The Second Son of The Marquis Runs Away from Home ~ Lacking Talent, He Abandons Everything and Becomes an Adventurer ~ - 1.2

Black Storm Knight 2

Reports of dungeon activation began about three months ago. It would be somewhat unnatural for something that happened a year ago to suddenly have an impact now.

“Let’s discuss this further after returning to the capital. Let’s call it a day for today.”

“Agreed, we already have accommodations.”

About to leave the guild with Aria and the others, drunken men clearly stumbled in front of us.

“Whoa, you’re quite popular, huh? Taking three girls home?”

“…”

“Hey, don’t ignore us, huh!?”

Avoiding the arm that one of the men tried to grab my shoulder with, the bloodshot-eyed man glared.

“… If you want to be with a woman, go to a brothel instead of bothering us.”

“Huh?! I just don’t like guys like you who act all high and mighty and get the girls!!”

Trying to grab me again, I released my magic and simultaneously emitted killing intent. Although I thought I had restrained it, everyone in the guild trembled and looked over here.

“…Uh… ah…”

The men who tried to grab me and their companions froze in place and fell on their backsides. They looked up at me with rough breathing, as if experiencing the illusion of being sliced apart and dying.

“Sigh… It’d be better to do this than something like that.”

Aria said so and pulled out the tag under my neck, while Shrill pulled off the hood from behind.

“Silver…? No…”

“Platinum… maybe?”

“And that killing intent, even though it wasn’t directed at us…”

“Can someone like that…”

“Oh, I saw that person at the ceremony…”

Amidst the murmuring adventurers, one person pointed at me with trembling hands and stammered.

“Berg Reesh Mildrea… The Empire’s, no, the world’s strongest knight and a platinum-ranked adventurer…”

As those words were uttered, various gazes gathered. Although I was used to such attention, I couldn’t help but sigh.

“So, was there something you didn’t like about me?”

“W-well…”

It seemed they sobered up once they realized what they had done to whom. I stopped emitting killing intent towards the men who were making incoherent sounds.

“Get lost.”

Released from the pressure, the men stumbled, but quickly left the guild. After watching them leave, I placed a gold coin on the counter of the adjacent tavern.

“Sorry, but I don’t want to attract attention. I’ll treat everyone to a drink, so please keep it quiet this time.”

“Y-yes.”

Adjusting my hood again, I left the guild while murmuring, looking at Aria walking beside me.

“… Was it necessary to reveal that?”

“It was the quickest way, wasn’t it?”

“Maybe, but overlooking fools who can’t understand the gap is too generous.”

I rubbed my head at Aria and Ruscudite’s response, then headed towards the inn, thinking about how to retaliate for now.

—

“Phew…”

After embracing Aria and the others (mostly Aria) and taking a breather, I looked out the window and pondered.

Just before leaving the last dungeon, Chaos Crusader and High End spoke to me as if resonating.

“Something is emerging from where everything washes up… or is something troublesome happening again?”

As I pondered the words conveyed to me while looking outside, a bird flew towards me.

The bird with engraved patterns shone faintly in front of me and turned into a single letter. The royal emblem was used as the sealing wax.

The letter inside read:

“Black Storm Knight Berg, return to the capital immediately.”