Volume 3 - CH 28.2
Act 3-28.2: Minstrel 1
Omiros wondered how the minstrel knew that he was the prince.
「… I see.」
When Omiros raised his head, his eyes met the minstrel’s eyes.
The other party was a young man around Omiros’ age. He had black hair and a well-ordered face. Upon a closer look, he discovered that the minstrel might be even more handsome than Parsish.
The minstrel’s only flaw was that he was far less conspicuous than Parsish, and other handsome men at that.
His clothes were very common, ones you could find anywhere. The minstrel would have been able to even impersonate a beautiful woman if he had put on a proper beautiful dress, that was how beautiful he was, but he instead chose to wear something so plain.
Omiros couldn’t really guess the identity of the other party. But, he decided to return his luggage first.
「Return his luggage to him.」
Hearing Omiros’ urging, the guard then returned the luggage and musical instrument to the minstrel.
The minstrel took his luggage and the musical instrument.
「And this one too…」
Omiros returned the shield in his hand back to its owner.
But, the minstrel didn’t take back his shield.
「That shield is for you, Your Highness.」
「「「Eh?!」」」
Omiros and the others couldn’t hide their shock upon hearing that.
「Something bad is about to happen right? Since that’s the case, that shield might be able to help you.」
「Did you overhear our conversation?」
Omiros instantly understood the reason why the minstrel knew that he was a prince.
It’s not like the wall of the house was made to be soundproof either. Thus, he concluded that the minstrel had overheard the conversation outside of the house.
The minstrel just smiled wryly as he scratched the back of his head.
「I appreciate your concern, but no, I cannot accept such a precious thing…」
Omiros knew very well the value of an enchanted armament.
It wasn’t something that could be bought with a small sum.
Moreover, the minstrel clearly stated that he was giving him the shield, not lending it to him, which made the situation become even more incomprehensible.
「You should be the one to use that shield, Your Highness. Just consider it as one of your life-saving armaments. And please use that shield to protect those who you hold dear.」
Yet, the minstrel kept refusing to take it back.
（Just who in the world is this minstrel?）
Omiros wondered as he looked at the minstrel.
But, he couldn’t see through the minstrel’s smiling face for some reason.
「Just take it, Omiros! Never expected that you would be such a good guy! Come with us, we’re going to treat you to some bean dishes!!」
Maxis said so while patting the minstrel’s shoulder.
Omiros even wondered whether it was really okay to give bean dishes to the minstrel, but it couldn’t be helped since bean dishes were the staple in Algore.
「Oh right. We’re going to put the werewolf in this house. That’s why you should come with us. Allow us to show our gratitude for the shield.」
Both Omiros and Maxis offered a meal to the minstrel.
Yes, the minstrel was shrouded in too many mysteries. But as Maxis had said, he should at least show his gratitude to him.
「No, I shall stay in this place. Something bad is about to happen after all.」
And yet, the minstrel refused the two’s invitation for a meal.
「But, this place is going to be used to imprison a werewolf.」
「It’s okay. You’re restraining the werewolf after all… In addition, I want to talk to the werewolf too.」
「… I see.」
Omiros thought that the minstrel was quite a peculiar person for trying to have a chat with the werewolf. But, Omiros knew that most minstrels were extremely curious people.
Thus, he judged that the minstrel’s curiosity was normal.
「No need to worry.」
The minstrel tried to convince Omiros.
「Hee. You’re quite a peculiar person for trying to have a chat with a werewolf. I’ll tell my little sister to send you a meal later.」
Maxis laughed heartily. He spoke instead of Omiros who didn’t say anything. Omiros had decided to stay silent in fear of being rude towards the kind minstrel.
「Come to think of it, what’s your name?」
Maxis asked.
The minstrel pondered for a few seconds upon hearing that question.
「My name is Kuro.」
Omiros thought the minstrel’s name was quite unusual.
He had never heard the name Kuro before. Though the other party said that he came from Rox Kingdom, he might actually have been born from an even further country.
「Kuro, that’s quite an unusual name.」
「Maxis!!」
Omiros stopped Maxis from saying any further rude remarks.
「Please forgive his rude remarks, Kuro-dono.」
「No, don’t worry about it.」
Kuro replied while waving his hand casually.
「By the way, Your Highness. I heard some rumors that the hero Parsish is residing in this country… is that true?」
「Oh, do you want to meet Parsish?」
It was common sense that minstrels liked hearing heroic stories. Parsish was an appropriate man to be hailed as a hero. His name even resounded in neighboring countries due to the might he displayed in the battle against the goblins. Thus, it was no wonder that this minstrel wanted to learn about him to sing songs about his heroic stories, at least that’s what Omiros thought.
「Yes, Parsish does in fact reside in this country. Unfortunately he’s away right now.」
「… I see.」
Kuro looked slightly dejected upon hearing that.
「Hahaha, Kuro-dono actually wanted to give this shield to Parsish, right? Don’t worry, I’ll give this shield to Parsish once he returns. I mean, an enchanted armament such as this shield is more suited for a hero like him. Parsish, whose strength is above mine, might be able to use this shield much better than me.」
「N-NO! YOU CAN’T DO THAT, YOUR HIGHNESS! YOU MUST NOT GIVE THIS SHIELD TO PARSISH! THIS SHIELD IS FOR YOU!」
Suddenly, Kuro got flustered and stopped Omiros from giving the shield to Parsish later.
He was so flustered to the point that his composure from before looked like a lie.
「Eh? O-Okay, I’ll do as you say…」
Omiros was forced to agree due to the pressure emanating from Kuro.
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「Ah, sorry, Your Highness. I ended up startling you.」
Kuro suddenly snapped out of it and apologized to Omiros with a smile on his face.
（Seriously, just who in the world is this minstrel?）
Even after his self-introduction, Omiros still couldn’t help but ponder about the other party’s identity.
「Well Kuro-dono. We shall excuse ourselves then.」
Omiros finally left, thinking that he had spent a bit too much time than he expected to talk with Kuro the minstrel.
He couldn’t waste any more time since he had to strengthen the country’s defenses before the invasion of the Dark Knight or the ogres.
「Ah, my apologies for wasting your precious time too, Your Highness.」
Kuro, who realized that he made Omiros waste his precious time on him rather than arrange the defenses of Algore, apologized to Omiros.
Thus, Omiros and co left the house.
「Maxis, what’s your impression about Kuro-dono?」
Omiros tried to ask Maxis once they got out of the house.
「Let’s see… My gut keeps telling me that he ain’t an ordinary person.」
「As expected, you felt it too, 」
Omiros nodded upon hearing that. Maxis had noticed too that the minstrel called Kuro was by no means an ordinary person.
「But, ain’t he a good guy for giving that shield to you?」
But then, he also praised Kuro.
「Well, sure, he doesn’t seem to be a bad guy, but… He’s way too suspicious.」
「What shall we do then? Shall we bring him to those girls? They might be able to check whether he has a bug in his body.」
「No, let’s not do that. I don’t think we should go that far.」
Omiros refused Maxis’ suggestion.
Kuro was definitely a suspicious person. They should have of course reported him to Kyouka and the other girls. That was the measure they had agreed upon to deal with the spies sent by the ogres.
Yet, Omiros still decided to not proceed with that measure. Kuro was way too suspicious to be a spy sent from the ogres. Rather it felt like he was even more powerful for some reason.
Moreover, if the ogres really wanted to send a spy, using Algore’s native was much more efficient. It would have definitely been a more reasonable solution. There was no reason for the ogres to use an outsider when Omiros and co had already found out about the bug, it would be too counterproductive.
That’s what Omiros said to Maxis to convince him that Kuro was not a spy sent by the ogres.
「I see… If you say so. I guess I have nothing to say about this. Let’s go.」
「Yeah.」
Omiros and Maxis walked towards the palace.
The night was about to come.
Omiros wondered how the minstrel knew that he was the prince.
「… I see.」
When Omiros raised his head, his eyes met the minstrel’s eyes.
The other party was a young man around Omiros’ age. He had black hair and a well-ordered face. Upon a closer look, he discovered that the minstrel might be even more handsome than Parsish.
The minstrel’s only flaw was that he was far less conspicuous than Parsish, and other handsome men at that.
His clothes were very common, ones you could find anywhere. The minstrel would have been able to even impersonate a beautiful woman if he had put on a proper beautiful dress, that was how beautiful he was, but he instead chose to wear something so plain.
Omiros couldn’t really guess the identity of the other party. But, he decided to return his luggage first.
「Return his luggage to him.」
Hearing Omiros’ urging, the guard then returned the luggage and musical instrument to the minstrel.
The minstrel took his luggage and the musical instrument.
「And this one too…」
Omiros returned the shield in his hand back to its owner.
But, the minstrel didn’t take back his shield.
「That shield is for you, Your Highness.」
「「「Eh?!」」」
Omiros and the others couldn’t hide their shock upon hearing that.
「Something bad is about to happen right? Since that’s the case, that shield might be able to help you.」
「Did you overhear our conversation?」
Omiros instantly understood the reason why the minstrel knew that he was a prince.
It’s not like the wall of the house was made to be soundproof either. Thus, he concluded that the minstrel had overheard the conversation outside of the house.
The minstrel just smiled wryly as he scratched the back of his head.
「I appreciate your concern, but no, I cannot accept such a precious thing…」
Omiros knew very well the value of an enchanted armament.
It wasn’t something that could be bought with a small sum.
Moreover, the minstrel clearly stated that he was giving him the shield, not lending it to him, which made the situation become even more incomprehensible.
「You should be the one to use that shield, Your Highness. Just consider it as one of your life-saving armaments. And please use that shield to protect those who you hold dear.」
Yet, the minstrel kept refusing to take it back.
（Just who in the world is this minstrel?）
Omiros wondered as he looked at the minstrel.
But, he couldn’t see through the minstrel’s smiling face for some reason.
「Just take it, Omiros! Never expected that you would be such a good guy! Come with us, we’re going to treat you to some bean dishes!!」
Maxis said so while patting the minstrel’s shoulder.
Omiros even wondered whether it was really okay to give bean dishes to the minstrel, but it couldn’t be helped since bean dishes were the staple in Algore.
「Oh right. We’re going to put the werewolf in this house. That’s why you should come with us. Allow us to show our gratitude for the shield.」
Both Omiros and Maxis offered a meal to the minstrel.
Yes, the minstrel was shrouded in too many mysteries. But as Maxis had said, he should at least show his gratitude to him.
「No, I shall stay in this place. Something bad is about to happen after all.」
And yet, the minstrel refused the two’s invitation for a meal.
「But, this place is going to be used to imprison a werewolf.」
「It’s okay. You’re restraining the werewolf after all… In addition, I want to talk to the werewolf too.」
「… I see.」
Omiros thought that the minstrel was quite a peculiar person for trying to have a chat with the werewolf. But, Omiros knew that most minstrels were extremely curious people.
Thus, he judged that the minstrel’s curiosity was normal.
「No need to worry.」
The minstrel tried to convince Omiros.
「Hee. You’re quite a peculiar person for trying to have a chat with a werewolf. I’ll tell my little sister to send you a meal later.」
Maxis laughed heartily. He spoke instead of Omiros who didn’t say anything. Omiros had decided to stay silent in fear of being rude towards the kind minstrel.
「Come to think of it, what’s your name?」
Maxis asked.
The minstrel pondered for a few seconds upon hearing that question.
「My name is Kuro.」
Omiros thought the minstrel’s name was quite unusual.
He had never heard the name Kuro before. Though the other party said that he came from Rox Kingdom, he might actually have been born from an even further country.
「Kuro, that’s quite an unusual name.」
「Maxis!!」
Omiros stopped Maxis from saying any further rude remarks.
「Please forgive his rude remarks, Kuro-dono.」
「No, don’t worry about it.」
Kuro replied while waving his hand casually.
「By the way, Your Highness. I heard some rumors that the hero Parsish is residing in this country… is that true?」
「Oh, do you want to meet Parsish?」
It was common sense that minstrels liked hearing heroic stories. Parsish was an appropriate man to be hailed as a hero. His name even resounded in neighboring countries due to the might he displayed in the battle against the goblins. Thus, it was no wonder that this minstrel wanted to learn about him to sing songs about his heroic stories, at least that’s what Omiros thought.
「Yes, Parsish does in fact reside in this country. Unfortunately he’s away right now.」
「… I see.」
Kuro looked slightly dejected upon hearing that.
「Hahaha, Kuro-dono actually wanted to give this shield to Parsish, right? Don’t worry, I’ll give this shield to Parsish once he returns. I mean, an enchanted armament such as this shield is more suited for a hero like him. Parsish, whose strength is above mine, might be able to use this shield much better than me.」
「N-NO! YOU CAN’T DO THAT, YOUR HIGHNESS! YOU MUST NOT GIVE THIS SHIELD TO PARSISH! THIS SHIELD IS FOR YOU!」
Suddenly, Kuro got flustered and stopped Omiros from giving the shield to Parsish later.
He was so flustered to the point that his composure from before looked like a lie.
「Eh? O-Okay, I’ll do as you say…」
Omiros was forced to agree due to the pressure emanating from Kuro.
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「Ah, sorry, Your Highness. I ended up startling you.」
Kuro suddenly snapped out of it and apologized to Omiros with a smile on his face.
（Seriously, just who in the world is this minstrel?）
Even after his self-introduction, Omiros still couldn’t help but ponder about the other party’s identity.
「Well Kuro-dono. We shall excuse ourselves then.」
Omiros finally left, thinking that he had spent a bit too much time than he expected to talk with Kuro the minstrel.
He couldn’t waste any more time since he had to strengthen the country’s defenses before the invasion of the Dark Knight or the ogres.
「Ah, my apologies for wasting your precious time too, Your Highness.」
Kuro, who realized that he made Omiros waste his precious time on him rather than arrange the defenses of Algore, apologized to Omiros.
Thus, Omiros and co left the house.
「Maxis, what’s your impression about Kuro-dono?」
Omiros tried to ask Maxis once they got out of the house.
「Let’s see… My gut keeps telling me that he ain’t an ordinary person.」
「As expected, you felt it too, 」
Omiros nodded upon hearing that. Maxis had noticed too that the minstrel called Kuro was by no means an ordinary person.
「But, ain’t he a good guy for giving that shield to you?」
But then, he also praised Kuro.
「Well, sure, he doesn’t seem to be a bad guy, but… He’s way too suspicious.」
「What shall we do then? Shall we bring him to those girls? They might be able to check whether he has a bug in his body.」
「No, let’s not do that. I don’t think we should go that far.」
Omiros refused Maxis’ suggestion.
Kuro was definitely a suspicious person. They should have of course reported him to Kyouka and the other girls. That was the measure they had agreed upon to deal with the spies sent by the ogres.
Yet, Omiros still decided to not proceed with that measure. Kuro was way too suspicious to be a spy sent from the ogres. Rather it felt like he was even more powerful for some reason.
Moreover, if the ogres really wanted to send a spy, using Algore’s native was much more efficient. It would have definitely been a more reasonable solution. There was no reason for the ogres to use an outsider when Omiros and co had already found out about the bug, it would be too counterproductive.
That’s what Omiros said to Maxis to convince him that Kuro was not a spy sent by the ogres.
「I see… If you say so. I guess I have nothing to say about this. Let’s go.」
「Yeah.」
Omiros and Maxis walked towards the palace.
The night was about to come.
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