Chapter 250
「Attack!」
While three soldiers were about to attack, I silently unsheathed Eleanor .
I chopped one’s head, slashed one diagonally, and severed one from his waist .
I instantly killed the three soldiers .
After that, I faced the man who looks like their captain and stared at him .
I waited for a moment . I waited for the goal I had for coming here .
「Please wait, you are Marquis Yuuki right? We areーー」
「I know」
Their side called my name knowing my identity and I answered .
The condition is fulfilled with this, so I chopped the man from top to bottom .
Half of his body immediately collapsed and half stood for a while, then his eye turned then collapsed .
Soon after, the soldiers ran away .
『Otou-san, is it okay not going after them?』
「It’s alright . After all, my goal is reached with this」
『Is that so?』
『Umu . A person who is favored by Selene intervened while knowing the situation . We need those soldiers who have escaped will become the messenger to spread that fact』
『That’s sounds difficult〜』
『Hikari is fine just like that . You only need to think how to grow as a Demon Sword first . Other things would just follow up later on』
『Un!』
『By the way, the last attack . The reason why he was chopped from top to bottomーー』
Hikari who replied innocently and Eleanor who is teaching her daughter the way of the Demon Sword .
They’re different from an ordinary mother and daughter, but that’s the good thing about it .
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I let Duke Melina’s servants out of the cages .
There were some of them who looked ill, so I cured them using my white magic ball .
After that, as the person who saved them, almost all of them started to look at me in a favorable light .
「We thank you」
After a while, the oldest person among the servants, a man with dignity said that to me .
People who have lived for a certain extent would have their behavior in their daily lives fixed .
Those from royal families would still look like someone from the royal family even if they wore a commoner’s clothes .
This man, I could tell easily that he has the demeanor of a “butler” with one look .
「We have been saved all thanks to you」
「Don’t mind it . I only did what I was asked to do」
Just like the soldiers from earlier, I need these people to spread that fact as well, so I said that .
「……Yes」
He was really a butler, he immediately understood what I wanted to say but didn’t say out loud . He had that kind of face .
I handed the man a bag full of silver coins .
Paper notes are only used in Mercouri, so money would be heavy .
「This is?」
「For your travel expenses . Use that to return to your master」
「……」
「What’s the matter?」
I asked the man who made a difficult face .
No, it was not only that man . Looking closely, even the other servants, most of them had a complicated face .
「Is it alright for us to return to the Duke His Excellency」
「You understand why I came to intervene like this right?」
「Yes」
The man answered promptly . Seeing him answer instantly, I don’t think that he doesn’t understand the situation wrongly .
Then why?
「The Duke His Excellency is one who is defeated, is there a future waiting for us if we follow the Duke?」
「……」
『Kukuku』
Eleanor laughed . Her tone sounded like she found it so funny .
「Marquis Yuuki, Your Highness, can you not save us?」
When the butler said that, everyone looked at me at once .
In other words, is it that?
They want to switch over from Melina to me huh?
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I used my Warp Feather to return to my mansion .
I appeared in the living room and encountered Miu .
「W-Welcome back, Master」
「I’m back, Miu……what’s the matter?」
Miu who was staring at me timidly looked around me .
She acts as if she was searching for something .
「Master……are you by yourself?」
Looking up to me, Miu……she timidly asked while she checked my expression .
「Yeah, I’m by myself」
「Uhm, uhh……」
Miu was unusually fidgeting and seemed like she wanted to ask more, but .
She also looks like she wants to ask but could not say it out loud . Seeing that Miu, I said,
「This mansion’s maid is Miu alone」
「ーーYes!」
When I told her what she wanted to know the most, she smiled just like a flower had bloomed .
Before I went to rescue, I returned to the mansion once to take Hikari with me . At that time, I told Miu what I was going to do .
And because of that, she was probably curious if I was going to bring in a new maid .
「Miu」
「Yes」
「I want to MofuMofu」
「Understood . I’ll come immediately」
Miu said and left the living room . I was talking to a Miu puppet and it looks like the original would take her place for the sake of MofuMofu .
I sat on the sofa and waited for Miu .
『Ne〜, Otou-san』
「n?」
『Why didn’t you bring those people?』
Hikari asked a natural question .
That’s right, I didn’t bring anyone back .
I only gave them money for traveling expenses and returned .
The reason why I didn’t take anyone backーーthe reason why I didn’t made them my servant .
It’s because I didn’t have a need for anyone who wants to betray their master during troubled times .
They looked strangely expectant because I cured the ill girl, but I am not that kind of person .
Ahh, well, this is more simple .
「It’s because there wasn’t a good woman among them」
『I see!』
Hikari was convinced .
That’s right . There wasn’t any good woman among them .
Among those people who would betray their master, there was no way that there would be a good woman .
『Kukuku, that’s really like you』
「Is it bad?」
『Nope?』
Eleanor said playfully .
『That is what you are』
She said sounding really playful .