To Me, Who Was Single-Handedly Holding The Front Line, You Call Me A "Useless Piece of Trash"? Fine. I'll Live as I Please And Set Out On A Journey To Find A Cute Wife. - This time, I'll Become A Hero In The Enemy Country And Bare My Fangs At My Homeland - Episode 23

When the banquet in the special room of the knight’s guild hall began, they prepared delicious food one after another.

It seems they are going to lend us a room in the royal castle for our stay, so it’s truly all-inclusive.

Fern next to me also looks satisfied. Every time she puts something in her mouth, her cheeks relax like a cat’s.

Besides, the white dress suits you very well. I was told that I should also dress up nicely, but has anything really changed?

I wonder if just putting my hair up will make me look good.

I don’t know anything at all. But thanks to Fern being next to me, I haven’t made any mistakes.

I hope this happiness continues from now on.

“Fern, this meat is delicious.”

“Thank you very much. — Yamagishi-san, you have some sauce on your mouth.”

Fern gently leaned in and wiped my mouth with a napkin.

You’re really observant and truly kind, aren’t you?

Huh? Come to think of it, if my wife were like Fern, wouldn’t we get along much better?

You have some motherly qualities, you know.

Well, but I guess someone like me can’t do it.

“Mr. Yamagishi, you’ve been overheard for a while now.”

“Hmm?”

As I was gnawing on the meat with the bone, Fern started poking my leg with her finger.

I suddenly look up. The leader of the Land Knights was looking at me. As cool as ever, that guy.

But this person, whenever they open their mouth, says things like, “I want to burn! Can’t you let me burn?” so it’s hard to know how to respond.

“Lord Yamagishi, tell me, how did you acquire that strength?”

“Am I… strong?”

The place suddenly goes silent for some reason.

Oh, is it because I’m weak after all!?

Then Elena wipes the napkin and looks over here.

“Strong? That’s an understatement. It’s not bragging, but dodging my Shukuchi Teleportation so easily is beyond human capability. I want to know too. How did you, Yamagishi-san, reach such a level? Like the Land Knight Commander, I genuinely want to know, so I would be grateful if you could share. Of course, I respect you as my favorite.”

In the end, I didn’t really understand, but I never even thought about whether I was strong or not.

Usually, Fern’s lifeboat comes, but for some reason, it hasn’t.

Glance sideways.

Fern was looking at me with pure eyes. It seemed like she was waiting for my response.

But there’s really no way to answer that, you know?

I was just completely absorbed in it—.

――Bang!

At that moment, the door suddenly opened.

Everyone present turned their gaze towards the door.

The surrounding knight candidates drew swords from seemingly nowhere, their magic power surging.

The people near the door are wide-eyed, looking around nervously.

Because even though the door was open, there was no one there.

“Is it the wind?”

“Seems like it, doesn’t it?”

“I’m closing the door!”

The Land Knight Commander raised his voice, followed by Elena and Megane-kun (forgot his name).

However, at that moment, Bory stood up and touched the sword he was carrying.

“Dualos, don’t move. — It’s ‘saying’ it’s not the wind.”

Who!?

I thought so, but I didn’t react because I “knew” too.

The people around are confused. But they are also cautious.

“Fern, Ice Sword――”

“Yes”

As I stand up from the chair and call out, a chill immediately envelops my hands.

Really, you understand everything, don’t you?

If a sword were to suddenly appear in this place and nothing happened, it would be a big problem; she would have understood that.

But, you trust me.

And after meeting Fern, I finally realized it, but my eyes really are special, aren’t they?

It seems like no one can see it.

The door didn’t open because of the wind.

A “human” opened the door and came inside.

I can’t see the figure clearly, but I can somewhat tell from the flow of magic.

Is he the man who has lost a bit of weight?

Women tend to flow more beautifully, you know.

“Yamagishi, what are you――”

The commander of the Land Knights called out to me, but I ignored him and approached the door.

For some reason, they’re just standing there. Do they think they haven’t been noticed, or are they just overconfident that they won’t be?

Should I kill him? Is he also one of those who tried to kill Elena?

But that’s amazing. I want to have a gifted ability like that too.

Being able to become “invisible” is the best, isn’t it?

I suddenly dashed and aimed for the man’s heart.

I don’t know what other powers there are. I’ll kill with one blow.

However, he deactivated his invisibility right before escaping.

“—W-wait, please don’t kill me!”

…Huh?

The man who appeared—somehow, his upper body was half-naked.

What is this guy doing? And he looks really worn out. His hair is dull too, reminds me of when I was on the front lines.

The surrounding knight candidates aimed their swords at the man, and magical power surged from behind as well.

But when you think about it, going all the way to the knight’s office just to kill Elena is a high-risk move.

In the first place, if there are gifted individuals with the ability to become invisible, I don’t understand why they haven’t attacked the house.

At that moment, I noticed. The mark on the pants, two swords overlapping.

This is the pattern of the country of Trava.

“Sa, save me――”

I closed the distance once more and pushed the man against the wall.

Is he a pursuer? No, it seems the man doesn’t know my face.

In the first place, I was sent to the front lines right away, so I don’t know most of them.

Ask in a low voice.

“Who are you? Did you follow me?”

“I, I was a shoplifter—no, that’s not important! Please, help Arne and the others!”

Then the man shouted desperately.

…Arne. Arne…? Who is it?

“Hey, how about joining our squad? We’ll pay you whatever you ask. We’ll provide the best house and environment… and if you want, a wife too.”

…Ah. That guy.

But Arne was one of Verdi’s people.

So, who the hell is this guy?

Shoplifting?