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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 52: A Chance Encounter
Volume 2 Chapter 52: A Chance Encounter
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Cain was flying through the air, using [Fly].
He had taken a day off to fly to Malbeek to register a point for him to [Transfer] to. Malbeek was north-east of the royal capital, right next to a mountainous area.
This meant it was more or less on the opposite side of the royal capital from Drintor, so Cain had transferred to the royal capital, and then started flying along parallel to the road to Malbeek.
As early summer had already arrived and the weather was nice, Cain flew along while enjoying the warm summer breeze.
On the way, he passed by the junction with the road that led from the Gracia territory to the royal capital.
“Huh, this was where I first met Teles and Silk, wasn’t it…”
Cain recalled what had happened at the time when they had first met. While on his way to the royal capital for a reception party, he had helped out a group of people who had been attacked by a bunch of orcs, then he’d been made a baron, not to mention being given a mansion. And then he got two fiancées.
Watching the merchants and their escorting guards moving along the highway from up in the sky, Cain continued onwards.
In this world, there weren’t really any ideas or thoughts about being able to fly in the sky. A species of dragon that could fly, the wyvern, existed, but their natural habitats were so far away that people coming and going on the roads looked up at the sky as good as never. Thus, no-one noticed Cain as he flew up in the sky.
The territory of Malbeek was around three hundred kilometers away, which took about ten days to traverse by carriage.
If Cain had gone all-out and flown at top speed, it wouldn’t have taken him even an hour to arrive, but as he wanted to make the best of the pleasant weather, he continued along at a leisurely pace.
On the way, he passed by numerous towns and small villages. As even he was hesitant about flying directly over towns, Cain decided to avoid doing so.
Stopping for a bit in the air, he consulted his map, then once again started flying onwards.
After having passed by many more villages both large and small, he arrived near the town of Malbeek, when he noticed a fight taking place.
On a section of road that passed through some woods nearby the town, some people were being attacked from both sides.
A group of what seemed to be robbers, numbering twenty, was attacking a carriage that looked like it belonged to a noble and the squadron of several guards escorting it.
“That difference in numbers seems to have left them in a bind. I guess I’ll go help them out, then.”
Cain immediately landed in the woods nearby and headed to where the fight was taking place.
Without a single escorting guard having fallen, they had managed to repel the thieves. On the other hand, there were quite a few robbers lying defeated on the ground already.
“I’ll help!”
Cain shouted at the knights. Then, he began bombarding the thieves from behind with magic.
[Air Bullet]
The magic let loose from Cain’s right hand flew at the robbers.
As the situation was still unknown, he didn’t give his spells enough power to be lethal.
Surprised by a child suddenly appearing behind them, then being hit with magic, the attackers fell one after the other.
“Thanks for the assist! You lot, just a little more! Where’s your spirit at!”
“““““Woo!”””””
A knight who seemed to be the captain of the squad raised his voice, encouraging the rest of the knights, who, in turn, raised their swords with renewed vigour and began cutting down the remaining robbers. Thanks to Cain’s help, it only took a few minutes before there wasn’t a single attacker left standing.
The knights tied the robbers who were still alive up with rope.
Then, the knight who seemed to be the captain went up to Cain.
He stopped a few steps away and said to Cain.
“Thanks a lot for your help. You’re still a child, yet you’re really strong. I’m the captain of Danlof’s knights, Lodeck. What’s your name?”
The man appeared to be in his late thirties, he was around one-hundred-and-eighty centimeters tall, and the aura coming from his well-trained physique was on a different level to the rest of the knights.
“I’m Cain, an adventurer. I was journeying to Malbeek, but then I noticed you were being attacked, so I came to help out.”
Cain replied, then took out his guild card from his pocket.
As Cain’s guild card showed he was an A-Rank, it glittered golden in the sunlight.
Upon finding out that this child he had thought was somewhat powerful was actually A-Rank, Lodeck was tongue-tied.
“A-Rank at your age… You really helped us out. Wait a sec, I’ll go talk to the lord-sama.”
Saying so, Lodeck ran off to the carriage.
Looking at the carriage, while Cain didn’t recognize the coat of arms, he was able to confirm that the carriage did indeed belong to a noble.
“It was a noble after all… It would be nice if this didn’t turn into something troublesome, but…”
Lodeck had apparently finished talking to the noble in the carriage. Then, the door opened and an elderly man disembarked from the carriage.
He appeared to be in his fifties, with his graying hair neatly organized behind his head.
He walked up to Cain, and, after staring at him for a while, he started talking.
“Cain was it, you said? Thank you for your help. Against those numbers, even Lodeck would lose after a bitter fight, no matter how strong he is. So what will you do now? I want to thank you properly, so would you accompany us to the next town? I’m in charge over there.”
“Not at all, I simply lent a helping hand, as I saw you being attacked by some thieves. I’ve got to hurry onwards on my journey now, so please excu – –.”
“Now now, this old man was lonely all alone in his carriage. You should get on as well.”
The old man grabbed Cain’s shoulders and steered him to the carriage. As Cain was wearing adventurers’ clothes, he couldn’t very well go and refuse a noble when they were asking him for a favour.
Thus, left no choice, he followed the old man and got on the carriage.
“Lodeck, leave two knights here to keep watch and send a group ahead to the town to inform them of what happened.”
The old man instructed Lodeck, who split up the knights as ordered, and two of them got on horses and went ahead to the town.
Thus, eight knights had now become four, and they then started moving onwards.
“Now that I think about it, I haven’t told you my name yet. I’m Viscount Santos von Geletta Danlof. The lord of the town and territory of Danlof.”
“I’m Cain. I’m an adventurer. I do have a family name, but when I’m an adventurer, I’m just Cain.”
Although he was a noble of equal rank, Cain was dressed as an adventurer. He had considered passing himself off as just a normal adventurer, but as he would be accompanying Silk in the near future, meaning there would be a chance of them meeting again, he decided to hint at being a noble.
“– – as I thought, you are a noble. You didn’t change your attitude even in front of me, so I had expected it to some degree. That you weren’t just an adventurer. Well, I did have another reason for making you get in this carriage…”
Santos made a pained face while saying those last words.
Inside the carriage, Santos and Cain continued talking to each other. For Cain, Santos seemed like a middle-aged man, nearly like a grandfather, so the conversation went on harmoniously.
They arrived in Danlof at sundown. The town of Danlof had about eight thousand inhabitants, making it a mid-sized town by Esfort’s standards.
The carriage passed through the wall into the town. The lord’s residence was in the very center of the town.
“This is my mansion. I’ll have a guest room prepared for you. You can just relax for today.”
“That’s a bit… I’ll only be in your way, so I’ll stay at an inn.”
Hearing that he was going to stay in the mansion, Cain tried to refuse, but, eventually giving in to Santos’ pushing, he passed through the gate of the mansion.
“I’m home. We have a guest. I’ll leave preparations to you.”
At Santos’ words, the maids started moving, one of whom guided Cain to the reception room.
“Please wait here for a while. I’ll go prepare some black tea immediately.”
While Cain was drinking the tea made by the maid, it didn’t take long before the door opened and Santos entered the room.
“Sorry to have kept you waiting. I had to give out some instructions regarding that matter from earlier.”
Santos continued talking while drinking the tea.
“Cain. Would you come to this town? See, our family is a matrilineal one. And I wouldn’t hate it by any means if you married my granddaughter.”
“Phuoh!!”
Cain spat out the tea he was drinking in shock at Santos’ sudden statement.
“What are you talking about all of a sudden… That really is just…”
Santos didn’t take Cain’s reaction badly and continued talking.
“Somehow when I look at you, I feel a sort of kinship. As you’re from a noble family, I’m thinking you becoming an in-law would be fine. You’ve already shown me that your arms are strong, and you’re quite the opposite of ugly. You can even hold a conversation as my equal. Youngsters like that are few and far between nowadays. By the way, how many older brothers do you have?”
Santos asked while laughing and stroking his beard.
“I’m the third son.”
“Then, there is no problem! If you marry her, you’ll even become as a viscount. I already went and called my daughter and granddaughter a while ago. My son-in-law is still working, so he can’t come show his face. But then, meeting him even once will be fine.”
Although he was a little confused at Santos’ forceful words, there was naturally no way Cain could accept this conversation.
“– – I’m sorry. The truth is, I already have a fiancée…”
Cain answered Santos apologetically.
Santos made a disappointed face at Cain’s response.
“As you’re a noble, you might even inherit the title of viscount. You won’t find any more attractive offers than this, you know?”
“That’s – – – – ”
There was a knock on the door, which then immediately opened.
Entering the room were a motherly woman with silver hair, and a little girl, some years Cain’s junior, also with the same silver hair.
Seeing them, Cain’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Eh, what? Mother? Why are you here…”
“Phuoh ahem ahem”
Hearing the words Cain let slip, this time it was Santos who spat out his tea.
