Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero's Friend

Chapter 215.1

After that, His Majesty and the Crown Prince began to discuss the issue of relief for the victims and the response to the cursed weapons, etc., but it was old man Uwe who broke the ice.

“Well, Lord Welner. How is the matter of the investigation going?” (Uwe)

“Uh, yes. I think I’ve caught up with the shadows and can see the scales of their tails.” (Welner)

I was beyond amazed and impressed by the guts of this old man to interrupt His Majesty and His Highness. Moreover, in a sense, it was astonishing that even His Majesty and His Highness did not condemn him.

Of course, old man Uwe only interrupted them knowing that the important conversation was over. He would not do such a thing when they were discussing a big issue.

I think the royal family thought of old man Uwe as a wise man or something – a person who sometimes pointed out things that were right on the mark, so we couldn’t ignore him.

By the way, the phrase “without shadow or form” was also used in this world, but in this world, the origin of the phrase was a dragon, which was not funny. It was said to be based on a comment made by a man who stood in a wilderness where no building shadows or such could be seen after a dragon had blown away all the people and towns.

In this world, dragons were real calamities, and without exaggeration, a single dragon could destroy a town or so. Even in video games, dragons appeared as mid-bosses or final bosses, possessing terrifying power.

I wonder if it was a little ironic that this world was based on a game.

“Shall we leave the talks at that?” (King)

“Surely, we don’t want to mix up the events. Your Majesty, I’m going to borrow Lord Welner.” (Uwe)

“Hmm, you may do so, well then, Zeavert and Hearthing, as well as Seyfart, you may leave.” (King)

As His Majesty gave his approval, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Falkenstein nodded their heads with expressions that did not quite conceal their wry smiles. In fact, His Highness and the Prime Minister must be quite annoyed by old Uwe.

Anyway, Uwe, Mazell and I bowed and left the room, leaving only His Majesty, His Highness, and the Prime Minister. Grand Duke Seyfart had some business to attend to, so he left as well.

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“Welner, about earlier…” (Mazell)

“Well, about that…” (Welner)

Mazell spoke up as soon as the servants had prepared tea and left the room. Don’t look so worried.

I was sure that Mazell had mixed feelings because I was the one who put Laura in a tight spot, even if indirectly, but that didn’t mean that I had any particular reason to let the other party (Juliane) kill me. But of course, I have no intention of settling the matter by saying that I had no choice.

And more than anything else, Mazell, I’m glad that you didn’t get your hands stained with that kind of blood (Juliane’s).

“I told you before, didn’t I?” (Welner)

“What?” (Mazell)

“I’ll handle all the trouble here.” (Welner)

I could say with all sincerity. Even though I had my own problems, I had no intention of making Mazell, who was going head-to-head with a small group against the Four Heavenly Kings the size of a walking mansion, have any more unnecessary burdens or problems.

Laura responded to me and Mazell with a serious look on her face. Oh, this might not be good.

“Even though I am called the second princess, all this time, I did not even think about my own sister until just now. So…” (Laura)

“That’s enough.”

I strongly interrupted, which, I thought, was impolite, and Mazell and Lily were surprised. One should not really do something like this with royalty, you know.

It was not a good idea to let Laura think in that direction because she was not responsible for any of this.

“I heard that the Demon King taints his opponents from the wounds in their hearts. Let’s leave it at that.” (Welner)

It would be more likely to cause problems if one of the Hero team members were to suffer a psychological trauma. I’d rather have her hate me for killing her sister, but I knew Laura wasn’t the kind of person who would be able to do that.

I didn’t know the relationship between Laura and her sister, since I never met her. If they were not on good terms, she would not have said something like that.

I decided to bring up this truth during our meeting so that the hero party members would not be surprised when they find out about it later from someone else. After all, it would be disastrous if Laura found out about it from the Demon King himself in mid-battle.

“If you think it’s a problem, I hope you (Laura) can go and beat the Demon King to death quickly. Mazell, you as well.”

I said so half jokingly and half seriously. It was necessary for Laura to make it clear in her mind that it was the Demon King who was at fault and that there was no need for her to feel guilty.

Besides, I had no idea what kind of evil steps this troublesome Demon King would take if we didn’t deal with him soon. Please go and defeat him as soon as possible, I would like to say.