Request
When I woke up in the morning, I was embracing the head of Eleanor who’s lying beside me. My right arm is slightly numb.
And for Eleanor, she has already woken up.
Her nude body is being covered with sheets and she is burying her face in my chest.
“Good morning. Egil-sama”
“Aa, morning. You’ve already woken up huh”
“Yes. I thought of making breakfast but, I also thought that it is better if I do not do as I like, in the end, I stayed like this looking at Egil-sama’s sleeping face”
“How tasteless……”
Well, I’m happy though.
I release my right hand that is hugging Eleanor tightly and get up from the bed.
“I have some business to take care of today so I’ll go out for a bit. I suppose I’ll be back just past noon”
“Adultery, is it?”
Because Eleanor who slowly raises her upper body and is in a pose where she brings her breasts closer with her arms and places her hands between her legs is saying something like that, I sigh and answer.
“It won’t stand any more”
“Ara, but it was rock hard until just now though?”
“That’s……because I was sleeping, right?”
“Fufu, then you are able to cheat huh”
“Why. Listen up, I’m just making the preparations for your revenge, okay?”
“Is that so. My apologies”
Eleanor who demurely bows.
I’ll forgive her since she’s adorable though…….
“That’s why Eleanor will wait here”
“If that is the case, shall I make lunch and wait?”
“Aa, that’d be a great help. However, the ingredients……”
I don’t really cook in the house so, I didn’t stock up that much on ingredients. So even if she tells me she will cook…….
“If that is the case, I will go and buy the ingredients”
“Nn, is that so. However, hide your neck and go, okay?”
“Why so?”
“The society’s view on slaves is unsparing”
Like how I was.
“Well, you’d hate to be talked about behind your back, right?”
“I suppose that is true as well. Well then, I shall go shopping after I come up with some kind of counter-measure to keep the slave tool on my neck hidden”
I thought, ‘I wonder what is the counter-measure?’ but, I suppose it’ll be fine if it’s Eleanor.
I lightly prepared and headed to the entranceway.
“Alright then, I’ll be off. Make sure to be careful”
“Yes. Egil-sama as well, be careful……goodbye”
She placed her hands on my shoulders and I was lightly kissed on the lips.
“Have a safe trip”
“Aa”
It’s slightly embarassing but, it’s nice that it’s newly-wed-ish.
“Oi, Gossendorf”
“Ehh, Egil-sama?”
When I arrived at the store where Adventurers frequently have a light meal before heading to their quests, I called out to Gossendorf who was about to head off to his quest.
If I am to describe the man, Gossendorf, it’ll be『shady and narrow-minded adventurer』.
He’s also short and there are several places that are without teeth. His name is well-known by the other Adventurers as a dubious adventurer.
“Are you, heading to a quest soon?”
“No, I was talking to my companions about having a light meal……and, is something the matter?”
“Aa, I have a little request for you”
“Is that, a work request?”
I nod my head and, Gossendorf instructs his companions who were in the vicinity to go away.
“And, what kind of matter is this work request?”
Gossendorf will even get a dirty work done for you if you pay him. His clients apparently range from the nobles who live in the Royal Castle to those in the slums who have fallen low, he interacts with various kinds of people so he’s quite well-informed.
Therefore, I suppose that Gossendorf, rather than as a C Rank Adventurer, he’s making more money as an informant.
“Actually, I want you to search for the current whereabouts of three adventurers”
“Three adventurers, is it?”
“Aa, their names are, Kurd, Mordret, Muslena. The first two people are males and the last person is a female”
“……May I ask the rank of those people?”
“All of them are the same rank as you, C Rank”
“C, is it……”
Gossendorf made a serious expression as he stroked the beard on his chin that was grown sloppily.
“It may take some time but, is that fine nevertheless?”
“……Is there any problem?”
“Eeh, because there are only adventurers whose ranks are high in my information network. ……Um, I have no interest in the same C Ranks”
“Because you don’t get any benefits even if you get along well with them huh”
“Exactly. Moreover, not knowing the whereabouts means that I will have to search the whole world. If that is the case, that is right……I guess you will have to wait for at least a week?”
Even at the very least, it’s a week huh. It’s surprisingly quick, as expected of Gossendorf.
“I don’t mind. And, it’ll be a great help if you can also introduce slave traders who handle males and females to me at the same time”
“……I see. If it fine if I ask one thing?”
“What?”
“This request, does it have anything to do with the slave that Egil-sama purchased the other day?”
“Aa, it’s that fellow’s request”
Thereupon, Gossendorf sighed with a troubled expression.
“……A slave is a slave. It is better to not place too much trust in them. Even now, you are making her wait in the house, right?”
“Well, I guess”
“It is hard to say whether there are people in this world who can match Egil-sama in a fight, thus I think you will not be killed but……”
“What do you want to say?”
“I have come to understand that Egil-sama is essentially kind in these few years. Which is precisely why, please be careful of women. You would not want to be betrayed by a slave you are fond of……again, right?”
“ーーYou, who did you hear that from?”
When I emitted my killing intent and moved closer towards Gossendorf, he quickly retreated.
“I accidentally heard about it from rumours, the old tales of Egil-sama who I respect”
“Is that so. Well, I shan’t ask how you investigated it. However, in spite of knowing about the past, you have brought me along to a slave auction huh?”
“It is for the sake of checking whether this rumour is true or false. And I thought that the rumour was false since you bought a slave butーーit appears from that reaction that, this rumour is apparently true huh……why did you despite having been hurt in the past, purchased that slave?”
I don’t know how I should answer if I’m asked about it like that.
Why huh, that’s right.
“It’s love at first sight. Although it’s simple, there is no other reason”
“And if you were to be betrayed again?”
“If that happens then it can’t be helped. It’s manlier to trust and be betrayed than to live in distrust, don’t you agree. Besides, I find it more painful to not be able to trust from the bottom of my heart the woman I love”
I’ll be sad if I were to be betrayed but, all I can do is to believe in Eleanor.
And then Gossendorf who heard my answer, shook his head with an amazed look.
“As expected of Egil-sama. If I had the experience of being betrayed and had my life targetted by a slave, I would resent all slaves, ravish them and cast them aside”
“Well, it just means that even for slaves, not all of them are bad people. Well, it might just be Eleanor though”
“I suppose so. Well then, since I was also able to listen to the tales of your past, I, Gossendorf, shall fulfil Egil-sama’s request with all my strength”
“Aa, I will still be in this Town of Krishna for some time so, report to me if there’s anything”
“Understood. Goodbye”
Gossendorf who bowed with a hand on his chest, carried on to head towards somewhere.
Gossendorf is a『obey the strong』type of person. Thus if he’s told by someone stronger than me,『Sell Egil-sama’s information』, he will sell it but, if someone who’s stronger than me doesn’t appear, Gossendorf will definitely not betray me. That fellow is a clever guy.
“A week……what should I do”
Since I want to see Eleanor’s true strength, I wonder if I should accept a quest or something.
I, Eleanor, went to the heart of the town immediately after Egil-sama left the house.
“This is also, for Egil-sama’s sake……please forgive me”