episode_0333

Almost at the same time, the hero who found Max and spoke to him, offering to buy a map, was Gomjoshegigot.

And the man with the bushy beard, who made eye contact with us once in a while, started shaking with windy laughter.

“Cluck, yes. You came to buy a map?”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

“The hero, there is already no one in the country whose face you don’t know, so your identity is guaranteed… . The girl here seems to be quite famous too… .”

“… … .”

“Frills on the academy uniform… ? Oh, are you the maid of the famous Prince Blackwood?”

“… Yes.”

“Sigh, I was thinking of hanging a fishing hook or something, but I never thought two such special guests would come to visit. Seeing as this rumor has already spread, I guess business will be pretty good this year… .”

It was definitely Max from the Information Guild, as he was quickly finding out information about me as well as the hero.

Of course, for a person as tall as me, he belonged to the Blackwood family and was the Deputy Head of the Academy’s Magic Department, so it was natural for him to be well-known.

“Are you going to sell the map?”

“Cluck, yes, yes. First of all, the hero will take all the members of the party and go in… You probably need a map of the biggest dungeon, right?”

“Yes.”

“And the maid over there will need a map to a small dungeon that she can enter alone with her master.”

“That’s right.”

“Cluck, yes. At that time, there was only one left. Since one is a warrior and the other is a maid of the Blackwood family, it will probably get a lot of publicity.”

With those words, Max takes out two maps of different sizes from his pocket and hands them to me and Kemmojoshegiggwat.

I was worried that they might be engaging in a price competition between me and Gomjo Shegi Got, but fortunately, they didn’t seem to have any intention of getting into a meaningless argument, perhaps because the dungeons we entered were different.

“The lady gave you one gold coin.”

“Ah, yes.”

“And for the map that the hero will use, I need to get ten gold coins.”

“… … .”

“If you don’t like it, it doesn’t matter if I don’t sell it. Large dungeon maps are not made in large quantities because there is low demand.”

“… I will pay you ten gold coins.”

“Okay, I thought well. Cluck.”

The warrior Gomjoshegigot wisely pays ten gold coins and receives guidance without negotiating the price. If they had tried to cut the price there, they would have immediately doubled the price, so this was the right decision.

Because Max, as a leader, was the type of person who could not tolerate actions that hurt his pride. The reason why he went all the way to the adventurer’s guild and sold maps at a relatively cheap price, even though the information guild could not impose any restrictions on selling them at a profit, was simply because of his hobby.

Even if he is a businessman who makes a profit once a year when dungeon maps can be sold at the highest price, a map master is ultimately a map master. He also hoped that his guidance would be used meaningfully by at least a few students at the academy.

“Don’t make your face too crumpled. It’ll be worth at least ten gold coins.”

“… I know.”

“Ckekekekeul, I wish you both good luck. I hope you don’t end up wandering around the dungeon like an idiot even if you buy my map.”

With those words, Max waves his hand outward as if telling me to go quickly.

Following his gesture, we stood up from the leader’s seat, made eye contact once, and then walked together to the other side of the adventurer’s guild.

“Do you have time to talk?”

“… For about 30 minutes.”

“Where did Ethan go?”

“I went to maintain weapons and buy camping gear.”

“Did Ethan give you permission to come to the Adventurer’s Guild to buy a map? I thought you would stop me by saying it was dangerous.”

“Are you crazy? Of course you don’t know. He thinks I went to buy a cheap map from a general store.”

“… Ha, indeed. You really seem to be getting more shameless by the day.”

It wasn’t really a lie. It’s just that Ethan didn’t bother to check where I went to get the map.

He said that the general store sells maps and that there is a general store near the magic tool shop, but he never said that he would buy a map at the general store. I just said I would buy a map, but didn’t say where I would buy it.

“Then, after you get married, aren’t you going to be imprisoned somewhere in the mansion by Ethan? Ethan, you know best his personality from the original story.”

“… Well, Ethan has a stubborn and suspicious personality. But it’s okay because he hasn’t been that stubborn or suspicious of me since I joined the academy.”

“That kind of kid always pushes you behind his back and gives me hostile looks whenever he encounters me?”

“That can’t be helped because the problem is that you had a harem of two or three people from the first impression.”

“… There’s no particular reason why I need to become friends with Ethan. Still, it’s a little difficult to have to look at what people think every time I talk to someone from my neighborhood.”

“You only have to watch out for Ethan, but I have to watch out for three people, right?”

If a scene similar to this secret affair was discovered by Seraphine, the princess’s power would have been used to secretly pressure me. And in a thorough manner that leaves no evidence of what he did.

“Cerista is a bonus member starting from the 4th part, so one seat will be empty… Then who will take the last seat in the warrior party?”

“Well. First of all, I think it would be difficult to bring in a first or second year student because their growth would be too slow. The most useful one is you… .”

“Ah. Don’t be a damn thing, please.”

“You don’t like it either, and more than anything, I don’t want to have a life-or-death sparring with Ethan, so I gave up. The last digit would probably be Orion.”

“… Well, Orion is a good choice.”

Orion was, in my opinion, a fairly useful manpower. He was a replacement for Lilith in that he was a wizard capable of auxiliary magic and also had some interpersonal combat skills.

but… As a fellow man, I hesitate to take him as a colleague because of his conflicting actions and words.

With his overtly androgynous appearance and strangely flirtatious language towards the main character, he was close to the so-called ‘Bochu’ character, a character that was once popular in Japanese subculture.

‘They even say there’s a dedicated H scene in the overseas version, which isn’t in the domestic version.’

Of course, for me, who only played the domestic version, it wasn’t of interest to me nor did I want to know about it, and I’ve never participated in the ‘Orion is enough’ joke that pops up every time I forget about it on Ruagall.

But, if you weren’t going to take Lilith, the only almost perfect replacement was Orion, so this guy probably didn’t have a choice either.

“Actually, Karaham was also a candidate, but it seemed like we couldn’t take him. I heard that thanks to someone, he was connected to Lilia and started preparing for marriage as soon as he graduated.”

“… I am sorry.”

“Well, what do you think? Since I can’t take responsibility for Lilia anyway, I guess she can find her own happiness that way. I told you so. If it means making other kids happy, I’d rather ask for it.”

“… … .”

“So, how is the connection between the remaining heroines going? How many people are left now?”

“Four people: Kael, Angela, Princess Mezlen, and Princess Rainy.”

“What about Luke? He doesn’t have anyone to date with yet.”

“If you leave her alone, she will connect with Gwyn on her own, so there is no need to worry.”

“… Then, I’ll give Professor Angela a try. Since I’m a professor in the swordsmanship club, I’m probably easier to approach than you, the magician. You know the Imperial Knight Commander who appears in the Part 4 event, right? I have developed a certain level of familiarity with that person, so I think I will be able to connect with him if I do well.”

Although I was a little skeptical about the unexpected remarks of support, I expressed my gratitude by saying that he would spare me the trouble.

“Actually, out of the four, Angela was the pickiest… . As long as you work hard, well. But don’t just make fun of me by saying you’ll join me and then you seduce me.”

“No. If I had been going to do something like that in the first place, would I have added Thomas to the hero party?”

“… That’s right.”

“Anyway, why is Angela the pickiest among the four of you? The most difficult thing in your situation is the princess and the princess.”

“I became quite close with Princess Mezlen through my involvement in the early events. And Princess Laney… I think I discovered a hidden fiancé who doesn’t appear in the original work.”

“Oh, really? Was there such a thing? Who is that?”

“… … .”

… How can I say that with my own mouth?

I didn’t want to be the first to reveal that Ethan was most likely Princess Lainey’s secret fiancé.

I wanted to reveal this inconvenient truth as late as possible, if possible, right before I graduated from the Academy and left Blackwood Manor.

Therefore, I decided that I did not want to reveal it right now and quickly changed the topic of conversation, pretending not to know.

“I heard from Natalie the other day that you and I passed Cerista in the compatibility puzzle. But it will only pass if there is a clear feeling of love for each other.”

“… Yes, that’s right.”

“Didn’t you say that you would return to the original world after defeating the Demon King? But what does it mean to have romantic feelings for Celista?

Have you been hanging out with Celista for so long that you’ve become attached to her and decided to give up on returning? But then the other two… .”

“Ha, what?! What kind of wet-smelling brats are talking in the guild?!”

“… … .”

“… … .”

As I was about to ask a little about the relationship between him and Serista, a loud voice suddenly came towards me and me.

Thinking for sure that this was an overt remark aimed at us, I turned my head and saw a drunk man staggering around, pointing his finger at me and me.

“Fuck you. They invaded the dungeon as if they were their own land, and now they’re attacking the guild as well? Why do these damn academy kids do this shit every year?!”

“… … .”

“Why do you bully and harass an adventurer like me who makes a living from day to day? The kids with the milky smell are fighting with each other inside the academy… .”

“… A cub with only a handful of hair left on its head is a brat.”

“… … What?”

“Why does this little baby, who has less hair on his head than a newborn, show up all the time and start a fight? Do you want to search?”

… But I felt like I was fascinated by Ethan’s fiancé.