Chapter 28 – Turchen Castle (5)

The woman who came down from the carriage introduced herself as her princess.

Brittinya at the end of my name is the name of the kingdom where I live now.

In fact, I had forgotten the name of the kingdom until the princess said it.

There are times when I tend to forget the name itself…

After listening to the princess’s words, I can see that the carriage is quite old-fashioned.

She met a troll while traveling with knights at this time, so she thought she was a high-ranking person, but she never thought she would rise to princess level.

In fact, since coming to this world, I have never met any high-ranking people.

Who cared because I didn’t know how to do anything by this world’s standards.

Thanks to this, I don’t know anything about etiquette when meeting people of noble rank or higher.

I thought they would be nobles, people who live permanently somewhere, but I never thought they would turn out to be royalty.

I didn’t know how to act, so I stood still for a moment, stunned.

“You bastard! Can’t you bow your head to the princess!”

The driver who was blocking me shouted at me.

No, I’m secretly annoyed that the guy who would have been eaten by the troll if we weren’t there is yelling.

A knight who saves a person surrounded by monsters late at night and asks for manners when he approaches a high-ranking person who came out of there.

This is a very cliché situation that is often seen in novels.

I started to worry that even the princess might do something like that.

“Lord Zetsu, please wait.”

Princess Aria, who had been watching me quietly, got out of her carriage and started looking around her.

All the surrounding trolls are being eliminated by Ellie and Yuria.

“Are they part of the group?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The princess asked me while looking at Eli and Yuria who were currently defeating the troll.

Ellie and Yuria killed the troll with one shot and one kill.

Ellie exploded her troll’s head with her mace, and Yuria lightly decapitated her, causing her head to fall.

Then Ellie defeated the last troll, and Yuria, who saw it, ran towards me and hugged me.

“It’s all done~ Jinu.”

The tail is wagging from side to side as if it feels good, and it feels like raising a real puppy.

“Compared to Demon, it’s nothing special.”

Ellie followed suit and came towards me.

“Your name is Jinu. Thank you for your help. I almost died due to a sudden troll attack, but thanks to you, I was able to survive.”

Princess Aria thanked me and bowed her head towards me.

“Princess! You must not bow down to a commoner!”

That knight must not have known that the princess would bow her head to me, so he is confused and doesn’t know what to do.

“Lord Zetsu, whoever the opponent is, they are the ones who helped us and saved our lives. It is enough to say thank you.”

“But… Yes, I understand.”

Fortunately, I saved the princess from drowning, and it seems she wasn’t the crazy person who told me to give her the bundle.

“Nice to meet you. Princess Aria, this is my first time meeting a royal family, so please understand that I don’t know the etiquette.”

“Yes, I understand that. It’s my first time seeing commoners in person. They are incredibly strong people.”

Princess Aria said, pointing to Eli and Yuria.

“Yes. You are my precious colleague.”

It’s very precious.

I don’t even want to think about going back to a life without them.

“… My name is Eli Charlemagne.”

“I am Yuria Pendragon!”

These were the two people who first answered Princess Aria’s question.

Ellie didn’t look very happy, perhaps in a bad mood, and Yuria responded cheerfully as always.

“The surrounding trolls have been cleared up, so we’ll just head back.”

In fact, I’m starting to think I shouldn’t be involved anymore.

Why would someone like a princess be traveling in a carriage and leading a knight late at night?

Isn’t it as if they are running away for some reason?

Then she encountered a monster and survived thanks to the help of people ‘passing by’.

If so, the next development is quite predictable.

“Please wait a moment. Can you listen to me for a moment?”

Like now, I will ask for help from the person who helped me.

Ah… There will definitely be some headaches.

I’m too tired to have to destroy the dimensional gate from Demon right now.

Of course it would be better to refuse.

“I’m sorry, Princess Arai. We have other things to do…”

I bowed lightly and tried to turn around.

“Wait, wait!”

Princess Aria ran over and grabbed my hand.

“We are now moving to Turchen Castle. Can you please escort us there?”

Looking around, I saw the bodies of many dead knights and soldiers.

Usually, catching a troll through a B-level quest requires one or two trolls, but the number of trolls I saw seemed to be over 10.

It would have been a huge disaster.

“Please let go of Jinu’s hand. We have work to do separately.”

Ellie said while looking at Princess Aria holding my hand.

His face looks even worse than before.

“Please. I really only ask you to go to Turchen Castle. If it’s a case, I’ll do everything I can when we arrive.”

I was shocked for a moment when they said they would give me money, but I still can’t help them.

If you move while escorting the princess, it will be much longer than the time you traveled on the Minercia today.

In a situation where you don’t know when a demon will appear, you need to go to Turchen Castle as soon as possible and get the ingredients to summon additional characters.

Being in Turchen Castle now is only a prediction and may not happen, so it is even more urgent.

“I’m really sorry. We also have urgent matters…”

Thud!

Before I finished speaking, the ground suddenly shook.

“Oh, my. I think I was being followed…”

What is chasing you?

My doubts were quickly answered.

The trees in the forest shook before my eyes, and a large creature appeared there.

It seems to be roughly 4 to 5 meters in size.

First of all, it feels like a giant who has grown to that size.

It has a thick, hairless head and a large horn on its forehead.

And in his hand, I don’t know where he got it from, he is holding a very large club while glaring at us.

What is this monster… An unprecedented creature?

“Oh… It’s an ogre! Damn it, I followed you all the way here!”

One of the knights shouted.

Are you calling that an ogre?

“Mine!”

Upon seeing the ogre, Yuria shouted towards the forest.

In response to the sound, Minercia transformed into a holy dragon and flew towards the ogre.

When the ogre saw Minercia, he immediately swung his club.

Bang!

The ogre’s strength must have been so great that a loud sound rang out when the club struck Minercia.

However, Minercia was not pushed back by the ogre’s attack at all and immediately bit the back of the ogre’s neck.

“Kaaaaa!”

The ogre screamed and struggled as if in pain.

Minercia easily lifted the ogre into her mouth and threw it far into the sky.

Seeing that, Yuria ran to Minercia and got on board.

“Come on, Breath!”

In accordance with Yuria’s words, Minercia began to gather her magic power in her mouth.

And then she let out a dazzling flash of light towards the ogre falling from the sky.

The ogre that was struck by Minercia’s breath turned into dust in the air and disappeared.

“Good job Mine.”

Yuria patted Minercia’s head and praised her.

The princess and knights were staring blankly at Minercia, as if their minds couldn’t keep up with what was happening right now.

“Dragon… Knight… I thought it was a story that only came down in legend…”

Princess Aria muttered as she let go of her hand and looked at Yuria.

Knowing that she had defeated the ogre, Minercia returned to her normal size and climbed onto Yuria’s shoulder, and Yuria came running towards me with her guns blazing.

“Jinuni~~! Did I do well?”

Yuria looked at me with bright eyes, as if asking for a compliment.

“I feel like I defeated you too flashily, but you did a good job, Yuria.”

I lightly patted Yuria’s head and praised her.

Yuria must have felt good as she closed her eyes and felt my touch.

“Jinu, then let’s go back to the tent.”

Ellie took me by the hand and walked towards the tent.

“Please wait for a moment!”

Princess Aria spread her arms and blocked my path.

“I just saw that and thought I should ask you even more. I don’t know what kind of urgent matter you have, but could you help me just this once? If you need my help with the case or in the future, I’ll be happy to help you at any time.”

“Ha… I can’t look at you any longer. If you get in Jinu’s way again, I’ll kill you right now.”

Looking at Princess Aria, Ellie said as if she couldn’t bear it any longer.

He had a bad expression earlier, but looking at him now, he looks like he’s on the verge of exploding.

“Then my fate ends here. After seeing that just now, I can’t back down either.”

When she saw Ellie, she would have run away, but Princess Aria did not back down at all.

“Then die.”

Ellie was so angry that she went into battle mode.

Huh?

Until recently, it was night and dark so I couldn’t see it well, but thanks to Ellie’s wings of light, I started to see Princess Aria clearly.

And what caught my eye was Princess Aria’s bracelet.

It’s a design I’ve seen a lot…

This was the moment when Ellie picked up her mace and swung it to really kill Princess Aria.

Ah!

That’s a ‘bracelet that records light’!

“Wait! Ellie, wait.”

Ellie, who heard me, stopped her mace right in front of Princess Arya’s head.

If I had spoken a little later, Princess Aria’s head and body would have been separated by now.

“Princess, where did you get that bracelet?”

“Huh? You mean this bracelet? It’s an heirloom that has been passed down from generation to generation…”

A bracelet that records light…

This is an item used as a 90th bracelet in Elion.

I don’t know what kind of coincidence it was, but it was the moment I found the game item I was looking for.