It’s been a day since I returned to the other world.
There was some presence outside that got me up from the bed, but I feel fine.
However, my body’s a little listless. I worked hard last night after all.
If not for the contraceptive magic, then she might be already pregnant from how much we had fun last night.
Euphy doesn’t seem like she’s waking up anytime soon, she’s just sleeping, sticking to me.
Last night, we didn’t just have sex but also had a pretty long talk about the future.
Now that we’re awake, I took breakfast and after that, I’m going to call everyone for a discussion.
Euphy and Nia are settled on my sides as I sit on the bed, then next to Nia is Caria, who’s grooming her tail.
Gilbert-san, Manos-san, and the two knights are sitting on their chairs.
「 Before we begin, I’ll pay Manos-san and the group for the dungeon exploration we did the other day 」
I should’ve given the payment to him yesterday, but he left immediately after sensing the mood. Thus, I’m handing the gold coins I prepared to Manos-san now.
The amount was 24 gold coins for four of them, as promised in advance.
「 Thank you. This will help with our activities for the time being. However, I believe the agreement was two gold coins per head, per day. Isn’t this too much? 」
「 I did say that it’ll take three days so it’s not an issue. It was me who didn’t expect that we would finish it in such a short time 」
「 Is that so? I’ll gratefully accept it then 」
Manos-san began handing out the gold coins to his group.
I thought that he’d do it later, but it seems like the individuals want to thank me directly.
「 That’s the end of our contract, what are your plans for the future? 」
「 Let’s see, it might be a good idea for us to continue our wandering journey. However, if you’d allow… Will you let us join your camp? 」
「 Err, you mean joining the Adicilton house, right? It would be nice to have a good knight like you, but, what do you think, Euphy? 」
I asked Euphy, and she turned her beautiful face to me and looked at me with her big eyes.
「 If Daiki-sama wants them, then I think we can accept them. There will be some issues with the reception, but I’m sure that they already talked it out with Gilbert beforehand, so I think what’s left is for Daiki-sama to decide. Isn’t that right? 」
She talks to the two who were sitting, and they nodded.
Wait, Gilbert-san’s not saying anything about this, do I have to be the one to decide?
「 Also, if you’re asking for permission, that means that you’ve given up on your Lord? 」
Ephy asks, Manos-san nods with a nervous look.
「 Yes. I’ve given up on that man, even if he wasn’t the true Lord. So, if you’d allow such a knight to serve you… 」
True, it doesn’t look good for a knight to abandon their Lord.
When the time comes, they’re likely to betray or give up…
But that’s natural when your Lord is that kind of guy.
Watching Davey’s exchange with the knights at the time, it seems that there was no trust, only doubt.
It’s almost power harassment, and saving them from him.
「 That was just a problem with Davey no matter how you look at it. What did that guy even do? 」
「 Indeed. Even before the war began, he often took advantage of his status and behaved arrogantly. After he was forced to flee his country, he remained the same, causing several incidents like the duel that happened the other day. However, most of it never becomes actual battles if we, the knights come forth. The other problems we had in the villages we stopped by were taking girls and boys, robbing stores of their goods when we were out of sight, and it makes us sick thinking about it. To top it all off, he talked about selling off Euphilite-sama, the daughter of the Adicilton house, to whom he’s indebted. I could no longer bear being with him 」
Seems like he’s letting out his pent-up resentment.
Just how long have you been holding back?
「 It was as imagined. If a Lord’s not worthy of loyalty, it’s natural to give up on them, and so I don’t think I have an issue with that. My Princess doesn’t seem to object either 」
「 Yes, it is as Daiki-sama said. Then, the four of you will stay with Gilbert. The formal acceptance and organization will take place after we join the Adicilton group 」
「 Yes! Thank you for accepting us! 」
Manos-san knelt and bowed.
He always had that refreshing look, but now he has that heroic face as if he was just in a battle.
Casria-san who was next to Nia also knelt in front of me.
The other two followed and bowed to me.
Hmm.
「 Fufu, it seems that everyone can tell who’s the Master 」
Euphy was smiling in great delight after seeing their attitude.
Don’t say anything, please.
I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it, but I’m more tired of being surprised and in denial every time.
Gilbert-san’s not saying anything, so why bother.
「 So, here’s a command to you all. First, return with Gilbert to Loureshou and tell them what we’re up to and that we’re on our way 」
「 Mu?! If the princess is moving, then I have to be by her side 」
「 You have a different role. You’ll receive funds so the Adiciltons can obtain a certain skill orb 」
「 Skill orb? Princess, what kind of skill orb do you seek? 」
「 Teleport! There’s no need for anything else. You must return to the Loureshou first and split up, to make sure you get the teleport skill orbs. Is that clear? You have to complete this, this is an absolute priority! We’ll search and get anything within our reach 」
Euphy’s excited voice echoes in the room.
Everyone apart from me got taken aback by her enthusiasm.
This is the policy Euphy and I decided before going to bed after all we did last night.
First, my suggestion was to move locations, given the current situation where we already completed the dungeon and we’re not getting as many skill orbs as we could.
So we decided to move to the country named Loureshou, where Euphy’s relatives are located.
And since Euphy will get to meet the people who belong to the Adicilton house, she nods.
Even without those reasons, she doesn’t seem to argue with what I say.
Next, Euphy enthusiastically talked about collecting teleport skill orbs, and she wants it as much as possible to improve her transfer skills so she and Nia can accompany me.
With the normal teleport skill, once the skill level reaches 3, it’s possible to move more than one person.
Her eyes were a little tinted with madness, repeatedly saying “Please, please, please,” so the other skill orbs will be put to later.
Euphy has never been selfish, so I had no choice but to comply.
As for me, I don’t want to leave the two, so I have no objection.
It’ll be tens of thousands of times more fun to take them over there.
Although I’m sure Euphy will manage, Nia’s a beast girl, so it’ll have some complications.
I’ll have to figure out a way to hide her cute little beast ears and tail before taking her with me.
「 Next, Manos and the group will receive funds together with Gilbert, and you’ll also collect skill orbs. As soon as you acquired them, go to Loureshou and follow Gilbert’s instructions 」
「 Certainly. By the way, what level of skill orbs should we collect? 」
「 One will do. Just gather them 」
「 Leave it to us 」
After responding, Manos-san glanced at me once.
Well yeah.
It’s common sense in this world that there’s no point in collecting multiple copies of the same skill orb.
If the reason’s unknown, then it’s an oddity.
But you know, I can tell that he’ll follow it.
The people here will be able to see some of my secrets.
But, collecting skill orbs efficiently will require manpower inevitably.
Gilbert-san has no problem with that, but Manos-san and the group won’t suddenly betray us because of that.
Right?…Right?