’t hold me completely close by holding my collar, they still got close enough that I could feel each other’s breath.

“Um… … . Hey, Amy.”

“Noisy!”

Amy shouted loudly, as if she had no intention of listening to anything I said, and immediately thrust her face towards me.

In an instant, the face came closer, and Amy’s wrinkled eyes, as if she was frowning with all her might, filled my vision. And at the same time, I felt the touch of soft lips along with hot breath on my lips. Immediately afterwards, I felt the soft yet firm tongue digging between my lips.

“Whoop?!”

I had no idea that my childhood friend would hit me against the wall and give me a surprise kiss, so I couldn’t help but be shocked. My back was blocked by a wall, and I was still grabbed by the collar, so there was no way to escape.

But even if there was a way to avoid it, I didn’t think I could have done it. Because I could feel her worry that she might be rejecting me through her lips and tongue touching mine.

Of course, that wasn’t the only reason he didn’t push Amy away. I didn’t know when she was younger, but now she was a well-grown beauty, so it wasn’t easy for me, as a man, to push her away. There weren’t many men who could push me away when a beautiful woman with no flaws told me she liked me.

“Boss, customer… … . Wow! Human, what are you doing? ”

But the moment he was kissing Amy, Zienna suddenly barged in. Jienna, who saw me kissing Amy while being held by the collar, ran over and hurriedly kicked Amy away.

Thanks to this, Amy, who had been kissing me while holding onto my collar, jumped away. I guess they couldn’t drag me along with them, but in the meantime, Amy loosened her grip on my collar, so I wasn’t dragged away.

“Hey! What are you doing! Why are you pushing people so dangerously?”

“Laughing human being! What are you doing to be rude to your boss?”

“Hmph, you wouldn’t know it if you saw it, right? We were kissing.”

“Key, kit… … ! Why are you doing that!”

“I haven’t given up on Andrew yet. I guessed first, but you intercepted it right in the middle. Am I the one who should be angry here?”

At the slightest opportunity, I shook my head at the sight of Gienna and Amy looking like they were fighting and pulling each other’s hair. If left like this, they would be rolling around on the floor, holding each other’s hair like cats fighting.

Of course, I had no intention of seeing the two women rolling around on the floor, holding their hair. What’s more, I could even see the guests who came to see me in my field of vision. There was nothing good about the two of them fighting in front of him.

“You both stop. If we fight, we both know we’ll get scolded.”

Giena and Amy looked at me when I said that. It felt like they were both shouting, ‘This one started first!’, but when I firmly shook my head, the momentum calmed down a little. Of course, it only calmed down a little, but the way they looked at each other was still not pretty.

Still, I felt like I had calmed down a little, so I turned my attention towards the guest who came to see me. In the midst of the commotion, the customer who caught my gaze, Levs, cleared his throat in an awkward manner.

“This is so… … . I’m sorry that the timing isn’t right every time I come… … .”

“Sure.”

Considering that he came with Count Carbone while he was creating a strange atmosphere with Gienna, and that he came while he was still kissing Amy, it could be said that the timing was not good every time.

Moreover, Jienna, who had witnessed the scene, was now engaged in a heated war of nerves with Amy, so the timing was not good in another sense.

“… … Would it be convenient to come back later?”

“For some reason, it seems like it will be the same even if I come later.”

Considering that the timing was bad twice in a row, it seemed highly likely that the timing would be bad again in the future. So, I immediately asked Levs why he came.

“I was going to talk in detail about the orders from the royal family… … .”

“Ah!”

Lesp’s words reminded me of the fact that we did not discuss in detail the items that would be used in the royal family. While we were talking about various things, we didn’t actually talk about the order in detail.

“By the way, it seems obvious that you also come from a noble family.”

“Is it obvious?”

I tilted my head as Levs suddenly spoke incomprehensibly. Then, Levs raised his hand. Where the hand was pointing, there were Giena and Amy, who were having a war of nerves with each other.

“The characteristics seen in nobles born from commoner backgrounds, where bigamy is impossible, were clearly visible. This happens because nobles are unable to adapt to the fact that they can have multiple wives depending on their title. Since the people around them don’t often change their status, it’s a reaction they show because they can’t adapt.”

“Ah… … ?”

“If those two women were noble ladies, they wouldn’t have fought over you like that, but they would have had a war of nerves over who would take the position of head wife. Of course, you must be willing to receive both.”

After listening to Levs, I realized that I did not yet have the mindset of a nobleman.

I knew that it was possible for a nobleman to have multiple wives through bigamy, but I had never thought of doing it. Besides that, when I think about it, there were several instances where I made choices that were unbecoming of a noble.

And, it seemed to be the same for both Gienna and Amy. They both looked at me and seemed to realize something. What can I say, ‘Ah! It was closer to the feeling of ‘he was a nobleman, right?’

It’s been a long time since I last saw Amy, and I found out last night that I had become a noble, but seeing Gienna like that was a bit of a shock.

But when I thought about it for a moment, I realized that it was not unreasonable for Jienna to show that way. If I lived in a house similar to other commoners, ate meals prepared by my mother, and constantly saw people living without hesitation with the villagers, it didn’t seem impossible for me to forget that I was a noble.

Anyway, the war of nerves between Gienna and Amy, who were reminded again that I am a noble, has calmed down considerably. No, it wasn’t just that he had softened, he even stopped fighting and seemed to listen to what Levs was saying.

“And, I overheard a bit of the conversation going back and forth, and I heard that that woman is the head of a mercenary group that will be hired in your territory, right? If I were you, I would actively accept that woman. Is there a surer safety device than having a family member who can lead the mercenaries, an armed group within the territory? In fact, there are nobles who form marriage alliances with mercenaries.”

“Andrew, that guy speaks really well! Isn’t there a difference between leading mercenaries in someone else’s territory and leading mercenaries in my man’s territory? The mindset is different.”

Amy approached me as if she was actively agreeing with Levs’ words. Seeing that, I reflexively turned my gaze to Jienna, but Jienna did not show any particular reaction. After remembering that I was a nobleman, it seemed like there were no more problems.

Even though I thought that was a bit absurd, I felt strangely happy because it felt like all he needed to do was be with me.

“For now, let’s talk about that again later. I’m sorry, but there are a lot of things I have to do right now.”

There was something I had to talk about with Levs about spells, so I kept that part to myself, and Amy left the living room with a bright smile on her face.

“Uh, um… … . I’ll bring you some refreshments. Let’s talk.”

Seeing Amy leaving in an instant, Jienna also rolled her eyes and left.

In such a short period of time, the living room where all kinds of things had happened quickly became quiet, and it became possible to talk comfortably with Levs.