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Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World – the Apostle of the Gods Who Know No Self-Restraint (Web Novel) - Volume 2 Chapter 27: Drintor’s Welcome Party 6/6
Volume 2 Chapter 27: Drintor’s Welcome Party 6/6
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Rikisetsu and Betty seemed to have frozen with their mouths open, incapable of moving.
Seeing but not understanding the situation, Eribe compared the faces of Cain and the representatives from the guild.
Then, eventually, Rikisetsu, the guild master, began moving.
“W-w-w-wait a minute. Aren’t you an iron adventurer? No, you aren’t, aren’t you?”
Rikisetsu also seemed surprised, and was acting suspiciously. The day before, he’d received so much killing intent that his voice was now hoarse. As for Betty, after she’d realised that he was the newbie adventurer from the day before, her face turned pale and she began shaking.
“Yeah, there’s no mistake that I’m an adventurer? See, I also have my guild certificate.”
Cain took out the golden guild card from his shirt pocket and placed it on the table.
“Eh? Eh? A-Rank!? Th-there’s no way…”
Seeing the golden guild card, Betty, the sub guild master, was surprised too.
Of course, Eribe, who had thought Cain was just some child noble, was also surprised.
“Yeah, I got it from Eden-san in the royal capital. I also immediately got upgraded from an iron guild card to a golden one.”
“Ri-ridiculous…”
Rikisetsu was also surprised.
“Oh, by the way, I have a letter from Eden-san, the guild master of the royal capital.”
Cain took the letter from his purse and laid it on the table.
“I’ll have a look at it…”
Rikisetsu confirmed by the sealing wax that the letter truly was from the guild headquarters, and opened it. He then began to read the letter inside.
[Drintor Branch Guild Master Rikisetsu-dono,
I haven’t seen you in a long time, how are you doing? This time, I’m writing to you because the new lord of that town, Viscount Cain, is, to put it plainly, a monster. You know my sister Tifana, right? Currently, she’s the commander of the royal knights. Viscount Cain is way stronger than her. Because there’s most likely no-one in this country who would be able to beat him, closely pay attention to his words. If you just contact him normally it should be fine, but if you make him mad, he might destroy the guild, or maybe even the whole town, you know? Apparently even His Majesty himself confirmed with the person in question that he wouldn’t destroy the entire country. So really, take care okay? By the way, Viscount Cain’s mansion in the royal capital is decorated with an SS-Class Red Dragon he defeated when he was five. Next time we meet, I really hope I’ll be seeing you with all five limbs attached. Ah, he’s really dangerous, okay? I’m not joking.
– Royal Capital Guild Master Eden]
Rikisetsu, who had finished reading, was trembling. And the face of Betty, who had been reading it together with him from the side, turned from blue to white.
“I don’t know what’s written in it because I was just given it by Eden-san, but say… you two, you look rather pale, are you okay?”
Cain, who didn’t know the contents of the letter, spoke with a smile.
“If you don’t mind, may I see the letter…”
The facial expressions of the two who had read the letter were so terrible that Eribe became interested.
Rikisetsu silently handed the letter to Eribe.
And Eribe, receiving the letter, began to read it.
As he read the contents, Eribe’s face turned completely blue. Moreover, he was trembling slightly.
Seeing that Eribe’s facial expression had also changed, Cain wondered what was written in the letter.
He took the letter from Eribe and read its contents.
Gradually, Cain’s hands holding the letter began to shiver. He wordlessly put the letter on the table.
““““…””””
Everyone was silent. That silence lasted for a few minutes.
Suddenly, Rikisetsu stood up.
Then, he prostrated himself before Cain.
Both Cain and Eribe were surprised. Of course, Betty, who was sitting next to him, too.
“I’m sorry for the inconvenience caused by the guild. What happened yesterday is not the responsibility of the adventurers and Betty here. I take all responsibility. So please forgive me. Whether you believe me or not doesn’t matter. But still, please forgive all the adventurers at the guild.”
Rikisetsu put his head on the floor and desperately apologized.
Cain felt the chivalry of Rikisetsu and smiled.
“Rikisetsu, please raise your head. I understand. I have no intention of doing anything to you. I did break the training ground yesterday… So please sit down first. I can’t talk to you like this.”
Rikisetsu nodded at Cain’s words and sat back on the sofa.
“However, the current situation of this town is not good, so I’m going to fix all its bad parts. Up until now, you’ve paid basically no taxes. The money from the government is more than what we get from taxes. So from now on, you’ll keep track of and inform us of your income and expenses, and pay taxes accordingly. As I was the one who broke the training ground yesterday, I’ll pay for it from my own pockets. You will not get the full amount, as you have to accept that it is your responsibility too.”
Cain gave explanations about the future, one after the other.
“Yes… Understood. I feel like I understand the reason why you became a lord at the age of ten…”
Rikisetsu nodded powerlessly.
“I’m going back to the royal capital today, so I’ll have to come back next week. Let’s discuss this a bit more then.”
In response to Cain’s explanation, Rikisetsu wondered.
“Eh. Why are you returning to the royal capital? It’s two days from here, four days for a round trip? Wouldn’t staying in Drintor be better?”
“Oh, I’m still a freshman at the Royal Academy. People will complain if I don’t go to school. I have to go, due the person who told me to do so being who they are.”
“…By the way, you’re still only ten years old, aren’t you. One tends to forget that when talking to you. When you arrive back here, please contact me and I’ll visit the lord’s residence at once.”
“Understood. Thank you for your cooperation.”
Cain stood up and held out his right hand to Rikisetsu.
Wrapping his two large hands around Cain’s somewhat smaller one, Rikisetsu shook his hand.
“Yes, of course. Feel free to come visit us in the guild from now on.”
Rikisetsu bowed his head one last time and left the room with Betty, the sub guild master.
Betty seemed to have been thinking about something; she had said nothing and had been silent from beginning to end, but Cain didn’t really care.
And then, Cain and Eribe were the only two people left in the room.
“I’ll be back next week, so I look forward to working with you until then. It’s about time for me to be returning to the royal capital.”
“I understand, Cain-sama. Shall I have a carriage prepared for you?”
“Aaah, it’s fine. I came here by myself. Don’t worry about it.”
After he’d finished talking, Cain returned to the office and changed into adventurer’s clothes, then, saying goodbye to Eribe and the civil officials, he left the lord’s residence.
“I think I’ll keep this up until I’m out of town, just in case…”
Using [Transfer] would have been fine, but because it might have turned into a problem if the guards at the gate were checking who entered and who left, he decided to leave the town properly.
Cain bought a skewer from the old man at the skewer stall he’d been a patron of earlier, and then leisurely headed towards the east gate that led to the royal capital. After a short walk through the outer gate and along the road, he found a place where no-one would see him and went home with magic.
His field of view changed in an instant.
A little while ago, he had been on the country road leaving Drintor, but now the royal capital’s majestic ramparts stretched out in front of him.
Cain took a leisurely stroll and lined up at the general gate to the royal capital.
The royal capital had a general gate and a nobles’ gate. This was to allow nobles’ carriages to pass through smoothly.
The carriages of the nobles came and went in their own way, even while Cain was standing in line.
And then one carriage stopped when it passed Cain.
The carriage had a familiar coat of arms. He couldn’t forget it, because it was the coat of arms of the Silford family.
Two escorting knights rode up to him on their horses.
He had thought that he’d enter while pretending to be an adventurer, but alas, to no avail.
“Viscount Cain, why are you lined up at the general gate? The Margrave is asking you to get onto his carriage.”
The surrounding people, who had been under the impression that he was a child of adventurers lining up alongside them, moved away from Cain when they found out that he was a noble. He sighed at the situation and replied to the knight.
“So it was father’s carriage. …I’ll get on then.”
He got out of the queue of people pointed at the general gate and headed for Garm’s carriage.
Sebas was the first to get out of the carriage and greet him.
“It’s been a long time. Viscount Cain, rumours have reached even Gracia territory. Garm-sama is waiting for you inside. Please get in.”
“It’s been a long time, Sebas. I’ll get in then.”
Greeting Sebas cordially, Cain got into Garm’s carriage.
“Father, it’s been a long time.”
Cain bowed to Garm and then sat face to face with him.
“It’s been a long time, Cain. I was surprised to hear that that you became a Viscount, but to think you’d become the lord of that Drintor, His Majesty has outdone himself. Anyway, where did you go, looking like an adventurer?”
He’d already told Garm about transfer magic, so he explained to him that he’d gone to Drintor using that. He remembered that the first time Garm had seen that magic, he was so surprised he had to sit down.
“The adventurers’ guild in that town is powerful… although if it’s you, Cain, it’s no big deal, isn’t it?”
Garm answered with a bitter smile.
“But still, father, could you please introduce me to someone who’s good at domestic affairs. The town over there is operating in the red, so I want to change a lot of things.”
If he were to use the [World Encyclopedia], he would be able to find out about domestic affairs, but as he was already both a student and a lord concurrently, he didn’t have that kind of free time.
Cain spoke frankly to his father about the financial situation in Drintor, how there were multiple towns in the margrave’s territory, and, mainly due to Garm’s good government, each and every one of them seemed to be prospering, and that Cain would be really grateful if he were sent a person from the margrave’s territory.
Garm was a little worried, but then he clapped his hands as if he had come up with an idea.
“I have the perfect person for you.”
“Really!? Please introduce them to me.”
“They’re in the Gracia territory right now, so I’ll call them here. I’ll make sure they’re here in the royal capital within a month.”
“Father, thank you very much.”
With the promise of someone who could do internal affairs coming, Cain was sent home in a carriage, his thoughts on town planning.
