36 Chapter 2-9 Negotiators

I was coming to Knights headquarters. Today is the day when the envoy of the Duke of Sanga will come. The location is the room where Primera and I had a contract before.

"Mr. Tenma, have some tea. Oh, this is a tea treat."

"Thank you"

Primera leaves tea and sweets in front of me. He got to my seat across the street himself, but he seems restless somewhere.

If someone who doesn't know anything sees us, they'll wonder which one is the knight? And I'm restless enough to think about that.

"Mr. Primera. What, you didn't hide it from me?

The moment I heard, Bikung, and Primera's body stifled.

"Hey, there's nothing! I don't know what to hide!"

It's suspicious no matter how you look at it. When I looked into Primera's eyes, I turned away soooo. Sweat seeps through my forehead.

I keep looking at my face without looking away. I keep looking at it for a couple of minutes and the door knocks unexpectedly.

"Ha, come in."

"Excuse me. Captain, you can see the Duke of Sanga's messenger."

It was a young woman who came in.

"Oh, oh, okay. I'll welcome you and show you around."

Answer the woman's words, try to escape my gaze, and get out of the room Primera.

I hope this isn't a hassle.

Then less than four to five minutes later, the door was knocked again, and I went in, and Primera's voice said.

The door opened and came in with Primera, a gentle looking man in his thirties or so.

I just took a seat and greeted him with an appraisal.

"I'll see you first. My name is Tenma, and I'm an adventurer. Dear Duke of Sanga (...)"

and greeted him to a degree that was not too much and not too rude, bowing his head toward the man.

"Hey, why did you do that!

Primera was the first to raise her voice of surprise. The Duke looked surprised only for a moment, but was immediately back in his gloomy face.

"Primera, that's not what you sound like. You're Tenma, aren't you? Nice to meet you, I'm Alsace von Sanga, the father of this Primera. And the Duke."

After embarrassing Primera, the Duke introduced himself to me politely.

Name... Alsace von Sanga

Age… 48

Race... People

Title... Duke of Sanga Homeowner

He said he was 48 years old with this face! If you're in line with Primera, wouldn't your lover be mistaken for you if you were bad? with the thought.

"... you're young enough"

and returned it. Then the Duke laughed bitterly,

"Even if it looks like this, it's almost fifty. My friends sometimes suspect me of being an elf."

and it looks like it's struggling a lot. I'm sure the friend is just jealous.

"Shall we get down to business? Take your seats."

and sat me down. Himself, he sat in front of me, side by side with Primera.

"First of all, thank you for taking the gem back. I can't tell you the details of that jewel, but it was stolen by some nobleman's wife. Everything, she also had something in it that her husband gave her, and she was pretty depressed. I'm sorry you only got that price."

When I got any further thanks, I would pay for something else, so I told her. The previous one wasn't compulsive, maybe it was really a favor.

I smell the same kind as Primera...... I smell the name Natural!

"No, you can pay extra. That's too much for us."

I say no. The amount was decided at the time of the last contract, and there will be no better deals with that amount.

"Really?

So, the Duke takes 22 white gold coins out of his magic bag and gives them to me. I put it in my bag without checking it out.

"So what are the conditions for the transfer of Geese's rights?

That said, the Duke looked a little sinister,

"It's about that, but his father, the Associate Baron, made a difference about this one..."

I was trying so hard to tell you.

"I mean, is my son (Geese) innocent and I'm the one to be judged?

The Duke sighed,

"That's right. There's no way my son (Geese) can beat a child without his cowardly hands."

"The sins of cowardly hands and Geese should have nothing to do with it."

When I hear that

"That's right. He says there's no way a coward can be right."

"If you're cowardly, Geese is better up there."

And I say with a laugh, with eyes that look strange,

"Aren't you afraid of nobility?

I've heard that. I don't know the king of this country.

"I'm not going to be licking the aristocracy though. Is that Associate Baron scarier than the Duke?

and said, not a fox borrowing the authority of a tiger (duke), but a little kidding. This duke is probably on my side. Even if anything happened to it, I was just confident I'd get away with it.

"Please don't say anything like that."

And I was laughing. I guess I found it to be a mild joke.

"I'm sorry, the words have passed. But in that case, they refuse to discuss it."

"Yeah, that's right. He is also a nobleman, assuming. It is not dignified to take deliberation on that son without permission. And he is, in a way, an excellent kind of man, only for things other than his son."

"But by criminals, can we force them to but deliberate?

When asked, the Duke shook his head.

"If you do that, he could start a revolt. Besides, his faction has a lot of power, so hitting the heck out of it will do you a lot of harm"

I'm twisting my neck to see what I can do.

"Do you want a duel?"

And when I said it lightly,

"Nice, that!

and other reactions returned.

"Right, if it's a duel, the other side won't complain either. He wants to do something noble. If you gently stir them up, they'll come aboard."

This duke is quite a norrinoli. But I don't hate mastery like that either.

"Do you even throw gloves?

and returned it. Nice, and the two of us will make plans, but only primera feels like it's outside a mosquito net or something.

"But are you sure you're okay? He's surrounded by a few skilled adventurers."

And, for the first time, I looked worried.

"If the top notch isn't the other guy (if you don't come in a bunch), you'll figure it out. And trump cards."

to that word. The Duke,

"(Speaking of which, you heard you're using A-rank demons) Well, if you can beat your Banza opponent completely, you'll be fine"

I was convinced. Leaving it up to the Duke to persuade us to fight, we started talking about the cost of Geese's rights.

"200,000 g per person, plus the assets of the Associate Baron family, how about a twentieth"

and come up with a suggestion.

"That's fine. However, please pay for all rewards."

With money, I designated it to prevent it from being taken into the Duke's house for that matter, if any right was a reward.

"... don't you want to catch on? Too bad."

Looks like I still had those thoughts. Only Primera looks like she doesn't know why.

"Please don't pull in like that"

Answer with a smile of nicole. The Duke was laughing too, lucky if he could, I guess that was about the idea.

"Now let's create a contract"

So, Sarah and I will write the contract details and so on on on the paper.

"Read the contents carefully and sign here"

and I'll give you three contracts. After I saw everything, I signed.

"Now ask your guild to keep each one, one at a time"

So we shook hands with each other and the contract was completed.

-... at the Duke of Sanga's mansion.

"Duke. What happened to the undelivered kid?

The day after Alsace (Duke of Sanga) entered into a contract with Heavenly Horse. At the Duke's house, one man appeared as if he had been waiting. The man's name is Associate Baron Emeritus Legil Vend. I'm Geese's father.

In this country no honorable man can name his middle name. And the average person has a family name. For this reason, some aristocrats have the idea that nobility is not a real nobility.

This Legil was not enough of a man to be said to be allowed to name his middle name by the time he died saying he was doing as he was doing. But the gift also seemed not to be passed down to his two sons.

"Duke. So Geese... what happened to his son?

Recently, Legil had been unable to show off his head like he did when he was younger, but he was capable of subtracting it... except for his son.

Alsace looked sorry,

"Associate Baron Legil. Unfortunately, the negotiations are broken. They didn't give up on your son."

to the word. Legil was furious,

"Oh my God! That can't be right! Besides, why did the Duke pull on his kid counterpart!

From his face, he could see that he was a duke but incompetent.

"Don't say that, the guild is behind you over there. Dukes, it's reckless to turn your guild against your enemies without any help."

"So you have a plan!

It took! and Alsace chuckled inside.

"Oh, that's a duel! Ten days from now, we will fight the other delegates and follow the words of the winner! Of course, over there, there's an example kid out there. I've got an appointment. This is the proof!

Alsace gives Legil a pledge with the rules of the duel, signed by Tenma.

Receiving that pledge, Legil at first reading laughed niggardly,

"Of course, I'll let this delegate decide. Do you mind?

I said.

"I don't mind. I'm talking about your son, let me keep my hands off him."

And I told Reggie that I wouldn't get involved, but he didn't seem to realize what that meant.

"Well, I'll go home and start getting ready."

Legil, who says so and leaves, Alsace looks at its back,

"Excellent people, but I can't help it. It's not like there's no alternative."

And he shrugged.

Pledge

Let one of the two sides decide if there is legitimacy in the Month XX duel of ○. Whatever happens, the loser of this duel is not allowed to object to the winner.

This duel will be fought by representatives of both sides (...), who will either pass out, admit defeat, or become incapable of fighting.

There are no restrictions on weapons or magic, but attacks on intentionally losing opponents or attacks outside the battle zone are prohibited. The violator shall lose at that point.

It should be noted that, only what happens within the rules in this duel, it is not guilty of letting the target die.

I acknowledge that I am not dissatisfied with the above contents and swear to follow this contents.

Dueling... Tenma

Duelist... Legil Vend

In the dueling section of this pledge, Legil, who wrote his autograph, laughed niggardly after reading a certain sentence.

"Representative (...), hey..."