After Being Exiled From the Country, I Became the Fourth Enchanter in the World!

Chapter 59 It’s Usually People of Common Sense Who Have a Hard Time

「… If it’s hard for you, you should rest.」

「No…. I’m the cause of the disturbance, so I can’t just leave it to Master alone.」

Two days after my promotion to temporary B rank, a meeting is held to decide how to deal with Leftover-kun in a private room on the 5th floor of the Adventurer’s Guild that I always use.

The participants are me, Ian, the guild master, Ian’s father, and the guild master of the commercial guild.

Since it seems that it’s going to be a discussion that’s bad for education, I’m having Nina stay at the inn with Angie and Momisa.

I was actually thinking of having Ian wait at the inn as well, but… he strongly wanted to participate, saying that he was the cause of the problem, so I had no choice but to bring him along.

But well, it’s also reassuring for me to have Ian at the discussion….

「It probably won’t be a big deal, so don’t worry too much.」

I also have to settle it quickly for his mental well-being….

When I entered the room, other than the guild master, there was an old woman with a stern look on her face and a plump man who looked so pale that he looked as if he might collapse at any moment.

…… I guess this plump man is Ian and Leftover-kun’s father.

Yorki (40)

Level: 15 (109/150)

Job: Merchant (Lorentz Company, Chairman)

HP: 64/150

MP: 8/8

Skills: Spearmanship 4, Arithmetic 29, Speechcraft 19, Etiquette 14, Dismantling 12

Others: Title, Aptitude list

「I am truly sorry for my foolish son’s disrespectful behavior. I’ll take full responsibility for my failure to educate him. Please punish me as well.」

When he noticed our appearance, Ian’s father… Yorki-san suddenly launched a dogeza.

I feel sorry for Ian, who’s standing behind me, so stop it….

「Well, as for me, I’m not going to make it a big deal as long as you can re-educate him properly, so you don’t have to apologize exaggeratedly. ….. We can’t talk like this, so let’s sit down at the table.」

To end this quickly, I hurriedly made Yorki-san sit on the sofa.

As for Ian, he isn’t treated as an official member of the meeting due to his status, so he’s standing behind me….

My stomach starts to hurt….

I want to finish this quickly, go back to the inn, and talk to Nina for healing….

「First of all, I’ll explain Ash’s motives for causing the trouble. It’s a pretty screwed up story, but… I got it out of him after I broke his heart while he was in custody, so I’m sure there’s no mistake about it.」

It seems that the guild master was interrogating and punishing him by making a part of his treatment the same as a normal slave while in custody.

In a prison with no bed and blanket, he was only given goblin meat and hard brown bread… and it seems that his heart broke after two days.

Now he is crying because the adventurers on the watch are threatening him, saying that he might be treated worse for the rest of his life depending on the outcome of today’s meeting.

I think the ones who want to cry are his father and Ian, who’re getting mixed up in his trouble….

「According to Ash… you snatched his brother, whom his family was planning to buy, and you changed his brother’s personality by doing something horrible to him. So, he challenged you to a fight to get his brother back from you. As for what would happen if someone picks a fight with an S-rank adventurer… he has the knowledge, but he didn’t realize it until the guard pointed it out to him in the prison.」

Oh… as expected of <Ian’s Leftover>….

…… He certainly has some loose screws.

Setting aside the status difference, which even a 5-year-old child would be aware of, I bought Ian legally, so other people have no right to complain about how I treat him.

Besides, there’s no way a mere brat could win against an adventurer who explores the labyrinth.

In the first place…

「Ian himself wished to be purchased by me, though…. I work him hard because he’s excellent and there’s no one who can replace him, but the treatment for his life necessities is almost the same as mine….」

Ian’s treatment is far better than that of a commoner, you know!?

「I am sorry. I lamented in front of Ash that I couldn’t afford to buy Ian… and that Jink-sama purchased him first. I thought he had given up since he was quiet for a while, so I let my guard down and headed to another city to stock up, but… while I was there, he went to the labyrinth city and caused this affair…」

I could imagine that… my condolences….

「I understand. …… What I want from Lorentz Company are a transactions contract that gives me an advantage and Ash-kun’s re-education. As for Ash-kun’s punishment… how about a one-year ban on eating meat other than goblin meat?」

It seems that the adventurers are threatening him, so a goblin meat penalty would be enough.

The goblin meat is famous for its bad taste and smell… and it’s a favorite of slaves and slum dwellers.

It’s up to him to decide whether to endure and eat it, or to become a vegetarian for a year.

「I have no objection to that punishment.」

As expected, the guild master, who sympathized with Yorki-san, agreed with me.

「Is that all right with you? Considering the scale of the problem caused by Ash, the next chairman of the Lorentz Company, I thought you would give more severe punishment… such as the demolition of the company and the execution of the father and son, or a huge amount of settlement money….」

The guild master of the commercial guild asked so, but there’s no problem.

After all, I want to avoid sacrificing common sense people just because of one idiot….

「It’s okay. …… Ian, I’m not that knowledgeable about the market price, so I’ll leave the details of the contract to you. Make it so that it’ll be quite advantageous for me while the Lorentz Company can make profits to some degree.」

「Understood.」

Ian used to work for Lorentz Company, so he would be able to come up with just the right line.

「Thank you very much…. I will educate Ash strictly so that he won’t cause problems like this again.」

…… I think it’s going to be extremely difficult, but do your best.

…… I’m hungry now that I’ve dealt with the trouble.

There’s no need to be tense anymore, so why don’t we all eat the orc meat skewers that Nina made yesterday?

They’re juicy and delicious.