Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend

Chapter 216.1

Mazell and his group were planning to meet up with Luguentz and his group, and head to the location of the request immediately. They would have liked to pursue Mubrial instead of heading to Valgau, but it was not possible because of the King’s sudden request and Mubrial would have returned to his dungeon by the time they finished.

“Welner, do you know anything about this request?” (Mazell)

“Oh, yes, I know a little.” (Welner)

I didn’t want them to rush too much and put themselves in danger, but going back and forth from where they last came was a lot of time lost. Not to mention the number of days, but in reality, even just moving around was bound to cause fatigue.

In terms of game events, this request was an event that was outside the game’s storyline, so it would have been fine to not put it up in priority, but knowing the situation in the kingdom, I could not help but understand the King’s decision a little.

“I heard that there’s a demon that haunts the vicinity of a town called Loitok (located in Valgau), so the king probably wants you guys to defeat that demon first.”

“Okay, we will do that.”

Loitok (located in Valgau) was part of the Valgau Family’s territory. The current Queen was a member of that family. I guess her parents must be begging her for help. I didn’t know whether she was a loving wife or a dependent.

In Valgau, the power of the noble families was so strong that they had to balance the power like the shoguns in the Muromachi period in Japan of my previous life. So it would make sense if the King would request Mazell, a heroic man, to give priority to domestic issues.

Well, I doubt if the hero party heading to Valgau first instead of taking care of Mubrial immediately would be a good thing for the Kingdom, but it was not the King’s fault that the noble families were so powerful, so it would be a bit harsh to blame him for it.

“Is everything going to be okay over here?” (Mazell)

“I don’t know.” (Welner)

Mazell asked me that, and I was torn on how to answer. I had no idea what would happen after we survived the attack on the royal capital.

In the first place, so far, I only thought about somehow preventing the attack on the royal capital. But in reality, time would continue to move forward even after that.

“Even if something happens, I’ll figure something out.”

“That’s very typical of Welner, huh?”

Mazell laughed at me. I was more worried about Mazell, who was about to fight with Mubrial, the fourth heavenly king of the wind.

I gave Mazell my best wishes and a message to Felix and the others. While Mazell and Laura were speaking with Lily about something, my sleepiness was getting stronger by the minute.

…

All three of them were talking to me, but I did not remember what they were talking about.

I recalled leaving Mazell and the others, heading back to the office, telling Neurath and Schunzel, who were waiting for me, that I was going to take a quick nap, and lying down on the couch. I did not have my watch with me, so I did not know exactly, but I think I was asleep for about two or three hours.

And now I visited Grand Duke Seyfart’s office. I had a cup of strong tea before coming here, but I was still feeling a little sleepy as I walked down the long corridor. I had thought that the size of the royal palace was troublesome, but I had no idea that it also had such an effect.

Maybe it was the broken windows in the corridor that let the outside air in. The number of broken pieces of glass might have been a lot, and it looked like some of the windows were left broken for a while, making me hope that it would not rain.

(T/N: Above paragraph is talking about windows broken during Mubrial’s attack.)

“You look tired.” (Seyfart)

“I’m sorry, sir.” (Welner)

“It can’t be helped, can it?” (Seyfart)

His Excellency the Duke was smiling. It was indeed a little problematic for him to be sleeping soundly in his office.

“So, are we going to talk about the future?” (Welner)

“Yes.” (Seyfart)

He offered me a chair, so I sat down without hesitation.

“The victory ceremony, which will take place this afternoon, will be brief.” (Seyfart)

“I understand that it will be mainly practical.” (Welner)

“That’s right.” (Seyfart)

If we increased or decreased the number of noble territories today, the kingdom would be in trouble if there was a need to rebalance it later on. Considering all of this, today’s victory ceremony was decided to mainly involve only tactical evaluation of monetary rewards and honor.

Incidentally, the city was in a state of festivity throughout the night because the enemy was driven back. It seemed that reconstruction work finally started this morning. I was completely asleep, you know.

Also, it seemed that some aristocrats came to the Zeavert’s mansion in the middle of the night, wanting to see the face of the distinguished Noble who led the defense of the capital last night.

Some of them might have wanted to show that they were important, or they might have wanted to make a request in the midst of the excitement. Or maybe they were trying to curry favor, especially those who laughed at me or called me a waste-of-money viscount.

My mother turned them all away, but that’s another story. Norbert was making a list of visitors with a smile on his face.

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