Chapter 10 – 03. Kingdom of Ulstro – Squire Life (1)

[Ulstro Kingdom – Seed Life]

“Haha, I was really embarrassed.”

“What?”

Vilma’s eyes widened at Irena’s shameless reply.

“Are you asking because you don’t know that?! Because of Irena-sama, I-I…!!”

Irena, who had an all-night affair with Valdés, bursting into her moaning her. At first she could barely be heard in the room next to her, but as she went behind her her voice her voice grew louder and louder.

As a result, many of the people staying at her inn heard the sound.

But only Valdes and Vilma rented her room, and Irena sneaked in with her magic her. There were many people who saw Valdes and Vilma together in a situation where no one had ever seen Irena.

As a result, all the people at the inn mistook Irena for spending the night.

One more thing, this was not a luxury inn.

Every time a number of mercenaries looked at Vilma, they threw her meaningless glances and sexual harassment.

Of course, Valdes even left early in the morning to prepare for the awards ceremony.

Vilma, who was not used to this sort of thing, had no choice but to suffer.

“Thanks to you, what happened to me!!”

At those words, Irena’s cheeks turned red.

It was her fault for not putting the magic on.

“…I’m sorry about that, but it doesn’t seem like it’s my fault now.”

“Now?”

I looked around to see what he was talking about.

Hand-to-hand.

“Mom, why is that sister talking to herself?”

“Shh. You don’t see things like that.”

“Ah…”

Irena was still using stealth magic. All she sees is Vilma.

And the place where they were now was an ordinary street.

“… Lord, I want to die!!”

Vilma ran away, covering her reddened face with her hands.

“Ha.”

She let out a sigh of relief.

Do you have to work with someone like that? Valdez said she would be quite usable, but the way she was shown so far was just a fool.

“… Doesn’t the young master join the knights soon?”

Serenia Barnstead, the leader of the Royal Knights of Pedro, opened her mouth with an attitude full of moderation.

“Nice to meet you. I can’t believe that both the winner and the runner-up of this year’s martial arts competition will join our knights. As the captain of the knights, I’m quite happy.”

Blue eyes flashed as if they were going to eat the two of them at any moment.

Among them, the gaze toward Valdez was particularly unusual.

It was worth it.

I couldn’t watch the martial arts tournament because of my mission, but a man who became the runner-up dared to give up his knighthood and come in as a squire. It was quite a strange thing.

“Personally, I have high expectations for the two of them. Recently, there were no new recruits because I couldn’t find good talent.”

“… Even if I’m presumptuous to tell you, Captain. Since this man is a servant, not a knight, it would be difficult to see him as a rookie.”

Ethylene said, glancing at Valdez standing next to him.

Her answer was unexpected, so Serenia’s eyes widened.

Serenia was also only a viscount, but she was a noble, so she knew Ethylene well. In the first place, Ethylene herself was quite famous in the social world.

That she was knighted before she even played her debut ball. She was also famous for wearing her her armor her to her once-in-a-lifetime her debutante ball her, getting rejected by her her, and changing into her dress her with her expression hardened.

‘Funny. Are you jealous?’

Ethylene’s excessive admiration for Mercedes was something that most of her knights her, except for her own her, knew.

“Haha, you can see it that way. But our knights are different. Both knights and servants are bound together by strong comradeship.”

“…Okay. I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Rather, I had a lot of fun watching it.”

“?”

Ethylene made an expression that she didn’t know what she was talking about, but Serenia was satisfied enough.

“Well then, I’ll slowly introduce the others later. Everyone’s busy.”

“All right.”

“All right.”

After she had finished speaking, a well-timed knock sounded.

Smart.

After Serenia’s permission was granted, her door opened and two female knights appeared.

One was a face Valdez knew well.

1 Princess Mercedes.

Even at her young age, she was in charge of the knights’ deputy leader. Many of her knights respected her and liked her because she was the only one who earned her position in her.

“Did you call, Captain?”

“Yes, as you both know very well, the woman’s side is Ethylene. The man’s is Valdez. Ethyl is taken by Essex as a shooter, and Valdez is, well, Mercedes’ squire.”

“All right.”

Valdez greeted Serenia and followed Mercedes, receiving glares from Ethylene.

“Thank you very much. That… Wow, Princess?”

The appearance of a boy seed who looks somewhat foolish.

“Knight. Or call me Mercedes-sama.”

“Ah, yes! Mr. Mercedes!”

“…Okay.”

Mercedes’ cheeks her lightly flushed.

‘I don’t see him as a mercenary who drew the attention of that many spectators.’

It was amazing.

The boy she saw yesterday was not like this.

Valdes, who attracted everyone’s attention with his charismatic appearance his, as if he were a mercenary in a reversal. He didn’t think it was the same person.

‘Great. The reaction is not bad.’

Both of them, of course, looked like Valdez was acting.

Although he is usually a foolish and a bit brusque boy, he is a dignified and resolute warrior when fighting or expressing his will. The unexpectedness caused by the difference. He was thinking of showing off his anti-war charm. And even growing up.

It was an act that he could only use once.

“This is my room.”

“Ah yes.”

Mercedes gave a small smile at Valdez’s stiff expression.

“You don’t have to be too nervous. They’re all good kids.”

Mercedes opened the door.

The first thing that caught my eye was the large, luxurious work desk. To the right of the door were three people who seemed to be her attendants her, and to the left were various weapons and armors.

“Gather everyone.”

She sat down in her chair and called the servants together.

“This is the new seed I told you about yesterday. My name is Valdes. It’s an attendant. Elsa, please tell me well.”

“All right.”

The red-haired, freckled girl answered.

“I have business to take care of, so everyone go to work.”

‘It’s pretty hard.’

She thought it was a very businesslike attitude.

It was also written in Irena’s research on her, but she was n’t treated authoritatively because she was a princess, but she was n’t friendly either.

An attitude that puts a certain amount of good on the seed.

She was quite different from her mother her.

“Did you say Valdes? First, I’ll tell you about your bedroom.”

“All right.”

The girl, who introduced herself as Elza, walked down the street and she told him many things.

The current building was the main building of the knights, and the offices of the knights. Knights are treated as quasi-nobles. Most of them are from aristocrats. For that reason, they are assigned one room for work.

In that room, I was sent to do personal affairs such as paperwork, preparations for the campaign, simple physical training, and armor maintenance.

And now, the place Elsa was guiding was the annex next to it and the lodgings of the Knights. There were quite a few people commuting outside, but a significant number of drivers and servants slept in the inn.

“This is your room.”

“… Is it a private room?”

This point was surprising. In the worst case scenario, he was prepared to share a room with other knights’ servants.

“Ah, isn’t it amazing? Huhu, but our knights have a lot of support coming down from the royal family. Thanks to that, even small but private rooms are given to the servants. Well, that’s because there are less than 300 people including the knights.”

‘Did you say about 50 people?’

It was small compared to the number of knights.

No matter how strict the entrance exam was, there were only 200 knights in the Order of the Capital. It seemed that what was written in the intelligence was correct. The Pedro Knights are actually the Queen’s limbs.

‘The royal family, to be precise, loyalty to the queen will also be seen. It’s surprising that she accepted ethylene.’

The Marquis of Propylene was a moderate in the days of the count. It occurred to her that she had managed to get it, even though it was unlikely that she would have become a royalist now. Maybe she was famous for Ethylene’s love of Mercedes.

And Valdes was right.

“… This is my room. Next to it is Mercedes-sama’s room.”

“It’s close.”

“Isn’t it? Not only the living servants, but the rooms of other servants are also close to the knights so they can be called at any time.”

Valdez nodded his head.

Actually, I already knew it, but I had to react like it was strange. Other knights were often different from this place.

I didn’t know about solitary confinement, but I did know that the room was close to the engineer in charge. Because of this, there was no reason to think of becoming a seed.

“Hmm… I don’t think Valdes is like that, but just in case… “

“Yes?”

“Don’t attack Mercedes-sama like an idiot.”

“…Yes?”

“Haha. There was an idiot like that a few months ago. This is the position you have now entered. He was the first male squire that Mercedes-sama hired, but he was kicked out for acting like an idiot.”

After interrupting her for a moment, Elsa shook her head as if she didn’t understand.

“I’m breaking down the door like an idiot, but there’s no way Mercedes-sama wouldn’t break it, right? If not, how did he think of doing that to a knight…”

“Ha ha… That’s really stupid.”

It was a sympathy.

The power of mana transcends the difference in strength between men and women. She halfway builds her strength her and cannot match her mana users. Even if she was a servant who could use mana, there was no way she could overcome the woman who was facing her deputy chief among the elite knights.

Elsa opened her eyes and looked at him.

“Why is that?”

“Hehe, I heard your rumors. You said you came in as a servant because you wanted to get rid of the prejudice against mixed demons, even though you have enough skills to become a knight, right?”

“Ah yes.”

Valdes’ face changed. It was stupid until just now, but now it was like a knight with conviction.

‘Wow, he’s really handsome.’

My heart was pounding for nothing.

‘Even if he’s this handsome, if he’s half demon race… Will I have a chance?’

While having a pleasant delusion, Elsa guided them to the other places in turn.

Restaurant, bath, rest room, etc.

All were seed-only.

In the case of restaurants, the drivers ate at other restaurants. The bathhouse was not actually for servants, but since the knights’ bedrooms had private bathrooms, they rarely came to the bathhouse.

Perhaps because the training grounds were also knights, there were quite a few compared to the number of people. There were all kinds of seeds, articles, and groups. In particular, deputy directors and above had their own private training halls.

“Hmm, did I tell you roughly all the important places? Shall we go to the dedicated training ground now?”

“Good.”

I hadn’t left my luggage when I got to the room.

From now on, it was the beginning of the real seed life.

‘But, well, it’s better than a mercenary life.’

The situation when he was a mercenary before becoming a hero was pretty terrible.

At least he had talent and later acted as a high-ranking mercenary. If he had to work as a low-level mercenary for a long time, he would have quit shortly after.

“You’re still lucky. You’re a descendant of Mercedes-sama, the country’s first princess, aren’t you? She’s beautiful and strong. Hehe, in addition, Mercedes-sama made it possible for us to use a dedicated training center.”

Elsa’s voice her, referring to Mercedes, was very sympathetic.

Contrary to what I thought he was keeping his distance from him, he seemed to be more considerate in many ways than regular knights. If not, it seemed that such sincere words would not come out.

Two other species were already training in her exclusive training hall.

“Huh? Amy. Mercedes-sama’s assistant?”

“He told me to just go to practice today.”

“Eh. Mercedes-sama is too… Then I’ll go back.”

After Elsa said that, she went back to her office.

As she left, there was silence for a moment in her practice room.

It is the first time we meet each other. If Valdez were the normal maknae, the other two would have said it comfortably, but he is a skilled man who won second place in martial arts competitions. His skills were not all of a knight, but he could n’t help but feel intimidated.

“Everyone, speak comfortably. I’m just a seed.”

Valdez is well aware of that, so he got lucky first.

“Well, then I’ll talk comfortably. I’m Amy. I’m working as Mercedes-sama’s life squire with Elsa unnie.”

“… Glett. An attendant like you.”