Chapter 420 – Party
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“I don’t know if it’s because he’s in front of Lord Hestia, but he’s built up a very strong sense of pride. I think he’ll easily fall for even a light provocation.”
“Does it look like a male?”
Franz, the small lord of Crea, laughed at the report of Grant, the guard knight.
“What’s unexpected is that his skills are better than I thought.”
“Skills? How high are you? Can you become a senior knight?”
“Of course, it’s not that much. From what I found out about the mercenary guild, I think he’s probably at the level of a trainee knight. He’s not an opponent for Young master, who is on the verge of becoming a sword master.”
Franz rose to the rank of knight at a young age, and was recognized as a genius in swordsmanship.
“Yeah… It’s not really chaff. It’s a time when you don’t know that you’re a frog in a well and your pride is high. Why on earth are you working as a mercenary?”
“If you want to take the knight’s exam, you have to go to the capital. Isn’t that what you earn for travel expenses?”
“Tsk, tsk… If you come to me and bend your knee, I could recommend you to your father… But you kicked away the opportunity to become a knight of Crea and ended up doing miserable mercenary work.”
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As the day was slowly setting, Hestia came.
It was to go to Youngju So’s party together.
She was wearing the same paladin armor as usual.
Although she was a bit of a formal outfit for a party.
Should I say it was as expected?
I didn’t think she would come wearing her dress either.
Karen Hestia and I headed to the Little Lord’s mansion together.
There is a lord castle, but usually the lord lives in a mansion in the city.
The old castle was quite uncomfortable for daily life.
So, I heard that the lords built separate mansions within the city and lived there for their daily life, and used the castle when important events took place.
It seemed that the small lord also had a separate mansion in the city.
With the Hestia Free Pass, we were able to enter the Little Lord’s mansion.
Would she have been able to come in without her?
There was an invitation, but I think it might have been difficult.
Lord So, like a man with a golden spoon, had a splendid mansion.
I passed the garden with a nice fountain and headed to the main gate.
“Unless you are a knight, you cannot wear a weapon.”
I don’t know if it’s the butler in front of the main gate… A middle-aged man in neat clothes looked directly at me and Karen and said.
I had a two-handed sword and a spear strapped to my back, and Karen also had a spear.
There was no subject, but only a fool could tell that it was being addressed to us.
‘Nimi…’
The words were polite, but I don’t like the sight of the butler lifting his chin and putting pressure on me.
But what’s the point of stretching it out?
In the end, we had no choice but to return the weapons.
When we returned the weapons and the butler nodded in satisfaction, the two servants at the door opened the mansion and shouted.
-Lord Hestia is entering!
Our names weren’t even mentioned.
When the door opens, calm music flows from inside. Young men and women who appeared to be nobles were chatting.
Colorful food is set out on a table under a gorgeous chandelier.
In general, the age range of people in the banquet hall appears to be young.
Is it because it’s Youngju So’s party?
We followed Hestia into the banquet hall.
Attention is drawn.
To be exact, to Hestia.
The beautiful paladin with neat black hair that fell down to her shoulders and pale skin made her feel somehow noble.
Young men and women rush to approach Hestia and say hello.
Of course, they didn’t even pay attention to us.
It’s almost like they’re looking at me like, ‘Why did you invite those guys?’
This is because Karen and I, dressed in dull leather armor, had an atmosphere that was completely different from the group in the banquet hall.
Well… I didn’t feel too bad.
I just had doubts.
‘Why did I invite you? Was it really because of Hestia?’
I didn’t really want to be friends with those nobles, so it’s better not to be interested.
Hestia appropriately accepted the greetings of the nobles who had gathered. However, there were so many people trying to greet her that it seemed difficult to get out.
It’s also embarrassing to just stand there blankly waiting for Hestia.
Karen and I decided to carry out our original purpose.
That’s dinner.
I had been starving since morning and waiting for this time.
We started eating by going around the table holding plates.
The meal was quite pleasant.
This is because when the nobles approached us, they avoided us like the parting of the Red Sea, as if they had seen something dirty.
The nobles… No, even the servants carrying the food looked at us as if we were cavemen as we ate without hesitation.
Karen was steadfastly putting food into her mouth despite the somewhat uncomfortable gaze.
Far from being uncomfortable, it actually seemed like a good feeling.
The way he looked at the food with his eyes sparkling made him look like a curious child.
I guess I was hungry because I had been starving since morning.
Maybe it’s because I ate rare and delicious food that I’ve never tasted before.
Honestly, chicken or pizza tastes better to me.
Seeing Karen like her made her a little sad.
‘If only she had an inventory, she would have fed Karen a lot of delicious food…’
I followed behind her slowly, happily watching Karen moving around and eating her food.
As she walked around, Karen, who was preoccupied with the food on her table, bumped into a knight.
-Clink!
The plate I was holding fell and there was a loud noise. The food on the plate spilled on the floor.
The armor of the knight who collided with Karen was also a mess.
For a moment, the surroundings became quiet.
The attention of the surrounding nobles was focused on that place.
The face of the driver who collided with Karen was distorted.
Because she was a rather fierce-looking knight, her face looked even more vicious.
“Huh… This bitch soiled my armor.”
The knight raises his fist.
Karen felt her body stiffen with tension.
I quickly blocked his fist that was hitting Karen.
“What is it?”
When I block his fist, his eyes turn to me. And when he sees my outfit, his face becomes even more distorted.
“Well… It’s so bad that you accidentally hit a lady like that.”
“It’s absurd. This lowly bitch is a lady? It’s mercy enough that she didn’t draw her sword.”
“She is my woman. I take responsibility.”
“Your woman? She looks good with lowly people. So how are you going to take responsibility?”
He asked me as if he had been waiting.
The nobles who are looking at us also hold their breath and look at this place with excited faces.
What is it?
I felt something strange about his behavior.
I decided to put that thought aside for now and deal with the current matter first.
“I’ll ask you to pay for the laundry.”
“… Laundry fee?”
I took out a gold coin from my coin pocket.
Gold coins are not a small amount of money.
It was enough money for a commoner to live comfortably for a month.
Since it is not a high-quality cloth that is dirty, but armor, all you have to do is wipe it.
It was too much money for laundry.
Did you not know there would be gold coins?
Even the driver takes notice of the large size of my distribution.
“Now, here’s the laundry fee.”
I threw the gold coin on the floor like a red flag.
-Clink…
The sound of a coin falling on the floor echoed in the quiet banquet hall.
“What is it? You didn’t pick it up? I thought I gave you a lot for the laundry, but I was more greedy than I thought. Was the driver’s salary that high?”
The knight’s face turns red.
“This bastard! Are you making fun of me?!”
The guy explodes with anger and his fist comes flying out.
I lightly twisted my body to avoid his fist.
Then, I wrapped his arm around him, so he couldn’t move, and applied my elbow to the guy’s chin.
All movements took place in an instant, as if they had been waiting.
-Right!
A bad sound came from its jaw.
It will be difficult to eat for a while due to the feeling in your elbow.
The eyes of the guy with a shaken brain wander and stagger in the air. His eyes were open, but he was already out of his mind.
But I had no intention of stopping.
I tripped the guy, jumped on his chest, and punched him indiscriminately in the face.
It is against the law to attack a defenseless opponent, but this is not the UFC.
It can be said to be a kind of scandalous sin.
Karen was preoccupied with food.
Unlike other nobles who avoided Karen, he blocked her path.
I don’t know why, but… I think it was part of it.
Well… I would have taken Karen’s side, even if not partially.
And since he attacked first, it is self-defense.
As I beat the guy’s face mercilessly like that.
“S-stop it, Bark.”
Before I knew it, Hestia approached me and stopped me.
The guy with a bloody face was already incapable of fighting.
In fact, he was like that from the moment he hit me on the chin.
The nobles look at me like I’m an animal. When my eyes met, I was startled and averted my eyes.
“Hmm… I got ambushed and got excited without knowing.”
I wasn’t excited.
It’s funny to be excited by a guy like this.
It was said to show Hestia her human side.
When I look at Karen, she has a sullen expression.
It felt like he felt sorry for me.
Does he think this happened because of him?
I patted Karen’s head to show that it was okay. Only then did she look somewhat relieved.
“What kind of fuss is this!”
With someone shouting loudly, a young nobleman wearing fancy clothes and white hair appeared.
